List of IWGP Tag Team Champions

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Current champions Bishamon (Hirooki Goto (top) and Yoshi-Hashi (bottom))

The IWGP Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling tag team championship owned by the New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) promotion. "IWGP" are the initials of NJPW's governing body, the International Wrestling Grand Prix. The title was introduced on December 12, 1985, at a NJPW live event. [1] The IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Championship is not the only tag team title contested for in NJPW; the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship is also sanctioned by NJPW. [2] According to NJPW's official website, the IWGP Tag Team Championship is considered the "IWGP Heavy Weight Class", while the Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship is listed as the "IWGP Jr. Tag Class". [2] Like most professional wrestling championships, the title is won via the result of a scripted match. Title changes usually happen at NJPW-promoted events; although the title has only changed hands twice at a non-NJPW event, [3] it has been defended in several other promotions.

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Hiroyoshi Tenzan currently holds the record for most reigns by an individual wrestler, with twelve. Tenzan's combined twelve reign lengths add up to 1,988 days, which is the most of any champion. At seven reigns, Guerrillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa) hold the record for most by a team. Tenzan and Masahiro Chono's combined five reign lengths add up to 1,010 days (the most of any team). At 564 days, Bad Intentions' (Giant Bernard and Karl Anderson) only reign is the longest in the title's history. Keiji Mutoh and Shiro Koshinaka's only reign is the shortest, at six days. Currently, Bad Intentions' only reign has the most defenses, with ten. Overall, there have been 101 reigns shared among 90 wrestlers, who made up 66 different teams. Bishamon (Hirooki Goto and Yoshi-Hashi) are the current champions in their fourth reign as a team. They won the titles by defeating Bullet Club (Kenta and Chase Owens) at Sakura Genesis in Tokyo on April 6, 2024.

Title history

As of April6, 2024.

