DDT KO-D Tag Team Championship
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The DDT KO-D Tag Team Championship is the top tag team
title
in the Japanese professional wrestling
promotion
Dramatic Dream Team
. The title was established in 2001.
Tag team
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title
Championship (professional wrestling)
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in the Japanese professional wrestling
Professional wrestling in Japan
Puroresu is the popular term for the predominant style or genre of professional wrestling that has developed in Japan. The term comes from the Japanese pronunciation of "professional wrestling" , which is shortened to puroresu . The term became popular among English-speaking fans due to Hisaharu...
promotion
Professional wrestling promotion
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Dramatic Dream Team
Dramatic Dream Team
Dramatic Dream Team, better known by its initials DDT or its logo reading D2T, is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion founded in 1997 by Sanshiro Takagi...
. The title was established in 2001.
Title history
| Wrestler: | Times: | Date: | Location: | Notes: |
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| NOSAWA Kazushige Nosawa , better known by his ring names NOSAWA and NOSAWA Rongai, is a Japanese freelance professional wrestler, best known for his appearances in All Japan Pro Wrestling and various independent promotions.-Career:... and Takashi Sasaki |
1 | June 2, 2001 | Mexico Mexico The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of... |
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| MIKAMI Kyohei Mikami , known by his stage name MIKAMI, is a Japanese professional wrestler. He works for DDT both as a singles wrestler and with Tanomusaku Toba in a tag team called The Suicide Boys.-In wrestling:*Finishing moves*Deep Impact... and Super Uchuu Power |
1 | July 5, 2001 | Tokyo 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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| Mikami and Power vacated the title on August 16, 2001, in order to enter the KO-D Tag Team League. | ||||
| MIKAMI Kyohei Mikami , known by his stage name MIKAMI, is a Japanese professional wrestler. He works for DDT both as a singles wrestler and with Tanomusaku Toba in a tag team called The Suicide Boys.-In wrestling:*Finishing moves*Deep Impact... and Super Uchuu Power |
2 | September 30, 2001 | Saitama 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 November 1, 2001 in Tokyo after Mikami and Power split as a team. | ||||
| GENTARO and YOSHIYA | 1 | November 1, 2001 | Tokyo | |
| MIKAMI Kyohei Mikami , known by his stage name MIKAMI, is a Japanese professional wrestler. He works for DDT both as a singles wrestler and with Tanomusaku Toba in a tag team called The Suicide Boys.-In wrestling:*Finishing moves*Deep Impact... and Takashi Sasaki |
1 | December 12, 2001 | Tokyo | |
| Title vacated on May 16, 2002 due to MIKAMI being injured in Tokyo on April 25, 2002. | ||||
| MIKAMI Kyohei Mikami , known by his stage name MIKAMI, is a Japanese professional wrestler. He works for DDT both as a singles wrestler and with Tanomusaku Toba in a tag team called The Suicide Boys.-In wrestling:*Finishing moves*Deep Impact... and Tanomusaku Toba |
1 | August 25, 2002 | Chiba 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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| GENTARO and Takashi Sasaki | 1 | October 24, 2002 | Tokyo | |
| Tomohiko Hashimoto and Sanshiro Takagi Sanshiro Takagi is a Japanese professional wrestler. Takagi plays a parody of Stone Cold Steve Austin of World Wrestling Federation fame.He is known in DDT and around the micro-indy scene for his hilarious promos and natural charisma as well as his extensive use of comedy in his matches.-Career:Sanshiro Takagi was... |
1 | January 31, 2003 | Tokyo | |
| Title vacated on May 8, 2003 due to Hashimoto being injured. | ||||
| Shouichi Ichimiya and Seiya Morohashi | 1 | May 18, 2003 | Tokyo | |
| Takashi Sasaki and Tanomusaku Toba | 1 | May 22, 2003 | Tokyo | |
| Sasaki and Toba vacated the title after losing to Super Uchuu Power and Super Uchuu Power Ohm on September 11, 2003 in Tokyo. | ||||
| Tomohiko Hashimoto and Seiya Morohashi | 1 | September 28, 2003 | Tokyo | |
| HERO! and KUDO | 1 | December 29, 2003 | Tokyo | |
| GENTARO and Takashi Sasaki | 2 | February 11, 2004 | Yokohama 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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| Ryuji Ito and Sanshiro Takagi | 1 | July 1, 2004 | Tokyo | |
| Danshoku Dino Danshoku Dino ' is a Japanese professional wrestler. Dino plays an overly exaggerated homosexual character similar to the likes of Adrian Street.His ring name comes from the character Baron Dino from the manga series Sakigake!! Otokojuku.-Career:... and Glenn "Q" Spectre |
