IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship

The IWGP (International Wrestling Grand Prix) Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling

Professional wrestling

Professional wrestling, or pro wrestling, is an athletic performing art where matches are prearranged by the promotion's booking staff. It is a non-competitive sport which contains strong elements of theatre, mock combat, and catch wrestling. Wrestling's origins date to 19th-century carnival...

 tag team

Tag team

In professional wrestling, a tag team consists of two wrestlers who are working together as a team . Often, they are close partners and backstage friends who team with each other almost exclusively, while other times they are singles competitors who are booked together for just one match...

 title

Championship (professional wrestling)

In professional wrestling, a championship or title is a recognition of a wrestler being the best in their promotion.A wrestler can earn a championship by defeating the current champion in a match or in other ways determined by the promotion, such as winning a tournament for a vacant championship...

 in Japanese

Japan

is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

 promotion

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 New Japan Pro Wrestling

New Japan Pro Wrestling

is a major professional wrestling promotion in Japan, founded by Antonio Inoki in 1972 and owned by Yuke's. Owing to its TV program aired on TV Asahi, it is the largest wrestling promotion in Japan and one of the largest in the world....

, contested exclusively among junior heavyweight

Cruiserweight (professional wrestling)

In professional wrestling, a cruiserweight is a wrestler weighing below 220 lb , sometimes 215. The older term junior heavyweight, which was used to describe the division, is more favored in Japan, where many titles for lighter-weight competitors are called junior heavyweight titles...

 wrestlers. It was created on August 8, 1998, when Shinjiro Otani and Tatsuhito Takaiwa

Tatsuhito Takaiwa

Tatsuhito Takaiwa is a Zainichi-Korean professional wrestler. Takaiwa is one of the more well-traveled junior heavyweights in Japan, having wrestled for New Japan, and Zero-One, as well as making special appearances in All Japan and NOAH....

 defeated Koji Kanemoto

Koji Kanemoto

is a Japanese professional wrestler of Zainichi Korean descent.-Career:Kanemoto practiced Judo during his high school days and won a few championships as a professional before being recruited by the New Japan Dojo. He portrayed Tiger Mask in its third incarnation, succeeding Mitsuharu Misawa. In...

 and Dr. Wagner, Jr.

Dr. Wagner, Jr.

Juan Manuel Gonzalez Barron is a Mexican professional wrestler who has achieved fame in CMLL and worldwide as Dr. Wagner, Jr. He is the son of Dr. Wagner and brother of Silver King.-Professional wrestling career:...

 in a tournament final. There have been a total of 26 recognized individual champions and 19 recognized teams, who have had a combined 24 official reigns.

The IWGP (International Wrestling Grand Prix) Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling

Professional wrestling

Professional wrestling, or pro wrestling, is an athletic performing art where matches are prearranged by the promotion's booking staff. It is a non-competitive sport which contains strong elements of theatre, mock combat, and catch wrestling. Wrestling's origins date to 19th-century carnival...

 tag team

Tag team

In professional wrestling, a tag team consists of two wrestlers who are working together as a team . Often, they are close partners and backstage friends who team with each other almost exclusively, while other times they are singles competitors who are booked together for just one match...

 title

Championship (professional wrestling)

In professional wrestling, a championship or title is a recognition of a wrestler being the best in their promotion.A wrestler can earn a championship by defeating the current champion in a match or in other ways determined by the promotion, such as winning a tournament for a vacant championship...

 in Japanese

Japan

is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

 promotion

Professional wrestling promotion

A professional wrestling promotion is a company or business that performs regular shows involving professional wrestling...

 New Japan Pro Wrestling

New Japan Pro Wrestling

is a major professional wrestling promotion in Japan, founded by Antonio Inoki in 1972 and owned by Yuke's. Owing to its TV program aired on TV Asahi, it is the largest wrestling promotion in Japan and one of the largest in the world....

