Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A watan Maris na 1999, Kavaguti ya haɗu tare 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 ƙungiya ta biyu ta farko ta Japan da ta sami lambar yabo a gasar ISU lokacin da suka ɗauki azurfa a Gasar Junior ta 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".