List of IWGP Tag Team Champions

Current champions Tama Tonga and Tanga Roa

The IWGP 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 December 12, 1985 at a NJPW live event.[1] The IWGP Tag Team Championship is not the only tag team title contested for in NJPW; the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship is also sanctioned by NJPW.[2] According to NJPW's official website, the IWGP Tag Team Championship is considered an "IWGP Heavy Weight Class", while the Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship is listed as an "IWGP Jr. Tag Class".[2] Like most professional wrestling championships, the title is won via the result of a scripted match. Title changes usually happen at NJPW-promoted events; although the title has only changed hands twice at a non-NJPW event,[3] it has been defended in several other promotions.

Hiroyoshi Tenzan currently holds the record for most reigns by an individual wrestler, with eleven. Tenzan's combined eleven reign lengths add up to 1,954 days, which is the most of any champion. At five reigns, the teams of Tenzan and Masahiro Chono, and Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima hold the record for most by a team. Tenzan and Chono's combined five reign lengths add up to 1,010 days (the most of any team). At 564 days, Bad Intentions' (Giant Bernard and Karl Anderson) only reign is the longest in the title's history. Keiji Mutoh and Shiro Koshinaka's only reign is the shortest, at six days. Currently, Bad Intentions' only reign has the most defenses, with ten. There are 18 reigns shared between 17 teams that are tied for the fewest successful defenses, with zero. Overall, there have been 72 reigns shared between 66 wrestlers. The current champions are Guerrillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga and Tanga Roa), who are in their second reign both individually and as a team.

