Oz Academy Tag Team Championship | |||||||||||||||||||
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Promotion | Oz Academy | ||||||||||||||||||
Date established | May 9, 2008 [1] | ||||||||||||||||||
Current champion(s) | H2D (Ryo Mizunami and Sonoko Kato) | ||||||||||||||||||
Date won | May 12, 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||
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The Oz Academy Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling tag team championship owned by the Oz Academy professional wrestling promotion. The championship was introduced on July 13, 2008, when Carlos Amano and Dynamite Kansai defeated Chikayo Nagashima and Sonoko Kato in the finals of a tournament to become the inaugural champions. [2]
Like most professional wrestling championships, the title is won as a result of a scripted match. There have been a total of thirty-seven reigns shared among twenty-nine teams and thirty-two wrestlers. Jaguar Yokota and Mayumi Ozaki are the current champions in their first reign as a team, while it's the seventh reign individually for Kato and the first for Ozaki.
Carlos Amano and Dynamite Kansai were the first champions in the title's history. [2] SonChika (Chikayo Nagashima and Sonoko Kato) and Jungle Jack 21 (Hiroyo Matsumoto and Tomoka Nakagawa) share the record for most reigns as a team, with three. [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] The former's second reign holds the record for the shortest reign in the title's history, at 14 days, while the latter's third reign holds the record for the longest reign, at 385 days. Mayumi Ozaki and Sonoko Kato hold the record for most reigns individually, with seven. [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17]
No. | Overall reign number |
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Reign | Reign number for the specific team—reign numbers for the individuals are in parentheses, if different |
Days | Number of days held |
Defenses | Number of successful defenses |
+ | Current reign is changing daily |
No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | ||||
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Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | Defenses | ||||
1 | Oz Seikigun (Carlos Amano and Dynamite Kansai) | July 13, 2008 | OZ-Double Wizard | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 28 | 0 | Defeated Chikayo Nagashima and Sonoko Kato in the finals of a six tag team tournament to become the inaugural champions. | [2] |
2 | D-Fix (Kaoru and Mayumi Ozaki) | August 10, 2008 | Plum Mariko Memorial - Day 1 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 179 | 0 [18] | This was a Two Out of Three Falls Hairs vs. Hairs match. | [13] |
3 | Jungle Jack 21 (Aja Kong and Hiroyo Matsumoto) | February 5, 2009 | OZ-The Perfect Taboo! | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 17 | 0 | [18] | |
4 | SonChika (Chikayo Nagashima and Sonoko Kato) | February 22, 2009 | The Country of OZ | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 101 | 2 [14] | [6] | |
5 | D-Fix (Kaoru and Mayumi Ozaki) | June 3, 2009 | OZ-Show Women | Tokyo, Japan | 2 | 60 | 1 [7] | [14] | |
6 | SonChika (Chikayo Nagashima and Sonoko Kato) | August 2, 2009 | OZ-Let's Party | Tokyo, Japan | 2 | 14 | 0 [19] | [7] | |