Key
No.Overall reign number
ReignReign number for the specific team—reign numbers for the individuals are in parentheses, if different
DaysNumber of days held
DefensesNumber of successful defenses
Championship change is unrecognized by the promotion
+Current reign is changing daily
No.ChampionChampionship changeReign statisticsNotesRef.
DateEventLocationReignDaysDefenses
1 Kengo Kimura and Tatsumi Fujinami December 12, 1985 IWGP Tag Team League Sendai, Japan 12365Kimura and Fujinami defeated Antonio Inoki and Seiji Sakaguchi in a tournament final to become the first champions. [1] [4] [5]
2 Akira Maeda and Osamu Kido August 5, 1986Burning Spirit in Summer Tokyo, Japan 1491 [6]
3 Kengo Kimura and Tatsumi Fujinami September 23, 1986Challenge Spirit 1986 Tokyo, Japan 21350 [7] [8]
Vacated February 5, 1987The championship was vacated when Kimura and Fujinami split up. [7]
4 Keiji Mutoh and Shiro Koshinaka March 20, 1987Spring Flare Up 1987 Tokyo, Japan 160Koshinaka and Mutoh defeated Akira Maeda and Nobuhiko Takada in a tournament final to win the vacant championship. [9]
5 Akira Maeda and Nobuhiko Takada March 26, 1987Inoki Toukon Live II Osaka, Japan 1
(2, 1)
1592 [10]
6 Kazuo Yamazaki and Yoshiaki Fujiwara September 1, 1987Sengoku Battle Series 1987 Fukuoka, Japan 11392 [11]
7 Kengo Kimura and Tatsumi Fujinami January 18, 1988New Year Golden Series 1988 Takuyama, Japan 31443 [12]
8 Masa Saito and Riki Choshu June 10, 1988IWGP Champion Series 1988 Hiroshima, Japan 12794 [13]
9 George Takano and Super Strong Machine [N 1] March 16, 1989Big Fight Series Yokohama, Japan 11191 [14]
10 Riki Choshu and Takayuki Iizuka [N 2] July 13, 1989Super Fight Series Tokyo, Japan 1
(2, 1)
691 [15]
11 Masa Saito and Shinya Hashimoto September 20, 1989Bloody Fight Series 1989: Super Power Battle in Osaka Osaka, Japan 1
(2, 1)
2193 [16]
12 Keiji Mutoh and Masahiro Chono April 27, 1990Shintou Station Bay NK Tokyo, Japan 1
(2, 1)
1883 [17]
13 Hiroshi Hase and Kensuke Sasaki November 1, 1990Dream Tour 1990 Tokyo, Japan 1552 [18]
14 Hiro Saito and Super Strong Machine [N 1] December 26, 1990King of Kings Hamamatsu, Japan 1
(1, 2)
702 [19]
15 Hiroshi Hase and Kensuke Sasaki March 6, 1991Big Fight Series 1991 Nagasaki, Japan 2150 [20]
16 The Steiner Brothers
(Rick Steiner and Scott Steiner)
March 21, 1991 Starrcade 1991 in Tokyo Dome Tokyo, Japan 12292The Steiners' WCW World Tag Team Championship was also on the line. [21]
17 Hiroshi Hase and Keiji Mutoh November 5, 1991Tokyo 3Days Battle Tokyo, Japan 1
(3, 3)
1172 Scott Norton substituted for an injured Scott Steiner in this match. [22]
18Big, Bad, and Dangerous
(Big Van Vader and Crusher Bam Bam Bigelow)
March 1, 1992Big Fight Series 1992: New Japan Pro-Wrestling 20th Anniversary Show Yokohama, Japan 11172 [23]
19 The Steiner Brothers
(Rick Steiner and Scott Steiner)
June 26, 1992Masters of Wrestling Tokyo, Japan 21493The Steiners' WCW World Tag Team Championship was also on the line. [24]
20 Scott Norton and Tony Halme November 22, 1992Wrestling Scramble 1992: Battle Zone Space I Tokyo, Japan 1220 [25]
21 The Hell Raisers
(Hawk Warrior and Power Warrior [N 3] )
December 14, 1992Battle Final 1992 Tokyo, Japan 1
(1, 3)
2344 [4]
22 The Jurassic Powers
(Hercules Hernandez and Scott Norton)
August 5, 1993G1 Climax 1993 Tokyo, Japan 1
(1, 2)
1523 [26]
23 The Hell Raisers
(Hawk Warrior and Power Warrior [N 3] )