Title history

# Order in reign history
Reign The reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed
Event The event in which the title was won
Successful defenses The number of successful defenses the champions had during their reign
Wrestler name (#) The number represents the individual reigns of a wrestler when this is distinct from the tag team's reign.
— Used for vacated reigns so as not to count it as an official reign
N/A The information is not available or is unknown
+ Indicates the current reign is changing daily
# Team Reign Date Days
held		 Location Event Successful defenses Notes
1 Kengo Kimura and Tatsumi Fujinami 1 December 12, 1985 236 Sendai, Japan Live event 5 Kimura and Fujinami defeated Antonio Inoki and Seiji Sakaguchi in a tournament final to become the first champions.[1][4]
2 Akira Maeda and Osamu Kido 1 August 5, 1986 49 Tokyo, Japan Burning Spirit in Summer 1
3 Kengo Kimura (2) and Tatsumi Fujinami (2) 2 September 23, 1986 135 Tokyo, Japan Challenge Spirit 1986 0 [5]
— Vacated — February 5, 1987 — N/A N/A — The championship was vacated when Kimura and Fujinami split up.[5]
4 Keiji Mutoh and Shiro Koshinaka 1 March 20, 1987 6 Tokyo, Japan Spring Flare Up 1987 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 1 March 26, 1987 159 Osaka, Japan Inoki Toukon Live II 2
6 Kazuo Yamazaki and Yoshiaki Fujiwara 1 September 1, 1987 139 Fukuoka, Japan Sengoku Battle Series 1987 2
7 Kengo Kimura and Tatsumi Fujinami 3 January 18, 1988 144 Takuyama, Japan New Year Golden Series 1988 3
8 Masa Saito and Riki Choshu 1 June 10, 1988 282 Hiroshima, Japan IWGP Champion Series 1988 4
9 George Takano and Super Strong Machine[N 1] 1 March 19, 1989 116 Yokohama, Japan Big Fight Series 1
10 Riki Choshu (2) and Takayuki Iizuka[N 2] 1 July 13, 1989 69 Tokyo, Japan Live event 1
11 Masa Saito (2) and Shinya Hashimoto 1 September 20, 1989 219 Osaka, Japan Bloody Fight Series 1989: Super Power Battle in Osaka 3
12 Keiji Mutoh (2) and Masahiro Chono 1 April 27, 1990 189 Tokyo, Japan Live event 3
13 Hiroshi Hase and Kensuke Sasaki 1 November 1, 1990 55 Tokyo, Japan Dream Tour 1990 2
14 Hiro Saito and Super Strong Machine (2)[N 1] 1 December 26, 1990 70 Hamamatsu, Japan King of Kings 2
15 Hiroshi Hase and Kensuke Sasaki 2 March 6, 1991 15 Nagasaki, Japan Big Fight Series 1991 0
16 The Steiner Brothers
(Rick Steiner and Scott Steiner)		 1 March 21, 1991 229 Tokyo, Japan Starrcade 1991 in Tokyo Dome 2 The Steiners' WCW World Tag Team Championship was also on the line.
17 Hiroshi Hase (3) and Keiji Mutoh (3) 1 November 5, 1991 117 Tokyo, Japan Tokyo 3Days Battle 2 Scott Norton substituted for an injured Scott Steiner in this match.
18 Big, Bad, and Dangerous
(Big Van Vader and Crusher Bam Bam Bigelow)		 1 March 1, 1992 117 Yokohama, Japan Big Fight Series 1992: New Japan Pro Wrestling 20th Anniversary Show 2
19 The Steiner Brothers
(Rick Steiner and Scott Steiner)		 2 June 26, 1992 149 Tokyo, Japan Masters of Wrestling 3 The Steiners' WCW World Tag Team Championship was also on the line.
20 Scott Norton and Tony Halme 1 November 22, 1992 22 Tokyo, Japan Wrestling Scramble 1992: Battle Zone Space I 0
21 The Hell Raisers
(Hawk Warrior and Power Warrior (3)[N 3])		 1 December 14, 1992 234 Tokyo, Japan Battle Final 1992 4 [4]
22 The Jurassic Powers
(Hercules Hernandez and Scott Norton (2))		 1 August 5, 1993 152 Tokyo, Japan G1 Climax 1993 3 [6]
23 The Hell Raisers
(Hawk Warrior (2) and Power Warrior (4)[N 3])		 2 January 4, 1994 325 Tokyo, Japan Battlefield 2
24 Hiroshi Hase (4) and Keiji Mutoh (4) 2 November 25, 1994 162 Iwate, Japan Battle Final 1994 1 [7]
