dolphin continued to team with the jimmyz. on december 16, 2012, dolphin won his first pinfall over tanisaki, after cyber kong, a stablemate of tanisaki's, interfered in the match but inadvertently cost tanisaki the match while trying to help him. on january 27, 2013, dolphin defeated naoki tanisaki to regain the right to use his real name, while also earning the right to rename tanisaki "mr. pii pii tomakomai penguin". the rivalry culminated on february 11, when the jimmyz defeated mad blankey in a five-on-five elimination tag team match, as a result of which penguin was exiled from dragon gate. after the match, tanizaki shook hands with penguin and offered to team with him in the future. tanizaki then also fought off mad blankey, when they turned on penguin. tanizaki then began working as "mr. kyu kyu naoki tanizaki toyonaka dolphin" and formed a partnership with penguin, with the two losing to akira tozawa and bxb hulk in their first match together on february 15.