 On March 12, 2017, Sugiura and Kenoh defeated Muhammad Yone and Kitamiya to win the vacant GHC Tag Team Championship.They lost the titles to Naomichi Marufuji and Maybach Taniguchi on April 14.In June, he went on hiatus so he could get open-heart surgery as he had irregular heartbeat for a long time, which was successful.He returned on October 28, where he teamed with Kenoh to defeat Leona and Katsuhiko Nakajima.