January 4, 1994 Battlefield Tokyo, Japan 2
(2, 4)
3252
24 Hiroshi Hase and Keiji Mutoh November 25, 1994Battle Final 1994 Iwate, Japan 2
(4, 4)
1621 [27]
Vacated May 6, 1995The title was vacated by Mutoh after he won the IWGP Heavyweight Championship. [27]
25 Cho-Ten
(Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Masahiro Chono)
June 12, 1995Fighting Spirit Legend Osaka, Japan 1
(1, 2)
250Tenzan and Chono defeated Junji Hirata and Shinya Hashimoto to win the vacant championship. [28]
Vacated July 7, 1995The title was vacated when Chono missed a title defense due to his father's death. [28]
26 Junji Hirata [N 1] and Shinya Hashimoto July 13, 1995Best of the Super Jr. II Sapporo, Japan 1
(3, 2)
3356Hashimoto and Hirata defeated Mike Enos and Scott Norton to win the vacant championship.
27 Kazuo Yamazaki and Takashi Iizuka [N 2] June 12, 1996Best of the Super Jr. III Osaka, Japan 1
(2, 2)
340
28 Cho-Ten
(Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Masahiro Chono)
July 16, 1996Summer Struggle 1996 Sapporo, Japan 2
(2, 3)
1722
29 Kengo Kimura and Tatsumi Fujinami January 4, 1997 Wrestling World 1997 Tokyo,Japan 4983
30 Kensuke Sasaki and Riki Choshu April 12, 1997 Battle Formation Tokyo, Japan 1
(5, 3)
210
31The Bull Powers
(Manabu Nakanishi and Satoshi Kojima)
May 3, 1997 Strong Style Evolution Osaka, Japan 1991
32 Kazuo Yamazaki and Kensuke Sasaki August 10, 1997The Four Heaven in Nagoya Dome Nagoya, Japan 1
(3, 6)
700
33 Keiji Mutoh and Masahiro Chono October 19, 1997nWo Typhoon 1997 Kobe, Japan 2
(5, 4)
2002 [29]
Vacated May 7, 1998The title was vacated due to Mutoh having surgery on his knee. [29]
34 Cho-Ten
(Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Masahiro Chono)
June 5, 1998Best of the Super Juniors V Tokyo, Japan 3
(3, 5)
400Tenzan and Chono defeated Genichiro Tenryu and Shiro Koshinaka in a tournament final to win the vacant championship.
35 Genichiro Tenryu and Shiro Koshinaka July 15, 1998Summer Struggle 1998 Sapporo, Japan 1
(1, 2)
1732
36 Tencozy
(Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima)
January 4, 1999 Wrestling World 1999 Tokyo, Japan 1
(4, 2)
771
37 Kensuke Sasaki and Shiro Koshinaka March 22, 1999Hyper Battle 1999 Amagasaki, Japan 1
(7, 3)
972
38 The Mad Dogs
(Michiyoshi Ohara and Tatsutoshi Goto)
June 27, 1999Summer Struggle 1999 Shizuoka, Japan 1621
39 Manabu Nakanishi and Yuji Nagata August 28, 1999 Jingu Climax Shizuoka, Japan 1
(2, 1)
3274
40 Tencozy
(Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima)
July 20, 2000Summer Struggle 2000 Tokyo, Japan 2
(5, 3)
4306
41 Osamu Nishimura and Tatsumi Fujinami September 23, 2001G1 World 2001 Osaka, Japan 1
(1, 5)
351
42 BATT
(Keiji Mutoh and Taiyō Kea)
October 28, 2001Survival 2001: Fighting Destination in Fukuoka Fukuoka, Japan 1
(6, 1)
970 [30]
Vacated February 2, 2002The title was vacated due to Mutoh leaving NJPW. [30]
43 Cho-Ten
(Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Masahiro Chono)
March 24, 2002Hyper Battle 2002 Hyōgo, Japan 4
(6, 6)
4467Tenzan and Chono defeated Manabu Nakanishi and Yuji Nagata in a tournament final to win the vacant championship.
44 Hiroshi Tanahashi and Yutaka Yoshie June 13, 2003Crush Tokyo, Japan 11843 [31]
45 Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Osamu Nishimura December 14, 2003Battle Final 2003 Nagoya, Japan 1
(7, 2)
490
46 Minoru Suzuki and Yoshihiro Takayama February 1, 2004Fighting Spirit 2004 Sapporo, Japan 12944 [32]
