List of IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions

The IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling tag team championship owned by the New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) promotion. "IWGP" is the acronym of NJPW's governing body, the International Wrestling Grand Prix. The title was introduced on August 8, 1998 at a NJPW live event.[1] The IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship is not the only tag team title contested for in NJPW; the IWGP Tag Team Championship is also sanctioned by NJPW.[2] According to NJPW's official website, the Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship is listed as the "IWGP Jr. Tag Class", while the IWGP Tag Team Championship is considered the "IWGP Heavy Weight Class".[2] The title is contested for by junior heavyweight wrestlers; the weight-limit for the title is 100 kg (220 lb) per partner.[3] Being a professional wrestling championship, the title is won as a result of a predetermined outcome.

Four-time current champions Roppongi 3K

Title changes happen mostly at NJPW-promoted events. The inaugural champions were Shinjiro Otani and Tatsuhito Takaiwa, who defeated Dr. Wagner Jr. and Koji Kanemoto on August 8, 1998, in the finals of a tournament. Rocky Romero holds the record for most reigns by an individual wrestler, with eight. At seven reigns, The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) hold the record for the most by a team. Gedo and Jado's combined four reign lengths add up to 960 days—the most of any team. Separately, Gedo and Jado are tied for most days as champion. NJPW keep track of all championship title defenses per reign, which is unlike most mainstream wrestling organizations. They also hold the most total defenses as champions, with 15. Gedo and Jado separately are tied for the record of total defenses by a single wrestler. Apollo 55 (Prince Devitt and Ryusuke Taguchi) hold the record for most defenses during a single reign, with 7. The Great Sasuke and Jushin Thunder Liger's only reign, Minoru and Prince Devitt's first reign, El Samurai and Koji Kanemoto's only reign, Apollo 55's fourth reign, Jushin Thunder Liger and Tiger Mask's only reign, The Young Bucks' second, fourth, and seventh reigns, Roppongi Vice's (Beretta and Rocky Romero) first, second and fourth reigns, Matt Sydal and King Ricochet's first and second reigns and Roppongi 3K's (Sho and Yoh) second reign share the record for the fewest successful defenses, with zero. At 348 days, Otani and Takaiwa's second reign is the longest in the title's history. Minoru and Prince Devitt's first reign is the shortest, at 21 days. Overall, there have been 61 reigns shared among 48 wrestlers, who made up 36 different teams. The current champions are Sho and Yoh of Roppongi 3K, who are in their fourth reign as a team.

