Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Kotahi marama i mua o te taitara ao tuaono mo Teiken Whakatairanga i te Paenga-whawha 2011, i kii a Honda i nga mahere e rua i waenganui o te 2011 mo Akifumi Shimoda me Toshiaki Nishioka ki te whawhai i te United States. I muri tata iho i tērā,
I puta te ruu o Tōhoku. I te whakapūmau i ngā hiahia o ngā kaiwhawhai katoa i roto i taua whakataetae tokotoru, i whakaaro a Honda ko tō rātou haumaru te mea tino nui. Na, i te whakarite mo te pouri, i whakapau kaha ia ki te whakarite i te mana hiko iti e tika ana mo te pouaka whakaata ora me te whakahaere i nga waahi o te waahi, i te korerorero me Nippon Television e whakaatu ana i nga whawhai. Heoi, i whakatau ia ki te whakahoki i nga tiikiti o mua katoa me te huri i te waahi mai i te Ryōgoku Kokugikan i Tokyo ki te Whare Maumahara o te Ao i Kobe, Hyōgo mo te whakahaere morearea. I tukuna taua huihuinga e toru i te United States, Argentina, Itari me etahi atu whenua, hei taapiri ki te NTV o Japan me te Televisa o Mexico.