Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna Kurume 1999, Kavaguti akabatana naAlexander Markuntsov kukwikwidza kuJapan. Ivo vakadzidzira zvikurukuru muHackensack naMoskvina naIgor Moskvin sevadzidzisi vavo uye Tatiana Druchinina, Igor Bobrin, naMoskvina sevanoronga mifananidzo yavo. Vaiva chikwata chokutanga cheJapan chakakunda menduru mumakwikwi eISU pavakakunda sirivha paWorld Junior Championships
muna 2001. Kavaguti naMarkuntsov vakaparadzana muna 2003. Kavaguti akati, "Takanga tine ukama hwakanaka hwekushanda asi zvakanga zvakaoma zvikuru kuti Alexander awane ugari hweJapan, nokudaro hatina kukwanisa kumiririra Japan kumaOlympics saka pashure penguva yakati takasarudza kuparadzana".