BJW Tag Team Championship
| BJW Tag Team Championship | |||||||||||
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| Promotion | Big Japan Pro Wrestling | ||||||||||
| Date established | June 3, 1997 | ||||||||||
| Current champion(s) | Kazumi Kikuta and Ryuichi Kawakami | ||||||||||
| Date won | January 31, 2021 | ||||||||||
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The BJW Tag Team Championship (BJW認定タッグ王座, BJW nintei taggu ōza) is the top tag team title defended in the Japanese professional wrestling promotion Big Japan Pro Wrestling.[1][2] The championship has been the leading tag team championship in the promotion since 1997.
Title history
| No. | Overall reign number |
|---|---|
| Reign | Reign number for the specific team—reign numbers for the individuals are in parentheses, if different |
| 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 | Days | Defenses | ||||
| 1 | Kengo Kimura and Takashi Ishikawa | June 3, 1997 | Big Japan Fighter Declaration 1997: Touha | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 8 | 0 | Defeated the teams of Jado & Gedo, Kendo Nagasaki and Satoru Shiga, Shoji Nakamaki and Takashi Okano and Yoshihiro Tajiri and Yuichi Taniguchi in a 5-way Elimination match to become the inaugural champions. | |
| — | Vacated | June 11, 1997 | — | — | — | — | — | Vacated when Ishikawa and Kimura split up. | |
| 2 | Yoshihiro Tajiri and Ryuji Yamakawa | July 23, 1997 | Big Japan Fighter Declaration 1997: Toushi | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 152 | 3 | Defeated Takashi Ishikawa and Kishin Kawabata to win the vacant title. | |
| 3 | Jado and Gedo | December 22, 1997 | Fuyuki Army house show | Isesaki, Japan | 1 | 11 | 0 | ||
| 4 | Yoshihiro Tajiri (2) and Ryuji Yamakawa (2) | January 2, 1998 | Big Japan Fighter Declaration 1998: Toshinden | Tokyo, Japan | 2 | 61 | 0 | ||
| 5 | Shadows (Shadow WX and Shadow Winger) |
March 4, 1998 | Big Japan Fighter Declaration 1998: Toushou | Shimizu, Japan | 1 | 158 | 4 | ||
| 6 | Shoji Nakamaki and Ryuji Yamakawa (3) | August 9, 1998 | Big Japan Fighter Declaration 1998: Toushi | Kawasaki, Japan | 1 | 112 | 2 | ||
| — | Vacated | November 29, 1998 | — | — | — | — | — | Vacated when Nakamaki left the promotion. | |
| 7 | Shadow WX (2) and Tomoaki Honma | December 5, 1998 | HWO 4 Year | Yokohama, Japan | 1 | 238 | 3 | Defeated Jason the Terrible and The Winger in a Light Tubes Board deathmatch to win the vacant title. | |
| 8 | Ryuji Yamakawa (4) and Mike Samples | July 31, 1999 | House show | Hakata, Japan | 1 | 38 | 0 | ||
| 9 | Kamikaze and Shunme Matsuzaki | September 7, 1999 | House show | Imabari, Japan | 1 | 122 | 3 | ||
| 10 | Ryuji Yamakawa (5) and Tomoaki Honma (2) | January 7, 2000 | BJ Great Series 2000 | Osaka, Japan | 1 | 147 | 0 | ||
| 11 | Zandig and Nick Gage | June 2, 2000 | BJ Hardcore Series 2000 | Nagaoka, Japan | 1 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 12 | Wifebeater and Justice Pain | June 10, 2000 | CZW Caged To The End | Sewell, New Jersey | 1 | 22 | 0 | ||
| 13 | Shadow WX (3) and Ryuji Yamakawa (6) | July 2, 2000 | BJ Hardcore Series II 2000 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 75 | 3 | ||
| 14 | Kamikaze (2) and Abdullah Kobayashi | September 15, 2000 | Maximum Tag League 2000 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 135 | 2 | This was a Light Tubes Board deathmatch. | |
| 15 | Men's Club (Men's Teioh and Daisuke Sekimoto) |
