 He went under the gimmick of , a lighter version of the popular Toryumon wrestler Cima, who was a part of the Mini Crazy Max stable along with Suwacito and Small Dandy Fuji.Aligning themselves as tweeners, they got into a feud with babyface faction Sailor Boys (Taiji Ishimori, Kei Sato and Shu Sato), having several matches against them, sometimes accompanied by senior members of the actual Crazy Max.In December 2003, Mini Cima and his team competed in the "Young Dragons Cup 2003" scramble match, but they were unable to win, being Takeshi Minamino the eventual tournament winner.