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Open the Twin Gate Championship
Current championship design
Details
PromotionDragon Gate
Date establishedOctober 12, 2007
Current champion(s)R.E.D.
(BxB Hulk and Kazma Sakamoto)
Date wonJanuary 15, 2020
Statistics
First champion(s)Speed Muscle
(Masato Yoshino and Naruki Doi)
Most reigns(as team) T-Hawk and Eita (4 reign)
(as individual) Yamato (9 reign)
Longest reignCK-1
(Cima and Dragon Kid) (397 days)
Shortest reignOsaka06
(Cima and Gamma (<1 day)

The Open the Twin Gate Championship is a professional wrestling tag team title in Japanese promotion Dragon Gate. Dragon Gate had used the WAR IJ Tag Team Championship since 2006, until 2007 when Masato Yoshino and Naruki Doi introduced the new Twin Gate after winning the Summer Adventure Tag League tournament. They later defeated the IJ champions, Kenichiro Arai and Taku Iwasa, to unify the titles and become the first Twin Gate champions. There have been a total of 26 recognized individual champions and 22 recognized teams, who have had a combined 41 official reigns. Naruki Doi and Yamato, Cima and Dragon Kid hold the most successful consecutive defenses with nine. Cima and Dragon Kid are also the longest reigning champions, with first reign as a team totaling 397 days.

Title history

As of August 8, 2024.

