 They lost the title to Onita, Hosaka and Sean Guinness on February 26.After Apache Army closed in 2016, Hashimoto won his sixth WEW World Tag Team Championship with Masashi Takeda by defeating Tetsuhiro Kuroda and Tatsuhito Takaiwa at an A-Team show "Take Off" on April 16, 2017.They lost the title to Daisaku Shimoda and Blue Shark on August 11.