BJW World Tag Team Championship
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The BJW World Tag Team Championship is the top tag team
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defended in the Japanese
professional wrestling
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Big Japan Pro Wrestling
. The Championship has been the leading Tag Team Championship in the promotion since 1997.
Tag team
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Professional wrestling in Japan
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Big Japan Pro Wrestling
Big Japan Pro Wrestling
Big Japan Pro Wrestling is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion established in 1995. It is most famous for its deathmatch style contests.-History:...
. The Championship has been the leading Tag Team Championship in the promotion since 1997.
Title history
| Wrestlers: | Times: | Date: | Days held |
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| Takashi Ishikawa and Kengo Kimura Kengo Kimura Seiei Kimura is a retired Japanese professional wrestler, best known under the ring name Kengo Kimura and for his many years working for New Japan Pro Wrestling in Japan.-Japan Wrestling Association :... |
1 | June 3, 1997 | 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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| Title vacated on June 11, 1997 when Ishikawa and Kimura split up. | |||||
| Yoshihiro Tajiri Yoshihiro Tajiri , is a Japanese professional wrestler, perhaps best known for his appearances with Extreme Championship Wrestling and World Wrestling Entertainment. He is currently competing in SMASH as TAJIRI.-Early years :... and Ryuji Yamakawa |
1 | July 23, 1997 | Tokyo, Japan | ||
| Gedo Keiji Takayama Keiji Takayama better known as Gedo , is a long time professional wrestler. He formed a long-lasting tag team with Jado... and Jado |
1 | December 22, 1997 | Isesaki, Japan Isesaki, Gunma is a city located in Gunma, Japan. The current population is 211,021, with 80,638 households. A small city located near the geographic center of Japan's main island of Honshū, Isesaki is the fourth largest city in Gunma Prefecture and it is one of the growing cities within Gunma Prefecture... |
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| Yoshihiro Tajiri and Ryuji Yamakawa | 2 | January 2, 1998 | Tokyo, Japan | ||
| Shadow Winger and Shadow WX | 1 | March 4, 1998 | Shimizu, Japan Shimizu, Shizuoka is a town located in Suntō District, Shizuoka, Japan. As of 2009, the town has an estimated population of 32,205and a density of 3,640 persons per km². The total area is 8.84 km².-Geography:... |
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| Shouji Nakamaki and Ryuji Yamakawa | 1 | August 9, 1998 | 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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| Title vacated on November 29, 1998 when Nakamaki left BJW. | |||||
| Tomoaki Honma Tomoaki Honma Tomoaki Honma is a freelance Japanese professional wrestler, currently touring with New Japan Pro Wrestling.-Career:Honma trained in the Big Japan dojo before debuting for the promotion in May, 1997... and Shadow WX |
1 | December 5, 1998 | Kanagawa, Japan Kanagawa Prefecture is a prefecture located in the southern Kantō region of Japan. The capital is Yokohama. Kanagawa is part of the Greater Tokyo Area.-History:The prefecture has some archaeological sites going back to the Jōmon period... |
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| Mike Samples and Ryuji Yamakawa | 1 | July 31, 1999 | Fukuoka, Japan Fukuoka, Fukuoka is the capital city of Fukuoka Prefecture and is situated on the northern shore of the island of Kyushu in Japan.Voted number 14 in a 2010 poll of the World's Most Livable Cities, Fukuoka is praised for its green spaces in a metropolitan setting. It is the most populous city in Kyushu, followed by... |
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| Kamikaze and Shunme Matsuzaki | 1 | September 7, 1999 | Imabari, Japan Imabari, Ehime is a city located in Ehime, Japan. It is the second largest city in Ehime prefecture.Following a recent merger, the city has an estimated population of 172,384 and density of 410.87 persons per km². The total area is .-Transportation:... |
