afterward. The match was set at New Beginning in Sapporo on February 2, where Taichi was unsuccessful in capturing the title. In March, Taichi entered the 2019 edition of the New Japan Cup, defeating Tomoaki Honma in the first round before being eliminated in the second by Tomohiro Ishii. On May 3 at Wrestling Dontaku, Taichi defeated Jeff Cobb to win the NEVER Openweight Championship for the second time. The following night on May 4, Taichi would nominate Tomohiro Ishii as the next challenger for his title, with the match taking place on June 9 at Dominion. Ishii would win the match, ending Taichi's second reign as champion. Taichi would then make his G1 debut in the 2019 G1 Climax B block, where he finished with a record of eight points (four wins and five losses), notably defeating Tomohiro Ishii clean on the last night of block action. Following the G1, Taichi would enter a brief feud with Tetsuya Naito; him and DOUKI would lose to the team of Naito and Shingo Takagi at King of Pro-Wrestling (2019) via disqualification, and Naito defeated Taichi in a singles match at Power Struggle (2019). In the 2019 World Tag League, Taichi would once again team with Zack Sabre Jr. (unofficially dubbing themselves 'Dangerous Tekkers' and 'Godspeed You! Zack Emperor') and the duo ended the tournament with 18 points after 9 wins and 6 losses. In December, it was announced that Taichi would be competing at Wrestle Kingdom 14. On January 4, he and other members of Suzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki, Zack Sabre Jr., and El Desperado) defeated Los Ingobernables de Japón (EVIL, SANADA, Shingo Takagi, and BUSHI) in an eight-man tag team match. On January 5, he unsuccessfully teamed with Desperado and Yoshinobu Kanemaru in a pre-show Gauntlet match for the NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship. On July 12, at Dominion, Taichi and Sabre defeated Tanahashi and Ibushi to win their IWGP Tag Team Championships. They lost the belts to Guerrillas of Destiny at Wrestle Kingdom 15 but regained them on June 1 at Road to Dominion. They would once again lose the belts to World Tag League winners Hirooki Goto and YOSHI-HASHI at Wrestle Kingdom 16. In March, Taichi entered the New Japan Cup, defeating Toru Yano in the first round. Taichi received a bye to the third round, after Hiroyoshi Tenzan forfeited after suffering a knee injury. In the third