AJW Tag Team Championship

AJW Tag Team Championship
Details
PromotionAll Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling
Date establishedFebruary 15, 1986
Date retiredApril 2005
Statistics
First champion(s)The Red Typhoons
(Kazue Nagahori and Yumi Ogura)
Final champion(s)Takako Inoue and Tomoko Watanabe
Most reignsKayo Noumi and Miho Wakizawa (3 times)

The AJW Tag Team Championship was the secondary tag team title in the Japanese professional wrestling promotion All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling. The title was introduced in 1986 and was retired in April 2005 when the promotion closed. There have been a total of thirty-four reigns shared between twenty-seven teams consisting of forty-nine distinctive champions and eleven vacancies.

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
No. Champion Championship change Reign statistics Notes Ref.
Date Event Location Reign Days
1 The Red Typhoons
(Kazue Nagahori and Yumi Ogura) 		February 15, 1986 N/A Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan 1 126 The Red Typhoons defeated Bull Nakano and Condor Saito to become the inaugural champions. [1]
2 Kanako Nagatomo and Mika Komatsu
(Operon Alliance) 		June 21, 1986 N/A Tokyo, Japan 1 139 [1]
3 The Red Typhoons
(Kazue Nagahori and Yumi Ogura) 		November 7, 1986 N/A Osaka, Japan 2 171 [1]
— Vacated April 27, 1987 Live Event Tokyo, Japan — — The Red Typhoons (Kazue Nagahori and Yumi Ogura) vacated the championship after winning the WWWA World Tag Team Championship. [1][2]
4 Drill Nakamae and Kumiko Iwamoto June 28, 1987 N/A Tokyo, Japan 1 [Note 1] Iwamoto and Nakamae defeated Kyoko Asoh and Mitsuko Nishiwaki to win the vacant championship. [1]
— Vacated March 1988 — — — — The championship was vacated for undocumented reasons. [1]
5 Erika Shishido and Nobuko Kimura April 2, 1988 N/A Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan 1 191 Kimura and Shishido defeated The Honey Wings (Kaoru Maeda and Mika Takahashi) in a tournament final to win the vacant championship. [1]
6 The Honey Wings
(Kaoru Maeda and Mika Takahashi) 		October 10, 1988 N/A Tokyo, Japan 1 145 [1]
7 Miori Kamiya and Reibun Amada March 4, 1989 N/A Tokyo, Japan 1 102 [1]
8 Dream Orca
(Etsuko Mita and Toshiyo Yamada) 		June 14, 1989 N/A Tokyo, Japan 1 274 [1]
— Vacated March 15, 1990 — — — — The championship was vacated after Toshiyo Yamada suffered an injury. [1][2]
9 The Honey Wings
(Kaoru Maeda and Mika Takahashi) 		June 1, 1990 N/A Kawachi, Osaka, Japan 2 166 The Honey Wings defeated The Sweet Hearts (Manami Toyota and Mima Shimoda) to win the vacant championship. [1]
10 Etsuko Mita and Mima Shimoda November 14, 1990 Wrestlemarinepiad Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan 1 158 [1][3]
11 Cynthia Moreno and Esther Moreno April 21, 1991 Live event Tokyo, Japan 1 103 [1][4]
12 Mariko Yoshida and Takako Inoue August 2, 1991 AJW on Fuji TV Tokyo, Japan 1 156 [1][5]
13 Debbie Malenko and Sakie Hasegawa January 5, 1992 Live event Tokyo, Japan 1 111 [1][6]
14 Mariko Yoshida and Takako Inoue April 25, 1992 Wrestlemarinepiad Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan 2 232 [1][7]
15 Bat Yoshinaga and Tomoko Watanabe December 13, 1992 N/A Tokyo, Japan 1 132 [1]
16 Kaoru Ito and Sakie Hasegawa (2) April 24, 1993 AJW on Fuji TV Masuda, Shimane, Japan 1 226 [1][8]
17 Miki Handa and Yasha Kurenai December 6, 1993 N/A Tokyo, Japan 1 295 [1]
18 Carol Midori and Michiko Omukai September 27, 1994 LLPW live event Osaka, Japan 1 171 [1][9]
