 On January 1, 2018, Sugi officially joined Zero1, and the same day, he and Masamune won the NWA International Lightweight Tag Team Championship from Sugawara and Hidaka.Their reign ended in June, when Sugi and Masamune lost the titles to the new team of Ikuto Hidaka and Fuminori Abe.The same month, Sugi joined Kohei Sato and challenged Masato Tanaka and Yuji Hino for the NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Championship, but they were defeated.