Tohoku Tag Team Championship

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Tohoku Tag Team Championship
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Ikuto Hidaka with the title belt
Details
Promotion Michinoku Pro Wrestling
Date establishedJuly 17, 2004
Current champion(s) Kagetora and Yoshitsune
Date wonJune 30, 2023
Statistics
First champion(s) Jinsei Shinzaki and Último Dragón
Most reigns(as a team)
Shu and Kei Sato (4 reigns)
(as an individual)
Kei Sato/Brahman Kei and Jinsei Shinzaki (5 reigns)
Longest reign Ikuto Hidaka and Minoru Fujita (725 days)
Shortest reign Jinsei Shinzaki and Gaina (<1 day)

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]

Contents

There have been a total of 34 reigns shared between 26 different teams consisting of 33 individual champions. The current champions are Kagetora and Yoshitsune who are in their first reign as a team.

Title history

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
<1Reign lasted less than a day
+Current reign is changing daily
No.ChampionChampionship changeReign statisticsNotesRef.
DateEventLocationReignDaysDefenses
1 Jinsei Shinzaki and Último Dragón July 18, 2004Summer Vacation Series Tour Iwate, Japan 1540Defeated 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 11771
3 Jinsei Shinzaki (2) and Gaina March 6, 2005Wild Dance Tour Tokushima, Japan 11250
4 The Great Sasuke and Dick Togo July 9, 2005Fighting Tohoku Legend Zero Aomori, Japan 12883
5 Jinsei Shinzaki (3) and Gaina April 23, 2006Fighting Tohoku Legend 7th – Miyagi Volume Sendai, Japan 2<10
— 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, 2006Fighting Tohoku Legend 9th – Aomori Volume Aomori, Japan 1210Defeated Shu and Kei Sato in a tournament final.
7 Shu and Kei Sato June 10, 2006Fighting Tohoku Legend 10th – Iwate Volume Iwate, Japan 1370
8 Tigers Mask and Flash MoonJuly 17, 2006 Osaka Pro Wrestling's Osaka Pro Story #33 Osaka, Japan 1830
9 Shu and Kei Sato October 8, 2006Fighting Tohoku Legend – The Last Chapter Morioka, Japan 21951
10 Kagetora and Rasse April 21, 2007Fukumen World League Tournament Tokyo, Japan 12683
11 The Great Sasuke (2) and Yoshitsune January 14, 2008New Year Fight Tournament Sendai, Japan 13701
12 Shu and Kei Sato January 18, 2009Start of New Year Fighting Sendai, Japan 3560This match was also contested for the UWA World Tag Team Championship.
13 Kesen Numajiro and Kinya Oyanagi March 15, 2009 House show Sendai, Japan 12450
14 Takeshi Minamino and Maguro Ooma November 15, 2009 House show Sendai, Japan 13343
15 Yapper Man #1 and Yapper Man #2 October 15, 2010 House show Sendai, Japan 13653This 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 42320This 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 11931
18 Último Dragón (2) and Kesen Numagirolamo (2)December 13, 2012 MPW television taping Tokyo, Japan 12772
19 Taro Nohashi and Behnam AliSeptember 16, 2013Autumn 3 Show Tour Yahaba, Japan 12322Behnam Ali changed his ring name to Tiger Ali in 2014.
20 Jinsei Shinzaki (4) and Kesen Numajiro (3)May 6, 2014Golden Tour 2014 Sendai, Japan 1330
21Mu no Taiyo
(The Great Sasuke (3) and Brahman Kei (5))		June 8, 2014 MPW television taping Tokyo, Japan 12792
22New Phase
(Daichi Sasaki and Ayumu Gunji)		March 14, 20153 Battles in March Tour Yahaba, Japan 11920
23 Ikuto Hidaka and Minoru Fujita September 22, 2015September Series - Gamushara Tour Yahaba, Japan 17255Hidaka and Fujita also won the UWA World Tag Team Championship by defeating Brahman Kei and Brahman Shu on June 10, 2016.
24Super Stars
(Rui Hyugaji and Ayumu Gunji (2))		September 16, 2017Haisui No Jin Tour Yahaba, Japan 11831This match was also contested for the UWA World Tag Team Championship.
25 Taro Nohashi (2) and Gaina (3)March 18, 2018Konzen Ittai Tour Sendai, Japan 12513This match was also contested for the UWA World Tag Team Championship.
26Bad Boy
(Ken45° and Kengo)		November 24, 2018Sendai 2 Days Tour Sendai, Japan 11632This match was also contested for the UWA World Tag Team Championship. [2]
27 Taro Nohashi (3) and Gaina (4)May 6, 2019Golden Week Series 2019 Tour Yahaba, Japan 2390This match was also contested for the UWA World Tag Team Championship. [3]
28 Ikuto Hidaka and Minoru Fujita June 14, 2019Michinoku 2019 Tokyo Conference Vol. 3 ~ Innin Jicho Tokyo, Japan 21271This match was also contested for the UWA World Tag Team Championship. [4]
29 Yapper Man #1 and Yapper Man #2 October 19, 2019Michinoku 2019 Tokyo Conference Vol. 6 Tokyo, Japan 25632This match was also contested for the UWA World Tag Team Championship. [5]
30 The Great Sasuke (4) and Jinsei Shinzaki (5)May 4, 2021Golden Week Tour 2021 Yahaba, Japan 13060This match was also contested for the UWA World Tag Team Championship. [6]
31 Taro Nohashi (4) and Gaina (5)March 6, 2022Michinoku Pro Tokushima, Japan 31331 [7]
32Bad Boy
(Ken45° (2) and Manjimaru (2))		July 17, 2022July Series 2022: Rihikyokuchoku Sendai, Japan 11251Manjimaru was previously known as Maguro Ooma. [8]
33Musashi (2) and Kazuki Hashimoto November 19, 2022November Series 2022: Kenkaikokō Yahaba, Japan 12231Musashi was previously known as Daichi Sasaki. [9]
34 Kagetora (2) and Yoshitsune (2)June 30, 2023Michinoku Pro 30th Anniversary 2023 Tokyo Vol. 1 Tokyo, Japan 1159+1 [10]