Key
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
† Championship change is unrecognized by the promotion
<1 Reign lasted less than a day
+ Current reign is changing daily
No. Champion Championship change Reign statistics Notes Ref.
Date Event Location Reign Days Defenses
1 Muscle Outlaw'z
(Masato Yoshino and Naruki Doi) 		October 12, 2007 The Gate of Victory Tokyo, Japan 1 119 2 Muscle Outlaw'z defeated Tozawajuku (Kenichiro Arai and Taku Iwasa) to unify the International Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship.
2 Tozawa-juku
(Kenichiro Arai and Taku Iwasa) 		February 8, 2008 Truth Gate Tokyo, Japan 1 87 2
3 Typhoon
(Ryo Saito and Susumu Yokosuka) 		May 5, 2008 Dead or Alive Nagoya, Japan 1 144 3
4 World-1
(Masato Yoshino and Naruki Doi) 		September 26, 2008 Storm Gate Osaka, Japan 2 9 0
5 Real Hazard
(Cyber Kong and Yamato) 		October 5, 2008 The Gate of Victory Fukuoka, Japan 1 147 4
6 Warriors-5
(Gamma and Susumu Yokosuka (2)) 		March 1, 2009 Truth Gate Osaka, Japan 1 65 1
7 Real Hazard
(Genki Horiguchi and Ryo Saito (2)) 		May 5, 2009 Dead or Alive Aichi, Japan 1 135 3
8 Kamikaze
(Shingo Takagi and Yamato (2)) 		September 17, 2009 Storm Gate Tokyo, Japan 1 101 3
9 Warriors-5
(Cima and Gamma (2)) 		December 27, 2009 Final Gate Fukuoka, Japan 1 <1 0
— Vacated December 27, 2009 Final Gate Fukuoka, Japan — — — Cima and Gamma returned the title immediately and declared themselves interim champions.
10 Warriors-5
(Cima and Gamma (3)) 		February 10, 2010 Truth Gate Tokyo, Japan 2 40 0 Warriors-5 defeated World-1 (Naruki Doi and Masato Yoshino) to win the vacant championship.
11 Kamikaze
(Cyber Kong (2) and Shingo Takagi (2)) 		March 22, 2010 Compilation Gate Tokyo, Japan 1 52 1
12 K-neSuka
(K-ness and Susumu Yokosuka (3)) 		May 13, 2010 Aggressive Gate Tokyo, Japan 1 194 4
13 Gamma (4) and Naruki Doi (3) November 23, 2010 The Gate of Destiny Osaka, Japan 1 48 1
14 Don Fujii and Masaaki Mochizuki January 10, 2011 Primal Gate Nagoya, Japan 1 27 0
15 Blood Warriors
(Genki Horiguchi and Ryo Saito (3)) 		February 6, 2011 Truth Gate Fukuoka, Japan 2 133 2
16 Junction Three
(Dragon Kid and Pac) 		June 19, 2011 Champion Gate in Hakata Fukuoka, Japan 1 28 0
17 Blood Warriors
(Cima (3) and Ricochet) 		July 17, 2011 Rainbow Gate 2011: Kobe Pro–Wrestling Festival Kobe, Japan 1 136 3
— Vacated November 30, 2011 1st Blood Tokyo, Japan — — — Cima and Ricochet vacated the championship so Ricochet could focus on his Open the Brave Gate Championship and Cima could focus on going for the Open the Dream Gate Championship.
18 Blood Warriors/Mad Blankey
(Akira Tozawa and BxB Hulk) 		December 1, 2011 Fantastic Gate Tokyo, Japan 1 94 2 Defeated Junction Three (Kagetora and Susumu Yokosuka) to win the vacant championship.
19 Jimmyz
(Jimmy Kagetora and Jimmy Susumu (4)) 		March 4, 2012 Champion Gate in Osaka Osaka, Japan 1 98 3
20 Mad Blankey
(BxB Hulk (2) and Naoki Tanisaki) 		June 10, 2012 The Gate of Maximum Sapporo, Japan 1 7 0
21 Jimmyz
(Jimmy Kagetora and Jimmy Susumu (5)) 		June 17, 2012 Champion Gate in Hakata Fukuoka, Japan 2 35 0 This was a three-way elimination tag match, which also involvingK-ness and Kenichiro Arai of MadoGiwa Windows.
22 -akatsuki-
(Shingo Takagi (3) and Yamato (3)) 		July 22, 2012 Kobe Pro–Wrestling Festival Kobe, Japan 2 63 1
23 Kaettekita Veteran-gun
(Don Fujii and Masaaki Mochizuki) 		September 23, 2012 Dangerous Gate Tokyo, Japan 2 160 6
24 Mad Blankey
(BxB Hulk (3) and Uhaa Nation) 		March 2, 2013 Champion Gate Osaka, Japan 1 64 1
25 -akatsuki-
(Shingo Takagi (4) and Yamato (4)) 		May 5, 2013 Dead or Alive Aichi, Japan 3 41 1
26 Mad Blankey
(Akira Tozawa (2) and BxB Hulk (4)) 		June 15, 2013 Champion Gate in Hakata Fukuoka, Japan 2 36 0
27 World-1 International
