List of IWGP Tag Team Champions

Current champions TMDK (Mikey Nicholls and Shane Haste).

The IWGP Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling tag team championship owned by the New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) promotion. "IWGP" are the initials 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 Heavyweight 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 the "IWGP Heavy Weight Class", while the Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship is listed as the "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 twelve. Tenzan's combined twelve reign lengths add up to 1,988 days, which is the most of any champion. At seven reigns, Guerrillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa) hold the record for most by a team. Tenzan and Masahiro 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. Overall, there have been 101 reigns shared among 90 wrestlers, who made up 66 different teams.

TMDK (Mikey Nicholls and Shane Haste) are the current champions in their first reign. They defeated the Strong Openweight Tag Team Champions Guerrillas of Destiny (El Phantasmo and Hikuleo), the IWGP World Tag Team Champions Bullet Club (Kenta and Chase Owens), and Bishamon (Hirooki Goto and Yoshi-Hashi) in a four-way tornado tag team elimination Winners Take All match for both the IWGP Tag Team Championship and Strong Openweight Tag Team Championship at Dominion 6.9 in Osaka-jo Hall on June 9, 2024 in Osaka, Japan.

## Title history

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As of August 19, 2024.

Key  No.  | Overall reign number

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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
\+  | Current reign is changing daily
No. | Champion  | Championship change  | Reign statistics  | Notes  | Ref.