Combined reigns

As of December6, 2023.

By team

†Indicates the current champion
RankTeamNo. of
reigns		Combined
defenses		Combined days
1 Yapper Man #1 and Yapper Man #2 25928
2 Ikuto Hidaka and Minoru Fujita 26852
3 Shu and Kei Sato/The Brahman Brothers 41520
4 Taro Nohashi and Gaina 34423
5 The Great Sasuke and Yoshitsune 11370
6 Takeshi Minamino and Maguro Ooma 13334
7 The Great Sasuke and Jinsei Shinzaki 10306
8 The Great Sasuke and Dick Togo 13288
9Mu no Taiyo
(The Great Sasuke and Brahman Kei)		12279
10 Último Dragón and Kesen Numagirolamo 12277
11 Kagetora and Rasse 13268
12 Kesen Numajiro and Kinya Oyanagi 10245
13 Taro Nohashi and Behnam Ali12232
14Musashi and Kazuki Hashimoto 11223
15 Rasse and Kenbai 11193
16New Phase
(Daichi Sasaki and Ayumu Gunji)		10192
17Super Stars
(Rui Hyugaji and Ayumu Gunji)		11183
18 Kensuke Sasaki and Katsuhiko Nakajima 11177
19Bad Boy
(Ken45° and Kengo)		12163
20 Kagetora and Yoshitsune †11159+
21 Jinsei Shinzaki and Gaina 20125
Bad Boy
(Ken45° and Manjimaru)		11125
23 Tigers Mask and Flash Moon1083
24 Jinsei Shinzaki and Último Dragón 1054
25 Jinsei Shinzaki and Kesen Numajiro 1033
26 Makoto Oishi and Shiori Asahi 1021

By wrestler

RankWrestlerNo. of
reigns		Combined
defenses		Combined days
1 The Great Sasuke 461,243
2 Yapper Man #1 25928
Yapper Man #2 25928
4 Ikuto Hidaka 26852
Minoru Fujita 26852
6 Kei Sato/Brahman Kei 53799
7 Taro Nohashi 46655
8 Kesen Numajiro/Kesen Numagirolamo 32555
9 Gaina 54548
10 Yoshitsune †22529+
11 Shu Sato/Brahman Shu 41520
12 Jinsei Shinzaki 50518
13 Rasse 24461
14 Manjimaru/Maguro Ooma 24459
15 Kagetora †24427+
16Daichi Sasaki/Musashi21415
17Ayumu Gunji21375
18 Takeshi Minamino 13334
19 Último Dragón 22331
20 Ken45° 23288
Dick Togo 13288
22 Kinya Oyanagi 10245
23Behnam Ali12232
24 Kazuki Hashimoto 11223
25 Kenbai 11193
26Rui Hyugaji11183
27 Kensuke Sasaki 11177
Katsuhiko Nakajima 11177
29Kengo12163
30 Tigers Mask 1083
Flash Moon1083
32 Makoto Oishi 1021
Shiori Asahi 1021

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