— Vacated — May 6, 1995 — N/A N/A — The title was vacated by Mutoh after he won the IWGP Heavyweight Championship.[7]
25 Cho-Ten
(Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Masahiro Chono (2))		 1 June 10, 1995 27 Osaka, Japan Fighting Spirit Legend 0 Tenzan and Chono defeated Junji Hirata and Shinya Hashimoto to win the vacant championship.[8]
— Vacated — July 7, 1995 — N/A N/A — The title was vacated when Chono missed a title defense due to his father's death.[8]
26 Junji Hirata (3) [N 1] and Shinya Hashimoto (2) 1 July 13, 1995 335 Sapporo, Japan Best of the Super Jr. II 6 Hashimoto and Hirata defeated Mike Enos and Scott Norton to win the vacant championship.
27 Kazuo Yamazaki (2) and Takashi Iizuka (2)[N 2] 1 June 12, 1996 34 Osaka, Japan Best of the Super Jr. III 0
28 Cho-Ten
(Hiroyoshi Tenzan (2) and Masahiro Chono (3))		 2 July 16, 1996 172 Sapporo, Japan Summer Struggle 1996 2
29 Kengo Kimura and Tatsumi Fujinami 4 January 4, 1997 98 Tokyo, Japan Wrestling World 1997 3
30 Kensuke Sasaki (5) and Riki Choshu (3) 1 April 12, 1997 21 Tokyo, Japan Battle Formation 1997 0
31 The Bull Powers
(Manabu Nakanishi and Satoshi Kojima)		 1 May 3, 1997 99 Osaka, Japan Strong Style Evolution in Osaka Dome 1
32 Kazuo Yamazaki (3) and Kensuke Sasaki (6) 1 August 10, 1997 70 Nagoya, Japan The Four Heaven in Nagoya Dome 0
33 Keiji Mutoh (5) and Masahiro Chono (4) 2 October 19, 1997 184 Kobe, Japan nWo Typhoon 1997 2 [9]
— Vacated — April 21, 1998 — N/A N/A — The title was vacated due to Mutoh having surgery on his knee.[9]
34 Cho-Ten
(Hiroyoshi Tenzan (3) and Masahiro Chono (5))		 3 June 5, 1998 40 Tokyo, Japan Live event 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) 1 July 15, 1998 173 Sapporo, Japan Summer Struggle 1998 2
36 Tencozy
(Hiroyoshi Tenzan (4) and Satoshi Kojima (2))		 1 January 4, 1999 77 Tokyo, Japan Wrestling World 1999 1
37 Kensuke Sasaki (7) and Shiro Koshinaka 1 March 22, 1999 97 Amagasaki, Japan Hyper Battle 1999 2
38 The Mad Dogs
(Michiyoshi Ohara and Tatsutoshi Goto)		 1 June 27, 1999 62 Shizuoka, Japan Summer Struggle 1999 1
39 Manabu Nakanishi (2) and Yuji Nagata 1 August 28, 1999 327 Shizuoka, Japan Jingu Climax 4
40 Tencozy
(Hiroyoshi Tenzan (5) and Satoshi Kojima (3))		 2 July 20, 2000 430 Tokyo, Japan Summer Struggle 2000 6
41 Osamu Nishimura and Tatsumi Fujinami (5) 1 September 23, 2001 35 Osaka, Japan G1 World 2001 1
42 BATT
(Keiji Mutoh (6) and Taiyō Kea)		 1 October 28, 2001 97 Fukuoka, Japan Survival 2001: Fighting Destination in Fukuoka 0 [10]
— Vacated — February 2, 2002 — N/A N/A — The title was vacated due to Mutoh leaving NJPW.[10]
43 Cho-Ten
(Hiroyoshi Tenzan (6) and Masahiro Chono (6))		 4 March 24, 2002 446 Hyōgo, Japan Hyper Battle 2002 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 1 June 13, 2003 184 Tokyo, Japan Crush 3 [11]
45 Hiroyoshi Tenzan (7) and Osamu Nishimura (2) 1 December 14, 2003 49 Nagoya, Japan Battle Final 2003 0
46 Minoru Suzuki and Yoshihiro Takayama 1 February 1, 2004 294 Sapporo, Japan Fighting Spirit 2004 4 [12]
— Vacated — November 21, 2004 — N/A N/A — The title was vacated due to Takayama being sidelined with an injury.
47 Hiroshi Tanahashi (2) and Shinsuke Nakamura 1 December 11, 2004 323 Osaka, Japan Battle Final 2004 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))		 5 October 30, 2005 325 Kobe, Japan Toukon Series 2005 3 [13]
— Vacated — September 20, 2006 — N/A N/A — NJPW president Simon Kelly Inoki stripped Chono and Tenzan of the title after Chono and Tenzan ceased teaming.[13]
49 Wild Child