1 | July 31, 2004 | Tokyo | |
| Title vacated on September 10, 2004. | ||||
| HERO! and KUDO | 2 | September 30, 2004 | Tokyo | |
| Seiya Morohashi and Tanomusaku Toba | 1 | November 2, 2004 | Tokyo | |
| Tomohiko Hashimoto and Nobutaka Moribe | 1 | February 25, 2005 | Tokyo | |
| Seiya Morohashi and Tanomusaku Toba | 2 | May 4, 2005 | Tokyo | |
| Darkside HERO! (3) and Touru Owashi Touru Ito , better known with the alias , is a Japanese wrestler for Dramatic Dream Team and is in the faction Disaster-Box with Harashima. He has also been in El Dorado Wrestling as leader of the faction Animal planet... |
1 | August 7, 2005 | Nagoya | |
| Kouta Ibushi and Daichi Kakimoto | 1 | October 23, 2005 | Tokyo | |
| Mori Bernard and Francesco Togo | 1 | March 5, 2006 | Tokyo | |
| Seiya Morohashi and Poco Takanashi | 1 | November 23, 2006 | Tokyo | |
| Tomomitsu Matsunaga and Michael Nakazawa | 1 | April 1, 2007 | Tokyo | |
| Antonio Honda and Prince Togo | 1 | August 18, 2007 | Tokyo | |
| Title vacated on November 27, 2007 when Honda and Togo split as a team. | ||||
| MIKAMI Kyohei Mikami , known by his stage name MIKAMI, is a Japanese professional wrestler. He works for DDT both as a singles wrestler and with Tanomusaku Toba in a tag team called The Suicide Boys.-In wrestling:*Finishing moves*Deep Impact... and Tanomusaku Toba |
1 | April 11, 2008 | Tokyo | |
| Toru Owashi and HARASHIMA Harashima Harashima is a wrestler for Dramatic Dream Team and is in the faction Disaster-Box with Toru Owashi. He is a 4-time KO-D Openweight Champion and five time KO-D Tag Team Champion, currently holding the latter with Minoru Fujita, who is performing under his old Hero! gimmick.-Career:Harashima... |
1 | October 8, 2008 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| Kota Ibushi & Kenny Omega | 1 | January 24, 2009 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| Francis Togo & PIZA Michinoku | 1 | May 10, 2009 | Hakata | |
| KUDO & Yasu Urano | 1 | August 23, 2009 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| Sanshiro Takagi & Munenori Sawa | 1 | February 11, 2010 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| Shiro Koshinaka & Danshoku Dino | 1 | August 29, 2010 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| Antonio Honda & Daisuke Sasaki | 1 | November 14, 2010 | Osaka, Japan | |
| GENTARO & Yasu Urano | 1 | February 20, 2011 | Funabashi Funabashi, Chiba is a city located in northwestern Chiba Prefecture, Japan. As of February 2011, the city had an estimated population of 609,157 and a population density of 7110 persons per km². The total area was 85.64 km². It is the 7th most populous city in Greater Tokyo.... , Japan |
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| Munenori Sawa & Shigehiro Irie | 1 | June 4, 2011 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| Kenny Omega & Michael Nakazawa | 1 | June 19, 2011 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| HARASHIMA Harashima Harashima is a wrestler for Dramatic Dream Team and is in the faction Disaster-Box with Toru Owashi. He is a 4-time KO-D Openweight Champion and five time KO-D Tag Team Champion, currently holding the latter with Minoru Fujita, who is performing under his old Hero! gimmick.-Career:Harashima... & HERO! Minoru Fujita is a Japanese professional wrestler contracted to Pro Wrestling Zero1, where he is a former AWA World Junior Heavyweight Champion, having won a tournament final against Takuya Sugawara.-Career:... |
1 | June 24, 2011 | 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... & Masa Takanashi |
1 | July 24, 2011 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| Danshoku Dino Danshoku Dino ' is a Japanese professional wrestler. Dino plays an overly exaggerated homosexual character similar to the likes of Adrian Street.His ring name comes from the character Baron Dino from the manga series Sakigake!! Otokojuku.-Career:... & Kota Ibushi |
1 | August 28, 2011 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| Title vacated on September 12, 2011 due to Ibushi dislocating his left shoulder. | ||||
| Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie | 1 | October 10, 2011 | Sapporo, Japan | |
List of reigns by length
As of , .| Wrestler | Days Held | Date Won | Date Lost |
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| Mori Bernard and Francesco Togo | 263 | March 5, 2006 | November 23, 2006 |
| Sanshiro Takagi & Munenori Sawa | 199 | February 11, 2010 | August 29, 2010 |
| MIKAMI Kyohei Mikami , known by his stage name MIKAMI, is a Japanese professional wrestler. He works for DDT both as a singles wrestler and with Tanomusaku Toba in a tag team called The Suicide Boys.-In wrestling:*Finishing moves*Deep Impact... and Tanomusaku Toba |