Vacated November 21, 2004The title was vacated due to Takayama being sidelined with an injury.
47 Hiroshi Tanahashi and Shinsuke Nakamura December 11, 2004Battle Final 2004 Osaka, Japan 1
(2, 1)
3234Tanahashi and Nakamura defeated Kensuke Sasaki and Minoru Suzuki to win the vacant title.
48 Cho-Ten
(Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Masahiro Chono)
October 30, 2005Toukon Series 2005 Kobe, Japan 5
(8, 7)
3253 [33]
Shiro Koshinaka and Togi Makabe July 2, 2006Circuit 2006 Turbulence Tokyo, Japan 150An interim tag team title was created when Tenzan and Chono showed signs of inactivity. Makabe and Koshinaka defeated Giant Bernard and Travis Tomko in a tournament final to win the title. [33]
Wild Child
(Manabu Nakanishi and Takao Omori)
July 17, 2006Circuit 2006 Turbulence Sapporo, Japan 730
Vacated September 20, 2006NJPW president Simon Kelly Inoki stripped Chono and Tenzan of the title after Chono and Tenzan ceased teaming. [33]
49Wild Child
(Manabu Nakanishi and Takao Omori)
September 28, 2006Circuit 2006 Final: Next Progress Sapporo, Japan 1
(3, 1)
1641Nakanishi and Ōmori were promoted to undisputed champions on September 28, 2006. [34]
50 RISE
(Giant Bernard and Travis Tomko)
March 11, 2007New Japan Pro-Wrestling 35th Anniversary Tour Circuit 2007 New Japan Evolution: New Japan Cup 2007 Nagoya, Japan 13435
51 The Most Violent Players
(Togi Makabe and Toru Yano)
February 17, 2008Circuit 2008 New Japan Ism Tokyo, Japan 13224
52 Team 3D
(Brother Devon and Brother Ray)
January 4, 2009 Wrestle Kingdom III in Tokyo Dome Tokyo, Japan 11984 [3] [35]
53 The British Invasion
(Brutus Magnus and Doug Williams)
July 21, 2009 TNA Impact! Orlando, Florida 1891This was a tables match that aired on the July 30, 2009, episode of Total Nonstop Action Wrestling's Impact! . [36] [37] NJPW did not sanction the match, nor initially recognize nor sanction the title change until August 10. [3] [38] [39]
54 Team 3D
(Brother Devon and Brother Ray)
October 18, 2009 Bound for Glory Irvine, California, U.S. 2781This was a four-way Full Metal Mayhem Tag Team match, which also included Beer Money, Inc. and Booker T and Scott Steiner and was contested also for the TNA World Tag Team Championship, which was won by The British Invasion. [40] [41]
55 No Limit
(Tetsuya Naito and Yujiro Takahashi)
January 4, 2010 Wrestle Kingdom IV in Tokyo Dome Tokyo, Japan 11191This was a three-way hardcore match, which also included Bad Intentions (Giant Bernard and Karl Anderson). [42]
56 Seigigun
(Wataru Inoue and Yuji Nagata)
May 3, 2010 Wrestling Dontaku 2010 Fukuoka, Japan 1
(1, 2)
470This was a three-way match, which also included Bad Intentions (Giant Bernard and Karl Anderson).
57 Bad Intentions
(Giant Bernard and Karl Anderson)
June 19, 2010 Dominion 6.19 Osaka, Japan 1
(2, 1)
56410This was a three-way elimination match, which also included No Limit (Tetsuya Naito and Yujiro Takahashi).
58 Tencozy
(Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima)
January 4, 2012 Wrestle Kingdom VI in Tokyo Dome Tokyo, Japan 3
(9, 4)
1202
59 Chaos
(Takashi Iizuka and Toru Yano)
May 3, 2012 Wrestling Dontaku 2012 Fukuoka, Japan 1
(3, 2)
480
Vacated June 20, 2012Iizuka and Yano were stripped of the title, after a title match between them and Tencozy (Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima) on June 16 ended in a no contest. [43]