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Date  | Event  | Location  | Reign  | Days | Defenses
1  | Kengo Kimura and Tatsumi Fujinami | December 12, 1985 | IWGP Tag Team League | Sendai, Japan | 1  | 236 | 5  | Kimura and Fujinami defeated Antonio Inoki and Seiji Sakaguchi in a tournament final to become the first champions.  | [1][4][5]
2  | Akira Maeda and Osamu Kido | August 5, 1986 | Burning Spirit in Summer  | Tokyo, Japan | 1  | 49 | 1  |  | [6]
3  | Kengo Kimura and Tatsumi Fujinami | September 23, 1986 | Challenge Spirit 1986  | Tokyo, Japan | 2  | 135 | 0  |  | [7][8]
—  | Vacated | February 5, 1987 | —  | —  | —  | — | —  | The championship was vacated when Kimura and Fujinami split up.  | [7]
4  | Keiji Mutoh and Shiro Koshinaka | March 20, 1987 | Spring Flare Up 1987  | Tokyo, Japan | 1  | 6 | 0  | Koshinaka and Mutoh defeated Akira Maeda and Nobuhiko Takada in a tournament final to win the vacant championship.  | [9]
5  | Akira Maeda and Nobuhiko Takada | March 26, 1987 | Inoki Toukon Live II  | Osaka, Japan | 1
(2, 1) | 159 | 2  |  | [10]
6  | Kazuo Yamazaki and Yoshiaki Fujiwara | September 1, 1987 | Sengoku Battle Series 1987  | Fukuoka, Japan | 1  | 139 | 2  |  | [11]
7  | Kengo Kimura and Tatsumi Fujinami | January 18, 1988 | New Year Golden Series 1988  | Takuyama, Japan | 3  | 144 | 3  |  | [12]
8  | Masa Saito and Riki Choshu | June 10, 1988 | IWGP Champion Series 1988  | Hiroshima, Japan | 1  | 279 | 4  |  | [13]
9  | George Takano and Super Strong Machine[N 1] | March 16, 1989 | Big Fight Series  | Yokohama, Japan | 1  | 119 | 1  |  | [14]
10  | Riki Choshu and Takayuki Iizuka[N 2] | July 13, 1989 | Super Fight Series  | Tokyo, Japan | 1
(2, 1) | 69 | 1  |  | [15]
11  | Masa Saito and Shinya Hashimoto | September 20, 1989 | Bloody Fight Series 1989: Super Power Battle in Osaka  | Osaka, Japan | 1
(2, 1) | 219 | 3  |  | [16]
12  | Keiji Mutoh and Masahiro Chono | April 27, 1990 | Shintou Station Bay NK  | Tokyo, Japan | 1
(2, 1) | 188 | 3  |  | [17]
13  | Hiroshi Hase and Kensuke Sasaki | November 1, 1990 | Dream Tour 1990  | Tokyo, Japan | 1  | 55 | 2  |  | [18]
14  | Hiro Saito and Super Strong Machine[N 1] | December 26, 1990 | King of Kings  | Hamamatsu, Japan | 1
(1, 2) | 70 | 2  |  | [19]
15  | Hiroshi Hase and Kensuke Sasaki | March 6, 1991 | Big Fight Series 1991  | Nagasaki, Japan | 2  | 15 | 0  |  | [20]
16  | The Steiner Brothers
(Rick Steiner and Scott Steiner) | March 21, 1991 | Starrcade 1991 in Tokyo Dome | Tokyo, Japan | 1  | 229 | 2  | The Steiners' WCW World Tag Team Championship was also on the line.  | [21]
17  | Hiroshi Hase and Keiji Mutoh | November 5, 1991 | Tokyo 3Days Battle  | Tokyo, Japan | 1
(3, 3) | 117 | 2  | Scott Norton substituted for an injured Scott Steiner in this match.  | [22]
18  | Big, Bad, and Dangerous
(Big Van Vader and Crusher Bam Bam Bigelow) | March 1, 1992 | Big Fight Series 1992: New Japan Pro-Wrestling 20th Anniversary Show  | Yokohama, Japan | 1  | 117 | 2  |  | [23]
19  | The Steiner Brothers
(Rick Steiner and Scott Steiner) | June 26, 1992 | Masters of Wrestling  | Tokyo, Japan | 2  | 149 | 3  | The Steiners' WCW World Tag Team Championship was also on the line.  | [24]
20  | Scott Norton and Tony Halme | November 22, 1992 | Wrestling Scramble 1992: Battle Zone Space I  | Tokyo, Japan | 1  | 22 | 0  |  | [25]
21  | The Hell Raisers
(Hawk Warrior and Power Warrior[N 3]) | December 14, 1992 | Battle Final 1992  | Tokyo, Japan | 1
(1, 3) | 234 | 4  |  | [4]
22  | The Jurassic Powers
(Hercules Hernandez and Scott Norton) | August 5, 1993 | G1 Climax 1993  | Tokyo, Japan | 1
(1, 2) | 152 | 3  |  | [26]
23  | The Hell Raisers
(Hawk Warrior and Power Warrior[N 3]) | January 4, 1994 | Battlefield | Tokyo, Japan | 2
(2, 4) | 325 | 2  |  |
24  | Hiroshi Hase and Keiji Mutoh | November 25, 1994 | Battle Final 1994  | Iwate, Japan | 2
(4, 4) | 162 | 1  |  | [27]
—  | Vacated | May 6, 1995 | —  | —  | —  | — | —  | The title was vacated by Mutoh after he won the IWGP Heavyweight Championship.[27] |
25  | Cho-Ten
(Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Masahiro Chono) | June 12, 1995 | Fighting Spirit Legend  | Osaka, Japan | 1
(1, 2) | 25 | 0  | Tenzan and Chono defeated Junji Hirata and Shinya Hashimoto to win the vacant championship.  | [28]
—  | Vacated | July 7, 1995 | —  | —  | —  | — | —  | The title was vacated when Chono missed a title defense due to his father's death.  | [28]
26  | Junji Hirata[N 1] and Shinya Hashimoto | July 13, 1995 | Best of the Super Jr. II  | Sapporo, Japan | 1
(3, 2) | 335 | 6  | Hashimoto and Hirata defeated Mike Enos and Scott Norton to win the vacant championship.  |
27  | Kazuo Yamazaki and Takashi Iizuka[N 2] | June 12, 1996 | Best of the Super Jr. III  | Osaka, Japan | 1
(2, 2) | 34 | 0  |  |
28  | Cho-Ten
(Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Masahiro Chono) | July 16, 1996 | Summer Struggle 1996  | Sapporo, Japan | 2
(2, 3) | 172 | 2  |  |
29  | Kengo Kimura and Tatsumi Fujinami | January 4, 1997 | Wrestling World 1997 | Tokyo,Japan | 4  | 98 | 3  |  |
30  | Kensuke Sasaki and Riki Choshu | April 12, 1997 | Battle Formation | Tokyo, Japan | 1
(5, 3) | 21 | 0  |  |
31  | The Bull Powers
(Manabu Nakanishi and Satoshi Kojima) | May 3, 1997 | Strong Style Evolution | Osaka, Japan | 1  | 99 | 1  |  |
32  | Kazuo Yamazaki and Kensuke Sasaki | August 10, 1997 | The Four Heaven in Nagoya Dome  | Nagoya, Japan | 1
(3, 6) | 70 | 0  |  |
33  | Keiji Mutoh and Masahiro Chono | October 19, 1997 | nWo Typhoon 1997  | Kobe, Japan | 2
(5, 4) | 200 | 2  |  | [29]
—  | Vacated | May 7, 1998 | —  | —  | —  | — | —  | The title was vacated due to Mutoh having surgery on his knee.[29] |
34  | Cho-Ten
(Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Masahiro Chono) | June 5, 1998 | Best of the Super Juniors V  | Tokyo, Japan | 3
(3, 5) | 40 | 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 | July 15, 1998 | Summer Struggle 1998  | Sapporo, Japan | 1
(1, 2) | 173 | 2  |  |
36  | Tencozy
(Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima) | January 4, 1999 | Wrestling World 1999 | Tokyo, Japan | 1
(4, 2) | 77 | 1  |  |
37  | Kensuke Sasaki and Shiro Koshinaka | March 22, 1999 | Hyper Battle 1999  | Amagasaki, Japan | 1
(7, 3) | 97 | 2  |  |
38  | The Mad Dogs
(Michiyoshi Ohara and Tatsutoshi Goto) | June 27, 1999 | Summer Struggle 1999  | Shizuoka, Japan | 1  | 62 | 1  |  |
39  | Manabu Nakanishi and Yuji Nagata | August 28, 1999 | Jingu Climax | Shizuoka, Japan | 1
(2, 1) | 327 | 4  |  |
40  | Tencozy
(Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima) | July 20, 2000 | Summer Struggle 2000  | Tokyo, Japan | 2
(5, 3) | 430 | 6  |  |
41  | Osamu Nishimura and Tatsumi Fujinami | September 23, 2001 | G1 World 2001  | Osaka, Japan | 1
(1, 5) | 35 | 1  |  |
42  | BATT
(Keiji Mutoh and Taiyō Kea) | October 28, 2001 | Survival 2001: Fighting Destination in Fukuoka  | Fukuoka, Japan | 1
(6, 1) | 97 | 0  |  | [30]
—  | Vacated | February 2, 2002 | —  | —  | —  | — | —  | The title was vacated due to Mutoh leaving NJPW.  | [30]
43  | Cho-Ten
(Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Masahiro Chono) | March 24, 2002 | Hyper Battle 2002  | Hyōgo, Japan | 4
(6, 6) | 446 | 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 | June 13, 2003 | Crush  | Tokyo, Japan | 1  | 184 | 3  |  | [31]
45  | Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Osamu Nishimura | December 14, 2003 | Battle Final 2003  | Nagoya, Japan | 1
(7, 2) | 49 | 0  |  |
46  | Minoru Suzuki and Yoshihiro Takayama | February 1, 2004 | Fighting Spirit 2004  | Sapporo, Japan | 1  | 294 | 4  |  | [32]
—  | Vacated | November 21, 2004 | —  | —  | —  | — | —  | The title was vacated due to Takayama being sidelined with an injury.  |
47  | Hiroshi Tanahashi and Shinsuke Nakamura | December 11, 2004 | Battle Final 2004  | Osaka, Japan | 1
(2, 1) | 323 | 4  | Tanahashi and Nakamura defeated Kensuke Sasaki and Minoru Suzuki to win the vacant title.  |
48  | Cho-Ten
(Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Masahiro Chono) | October 30, 2005 | Toukon Series 2005  | Kobe, Japan | 5
(8, 7) | 325 | 3  |  | [33]
—  | Shiro Koshinaka and Togi Makabe | July 2, 2006 | Circuit 2006 Turbulence  | Tokyo, Japan | —  | 15 | 0  | An interim tag team title was created when Tenzan and Chono showed signs of inactivity. Makabe and Koshinaka defeated Giant Bernard and Travis Tomko in a tournament final to win the title.  | [33]
—  | Wild Child
(Manabu Nakanishi and Takao Omori) | July 17, 2006 | Circuit 2006 Turbulence  | Sapporo, Japan | —  | 73 | 0  |  |
—  | Vacated | September 20, 2006 | —  | —  | —  | — | —  | NJPW president Simon Kelly Inoki stripped Chono and Tenzan of the title after Chono and Tenzan ceased teaming.  | [33]
49  | Wild Child
(Manabu Nakanishi and Takao Omori) | September 28, 2006 | Circuit 2006 Final: Next Progress  | Sapporo, Japan | 1
(3, 1) | 164 | 1  | Nakanishi and Ōmori were promoted to undisputed champions on September 28, 2006.[34] |
50  | RISE
(Giant Bernard and Travis Tomko) | March 11, 2007 | New Japan Pro-Wrestling 35th Anniversary Tour Circuit 2007 New Japan Evolution: New Japan Cup 2007  | Nagoya, Japan | 1  | 343 | 5  |  |
51  | The Most Violent Players
(Togi Makabe and Toru Yano) | February 17, 2008 | Circuit 2008 New Japan Ism  | Tokyo, Japan | 1  | 322 | 4  |  |
52  | Team 3D
(Brother Devon and Brother Ray) | January 4, 2009 | Wrestle Kingdom III in Tokyo Dome | Tokyo, Japan | 1  | 198 | 4  | [3][35] |
53  | The British Invasion
