Yep, it was hinted by the "no name team", but just the same it's a tactic to build his team to big this huge monstrous team. Anyways, it's fairly uncommon to do this, so I found it funny at the time that he lost in the first round.

As for who Koh would end up with, I really don't mind... though I like Aoba myself. But by the looks of it, the lookalike seems too easy at the moment, so Adachi might go in a different direction. Else, we need to see some adversity because what's an Adachi series without love triangles, misunderstandings, and the underdog relationships.