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| Tomoaki Honma and Ryuji Yamakawa | 1 | January 7, 2000 | 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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| Nick Gage Nick Gage Nicholas W. "Nick" Wilson is a hardcore professional wrestler best known from Combat Zone Wrestling. Along with being the first-ever CZW World Heavyweight Champion, he has wrestled at nearly every CZW show and has competed in more CZW matches than anyone... and John Zandig John Zandig John Corson was an American professional wrestler and promoter, better known by his ring name, John Zandig. He is the founder and former owner of the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania-based promotion Combat Zone Wrestling .-Biography:... |
1 | June 2, 2000 | Nagaoka, Japan Nagaoka, Niigata is a city located in the central part of Niigata Prefecture, Japan. It is the second largest city in the prefecture, behind the capital city of Niigata... |
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| Justice Pain Justice Pain Christopher Wilson is an American professional wrestler better known by his ring name, Justice Pain. Pain is best known for his time in Combat Zone Wrestling, as well as Xtreme Pro Wrestling and Pro Wrestling Unplugged... and The Wifebeater Matt Prince Matt Prince, better known as ring name Wifebeater, is a former Marine and a semi-retired professional wrestler best known for his tenure in Combat Zone Wrestling from 1999 to 2004... |
1 | June 10, 2000 | Sewell, New Jersey Sewell, New Jersey Sewell is an unincorporated area within Mantua Township in Gloucester County, New Jersey, United States. Sewell also refers to part of Washington Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey, which is not part of Mantua Township. Locals refer to the Sewell part of Mantua as Old Sewell... |
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| Shadow WX and Ryuji Yamakawa | 1 | July 2, 2000 | Tokyo, Japan | ||
| Kamikaze and Abdullah Kobayashi | 1 | September 15, 2000 | Tokyo, Japan | ||
| Daisuke Sekimoto Daisuke Sekimoto is a Japanese professional wrestler, best known for his appearances in Big Japan Pro Wrestling and Pro Wrestling ZERO1-MAX. He is a former six-time BJW Tag Team Champion, as well as a former NWA United National Heavyweight Champion in ZERO1-MAX... and Men's Teioh Takeo Otsuka , also known as Men's Teioh or Terry Boy, is a Japanese professional wrestler who is a longtime mainstay of Big Japan Pro Wrestling as well as a former competitor of Michinoku Pro Wrestling... |
1 | January 28, 2001 | Tokyo, Japan | ||
| Benkei Daikokuboh and Abdullah Kobayashi | 1 | September 15, 2002 | Fukuoka, Japan | ||
| Badboy Hido and Ryuji Itoh | 1 | December 19, 2003 | Tokyo, Japan | ||
| Mr. Big Japan and Men's Teioh | 1 | December 23, 2003 | Tokyo, Japan | ||
| Abdullah Kobayashi and Jaki Numazawa Jaki Numazawa , is a Japanese professional wrestler best known by his stage name "Kokutenshi" Jaki Numazawa (born June 7, 1977), is a Japanese professional wrestler best known by his stage name "Kokutenshi" Jaki Numazawa (born June 7, 1977), is a Japanese professional wrestler best known by his stage name... |
1 | August 15, 2004 | Kawasaki, Japan | ||
| GENTARO and Takashi Sasaki | 1 | November 28, 2004 | Chiba, Japan Chiba, Chiba is the capital city of Chiba Prefecture, Japan. It is located approximately 40 km east of the center of Tokyo on Tokyo Bay. Chiba City became a government designated city in 1992. Its population as of 2008 is approximately 960,000.... |
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| Title stripped on September 13, 2005 for lack of title defenses. | |||||
| Abdullah Kobayashi and Daisuke Sekimoto | 1 | October 14, 2005 | Tokyo, Japan | ||
| Mammoth Sasaki and Shadow WX | 1 | January 27, 2006 | Kawasaki, Japan | ||
| Daisuke Sekimoto and Yoshihito Sasaki | 1 | December 3, 2006 | 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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| Kengo Mashimo and Madoka | 1 | March 2, 2008 | Tokyo, Japan | ||
| Mammoth Sasaki and Daisuke Sekimoto | 1 | July 13, 2008 | Yokohama, Japan | ||
| Title vacated on March 7, 2009 after Sasaki is injured in an automobile accident. | |||||
| Isami Kodaka and Masashi Takeda | 1 | May 28, 2009 | Tokyo, Japan | ||