(Brutus Magnus and Doug Williams) | July 21, 2009 | TNA Impact! | Orlando, Florida | 1  | 89 | 1  | This was a tables match that aired on the July 30, 2009, episode of Total Nonstop Action Wrestling's Impact!.[36][37] NJPW did not sanction the match, nor initially recognize nor sanction the title change until August 10.[3][38][39] |
54  | Team 3D
(Brother Devon and Brother Ray) | October 18, 2009 | Bound for Glory | Irvine, California, U.S. | 2  | 78 | 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.[40][41] |
55  | No Limit
(Tetsuya Naito and Yujiro Takahashi) | January 4, 2010 | Wrestle Kingdom IV in Tokyo Dome | Tokyo, Japan | 1  | 119 | 1  | This was a three-way hardcore match, which also included Bad Intentions (Giant Bernard and Karl Anderson).[42] |
56  | Seigigun
(Wataru Inoue and Yuji Nagata) | May 3, 2010 | Wrestling Dontaku 2010 | Fukuoka, Japan | 1
(1, 2) | 47 | 0  | This was a three-way match, which also included Bad Intentions (Giant Bernard and Karl Anderson).  |
57  | Bad Intentions
(Giant Bernard and Karl Anderson) | June 19, 2010 | Dominion 6.19 | Osaka, Japan | 1
(2, 1) | 564 | 10  | This was a three-way elimination match, which also included No Limit (Tetsuya Naito and Yujiro Takahashi).  |
58  | Tencozy
(Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima) | January 4, 2012 | Wrestle Kingdom VI in Tokyo Dome | Tokyo, Japan | 3
(9, 4) | 120 | 2  |  |
59  | Chaos
(Takashi Iizuka and Toru Yano) | May 3, 2012 | Wrestling Dontaku 2012 | Fukuoka, Japan | 1
(3, 2) | 48 | 0  |  |
—  | Vacated | June 20, 2012 | —  | —  | —  | — | —  | 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.[43] |
60  | Tencozy
(Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima) | July 22, 2012 | Kizuna Road  | Yamagata, Japan | 4
(10, 5) | 78 | 0  | Tenzan and Kojima defeated Chaos (Takashi Iizuka and Toru Yano) to win the vacant title.  |
61  | Killer Elite Squad
(Davey Boy Smith Jr. and Lance Archer) | October 8, 2012 | King of Pro-Wrestling | Tokyo, Japan | 1  | 207 | 5  |  |
62  | Tencozy
(Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima) | May 3, 2013 | Wrestling Dontaku 2013 | Fukuoka, Japan | 5
(11, 6) | 190 | 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  | Killer Elite Squad
(Davey Boy Smith Jr. and Lance Archer) | November 9, 2013 | Power Struggle | Osaka, Japan | 2  | 56 | 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) | January 4, 2014 | Wrestle Kingdom 8 in Tokyo Dome | Tokyo, Japan | 1
(1, 2) | 365 | 6  |  |
65  | Meiyu Tag
(Hirooki Goto and Katsuyori Shibata) | January 4, 2015 | Wrestle Kingdom 9 in Tokyo Dome | Tokyo, Japan | 1  | 38 | 0  |  |
66  | Bullet Club
(Doc Gallows and Karl Anderson) | February 11, 2015 | The New Beginning in Osaka | Osaka, Japan | 2
(2, 3) | 53 | 0  |  |
67  | The Kingdom
(Matt Taven and Michael Bennett) | April 5, 2015 | Invasion Attack 2015 | Tokyo, Japan | 1  | 91 | 0  |  |
68  | Bullet Club
(Doc Gallows and Karl Anderson) | July 5, 2015 | Dominion 7.5 in Osaka-jo Hall | Osaka, Japan | 3
(3, 4) | 183 | 1  |  |
69  | Great Bash Heel
(Togi Makabe and Tomoaki Honma) | January 4, 2016 | Wrestle Kingdom 10 in Tokyo Dome | Tokyo, Japan | 1
(2, 1) | 97 | 1  |  |
70  | Guerrillas of Destiny
(Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa) | April 10, 2016 | Invasion Attack 2016 | Tokyo, Japan | 1  | 70 | 1  |  |
71  | The Briscoe Brothers
(Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe) | June 19, 2016 | Dominion 6.19 in Osaka-jo Hall | Osaka, Japan | 1  | 113 | 2  |  |
72  | Guerrillas of Destiny
(Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa) | October 10, 2016 | King of Pro-Wrestling | Tokyo, Japan | 2  | 86 | 1  |  |
73  | Chaos
(Tomohiro Ishii and Toru Yano) | January 4, 2017 | Wrestle Kingdom 11 in Tokyo Dome | Tokyo, Japan | 1
(1, 3) | 61 | 2  | This was a three-way match, which also included G.B.H. (Togi Makabe and Tomoaki Honma).  |
74  | Tencozy
(Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima) | March 6, 2017 | Hataage Kinenbi  | Tokyo, Japan | 6
(12, 7) | 34 | 0  |  |
75  | War Machine
(Hanson and Raymond Rowe) | April 9, 2017 | Sakura Genesis 2017 | Tokyo, Japan | 1  | 63 | 1  |  |
76  | Guerrillas of Destiny
(Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa) | June 11, 2017 | Dominion 6.11 in Osaka-jo Hall | Osaka, Japan | 3  | 20 | 0  |  |
77  | War Machine
(Hanson and Raymond Rowe) | July 1, 2017 | G1 Special in USA | Long Beach, California, U.S. | 2  | 85 | 3  | This was a no disqualification match.  |
78  | Killer Elite Squad
(Davey Boy Smith Jr. and Lance Archer) | September 24, 2017 | Destruction in Kobe | Kobe, Japan | 3  | 102 | 1  | This was a three-way tornado tag team match, which also included Guerrillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa).  |
79  | Los Ingobernables de Japón
(Evil and Sanada) | January 4, 2018 | Wrestle Kingdom 12 in Tokyo Dome | Tokyo, Japan | 1  | 156 | 2  |  | [44]
80  | The Young Bucks
(Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) | June 9, 2018 | Dominion 6.9 in Osaka-jo Hall | Osaka, Japan | 1  | 113 | 1  |  |
81  | Guerrillas of Destiny
(Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa) | September 30, 2018 | Fighting Spirit Unleashed | Long Beach, California, U.S. | 4  | 96 | 0  |  |
82  | Los Ingobernables de Japón
(Evil and Sanada) | January 4, 2019 | Wrestle Kingdom 13 in Tokyo Dome | Tokyo, Japan | 2  | 50 | 1  | This was a three-way match, which also included The Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson).  | [45]
83  | Guerrillas of Destiny
(Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa) | February 23, 2019 | Honor Rising: Japan 2019
(Night 2) | Tokyo, Japan | 5  | 315 | 7  |  | [46]
84  | FinJuice
(David Finlay and Juice Robinson) | January 4, 2020 | Wrestle Kingdom 14 in Tokyo Dome
Night 1 | Tokyo, Japan | 1  | 28 | 0  |  | [47]
85  | Guerrillas of Destiny
(Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa) | February 1, 2020 | The New Beginning USA | Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. | 6  | 20 | 0  |  | [48]
86  | Golden☆Ace
(Hiroshi Tanahashi and Kota Ibushi) | February 21, 2020 | New Japan Road  | Tokyo, Japan | 1
(3, 1) | 142 | 0  |  | [49]
87  | Dangerous Tekkers
(Taichi and Zack Sabre Jr.) | July 12, 2020 | Dominion in Osaka-jo Hall | Osaka, Japan | 1  | 176 | 2  |  | [50]
88  | Guerrillas of Destiny
(Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa) | January 4, 2021 | Wrestle Kingdom 15 in Tokyo Dome
Night 1 | Tokyo, Japan | 7  | 148 | 2  |  | [51]
89  | Dangerous Tekkers
(Taichi and Zack Sabre Jr.) | June 1, 2021 | Road to Dominion  | Tokyo, Japan | 2  | 40 | 0  |  | [52]
90  | Los Ingobernables de Japón
(Tetsuya Naito and Sanada) | July 11, 2021 | Summer Struggle in Sapporo
Night 2 | Sapporo, Japan | 1
(2, 3) | 14 | 0  |  | [53]
91  | Dangerous Tekkers
(Taichi and Zack Sabre Jr.) | July 25, 2021 | Wrestle Grand Slam in Tokyo Dome | Tokyo, Japan | 3  | 163 | 1  |  | [54]
92  | Bishamon
(Hirooki Goto and Yoshi-Hashi) | January 4, 2022 | Wrestle Kingdom 16
Night 1 | Tokyo, Japan | 1
(2, 1) | 95 | 1  |  | [55]
93  | United Empire
(Great-O-Khan and Jeff Cobb) | April 9, 2022 | Hyper Battle '22 | Tokyo, Japan | 1  | 22 | 0  |  | [56]
94  | General's Jewel
(Bad Luck Fale and Chase Owens) | May 1, 2022 | Wrestling Dontaku | Fukuoka, Japan | 1  | 42 | 0  | This was a three-way match, which also included Bishamon (Hirooki Goto and Yoshi-Hashi).  | [57]
95  | United Empire
(Great-O-Khan and Jeff Cobb) | June 12, 2022 | Dominion 6.12 in Osaka-jo Hall | Osaka, Japan | 2  | 14 | 0  |  | [58]
96  | FTR
(Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler) | June 26, 2022 | Forbidden Door | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | 1  | 192 | 2  | This was a Winner Take All three-way match, which also included Roppongi Vice (Rocky Romero and Trent Beretta). FTR's ROH World Tag Team Championship was also on the line.  | [59]
97  | Bishamon
(Hirooki Goto and Yoshi-Hashi) | January 4, 2023 | Wrestle Kingdom 17 | Tokyo, Japan | 2
(3, 2) | 94 | 2  |  | [60]
98  | Aussie Open
(Mark Davis and Kyle Fletcher) | April 8, 2023 | Sakura Genesis | Tokyo, Japan | 1  | 43 | 2  |  | [61]
—  | Vacated | May 21, 2023 | Resurgence | Long Beach, CA | —  | — | —  | Kyle Fletcher vacated the Strong and the IWGP Tag Team Championship after Mark Davis suffered an injury.  | [62]
99  | Bishamon
(Hirooki Goto and Yoshi-Hashi) | June 4, 2023 | Dominion 6.4 in Osaka-jo Hall | Tokyo, Japan | 3
(4, 3) | 214 | 2  | Defeated House of Torture (Evil and Yujiro Takahashi) and United Empire (Great-O-Khan and Aaron Henare) in a three-way tag team match to win the vacant titles. The match was also disputed for the vacant Strong Openweight Tag Team Championship.  | [63]
100  | Guerrillas of Destiny
(El Phantasmo and Hikuleo) | January 4, 2024 | Wrestle Kingdom 18 | Tokyo, Japan | 1  | 38 | 0  | This was a Winners Takes All tag team match in which Phantasmo and Hikuleo's Strong Openweight Tag Team Championship were also on the line.  | [64]
101  | Bullet Club
(Chase Owens and Kenta) | February 11, 2024 | The New Beginning in Osaka | Osaka, Japan | 1
(2, 1) | 55 | 0  |  | [65]
102  | Bishamon
(Hirooki Goto and Yoshi-Hashi) | April 6, 2024 | Sakura Genesis | Tokyo, Japan | 4
(5, 4) | 28 | 1  |  | [66]
103  | Bullet Club
(Chase Owens and Kenta) | May 4, 2024 | Wrestling Dontaku
Night 2  | Fukuoka, Japan | 2
(3, 2) | 36 | 0  |  | [67]
104  | TMDK
(Mikey Nicholls and Shane Haste) | June 9, 2024 | Dominion 6.9 in Osaka-jo Hall | Osaka, Japan | 1
(1, 1) | 71+ | 0  | This was a Four-way tornado tag team elimination Winners Take All match also disputed for the Strong Openweight Tag Team Championship which also involved the teams of Guerrillas of Destiny (Hikuleo and El Phantasmo) and Bishamon (Hirooki Goto and Yoshi-Hashi).  | [68]

