Big E Langston
After signing a developmental contract with WWE, Takizawa, working under the ring name Jiro, made his Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW) television debut on December 5, 2011, alongside fellow K-Dojo alum Sakamoto in a loss against the team of Big E Langston and Nick Rogers. Jiro went on to lose every televised FCW match he participated in. When WWE rebranded its developmental territory, FCW, into NXT Wrestling, Jiro's NXT television debut took place on the June 27 episode of the rebooted "NXT" taped at Full Sail University, where he lost to Seth Rollins. Jiro was released by WWE in June 2012.