7 | Jungle Jack 21 (Akino and Ran Yu-Yu) | August 16, 2009 | Plum Hanasaku ~ Country of OZ | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 259 | 5 [20] | [19] | |
8 | Oz Seikigun (Carlos Amano and Manami Toyota) | May 2, 2010 | Free and Easy at Osaka | Osaka, Japan | 1 (2, 1) | 42 | 0 [21] | [20] | |
9 | Aja Kong and Kaoru Ito | June 13, 2010 | Dream Girls | Tokyo, Japan | 1 (2, 1) | 28 | 0 [22] | [21] | |
10 | Jungle Jack 21 (Akino and Ran Yu-Yu) | July 11, 2010 | Summer Factor | Tokyo, Japan | 2 | 42 | 0 [8] | [22] | |
11 | SonChika (Chikayo Nagashima and Sonoko Kato) | August 22, 2010 | Country of OZ - Night 2 | Tokyo, Japan | 3 | 231 | 3 [9] | [8] | |
12 | Jungle Jack 21 (Hiroyo Matsumoto and Tomoka Nakagawa) | April 10, 2011 | One Night in Heaven | Tokyo, Japan | 1 (2, 1) | 77 | 1 [23] | [9] | |
13 | Oz Seikigun (Carlos Amano and Manami Toyota) | June 26, 2011 | Unbalanced | Tokyo, Japan | 2 (3, 2) | 203 | 1 [24] | [23] | |
14 | Aja Kong and Sonoko Kato | January 15, 2012 | The Wizard of OZ | Tokyo, Japan | 1 (3, 4) | 217 | 2 [25] | [24] | |
15 | Akino and Ayumi Kurihara | August 19, 2012 | Plum Hanasaku ~ Country of OZ | Tokyo, Japan | 1 (3, 1) | 175 | 0 [15] | [25] | |
16 | Seiki-gun (Mayumi Ozaki and Yumi Ohka) | February 10, 2013 | Expansion | Tokyo, Japan | 1 (3, 1) | 28 | 0 [10] | [15] | |
17 | Jungle Jack 21 (Hiroyo Matsumoto and Tomoka Nakagawa) | March 10, 2013 | Yokohama Monster House | Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan | 2 (3, 2) | 45 | 0 [26] | [10] | |
18 | Aja Kong and Hikaru Shida | April 24, 2013 | Wednesdays Showdown | Tokyo, Japan | 1 (4, 1) | 109 | 0 | [26] | |
19 | Jungle Jack 21 (Hiroyo Matsumoto and Tomoka Nakagawa) | August 11, 2013 | Plum Hanasaku ~ Country of OZ | Tokyo, Japan | 3 (4, 3) | 386 | 2 [27] | [11] | |
— | Vacated | September 1, 2014 | — | Osaka, Japan | — | — | — | The championship was vacated due to Hiroyo Matsumoto being sidelined with a knee injury. | [28] [29] |
20 | Ozakura Princess (Mayumi Ozaki and Sakura Hirota) | September 23, 2014 | Heart on Wave | Tokyo, Japan | 1 (4, 1) | 159 | 1 [30] | Defeated Aja Kong and Tsubasa Kuragaki in the finals of a five tag team tournament to win the vacant championship. | [16] |
21 | Mission K4 (Kagetsu and Kaho Kobayashi) | March 1, 2015 | Forgiveness | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 140 | 1 [31] | [30] | |
22 | Seiki-gun (Mayumi Ozaki and Mio Shirai) | July 19, 2015 | 2Bad | Tokyo, Japan | 1 (5, 1) | 35 | 0 [32] | [17] | |
23 | Mission K4 (Kagetsu and Kaho Kobayashi) | August 23, 2015 | Plum Hanasaku ~ Country of OZ: Yokohama Dreams Park 3 | Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan | 2 | 112 | 0 [33] | [32] | |
24 | Kaori Yoneyama and Tsubasa Kuragaki | December 13, 2015 | Loaded | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 273 | 1 [34] | [33] | |
25 | Hikaru Shida and Syuri | September 11, 2016 | The Dynamite 2 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 (2, 1) | 287 | 3 [35] | [36] | |
26 | Mission K4 (Akino and Kaho Kobayashi) | June 25, 2017 | Voyager | Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan | 1 (4, 3) | 126 | 1 [12] | [35] | |
27 | Seiki-gun (Maya Yukihi and Mayumi Ozaki) | October 29, 2017 | Yokohama Undersea Unexplored Expedition | Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan | 1 (1, 6) | 323 | 1 | [12] | |