## Combined reigns

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As of August 19, 2024.

Guerrillas of Destiny (Tanga Loa (left) and Tama Tonga (right)), record seven-time champions †  | Indicates the current champions

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### By team

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Rank  | Team  | No. of
reigns  | Combined
defenses  | Combined days

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1 | Cho-Ten
(Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Masahiro Chono) | 5 | 12 | 1,008
2 | Tencozy
(Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima) | 6 | 11 | 929
3 | Guerrillas of Destiny
(Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa) | 7 | 11 | 755
4 | Kengo Kimura and Tatsumi Fujinami | 4 | 11 | 613
5 | Bullet Club
(Doc Gallows and Karl Anderson) | 3 | 7 | 601
6 | Bad Intentions
(Giant Bernard and Karl Anderson) | 1 | 10 | 564
7 | The Hell Raisers
(Hawk Warrior and Power Warrior) | 2 | 6 | 559
8 | Chaos/Bishamon
(Hirooki Goto and Yoshi-Hashi) | 4 | 6 | 431
9 | Keiji Mutoh and Masahiro Chono | 2 | 5 | 388
10 | Dangerous Tekkers
(Taichi and Zack Sabre Jr.) | 3 | 3 | 379
11 | The Steiner Brothers
(Rick Steiner and Scott Steiner) | 2 | 5 | 378
12 | Killer Elite Squad
(Davey Boy Smith Jr. and Lance Archer) | 3 | 6 | 365
13 | RISE
(Giant Bernard and Travis Tomko) | 1 | 5 | 343
14 | Junji Hirata and Shinya Hashimoto | 1 | 6 | 335
15 | Manabu Nakanishi and Yuji Nagata | 1 | 4 | 327
16 | Hiroshi Tanahashi and Shinsuke Nakamura | 1 | 4 | 323
17 | The Most Violent Players
(Togi Makabe and Toru Yano) | 1 | 4 | 322
18 | Minoru Suzuki and Yoshihiro Takayama | 1 | 4 | 294
19 | Hiroshi Hase and Keiji Mutoh | 2 | 3 | 279
Masa Saito and Riki Choshu | 1 | 4 | 279
21 | Team 3D
(Brother Devon and Brother Ray) | 2 | 5 | 276
22 | Masa Saito and Shinya Hashimoto | 1 | 3 | 219
23 | Los Ingobernables de Japón
(Evil and Sanada) | 2 | 3 | 206
24 | FTR
(Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler) | 1 | 2 | 192
25 | Hiroshi Tanahashi and Yutaka Yoshie | 1 | 3 | 184
26 | Genichiro Tenryu and Shiro Koshinaka | 1 | 2 | 173
27 | Wild Child
(Manabu Nakanishi and Takao Omori) | 1 | 1 | 164
28 | Akira Maeda and Nobuhiko Takada | 1 | 2 | 159
29 | The Jurassic Powers
(Hercules Hernandez and Scott Norton) | 1 | 3 | 152
30 | War Machine
(Hanson and Raymond Rowe) | 2 | 4 | 148
31 | Golden☆Ace
(Hiroshi Tanahashi and Kota Ibushi) | 1 | 0 | 142
32 | Kazuo Yamazaki and Yoshiaki Fujiwara | 1 | 2 | 139
33 | George Takano and Super Strong Machine | 1 | 1 | 119
No Limit
(Tetsuya Naito and Yujiro Takahashi) | 1 | 1 | 119
35 | Big, Bad, and Dangerous
(Big Van Vader and Crusher Bam Bam Bigelow) | 1 | 2 | 117
36 | The Briscoe Brothers
(Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe) | 1 | 2 | 113
The Young Bucks
(Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) | 1 | 1 | 113
38 | The Bull Powers
(Manabu Nakanishi and Satoshi Kojima) | 1 | 1 | 99
39 | Kensuke Sasaki and Shiro Koshinaka | 1 | 2 | 97
Great Bash Heel
(Togi Makabe and Tomoaki Honma) | 1 | 1 | 97
BATT
(Keiji Mutoh and Taiyō Kea) | 1 | 0 | 97
42 | The Kingdom
(Matt Taven and Michael Bennett) | 1 | 0 | 91
Bullet Club
(Chase Owens and Kenta) | 2 | 0 | 91
44 | The British Invasion
(Brutus Magnus and Doug Williams) | 1 | 1 | 89
45 | TMDK †
(Mikey Nicholls and Shane Haste) | 1 | 0 | 71+
46 | 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
49 | Riki Choshu and Takayuki Iizuka | 1 | 1 | 69
50 | The Mad Dogs
(Michiyoshi Ohara and Tatsutoshi Goto) | 1 | 1 | 62
51 | Chaos
(Tomohiro Ishii and Toru Yano) | 1 | 2 | 61
52 | Akira Maeda and Osamu Kido | 1 | 1 | 49
Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Osamu Nishimura | 1 | 0 | 49
54 | Chaos
(Takashi Iizuka and Toru Yano) | 1 | 0 | 48
55 | Seigigun
(Wataru Inoue and Yuji Nagata) | 1 | 0 | 47
56 | Aussie Open
(Mark Davis and Kyle Fletcher) | 1 | 2 | 43
57 | Bullet Club/General's Jewel
(Bad Luck Fale and Chase Owens) | 1 | 0 | 42
58 | Meiyu Tag
(Hirooki Goto and Katsuyori Shibata) | 1 | 0 | 38
Guerrillas of Destiny
(El Phantasmo and Hikuleo) | 1 | 0 | 38
60 | United Empire
(Great-O-Khan and Jeff Cobb) | 2 | 0 | 36
61 | Osamu Nishimura and Tatsumi Fujinami | 1 | 1 | 35
62 | Kazuo Yamazaki and Takashi Iizuka | 1 | 0 | 34
63 | FinJuice
(David Finlay and Juice Robinson) | 1 | 0 | 28
64 | Scott Norton and Tony Halme | 1 | 0 | 22
65 | Kensuke Sasaki and Riki Choshu | 1 | 0 | 21
66 | Los Ingobernables de Japón
(Tetsuya Naito and Sanada) | 1 | 0 | 14
67 | Keiji Mutoh and Shiro Koshinaka | 1 | 0 | 6

### By wrestler

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Record twelve-time as well as longest combined reigning Tag Team champion Hiroyoshi Tenzan Rank  | Wrestler  | No. of
reigns  | Combined
defenses  | Combined days

