Tenryu Project International Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship | |
Created: | February 23, 1996 |
Currentholder: | Naoki Tanizaki and Yusuke Kodama |
Won: | February 19, 2024 |
Mostreigns: | As a team (2 times):
As individual (4 times):
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Firstchamp: | Gedo and Lionheart |
Longestreign: | Black Tiger V and Masao Orihara (667 days) |
Shortestreign: | Naruki Doi and Masato Yoshino (<1 day) |
The is a professional wrestling tag team championship contested for in the Japanese promotion Wrestle Association R, and later Dragon Gate and Tenryu Project. This title was the first tag team championship in Japan dedicated to junior heavyweight wrestlers. In the revived Tenryu Project, the title is also referred to as the .[1]
The title was created in Wrestle Association R (WAR) on February 23, 1996, when Fuyuki-gun (Gedo and Lionheart) defeated Lance Storm and Yuji Yasuraoka in a tournament final.[2] It was deemed inactive in 2000 when WAR folded, and was later revived by Dragon Gate on August 8, 2006. The I-J belts would be unified with the new Dragon Gate Open the Twin Gate Championship, a tag title made specifically for Dragon Gate, on October 12, 2007. In September 2010, the championship was reactivated by Tenryu Project.
As of,, there have been a total of 26 reigns (including one unrecognized) shared among 21 teams and 33 individuals. The current champions are Naoki Tanizaki and Yusuke Kodama who are in their second reign as a team as well as individually.
As of, .
† | Indicates the current champion |
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¤ | The exact length of at least one title reign is uncertain, so the shortest possible length is used. |
<1 | Reign was less than a day |
Rank | Team | data-sort-type="number" | No. of reigns | data-sort-type="number" | Combined defenses | data-sort-type="number" | Combined days |
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1 | 1 | 1 | 667 | ||||
2 | Joker | 1 | 2 | 404 | |||
3 | Naoki Tanizaki and Yusuke Kodama † | 2 | 2 | + | |||
4 | Diamond Ring | 1 | 2 | 266 | |||
5 | Masakazu Fukuda and Hiroyoshi Kotsubo | 1 | 1 | 253 | |||
6 | 1 | 2 | 233 | ||||
7 | 1 | 2 | 218 | ||||
8 | 2 | 3 | 210 | ||||
9 | 1 | 2 | 175 | ||||
10 | 1 | 1 | 165¤ | ||||
11 | 1 | 2 | 154 | ||||
12 | Masashi Aoyagi and Gokuaku Umibouzu | 1 | 2 | 134 | |||
13 | 2 | 1 | 117 | ||||
14 | Oji Shiiba and Takuro Niki | 1 | 2 | 112 | |||
1 | 0 | 112 | |||||
16 | Masaaki Mochizuki and Choden Senshi Battle Ranger | 1 | 2 | 108 | |||
17 | Kenichiro Arai and Rey Paloma | 1 | 0 | 105 | |||
18 | Hattoshite Good | 1 | 2 | 98 | |||
19 | Typhoon | 1 | 1 | 83 | |||
20 | 1 | 0 | 80 | ||||
21 | Fuyuki-gun | 1 | 1 | 33 | |||
22 | Tozawa-juku | 1 | 0 | 20 | |||
— | Muscle Outlaw'z | — | 0 |
Rank | Wrestler | data-sort-type="number" | No. of reigns | data-sort-type="number" | Combined defenses | data-sort-type="number" | Combined days |
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1 | 2 | 2 | 832¤ | ||||
2 | 2 | 1 | 747 | ||||
3 | 2 | 4 | 451 | ||||
4 | 1 | 2 | 404 | ||||
1 | 2 | 404 | |||||
6 | † | 2 | 2 | + | |||
† | 2 | 2 | + | ||||
8 | 4 | 4 | 327 | ||||
9 | 1 | 2 | 266 | ||||
1 | 2 | 266 | |||||
11 | 2 | 4 | 262 | ||||
12 | 1 | 1 | 253 | ||||
1 | 1 | 253 | |||||
14 | 1 | 2 | 233 | ||||
15 | 3 | 2 | 223 | ||||
16 | 1 | 2 | 218 | ||||
17 | 2 | 3 | 210 | ||||
18 | 2 | 3 | 208 | ||||
19 | 1 | 2 | 175 | ||||
20 | 1 | 1 | 165¤ | ||||
21 | 1 | 2 | 154 | ||||
22 | 1 | 2 | 143 | ||||
1 | 2 | 143 | |||||
24 | 1 | 2 | 134 | ||||
1 | 2 | 134 | |||||
26 | 2 | 1 | 117 | ||||
27 | 1 | 0 | 112 | ||||
1 | 0 | 112 | |||||
29 | 1 | 2 | 108 | ||||
30 | 1 | 0 | 105 | ||||
31 | 1 | 2 | 98 | ||||
32 | 1 | 1 | 83 | ||||
1 | 1 | 83 | |||||
34 | 1 | 0 | 80 | ||||
35 | 1 | 1 | 33 | ||||
— | — | 0 | |||||
— | — | 0 |