(Naruki Doi (4) and Ricochet (2)) 		July 21, 2013 Kobe Pro–Wrestling Festival Kobe, Japan 1 40 0
28 Oretachi Veteran-gun
(Dragon Kid (2) and K-ness (2)) 		August 30, 2013 The Gate of Generation Kobe, Japan 1 8 0
— Vacated September 7, 2013 Summer Adventure Tag League Osaka, Japan — — — Title vacated after Dragon Kid suffered a knee injury.
† Millennials
(Eita and T-Hawk (2)) 		September 28, 2013 Summer Adventure Tag League Kobe, Japan 1 36 0 Defeated Mad Blankey (BxB Hulk and Yamato) in the finals of the Summer Adventure Tag League to become interim champions.
29 Millennials
(Eita and T-Hawk (2(3))) 		November 3, 2013 The Gate of Destiny Osaka, Japan 1(2) 35 0 Millennials defeated Oretachi Veteran-gun (Dragon Kid and K-ness) to become the official champions.
30 Mad Blankey
(Naruki Doi (5) and Yamato (5)) 		December 8, 2013 Fantastic Gate Hokkaido, Japan 1 14 0
31 Monster Express
(Akira Tozawa (3) and Shingo Takagi (5)) 		December 22, 2013 The Final Gate Fukuoka, Japan 1 210 5
32 Millennials
(Eita (2(3)) and T-Hawk (3(4))) 		July 20, 2014 Kobe Pro–Wrestling Festival Kobe, Japan 2 105 2
33 Osaka06
(Cima (4) and Gamma (5)) 		November 2, 2014 The Gate of Destiny Osaka, Japan 3 31 0
34 Millennials
(Eita (3(4)) and T-Hawk (4(5))) 		December 3, 2014 Fantastic Gate 2014 Tokyo, Japan 3 25 0
35 Mad Blankey
(Cyber Kong (3) and Yamato (6)) 		December 28, 2014 The Final Gate Fukuoka, Japan 2 63 0
36 Monster Express
(Masato Yoshino (3) and Shachihoko Boy) 		March 1, 2015 Champion Gate in Osaka Osaka, Japan 1 104 2
37 Mad Blankey/VerserK
(Naruki Doi (6) and Yamato (7)) 		June 13, 2015 Champion Gate in Hakata Fukuoka, Japan 2 267 9 Mad Blankey disbanded and their reign continued under the VerserK unit.
38 Monster Express
(Big R Shimizu and T-Hawk (5(6))) 		March 6, 2016 Champion Gate in Osaka Osaka, Japan 1 105 1
39 Jimmyz
(Jimmy Kagetora and Jimmy Susumu (6)) 		June 19, 2016 The Gate of Maximum Kyoto, Japan 3 137 4
40 Over Generation
(Cima (5) and Dragon Kid (3)) 		November 3, 2016 The Gate of Destiny Osaka, Japan 1 397 9
— Vacated December 5, 2017 Fantastic Gate Tokyo, Japan — — — Title vacated after Dragon Kid suffered a knee injury.
41 VerserK
(Eita (4) and T-Hawk(5)) 		December 23, 2017 Dragon Gate Final Gate 2017 Fukuoka, Japan 4 134 2
42 Big Ben
(Ben-K and Big R Shimizu) 		May 6, 2018 Dragon Gate Dead Or Alive 2018 Nagoya, Aichi 1 77 1
43 Tribe Vanguard
(BxB Hulk (5) and Yamato (8)) 		July 22, 2018 Kobe Pro-Wrestling Festival Kobe, Japan 1 150 3 Their actual first defense against Big R Shimizu and Naruki Doi ended in a no contest when Big R turned on Doi and MaxiMuM to join Anitas.
— Vacated December 19, 2018 Fantastic Gate Tokyo, Japan — — — Title vacated after BxB Hulk suffered a neck injury.
44 R.E.D.
(Ben-K (2) and Big R Shimizu (3)) 		December 23, 2018 The Final Gate Fukuoka, Japan 2 126 2 Defeated MaxiMuM (Naruki Doi and Masato Yoshino), Mexablood (Bandido and Flamita) and Tribe Vanguard (Yamato and Kagetora) in a four-way elimination match to win the vacant championship.
45 Tribe Vanguard
(Kai and Yamato (9)) 		April 28, 2019 The Gate of Passion Fukuoka, Japan 1 84 0 First defense ended in a no contest when R.E.D. interfered.
46 R.E.D.
(Eita (5(6)) and Big R Shimizu (4)) 		July 21, 2019 Kobe Pro-Wrestling Festival Kobe, Japan 1 147 3 This was a three-way elimination match, also involving MaxiMuM (Naruki Doi and Kaito Ishida).
47 Tribe Vanguard
(BxB Hulk (6) and Yamato (10)) 		December 15, 2019 Final Gate Fukuoka, Japan 2 6 0
— Vacated December 21, 2019 — — — — — Vacated when BxB Hulk betrayed Tribe Vanguard and left the unit.
48 R.E.D.
(BxB Hulk (7) and Kazma Sakamoto) 		January 15, 2020 Open The New Year's Gate Tokyo, Japan 1 1,667+ 1 Defeated Team Dragon Gate (Yamato and Ben-K) in a tournament final to win the vacant championship.