60 Tencozy
(Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima)
July 22, 2012Kizuna Road Yamagata, Japan 4
(10, 5)
780Tenzan and Kojima defeated Chaos (Takashi Iizuka and Toru Yano) to win the vacant title.
61 Killer Elite Squad
(Davey Boy Smith Jr. and Lance Archer)
October 8, 2012 King of Pro-Wrestling Tokyo, Japan 12075
62 Tencozy
(Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima)
May 3, 2013 Wrestling Dontaku 2013 Fukuoka, Japan 5
(11, 6)
1902This was a four-way match, which also included Chaos (Takashi Iizuka and Toru Yano) and Muscle Orchestra (Manabu Nakanishi and Strong Man).
63 Killer Elite Squad
(Davey Boy Smith Jr. and Lance Archer)
November 9, 2013 Power Struggle Osaka, Japan 2560This was the second fall of a two-fall three-way tornado tag team match which also included The IronGodz (Jax Dane and Rob Conway).
64 Bullet Club
(Doc Gallows and Karl Anderson)
January 4, 2014 Wrestle Kingdom 8 in Tokyo Dome Tokyo, Japan 1
(1, 2)
3656
65 Meiyu Tag
(Hirooki Goto and Katsuyori Shibata)
January 4, 2015 Wrestle Kingdom 9 in Tokyo Dome Tokyo, Japan 1380
66 Bullet Club
(Doc Gallows and Karl Anderson)
February 11, 2015 The New Beginning in Osaka Osaka, Japan 2
(2, 3)
530
67 The Kingdom
(Matt Taven and Michael Bennett)
April 5, 2015 Invasion Attack 2015 Tokyo, Japan 1910
68 Bullet Club
(Doc Gallows and Karl Anderson)
July 5, 2015 Dominion 7.5 in Osaka-jo Hall Osaka, Japan 3
(3, 4)
1831
69 Great Bash Heel
(Togi Makabe and Tomoaki Honma)
January 4, 2016 Wrestle Kingdom 10 in Tokyo Dome Tokyo, Japan 1
(2, 1)
971
70 Guerrillas of Destiny
(Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa)
April 10, 2016 Invasion Attack 2016 Tokyo, Japan 1701
71 The Briscoe Brothers
(Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe)
June 19, 2016 Dominion 6.19 in Osaka-jo Hall Osaka, Japan 11132
72 Guerrillas of Destiny
(Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa)
October 10, 2016 King of Pro-Wrestling Tokyo, Japan 2861
73 Chaos
(Tomohiro Ishii and Toru Yano)
January 4, 2017 Wrestle Kingdom 11 in Tokyo Dome Tokyo, Japan 1
(1, 3)
612This was a three-way match, which also included G.B.H. (Togi Makabe and Tomoaki Honma).
74 Tencozy
(Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima)
March 6, 2017Hataage Kinenbi Tokyo, Japan 6
(12, 7)
340
75 War Machine
(Hanson and Raymond Rowe)
April 9, 2017 Sakura Genesis 2017 Tokyo, Japan 1631
76 Guerrillas of Destiny
(Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa)
June 11, 2017 Dominion 6.11 in Osaka-jo Hall Osaka, Japan 3200
77 War Machine
(Hanson and Raymond Rowe)
July 1, 2017 G1 Special in USA Long Beach, California, U.S. 2853This was a no disqualification match.
78 Killer Elite Squad
(Davey Boy Smith Jr. and Lance Archer)
September 24, 2017 Destruction in Kobe Kobe, Japan 31021This was a three-way tornado tag team match, which also included Guerrillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa).
79 Los Ingobernables de Japón
(Evil and Sanada)
January 4, 2018 Wrestle Kingdom 12 in Tokyo Dome Tokyo, Japan 11562 [44]
80 The Young Bucks
(Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson)
June 9, 2018 Dominion 6.9 in Osaka-jo Hall Osaka, Japan 11131
81 Guerrillas of Destiny
(Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa)
September 30, 2018 Fighting Spirit Unleashed Long Beach, California, U.S. 4960
82 Los Ingobernables de Japón
(Evil and Sanada)