January 28, 2001 | New Year Great Series 2001 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 595 | 9 | ||
| 16 | Skinheaders (Daikokubo Benkei and Abdullah Kobayashi (2)) |
September 15, 2002 | BJ Monster 2002 | Hakata, Japan | 1 | 460 | 1 | ||
| 17 | Ryuji Ito and Badboy Hido | December 19, 2003 | HTH Series 2003 - Day 2 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 4 | 0 | This was a Cage deathmatch. | |
| 18 | Men's Teioh (2) and Mr. Big Japan (7) | December 23, 2003 | HTH Series 2003 - Day 3 | Nagoya, Japan | 1 | 236 | 1 | Mr. Big Japan previously won the title under the name Ryuji Yamakawa. | |
| 19 | Skinheaders (Abdullah Kobayashi (3) and "Black Angel" Jaki Numazawa) |
August 15, 2004 | Road To Decade | Kawasaki, Japan | 1 | 105 | 0 | This was a Barbed Wire Board deathmatch. | |
| 20 | Akarangers (Takashi Sasaki and Gentaro) |
November 28, 2004 | House show | Chiba, Japan | 1 | 289 | 1 | ||
| — | Vacated | September 13, 2005 | — | — | — | — | — | Vacated due to a lack of title defenses. | |
| 21 | Abdullah Kobayashi (4) and Daisuke Sekimoto (2) | October 14, 2005 | Maximum Tag Day | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 105 | 1 | Defeated Jun Kasai and "Black Angel" Jaki Numazawa in a Fluorescent Light Tubes deathmatch to win the vacant title. | |
| 22 | Team Anko-gata (Shadow WX (4) and Mammoth Sasaki) |
January 27, 2006 | House show | Kawasaki, Japan | 1 | 310 | 4 | ||
| 23 | Daisuke Sekimoto (3) and Yoshihito Sasaki | December 3, 2006 | House show | Yokohama, Japan | 1 | 455 | 6 | ||
| 24 | Kengo Mashimo and Madoka | March 2, 2008 | ZERO-ONE 7th Anniversary | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 133 | 1 | ||
| 25 | Mammoth Sasaki (2) and Daisuke Sekimoto (4) | July 13, 2008 | House show | Yokohama, Japan | 1 | 237 | 6 | ||
| — | Vacated | March 7, 2009 | — | — | — | — | — | Vacated after Sasaki suffered an injury in an automobile accident. | |
| 26 | Masashi Takeda and Isami Kodaka | May 28, 2009 | House show | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 60 | 0 | Defeated Takashi Sasaki and Yuko Miyamoto in a tournament final Fluorescent Light Tubes Tower deathmatch to win the vacant title. | |
| 27 | Strong BJ (Daisuke Sekimoto (5) and Yuji Okabayashi) |
July 27, 2009 | House show | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 139 | 2 | ||
| 28 | Yoshihito Sasaki (2) and Shinya Ishikawa | December 13, 2009 | Fantastic Tour 2009 | Hakata, Japan | 1 | 31 | 0 | ||
| — | Vacated | January 13, 2010 | — | — | — | — | — | Vacated after Ishikawa suffered a leg injury. | |
| 29 | 045 Junkie's (Jun Kasai and "Black Angel" Jaki Numazawa (2)) |
April 28, 2010 | BJW 15th Anniversary Death Tour | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 165 | 2 | Defeated Daisuke Sekimoto and Yoshihito Sasaki in a tournament final Hardcore match to win the vacant title. | |
| 30 | Daisuke Sekimoto (6) and Yoshihito Sasaki (3) | October 10, 2010 | BJ Spikeout | Sapporo, Japan | 2 | 43 | 0 | This was a Hardcore match. | |
| 31 | 045 Junkie's (Jun Kasai (2) and "Black Angel" Jaki Numazawa (3)) |
November 22, 2010 | House show | Tokyo, Japan | 2 | 69 | 0 | This was a Barbed Wire Execution deathmatch. | |
| 32 | The Brahman Brothers (Brahman Kei and Brahman Shu) |
January 30, 2011 | Pro-Wrestling Big Thanksgiving Death Market 3 | Nagoya, Japan | 1 | 13 | 0 | This was a Fluorescent Light Tubes Ladder deathmatch. | |
| 33 | 045 Junkie's (Jun Kasai (3) and "Black Angel" Jaki Numazawa (4)) |
