 At "Non-Fix Saturday Night In Blue Field", Hashimoto and Muscle Sakai became the #1 contenders for the KO-D Tag Team Championship, earning their title shot against Kota Ibushi and Daichi Kakimoto at "God Bless DDT", where they lost.After being a mainstay for the promotion since his debut, Hashimoto left DDT in 2006 and became a freelancer.Hashimoto began freelancing for various independent promotions, most notably Apache Army.