| Yuji Okabayashi and Daisuke Sekimoto | 1 | July 27, 2009 | Tokyo, Japan | ||
| Yoshihito Sasaki and Shinya Ishikawa | 1 | December 13 2009 | Hakata, Fukuoka, Japan | ||
| Title vacated on January 13, 2010 after Ishikawa suffers a leg injury. | |||||
| Jun Kasai Jun Kasai is a Japanese professional wrestler, primarily competing for Big Japan Pro Wrestling. Dubbed the Crazy Monkey for his violent and oftentimes self-harmful style of hardcore wrestling, Kasai is considered a breakthrough talent in Japanese wrestling, able to work both hardcore and technical styles... and Jaki Numazawa |
1 | April 28, 2010 | Tokyo, Japan | ||
| Daisuke Sekimoto and Yoshihito Sasaki | 2 | October 10, 2010 | Sapporo, Japan | ||
| Jun Kasai and Jaki Numazawa | 2 | November 22, 2010 | Tokyo, Japan | ||
| Brahman Shu and Brahman Kei | 1 | January 30, 2011 | Nagoya, Japan | ||
| Jun Kasai and Jaki Numazawa | 3 | February 12, 2011 | Tokyo, Japan | ||
| Isami Kodaka and Yuko Miyamoto | 1 | May 5, 2011 | + | Yokohama, Japan | |
List of reigns by length
As of , .| Wrestler | Days Held | Date Won | Date Lost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daisuke Sekimoto Daisuke Sekimoto is a Japanese professional wrestler, best known for his appearances in Big Japan Pro Wrestling and Pro Wrestling ZERO1-MAX. He is a former six-time BJW Tag Team Champion, as well as a former NWA United National Heavyweight Champion in ZERO1-MAX... and Men's Teioh |
595 | January 28, 2001 | September 15, 2002 |
| Benkei Daikokuboh and Abdullah Kobayashi Abdullah Kobayashi , is a Japanese professional wrestler best known by his stage name Abdullah Kobayashi after Abdullah the Butcher, who was his trainer. He began his career in 1995 as one of the main wrestlers in Big Japan Pro Wrestling and has wrestled for Big Japan Pro Wrestling throughout most of his career.... |
470 | September 15, 2002 | December 19, 2003 |
| Yoshito Sasaki and Daisuke Sekimoto | 455 | December 3, 2006 | March 2, 2008 |
| Mammoth Sasaki and Shadow WX Shadow WX Shadow WX is a professional wrestler currently competing in Big Japan Pro Wrestling. He debuted in 1995 in IWA Japan and proceeded to move to Big Japan Pro Wrestling and won the BJW Deathmatch Heavyweight Championship 4 times and has been one of the most successful wrestlers in Big Japan Pro... |
310 | January 27, 2006 | December 3, 2006 |
| GENTARO and Takashi Sasaki | 289 | November 28, 2004 | September 13, 2005 |
| Tomoaki Honma Tomoaki Honma Tomoaki Honma is a freelance Japanese professional wrestler, currently touring with New Japan Pro Wrestling.-Career:Honma trained in the Big Japan dojo before debuting for the promotion in May, 1997... and Shadow WX |
238 | December 5, 1998 | July 31, 1999 |
| Mr. Big Japan and Men's Teioh | 236 | December 23, 2003 | August 15, 2004 |
| Mammoth Sasaki and Daisuke Sekimoto | 230 | July 13, 2008 | March 7, 2009 |
| Jun Kasai Jun Kasai is a Japanese professional wrestler, primarily competing for Big Japan Pro Wrestling. Dubbed the Crazy Monkey for his violent and oftentimes self-harmful style of hardcore wrestling, Kasai is considered a breakthrough talent in Japanese wrestling, able to work both hardcore and technical styles... and Jaki Numazawa Jaki Numazawa , is a Japanese professional wrestler best known by his stage name "Kokutenshi" Jaki Numazawa (born June 7, 1977), is a Japanese professional wrestler best known by his stage name "Kokutenshi" Jaki Numazawa (born June 7, 1977), is a Japanese professional wrestler best known by his stage name... |
165 | April 28, 2010 | October 10, 2010 |
| Shadow Winger and Shadow WX | 158 | March 4, 1998 | August 9, 1998 |
| Yoshihiro Tajiri Yoshihiro Tajiri , is a Japanese professional wrestler, perhaps best known for his appearances with Extreme Championship Wrestling and World Wrestling Entertainment. He is currently competing in SMASH as TAJIRI.-Early years :... and Ryuji Yamakawa |
152 | July 23, 1997 | December 22, 1997 |
| Tomoaki Honma and Ryuji Yamakawa | 147 | January 7, 2000 | June 2, 2000 |
| Yuji Okabayashi and Daisuke Sekimoto | 139 | July 27, 2009 | December 13 2009 |
| Kamikaze and Abdullah Kobayashi Abdullah Kobayashi , is a Japanese professional wrestler best known by his stage name Abdullah Kobayashi after Abdullah the Butcher, who was his trainer. He began his career in 1995 as one of the main wrestlers in Big Japan Pro Wrestling and has wrestled for Big Japan Pro Wrestling throughout most of his career.... |