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|
|

1 | Hiroyoshi Tenzan | 12 | 23 | 1,986
2 | Masahiro Chono | 7 | 17 | 1,396
3 | Karl Anderson | 4 | 17 | 1,165
4 | Satoshi Kojima | 7 | 12 | 1,028
5 | Giant Bernard | 2 | 15 | 907
6 | Kensuke Sasaki/Power Warrior | 7 | 10 | 817
7 | Keiji Mutoh | 6 | 8 | 770
8 | Tama Tonga | 7 | 11 | 755
Tanga Loa
10 | Hiroshi Tanahashi | 3 | 7 | 649
11 | Tatsumi Fujinami | 5 | 12 | 648
12 | Kengo Kimura | 4 | 11 | 613
13 | Doc Gallows | 3 | 7 | 601
14 | Manabu Nakanishi | 3 | 6 | 590
15 | Hawk Warrior | 2 | 6 | 559
16 | Shinya Hashimoto | 2 | 9 | 554
17 | Junji Hirata/Super Strong Machine | 3 | 9 | 524
18 | Masa Saito | 2 | 7 | 498
19 | Hirooki Goto | 5 | 6 | 469
20 | Toru Yano | 3 | 6 | 431
Yoshi-Hashi | 3 | 6 | 431
22 | Togi Makabe | 2 | 5 | 419
23 | Taichi | 3 | 3 | 379
Zack Sabre Jr.
25 | Rick Steiner | 2 | 5 | 378
Scott Steiner
27 | Yuji Nagata | 2 | 4 | 374
28 | Riki Choshu | 3 | 5 | 369
29 | Davey Boy Smith Jr. | 3 | 6 | 365
Lance Archer
31 | Hiroshi Hase | 4 | 5 | 349
32 | Travis Tomko | 1 | 5 | 343
33 | Shinsuke Nakamura | 1 | 4 | 323
34 | Minoru Suzuki | 1 | 4 | 294
Yoshihiro Takayama
36 | Shiro Koshinaka | 3 | 4 | 276
Brother Devon | 2 | 5
Brother Ray
39 | Kazuo Yamazaki | 3 | 2 | 243
40 | Sanada | 3 | 3 | 220
41 | Akira Maeda | 2 | 3 | 208
42 | Evil | 2 | 3 | 206
43 | Dax Harwood | 1 | 2 | 192
Cash Wheeler
45 | Yutaka Yoshie | 1 | 3 | 184
46 | Scott Norton | 2 | 3 | 174
47 | Genichiro Tenryu | 1 | 2 | 173
48 | Takao Omori | 1 | 1 | 164
49 | Nobuhiko Takada | 1 | 2 | 159
50 | Hercules Hernandez | 1 | 3 | 152
51 | Takayuki/Takashi Iizuka | 3 | 1 | 151
52 | Hanson | 2 | 4 | 148
Raymond Rowe
54 | Kota Ibushi | 1 | 0 | 142
55 | Yoshiaki Fujiwara | 1 | 2 | 139
56 | Chase Owens | 3 | 0 | 133
Tetsuya Naito | 2 | 1 | 133
58 | George Takano | 1 | 1 | 119
Yujiro Takahashi | 1 | 1 | 119
60 | Big Van Vader | 1 | 2 | 117
Crusher Bam Bam Bigelow
62 | Jay Briscoe | 1 | 2 | 113
Mark Briscoe
Matt Jackson | 1
Nick Jackson
66 | Tomoaki Honma | 1 | 1 | 97
Taiyō Kea | 1 | 0 | 97
68 | Matt Taven | 1 | 0 | 91
Michael Bennett
Kenta | 2 | 0 | 91
71 | Brutus Magnus | 1 | 1 | 89
Doug Williams
73 | Osamu Nishimura | 2 | 1 | 84
74 | Shane Haste †  | 1 | 0 | 71+
Mikey Nicholls †
76 | Hiro Saito | 1 | 2 | 70
77 | Michiyoshi Ohara | 1 | 1 | 62
Tatsutoshi Goto
79 | Tomohiro Ishii | 1 | 2 | 61
80 | Osamu Kido | 1 | 1 | 49
81 | Wataru Inoue | 1 | 0 | 47
82 | Mark Davis | 1 | 2 | 43
Kyle Fletcher
84 | Bad Luck Fale | 1 | 0 | 42
85 | Katsuyori Shibata | 1 | 0 | 38
El Phantasmo
Hikuleo
88 | Great-O-Khan | 2 | 0 | 36
Jeff Cobb
90 | David Finlay | 1 | 0 | 28
Juice Robinson
92 | Tony Halme | 1 | 0 | 22

## Footnotes

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1. ^ a b c 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. ^ a b Takayuki Iizuka also used the ring name Takashi Iizuka and won the IWGP Tag Team Championship once with Kazuo Yamazaki.
3. ^ a b Kensuke Sasaki used the ring name Power Warrior, while he was a part of The Hell Raisers.

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## External links

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* njpw.co.jp

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IWGP Tag Team Champions

1980s|

* Kengo Kimura and Tatsumi Fujinami
* Akira Maeda and Osamu Kido
* Keiji Muto and Shiro Koshinaka
* Akira Maeda and Nobuhiko Takada
* Kazuo Yamazaki and Yoshiaki Fujiwara
* Masa Saito and Riki Choshu
* George Takano and Super Strong Machine
* Riki Choshu and Takayuki Iizuka
* Masa Saito and Shinya Hashimoto

1990s|

* Keiji Muto and Masahiro Chono
* Hiroshi Hase and Kensuke Sasaki
* Hiro Saito and Super Strong Machine
* The Steiner Brothers (Rick Steiner and Scott Steiner)
* Hiroshi Hase and Keiji Muto
* Big, Bad, and Dangerous (Big Van Vader and Crusher Bam Bam Bigelow)
* Scott Norton and Tony Halme
* Hell Raisers (Hawk Warrior and Power Warrior)
* The Jurassic Powers (Hercules Hernandez and Scott Norton)
* Cho-Ten (Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Masahiro Chono)
* Junji Hirata and Shinya Hashimoto
* Kazuo Yamazaki and Takashi Iizuka
* Kensuke Sasaki and Riki Choshu
* The Bull Powers (Manabu Nakanishi and Satoshi Kojima)
* Kazuo Yamazaki and Kensuke Sasaki
* Genichiro Tenryu and Shiro Koshinaka
* Tencozy (Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima)
* Kensuke Sasaki and Shiro Koshinaka
* The Mad Dogs (Michiyoshi Ohara and Tatsutoshi Goto)
* Manabu Nakanishi and Yuji Nagata

2000s|

* Osamu Nishimura and Tatsumi Fujinami
* BATT (Keiji Muto and Taiyō Kea)
* Hiroshi Tanahashi and Yutaka Yoshie
* Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Osamu Nishimura
* Minoru Suzuki and Yoshihiro Takayama
* Hiroshi Tanahashi and Shinsuke Nakamura
* Wild Child (Manabu Nakanishi and Takao Omori)
* RISE (Giant Bernard and Travis Tomko)
* The Most Violent Players/Great Bash Heel (Togi Makabe and Toru Yano)
* Team 3D (Brother Devon and Brother Ray)
* The British Invasion (Brutus Magnus and Doug Williams)