Title history

Key
No. Overall reign number
Reign Reign number for the specific champion
Days Number of days held
Defenses Number of successful defenses
+ Current reign is changing daily
No. Champion Championship change Reign statistics Notes Ref.
Date Event Location Reign DaysDefenses
1 Shinjiro Otani and Tatsuhito Takaiwa August 8, 1998 Rising the Next Generations in Osaka Dome Osaka, Japan 1 1492 Otani and Takaiwa defeated Dr. Wagner Jr. and Koji Kanemoto in a tournament final to become the first champions. [1]
2 Dr. Wagner Jr. and Kendo Kashin January 4, 1999 Wrestling World Tokyo, Japan 1 962
3 The Great Sasuke and Jushin Thunder Liger April 10, 1999 Strong Style Symphony Tokyo, Japan 1 940
4 Shinjiro Otani and Tatsuhito Takaiwa July 13, 1999 Summer Struggle 1999 Morioka, Japan 2 3484
5 Koji Kanemoto and Minoru Tanaka June 25, 2000 Summer Struggle 2000 Tokyo, Japan 1 2543
6 El Samurai and Jushin Thunder Liger (2) March 6, 2001 Hyper Battle 2001 Tokyo, Japan 1 1361
7 Gedo and Jado July 20, 2001 Dome Quake Sapporo, Japan 1 2866
8 Jushin Thunder Liger (3) and Minoru Tanaka (2) May 2, 2002 Toukon Memorial Day Tokyo, Japan 1 1191
9 Tsuyoshi Kikuchi and Yoshinobu Kanemaru August 29, 2002 Cross Road Tokyo, Japan 1 1504
10 Jushin Thunder Liger (4) and Koji Kanemoto (2) January 26, 2003 The First Navigation 2003 Kobe, Japan 1 2826 [4][5]
Vacated November 4, 2003 The championship was vacated due to Kanemoto fracturing his left cheekbone. [4]
11 Gedo and Jado November 29, 2003 Battle Final 2003 Miyagi, Japan 2 1042 Gedo and Jado defeated Hirooki Goto and Ryusuke Taguchi to win the vacant championship. [6]
12 American Dragon and Curry Man March 12, 2004 Hyper Battle 2004 Tokyo, Japan 1 851 [7]
13 Gedo and Jado June 5, 2004 Best of the Super Jr. XI Osaka, Japan 3 2725
14 Koji Kanemoto (3) and Wataru Inoue March 4, 2005 Big Fight Series 2005 Tokyo, Japan 1 712 [8]
15 Hirooki Goto and Minoru (3) May 14, 2005 Nexess VI Tokyo, Japan 1 2812
16 El Samurai (2) and Ryusuke Taguchi February 19, 2006 Circuit2006 Acceleration Tokyo, Japan 1 1392
17 Gedo and Jado July 8, 2006 Circuit2006 Turbulence Shizuoka, Japan 4 2982
18 Dick Togo and Taka Michinoku May 2, 2007 New Japan Pro Wrestling 35th Anniversary Tour Brave New World: Hall2Days Tokyo, Japan 1 2703
19 Prince Prince
(Minoru (4) and Prince Devitt)
January 27, 2008 Circuit2008 New Japan Ism Tokyo, Japan 1 210
20 Legend
(Akira and Jushin Thunder Liger (5))
February 17, 2008 Circuit2008 New Japan Ism Tokyo, Japan 1 1551
21 Prince Prince
(Minoru (5) and Prince Devitt (2))
July 21, 2008 Circuit2008 New Japan Soul: Novello Sparks Sapporo, Japan 2 841
22 No Limit
(Tetsuya Naito and Yujiro)
October 13, 2008 Destruction '08 Tokyo, Japan 1 831
23 The Motor City Machine Guns
(Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin)
January 4, 2009 Wrestle Kingdom III in Tokyo Dome Tokyo, Japan 1 1823 The Motor City Machine Guns defended the championship twice in the Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) promotion during their reign, as part of an agreement between TNA and NJPW. [9]
24 Apollo 55
(Prince Devitt (3) and Ryusuke Taguchi (2))
July 5, 2009 Circuit2009 New Japan Soul Tokyo, Japan 1 2905 [10]
Vacated April 21, 2010 Title held up after the championship was not defended for 30 days. [11]
25 El Samurai (3) and Koji Kanemoto (4) May 8, 2010 Super J Tag Tournament 1st Tokyo, Japan 1 720 El Samurai and Kanemoto defeated Apollo 55 (Prince Devitt and Ryusuke Taguchi) in the finals of an eight-team tournament to win the vacant title.
26 Apollo 55
(Prince Devitt (4) and Ryusuke Taguchi (3))
July 19, 2010 Circuit2010 New Japan Soul Sapporo, Japan 2 841
27 Golden☆Lovers
(Kenny Omega and Kota Ibushi)
October 11, 2010 Destruction '10 Tokyo, Japan 1 1042
28 Apollo 55
(Prince Devitt (5) and Ryusuke Taguchi (4))
January 23, 2011 Fantastica Mania 2011 Tokyo, Japan 3 2607
29 No Remorse Corps
(Davey Richards and Rocky Romero)
October 10, 2011 Destruction '11 Tokyo, Japan 1 861
30 Apollo 55
(Prince Devitt (6) and Ryusuke Taguchi (5))
January 4, 2012 Wrestle Kingdom VI in Tokyo Dome Tokyo, Japan 4 390
31 No Remorse Corps
(Davey Richards and Rocky Romero)
February 12, 2012 The New Beginning Osaka, Japan 2 800
