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Tohoku Tag Team Championship | |||||||||||
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![]() Ikuto Hidaka with the title belt | |||||||||||
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Promotion | Michinoku Pro Wrestling | ||||||||||
Date established | July 17, 2004 | ||||||||||
Current champion(s) | Rasse and Ringo Yamaya | ||||||||||
Date won | March 16, 2024 | ||||||||||
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The Tohoku Tag Team Championship (Japanese: 東北タッグ王座, Hepburn: Tōhoku Taggu Ōza) is a professional wrestling tag team championship created and promoted by the Japanese professional wrestling promotion Michinoku Pro Wrestling. [1]
There have been a total of 35 reigns shared between 27 different teams consisting of 34 individual champions. The current champions are Rasse and Ringo Yamaya who are in their first reign as a team.
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 |
<1 | Reign lasted less than a day |
+ | Current reign is changing daily |
No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | ||||
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Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | Defenses | ||||
1 | Jinsei Shinzaki and Último Dragón | July 18, 2004 | Summer Vacation Series Tour | Iwate, Japan | 1 | 54 | 0 | Defeated the teams of Kesen Numajiro and Kazuya Yuasa and Hayate and The Great Sasuke in a three-way tournament final. | |
2 | Kensuke Sasaki and Katsuhiko Nakajima | September 10, 2004 | MPW television taping | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 177 | 1 | ||
3 | Jinsei Shinzaki (2) and Gaina | March 6, 2005 | Wild Dance Tour | Tokushima, Japan | 1 | 125 | 0 | ||
4 | The Great Sasuke and Dick Togo | July 9, 2005 | Fighting Tohoku Legend Zero | Aomori, Japan | 1 | 288 | 3 | ||
5 | Jinsei Shinzaki (3) and Gaina | April 23, 2006 | Fighting Tohoku Legend 7th – Miyagi Volume | Sendai, Japan | 2 | <1 | 0 | ||
— | Vacated | April 23, 2006 | House show | Sendai, Japan | — | — | — | Vacated due to Gaina announcing his departure from MPW. | |
6 | Makoto Oishi and Shiori Asahi | May 20, 2006 | Fighting Tohoku Legend 9th – Aomori Volume | Aomori, Japan | 1 | 21 | 0 | Defeated Shu and Kei Sato in a tournament final. | |
7 | Shu and Kei Sato | June 10, 2006 | Fighting Tohoku Legend 10th – Iwate Volume | Iwate, Japan | 1 | 37 | 0 | ||
8 | Tigers Mask and Flash Moon | July 17, 2006 | Osaka Pro Wrestling's Osaka Pro Story #33 | Osaka, Japan | 1 | 83 | 0 | ||
9 | Shu and Kei Sato | October 8, 2006 | Fighting Tohoku Legend – The Last Chapter | Morioka, Japan | 2 | 195 | 1 | ||
10 | Kagetora and Rasse | April 21, 2007 | Fukumen World League Tournament | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 268 | 3 | ||
11 | The Great Sasuke (2) and Yoshitsune | January 14, 2008 | New Year Fight Tournament | Sendai, Japan | 1 | 370 | 1 | ||
12 | Shu and Kei Sato | January 18, 2009 | Start of New Year Fighting | Sendai, Japan | 3 | 56 | 0 | This match was also contested for the UWA World Tag Team Championship. | |
13 | Kesen Numajiro and Kinya Oyanagi | March 15, 2009 | House show | Sendai, Japan | 1 | 245 | 0 | ||
14 | Takeshi Minamino and Maguro Ooma | November 15, 2009 | House show | Sendai, Japan | 1 | 334 | 3 | ||
15 | Yapper Man #1 and Yapper Man #2 | October 15, 2010 | House show | Sendai, Japan | 1 | 365 | 3 | This was the final of the 2010 Michinoku Pro Tag Team Tournament. | |
16 | The Brahman Brothers (Brahman Shu and Brahman Kei) | October 15, 2011 | House show | Takizawa, Japan | 4 | 232 | 0 | This was the final of the 2011 Michinoku Pro Tag Team Tournament. Formerly held the title under the names Shu Sato and Kei Sato. | |
17 | Rasse (2) and Kenbai | June 3, 2012 | House show | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 193 | 1 | ||
18 | Último Dragón (2) and Kesen Numagirolamo (2) | December 13, 2012 | MPW television taping | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 277 | 2 | ||
19 | Taro Nohashi and Behnam Ali | September 16, 2013 | Autumn 3 Show Tour | Yahaba, Japan | 1 | 232 | 2 | Behnam Ali changed his ring name to Tiger Ali in 2014. | |
20 | Jinsei Shinzaki (4) and Kesen Numajiro (3) | May 6, 2014 | Golden Tour 2014 | Sendai, Japan | 1 | 33 | 0 | ||
