 In early 2002, Shiga left Sterness to reunite with Kenta Kobashi in Burning.Shortly after joining, Shiga teamed with Kobashi and KENTA to win a One Day Six Man Tag Team Tournament.In October 19, 2002, Shiga and Kobashi challenged Jun Akiyama and Akitoshi Saito for the GHC Tag Team Championship but came up short.