List of IWGP Tag Team Champions
Title history

List of IWGP Tag Team Champions

Section Title: Title history
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No.	Champion	Championship change	Reign statistics	Notes	Ref.

Date	Event	Location	Reign	Days	Defenses

1	Kengo Kimura and Tatsumi Fujinami	December 12, 1985	Live event	Sendai, Japan	1	236	5	Kimura and Fujinami defeated Antonio Inoki and Seiji Sakaguchi in a tournament final to become the first champions.

2	Akira Maeda and Osamu Kido	August 5, 1986	Burning Spirit in Summer	Tokyo, Japan	1	49	1

3	Kengo Kimura and Tatsumi Fujinami	September 23, 1986	Challenge Spirit 1986	Tokyo, Japan	2	135	0

—	Vacated	February 5, 1987	—	—	—	—	—	The championship was vacated when Kimura and Fujinami split up.

4	Keiji Mutoh and Shiro Koshinaka	March 20, 1987	Spring Flare Up 1987	Tokyo, Japan	1	6	0	Koshinaka and Mutoh defeated Akira Maeda and Nobuhiko Takada in a tournament final to win the vacant championship.

5	Akira Maeda (2) and Nobuhiko Takada	March 26, 1987	Inoki Toukon Live II	Osaka, Japan	1	159	2

6	Kazuo Yamazaki and Yoshiaki Fujiwara	September 1, 1987	Sengoku Battle Series 1987	Fukuoka, Japan	1	139	2

7	Kengo Kimura and Tatsumi Fujinami	January 18, 1988	New Year Golden Series 1988	Takuyama, Japan	3	144	3

8	Masa Saito and Riki Choshu	June 10, 1988	IWGP Champion Series 1988	Hiroshima, Japan	1	282	4

9	George Takano and Super Strong Machine	March 19, 1989	Big Fight Series	Yokohama, Japan	1	116	1

10	Riki Choshu (2) and Takayuki Iizuka	July 13, 1989	Live event	Tokyo, Japan	1	69	1

11	Masa Saito (2) and Shinya Hashimoto	September 20, 1989	Bloody Fight Series 1989: Super Power Battle in Osaka	Osaka, Japan	1	219	3

12	Keiji Mutoh (2) and Masahiro Chono	April 27, 1990	Live event	Tokyo, Japan	1	189	3

13	Hiroshi Hase and Kensuke Sasaki	November 1, 1990	Dream Tour 1990	Tokyo, Japan	1	55	2

14	Hiro Saito and Super Strong Machine (2)	December 26, 1990	King of Kings	Hamamatsu, Japan	1	70	2

15	Hiroshi Hase and Kensuke Sasaki	March 6, 1991	Big Fight Series 1991	Nagasaki, Japan	2	15	0

16	The Steiner Brothers (Rick Steiner and Scott Steiner)	March 21, 1991	Starrcade 1991 in Tokyo Dome	Tokyo, Japan	1	229	2	The Steiners' WCW World Tag Team Championship was also on the line.

17	Hiroshi Hase (3) and Keiji Mutoh (3)	November 5, 1991	Tokyo 3Days Battle	Tokyo, Japan	1	117	2

18	Big, Bad, and Dangerous (Big Van Vader and Crusher Bam Bam Bigelow)	March 1, 1992	Big Fight Series 1992: New Japan Pro Wrestling 20th Anniversary Show	Yokohama, Japan	1	117	2	Scott Norton substituted for an injured Scott Steiner in this match.

19	The Steiner Brothers (Rick Steiner and Scott Steiner)	June 26, 1992	Masters of Wrestling	Tokyo, Japan	2	149	3	The Steiners' WCW World Tag Team Championship was also on the line.

20	Scott Norton and Tony Halme	November 22, 1992	Wrestling Scramble 1992: Battle Zone Space I	Tokyo, Japan	1	22	0

21	The Hell Raisers (Hawk Warrior and Power Warrior (3))	December 14, 1992	Battle Final 1992	Tokyo, Japan	1	234	4

22	The Jurassic Powers (Hercules Hernandez and Scott Norton (2))	August 5, 1993	G1 Climax 1993	Tokyo, Japan	1	152	3

23	The Hell Raisers (Hawk Warrior (2) and Power Warrior (4))	January 4, 1994	Battlefield	Tokyo, Japan	2	325	2

24	Hiroshi Hase (4) and Keiji Mutoh (4)	November 25, 1994	Battle Final 1994	Iwate, Japan	2	162	1

—	Vacated	May 6, 1995	—	—	—	—	—	The title was vacated by Mutoh after he won the IWGP Heavyweight Championship.