, contested exclusively among junior heavyweight

Cruiserweight (professional wrestling)

In professional wrestling, a cruiserweight is a wrestler weighing below 220 lb , sometimes 215. The older term junior heavyweight, which was used to describe the division, is more favored in Japan, where many titles for lighter-weight competitors are called junior heavyweight titles...

 wrestlers. It was created on August 8, 1998, when Shinjiro Otani and Tatsuhito Takaiwa

Tatsuhito Takaiwa

Tatsuhito Takaiwa is a Zainichi-Korean professional wrestler. Takaiwa is one of the more well-traveled junior heavyweights in Japan, having wrestled for New Japan, and Zero-One, as well as making special appearances in All Japan and NOAH....

 defeated Koji Kanemoto

Koji Kanemoto

is a Japanese professional wrestler of Zainichi Korean descent.-Career:Kanemoto practiced Judo during his high school days and won a few championships as a professional before being recruited by the New Japan Dojo. He portrayed Tiger Mask in its third incarnation, succeeding Mitsuharu Misawa. In...

 and Dr. Wagner, Jr.

Dr. Wagner, Jr.

Juan Manuel Gonzalez Barron is a Mexican professional wrestler who has achieved fame in CMLL and worldwide as Dr. Wagner, Jr. He is the son of Dr. Wagner and brother of Silver King.-Professional wrestling career:...

 in a tournament final. There have been a total of 26 recognized individual champions and 19 recognized teams, who have had a combined 24 official reigns.

