AJW Tag Team Championship
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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.
Tag team
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title
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in the Japanese
Professional wrestling in Japan
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promotion
Professional wrestling promotion
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All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling
All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling
, nicknamed Zenjo was a joshi puroresu promotion established in 1968 by Takashi Matsunaga and his brothers. The group held their first card on June 4 of that year...
. The title was introduced in 1986 and was retired in April 2005 when the promotion closed.
Title history
| Wrestlers: | Times: | Date: | Place: | Notes: |
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| The Red Typhoons |
1 | February 15, 1986 | Kawasaki, Japan Kawasaki, Kanagawa is a city located in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, between Tokyo and Yokohama. It is the 9th most populated city in Japan and one of the main cities forming the Greater Tokyo Area and Keihin Industrial Area.... |
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| Mika Komatsu and Kanako Nagatomo | 1 | June 21, 1986 | Tokyo, Japan Tokyo , ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family... |
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| The Red Typhoons | 2 | November 7, 1986 | Osaka, Japan Osaka is a city in the Kansai region of Japan's main island of Honshu, a designated city under the Local Autonomy Law, the capital city of Osaka Prefecture and also the biggest part of Keihanshin area, which is represented by three major cities of Japan, Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe... |
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| Title vacated when The Red Typhoons won the WWWA World Tag Team Championship WWWA World Tag Team Championship The World Women's Wrestling Association World Tag Team Championship was the top doubles championship in All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling from 1970 until it closed in 2005... on April 27, 1987. |
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| Kumiko Iwamoto and Drill Nakamae | 1 | June 28, 1987 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| Title vacated in 1988. | ||||
| Nobuko Kimura and Erika Shishido | 1 | April 2, 1988 | Yokohama, Japan Yokohama is the capital city of Kanagawa Prefecture and the second largest city in Japan by population after Tokyo and most populous municipality of Japan. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of Tokyo, in the Kantō region of the main island of Honshu... |
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| The Honey Wings |
1 | October 10, 1988 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| Reibun Amada and Miori Kamiya | 1 | March 4, 1989 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| Dream Orca |
1 | June 14, 1989 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| Title vacated in March 1990 when Yamada was injured. | ||||
| The Honey Wings | 2 | June 1, 1990 | Kawachi, Japan Kawachi, Tochigi Kawachi was a town located in Kawachi District, Tochigi, Japan.On March 31, 2007 Kawachi, along with the town of Kamikawachi, also from Kawachi District, was merged into the expanded city of Utsunomiya.... |
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| Etsuko Mita and Mima Shimoda | 1 | November 14, 1990 | Yokohama, Japan | |
| Cynthia Moreno and Esther Moreno | 1 | April 21, 1991 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| Takako Inoue Takako Inoue is a Japanese professional wrestler. She wrestled primarily for the All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling promotion, and held several championships, primarily in tag team wrestling... and Mariko Yoshida Mariko Yoshida , is a Japanese professional wrestler best known for her work with the ARSION wrestling promotion, where she was also head trainer.-Professional wrestling career:... |
1 | August 2, 1991 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| Sakie Hasegawa and Debbie Malenko | 1 | January 5, 1992 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| Takako Inoue and Mariko Yoshida | 2 | April 25, 1992 | Yokohama, Japan | |
| Tomoko Watanabe and Bat Yoshinaga | 1 | December 13, 1992 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| Sakie Hasegawa and Kaoru Itoh | 1 | April 24, 1993 | Masuda, Japan Masuda, Shimane is a city located in Shimane, Japan.As of September 2010 the city has a population of 51,118 and the density of 69.7 person persons per square km². The total area is 733.16 km²... |
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| Miki Handa and Yasha Kurenai | 1 | December 6, 1993 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| Carol Midori and Michiko Ohmukai | 1 | September 27, 1994 | Osaka, Japan | |
| Rie Tamada and Mariko Yoshida | 1 | March 17, 1995 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| Title vacated in 1995. | ||||
| Chaparita Asari and Kumiko Maekawa | 1 | September 2, 1995 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| Title vacated in 1995. | ||||
| Yumi Fukawa and Rie Tamada | 1 | December 4, 1995 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| Chikayo Nagashima and Sugar Satoh | 1 | September 1, 1996 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| Title vacated on September 21, 1997 in Kawasaski, Japan due to Nagashima being injured. | ||||
| Momoe Nakanishi and Nanae Takahashi Nanae Takahashi Nanae Takahashi is a Japanese professional wrestler from Japan. She has wrestled for prominent Japanese promotions All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling and Pro Wrestling SUN, and has held multiple world championships... |
1 | November 23, 1997 | Nagoya, Japan | |
| Kayo Noumi and Miho Wakizawa | 1 | March 13, 1998 | Osaka, Japan | |
| Title vacated in 1998 when Noumi suffers a broken leg. | ||||
| Momoe Nakanishi and Nanae Takahashi | 2 | August 23, 1998 | Kawasaki, Japan | |
| Nakanishi and Takahashi vacated the title on October 10, 1998 in Tokyo, Japan, in order to challenge for the WWWA World Tag Team Championship. | ||||
| Yuko Kosugi and Sumie Sakai Sumie Sakai born November 11, 1971) is a Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial artist. She currently resides in the United States, appearing with professional wrestling promotions in the northeastern United States such as Women's Extreme Wrestling and Chikara.... |
1 | November 10, 1998 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| Kayo Noumi and Miho Wakizawa | 2 | November 29, 1998 | Yokohama, Japan | |
| Tsubasa Kuragaki and Kana Misaki | 1 | July 10, 1999 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| Kayo Noumi and Miho Wakizawa | 3 | May 12, 2000 | Sapporo, Japan | |
| Title later vacated when Wakizawa retired. | ||||
| Kayoko Haruyama and Kaori Yoneyama | 1 | July 20, 2002 | Saitama, Japan Saitama, Saitama ' is the capital and the most populous city of Saitama Prefecture in Japan, situated in the south-east of the prefecture. Its area incorporates the former cities of Urawa, Ōmiya, Yono and Iwatsuki. It is a city designated by government ordinance... |
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| Title vacated on February 18, 2003. | ||||
| Hikaru and Mika Nishio | 1 | March 21, 2003 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| Title vacated in 2003. | ||||
| Saki Maemura and Kaori Yoneyama | 1 | January 4, 2004 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| Tannie Mouse and Yuki Miyazaki | 3 | September 23, 2004 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| Takako Inoue and Tomoko Watanabe | 1 | October 6, 2004 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| Title retired in April 2005 when AJW closed. | ||||