February 12, 2011 | House show | Tokyo, Japan | 3 | 82 | 0 | This was a Fluorescent Light Tubes, Ladder & Free Weapons deathmatch. | |
| 34 | Yankii Nichokenju (Yuko Miyamoto and Isami Kodaka (2)) |
May 5, 2011 | Endless Survivor | Yokohama, Japan | 1 | 332 | 4 | This was a Cage, Ladder & Barbed Wire deathmatch. | [3] |
| 35 | Yoshihito Sasaki (4) and Shinobu | April 1, 2012 | Beyond The Frontiers | Sapporo, Japan | 1 | 33 | 0 | [3] | |
| 36 | Shuji Ishikawa and Shigehiro Irie | May 4, 2012 | Union Pro Golden Union 2012 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 72 | 1 | [3] | |
| 37 | Yuji Okabayashi (2) and Shinobu (2) | July 15, 2012 | Ryuji Yamakawa The Final | Sapporo, Japan | 1 | 132 | 2 | [3] | |
| 38 | Yankii Nichokenju (Yuko Miyamoto (2) and Isami Kodaka (3)) |
November 24, 2012 | House show | Tokyo, Japan | 2 | 553 | 17 | This was the Big Japan Tag League 2012 final Light Tubes & Barbed Wire Board deathmatch. | [3] |
| 39 | Twin Towers (Kohei Sato and Shuji Ishikawa (2)) |
May 31, 2014 | House show | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 516 | 7 | [3] | |
| 40 | Strong BJ (Daisuke Sekimoto (7) and Yuji Okabayashi (3)) |
October 29, 2015 | Saikyo Tag League 2015 | Tokyo, Japan | 2 | 62 | 0 | This was the Saikyo Tag League 2015 final. | [3] |
| 41 | Hamakami (Ryota Hama and Hideyoshi Kamitani) |
December 30, 2015 | House show | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 152 | 0 | [3] | |
| 42 | Twin Towers (Kohei Sato (2) and Shuji Ishikawa (3)) |
May 30, 2016 | House show | Tokyo, Japan | 2 | 217 | 3 | [3] | |
| 43 | Strong BJ (Daisuke Sekimoto (8) and Yuji Okabayashi (4)) |
January 2, 2017 | House show | Tokyo, Japan | 3 | 196 | 4 | [3] | |
| 44 | Abdullah Kobayashi (5) and Ryuji Ito (2) | July 17, 2017 | Ryōgokutan 2017 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 192 | 3 | [3] | |
| 45 | Crazy Lovers (Masashi Takeda (2) and Takumi Tsukamoto) |
January 25, 2018 | House show | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 70 | 1 | This was a Light Tubes & Five Nail Board deathmatch. | [3] |
| 46 | Yankii Nichokenju (Yuko Miyamoto (3) and Isami Kodaka (4)) |
April 5, 2018 | Ikkitousen Strong Climb 2018 | Tokyo, Japan | 3 | 107 | 3 | This was a Death Games Over The Wall: Light Tubes + Wall Of Light Tubes + α deathmatch. | [3] |
| — | Vacated | July 21, 2018 | — | — | — | — | — | Vacated after Miyamoto and Kodaka defended against Crazy Lovers in Osaka because Miyamoto forgot to bring his title belt to the match. | [3][4] |
| 47 | Ryota Hama (2) and Yasufumi Nakanoue | October 25, 2018 | Saikyo Tag League 2018 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 269 | 5 | Defeated Daichi Hashimoto and Hideyoshi Kamitani in the Saikyo Tag League 2018 final to win the vacant title. | [3] |
| 48 | Daisuke Sekimoto (9) and The Bodyguard | July 21, 2019 | Osaka Surprise 42 | Osaka, Japan | 1 | 134 | 1 | [3] | |
| — | Vacated | December 2, 2019 | — | — | — | — | — | Vacated after The Bodyguard suffered an injury. | [3] |
| 49 | Daisuke Sekimoto (10) and Kohei Sato (3) | December 18, 2019 | Big Japan Pro Wrestling 25th Anniversary Memorial | Yokohama, Japan | 1 | 236 | 3 | Defeated Kazumi Kikuta and Ryuichi Kawakami to win the vacant title. | [3] |
| 50 | Astronauts (Fuminori Abe and Takuya Nomura) |
August 10, 2020 | House show | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 174 | 5 | [3] | |
| 51 | Kazumi Kikuta and Ryuichi Kawakami | January 31, 2021 | Death Market 59 | Nagoya, Japan | 1 | 1,234+ | 0 | [3] | |
Combined reigns
As of June 18, 2020.