January 4, 2019 Wrestle Kingdom 13 in Tokyo Dome Tokyo, Japan 2501This was a three-way match, which also included The Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson). [45]
83 Guerrillas of Destiny
(Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa)
February 23, 2019 Honor Rising: Japan 2019 Tokyo, Japan 53157
84 FinJuice
(David Finlay and Juice Robinson)
January 4, 2020 Wrestle Kingdom 14 in Tokyo Dome
Night 1
Tokyo, Japan 1280 [46]
85 Guerrillas of Destiny
(Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa)
February 1, 2020 The New Beginning USA Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. 6200 [47]
86Golden☆Ace
(Hiroshi Tanahashi and Kota Ibushi)
February 21, 2020New Japan Road Tokyo, Japan 1
(3, 1)
1420 [48]
87 Dangerous Tekkers
(Taichi and Zack Sabre Jr.)
July 12, 2020 Dominion in Osaka-jo Hall Osaka, Japan 11762 [49]
88 Guerrillas of Destiny
(Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa)
January 4, 2021 Wrestle Kingdom 15 in Tokyo Dome
Night 1
Tokyo, Japan 71482 [50]
89 Dangerous Tekkers
(Taichi and Zack Sabre Jr.)
June 1, 2021Road to Dominion Tokyo, Japan 2400 [51]
90 Los Ingobernables de Japón
(Tetsuya Naito and Sanada)
July 11, 2021 Summer Struggle in Sapporo
Night 2
Sapporo, Japan 1
(2, 3)
140 [52]
91 Dangerous Tekkers
(Taichi and Zack Sabre Jr.)
July 25, 2021 Wrestle Grand Slam in Tokyo Dome Tokyo, Japan 31631 [53]
92 Bishamon
(Hirooki Goto and Yoshi-Hashi)
January 4, 2022 Wrestle Kingdom 16
Night 1
Tokyo, Japan 1
(2, 1)
951 [54]
93 United Empire
(Great-O-Khan and Jeff Cobb)
April 9, 2022 Hyper Battle '22 Tokyo, Japan 1220 [55]
94 General’s Jewel
(Bad Luck Fale and Chase Owens)
May 1, 2022 Wrestling Dontaku Fukuoka, Japan 1420This was a three-way match, which also included Bishamon (Hirooki Goto and Yoshi-Hashi). [56]
95 United Empire
(Great-O-Khan and Jeff Cobb)
June 12, 2022 Dominion 6.12 in Osaka-jo Hall Osaka, Japan 2140 [57]
96 FTR
(Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler)
June 26, 2022 Forbidden Door Chicago, Illinois, U.S. 11922This was a Winner Take All three-way match, which also included Roppongi Vice (Rocky Romero and Trent Beretta). FTR's ROH World Tag Team Championship was also on the line. [58]
97 Bishamon
(Hirooki Goto and Yoshi-Hashi)
January 4, 2023 Wrestle Kingdom 17 Tokyo, Japan 2
(3, 2)
942 [59]
98 Aussie Open
(Mark Davis and Kyle Fletcher)
April 8, 2023 Sakura Genesis Tokyo, Japan 1432 [60]
Vacated May 21, 2023 Resurgence Long Beach, CA Kyle Fletcher vacated the Strong and the IWGP Tag Team Championship after Mark Davis suffered an injury. [61]
99 Bishamon
(Hirooki Goto and Yoshi-Hashi)
June 4, 2023 Dominion 6.4 in Osaka-jo Hall Tokyo, Japan 3
(4, 3)
2142Defeated House of Torture (Evil and Yujiro Takahashi) and United Empire (Great-O-Khan and Aaron Henare) in a three-way tag team match to win the vacant titles. The match was also disputed for the vacant Strong Openweight Tag Team Championship. [62]
100 Guerrillas of Destiny
(El Phantasmo and Hikuleo)
January 4, 2024 Wrestle Kingdom 18 Tokyo, Japan 1380This was a Winners Takes All tag team match in which Phantasmo and Hikuleo's Strong Openweight Tag Team Championship were also on the line. [63]
101 Bullet Club
(Chase Owens and Kenta)
February 11, 2024 The New Beginning in Osaka Osaka, Japan 1
(2, 1)
550 [64]
102 Bishamon
(Hirooki Goto and Yoshi-Hashi)
April 6, 2024 Sakura Genesis Tokyo, Japan 4
(5, 4)
0+0 [65]