Title history

Wrestlers:	Times:	Date:	Location:	Notes:
Shinjiro Otani and Tatsuhito Takaiwa Tatsuhito Takaiwa Tatsuhito Takaiwa is a Zainichi-Korean professional wrestler. Takaiwa is one of the more well-traveled junior heavyweights in Japan, having wrestled for New Japan, and Zero-One, as well as making special appearances in All Japan and NOAH....	1	August 8, 1998	Osaka, Japan Osaka is a city in Japan, located at the mouth of the Yodo River on Osaka Bay, in the Kansai region of the main island of Honshū.Osaka is a City in Japan and also is designated city under the Local Autonomy Law and the capital city of Osaka Prefecture...	Defeated Koji Kanemoto Koji Kanemoto is a Japanese professional wrestler of Zainichi Korean descent.-Career:Kanemoto practiced Judo during his high school days and won a few championships as a professional before being recruited by the New Japan Dojo. He portrayed Tiger Mask in its third incarnation, succeeding Mitsuharu Misawa. In...  and Dr. Wagner, Jr. Dr. Wagner, Jr. Juan Manuel Gonzalez Barron is a Mexican professional wrestler who has achieved fame in CMLL and worldwide as Dr. Wagner, Jr. He is the son of Dr. Wagner and brother of Silver King.-Professional wrestling career:...  in a tournament final at Rising the Next Generations in Osaka Dome.
Kendo Kashin Kendo Kashin Tokimitsu Ishizawa , better known by his ring name Kendo Kashin , is a Japanese professional wrestler...  and Dr. Wagner, Jr. Dr. Wagner, Jr. Juan Manuel Gonzalez Barron is a Mexican professional wrestler who has achieved fame in CMLL and worldwide as Dr. Wagner, Jr. He is the son of Dr. Wagner and brother of Silver King.-Professional wrestling career:...	1	January 4, 1999	Tokyo, Japan Tokyo , officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan and is located on the eastern side of the main island Honshū. The twenty-three special wards of Tokyo, each governed as a city, cover the area that was once the city of Tokyo in the eastern part of the prefecture, totaling over 8 million people....	Won the title at Wrestling World.
Jushin Liger Jushin Liger , better known as and later, is a Japanese professional wrestler who works primarily for New Japan Pro Wrestling.-Early career:Yamada was an amateur wrestler while studying in high school. He applied to New Japan Pro Wrestling to become a professional wrestler in the early 1980s. He was not...  and The Great Sasuke Masanori Murakawa , , is a Japanese professional wrestler who is best known by his stage name The Great Sasuke. As well as a former Iwate Prefectural Assembly legislator. He has wrestled in Japan and in the United States in various wrestling promotions...	1	April 10, 1999	Tokyo, Japan	Won the title at Strong Style Symphony - New Japan Spirit.
Shinjiro Otani and Tatsuhito Takaiwa	2	July 13, 1999	Morioka, Japan Morioka, Iwate is the capital city of Iwate prefecture, Japan.As of 2005, the city has an estimated population of 300,740 and the density of 588.11 persons per km². The total area is 489.15 km²....	Won the title on the Summer Struggle tour.
Koji Kanemoto Koji Kanemoto is a Japanese professional wrestler of Zainichi Korean descent.-Career:Kanemoto practiced Judo during his high school days and won a few championships as a professional before being recruited by the New Japan Dojo. He portrayed Tiger Mask in its third incarnation, succeeding Mitsuharu Misawa. In...  and Minoru Tanaka	1	June 25, 2000	Tokyo, Japan	Won the title on the Summer Struggle tour.
El Samurai Osamu Matsuda is a Japanese professional wrestler who is best known for his work in New Japan Pro Wrestling, and is better known by his stage name El Samurai.- Career :...	1	March 6 2001	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...  & Jado Shoji Akiyoshi , better known by his ring name is a Japanese professional wrestler, best known for his work in New Japan Pro Wrestling with his tag team partner Gedo. His career has largely paralleled that of his partner except for brief instances in Universal Lucha Libre in 1993 and Frontier Martial-Arts...	1	July 20 2001	Sapporo, Japan