| † | Indicates the current champion |
|---|
| Rank | Team | No. of reigns |
Combined defenses |
Combined days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yankii Nichokenju (Yuko Miyamoto and Isami Kodaka) |
3 | 24 | 992 |
| 2 | Twin Towers (Kohei Sato and Shuji Ishikawa) |
2 | 10 | 733 |
| 3 | Men's Club (Men's Teioh and Daisuke Sekimoto) |
1 | 9 | 595 |
| 4 | Daisuke Sekimoto and Yoshihito Sasaki | 2 | 6 | 498 |
| 5 | Skinheaders (Daikokubo Benkei and Abdullah Kobayashi) |
1 | 1 | 460 |
| 6 | Strong BJ (Daisuke Sekimoto and Yuji Okabayashi) |
3 | 6 | 397 |
| 7 | 045 Junkie's (Jun Kasai and "Black Angel" Jaki Numazawa) |
3 | 2 | 316 |
| 8 | Team Anko-gata (Shadow WX and Mammoth Sasaki) |
1 | 4 | 310 |
| 9 | Akarangers (Takashi Sasaki and Gentaro) |
1 | 1 | 289 |
| 10 | Ryota Hama and Yasufumi Nakanoue | 1 | 5 | 269 |
| 11 | Shadow WX and Tomoaki Honma | 1 | 3 | 238 |
| 12 | Mammoth Sasaki and Daisuke Sekimoto | 1 | 6 | 237 |
| 13 | Daisuke Sekimoto and Kohei Sato | 1 | 3 | 236 |
| Men's Teioh (2) and Mr. Big Japan | 1 | 1 | 236 | |
| 15 | Yoshihiro Tajiri and Ryuji Yamakawa | 2 | 3 | 213 |
| 16 | Abdullah Kobayashi and Ryuji Ito | 1 | 3 | 192 |
| 17 | Astronauts (Fuminori Abe and Takuya Nomura) |
1 | 5 | 174 |
| 18 | Shadows (Shadow WX and Shadow Winger) |
1 | 4 | 158 |
| 19 | Hamakami (Ryota Hama and Hideyoshi Kamitani) |
1 | 0 | 152 |
| 20 | Ryuji Yamakawa and Tomoaki Honma | 1 | 0 | 147 |
| 21 | Kamikaze and Abdullah Kobayashi | 1 | 2 | 135 |
| 22 | Daisuke Sekimoto and The Bodyguard | 1 | 1 | 134 |
| 23 | Kengo Mashimo and Madoka | 1 | 1 | 133 |
| 24 | Yuji Okabayashi and Shinobu | 1 | 2 | 132 |
| 25 | Kamikaze and Shunme Matsuzaki | 1 | 3 | 122 |
| 26 | Shoji Nakamaki and Ryuji Yamakawa | 1 | 2 | 112 |
| 27 | Abdullah Kobayashi and Daisuke Sekimoto | 1 | 1 | 105 |
| Skinheaders (Abdullah Kobayashi and "Black Angel" Jaki Numazawa) |
1 | 0 | 105 | |
| 29 | Shadow WX and Ryuji Yamakawa | 1 | 3 | 75 |
| 30 | Shuji Ishikawa and Shigehiro Irie | 1 | 1 | 72 |
| 31 | Crazy Lovers (Masashi Takeda and Takumi Tsukamoto) |
1 | 1 | 70 |
| 32 | Masashi Takeda and Isami Kodaka | 1 | 0 | 60 |
| 33 | Ryuji Yamakawa and Mike Samples | 1 | 0 | 38 |
| 34 | Yoshihito Sasaki and Shinobu | 1 | 0 | 33 |
| 35 | Yoshihito Sasaki and Shinya Ishikawa | 1 | 0 | 31 |
| 36 | Wifebeater and Justice Pain | 1 | 0 | 22 |
| 37 | The Brahman Brothers (Brahman Kei and Brahman Shu) |
1 | 0 | 13 |
| 38 | Jado and Gedo | 1 | 0 | 11 |
| 39 | Kengo Kimura and Takashi Ishikawa | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| Zandig and Nick Gage | 1 | 0 | 8 | |
| 41 | Ryuji Ito and Badboy Hido | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 42 | Kazumi Kikuta and Ryuichi Kawakami † | 1 | 0 | 1,234+ |
By wrestler
As of June 18, 2024.
