On this page, you find the full Title History for the IWGP Tag Team Championship, with all Championship Info, Statistics, the Belt Design changes through the years, and the full list of Title Reigns, along with dates, events, and reign durations.
The IWGP Tag Team Championship is contested in New Japan Pro Wrestling on the Heavyweight brand, by men wrestlers.
The championship was first established on December 12, 1985, and the inaugural champions were Kengo Kimura & Tatsumi Fujinami.
This is a newer version of the Asia Tag Team Championship and NWA North American Tag Team Championship (Los Angeles/Japan version), with its own distinct lineage.
The current champions are the team of Knock Out Brothers (OSKAR and Yuto-Ice), who won the title at NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2025 on September 28, 2025, and have been reigning for 223 days.
IWGP Tag Team Championship: Title History
IWGP Tag Team Championship: Title Reigns
N. Image Champion Reign 111 
Knock Out Brothers OSKAR 1 & Yuto-Ice 1
223+days110 
Tomohiro Ishii 2 & Taichi 4
105days109 
United Empire Great-O-Khan 4 & Callum Newman 2
Defeated Bishamon (Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI) to win the vacant titles.50days
Vacant
April 14, 2025Callum Newman vacated the titles were due to Jeff Cobb's departure from NJPW.12days108 
United Empire Jeff Cobb 3 & Callum Newman 1
9days107 
Los Ingobernables de Japón Tetsuya Naito 3 & Hiromu Takahashi 1
53days106 
The Young Bucks Matthew Jackson 2 & Nicholas Jackson 2
Defeated United Empire (Great-O-Khan & Jeff Cobb) and Los Ingobernables de Japón (Tetsuya Naito & Hiromu Takahashi) in a 3-Way Match to win the vacant titles.37daysVacant
December 9, 2024NJPW vacated the titles after HENARE suffered an injury.27days105 
United Empire Great-O-Khan 3 & HENARE 1
35days104 
TMDK Mikey Nicholls 1 & Shane Haste 1
June 9, 2024 Osaka, Japan | NJPW Dominion 6.9 in Osaka-jo Hall (2024) - Best of the Super Jr. 31 FinalsThis was a 4-Way Winners Take All Match also disputed for the Strong Openweight Tag Team Championship; TMDK won both titles.148days103 
Bullet Club KENTA 2 & Chase Owens 3
36days102 
Bishamon Hirooki Goto 5 & YOSHI-HASHI 4
28days101 Bullet Club KENTA 1 & Chase Owens 2
55days100 
Guerrillas of Destiny Hikuleo 1 & El Phantasmo 1
38days99 
Bishamon Hirooki Goto 4 & YOSHI-HASHI 3
Defeated House of Torture (EVIL & Yujiro Takahashi) and United Empire (Great-O-Khan & Aaron Henare) in a 3-Way Match for both the vacant IWGP & STRONG tag team titles.214daysVacant
Fletcher vacated the titles after Davis suffered an injury.14days98 
Aussie Open Mark Davis 1 & Kyle Fletcher 1
43days97 Bishamon Hirooki Goto 3 & YOSHI-HASHI 2
94days96 
FTR Dax Harwood 1 & Cash Wheeler 1
192days95 United Empire Jeff Cobb 2 & Great-O-Khan 2
14days94 
General’s Jewel Bad Luck Fale 1 & Chase Owens 1
42days93 United Empire Jeff Cobb 1 & Great-O-Khan 1
22days92 
Bishamon Hirooki Goto 2 & YOSHI-HASHI 1
95days91 
Dangerous Tekkers Zack Sabre Jr. 3 & Taichi 3
163days90 
Los Ingobernables de Japón Tetsuya Naito 2 & SANADA 3
14days89 Dangerous Tekkers Zack Sabre Jr. 2 & Taichi 2
