NTV G+ Cup Junior Heavyweight Tag League
On July 20, 2016, Ishimori returned to NJPW to take part in the 2016 Super J-Cup events. On night one, he was eliminated from the Super J-Cup tournament in the first round by Kushida. At night two on August 21, he and ACH utilized their championship opportunity granted by winning the 2016 NTV G+ Cup Junior Heavyweight Tag League to unsuccessfully challenge the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Atsushi Kotoge and Daisuke Harada.