Vacated May 2, 2012 Title held up after Davey Richards was unable to attend Wrestling Dontaku 2012 due to travel issues. [12]
32 Jushin Thunder Liger (6) and Tiger Mask June 16, 2012 Dominion 6.16 Osaka, Japan 1 360 Liger and Tiger Mask defeated Suzuki-gun (Taichi and Taka Michinoku) to win the vacant title.
33 Forever Hooligans
(Alex Koslov and Rocky Romero (3))
July 22, 2012 Kizuna Road Yamagata, Japan 1 1122
34 Time Splitters
(Alex Shelley (2) and Kushida)
November 11, 2012 Power Struggle Osaka, Japan 1 1733
35 Forever Hooligans
(Alex Koslov (2) and Rocky Romero (4))
May 3, 2013 Wrestling Dontaku 2013 Fukuoka, Japan 2 1643
36 Suzuki-gun
(Taichi and Taka Michinoku (2))
October 14, 2013 King of Pro-Wrestling Tokyo, Japan 1 261
37 The Young Bucks
(Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson)
November 9, 2013 Power Struggle Osaka, Japan 1 2245
38 Time Splitters
(Alex Shelley (3) and Kushida (2))
June 21, 2014 Dominion 6.21 Osaka, Japan 2 1403
39 reDRagon
(Bobby Fish and Kyle O'Reilly)
November 8, 2014 Power Struggle Osaka, Japan 1 951
40 The Young Bucks
(Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson)
February 11, 2015 The New Beginning in Osaka Osaka, Japan 2 530 This was a three-way match, also involving Time Splitters (Alex Shelley and Kushida).
41 Roppongi Vice
(Beretta and Rocky Romero (5))
April 5, 2015 Invasion Attack 2015 Tokyo, Japan 1 280
42 The Young Bucks
(Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson)
May 3, 2015 Wrestling Dontaku 2015 Fukuoka, Japan 3 1051 This was a three-way match, also involving reDRagon (Bobby Fish and Kyle O'Reilly).
43 reDRagon
(Bobby Fish and Kyle O'Reilly)
August 16, 2015 G1 Climax 25 Tokyo, Japan 2 1412
44 The Young Bucks
(Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson)
January 4, 2016 Wrestle Kingdom 10 in Tokyo Dome Tokyo, Japan 4 380 This was a four-way match, also involving Matt Sydal and Ricochet and Roppongi Vice (Beretta and Rocky Romero).
45 Matt Sydal and King Ricochet February 11, 2016 The New Beginning in Osaka Osaka, Japan 1 590 This was a three-way match, also involving reDRagon.
46 Roppongi Vice
(Beretta (2) and Rocky Romero (6))
April 10, 2016 Invasion Attack 2016 Tokyo, Japan 2 230
47 Matt Sydal and King Ricochet May 3, 2016 Wrestling Dontaku 2016 Fukuoka, Japan 2 470
48 The Young Bucks
(Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson)
June 19, 2016 Dominion 6.19 in Osaka-jo Hall Osaka, Japan 5 1992 This was a four-way elimination match, also involving reDRagon (Bobby Fish and Kyle O'Reilly) and Roppongi Vice (Beretta and Rocky Romero).
49 Roppongi Vice
(Beretta (3) and Rocky Romero (7))
January 4, 2017 Wrestle Kingdom 11 in Tokyo Dome Tokyo, Japan 3 611
50 Suzuki-gun
(Taichi (2) and Yoshinobu Kanemaru (2))
March 6, 2017 Hataage Kinenbi Tokyo, Japan 1 521
51 Roppongi Vice
(Beretta (4) and Rocky Romero (8))
April 27, 2017 Road to Wrestling Dontaku 2017: Aki no Kuni Sengoku Emaki Hiroshima, Japan 4 450
52 The Young Bucks
(Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson)
June 11, 2017 Dominion 6.11 in Osaka-jo Hall Osaka, Japan 6 631
53 Funky Future
(King Ricochet (3) and Ryusuke Taguchi (6))
August 13, 2017 G1 Climax 27 Tokyo, Japan 1 571
54 Roppongi 3K
(Sho and Yoh)
October 9, 2017 King of Pro-Wrestling Tokyo, Japan 1 870
55 The Young Bucks
(Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson)
January 4, 2018 Wrestle Kingdom 12 in Tokyo Dome Tokyo, Japan 7 240
56 Roppongi 3K
(Sho and Yoh)
January 28, 2018 The New Beginning in Sapporo Sapporo, Japan 2 370
57 Suzuki-gun
(El Desperado and Yoshinobu Kanemaru (3))
March 6, 2018 Anniversary Show Tokyo, Japan 1 3044 This was a three-way match, also involving Los Ingobernables de Japon (Bushi and Hiromu Takahashi).
58 Los Ingobernables de Japon
(Bushi and Shingo Takagi)
January 4, 2019 Wrestle Kingdom 13 in Tokyo Dome Tokyo, Japan 1 611 This was a three-way match, also involving Roppongi 3K (Sho and Yoh).
59 Roppongi 3K
(Sho and Yoh)
March 6, 2019 Anniversary Show Tokyo, Japan 3 1021
60 Bullet Club
(El Phantasmo and Taiji Ishimori)
June 16, 2019 Kizuna Road Tokyo, Japan 1 2031
61 Roppongi 3K
(Sho and Yoh)
January 5, 2020 Wrestle Kingdom 14 in Tokyo Dome Tokyo, Japan 4 160+2