June 1, 2021 Tokyo, Japan | Road to Dominion40days88 
Guerrillas of Destiny Tama Tonga 7 & Tanga Loa 7
148days87 Dangerous Tekkers Zack Sabre Jr. 1 & Taichi 1
176days86 
Golden☆Ace Hiroshi Tanahashi 3 & Kota Ibushi 1
142days85 Guerrillas of Destiny Tama Tonga 6 & Tanga Loa 6
February 1, 2020 Atlanta, GA | The New Beginning USA20days84 
FinJuice David Finlay 1 & Juice Robinson 1
28days83 Guerrillas of Destiny Tama Tonga 5 & Tanga Loa 5
315days82 
Los Ingobernables de Japón EVIL 2 & SANADA 2
50days81 Guerrillas of Destiny Tama Tonga 4 & Tanga Loa 4
96days80 
The Young Bucks Matt Jackson 1 & Nick Jackson 1
113days79 Los Ingobernables de Japón EVIL 1 & SANADA 1
156days78 
Killer Elite Squad Davey Boy Smith Jr. 3 & Lance Archer 3
102days77 
War Machine Raymond Rowe 2 & Hanson 2
85days76 Guerrillas of Destiny Tama Tonga 3 & Tanga Loa 3
20days75 War Machine Raymond Rowe 1 & Hanson 1
63days74 
Tencozy Hiroyoshi Tenzan 12 & Satoshi Kojima 7
March 6, 2017 Tokyo, Japan | Hataage Kinenbi34days73 
CHAOS Tomohiro Ishii 1 & Toru Yano 3
61days72 Guerrillas of Destiny Tama Tonga 2 & Tanga Loa 2
86days71 
The Briscoe Brothers Jay Briscoe 1 & Mark Briscoe 1
113days70 Guerrillas of Destiny Tama Tonga 1 & Tanga Loa 1
70days69 
Great Bash Heel Togi Makabe 2 & Tomoaki Honma 1
97days68 
Bullet Club Doc Gallows 3 & Karl Anderson 4
183days67 
The Kingdom Matt Taven 1 & Michael Bennett 1
91days66 Bullet Club Doc Gallows 2 & Karl Anderson 3
53days65 
Meiyu Tag Hirooki Goto 1 & Katsuyori Shibata 1
38days64 Bullet Club Doc Gallows 1 & Karl Anderson 2
365days63 
Killer Elite Squad Davey Boy Smith Jr. 2 & Lance Archer 2
56days62 Tencozy Hiroyoshi Tenzan 11 & Satoshi Kojima 6
190days61 Killer Elite Squad Davey Boy Smith Jr. 1 & Lance Archer 1
207days60 Tencozy Hiroyoshi Tenzan 10 & Satoshi Kojima 5
Defeated Chaos (Toru Yano & Takashi Iizuka) to win the vacant title.78daysVacant
June 20, 2012Iizuka & Yano were stripped of the title, after a title match between them and Tencozy on June 16 ended in a no contest.32days59 
CHAOS Toru Yano 2 & Takashi Iizuka 3
48days58 Tencozy Hiroyoshi Tenzan 9 & Satoshi Kojima 4
120days57 
Bad Intentions Giant Bernard 2 & Karl Anderson 1
564days56 
Seigigun Wataru Inoue 1 & Yuji Nagata 2
47days55 
No Limit Tetsuya Naito 1 & Yujiro 1
119days54 
Team 3D Brother Ray 2 & Brother Devon 2
78days53 
The British Invasion Brutus Magnus 1 & Doug Williams 1
80days52 Team 3D Brother Ray 1 & Brother Devon 1
207days51 
The Most Violent Players Togi Makabe 1 & Toru Yano 1
322days50 
RISE Giant Bernard 1 & Tomko 1
343days49 
Wild Child Manabu Nakanishi 3 & Takao Omori 1
Nakanishi & Ōmori (who were interim champions) were promoted to undisputed champions.164daysVacant
September 20, 2006NJPW president Simon Kelly Inoki stripped Chono & Tenzan of the title after they ceased teaming.8days48 
Cho-Ten Hiroyoshi Tenzan 8 & Masahiro Chono 7
During this reign Tenzan & Chono showed signs of inactivity, so an interim tag team title was created and Togi Makabe & Shiro Koshinaka won it at Circuit 2006 Turbulence. Then Manabu Nakanishi & Takao Ōmori defeat them to win the interim title.325days47 