(Manabu Nakanishi (3) and Takao Omori)		 1 September 28, 2006 164 Sapporo, Japan Circuit2006 Final: Next Progress 1 An interim tag team title was created on July 2, 2006, when Tenzan and Chono showed signs of inactivity; Shiro Koshinaka and Togi Makabe were the first champions.[13] Nakanishi and Ōmori were recognized as the official champions on September 28, 2006, after they won the interim Tag Team Championship on July 17, 2006.[14]
50 RISE
(Giant Bernard and Travis Tomko)		 1 March 11, 2007 343 Nagoya, Japan New Japan Pro Wrestling 35th Anniversary Tour Circuit 2007 New Japan Evolution: New Japan Cup 2007 5
51 The Most Violent Players
(Togi Makabe and Toru Yano)		 1 February 17, 2008 322 Tokyo, Japan Circuit2008 New Japan Ism 4
52 Team 3D
(Brother Devon and Brother Ray)		 1 January 4, 2009 198 Tokyo, Japan Wrestle Kingdom III in Tokyo Dome 4 [3][15]
53 The British Invasion
(Brutus Magnus and Doug Williams)		 1 July 21, 2009 89 Orlando, Florida TNA Impact! 1 This was a tables match that aired on the July 30, 2009, episode of Total Nonstop Action Wrestling's Impact!.[16][17] NJPW did not sanction the match, nor initially recognize nor sanction the title change until August 10.[3][18][19]
54 Team 3D
(Brother Devon and Brother Ray)		 2 October 18, 2009 78 Irvine, California Bound for Glory 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.[20][21]
55 No Limit
(Tetsuya Naito and Yujiro Takahashi)		 1 January 4, 2010 119 Tokyo, Japan Wrestle Kingdom IV in Tokyo Dome 1 This was a three-way hardcore match, which also included Bad Intentions (Giant Bernard and Karl Anderson).[22]
56 Seigigun
(Wataru Inoue and Yuji Nagata (2))		 1 May 3, 2010 47 Fukuoka, Japan Wrestling Dontaku 2010 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)		 1 June 19, 2010 564 Osaka, Japan Dominion 6.19 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))		 3 January 4, 2012 120 Tokyo, Japan Wrestle Kingdom VI in Tokyo Dome 2
59 Chaos
(Takashi Iizuka (3) and Toru Yano (2))		 1 May 3, 2012 48 Fukuoka, Japan Wrestling Dontaku 2012 0
— Vacated — June 20, 2012 — N/A N/A — 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.[23]
60 Tencozy
(Hiroyoshi Tenzan (10) and Satoshi Kojima (5))		 4 July 22, 2012 78 Yamagata, Japan Kizuna Road 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)		 1 October 8, 2012 207 Tokyo, Japan King of Pro-Wrestling 5
62 Tencozy
(Hiroyoshi Tenzan (11) and Satoshi Kojima (6))		 5 May 3, 2013 190 Fukuoka, Japan Wrestling Dontaku 2013 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)		 2 November 9, 2013 56 Osaka, Japan Power Struggle 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))		 1 January 4, 2014 365 Tokyo, Japan Wrestle Kingdom 8 in Tokyo Dome 6
65 Meiyu Tag
(Hirooki Goto and Katsuyori Shibata)		 1 January 4, 2015 38 Tokyo, Japan Wrestle Kingdom 9 in Tokyo Dome 0
66 Bullet Club
(Doc Gallows (2) and Karl Anderson (3))		 2 February 11, 2015 53 Osaka, Japan The New Beginning in Osaka 0
67 The Kingdom
(Matt Taven and Michael Bennett)		 1 April 5, 2015 91 Tokyo, Japan Invasion Attack 2015 0
68 Bullet Club
(Doc Gallows (3) and Karl Anderson (4))		 3 July 5, 2015 183 Osaka, Japan Dominion 7.5 in Osaka-jo Hall 1
69 G.B.H.
(Togi Makabe (2) and Tomoaki Honma)		 1 January 4, 2016 97 Tokyo, Japan Wrestle Kingdom 10 in Tokyo Dome 1
70 Guerrillas of Destiny
(Tama Tonga and Tanga Roa)		 1 April 10, 2016 70 Tokyo, Japan Invasion Attack 2016 1
71 The Briscoe Brothers
(Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe)		 1 June 19, 2016 113 Osaka, Japan Dominion 6.19 in Osaka-jo Hall 2
72 Guerrillas of Destiny
(Tama Tonga and Tanga Roa)		 2 October 10, 2016 56+ Tokyo, Japan King of Pro-Wrestling 1