Combined reigns

As of June 13, 2020.

Four-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Gedo(left) and Jado, (right); they have the longest combined reign at 960 days
Record 7-time and former champions The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) (left to right)
Indicates the current champions

By team

Rank Team No. of
reigns
Combined
defenses
Combined days
1 Gedo and Jado 4 15 960
2 The Young Bucks
(Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson)
7 9 706
3 Apollo 55
(Prince Devitt and Ryusuke Taguchi)
4 13 673
4 Shinjiro Otani and Tatsuhito Takaiwa 2 6 497
5 Roppongi 3K
(Sho and Yoh)
4 3 386+
6 Time Splitters
(Alex Shelley and Kushida)
2 6 313
7 Suzuki-gun
(El Desperado and Yoshinobu Kanemaru)
1 4 304
8 Jushin Thunder Liger and Koji Kanemoto 1 6 282
9 Hirooki Goto and Minoru 1 2 281
10 Forever Hooligans
(Alex Koslov and Rocky Romero)
2 5 276
11 Dick Togo and Taka Michinoku 1 3 270
12 Koji Kanemoto and Minoru Tanaka 1 3 254
13 reDRagon
(Bobby Fish and Kyle O'Reilly)
2 3 236
14 Bullet Club
(El Phantasmo and Taiji Ishimori)
1 1 203
15 The Motor City Machine Guns
(Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin)
1 3 182
16 No Remorse Corps
(Davey Richards and Rocky Romero)
2 1 166
17 Roppongi Vice
(Beretta and Rocky Romero)
4 1 157
18 Legend
(Akira and Jushin Thunder Liger)
1 1 155
19 Tsuyoshi Kikuchi and Yoshinobu Kanemaru 1 4 150
20 El Samurai and Ryusuke Taguchi 1 2 139
21 El Samurai and Jushin Thunder Liger 1 1 136
22 Jushin Thunder Liger and Minoru Tanaka 1 1 119
23 Matt Sydal and King Ricochet 2 0 106
24 Prince Prince
(Minoru and Prince Devitt)
2 1 105
25 Golden☆Lovers
(Kenny Omega and Kota Ibushi)
1 2 104
26 Dr. Wagner Jr. and Kendo Kashin 1 2 96
27 The Great Sasuke and Jushin Thunder Liger 1 0 94
28 American Dragon and Curry Man 1 1 85
29 No Limit
(Tetsuya Naito and Yujiro)
1 1 83
30 El Samurai and Koji Kanemoto 1 0 72
31 Koji Kanemoto and Wataru Inoue 1 2 71
32 Los Ingobernables de Japon
(Bushi and Shingo Takagi)
1 1 61
33 Funky Future
(King Ricochet and Ryusuke Taguchi)
1 1 57
34 Suzuki-gun
(Taichi and Yoshinobu Kanemaru)
1 1 52
35 Jushin Thunder Liger and Tiger Mask 1 0 36
36 Suzuki-gun
(Taichi and Taka Michinoku)
1 1 26