| † | Indicates the current champions |
| Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns |
Combined defenses |
Combined days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daisuke Sekimoto | 10 | 32 | 2,202 |
| 2 | Isami Kodaka | 4 | 24 | 1,052 |
| 3 | Abdullah Kobayashi | 5 | 7 | 997 |
| 4 | Yuko Miyamoto | 3 | 24 | 992 |
| 5 | Kohei Sato | 3 | 13 | 973 |
| 6 | Men's Teioh | 2 | 10 | 831 |
| 7 | Ryuji Yamakawa/Mr. Big Japan | 7 | 9 | 821 |
| 8 | Shuji Ishikawa | 3 | 11 | 805 |
| 9 | Shadow WX | 4 | 14 | 781 |
| 10 | Yoshihito Sasaki | 4 | 6 | 562 |
| 11 | Mammoth Sasaki | 2 | 10 | 547 |
| 12 | Yuji Okabayashi | 4 | 8 | 529 |
| 13 | Daikokubo Benkei | 1 | 1 | 460 |
| 14 | "Black Angel" Jaki Numazawa | 4 | 2 | 421 |
| Ryota Hama | 2 | 2 | 421 | |
| 16 | Tomoaki Honma | 2 | 3 | 385 |
| 17 | Jun Kasai | 3 | 2 | 316 |
| 18 | Gentaro | 1 | 1 | 289 |
| Takashi Sasaki | 1 | 1 | 289 | |
| 20 | Yasufumi Nakanoue | 1 | 2 | 269 |
| 21 | Kamikaze | 2 | 5 | 257 |
| 22 | Yoshihiro Tajiri | 2 | 3 | 213 |
| 23 | Ryuji Ito | 2 | 3 | 196 |
| 24 | Fuminori Abe | 1 | 5 | 174 |
| Takuya Nomura | 1 | 5 | 174 | |
| 26 | Shinobu | 2 | 2 | 165 |
| 27 | Shadow Winger | 1 | 4 | 158 |
| 28 | Hideyoshi Kamitani | 1 | 0 | 152 |
| 29 | The Bodyguard | 1 | 1 | 134 |
| 30 | Kengo Mashimo | 1 | 1 | 133 |
| Madoka | 1 | 1 | 133 | |
| 32 | Masashi Takeda | 2 | 1 | 130 |
| 33 | Shunme Matsuzaki | 1 | 3 | 122 |
| 34 | Shoji Nakamaki | 1 | 2 | 112 |
| 35 | Shigehiro Irie | 1 | 1 | 72 |
| 36 | Mike Samples | 1 | 0 | 38 |
| 37 | Shinya Ishikawa | 1 | 0 | 31 |
| 38 | Justice Pain | 1 | 0 | 22 |
| Wifebeater | 1 | 0 | 22 | |
| 40 | Brahman Kei | 1 | 0 | 13 |
| Brahman Shu | 1 | 0 | 13 | |
| 42 | Gedo | 1 | 0 | 11 |
| Jado | 1 | 0 | 11 | |
| 44 | Zandig | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| Kengo Kimura | 1 | 0 | 8 | |
| Nick Gage | 1 | 0 | 8 | |
| Takashi Ishikawa | 1 | 0 | 8 | |
| 48 | Badboy Hido | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 49 | Kazumi Kikuta † | 1 | 0 | 1,234+ |
| Ryuichi Kawakami † | 1 | 0 | 1,234+ |
See also
References
- ^ "BJW Tag Team Title" (in German). PUROLOVE.com. Retrieved January 2, 2020.
- ^ "BJW Tag Team Championship". Cagematch.net. Retrieved January 2, 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t "BJW認定タッグ王座" (in Japanese). Big Japan Pro Wrestling. Retrieved January 2, 2020.
- ^ "BJW Tag Team Title (Japan)". Wrestling-Titles.com. Retrieved January 2, 2020.