25	Cho-Ten (Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Masahiro Chono (2))	June 10, 1995	Fighting Spirit Legend	Osaka, Japan	1	27	0	Tenzan and Chono defeated Junji Hirata and Shinya Hashimoto to win the vacant championship.

—	Vacated	July 7, 1995	—	—	—	—	—	The title was vacated when Chono missed a title defense due to his father's death.

26	Junji Hirata (3) and Shinya Hashimoto (2)	July 13, 1995	Best of the Super Jr. II	Sapporo, Japan	1	335	6	Hashimoto and Hirata defeated Mike Enos and Scott Norton to win the vacant championship.

27	Kazuo Yamazaki (2) and Takashi Iizuka (2)	June 12, 1996	Best of the Super Jr. III	Osaka, Japan	1	34	0

28	Cho-Ten (Hiroyoshi Tenzan (2) and Masahiro Chono (3))	July 16, 1996	Summer Struggle 1996	Sapporo, Japan	2	172	2

29	Kengo Kimura and Tatsumi Fujinami	January 4, 1997	Wrestling World 1997	Tokyo, Japan	4	98	3

30	Kensuke Sasaki (5) and Riki Choshu (3)	April 12, 1997	Battle Formation 1997	Tokyo, Japan	1	21	0

31	The Bull Powers (Manabu Nakanishi and Satoshi Kojima)	May 3, 1997	Strong Style Evolution in Osaka Dome	Osaka, Japan	1	99	1

32	Kazuo Yamazaki (3) and Kensuke Sasaki (6)	August 10, 1997	The Four Heaven in Nagoya Dome	Nagoya, Japan	1	70	0

33	Keiji Mutoh (5) and Masahiro Chono (4)	October 19, 1997	nWo Typhoon 1997	Kobe, Japan	2	184	2

—	Vacated	April 21, 1998	—	—	—	—	—	The title was vacated due to Mutoh having surgery on his knee.

34	Cho-Ten (Hiroyoshi Tenzan (3) and Masahiro Chono (5))	June 5, 1998	Live event	Tokyo, Japan	3	40	0	Tenzan and Chono defeated Genichiro Tenryu and Shiro Koshinaka in a tournament final to win the vacant championship.

35	Genichiro Tenryu and Shiro Koshinaka (2)	July 15, 1998	Summer Struggle 1998	Sapporo, Japan	1	173	2

36	Tencozy (Hiroyoshi Tenzan (4) and Satoshi Kojima (2))	January 4, 1999	Wrestling World 1999	Tokyo, Japan	1	77	1

37	Kensuke Sasaki (7) and Shiro Koshinaka (3)	March 22, 1999	Hyper Battle 1999	Amagasaki, Japan	1	97	2

38	The Mad Dogs (Michiyoshi Ohara and Tatsutoshi Goto)	June 27, 1999	Summer Struggle 1999	Shizuoka, Japan	1	62	1

39	Manabu Nakanishi (2) and Yuji Nagata	August 28, 1999	Jingu Climax	Shizuoka, Japan	1	327	4

40	Tencozy (Hiroyoshi Tenzan (5) and Satoshi Kojima (3))	July 20, 2000	Summer Struggle 2000	Tokyo, Japan	2	430	6

41	Osamu Nishimura and Tatsumi Fujinami (5)	September 23, 2001	G1 World 2001	Osaka, Japan	1	35	1

42	BATT (Keiji Mutoh (6) and Taiyō Kea)	October 28, 2001	Survival 2001: Fighting Destination in Fukuoka	Fukuoka, Japan	1	97	0

—	Vacated	February 2, 2002	—	—	—	—	—	The title was vacated due to Mutoh leaving NJPW.

43	Cho-Ten (Hiroyoshi Tenzan (6) and Masahiro Chono (6))	March 24, 2002	Hyper Battle 2002	Hyōgo, Japan	4	446	7	Tenzan and Chono defeated Manabu Nakanishi and Yuji Nagata in a tournament final to win the vacant championship.