135 | September 15, 2000 | January 28, 2001 |
| Kengo Mashimo Kengo Mashimo , a Japanese professional wrestler currently working for Kaientai Dojo. His style is a combination submission wrestling and hard, martial art strikes. He is currently the ace of Kaientai Dojo.- Career :... and Madoka |
133 | March 2, 2008 | July 13, 2008 |
| Kamikaze and Shunme Matsuzaki | 122 | September 7, 1999 | January 7, 2000 |
| Shouji Nakamaki and Ryuji Yamakawa | 112 | August 9, 1998 | November 29, 1998 |
| Abdullah Kobayashi and Jaki Numazawa | 105 | August 15, 2004 | November 28, 2004 |
| Abdullah Kobayashi and Daisuke Sekimoto | 105 | October 14, 2005 | January 27, 2006 |
| Jun Kasai and Jaki Numazawa | 82 | February 12, 2011 | May 5, 2011 |
| Shadow WX and Ryuji Yamakawa | 75 | July 2, 2000 | September 15, 2000 |
| Jun Kasai and Jaki Numazawa | 69 | November 22, 2010 | January 30, 2011 |
| Yoshihiro Tajiri and Ryuji Yamakawa | 61 | January 2, 1998 | March 4, 1998 |
| Isami Kodaka and Masashi Takeda | 60 | May 28, 2009 | July 27, 2009 |
| Daisuke Sekimoto and Yoshihito Sasaki | 43 | October 10, 2010 | November 22, 2010 |
| Mike Samples and Ryuji Yamakawa | 38 | July 31, 1999 | September 7, 1999 |
| Yoshihito Sasaki and Shinya Ishikawa | 31 | December 13, 2009 | January 13, 2010 |
| Justice Pain Justice Pain Christopher Wilson is an American professional wrestler better known by his ring name, Justice Pain. Pain is best known for his time in Combat Zone Wrestling, as well as Xtreme Pro Wrestling and Pro Wrestling Unplugged... and The Wifebeater Matt Prince Matt Prince, better known as ring name Wifebeater, is a former Marine and a semi-retired professional wrestler best known for his tenure in Combat Zone Wrestling from 1999 to 2004... |
22 | June 10, 2000 | July 2, 2000 |
| Brahman Shu and Brahman Kei | 13 | January 30, 2011 | February 12, 2011 |
| Gedo Keiji Takayama Keiji Takayama better known as Gedo , is a long time professional wrestler. He formed a long-lasting tag team with Jado... and Jado |
11 | December 22, 1997 | January 2, 1998 |
| Takashi Ishikawa and Kengo Kimura | 9 | June 3, 1997 | June 11, 1997 |
| Nick Gage Nick Gage Nicholas W. "Nick" Wilson is a hardcore professional wrestler best known from Combat Zone Wrestling. Along with being the first-ever CZW World Heavyweight Champion, he has wrestled at nearly every CZW show and has competed in more CZW matches than anyone... and John Zandig John Zandig John Corson was an American professional wrestler and promoter, better known by his ring name, John Zandig. He is the founder and former owner of the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania-based promotion Combat Zone Wrestling .-Biography:... |
9 | June 2, 2000 | June 10, 2000 |
| Badboy Hido and Ryuji Itoh | 4 | December 19, 2003 | December 23, 2003 |
| Isami Kodaka and Yuko Miyamoto | + | May 5, 2011 | Current champions |
By wrestler
| Rank | Wrestler | # of Reigns |
Combined Days |
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| 1. | Daisuke Sekimoto | 6 | 1574 |
| 2. | Mens Teioh | 2 | 831 |
| 3. | Ryuji Yamakawa | 7 | 821 |
| 4. | Abdullah Kobayashi | 4 | 805 |
| 5. | Shadow WX | 4 | 781 |
| 6. | Mammoth Sasaki | 2 | 547 |
| 7. | Yoshihito Sasaki | 3 | 529 |
| 8. | Benkei Daikokuboh | 1 | 470 |
| 9. | Jaki Numazawa | 4 | 421 |
| 10. | Tomoaki Honma | 2 | 385 |
| 11. | Jun Kasai | 3 | 316 |
| 12. | GENTARO | 1 | 289 |
| 12. | Takashi Sasaki | 1 | 289 |
| 14. | Kamikaze | 2 | 257 |
| 15. | Yoshihiro Tajiri | 2 | 213 |
| 16. | Shadow Winger | 1 | 158 |
| 17. | Yuji Okabayashi | 1 | 139 |
| 18. | Kengo Mashimo | 1 | 133 |
| 18. | Madoka | 1 | 133 |
| 20. | Shumi Matsuzaki | 1 | 122 |
| 21. | Shouji Nakamaki | 1 | 112 |
| 22. | Isami Kodaka† | 2 | + |
| 23. | Masashi Takeda | 1 | 60 |
| 24. | Mike Samples | 1 | 38 |
| 25. | Shinya Ishikawa | 1 | 31 |
| 26. | Justice Pain | 1 | 22 |
| 26. | The Wifebeater | 1 | 22 |
| 28. | Brahman Shu | 1 | 13 |
| 28. | Brahman Kei | 1 | 13 |
| 30. | Gedo | 1 | 11 |
| 30. | Jado | 1 | 11 |
| 32. | Takashi Ishikawa | 1 | 9 |
| 32. | Kengo Kimura | 1 | 9 |
| 32. | Nick Gage | 1 | 9 |
| 32. | John Zandig | 1 | 9 |
| 36. | Badboy Hido | 1 | 4 |
| 36. | Ryuji Itoh | 1 | 4 |
| 38. | Yuko Miyamoto† | 1 | + |