180 | April 11, 2008 | October 8, 2008 |
| KUDO & Yasu Urano | 170 | August 23, 2009 | February 11, 2010 |
| MIKAMI and Takashi Sasaki | 155 | December 12, 2001 | May 16, 2002 |
| GENTARO and Takashi Sasaki | 141 | February 11, 2004 | July 1, 2004 |
| Tomomitsu Matsunaga and Michael Nakazawa | 139 | April 1, 2007 | August 18, 2007 |
| Kota Ibushi and Daichi Kakimoto | 133 | October 23, 2005 | March 5, 2006 |
| Seiya Morohashi and Poco Takanashi | 129 | November 23, 2006 | April 1, 2007 |
| Seiya Morohashi and Tanomusaku Toba | 115 | November 2, 2004 | February 25, 2005 |
| Takashi Sasaki and Tanomusaku Toba | 112 | May 22, 2003 | September 11, 2003 |
| Toru Owashi Touru Ito , better known with the alias , is a Japanese wrestler for Dramatic Dream Team and is in the faction Disaster-Box with Harashima. He has also been in El Dorado Wrestling as leader of the faction Animal planet... and HARASHIMA Harashima Harashima is a wrestler for Dramatic Dream Team and is in the faction Disaster-Box with Toru Owashi. He is a 4-time KO-D Openweight Champion and five time KO-D Tag Team Champion, currently holding the latter with Minoru Fujita, who is performing under his old Hero! gimmick.-Career:Harashima... |
108 | October 8, 2008 | January 24, 2009 |
| Francis Togo & PIZA Michinoku | 105 | May 10, 2009 | August 23, 2009 |
| Kota Ibushi & Kenny Omega | 104 | January 24, 2009 | May 10, 2009 |
| GENTARO & Yasu Urano | 104 | February 20, 2011 | June 4, 2011 |
| Antonio Honda and Prince Togo | 101 | August 18, 2007 | November 27, 2007 |
| GENTARO and Takashi Sasaki | 99 | October 24, 2002 | January 31, 2003 |
| Antonio Honda & Daisuke Sasaki | 98 | November 14, 2010 | February 20, 2011 |
| Tomohiko Hashimoto and Nobutaka Moribe | 98 | February 25, 2005 | May 4, 2005 |
| Tomohiko Hashimoto and Sanshiro Takagi | 97 | January 31, 2003 | May 8, 2003 |
| Seiya Morohashi and Tanomusaku Toba | 95 | May 4, 2005 | August 7, 2005 |
| Tomohiko Hashimoto and Seiya Morohashi | 92 | September 28, 2003 | December 29, 2003 |
| Darkside HERO! and Touru Owashi | 77 | August 7, 2005 | October 23, 2005 |
| Shiro Koshinaka & Danshoku Dino | 77 | August 29, 2010 | November 14, 2010 |
| MIKAMI and Tanomusaku Toba | 60 | August 25, 2002 | October 24, 2002 |
| HERO! and KUDO | 44 | December 29, 2003 | February 11, 2004 |
| MIKAMI and Super Uchuu Power | 42 | July 5, 2001 | August 16, 2001 |
| GENTARO and YOSHIYA | 41 | November 1, 2001 | December 12, 2001 |
| Danshoku Dino and Glenn "Q" Spectre | 41 | July 31, 2004 | September 10, 2004 |
| 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... & Masa Takanashi |
35 | July 24, 2011 | August 28, 2011 |
| NOSAWA Kazushige Nosawa , better known by his ring names NOSAWA and NOSAWA Rongai, is a Japanese freelance professional wrestler, best known for his appearances in All Japan Pro Wrestling and various independent promotions.-Career:... and Takashi Sasaki |
33 | June 2, 2001 | July 5, 2001 |
| HERO! and KUDO | 33 | September 30, 2004 | November 2, 2004 |
| MIKAMI and Super Uchuu Power | 31 | September 30, 2001 | November 1, 2001 |
| HARASHIMA & HERO! Minoru Fujita is a Japanese professional wrestler contracted to Pro Wrestling Zero1, where he is a former AWA World Junior Heavyweight Champion, having won a tournament final against Takuya Sugawara.-Career:... |
30 | June 24, 2011 | July 24, 2011 |
| Ryuji Ito Ryuji Ito is a Japanese professional wrestler currently competing in Big Japan Pro Wrestling. He is well known for his death match style of wrestling.- Career :... and Sanshiro Takagi |
30 | July 1, 2004 | July 31, 2004 |
| Keisuke Ishii and Shigehiro Irie | + | October 10, 2011 | Current champions |
| Munenori Sawa & Shigehiro Irie | 15 | June 4, 2011 | June 19, 2011 |
| Danshoku Dino Danshoku Dino ' is a Japanese professional wrestler. Dino plays an overly exaggerated homosexual character similar to the likes of Adrian Street.His ring name comes from the character Baron Dino from the manga series Sakigake!! Otokojuku.-Career:... & Kota Ibushi |
15 | August 28, 2011 | September 12, 2011 |
| Kenny Omega & Michael Nakazawa | 5 | June 19, 2011 | June 24, 2011 |
| Shouichi Ichimiya and Seiya Morohashi | 4 | May 18, 2003 | May 22, 2003 |
See also
- Dramatic Dream TeamDramatic Dream TeamDramatic Dream Team, better known by its initials DDT or its logo reading D2T, is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion founded in 1997 by Sanshiro Takagi...
- Professional wrestling in JapanProfessional wrestling in JapanPuroresu is the popular term for the predominant style or genre of professional wrestling that has developed in Japan. The term comes from the Japanese pronunciation of "professional wrestling" , which is shortened to puroresu . The term became popular among English-speaking fans due to Hisaharu...