Combined reigns

Tencozy (Hiroyoshi Tenzan [left] and Satoshi Kojima [right]) share the record for most reigns as a team with five

As of December 5, 2016.

† Indicates the current champions

By team

Rank[N 4] Team No. of
reigns		 Combined
defenses		 Combined days
1 Cho-Ten
(Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Masahiro Chono)		 5 12 1,010
2 Tencozy
(Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima)		 5 11 895
3 Kengo Kimura and Tatsumi Fujinami 4 11 613
4 Bullet Club
(Doc Gallows and Karl Anderson)		 3 7 601
5 Bad Intentions
(Giant Bernard and Karl Anderson)		 1 10 564
6 The Hell Raisers
(Hawk Warrior and Power Warrior)		 2 6 559
7 The Steiner Brothers
(Rick Steiner and Scott Steiner)		 2 5 378
8 Keiji Mutoh and Masahiro Chono 2 5 373
9 RISE
(Giant Bernard and Travis Tomko)		 1 5 343
10 Junji Hirata and Shinya Hashimoto 1 6 335
11 Manabu Nakanishi and Yuji Nagata 1 4 327
12 Hiroshi Tanahashi and Shinsuke Nakamura 1 4 323
13 The Most Violent Players
(Togi Makabe and Toru Yano)		 1 4 322
14 Minoru Suzuki and Yoshihiro Takayama 1 4 294
15 Masa Saito and Riki Choshu 1 4 282
16 Hiroshi Hase and Keiji Mutoh 2 3 279
17 Team 3D
(Brother Devon and Brother Ray)		 2 5 276
18 K.E.S.
(Davey Boy Smith Jr. and Lance Archer)		 2 5 263
19 Masa Saito and Shinya Hashimoto 1 3 219
20 Hiroshi Tanahashi and Yutaka Yoshie 1 3 184
21 Genichiro Tenryu and Shiro Koshinaka 1 2 173
22 Wild Child
(Manabu Nakanishi and Takao Omori)		 1 1 164
23 Akira Maeda and Nobuhiko Takada 1 2 159
24 The Jurassic Powers
(Hercules Hernandez and Scott Norton)		 1 3 152
25 Kazuo Yamazaki and Yoshiaki Fujiwara 1 2 139
26 Guerrillas of Destiny †
(Tama Tonga and Tanga Roa)		 2 2 126+
27 No Limit
(Tetsuya Naito and Yujiro Takahashi)		 1 1 119
28 Big, Bad, and Dangerous
(Big Van Vader and Crusher Bam Bam Bigelow)		 1 2 117
29 George Takano and Super Strong Machine 1 1 116
30 The Briscoe Brothers
(Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe)		 1 2 113
31 The Bull Powers
(Manabu Nakanishi and Satoshi Kojima)		 1 1 99
32 Kensuke Sasaki and Shiro Koshinaka 1 2 97
G.B.H.
(Togi Makabe and Tomoaki Honma)		 1 1 97
BATT
(Keiji Mutoh and Taiyō Kea)		 1 0 97
35 The Kingdom
(Matt Taven and Michael Bennett)		 1 0 91
36 The British Invasion
(Brutus Magnus and Doug Williams)		 1 1 89
37 Hiroshi Hase and Kensuke Sasaki 2 2 70
Hiro Saito and Super Strong Machine 1 2 70
Kazuo Yamazaki and Kensuke Sasaki 1 0 70
40 Riki Choshu and Takayuki Iizuka 1 1 69
41 The Mad Dogs
(Michiyoshi Ohara and Tatsutoshi Goto)		 1 1 62
42 Akira Maeda and Osamu Kido 1 1 49
Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Osamu Nishimura 1 0 49
44 Chaos
(Takashi Iizuka and Toru Yano)		 1 0 48
45 Seigigun
(Wataru Inoue and Yuji Nagata)		 1 0 47
46 Meiyu Tag
(Hirooki Goto and Katsuyori Shibata)		 1 0 38
47 Osamu Nishimura and Tatsumi Fujinami 1 1 35
48 Kazuo Yamazaki and Takashi Iizuka 1 0 34
49 Scott Norton and Tony Halme 1 0 22
50 Kensuke Sasaki and Riki Choshu 1 0 21
51 Keiji Mutoh and Shiro Koshinaka 1 0 6

