GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship
On October 1, Harada defeated Taiji Ishimori to win the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship for the second time. Afterwards, Harada challenged his Ratel's stablemates Hayata and Yo-Hey to a match for their GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship with Tadasuke as his partner, leading to a match on October 28, where they were defeated by the champions. On November 19, he defeated Tadasuke for his first successful defense. On December 22, he defeated Minoru Tanaka to make his second defense. On January 27, he defeated Hajime Ohara for his third defense, afterwards accepting a challenge from his stablemate HAYATA. This led to a match on March 11, where Harada defeated HAYATA for his fourth defense, but later lost the title to Kotaro Suzuki.