tanizaki once again signed with dragon gate six days after announcing he was becoming freelance again, as a result of being sacrificed to the newly arriving magnitude kishiwada just like in 2005. he signed an open contract, in which he competes on all dragon gate shows but is also free to compete elsewhere. tozawa-juku offered him membership into their stable, but he ended up joining naruki doi, masato yoshino, bxb hulk and m.c.kz in doi & yoshino's new faction world-1.