By wrestler

Rank[N 4] Wrestler No. of
reigns		 Combined
defenses		 Combined days
1 Hiroyoshi Tenzan 11 23 1,954
2 Masahiro Chono 7 17 1,383
3 Karl Anderson 4 17 1,165
4 Satoshi Kojima 6 12 994
5 Giant Bernard 2 15 907
6 Kensuke Sasaki/Power Warrior 7 10 816
7 Keiji Mutoh 6 8 755
8 Tatsumi Fujinami 5 12 648
9 Kengo Kimura 4 11 613
10 Doc Gallows 3 7 601
11 Manabu Nakanishi 3 6 590
12 Hawk Warrior 2 6 559
13 Shinya Hashimoto 2 9 554
14 Junji Hirata/Super Strong Machine 3 9 521
15 Hiroshi Tanahashi 2 7 507
16 Masa Saito 2 7 501
17 Togi Makabe 2 5 419
18 Rick Steiner 2 5 378
Scott Steiner 2 5 378
20 Yuji Nagata 2 4 374
21 Riki Choshu 3 5 372
22 Toru Yano 2 4 370
23 Hiroshi Hase 4 5 348
24 Travis Tomko 1 5 343
25 Shinsuke Nakamura 1 4 323
26 Minoru Suzuki 1 4 294
Yoshihiro Takayama 1 4 294
28 Shiro Koshinaka 3 4 276
Brother Devon 2 5 276
Brother Ray 2 5 276
31 Davey Boy Smith Jr. 2 5 263
Lance Archer 2 5 263
33 Kazuo Yamazaki 3 2 243
34 Akira Maeda 2 3 208
35 Yutaka Yoshie 1 3 184
36 Scott Norton 2 3 174
37 Genichiro Tenryu 1 2 173
38 Takao Omori 1 1 164
39 Nobuhiko Takada 1 2 159
40 Hercules Hernandez 1 3 152
41 Takayuki/Takashi Iizuka 3 1 151
42 Yoshiaki Fujiwara 1 2 139
43 Tama Tonga † 2 2 126+
Tanga Roa † 2 2 126+
45 Tetsuya Naito 1 1 119
Yujiro Takahashi 1 1 119
47 Big Van Vader 1 2 117
Crusher Bam Bam Bigelow 1 2 117
49 George Takano 1 1 116
50 Jay Briscoe 1 2 113
Mark Briscoe 1 2 113
52 Tomoaki Honma 1 1 97
Taiyō Kea 1 0 97
54 Matt Taven 1 0 91
Michael Bennett 1 0 91
56 Brutus Magnus 1 1 89
Doug Williams 1 1 89
58 Osamu Nishimura 2 1 84
59 Hiro Saito 1 2 70
60 Michiyoshi Ohara 1 1 62
Tatsutoshi Goto 1 1 62
62 Osamu Kido 1 1 49
63 Wataru Inoue 1 0 47
64 Hirooki Goto 1 0 38
Katsuyori Shibata 1 0 38
66 Tony Halme 1 0 22

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 3 Junji Hirata used the ring name Super Strong Machine during his first two reigns; one reign was with George Takano and the second was with Hiro Saito.
  2. 1 2 Takayuki Iizuka also used the ring name Takashi Iizuka and won the IWGP Tag Team Championship once with Kazuo Yamazaki.
  3. 1 2 Kensuke Sasaki used the ring name Power Warrior, while he was a part of The Hell Raisers.
  4. 1 2 Each reign is ranked highest to lowest; reigns with the same number mean that they are tied for that certain rank.

References

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