44	Hiroshi Tanahashi and Yutaka Yoshie	June 13, 2003	Crush	Tokyo, Japan	1	184	3

45	Hiroyoshi Tenzan (7) and Osamu Nishimura (2)	December 14, 2003	Battle Final 2003	Nagoya, Japan	1	49	0

46	Minoru Suzuki and Yoshihiro Takayama	February 1, 2004	Fighting Spirit 2004	Sapporo, Japan	1	294	4

—	Vacated	November 21, 2004	—	—	—	—	—	The title was vacated due to Takayama being sidelined with an injury.

47	Hiroshi Tanahashi (2) and Shinsuke Nakamura	December 11, 2004	Battle Final 2004	Osaka, Japan	1	323	4	Tanahashi and Nakamura defeated Kensuke Sasaki and Minoru Suzuki to win the vacant title.

48	Cho-Ten (Hiroyoshi Tenzan (8) and Masahiro Chono (7))	October 30, 2005	Toukon Series 2005	Kobe, Japan	5	325	3

—	Vacated	September 20, 2006	—	—	—	—	—	NJPW president Simon Kelly Inoki stripped Chono and Tenzan of the title after Chono and Tenzan ceased teaming.

†	Shiro Koshinaka and Togi Makabe	July 2, 2006	Circuit 2006 Turbulence	Tokyo, Japan	1	15	0	An interim tag team title was created when Tenzan and Chono showed signs of inactivity. Makabe and Koshinaka defeated Giant Bernard and Travis Tomko in a tournament final to win the title.

49	Wild Child (Manabu Nakanishi (3) and Takao Omori)	September 28, 2006	Circuit 2006 Final: Next Progress	Sapporo, Japan	1	164	1	Nakanishi and Ōmori won the interim title on July 17, 2006, and were recognized as the official champions on September 28, 2006.

50	RISE (Giant Bernard and Travis Tomko)	March 11, 2007	New Japan Pro Wrestling 35th Anniversary Tour Circuit 2007 New Japan Evolution: New Japan Cup 2007	Nagoya, Japan	1	343	5

51	The Most Violent Players (Togi Makabe and Toru Yano)	February 17, 2008	Circuit 2008 New Japan Ism	Tokyo, Japan	1	322	4

52	Team 3D (Brother Devon and Brother Ray)	January 4, 2009	Wrestle Kingdom III in Tokyo Dome	Tokyo, Japan	1	198	4

53	The British Invasion (Brutus Magnus and Doug Williams)	July 21, 2009	TNA Impact!	Orlando, Florida	1	89	1	This was a tables match that aired on the July 30, 2009, episode of Total Nonstop Action Wrestling's Impact!. NJPW did not sanction the match, nor initially recognize nor sanction the title change until August 10.

54	Team 3D (Brother Devon and Brother Ray)	October 18, 2009	Bound for Glory	Irvine, California	2	78	1	This was a four-way Full Metal Mayhem Tag Team match, which also included Beer Money, Inc. and Booker T and Scott Steiner and was contested also for the TNA World Tag Team Championship, which was won by The British Invasion.

55	No Limit (Tetsuya Naito and Yujiro Takahashi)	January 4, 2010	Wrestle Kingdom IV in Tokyo Dome	Tokyo, Japan	1	119	1	This was a three-way hardcore match, which also included Bad Intentions (Giant Bernard and Karl Anderson).

56	Seigigun (Wataru Inoue and Yuji Nagata (2))	May 3, 2010	Wrestling Dontaku 2010	Fukuoka, Japan	1	47	0	This was a three-way match, which also included Bad Intentions (Giant Bernard and Karl Anderson).

57	Bad Intentions (Giant Bernard (2) and Karl Anderson)	June 19, 2010	Dominion 6.19	Osaka, Japan	1	564	10	This was a three-way elimination match, which also included No Limit (Tetsuya Naito and Yujiro Takahashi).

58	Tencozy (Hiroyoshi Tenzan (9) and Satoshi Kojima (4))	January 4, 2012	Wrestle Kingdom VI in Tokyo Dome	Tokyo, Japan	3	120	2

59	Chaos (Takashi Iizuka (3) and Toru Yano (2))	May 3, 2012	Wrestling Dontaku 2012	Fukuoka, Japan	1	48	0

—	Vacated	June 20, 2012	—	—	—	—	—	Iizuka and Yano were stripped of the title, after a title match between them and Tencozy (Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima) on June 16 ended in a no contest.

60	Tencozy (Hiroyoshi Tenzan (10) and Satoshi Kojima (5))	July 22, 2012	Kizuna Road	Yamagata, Japan	4	78	0	Tenzan and Kojima defeated Chaos (Takashi Iizuka and Toru Yano) to win the vacant title.

