 During the company's relaunch following Hashimoto's death it was renamed to Pro Wrestling ZERO1-MAX.In ZERO1 he formed a tag team with Masato Tanaka called Emblem; Team Emblem (as they were later known) would appear in the US promotion Ultimate Pro Wrestling, and include Keiji Sakoda.This tag team has formed, disbanded, and reformed numerous times during Otani's time in ZERO1.