round, Taichi was defeated by Kazuchika Okada. The following month, Taichi entered a feud with Toru Yano over the KOPW trophy, which led to a match at Hyper Battle. At the event, Taichi defeated Yano in a No-rope ring-out match to become the provisional KOPW Champion. Taichi lost the championship to Shingo Takagi during the NJPW Golden Fight Series, in a 30-count match. Taichi lost the rematch to Takagi at Dominion 6.12 in Osaka-jo Hall, in a 10 Minute Unlimited Pinfall Scramble match. Also at Dominion, Taichi was announced to be participating in the G1 Climax 32 tournament in June, as a part of the B Block. He finished his campaign with 4 points, failing to advance to the semifinals. In October, Taichi competed in a tournament to crown the inaugural NJPW World Television Champion, but was defeated and eliminated by Sanada in the first round. In December, at JTO 50th Anniversary For TAKATaichi Together ~ Last TAKATaichi, Taichi failed to recapture the KOPW Championship from Shingo Takagi. Later in the month, at the World Tag League & Best of the Super Juniors finals, Minoru Suzuki announced the disbandment of Suzuki-gun by the end of the year. The final match between the faction took place on December 23, where the team of Taichi, Sabre Jr, Kanemaru and Douki defeated Suzuki, Archer, Desperado and Michinoku. After the match, each of the Suzuki-gun members spoke about their memories as a part of the group and thanked leader Suzuki. The night ended with all members posing with the Suzuki-gun flag, only to be interrupted by former member Takashi Iizuka, causing all 9 men to pose in the ring, behind the Suzuki-gun flag. Pro-Wrestling NOAH (2015—2016) In January 2015, Suzuki-gun entered a storyline, where the entire stable invaded the Pro Wrestling Noah promotion. As part of the storyline, Taichi won the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship on March 15 by defeating Atsushi Kotoge. Taichi held the title for the rest of the year, successfully defending it four times, before losing it to Taiji Ishimori on December 23. On June 24, 2016, at a show produced by Taichi and Taka Michinoku, Taichi was one of two winners of a four-man round-robin tournament to earn a spot in the 2016 Super J-Cup. On July 20, Taichi returned to NJPW to take part in the Super J-Cup, defeating AJPW's Yuma Aoyagi in his first round match. On August