By wrestler

Record eight-time champion Rocky Romero
Rank Wrestler No. of
reigns
Combined
defenses
Combined days
1 Gedo 4 15 960
Jado
3 Ryusuke Taguchi 6 15 869
4 Jushin Thunder Liger 9 822
5 Prince Devitt 13 778
6 Minoru/Minoru Tanaka 5 7 759
7 Matt Jackson 7 9 706
Nick Jackson
9 Koji Kanemoto 4 11 679
10 Rocky Romero 8 7 599
11 Yoshinobu Kanemaru 3 9 506
12 Shinjiro Otani 2 6 497
Tatsuhito Takaiwa
14 Alex Shelley 3 9 495
15 Sho 4 3 386+
Yoh
17 El Samurai 3 3 347
18 Kushida 2 6 313
19 El Desperado 1 4 304
20 Taka Michinoku 2 4 296
21 Hirooki Goto 1 2 281
22 Alex Koslov 2 5 276
23 Dick Togo 1 3 270
24 Bobby Fish 2 3 236
Kyle O'Reilly
26 El Phantasmo 1 1 203
Taiji Ishimori
28 Chris Sabin 1 3 182
29 Davey Richards 2 1 166
30 King Ricochet 3 163
31 Beretta 4 157
32 Akira 1 155
33 Tsuyoshi Kikuchi 1 4 150
34 Matt Sydal 2 0 106
35 Kenny Omega 1 2 104
Kota Ibushi
37 Dr. Wagner Jr. 1 2 96
Kendo Kashin
39 The Great Sasuke 1 0 94
40 American Dragon 1 1 85
Curry Man
42 Tetsuya Naito 1 1 83
Yujiro
44 Taichi 2 2 78
45 Wataru Inoue 1 2 71
46 Bushi 1 1 61
Shingo Takagi
48 Tiger Mask 1 0 36

References

General
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  • "IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship history". New Japan Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). NJPW.co.jp. Retrieved 2016-11-10.
Specific
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  4. "IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship history: Reign 10". New Japan Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). NJPW.co.jp. Archived from the original on 2009-09-29. Retrieved 2009-12-01.
  5. Power Slam Staff (August 2003). "We are the Champions (as of July 8)". Power Slam Magazine. Lancaster, Lancashire, England: SW Publishing LTD. p. 15. 109.
  6. "We are the champions (as of February 11)". Power Slam Magazine. Lancaster, Lancashire, England: SW Publishing LTD. March 2005. p. 15. 116.
  7. Milner, John M. (2005-09-05). "Christopher Daniels". Slam! Sports: Wrestling. Canadian Online Explorer. Retrieved 2009-12-03. Curry Man returned to Japan and won a battle royale on January 31, 2004 and, on March 12th, teamed with American Dragon to win the IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team titles.
  8. Hoops, Brian (2017-03-04). "Daily Pro Wrestling History (03/04): ROH 10th Anniversary Show". Wrestling Observer/Figure Four Online. Retrieved 2017-03-05.
  9. Martin, Adam (2009-01-01). "1/4 NJPW Wrestle Kingdom III Results: Tokyo, Japan". Wrestleview. Retrieved 2009-12-01.
  10. Golden, Hunter (2009-07-08). "Rising Sun Soliloquy Newsletter #32". Wrestleview. Retrieved 2009-12-03. Ryosuke Taguchi & Prince Devitt, hot off solid performances at the Best of the Super Juniors Tournament last month, defeated TNA's Motor City Machine Guns for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship at the Korakuen Hall this past Sunday in front of a sell out crowd of 2,000 fans. The 'Guns (Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin) won the titles on January 4th at the Tokyo Dome and made two successful title defenses, one in Japan and the other overseas in the United States.
  11. "IWGP Jr.タッグ王座を返上した田口隆祐選手が現在の心境をコメント!". New Japan Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). NJPW.co.jp. 2010-04-21. Retrieved 2010-04-24.
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