Tohoku Tag Team Championship
Ikuto Hidaka with the title belt
Details
PromotionMichinoku Pro Wrestling
Date establishedJuly 17, 2004
Current champion(s)Kagetora and Yoshitsune
Date wonJune 30, 2023
Statistics
First champion(s)Jinsei Shinzaki and Último Dragón
Most reigns(as a team)
Shu and Kei Sato (4 reigns)
(as an individual)
Kei Sato/Brahman Kei and Jinsei Shinzaki (5 reigns)
Longest reignIkuto Hidaka and Minoru Fujita (725 days)
Shortest reignJinsei Shinzaki and Gaina (<1 day)

The Tohoku Tag Team Championship (Japanese: 東北タッグ王座, Hepburn: Tōhoku Taggu Ōza) is a professional wrestling tag team championship created and promoted by the Japanese professional wrestling promotion Michinoku Pro Wrestling.[1]

There have been a total of 34 reigns shared between 26 different teams consisting of 33 individual champions. The current champions are Kagetora and Yoshitsune who are in their first reign as a team.

Title history

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
<1 Reign lasted less than a day
+ Current reign is changing daily
No. Champion Championship change Reign statistics Notes Ref.
Date Event Location Reign DaysDefenses
1 Jinsei Shinzaki and Último Dragón July 18, 2004 Summer Vacation Series Tour Iwate, Japan 1 540 Defeated the teams of Kesen Numajiro and Kazuya Yuasa and Hayate and The Great Sasuke in a three-way tournament final.
2 Kensuke Sasaki and Katsuhiko Nakajima September 10, 2004 MPW television taping Tokyo, Japan 1 1771
3 Jinsei Shinzaki (2) and Gaina March 6, 2005 Wild Dance Tour Tokushima, Japan 1 1250
4 The Great Sasuke and Dick Togo July 9, 2005 Fighting Tohoku Legend Zero Aomori, Japan 1 2883
5 Jinsei Shinzaki (3) and Gaina April 23, 2006 Fighting Tohoku Legend 7th Miyagi Volume Sendai, Japan 2 <10
Vacated April 23, 2006 House show Sendai, Japan Vacated due to Gaina announcing his departure from MPW.
6 Makoto Oishi and Shiori Asahi May 20, 2006 Fighting Tohoku Legend 9th Aomori Volume Aomori, Japan 1 210 Defeated Shu and Kei Sato in a tournament final.
7 Shu and Kei Sato June 10, 2006 Fighting Tohoku Legend 10th Iwate Volume Iwate, Japan 1 370
8 Tigers Mask and Flash Moon July 17, 2006 Osaka Pro Wrestling's Osaka Pro Story #33 Osaka, Japan 1 830
9 Shu and Kei Sato October 8, 2006 Fighting Tohoku Legend The Last Chapter Morioka, Japan 2 1951
10 Kagetora and Rasse April 21, 2007 Fukumen World League Tournament Tokyo, Japan 1 2683
11 The Great Sasuke (2) and Yoshitsune January 14, 2008 New Year Fight Tournament Sendai, Japan 1 3701
12 Shu and Kei Sato January 18, 2009 Start of New Year Fighting Sendai, Japan 3 560 This match was also contested for the UWA World Tag Team Championship.
13 Kesen Numajiro and Kinya Oyanagi March 15, 2009 House show Sendai, Japan 1 2450
14 Takeshi Minamino and Maguro Ooma November 15, 2009 House show Sendai, Japan 1 3343
15 Yapper Man #1 and Yapper Man #2 October 15, 2010 House show Sendai, Japan 1 3653 This was the final of the 2010 Michinoku Pro Tag Team Tournament.
16 The Brahman Brothers
(Brahman Shu and Brahman Kei)
October 15, 2011 House show Takizawa, Japan 4 2320 This was the final of the 2011 Michinoku Pro Tag Team Tournament. Formerly held the title under the names Shu Sato and Kei Sato.
17 Rasse (2) and Kenbai June 3, 2012 House show Tokyo, Japan 1 1931
18 Último Dragón (2) and Kesen Numagirolamo (2) December 13, 2012 MPW television taping Tokyo, Japan 1 2772
19 Taro Nohashi and Behnam Ali September 16, 2013 Autumn 3 Show Tour Yahaba, Japan 1 2322 Behnam Ali changed his ring name to Tiger Ali in 2014.
20 Jinsei Shinzaki (4) and Kesen Numajiro (3) May 6, 2014 Golden Tour 2014 Sendai, Japan 1 330
21 Mu no Taiyo
(The Great Sasuke (3) and Brahman Kei (5))
June 8, 2014 MPW television taping Tokyo, Japan 1 2792
22 New Phase
(Daichi Sasaki and Ayumu Gunji)
March 14, 2015 3 Battles in March Tour Yahaba, Japan 1 1920 [2]
23 Ikuto Hidaka and Minoru Fujita September 22, 2015 September Series - Gamushara Tour Yahaba, Japan 1 7255 Hidaka and Fujita also won the UWA World Tag Team Championship by defeating Brahman Kei and Brahman Shu on June 10, 2016.
24 Super Stars
(Rui Hyugaji and Ayumu Gunji (2))
September 16, 2017 Haisui No Jin Tour Yahaba, Japan 1 1831 This match was also contested for the UWA World Tag Team Championship.
25 Taro Nohashi (2) and Gaina (3) March 18, 2018 Konzen Ittai Tour Sendai, Japan 1 2513 This match was also contested for the UWA World Tag Team Championship.
26 Bad Boy
(Ken45° and Kengo)
November 24, 2018 Sendai 2 Days Tour Sendai, Japan 1 1632 This match was also contested for the UWA World Tag Team Championship. [3]
27 Taro Nohashi (3) and Gaina (4) May 6, 2019 Golden Week Series 2019 Tour Yahaba, Japan 2 390 This match was also contested for the UWA World Tag Team Championship. [4]
28 Ikuto Hidaka and Minoru Fujita June 14, 2019 Michinoku 2019 Tokyo Conference Vol. 3 ~ Innin Jicho Tokyo, Japan 2 1271 This match was also contested for the UWA World Tag Team Championship. [5]
29 Yapper Man #1 and Yapper Man #2 October 19, 2019 Michinoku 2019 Tokyo Conference Vol. 6 Tokyo, Japan 2 5632 This match was also contested for the UWA World Tag Team Championship. [6]
30 The Great Sasuke (4) and Jinsei Shinzaki (5) May 4, 2021 Golden Week Tour 2021 Yahaba, Japan 1 3060 This match was also contested for the UWA World Tag Team Championship. [7]
31 Taro Nohashi (4) and Gaina (5) March 6, 2022 Michinoku Pro Tokushima, Japan 3 1331 [8]
32 Bad Boy
(Ken45° (2) and Manjimaru (2))
July 17, 2022 July Series 2022: Rihikyokuchoku Sendai, Japan 1 1251 Manjimaru was previously known as Maguro Ooma. [9]
33 Musashi (2) and Kazuki Hashimoto November 19, 2022 November Series 2022: Kenkaikokō Yahaba, Japan 1 2231 Musashi was previously known as Daichi Sasaki. [10]
34 Kagetora (2) and Yoshitsune (2) June 30, 2023 Michinoku Pro 30th Anniversary 2023 Tokyo Vol. 1 Tokyo, Japan 1 181+2 [11]

