originally from the toryumon x promotion, naoki tanizaki debuted in a toryumon mexico show in december 2002. when toryumon x made their japanese landing in august 2003, naoki debuted as a surfer (similar to genki horiguchi) defeating kenichi hanai. after losing to horiguchi, he partnered with horiguchi as the surfing brothers for his final two appearances in toryumon x.