Ten - Koji Ten - Koji ( occasionally spelled " TenCozy " ) is a professional wrestling tag team that has competed in New Japan Pro Wrestling and All Japan Pro Wrestling . They are currently in their fifth reign as the IWGP Tag Team Champions . In their history , Ten - Koji currently hold the second longest IWGP Tag Team Championship reign ( 430 Days ) and are currently the first and only team to have won both the G1 Tag League and World ' s Strongest Tag Determination League in general ( 2001 , 2006 respectively ) and in the same year ( 2008 ) History . First run ( 1999 - 2002 ) . Ten - Koji first began teaming up in 1998 after Tenzan ' s regular tag team partner Masahiro Chono was injured , as both were members of nWo Japan . In their first shot , they defeated Genichiro Tenryu and Shiro Koshinaka at Wrestling World 1999 on January 4 , 1999 to claim their first IWGP Tag Team Title . The team would make one successful title defense against Yuji Nagata and Manabu Nakanishi on February 5 , 1999 before losing the titles to Koshinaka and Kensuke Sasaki on March 22 , 1999 . Following the title loss , Ten - Koji largely spent most of 1999 representing nWo Japan against Masahiro Chono ' s new group : Team 2000 . The feud eventually would end in February 2000 when nWo Japan lost a best of 4 series to Team 2000 and a few days later : nWo Japan would merge into Team 2000 with Ten - Koji joining . A few months later , Ten - Koji would defeat Yuji Nagata and Manabu Nakanishi on July 20 , 2000 to win the Tag Team Championship for the second time . After winning the titles , Ten - Koji would have one of the most successful title reigns as they would hold the titles for a then record 430 Days ( a record later broken by Cho - Ten who held the titles for 446 ) . They would also make 6 successful title defenses also a then record ( Cho - Ten also broke this record ) fending off challenges from variations of Fighting Club G - EGGS ( Yuji Nagata and Manabu Nakanishi , Manabu Nakanishi and Yutaka Yoshie ) , fellow Team 2000 members : Chono and Tatsutoshi Goto , & BATT members : Taiyo Kea and Jinsei Shinzaki before eventually losing the titles on September 23 , 2001 to Tatsumi Fujinami and Osamu Nishimura . After the title loss , Ten - Koji began to show dissention with Chono and they finally split in October 2001 , taking Hiro Saito , Tatsutoshi Goto , & Koji Kanemoto with them and splitting Team 2000 . The team then entered the 2001 G1 Tag League , despite losing their first 3 matches , the team would eventually persevere and win the remainder of the tournament eventually defeating Mike Barton and Jim Steele to win the tournament and their first G1 Tag League . Breakup ( 2002 - 2006 ) . In January 2002 , Keiji Mutoh defected to All Japan Pro Wrestling and Kojima decided to follow with Tenzan deciding to remain in New Japan . Before leaving , Ten - Koji would wrestle one last match on January 24 , 2002 where they defeated Kensuke Sasaki and Osamu Nishimura . After breaking up , both Kojima and Tenzan would go on to success in their respective companies in both singles and tag divisions . One year after the breakup , Ten - Koji would reunite for one night as they defeated Chono and Nakanishi at Wrestling World 2003 on January 4 , 2003 . on February 20 , 2005 , Kojima and Tenzan would meet as opponents in a title vs . title match with Kojima defending the AJPW Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship and Tenzan defending the IWGP Heavyweight Championship . Kojima would win the match with 11 seconds left to win the IWGP Championship . The win made Kojima the first person to hold both titles simultaneously . The two would face each other again in a rematch at Nexess VI on May 14 , 2005 with Tenzan regaining the IWGP Heavyweight Title . Reunion ( 2006 - 2009 , 2011 - present ) . In 2006 , Ten - Koji would reunite and participate in All Japan ' s 2006 World ' s Strongest Tag Determination League . The team would make history eventually defeating Ro ' Z and Suwama to win the tournament and became the first team in history to win both the G1 Tag League and the World ' s Strongest Tag Determination League . The teams next match would be a loss to their mentors : Masahiro Chono and Keiji Mutoh in the main event of Wrestle Kingdom in Tokyo Dome on January 4 , 2007 , after the loss Ten - Koji broke up again and returned to their companies . In the summer of 2008 , Ten - Koji would reunite again . First they defeated Togi Makabe and TARU at Pro Wrestling LOVE in Ryogoku Vol . 5 on August 31 , 2008 . Despite the win the team would see a setback as they failed to win the AJPW Unified World Tag Team Championship from Taiyo Kea and Minoru Suzuki on October 11 , 2008 . In October , they entered the 2008 G1 Tag League , they would win their block , then defeated Manabu Nakanishi and Yutaka Yoshie in the semi finals , and then defeated Togi Makabe and Toru Yano to win their second G1 Tag League . In November , they entered the 2008 World ' s Strongest Tag Determination League and they would make history by winning their second World ' s Strongest Tag Determination League by defeating Suwama and Shuji Kondo . This win marked the first time a team won both tournaments in the same year . On January 4 , 2009 , Ten - Koji were scheduled to take part in a 3 way for the IWGP Tag Titles against champions : Togi Makabe and Toru Yano and Team 3D , but the team was forced to pull out of the match due to Tenzan suffering an eye injury . Upon his return , Ten - Koji attempted a comeback as they took on Bad Intentions ( Giant Bernard and Karl Anderson ) in a # 1 contendership match at Wrestling Dontaku 2009 on May 3 , 2009 but they came up short . Despite vowing to continue and promise a " full revival " , they haven ' t teamed since In August , Tenzan suffered an injury , which would sideline him for the next fifteen months . Ten - Koji reunited on December 4 , 2011 , defeating the CHAOS tag team of Hideo Saito and Takashi Iizuka . On January 4 , 2012 , at Wrestle Kingdom VI in Tokyo Dome , Ten - Koji defeated Bad Intentions to win the IWGP Tag Team Championship for the third time . On May 3 at Wrestling Dontaku 2012 , Tenzan and Kojima lost the title to Takashi Iizuka and Toru Yano in their third defense . On July 22 , Tenzan and Kojima defeated Iizuka and Yano in a decision match to regain the newly vacated title . On October 8 at King of Pro - Wrestling , Tenzan and Kojima lost the title to K . E . S . ( Davey Boy Smith , Jr . and Lance Archer ) . From November 20 to December 1 , Ten - Koji took part in the round - robin portion of the 2012 World Tag League . The team finished with a record of four wins and two losses , winning their block and advancing to the semifinals of the tournament . On December 23 , 2012 , Ten - Koji made its debut for Dramatic Dream Team ( DDT ) , teaming with Sanshiro Takagi in a three - on - four handicap match , where they defeated the Monster Army ( Antonio Honda , Daisuke Sasaki , Hoshitango and Yuji Hino ) . On May 3 , 2013 , at Wrestling Dontaku 2013 , Ten - Koji won the IWGP Tag Team Championship for the fifth time by winning a four - way match , which included defending champions K . E . S . as well as Takashi Iizuka and Toru Yano , and Manabu Nakanishi and Strong Man .