	1	May 2 2002	Tokyo, Japan
Yoshinobu Kanemaru Yoshinobu Kanemaru Yoshinobu Kanemaru is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently working for Pro Wrestling Noah, where he holds 1 half of the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship with Kotaro Suzuki. Kanemaru holds the records for the most reigns for both of Noah's Jr...  & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi Tsuyoshi Kikuchi is a professional wrestler currently working for Pro Wrestling Noah. He has previously worked for All Japan Pro Wrestling. Kikuchi idolized and patterned his style after the Dynamite Kid.-In wrestling:*Finishing moves...	1	August 29 2002	Tokyo, Japan
	1	January 26 2003	Kobe, Japan Kobe is the sixth-largest city in Japan and is the capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture and a prominent port city in Japan with a population of about 1.5 million. The city is located in the Kansai region of Japan and is part of the metropolitan area...
Vacated		November 4 2003
Gedo & Jado	2	November 29 2003	Sendai, Japan
American Dragon Bryan Danielson Bryan Danielson is an American professional wrestler who is currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment. He is also known by his alias, and later nickname, the American Dragon....  & Curry Man Christopher Daniels Daniel Christopher Covell is an American professional wrestler, best known in the United States by his ring name "The Fallen Angel" Christopher Daniels. He is currently signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling wrestling as Daniels. He has also wrestled as Curry Man and Suicide...	1	March 12 2004	Tokyo, Japan
Gedo & Jado	3	June 5 2004	Osaka, Japan
Wataru Inoue Wataru Inoue Wataru Inoue is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working for New Japan Pro Wrestling.Inoue made his debut in 1999 on the Japanese independent circuit, then climbed the ladder to get to New Japan Pro Wrestling in 2004...  & Koji Kanemoto	1	March 4 2005	Tokyo, Japan
Hirooki Goto Hirooki Goto is a Japanese professional wrestler. He has wrestled primarily for New Japan Pro Wrestling since his debut.-Career:Goto attended Kokushikan University, where he took part in freestyle wrestling and Greco-Roman wrestling. Upon graduating, Goto qualified to join New Japan Pro Wrestling, but left the...  & Minoru	1	May 14 2005	Tokyo, Japan
Ryusuke Taguchi Ryusuke Taguchi is a Japanese professional wrestler, trained by and currently performing for New Japan Pro Wrestling , where he is a former IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion and the current IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion....	1	February 19 2006	Tokyo, Japan
Gedo & Jado	4	July 8 2006	Shizuoka, Japan Shizuoka, Shizuoka is the capital city of Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. It is a city designated by government ordinance .- Demographics :As of 2009, the city has an estimated population of 717,515 and the density of 508 persons per km². The total area is...
TAKA Michinoku Takao Yoshida , better known by his stage name Taka Michinoku , is a professional wrestler who has wrestled all over the world...  & Dick Togo	1	May 2 2007	Tokyo, Japan
Prince Devitt Fergal Devitt Fergal Devitt is an Irish professional wrestler currently contracted by New Japan Pro Wrestling. He is better known by his ring name, Prince Devitt, as well as the alter ego of Pegasus Kid II....  & Minoru	1	January 27 2008	Tokyo, Japan
AKIRA Akira Nogami Akira Nogami is a Japanese professional wrestler and actor who has wrestled for the New Japan Pro Wrestling promotion.-Career:After graduating from high school in 1984, Akira Nogami was initiated into the New Japan dojo. He debuted in October of that year against Keiji Mutoh, making him one of the...  & Jushin Liger	1	February 17 2008	Tokyo, Japan
	2	July 21 2008	Sapporo, Japan
	1	October 13 2008	Tokyo, Japan
	1	January 4 2009	Tokyo, Japan
	1	July 5 2009	Tokyo, Japan