19 Mariko Yoshida (3) and Rie Tamada March 17, 1995 N/A Tokyo, Japan 1 [Note 2] [1]
— Vacated July 1995 — — — — The championship was vacated for undocumented reasons. [1][2]
20 Chaparita Asari and Kumiko Maekawa September 2, 1995 N/A Tokyo, Japan 1 [Note 3] Asari and Maekawa defeated Rie Tamada and Yumi Fukawa to win the vacant championship. [1]
— Vacated October 1995 — — — — The championship was vacated for undocumented reasons. [1][2]
21 Rie Tamada (2) and Yumi Fukawa December 4, 1995 N/A Tokyo, Japan 1 272 The team that Fukawa and Tamada defeated to win the vacant championship is unknown. [1]
22 Oz Academy
(Chikayo Nagashima and Sugar Sato) 		September 1, 1996 The Rising Generation Queens Carnival Tokyo, Japan 1 385 [1][10]
— Vacated September 21, 1997 — Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan — — The championship was vacated after Chikayo Nagashima suffered an injury. [1]
23 Momoe Nakanishi and Nanae Takahashi November 23, 1997 Nagoya Super Whirlwind Nagoya, Aichi, Japan 1 110 Nakanishi and Takahashi defeated Emi Motokawa and Sari Osumi to win the vacant champion. [1][11]
24 Kayo Noumi and Miho Wakizawa March 13, 1998 New Year Zenjo "VOW" - Day 34 Osaka, Japan 1 [Note 4] [1][12]
— Vacated July 1998 — — — — The championship was vacated after Kayo Noumi suffered a broken leg. [1][2]
25 Momoe Nakanishi and Nanae Takahashi August 23, 1998 N/A Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan 2 48 Nakanishi and Takahashi defeated Megumi Yabushita and Sumie Sakai to win the vacant championship. [1]
— Vacated October 10, 1998 — Tokyo, Japan — — Momoe Nakanishi and Nanae Takahashi vacated the championship to pursue the WWWA World Tag Team Championship. [1][2]
26 Sumie Sakai and Yuko Kosugi November 10, 1998 N/A Tokyo, Japan 1 19 Kosugi and Sakai defeated Kayo Noumi and Miho Wakizawa to win the vacant championship. [1]
27 Kayo Noumi and Miho Wakizawa November 29, 1998 AJW 30th Anniversary Show Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan 2 223 [1][13]
28 Kana Misaki and Tsubasa Kuragaki July 10, 1999 Odaiba W Explosion - Day 1 Tokyo, Japan 1 307 [1][14]
29 Kayo Noumi and Miho Wakizawa May 12, 2000 Zenjo Mania Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan 3 [Note 5] [1][15]
— Vacated 2001 — — — — The championship was vacated due to Miho Wakizawa's retirement. [1][2]
30 Kaori Yoneyama and Kayoko Haruyama July 20, 2002 N/A Saitama, Japan 1 213 Haruyama and Yoneyama defeated Mika Nishio and Miyuki Fujii to win the vacant championship. [1]
— Vacated February 18, 2003 — — — — The championship was vacated for undocumented reasons. [1]
31 Hikaru and Mika Nishio March 21, 2003 The Road of Women's Pro Wrestling - Day 26 Tokyo, Japan 1 [Note 6] Hikaru and Nishio defeated Miyuki Fujii and Saki Maemura to win the vacant championship. [1][16]
— Vacated July 2003 — — — — The championship was vacated for undocumented reasons. [1][2]
32 Kaori Yoneyama (2) and Saki Maemura January 4, 2004 N/A Tokyo, Japan 1 263 Maemura and Yoneyama defeated Haruka Matsuo and Hikaru to win the vacant championship. [1]
33 NEO Machine Guns
(Tanny Mouse and Yuki Miyazaki) 		September 23, 2004 Rising Generation - Day 1 Tokyo, Japan 1 13 [1][17]
34 Takako Inoue (3) and Tomoko Watanabe (2) October 6, 2004 Rising Generation - Day 4 Tokyo, Japan 1 [Note 7] [1][18]
— Deactivated April 2005 — — — — The championship retired when AJW closed. [1]

Combined reigns

¤ The exact length of a title reign is uncertain; the combined length may not be correct.

