 Sugiyama was scheduled to face Mayumi "Super Benkei" Aoki at "Jewels 12th Ring" on in Tokyo, Japan, and planned to travel to Australia for one year to study after the fight.However, the event was cancelled after the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami earlier in the day.Sugiyama returned to Jewels to face Megumi Yabushita at "Jewels 20th Ring" on .