28 | Borderless (Rina Yamashita and Yoshiko) | September 17, 2018 | Flower Bloom in Yokohama | Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan | 1 | 76 | 0 | This was a title vs. title match in which Yamashita and Yoshiko also defended the Beyond the Sea Tag Team Championship. | [37] |
29 | Beast Friend (Hiroyo Matsumoto and Kaori Yoneyama) | December 2, 2018 | Connect to the Future | Tokyo, Japan | 1 (5, 2) | 161 | 1 | [38] | |
30 | Seiki-gun (Maya Yukihi and Saori Anou) | May 12, 2019 | Something is Happening Tonight | Tokyo, Japan | 1 (2, 1) | 105 | 0 | [39] | |
31 | Mission K4 (Akino and Sonoko Kato) | August 25, 2019 | Plum Hanasaku ~ Oz No Kuni 2019 Yokohama Shining | Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan | 1 (5, 5) | 493 | 2 [40] | [41] | |
32 | Mission K4 (Kaho Kobayashi and Kakeru Sekiguchi) | December 30, 2020 | The End of the Year | Tokyo, Japan | 1 (4, 1) | 95 | 1 | [40] | |
33 | Beast Friend (Kaori Yoneyama and Yuu) | April 4, 2021 | Oz Academy Silver Bullet | Tokyo, Japan | 1 (3, 1) | 35 | 0 | [42] | |
34 | Itsuki Aoki and Tsubasa Kuragaki | May 9, 2021 | OZ Academy Spring Storm Assault | Tokyo, Japan | 1 (1, 2) | 235 | 1 [43] | [44] | |
35 | Chin Crushers ( Hiroyo Matsumoto and Rina Yamashita) | December 30, 2021 | I See the Light - Day 2 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 (6, 2) | 365 | 3 | [43] | |
36 | Team 200 kg (Chihiro Hashimoto and Yuu) | December 30, 2022 | The Anthem For 2022 At Korakuen Hall | Tokyo, Japan | 1 (1, 2) | 72 | 0 | [45] | |
37 | H2D (Ryo Mizunami and Sonoko Kato) | March 12, 2023 | OZ Academy Who Knows? | Tokyo, Japan | 1 (1, 6) | 42 | 0 | [46] | |
38 | Age 115 (Jaguar Yokota and Mayumi Ozaki) | April 23, 2023 | OZ Academy Battle Big Bonus In Korakuen 2023 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 (1, 7) | 385 | 2 | [47] | |
39 | H2D (Ryo Mizunami and Sonoko Kato) | May 12, 2024 | OZ Academy Paradise Lost | Tokyo, Japan | 2 (2, 7) | 193+ | 3 | [48] |
As of November21, 2024
† | Indicates the current champions |
Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns | Combined defenses | Combined days |
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1 | Sonoko Kato † | 7 | 12 | 1,291+ |
2 | Mayumi Ozaki | 7 | 5 | 1,169 |
3 | Akino | 5 | 8 | 1,095 |
4 | Hiroyo Matsumoto | 6 | 7 | 1,051 |
5 | Tsubasa Kuragaki | 2 | 2 | 508 |
6 | Tomoka Nakagawa | 3 | 3 | 507 |
7 | Kaho Kobayashi | 4 | 3 | 473 |
8 | Kaori Yoneyama | 3 | 2 | 469 |
9 | Rina Yamashita | 2 | 3 | 441 |
10 | Maya Yukihi | 2 | 1 | 428 |
11 | Hikaru Shida | 2 | 3 | 396 |
12 | Jaguar Yokota | 1 | 2 | 385 |
13 | Aja Kong | 4 | 2 | 371 |
14 | Chikayo Nagashima | 3 | 5 | 346 |
15 | Ran Yu-Yu | 2 | 5 | 301 |
16 | Syuri | 1 | 3 | 287 |
17 | Carlos Amano | 3 | 1 | 273 |
18 | Kagetsu | 2 | 1 | 252 |
19 | Manami Toyota | 2 | 1 | 245 |
20 | Kaoru | 2 | 1 | 239 |
21 | Ryo Mizunami † | 2 | 3 | 235+ |
22 | Itsuki Aoki | 1 | 1 | 235 |
23 | Ayumi Kurihara | 1 | 0 | 175 |
24 | Sakura Hirota | 1 | 1 | 159 |
25 | Yuu | 2 | 0 | 107 |
26 | Saori Anou | 1 | 0 | 105 |
27 | Kakeru Sekiguchi | 1 | 1 | 95 |
28 | Yoshiko | 1 | 0 | 76 |
29 | Chihiro Hashimoto | 1 | 0 | 72 |
30 | Mio Shirai | 1 | 0 | 35 |
31 | Dynamite Kansai | 1 | 0 | 28 |
Kaoru Ito | 1 | 0 | 28 | |
Yumi Ohka | 1 | 0 | 28 | |
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