Katsuhiko Nakajima Says his Furinkazan Tag Tournament Partner Will Help in His Quest to Destroy ZERO1

By: Ian McCord 

On November 23rd, the next chapter in Katsuhiko Nakajima’s mission to destroy ZERO1 and build a stronger one will take place at Korakuen Hall, when he challenges Junya Matsunaga for the promotion’s top prize.

However, for Nakajima, winning the ZERO1 World Heavyweight Championship seems to be just another checkpoint along the journey.

On November 7th, following the preview tag match pitting Nakajima and Masato Tanaka against Matsunaga and Tsugutaka Sato, Nakajima spoke with Tokyo Sports about his intent to work the Furinkazan Tag Tournament following his ZERO1 World Heavyweight Championship match.

Nakajima told the press that he plans to bring in a partner from outside of ZERO1, seeing that he hasn’t been making too many friends on the current roster.

From Katsuhiko Nakajima:

“Since I don’t have any ‘friends’ in ZERO1, I’ll bring in a partner from outside. I’m going to bring in one more person to help me destroy ZERO1. I think that’ll be more exciting—don’t you think it’ll be fun?”

(English Translation via DeepL. Quote courtesy of Tokyo Sports)

The Tokyo Sports article noted that Nakajima is planning to announce this mystery partner on November 23rd at Korakuen Hall, that is if all goes to plan for him in his match against Matsunaga.

There are currently five teams confirmed for the 2026 Furinkazan Tag Tournament which is set to begin on November 28th at TOKYO SQUARE in Itabashi.

The confirmed teams include:

• Hayabusa & Koji Doi
• Junya Matsunaga & Tsugutaka Sato
• Chris Vice & Daichi Hashimoto
• Yasu Kubota & Hide Kubota
• Masato Tanaka & Ryunosuke Nagai

Pro Wrestling ZERO1’s Yuki Toki, who requested to join forces with Nakajima for the Furinkazan after they won ZERO1’s Strongest Tag Team 1-Day Tournament, responded to the news of Nakajima looking elsewhere for a partner on his X account. Toki questioned Nakajima’s decision before yet again throwing his name in the hat in an attempt to secure a spot in the Furinkazan Tag Tournament.

From Yuki Toki via X:

From outside??? Nakajima! I’m on the inside, you know? Let’s win the Furinkazan championship together!

(English Translation via DeepL)