Hiroshi Tanahashi 2 & Shinsuke Nakamura 1
Defeated Kensuke Sasaki & Minoru Suzuki to win the vacant title.323daysVacant
November 21, 2004The title was vacated due to Takayama being sidelined with an injury.20days46 
Minoru Suzuki 1 & Yoshihiro Takayama 1
294days45 
Hiroyoshi Tenzan 7 & Osamu Nishimura 2
49days44 
Hiroshi Tanahashi 1 & Yutaka Yoshie 1
184days43 
Cho-Ten Hiroyoshi Tenzan 6 & Masahiro Chono 6
Defeated Manabu Nakanishi & Yuji Nagata in a tournament final to win the vacant title.446daysVacant
February 2, 2002The title was vacated due to Mutoh leaving NJPW.50days42 
BATT Keiji Muto 6 & Taiyo Kea 1
97days41 
Tatsumi Fujinami 5 & Osamu Nishimura 1
35days40 
Tencozy Hiroyoshi Tenzan 5 & Satoshi Kojima 3
430days39 
Manabu Nakanishi 2 & Yuji Nagata 1
327days38 
Mad Dogs Tatsutoshi Goto 1 & Michiyoshi Ohara 1
62days37 
Kensuke Sasaki 7 & Shiro Koshinaka 3
97days36 Tencozy Hiroyoshi Tenzan 4 & Satoshi Kojima 2
77days35 
Genichiro Tenryu 1 & Shiro Koshinaka 2
173days34 Cho-Ten Hiroyoshi Tenzan 3 & Masahiro Chono 5
Defeated Genichiro Tenryu & Shiro Koshinaka in a tournament final to win the vacant title.40daysVacant
May 7, 1998The title was vacated due to Mutoh having surgery on his knee.29days33 
nWo Japan The Great Muta 5 & Masahiro Chono 4
200days32 
Kensuke Sasaki 6 & Kazuo Yamazaki 3
70days31 
The Bull Powers Manabu Nakanishi 1 & Satoshi Kojima 1
99days30 
Riki Choshu 3 & Kensuke Sasaki 5
21days29 
Tatsumi Fujinami 4 & Kengo Kimura 4
98days28 
Cho-Ten Hiroyoshi Tenzan 2 & Masahiro Chono 3
172days27 
Takashi Iizuka 2 & Kazuo Yamazaki 2
34days26 
Junji Hirata 3 & Shinya Hashimoto 2
Defeated Scott Norton & Mike Enos to win the vacant title.335daysVacant
July 7, 1995The title was vacated when Chono missed a title defense due to his father's death.6days25 Cho-Ten Hiroyoshi Tenzan 1 & Masahiro Chono 2
June 12, 1995 Osaka, Japan | Fighting Spirit LegendDefeated Junji Hirata & Shinya Hashimoto to win the vacant title.25daysVacant
May 6, 1995Mutoh vacated the title after he won the IWGP Heavyweight Championship.37days24 
The Great Muta 4 & Hiroshi Hase 4
162days23 
The Hell Raisers Hawk 2 & Power Warrior 4
325days22 
The Jurassic Powers Scott Norton 2 & Hercules Hernandez 1
152days21 The Hell Raisers Hawk 1 & Power Warrior 3
234days20 Scott Norton 1 & Tony Halme 1
22days19 
The Steiner Brothers Scott Steiner 2 & Rick Steiner 2
149days18 
Big, Bad, and Dangerous Vader 1 & Bam Bam Bigelow 1
March 1, 1992 Yokohama, Japan | NJPW Big Fight Series 1992: New Japan 20th Anniversary Show Special Event 2nd Super Warriors in Yokohama Arena117days17 The Great Muta 3 & Hiroshi Hase 3
Scott Norton substituted for an injured Scott Steiner in this match.117days16 The Steiner Brothers Scott Steiner 1 & Rick Steiner 1
229days15 
Hiroshi Hase 2 & Kensuke Sasaki 2
15days14 
Hiro Saito 1 & Super Strong Machine 2
70days13 Hiroshi Hase 1 & Kensuke Sasaki 1
55days12 
The Great Muta 2 & Masahiro Chono 1
188days11 
Shinya Hashimoto 1 & Masa Saito 2
219days10 
Riki Choshu 2 & Takayuki Iizuka 1
July 13, 1989 Tokyo, Japan | Super Fight Series69days9 
