Kammala wannan jumlar: A watan Maris na 1999, Kavaguti ya haɗu da Alexander Markuntsov don yin gasa don Japan. Sun horar da su musamman a Hackensack tare da Moskvina da Igor Moskvin a matsayin masu horar da su da Tatiana Druchinina, Igor Bobrin, da Moskvina a matsayin masu wasan kwaikwayo. Sun kasance 'yan wasan Japan na farko da suka lashe lambar yabo a gasar zakarun ISU lokacin da suka dauki azurfa a
Gasar zakarun duniya a shekara ta 2001. Kavaguti da Markuntsov sun rabu a shekara ta 2003. Kavaguti ya ce, "Muna da kyakkyawar alaƙar aiki amma yana da matukar wahala ga Alexander ya sami ɗan ƙasar Japan, saboda haka ba za mu iya wakiltar Japan a wasannin Olympics ba don haka bayan ɗan lokaci sai muka yanke shawarar rabuwa".