List of top individual team reigns

As of October 15 2009.

Wrestler	Days Held	Date Won	Date Lost
Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa Tatsuhito Takaiwa Tatsuhito Takaiwa is a Zainichi-Korean professional wrestler. Takaiwa is one of the more well-traveled junior heavyweights in Japan, having wrestled for New Japan, and Zero-One, as well as making special appearances in All Japan and NOAH....	348	July 13 1999	June 25 2000
Gedo Keiji Takayama Keiji Takayama better known as Gedo, is a long time professional wrestler. He formed a long-lasting tag team with Jado...  & Jado Shoji Akiyoshi , better known by his ring name is a Japanese professional wrestler, best known for his work in New Japan Pro Wrestling with his tag team partner Gedo. His career has largely paralleled that of his partner except for brief instances in Universal Lucha Libre in 1993 and Frontier Martial-Arts...	298	July 8 2006	May 2 2007
Gedo & Jado	286	July 20 2001	May 2 2002
Koji Kanemoto Koji Kanemoto is a Japanese professional wrestler of Zainichi Korean descent.-Career:Kanemoto practiced Judo during his high school days and won a few championships as a professional before being recruited by the New Japan Dojo. He portrayed Tiger Mask in its third incarnation, succeeding Mitsuharu Misawa. In...  & Jushin Liger Jushin Liger , better known as and later, is a Japanese professional wrestler who works primarily for New Japan Pro Wrestling.-Early career:Yamada was an amateur wrestler while studying in high school. He applied to New Japan Pro Wrestling to become a professional wrestler in the early 1980s. He was not...	282	January 26 2003	November 4 2003
Hirooki Goto Hirooki Goto is a Japanese professional wrestler. He has wrestled primarily for New Japan Pro Wrestling since his debut.-Career:Goto attended Kokushikan University, where he took part in freestyle wrestling and Greco-Roman wrestling. Upon graduating, Goto qualified to join New Japan Pro Wrestling, but left the...  & Minoru	281	May 14 2005	February 19 2006
Gedo & Jado	272	June 5 2004	March 4 2005
TAKA Michinoku Takao Yoshida , better known by his stage name Taka Michinoku , is a professional wrestler who has wrestled all over the world...  & Dick Togo	270	May 2 2007	January 27 2008
Koji Kanemoto & Minoru Tanaka	254	June 25 2000	March 6 2001
Alex Shelley Alex Shelley Patrick Martin , better known by the ring name Alex Shelley, is an American professional wrestler currently wrestling for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling where he is a former TNA X Division Champion. He previously gained fame on the independent circuit, working most notably for Ring of Honor, as...  & Chris Sabin Chris Sabin Joshua Harter is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Chris Sabin. He is currently working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling , and also makes appearances for the Japan based Pro Wrestling ZERO1-MAX promotion, and in the New Japan Pro Wrestling promotion...	182	January 4 2009	July 5 2009
AKIRA Akira Nogami Akira Nogami is a Japanese professional wrestler and actor who has wrestled for the New Japan Pro Wrestling promotion.-Career:After graduating from high school in 1984, Akira Nogami was initiated into the New Japan dojo. He debuted in October of that year against Keiji Mutoh, making him one of the...  & Jushin Liger	155	February 17 2008	July 21 2008
Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa	150	August 8 1998	January 4 1999
Yoshinobu Kanemaru Yoshinobu Kanemaru Yoshinobu Kanemaru is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently working for Pro Wrestling Noah, where he holds 1 half of the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship with Kotaro Suzuki. Kanemaru holds the records for the most reigns for both of Noah's Jr...  & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi Tsuyoshi Kikuchi is a professional wrestler currently working for Pro Wrestling Noah. He has previously worked for All Japan Pro Wrestling. Kikuchi idolized and patterned his style after the Dynamite Kid.-In wrestling:*Finishing moves...	150	August 29 2002	January 26 2003
El Samurai Osamu Matsuda is a Japanese professional wrestler who is best known for his work in New Japan Pro Wrestling, and is better known by his stage name El Samurai.- Career :...  & Ryusuke Taguchi Ryusuke Taguchi is a Japanese professional wrestler, trained by and currently performing for New Japan Pro Wrestling , where he is a former IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion and the current IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion....	139	February 19 2006	July 8 2006
Jushin Liger & El Samurai	136	March 6 2001	July 20 2001
Jushin Liger & Minoru Tanaka	119	May 2 2002	August 29 2002
Gedo & Jado	104	November 29 2003	March 12 2004
Prince Devitt Fergal Devitt Fergal Devitt is an Irish professional wrestler currently contracted by New Japan Pro Wrestling. He is better known by his ring name, Prince Devitt, as well as the alter ego of Pegasus Kid II....  & Ryusuke Taguchi	102	July 5 2009	Current champions
Kendo Kashin Kendo Kashin Tokimitsu Ishizawa , better known by his ring name Kendo Kashin , is a Japanese professional wrestler...  & Dr. Wagner, Jr. Dr. Wagner, Jr. Juan Manuel Gonzalez Barron is a Mexican professional wrestler who has achieved fame in CMLL and worldwide as Dr. Wagner, Jr. He is the son of Dr. Wagner and brother of Silver King.-Professional wrestling career:...	96	January 4 1999	April 10 1999
The Great Sasuke Masanori Murakawa , , is a Japanese professional wrestler who is best known by his stage name The Great Sasuke. As well as a former Iwate Prefectural Assembly legislator. He has wrestled in Japan and in the United States in various wrestling promotions...  & Jushin Liger	94	April 10 1999	July 13 1999
American Dragon Bryan Danielson Bryan Danielson is an American professional wrestler who is currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment. He is also known by his alias, and later nickname, the American Dragon....  & Curry Man Christopher Daniels Daniel Christopher Covell is an American professional wrestler, best known in the United States by his ring name "The Fallen Angel" Christopher Daniels. He is currently signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling wrestling as Daniels. He has also wrestled as Curry Man and Suicide...	85	March 12 2004	June 5 2004
Prince Devitt & Minoru	84	July 21 2008	October 13 2008
Tetsuya Naito & Yujiro Yujiro Takahashi , better known by his shortened ring name is a Japanese junior heavyweight professional wrestler trained by and currently performing for New Japan Pro Wrestling and Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre where he teams with Tetsuya Naito as part of the No Limit tag team.Takahashi entered New Japan in...	83	October 13 2008	January 4 2009
Wataru Inoue Wataru Inoue Wataru Inoue is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working for New Japan Pro Wrestling.Inoue made his debut in 1999 on the Japanese independent circuit, then climbed the ladder to get to New Japan Pro Wrestling in 2004...  & Koji Kanemoto	71	March 4 2005	May 14 2005
Prince Devitt & Minoru	21	January 27 2008	February 17 2008

