Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Muna March 1999, Kavaguti akabatana naAlexander Markuntsov kuti vakwikwidzane neJapan. Ivo vakadzidzira zvikurukuru muHackensack naMoskvina naIgor Moskvin sevadzidzisi vavo uye Tatiana Druchinina, Igor Bobrin, naMoskvina sevanoronga mifananidzo yavo. Vakanga vari chikwata chokutanga cheJapan chemapoka maviri chakakunda menduru pamakwikwi eISU pavakakunda sirivha pa
World 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".