Combined reigns

As of April6, 2024.

Guerrillas of Destiny (Tanga Loa (left) and Tama Tonga (right)), record seven-time champions Guerrillas of Destiny Guerrilla Warfare.jpg
Guerrillas of Destiny (Tanga Loa (left) and Tama Tonga (right)), record seven-time champions
Indicates the current champions

By team

RankTeamNo. of
reigns
Combined
defenses
Combined days
1 Cho-Ten
(Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Masahiro Chono)
5121,008
2 Tencozy
(Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima)
611929
3 Guerrillas of Destiny
(Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa)
711755
4 Kengo Kimura and Tatsumi Fujinami 411613
5 Bullet Club
(Doc Gallows and Karl Anderson)
37601
6 Bad Intentions
(Giant Bernard and Karl Anderson)
110564
7 The Hell Raisers
(Hawk Warrior and Power Warrior)
26559
8 Chaos/Bishamon
(Hirooki Goto and Yoshi-Hashi)
45403+
9 Keiji Mutoh and Masahiro Chono 25388
10 Dangerous Tekkers
(Taichi and Zack Sabre Jr.)
33379
11 The Steiner Brothers
(Rick Steiner and Scott Steiner)
25378
12 Killer Elite Squad
(Davey Boy Smith Jr. and Lance Archer)
36365
13 RISE
(Giant Bernard and Travis Tomko)
15343
14 Junji Hirata and Shinya Hashimoto 16335
15 Manabu Nakanishi and Yuji Nagata 14327
16 Hiroshi Tanahashi and Shinsuke Nakamura 14323
17 The Most Violent Players
(Togi Makabe and Toru Yano)
14322
18 Minoru Suzuki and Yoshihiro Takayama 14294
19 Hiroshi Hase and Keiji Mutoh 23279
Masa Saito and Riki Choshu 14279
21 Team 3D
(Brother Devon and Brother Ray)
25276
22 Masa Saito and Shinya Hashimoto 13219
23 Los Ingobernables de Japón
(Evil and Sanada)
23206
24 FTR
(Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler)
12192
25 Hiroshi Tanahashi and Yutaka Yoshie 13184
26 Genichiro Tenryu and Shiro Koshinaka 12173
27Wild Child
(Manabu Nakanishi and Takao Omori)
11164
28 Akira Maeda and Nobuhiko Takada 12159
29 The Jurassic Powers
(Hercules Hernandez and Scott Norton)
13152
30 War Machine
(Hanson and Raymond Rowe)
24148
31Golden☆Ace
(Hiroshi Tanahashi and Kota Ibushi)
10142
32 Kazuo Yamazaki and Yoshiaki Fujiwara 12139
33 George Takano and Super Strong Machine 11119
No Limit
(Tetsuya Naito and Yujiro Takahashi)
11119
35Big, Bad, and Dangerous
(Big Van Vader and Crusher Bam Bam Bigelow)
12117
36 The Briscoe Brothers
(Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe)
12113
The Young Bucks
(Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson)
11113
38The Bull Powers
(Manabu Nakanishi and Satoshi Kojima)
1199
39 Kensuke Sasaki and Shiro Koshinaka 1297
Great Bash Heel
(Togi Makabe and Tomoaki Honma)
1197
BATT
(Keiji Mutoh and Taiyō Kea)
1097
42 The Kingdom
(Matt Taven and Michael Bennett)
1091
43 The British Invasion
(Brutus Magnus and Doug Williams)
1189
44 Hiroshi Hase and Kensuke Sasaki 2270
Hiro Saito and Super Strong Machine 1270
Kazuo Yamazaki and Kensuke Sasaki 1070
47 Riki Choshu and Takayuki Iizuka 1169
48 The Mad Dogs
(Michiyoshi Ohara and Tatsutoshi Goto)
1162
49 Chaos
(Tomohiro Ishii and Toru Yano)
1261
50 Bullet Club
(Chase Owens and Kenta)
1055
51 Akira Maeda and Osamu Kido 1149
Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Osamu Nishimura 1049
53 Chaos
(Takashi Iizuka and Toru Yano)
1048
54 Seigigun
(Wataru Inoue and Yuji Nagata)
1047
55 Aussie Open
(Mark Davis and Kyle Fletcher)
1243
56 Bullet Club/General's Jewel
(Bad Luck Fale and Chase Owens)
1042
57 Meiyu Tag
(Hirooki Goto and Katsuyori Shibata)
1038
58 Guerrillas of Destiny
(El Phantasmo and Hikuleo)
1038
59 United Empire
(Great-O-Khan and Jeff Cobb)
2036
60 Osamu Nishimura and Tatsumi Fujinami 1135
61 Kazuo Yamazaki and Takashi Iizuka 1034
62 FinJuice
(David Finlay and Juice Robinson)
1028
63 Scott Norton and Tony Halme 1022
64 Kensuke Sasaki and Riki Choshu 1021
65 Los Ingobernables de Japón
(Tetsuya Naito and Sanada)
1014
66 Keiji Mutoh and Shiro Koshinaka 106