Combined reigns

As of December 28, 2023.

By team

Indicates the current champion
Rank Team No. of
reigns
Combined
defenses
Combined days
1 Yapper Man #1 and Yapper Man #225928
2 Ikuto Hidaka and Minoru Fujita26852
3 Shu and Kei Sato/The Brahman Brothers41520
4 Taro Nohashi and Gaina34423
5 The Great Sasuke and Yoshitsune11370
6 Takeshi Minamino and Maguro Ooma13334
7 The Great Sasuke and Jinsei Shinzaki10306
8 The Great Sasuke and Dick Togo13288
9 Mu no Taiyo
(The Great Sasuke and Brahman Kei)
12279
10 Último Dragón and Kesen Numagirolamo12277
11 Kagetora and Rasse13268
12 Kesen Numajiro and Kinya Oyanagi10245
13 Taro Nohashi and Behnam Ali12232
14 Musashi and Kazuki Hashimoto11223
15 Rasse and Kenbai11193
16 New Phase
(Daichi Sasaki and Ayumu Gunji)
10192
17 Super Stars
(Rui Hyugaji and Ayumu Gunji)
11183
18 Kensuke Sasaki and Katsuhiko Nakajima11177
19 Kagetora and Yoshitsune12181+
20 Bad Boy
(Ken45° and Kengo)
12163
21 Jinsei Shinzaki and Gaina20125
Bad Boy
(Ken45° and Manjimaru)
11125
23 Tigers Mask and Flash Moon1083
24 Jinsei Shinzaki and Último Dragón1054
25 Jinsei Shinzaki and Kesen Numajiro1033
26 Makoto Oishi and Shiori Asahi1021

By wrestler

Rank Wrestler No. of
reigns
Combined
defenses
Combined days
1 The Great Sasuke461,243
2 Yapper Man #125928
Yapper Man #225928
4 Ikuto Hidaka26852
Minoru Fujita26852
6 Kei Sato/Brahman Kei53799
7 Taro Nohashi46655
8 Kesen Numajiro/Kesen Numagirolamo32555
9 Gaina54548
10 Yoshitsune23551+
11 Shu Sato/Brahman Shu41520
12 Jinsei Shinzaki50518
13 Rasse24461
14 Manjimaru/Maguro Ooma24459
15 Kagetora25449+
16 Daichi Sasaki/Musashi21415
17 Ayumu Gunji21375
18 Takeshi Minamino13334
19 Último Dragón22331
20 Ken45°23288
Dick Togo13288
22 Kinya Oyanagi10245
23 Behnam Ali12232
24 Kazuki Hashimoto11223
25 Kenbai11193
26 Rui Hyugaji11183
27 Kensuke Sasaki11177
Katsuhiko Nakajima11177
29 Kengo12163
30 Tigers Mask1083
Flash Moon1083
32 Makoto Oishi1021
Shiori Asahi1021

See also

References

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