Katsuhiko Nakajima & Yuki Toki Win ZERO1’s Strongest Tag Team 1-Day Tournament, Toki Requests to Learn Alongside Nakajima 

By: Ian McCord 

On November 1st, Pro Wrestling ZERO1 held its Strongest Tag Team 1-Day Tournament at the ZERO1 Dojo in Tokyo, with Katsuhiko Nakajima and one half of the Lightweight Tag Team Champions, Yuki Toki, emerging as the strongest pairing once the smoke cleared and the dust settled.

The tournament consisted of six teams picked at random with tag teams and alliances being broken up for this 1-day event.

The opening bout saw Masato Tanaka and Hide Kubota defeat Tsugutaka Sato and Yasu Kubota in just over 10 minutes after Hide Kubota scored a backslide pin on Sato. However, due to Hide Kubota showing signs of dizziness after the match, he and Tanaka were forced to forfeit. This would leave Sato and Yasu Kubota to advance to the semifinals, where they would meet Katsuhiko Nakajima and Yuki Toki, who received first round byes.

The next first round match saw Hayabusa and Chris Vice pick up the win over Koji Doi and Takuya Sugawara after Hayabusa hit a huracanrana into a pinfall on his Furinkazan Tag Tournament partner Koji Doi.

Hayabusa and Vice then went straight into the semifinals, where they faced ZERO1 World Heavyweight Champion Junya Matsunaga and Bryan Ishizaka, who were the other team to receive a first round bye.

The momentum built from Hayabusa and Vice’s first round win was enough to halt Matsunaga and Ishizaka’s advantage. An object in motion stays in motion one could say. Vice picked up the win for his team in just under 14 minutes after hitting a package piledriver onto Ishizaka to advance to finals.

Next up was Katsuhiko Nakajima and Yuki Toki playing spoiler to Tsugutaka Sato and Yasu Kubota’s second chance, with Nakajima putting Kubota to sleep with Doujime sleeper hold in under nine minutes to move onto Hayabusa and Vice in the finals.

Finding himself in his second ZERO1 tournament final since returning to the promotion earlier in the year, Fire Festival 2026 winner Katsuhiko Nakajima became a part of the tournament’s strongest team thanks to a strong performance from three-year pro Yuki Toki. After a hard-hitting affair between the two teams, Toki was able to score a backslide pin onto one half of the current Intercontinental Tag Team Champions, Chris Vice, to pick up the win for his team in (14:14). Looks like Toki could have a new lucky number.

After the match, Yuki Toki asked Nakajima if they could continue working together as a team, requesting they join forces for the upcoming Furinkazan Tag Team Tournament, which is set to begin on November 28th. Nakajima, however, would hold off on responding to Toki’s request.

After the event Yuki Toki shared his excitement on social media. He claimed that moving forward, the best thing for him and his career would be to learn alongside Nakajima so that he can eventually rise to the forefront of ZERO1. Toki also explained that he will continue in his quest to get Nakajima to team with him for the upcoming Furinkazan Tag Tournament, before asking for Nakajima to teach him everything from scratch.

Yuki Toki via X:

“ZERO1 1-Day Tournament I won the championship with Nakajima-san!!!!! I got an assist from Nakajima-san, but this was the first time I’ve ever beaten Chris-san. I think the best strategy for me right now is to learn alongside Nakajima-san so I can lead ZERO1. My entry for Furinkazan got muddled, but his mind might change again by tomorrow! I’m going to talk him into it. Please teach me everything from scratch!!!!!”

(English Translation via DeepL)

ZERO1 returns on November 7th to TOKYO SQUARE in Itabashi, featuring a International Lightweight Tag Team Championship Match with champions Yuki Toki and Van Veil Jack defending against Takuya Sugawara and Naruki Doi. The event will also feature a special tag match between Junya Matsunaga and Tsugutaka Sato taking on Katsuhiko Nakajima and Masato Tanaka ahead of Matsunaga’s ZERO1 World Heavyweight Championship defense against Nakajima at Korakuen Hall later this month.

Here are the full results from ZERO1’s Strongest Tag Team 1-Day Tournament courtesy of purolove.com:

• ZERO1 Strongest Tag 1-Day Tournament – Round 1: Masato Tanaka & Hide Kubota defeat Tsugutaka Sato & Yasu Kubota (10:23)
• ZERO1 Strongest Tag 1-Day Tournament – Round 1: Hayabusa & Chris Vice defeat Takuya Sugawara & Koji Doi (8:11)
• ZERO1 Strongest Tag 1-Day Tournament – Semifinal: Hayabusa & Chris Vice defeat Junya Matsunaga & Bryan Ishizaka (13:42)
• ZERO1 Strongest Tag 1-Day Tournament – Semifinal: Katsuhiko Nakajima & Yuki Toki defeat Tsugutaka Sato & Yasu Kubota (8:50)
• ZERO1 Strongest Tag 1-Day Tournament – Final: Katsuhiko Nakajima & Yuki Toki defeat Hayabusa & Chris Vice (14:14)