By team

Rank	Team	# Of Reigns	Combined Days
1.	Gedo Keiji Takayama Keiji Takayama better known as Gedo, is a long time professional wrestler. He formed a long-lasting tag team with Jado...  & Jado Shoji Akiyoshi , better known by his ring name is a Japanese professional wrestler, best known for his work in New Japan Pro Wrestling with his tag team partner Gedo. His career has largely paralleled that of his partner except for brief instances in Universal Lucha Libre in 1993 and Frontier Martial-Arts...	4	960
2.	Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa Tatsuhito Takaiwa Tatsuhito Takaiwa is a Zainichi-Korean professional wrestler. Takaiwa is one of the more well-traveled junior heavyweights in Japan, having wrestled for New Japan, and Zero-One, as well as making special appearances in All Japan and NOAH....	2	498
3.	Koji Kanemoto Koji Kanemoto is a Japanese professional wrestler of Zainichi Korean descent.-Career:Kanemoto practiced Judo during his high school days and won a few championships as a professional before being recruited by the New Japan Dojo. He portrayed Tiger Mask in its third incarnation, succeeding Mitsuharu Misawa. In...  & Jushin Liger Jushin Liger , better known as and later, is a Japanese professional wrestler who works primarily for New Japan Pro Wrestling.-Early career:Yamada was an amateur wrestler while studying in high school. He applied to New Japan Pro Wrestling to become a professional wrestler in the early 1980s. He was not...	1	282
4.	Hirooki Goto Hirooki Goto is a Japanese professional wrestler. He has wrestled primarily for New Japan Pro Wrestling since his debut.-Career:Goto attended Kokushikan University, where he took part in freestyle wrestling and Greco-Roman wrestling. Upon graduating, Goto qualified to join New Japan Pro Wrestling, but left the...  & Minoru	1	281
5.	TAKA Michinoku Takao Yoshida , better known by his stage name Taka Michinoku , is a professional wrestler who has wrestled all over the world...  & Dick Togo	1	270
6.	Koji Kanemoto & Minoru Tanaka	1	254
7.	Alex Shelley Alex Shelley Patrick Martin , better known by the ring name Alex Shelley, is an American professional wrestler currently wrestling for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling where he is a former TNA X Division Champion. He previously gained fame on the independent circuit, working most notably for Ring of Honor, as...  & Chris Sabin Chris Sabin Joshua Harter is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Chris Sabin. He is currently working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling , and also makes appearances for the Japan based Pro Wrestling ZERO1-MAX promotion, and in the New Japan Pro Wrestling promotion...	1	182
8.	AKIRA Akira Nogami Akira Nogami is a Japanese professional wrestler and actor who has wrestled for the New Japan Pro Wrestling promotion.-Career:After graduating from high school in 1984, Akira Nogami was initiated into the New Japan dojo. He debuted in October of that year against Keiji Mutoh, making him one of the...  & Jushin Liger	1	155
9.	Yoshinobu Kanemaru Yoshinobu Kanemaru Yoshinobu Kanemaru is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently working for Pro Wrestling Noah, where he holds 1 half of the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship with Kotaro Suzuki. Kanemaru holds the records for the most reigns for both of Noah's Jr...  & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi Tsuyoshi Kikuchi is a professional wrestler currently working for Pro Wrestling Noah. He has previously worked for All Japan Pro Wrestling. Kikuchi idolized and patterned his style after the Dynamite Kid.-In wrestling:*Finishing moves...	1	150
10.	El Samurai Osamu Matsuda is a Japanese professional wrestler who is best known for his work in New Japan Pro Wrestling, and is better known by his stage name El Samurai.- Career :...  & Ryusuke Taguchi Ryusuke Taguchi is a Japanese professional wrestler, trained by and currently performing for New Japan Pro Wrestling , where he is a former IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion and the current IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion....	1	139
11.	Jushin Liger & El Samurai	1	136
12.	Jushin Liger & Minoru Tanaka	1	119
13.	Prince Devitt Fergal Devitt Fergal Devitt is an Irish professional wrestler currently contracted by New Japan Pro Wrestling. He is better known by his ring name, Prince Devitt, as well as the alter ego of Pegasus Kid II....  & Minoru	2	105
14.	Prince Devitt & Ryusuke Taguchi	1	102+
15.	Kendo Kashin Kendo Kashin Tokimitsu Ishizawa , better known by his ring name Kendo Kashin , is a Japanese professional wrestler...  & Dr. Wagner, Jr. Dr. Wagner, Jr. Juan Manuel Gonzalez Barron is a Mexican professional wrestler who has achieved fame in CMLL and worldwide as Dr. Wagner, Jr. He is the son of Dr. Wagner and brother of Silver King.-Professional wrestling career:...	1	96
16.	The Great Sasuke Masanori Murakawa , , is a Japanese professional wrestler who is best known by his stage name The Great Sasuke. As well as a former Iwate Prefectural Assembly legislator. He has wrestled in Japan and in the United States in various wrestling promotions...  & Jushin Liger	1	94
17.	American Dragon Bryan Danielson Bryan Danielson is an American professional wrestler who is currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment. He is also known by his alias, and later nickname, the American Dragon....  & Curry Man Christopher Daniels Daniel Christopher Covell is an American professional wrestler, best known in the United States by his ring name "The Fallen Angel" Christopher Daniels. He is currently signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling wrestling as Daniels. He has also wrestled as Curry Man and Suicide...	1	85
18.	Tetsuya Naito & Yujiro Yujiro Takahashi , better known by his shortened ring name is a Japanese junior heavyweight professional wrestler trained by and currently performing for New Japan Pro Wrestling and Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre where he teams with Tetsuya Naito as part of the No Limit tag team.Takahashi entered New Japan in...	1	83
19.	Wataru Inoue Wataru Inoue Wataru Inoue is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working for New Japan Pro Wrestling.Inoue made his debut in 1999 on the Japanese independent circuit, then climbed the ladder to get to New Japan Pro Wrestling in 2004...  & Koji Kanemoto	1	71