2010s|

* No Limit/Chaos (Tetsuya Naito and Yujiro Takahashi)
* Seigigun (Wataru Inoue and Yuji Nagata)
* Bad Intentions (Giant Bernard and Karl Anderson)
* Chaos (Takashi Iizuka and Toru Yano)
* Killer Elite Squad/Suzuki-gun (Davey Boy Smith Jr. and Lance Archer)
* Bullet Club (Karl Anderson and Doc Gallows)
* Meiyu Tag (Hirooki Goto and Katsuyori Shibata)
* The Kingdom (Matt Taven and Michael Bennett)
* Great Bash Heel (Togi Makabe and Tomoaki Honma)
* Guerrillas of Destiny/Bullet Club (Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa)
* Briscoe Brothers (Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe)
* Chaos (Tomohiro Ishii and Toru Yano)
* War Machine (Hanson and Raymond Rowe)
* Los Ingobernables de Japón (Evil and Sanada)
* The Young Bucks/Bullet Club (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson)

2020s|

* FinJuice (David Finlay and Juice Robinson)
* Golden☆Ace (Hiroshi Tanahashi and Kota Ibushi)
* Dangerous Tekkers/Suzuki-gun (Taichi and Zack Sabre Jr.)
* Los Ingobernables de Japón (Tetsuya Naito and Sanada)
* Bishamon (Hirooki Goto and Yoshi-Hashi)
* United Empire (Great-O-Khan and Jeff Cobb)
* General's Jewel/Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale and Chase Owens)
* FTR (Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler)
* Aussie Open (Kyle Fletcher and Mark Davis)
* Guerrillas of Destiny (El Phantasmo and Hikuleo)
* Bullet Club (Kenta and Chase Owens)
* TMDK (Mikey Nicholls and Shane Haste) (current)

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Junior Heavyweight|

* IWGP Junior Heavyweight (reigns)
* IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team (reigns)

Openweight|

* NEVER Openweight (reigns)
* NJPW World Television (reigns)
* Strong Openweight (reigns)
* KOPW (reigns)
* Strong Openweight Tag Team (reigns)
* NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team (reigns)

Women's|

* IWGP Women's Championship (reigns)
* Strong Women's Championship (reigns)

Former|

* Asia Heavyweight (reigns)
* Asia Tag Team (reigns)
* Greatest 18 Club (reigns)
* IWGP Heavyweight (reigns)
* IWGP Heavyweight (original version) (reigns)
* IWGP Intercontinental (reigns)
* IWGP Third Belt (reigns)
* IWGP U-30 Openweight (reigns)
* IWGP United States (reigns)
* J-Crown (reigns)
* British Commonwealth Junior Heavyweight
* NWA World Junior Heavyweight
* NWA World Welterweight
* UWA World Junior Light Heavyweight
* WAR International Junior Heavyweight
* WWA World Junior Light Heavyweight
* WWF Light Heavyweight
* NWA International Junior Heavyweight (reigns)
* NWA North American Tag Team (Los Angeles/Japan version) (reigns)
* NWA World Heavyweight (reigns)
* NWA World Tag Team (reigns)
* NWF Heavyweight (reigns)
* NWF North American (reigns)
* Real World (reigns)
* WCW International World Heavyweight (reigns)
* WWF International Heavyweight (reigns)
* WWF International Tag Team (reigns)
* WWF Junior Heavyweight (reigns)
* WWF North American Heavyweight (reigns)
* WWF World Heavyweight (reigns)
* WWF World Martial Arts (reigns)

Tournaments|

| Active|

* G1 Climax (winners)
* New Japan Cup (winners)
* Best of the Super Juniors (winners)
* World Tag League (winners)
* Super Junior Tag League (winners)
* Super J-Cup (winners)
* Young Lion Cup (winners)

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Video games|

* Wrestle Kingdom
* Wrestle Kingdom 2
* Fire Pro Wrestling World

Partnerships|

| Current|

* All Elite Wrestling
* All Japan Pro Wrestling
* Big Japan Pro Wrestling
* Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
* DDT Pro-Wrestling
* Dragongate
* Ganbare☆Pro-Wrestling
* Kyushu Pro-Wrestling
* Major League Wrestling
* Pro Wrestling Noah
* Revolution Pro Wrestling
* Ring of Honor
* Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
* Tokyo Joshi Pro-Wrestling
* World Woman Pro-Wrestling Diana

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Former|

* American Wrestling Association
* Border City Wrestling
* Catch Wrestling Association
* Full Impact Pro
* Game Changer Wrestling
* Global Force Wrestling
* International Wrestling Enterprise
* Jersey All Pro Wrestling
* K-1
* National Wrestling Alliance
* National Wrestling Federation
* Pride Fighting Championships
* Pro Wrestling Zero1
* Toryumon Mexico
* The Crash Lucha Libre
* UWF International
* Universal Wrestling Association
* United Wrestling Network
* Championship Wrestling from Hollywood
* WAR
* Westside Xtreme Wrestling
* World Championship Wrestling
* World Class Championship Wrestling
* World Wrestling Association
* WWE

Related companies|

| Owners|

* Amuse Inc. (5%)
* Bushiroad (85%)
* TV Asahi (10%)

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Subsidiaries|

* World Wonder Ring Stardom

Personnel|

| Current|

* List of New Japan Pro-Wrestling personnel

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Former|

* List of former New Japan Pro-Wrestling personnel

Miscellaneous|

* All In
* Lion's Gate Project
* New Japan Pro-Wrestling World
* Major events
* NJPW Strong
* List of episodes
* Special episodes
* List of NJoA events
* Tiger Mask W
* NJPW Tamashii
* Asia-Pacific Federation of Wrestling
* United Japan Pro-Wrestling

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