World Woman Pro-Wrestling Diana Tag Team Championship

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World Woman Pro-Wrestling Diana Tag Team Championship
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Miyuki Takase and Haruka Umesaki with the title belts in January 2023
Details
Promotion World Woman Pro-Wrestling Diana
Date establishedDecember 15, 2012 [1]
Current champion(s)Ayaka
(Ayako Sato and Hanako Nakamori)
Date wonMarch 10, 2024
Statistics
First champion(s) Kaoru Ito and Tomoko Watanabe [2]
Most reignsAs a team (3 reigns):

As individual (3 reigns):

Longest reign Kaoru Ito and Tomoko Watanabe
(512 days)
Shortest reign Sakura Hirota and Yumi Ohka
(<1 day)
Oldest champion Jaguar Yokota
(56 years, 362 days)
Youngest champion Sareee
(18 years, 267 days)
Heaviest champion Kaoru Ito
(238 lb (108 kg))

The World Woman Pro-Wrestling Diana Tag Team Championship is the primary tag team title in the Japanese professional wrestling promotion World Woman Pro-Wrestling Diana. The title was introduced in 2013. There have been a total of twenty-one reigns shared between eighteen different teams consisting of twenty-six distinctive champions and three vacancies. [3]

Contents

Like most professional wrestling championships, the title is won as a result of a scripted match. The current champions are Ayaka (Ayako Sato and Hanako Nakamori) who are in their second reign as a team whilst it's the third individually for Sato and the second for Nakamori.

Title history

On December 15, 2012, Diana announced the establishment of the Tag Team Championship, with a tournament to be held in the following month to crown the first champions. [1] On January 28, 2013, Kaoru Ito and Tomoko Watanabe became the inaugural champions after defeating Kyoko Inoue and Sareee in a tournament final. [2]

Reigns

As of July7, 2024, there have been 22 reigns between 18 teams composed of 27 individual champions and three vacancies. Kaoru Ito and Tomoko Watanabe were the inaugural champions. Luminous (Haruka Umesaki and Miyuki Takase) holds the record for most reigns as a team at three, while individually, Kyoko Inoue has the most reigns at four. Ito and Watanabe's second reign is the longest at 512 days, while Harassment (Sakura Hirota and Yumi Ohka)'s reign is the shortest which lasted less than a day.

Ayaka (Ayako Sato and Hanako Nakamori) are the current champions in their second reign as a team, while individually, this is the Sato's third reign. They won the title by defeating Double Inoue (Kyoko Inoue and Takako Inoue) in a Diana event which took part on March 10, 2024, in Kawasaki, Japan.

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
+Current reign is changing daily
No.ChampionChampionship changeReign statisticsNotesRef.
DateEventLocationReignDaysDefenses
1 Kaoru Ito and Tomoko Watanabe January 28, 2013Diana Battle of Shimokitazawa XVI Tokyo, Japan 1910 [4] Defeated Kyoko Inoue and Sareee in a tournament final to become the inaugural champions. [2] [5]
2 Keiko Aono and Yumiko Hotta April 29, 2013Diana 2nd Anniversary Kawasaki, Japan 12302 [6] [4] [5]
3 Kyoko Inoue and Tomoko Watanabe (2)December 15, 2013Diana Tokyo, Japan 13154 [7] [5] [6]
4 Kaoru and Mima Shimoda October 26, 2014Diana Kawasaki, Japan 1580 [8] [5] [7]
5 Jaguar Yokota and Sareee December 23, 2014Diana Kawasaki, Japan 12012 [9] [5] [8]
Vacated July 12, 2015Diana Kawasaki, Japan After teaming with the Voodoo Murders (Taru and Yasshi) to defeat the team of Jenny Rose, Kyoko Inoue, and Yumiko Hotta, Jaguar Yokota relinquished the championship, to which Sareee agreed. [10]
6 Kyoko Inoue (2) and Yumiko Hotta (2)August 16, 2015Diana Tokyo, Japan 1300Defeated Manami Toyota and Mima Shimoda to win the vacant championship. [5]
Vacated September 15, 2015The championship was vacated under unknown circumstances.
7Jumonji Sisters
(Dash Chisako and Sendai Sachiko)
September 16, 2015Diana Tokyo, Japan 13400Defeated Meiko Tanaka and Sareee to win the vacant championship. [5]
Vacated August 21, 2016The championship was vacated under unknown circumstances.
8Crysis
(Chikayo Nagashima and Megumi Yabushita)
September 19, 2016Diana Tokyo, Japan 12791Defeated Keiko Aono and Kyoko Inoue to win the vacant championship. [5]
9 Kaoru Ito (2) and Kyoko Inoue (3)June 25, 2017Diana Nan'yō, Japan 11660 [5]
10 Takako Inoue and Yumiko Hotta (3)December 8, 2017Diana Tokyo, Japan 12260 [5]
11Crysis
(Ayako Sato and Jaguar Yokota (2))
July 22, 2018Diana River's Edge Kawasaki, Japan 12581 [5] [11]
12 Kaoru Ito (3) and Tomoko Watanabe (2)April 6, 2019Diana River's Edge Kawasaki, Japan 25123 [5]
13Luminous
(Haruka Umesaki and Miyuki Takase)
August 30, 2020Diana Tokyo, Japan 11541 [5] [12]
143A
(Ayame Sasamura and Rina Shingaki)
January 31, 2021Diana Osaka, Japan 1772 [5]
15Luminous
(Haruka Umesaki and Miyuki Takase)
April 18, 2021Diana 10th Anniversary Kawasaki, Japan 23291 [5] [13]
16Harassment
(Sakura Hirota and Yumi Ohka)
March 13, 2022Diana Osaka, Japan 1<11This was the final match of the 2022 Dual Shock Wave tournament. [5] [14]
17Luminous
(Haruka Umesaki and Miyuki Takase)
March 13, 2022WAVE Osaka Rhapsody Vol. 53 Osaka, Japan 33713This was a winner-takes-all match, in which Umesaki and Takase also defended their Wave Tag Team Championship. [5] [14]
18 Kaho Kobayashi and Kaori Yoneyama March 19, 2023Diana Osaka, Japan 1100 [5] [15]
19SPiCEAP
(Maika Ozaki and Tae Honma)
March 29, 2023YMZ Gokigen Spring Camp 2023 Tokyo, Japan 1811 [5] [16]
20Ayaka
(Ayako Sato (2) and Hanako Nakamori)
June 18, 2023Diana Kyoko Inoue Triuphal Return Nan'yō, Japan 11121 [5] [17]
21Double Inoue
(Kyoko Inoue (4) and Takako Inoue (2))
October 8, 2023Diana Tokyo, Japan 11540 [5] [18]
22Ayaka
(Ayako Sato (3) and Hanako Nakamori (2))
March 10, 2024Diana Kawasaki, Japan 2119+1 [5] [19]