By wrestler

Record twelve-time as well as longest combined reigning Tag Team champion Hiroyoshi Tenzan Hiroyoshi Tenzan 2016.JPG
Record twelve-time as well as longest combined reigning Tag Team champion Hiroyoshi Tenzan
RankWrestlerNo. of
reigns
Combined
defenses
Combined days
1 Hiroyoshi Tenzan 12231,986
2 Masahiro Chono 7171,396
3 Karl Anderson 4171,165
4 Satoshi Kojima 7121,028
5 Giant Bernard 215907
6 Kensuke Sasaki/Power Warrior 710817
7 Keiji Mutoh 68770
8 Tama Tonga 711755
Tanga Loa
10 Hiroshi Tanahashi 37649
11 Tatsumi Fujinami 512648
12 Kengo Kimura 411613
13 Doc Gallows 37601
14 Manabu Nakanishi 36590
15 Hawk Warrior 26559
16 Shinya Hashimoto 29554
17 Junji Hirata/Super Strong Machine 39524
18 Masa Saito 27498
19 Hirooki Goto 55441+
20 Toru Yano 36431
21 Togi Makabe 25419
22 Yoshi-Hashi 35403+
23 Taichi 33379
Zack Sabre Jr.
25 Rick Steiner 25378
Scott Steiner
27 Yuji Nagata 24374
28 Riki Choshu 35369
29 Davey Boy Smith Jr. 36365
Lance Archer
31 Hiroshi Hase 45349
32 Travis Tomko 15343
33 Shinsuke Nakamura 14323
34 Minoru Suzuki 14294
Yoshihiro Takayama
36 Shiro Koshinaka 34276
Brother Devon 25
Brother Ray
39 Kazuo Yamazaki 32243
40 Sanada 33220
41 Akira Maeda 23208
42 Evil 23206
43 Dax Harwood 12192
Cash Wheeler
45 Yutaka Yoshie 13184
46 Scott Norton 23174
47 Genichiro Tenryu 12173
48 Takao Omori 11164
49 Nobuhiko Takada 12159
50 Hercules Hernandez 13152
51 Takayuki/Takashi Iizuka 31151
52 Hanson 24148
Raymond Rowe
54 Kota Ibushi 10142
55 Yoshiaki Fujiwara 12139
56 Tetsuya Naito 21133
57 George Takano 11119
Yujiro Takahashi 11119
59 Big Van Vader 12117
Crusher Bam Bam Bigelow
61 Jay Briscoe 12113
Mark Briscoe
Matt Jackson 1
Nick Jackson
65 Tomoaki Honma 1197
Taiyō Kea 1097
Chase Owens 2097
68 Matt Taven 1091
Michael Bennett
70 Brutus Magnus 1189
Doug Williams
72 Osamu Nishimura 2184
73 Hiro Saito 1270
74 Michiyoshi Ohara 1162
Tatsutoshi Goto
76 Tomohiro Ishii 1261
77 Kenta 1055
78 Osamu Kido 1149
79 Wataru Inoue 1047
80 Mark Davis 1243
Kyle Fletcher
82 Bad Luck Fale 1042
83 Katsuyori Shibata 1038
El Phantasmo
Hikuleo
86 Great-O-Khan 2036
Jeff Cobb
88 David Finlay 1028
Juice Robinson
90 Tony Halme 1022

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 3 Junji Hirata used the ring name Super Strong Machine during his first two reigns; one reign was with George Takano and the second was with Hiro Saito.
  2. 1 2 Takayuki Iizuka also used the ring name Takashi Iizuka and won the IWGP Tag Team Championship once with Kazuo Yamazaki.
  3. 1 2 Kensuke Sasaki used the ring name Power Warrior, while he was a part of The Hell Raisers.

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