Super Strong Machine 1 & George Takano 1
119days8 Riki Choshu 1 & Masa Saito 1
279days7 
Kengo Kimura 3 & Tatsumi Fujinami 3
January 18, 1988 Takuyama, Japan | NJPW New Year Golden Series 1988: Top of the Super Juniors I Finals144days6 
Yoshiaki Fujiwara 1 & Kazuo Yamazaki 1
139days5 
Akira Maeda 2 & Nobuhiko Takada 1
159days4 
Keiji Muto 1 & Shiro Koshinaka 1
March 20, 1987 Tokyo, Japan | NJPW Spring Flare Up 1987: Young Lion Cup 1987 & IWGP Tag Team Title League FinalsDefeated Akira Maeda & Nobuhiko Takada in a tournament final to win the vacant title.6daysVacant
February 5, 1987The title was vacated when Kimura & Fujinami split up.43days3 Kengo Kimura 2 & Tatsumi Fujinami 2
135days2 
Akira Maeda 1 & Osamu Kido 1
49days1 
Kengo Kimura 1 & Tatsumi Fujinami 1
Defeated Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi in a tournament final to become the first champions.236days
For the Title History of the previous version of this championship, see the page for the Asia Tag Team Championship and NWA North American Tag Team Championship (Los Angeles/Japan version).
IWGP Tag Team Championship: Names & Belt Designs
- IWGP Tag Team ChampionshipJanuary 4, 2013
- IWGP Tag Team ChampionshipJanuary 4, 2010January 3, 2013
- IWGP Tag Team ChampionshipJanuary 4, 1998January 3, 2010
- IWGP Tag Team ChampionshipDecember 12, 1985January 3, 1998
IWGP Tag Team Championship: Statistics
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Promotions History
Promotion from to Promotion 
NJPWBrand
Heavyweight
December 12, 1985 Present
- Promotion
New Japan Pro Wrestling
- TerritoryWorld Tier 1
- DivisionTag Team
- GenderMale
- Date EstablishedDecember 12, 1985
- Preceded By
Asia Tag Team Championship
NWA North American Tag Team Championship (Los Angeles/Japan version)
- First ChampionKengo KimuraTatsumi Fujinami
- Current ChampionOSKARYuto-Ice
Most Number of Reigns
| Rank | Wrestler | Reigns |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tanga Loa & Tama Tonga | 7 |
| 2 | Satoshi Kojima & Hiroyoshi Tenzan | 6 |
| 3 | Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Masahiro Chono | 5 |
| 4 | Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura | 4 |
| 5 | Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI | 4 |
Most Combined Days
| Rank | Wrestler | Days |
|---|---|---|
| Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Masahiro Chono | 1008 | |
| Satoshi Kojima & Hiroyoshi Tenzan | 929 | |
| Tanga Loa & Tama Tonga | 755 | |
| Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura | 613 | |
| Doc Gallows & Karl Anderson | 601 |
Longest Reigns
| Rank | Wrestler | Reign | Days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Giant Bernard & Karl Anderson | June 19, 2010 - January 4, 2012 | 564 | |
| Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Masahiro Chono | March 24, 2002 - June 13, 2003 | 446 | |
| Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima | July 20, 2000 - September 23, 2001 | 430 | |
| Doc Gallows & Karl Anderson | January 4, 2014 - January 4, 2015 | 365 | |
| Giant Bernard & Tomko | March 11, 2007 - February 17, 2008 | 343 |