Combined reigns

As of August 8, 2020.

† Indicates the current champion
Rank Team No. of
reigns 		Combined
defenses 		Combined days
1 Over Generation
(Cima and Dragon Kid)		 1 9 397
2 Anitas/Millennials/VerserK
(T-Hawk and Eita)		 4 4 299
3 Jimmyz
(Jimmy Kagetora and Jimmy Susumu)		 3 7 270
4 Blood Warriors/Real Hazard
(Genki Horiguchi and Ryo Saito)		 2 5 268
5 Mad Blankey/Real Hazard
(Cyber Kong and Yamato)		 2 6 210
Monster Express
(Akira Tozawa and Shingo Takagi)		 1 5 210
7 -akatsuki-/Kamikaze
(Shingo Takagi and Yamato)		 3 5 205
8 MaxiMuM/R.E.D.
(Big R Shimizu and Ben-K)		 2 3 203
9 K-neSuka
(K-ness and Susumu Yokosuka)		 1 4 194
10 Kaettekita Veteran-gun
(Don Fujii and Masaaki Mochizuki)		 2 6 187
11 Tribe Vanguard
(BxB Hulk and Yamato)		 2 3 156
12 R.E.D. †
(BxB Hulk and Kazma Sakamoto)		 1 1 1,667+
13 R.E.D.
(Big R Shimizu and Eita)		 1 3 147
14 Typhoon
(Ryo Saito and Susumu Yokosuka)		 1 3 144
15 Blood|Blood Warriors}
(Cima and Ricochet)		 1 3 136
16 Blood Warriors/Mad Blankey
(Akira Tozawa and BxB Hulk)		 2 2 130
17 Muscle Outlaw'z/World-1
(Masato Yoshino and Naruki Doi)		 2 2 128
18 Monster Express
(Big R Shimizu and T-Hawk)		 1 1 105
19 Monster Express
(Masato Yoshino and Shachihoko Boy)		 1 2 104
20 Tozawa-juku
(Kenichiro Arai and Taku Iwasa)		 1 2 87
21 Tribe Vanguard
(Kai and Yamato)		 1 0 84
22 Osaka06/Warriors-5
(Cima and Gamma)		 3 0 71
23 Warriors-5
(Gamma and Susumu Yokosuka)		 1 1 65
24 Mad Blankey
(BxB Hulk and Uhaa Nation)		 1 1 64
25 Kamikaze
(Cyber Kong and Shingo Takagi)		 1 1 52
26 Gamma and Naruki Doi 1 1 48
27 World-1 International
(Naruki Doi and Ricochet)		 1 0 40
28 Junction Three
(Dragon Kid and Pac)		 1 0 28
29 Mad Blankey
(Naruki Doi and Yamato)		 1 0 14
30 Oretachi Veteran-gun
(Dragon Kid and K-ness)		 1 0 8

By wrestler

Rank Wrestler No. of
reigns 		Combined
defenses 		Combined
days
1 Yamato 10 21 936
2 Susumu Yokosuka/Jimmy Susumu 6 15 673
3 Cima 5 12 604
4 BxB Hulk † 7 7 2,024+
5 Naruki Doi 6 12 497
6 Shingo Takagi 5 11 467
7 Big R Shimizu 4 7 455
8 Eita 5 7 446
9 Dragon Kid 3 9 433
10 Ryo Saito 3 8 412
11 T-Hawk/Naoki Tanisaki 6 5 411
12 Akira Tozawa 3 7 340
13 Jimmy Kagetora 3 7 270
14 Genki Horiguchi 2 5 268
15 Cyber Kong 3 5 262
16 Masato Yoshino 3 4 232
17 Ben-K 2 3 203
18 K-ness 2 4 204
19 Don Fujii 2 6 187
Masaaki Mochizuki 2 6 187
21 Gamma 5 2 184
22 Ricochet 2 3 176
23 Kazma Sakamoto † 1 1 1,667+
24 Shachihoko Boy 1 2 104
25 Kenichiro Arai 1 1 87
Taku Iwasa 1 1 87
27 Kai 1 0 84
28 Uhaa Nation 1 1 64
29 Pac 1 0 28

See also

References

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