Taiyō Kea
VDM quickly began feuding with the former top heel stable of All Japan RO&amp;D which lasted for over a year. On June 19, Kondo and Yasshi won the vacant All Asia Tag Team Champions by defeating Tomoaki Honma and Katsuhiko Nakajima. Their title reign would be brief however, as they lost the titles to Nakajima and Kensuke Sasaki on July 26. Kondo bounced back quickly, winning the World Junior Heavyweight Championship from RO&amp;D leader Taka Michinoku on October 22. On January 8, 2006, Taru unsuccessfully challenged Satoshi Kojima for the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship. Following the match, Kohei Suwama aligned himself with VDM, changing his name to Suwama. Later in the year, RO'Z defected from RO&amp;D to VDM. On September 17, VDM finally destroyed RO&amp;D when Taru, Suwama, RO'Z and Yasshi defeated Buchanan, D'Lo Brown, Taiyō Kea and Michinoku after Buchanan and D'Lo Brown turned on RO&amp;D and joined VDM.