21 | Mu no Taiyo (The Great Sasuke (3) and Brahman Kei (5)) | June 8, 2014 | MPW television taping | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 279 | 2 | ||
22 | New Phase (Daichi Sasaki and Ayumu Gunji) | March 14, 2015 | 3 Battles in March Tour | Yahaba, Japan | 1 | 192 | 0 | [2] | |
23 | Ikuto Hidaka and Minoru Fujita | September 22, 2015 | September Series - Gamushara Tour | Yahaba, Japan | 1 | 725 | 5 | Hidaka and Fujita also won the UWA World Tag Team Championship by defeating Brahman Kei and Brahman Shu on June 10, 2016. | |
24 | Super Stars (Rui Hyugaji and Ayumu Gunji (2)) | September 16, 2017 | Haisui No Jin Tour | Yahaba, Japan | 1 | 183 | 1 | This match was also contested for the UWA World Tag Team Championship. | |
25 | Taro Nohashi (2) and Gaina (3) | March 18, 2018 | Konzen Ittai Tour | Sendai, Japan | 1 | 251 | 3 | This match was also contested for the UWA World Tag Team Championship. | |
26 | Bad Boy (Ken45° and Kengo) | November 24, 2018 | Sendai 2 Days Tour | Sendai, Japan | 1 | 163 | 2 | This match was also contested for the UWA World Tag Team Championship. | [3] |
27 | Taro Nohashi (3) and Gaina (4) | May 6, 2019 | Golden Week Series 2019 Tour | Yahaba, Japan | 2 | 39 | 0 | This match was also contested for the UWA World Tag Team Championship. | [4] |
28 | Ikuto Hidaka and Minoru Fujita | June 14, 2019 | Michinoku 2019 Tokyo Conference Vol. 3 ~ Innin Jicho | Tokyo, Japan | 2 | 127 | 1 | This match was also contested for the UWA World Tag Team Championship. | [5] |
29 | Yapper Man #1 and Yapper Man #2 | October 19, 2019 | Michinoku 2019 Tokyo Conference Vol. 6 | Tokyo, Japan | 2 | 563 | 2 | This match was also contested for the UWA World Tag Team Championship. | [6] |
30 | The Great Sasuke (4) and Jinsei Shinzaki (5) | May 4, 2021 | Golden Week Tour 2021 | Yahaba, Japan | 1 | 306 | 0 | This match was also contested for the UWA World Tag Team Championship. | [7] |
31 | Taro Nohashi (4) and Gaina (5) | March 6, 2022 | Michinoku Pro | Tokushima, Japan | 3 | 133 | 1 | [8] | |
32 | Bad Boy (Ken45° (2) and Manjimaru (2)) | July 17, 2022 | July Series 2022: Rihikyokuchoku | Sendai, Japan | 1 | 125 | 1 | Manjimaru was previously known as Maguro Ooma. | [9] |
33 | Musashi (2) and Kazuki Hashimoto | November 19, 2022 | November Series 2022: Kenkaikokō | Yahaba, Japan | 1 | 223 | 1 | Musashi was previously known as Daichi Sasaki. | [10] |
34 | Kagetora (2) and Yoshitsune (2) | June 30, 2023 | Michinoku Pro 30th Anniversary 2023 Tokyo Vol. 1 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 260 | 2 | [11] | |
35 | Rasse (3) and Ringo Yamaya | March 16, 2024 | Michinoku Pro 31th Anniversary Night 1 | Yahaba, Japan | 1 | 309+ | 3 | [12] |
As of January19, 2025.
† | Indicates the current champion |
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Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns | Combined defenses | Combined days |
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1 | The Great Sasuke | 4 | 6 | 1,243 |
2 | Yapper Man #1 | 2 | 5 | 928 |
Yapper Man #2 | 2 | 5 | 928 | |
4 | Ikuto Hidaka | 2 | 6 | 852 |
Minoru Fujita | 2 | 6 | 852 | |
6 | Kei Sato/Brahman Kei | 5 | 3 | 799 |
7 | Taro Nohashi | 4 | 6 | 655 |
8 | Yoshitsune | 2 | 3 | 630 |
9 | Rasse † | 3 | 7 | 770+ |
10 | Kesen Numajiro/Kesen Numagirolamo | 3 | 2 | 555 |
11 | Gaina | 5 | 4 | 548 |
12 | Kagetora | 2 | 5 | 528 |
13 | Shu Sato/Brahman Shu | 4 | 1 | 520 |
14 | Jinsei Shinzaki | 5 | 0 | 518 |
15 | Manjimaru/Maguro Ooma | 2 | 4 | 459 |
16 | Daichi Sasaki/Musashi | 2 | 1 | 415 |
17 | Ayumu Gunji | 2 | 1 | 375 |
18 | Takeshi Minamino | 1 | 3 | 334 |
19 | Último Dragón | 2 | 2 | 331 |
20 | Ken45° | 2 | 3 | 288 |
Dick Togo | 1 | 3 | 288 | |
22 | Kinya Oyanagi | 1 | 0 | 245 |
23 | Behnam Ali | 1 | 2 | 232 |
24 | Kazuki Hashimoto | 1 | 1 | 223 |
25 | Kenbai | 1 | 1 | 193 |
26 | Rui Hyugaji | 1 | 1 | 183 |
27 | Kensuke Sasaki | 1 | 1 | 177 |
Katsuhiko Nakajima | 1 | 1 | 177 | |
29 | Kengo | 1 | 2 | 163 |
30 | Ringo Yamaya † | 1 | 3 | 309+ |
31 | Tigers Mask | 1 | 0 | 83 |
Flash Moon | 1 | 0 | 83 | |
33 | Makoto Oishi | 1 | 0 | 21 |
Shiori Asahi | 1 | 0 | 21 | |
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