Combined reigns

As of July7, 2024.

By team

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Record three-time champions as a team, Luminous (Haruka Umesaki and Miyuki Takase).
Former champions, SPiCEAP (Tae Honma and Maika Ozaki 20230414tae.jpg
Former champions, SPiCEAP (Tae Honma and Maika Ozaki
Indicates the current champion
RankTeamNo. of
reigns
Combined
defenses
Combined
days
1Luminous
(Haruka Umesaki and Miyuki Takase)
35854
2 Kaoru Ito and Tomoko Watanabe 23603
3Jumonji Sisters
(Dash Chisako and Sendai Sachiko)
10340
4 Kyoko Inoue and Tomoko Watanabe 14315
5Crysis
(Chikayo Nagashima and Megumi Yabushita)
11279
6Crysis
(Ayako Sato and Jaguar Yokota)
11258
7Ayaka
(Ayako Sato and Hanako Nakamori)
22231+
8 Keiko Aono and Yumiko Hotta 12230
9 Takako Inoue and Yumiko Hotta 10226
10 Jaguar Yokota and Sareee 12201
11 Kaoru Ito and Kyoko Inoue 10166
12Double Inoue
(Kyoko Inoue and Takako Inoue)
10154
13SPiCEAP
(Maika Ozaki and Tae Honma)
1181
143A
(Ayame Sasamura and Rina Shingaki)
1277
15 Kaoru and Mima Shimoda 1058
16 Kyoko Inoue and Yumiko Hotta 1030
17 Kaho Kobayashi and Kaori Yoneyama 1010
18Harassment
(Sakura Hirota and Yumi Ohka)
10<1

By wrestler

Record setting champion as individual with 918 days, Tomoko Watanabe 20191208watanabe.jpg
Record setting champion as individual with 918 days, Tomoko Watanabe
RankWrestlerNo. of
reigns
Combined
defenses
Combined
days
1 Tomoko Watanabe 37918
2 Haruka Umesaki 35854
Miyuki Takase 35854
4 Kaoru Ito 33769
5 Kyoko Inoue 44665
6 Ayako Sato 33489+
7 Yumiko Hotta 32486
8 Jaguar Yokota 23459
9 Takako Inoue 20380
10 Dash Chisako 10340
Sendai Sachiko 10340
12 Chikayo Nagashima 11279
Megumi Yabushita 11279
14 Hanako Nakamori 22231+
15 Keiko Aono 12230
16 Sareee 12201
17 Maika Ozaki 1181
Tae Honma 1181
19 Ayame Sasamura 1277
Rina Shingaki 1277
21 Kaoru 1058
Mima Shimoda 1058
23 Kaho Kobayashi 1010
Kaori Yoneyama 1010
25 Sakura Hirota 10<1
Yumi Ohka 10<1

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