61	K.E.S. (Davey Boy Smith Jr. and Lance Archer)	October 8, 2012	King of Pro-Wrestling	Tokyo, Japan	1	207	5

62	Tencozy (Hiroyoshi Tenzan (11) and Satoshi Kojima (6))	May 3, 2013	Wrestling Dontaku 2013	Fukuoka, Japan	5	190	2	This was a four-way match, which also included Chaos (Takashi Iizuka and Toru Yano) and Muscle Orchestra (Manabu Nakanishi and Strong Man).

63	K.E.S. (Davey Boy Smith Jr. and Lance Archer)	November 9, 2013	Power Struggle	Osaka, Japan	2	56	0	This was the second fall of a two-fall three-way tornado tag team match which also included The IronGodz (Jax Dane and Rob Conway).

64	Bullet Club (Doc Gallows and Karl Anderson (2))	January 4, 2014	Wrestle Kingdom 8 in Tokyo Dome	Tokyo, Japan	1	365	6

65	Meiyu Tag (Hirooki Goto and Katsuyori Shibata)	January 4, 2015	Wrestle Kingdom 9 in Tokyo Dome	Tokyo, Japan	1	38	0

66	Bullet Club (Doc Gallows (2) and Karl Anderson (3))	February 11, 2015	The New Beginning in Osaka	Osaka, Japan	2	53	0

67	The Kingdom (Matt Taven and Michael Bennett)	April 5, 2015	Invasion Attack 2015	Tokyo, Japan	1	91	0

68	Bullet Club (Doc Gallows (3) and Karl Anderson (4))	July 5, 2015	Dominion 7.5 in Osaka-jo Hall	Osaka, Japan	3	183	1

69	G.B.H. (Togi Makabe (2) and Tomoaki Honma)	January 4, 2016	Wrestle Kingdom 10 in Tokyo Dome	Tokyo, Japan	1	97	1

70	Guerrillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa)	April 10, 2016	Invasion Attack 2016	Tokyo, Japan	1	70	1

71	The Briscoe Brothers (Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe)	June 19, 2016	Dominion 6.19 in Osaka-jo Hall	Osaka, Japan	1	113	2

72	Guerrillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa)	October 10, 2016	King of Pro-Wrestling	Tokyo, Japan	2	86	1

73	Chaos (Tomohiro Ishii and Toru Yano (3))	January 4, 2017	Wrestle Kingdom 11 in Tokyo Dome	Tokyo, Japan	1	61	2	This was a three-way match, which also included G.B.H. (Togi Makabe and Tomoaki Honma).

74	Tencozy (Hiroyoshi Tenzan (12) and Satoshi Kojima (7))	March 6, 2017	Hataage Kinenbi	Tokyo, Japan	6	34	0

75	War Machine (Hanson and Raymond Rowe)	April 9, 2017	Sakura Genesis 2017	Tokyo, Japan	1	63	1

76	Guerrillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa)	June 11, 2017	Dominion 6.11 in Osaka-jo Hall	Osaka, Japan	3	20	0

77	War Machine (Hanson and Raymond Rowe)	July 1, 2017	G1 Special in USA	Long Beach, California	2	85	3	This was a no disqualification match.

78	K.E.S. (Davey Boy Smith Jr. and Lance Archer)	September 24, 2017	Destruction in Kobe	Kobe, Japan	3	102	1	This was a three-way tornado tag team match, which also included Guerrillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa).

79	Los Ingobernables de Japon (Evil and Sanada)	January 4, 2018	Wrestle Kingdom 12 in Tokyo Dome	Tokyo, Japan	1	156	2

80	The Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson)	June 9, 2018	Dominion 6.9 in Osaka-jo Hall	Osaka, Japan	1	113	1

81	Guerrillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa)	September 30, 2018	Fighting Spirit Unleashed	Long Beach, California	4	96	0

82	Los Ingobernables de Japon (Evil and Sanada)	January 4, 2019	Wrestle Kingdom 13 in Tokyo Dome	Tokyo, Japan	2	50	1	This was a three-way match, which also included The Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson).

83	Guerrillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa)	February 23, 2019	Honor Rising: Japan 2019	Tokyo, Japan	5	66+	2

Sentence(s)

Hiroshi Tanahashi was a two-time IWGP Tag Team Champion.

final_sentence: Hiroshi Tanahashi was a two-time IWGP Tag Team Champion.