Tuhia he tomokanga mo tenei waahanga - I tiimata a Kavaguti / Smirnov i te wa 2015 <unk> 16 me te koura i te huihuinga Challenger Series, te 2015 Mordovian Ornament, ka koura i ta raatau mahi Grand Prix tuatahi o te waa, te 2015 Cup of China, i reira i riri ai ratou ki nga hoa rangatira a Wenjing Sui / Han Cong. I whakatauhia e raatau te kaute pai rawa atu mo te 216.00 tohu me te taunga e rua o nga wha-wha i te reti koreutu i Haina. I ta raatau huihuinga GP e whai ake nei, te 2015 Rostelecom Cup, i wikitoria ratou i te mētara hiriwa i muri i nga hoa kapa Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov me te tohu mo te 2015 <unk> 16 Grand Prix Whakamutunga. I te marama o Tihema, i wikitoria ratou i te mētara parahi i te Whakamutunga GP i Barcelona i muri i te whakanoho i te tuarua i te poto me te tuatoru i te rerenga koreutu. I te mutunga o te marama, i riro i a rātau te hiriwa i te 2016 Russian Championships
i muri i te whakatakoto tuarua i roto i ngā wāhanga e rua. I te 20 o Hanuere 2016, i mau tonu a Kavaguti i te uaua i roto i te mahi, i puta ai te wehenga o te tokorua mai i te 2016 European Championships.