By team

Rank Team No. of
reigns 		Combined
days
1 Mariko Yoshida and Takako Inoue 2 388
2 Oz Academy
(Chikayo Nagashima and Sugar Sato)		 1 385
3 Kayo Noumi and Miho Wakizawa 3 333 – 363¤
4 The Honey Wings
(Kaoru Maeda and Mika Takahashi)		 2 311
5 Kana Misaki and Tsubasa Kuragaki 1 307
6 The Red Typhoons
(Kazue Nagahori and Yumi Ogura)		 2 297
7 Miki Handa and Yasha Kurenai 1 295
8 Dream Orca
(Etsuko Mita and Toshiyo Yamada)		 1 274
9 Rie Tamada and Yumi Fukawa 1 272
10 Kaori Yoneyama and Saki Maemura 1 263
11 Drill Nakamae and Kumiko Iwamoto 1 244 – 277¤
12 Kaoru Ito and Sakie Hasegawa 1 226
13 Kaori Yoneyama and Kayoko Haruyama 1 213
14 Erika Shishido and Nobuko Kimura 1 191
15 Carol Midori and Michiko Omukai 1 171
16 Erika Shishido and Mima Shimoda 1 158
Momoe Nakanishi and Nanae Takahashi 2 158
18 Kanako Nagatomo and Mika Komatsu 1 139
19 Bat Yoshinaga and Tomoko Watanabe 1 132
20 Debbie Malenko and Sakie Hasegawa 1 111
21 Mariko Yoshida and Rie Tamada 1 103 – 136¤
22 Cynthia Moreno and Esther Moreno 1 103
23 Hikaru and Mika Nishio 1 102 – 132¤
Miori Kamiya and Reibun Amada 1 102
25 Chaparita Asari and Kumiko Maekawa 1 29 – 59¤
26 Sumie Sakai and Yuko Kosugi 1 19
27 NEO Machine Guns
(Tanny Mouse and Yuki Miyazaki)		 1 13

By wrestler

Rank Wrestler No. of
reigns 		Combined
days
1 Takako Inoue 3 565 – 594¤
2 Mariko Yoshida 3 494 – 524¤
3 Kaori Yoneyama 2 476
4 Chikayo Nagashima 1 385
Sugar Sato 1 385
6 Rie Tamada 2 378 – 408¤
7 Erika Shishido 2 349
8 Sakie Hasegawa 2 337
9 Kayo Noumi 3 333 – 363¤
Miho Wakizawa 3 333 – 363¤
11 Kaoru Maeda 2 311
Mika Takahashi 2 311
13 Tomoko Watanabe 2 309 – 338¤
14 Kana Misaki 1 307
Tsubasa Kuragaki 1 307
16 Kazue Nagahori 2 297
Yumi Ogura 2 297
18 Miki Handa 1 295
Yasha Kurenai 1 295
20 Etsuko Mita 1 274
Toshiyo Yamada 1 274
22 Yumi Fukawa 1 272
23 Saki Maemura 1 263
24 Drill Nakamae 1 244 – 277¤
Kumiko Iwamoto 1 244 – 277¤
26 Kaoru Ito 1 226
27 Kayoko Haruyama 1 213
28 Nobuko Kimura 1 191
29 Carol Midori 1 171
Michiko Omukai 1 171
31 Mima Shimoda 1 158
Momoe Nakanishi 2 158
Nanae Takahashi 2 158
34 Kanako Nagatomo 1 139
Mika Komatsu 1 139
36 Bat Yoshinaga 1 132
37 Debbie Malenko 1 111
38 Cynthia Moreno 1 103
Esther Moreno 1 103
40 Hikaru 1 102 – 132¤
Mika Nishio 1 102 – 132¤
Miori Kamiya 1 102
Reibun Amada 1 102
44 Chaparita Asari 1 29 – 59¤
Kumiko Maekawa 1 29 – 59¤
46 Sumie Sakai 1 19
Yuko Kosugi 1 19
48 Tanny Mouse 1 13
Yuki Miyazaki 1 13

See also

References

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Footnotes

  1. ^ The exact date that Drill Nakamae and Kumiko Iwamoto vacated the championship is unknown, meaning the reign lasted between 247 and 277 days.
  2. ^ The exact date that Mariko Yoshida and Rie Tamada vacated the championship is unknown, meaning the reign lasted between 106 and 136 days.
  3. ^ The exact date that Chaparita Asari and Kumiko Maekawa vacated the championship is unknown, meaning the reign lasted between 29 and 59 days.
  4. ^ The exact date that Kayo Noumi and Miho Wakizawa vacated the championship is unknown, meaning the reign lasted between 110 and 140 days.
  5. ^ The length of the championship reign is too uncertain to calculate.
  6. ^ The exact date that the championship was vacated is unknown, meaning the reign lasted between 102 and 132 days.
  7. ^ The exact date that the championship was vacated is unknown, meaning the reign lasted between 177 and 206 days.