By wrestler

Rank	Wrestler	# Of Reigns	Combined Days
1.	Gedo Keiji Takayama Keiji Takayama better known as Gedo, is a long time professional wrestler. He formed a long-lasting tag team with Jado...	4	960
1.	Jado Shoji Akiyoshi , better known by his ring name is a Japanese professional wrestler, best known for his work in New Japan Pro Wrestling with his tag team partner Gedo. His career has largely paralleled that of his partner except for brief instances in Universal Lucha Libre in 1993 and Frontier Martial-Arts...	4	960
3.	Jushin Liger Jushin Liger , better known as and later, is a Japanese professional wrestler who works primarily for New Japan Pro Wrestling.-Early career:Yamada was an amateur wrestler while studying in high school. He applied to New Japan Pro Wrestling to become a professional wrestler in the early 1980s. He was not...	5	786
4.	Minoru	5	759
5.	Koji Kanemoto Koji Kanemoto is a Japanese professional wrestler of Zainichi Korean descent.-Career:Kanemoto practiced Judo during his high school days and won a few championships as a professional before being recruited by the New Japan Dojo. He portrayed Tiger Mask in its third incarnation, succeeding Mitsuharu Misawa. In...	3	607
6.	Shinjiro Otani	2	498
6.	Tatsuhito Takaiwa Tatsuhito Takaiwa Tatsuhito Takaiwa is a Zainichi-Korean professional wrestler. Takaiwa is one of the more well-traveled junior heavyweights in Japan, having wrestled for New Japan, and Zero-One, as well as making special appearances in All Japan and NOAH....	2	498
8.	Hirooki Goto Hirooki Goto is a Japanese professional wrestler. He has wrestled primarily for New Japan Pro Wrestling since his debut.-Career:Goto attended Kokushikan University, where he took part in freestyle wrestling and Greco-Roman wrestling. Upon graduating, Goto qualified to join New Japan Pro Wrestling, but left the...	1	281
9.	El Samurai Osamu Matsuda is a Japanese professional wrestler who is best known for his work in New Japan Pro Wrestling, and is better known by his stage name El Samurai.- Career :...	2	275
10.	TAKA Michinoku Takao Yoshida , better known by his stage name Taka Michinoku , is a professional wrestler who has wrestled all over the world...	1	270
10.	Dick Togo	1	270
12.	Ryusuke Taguchi Ryusuke Taguchi is a Japanese professional wrestler, trained by and currently performing for New Japan Pro Wrestling , where he is a former IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion and the current IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion....	2	241+
13.	Prince Devitt Fergal Devitt Fergal Devitt is an Irish professional wrestler currently contracted by New Japan Pro Wrestling. He is better known by his ring name, Prince Devitt, as well as the alter ego of Pegasus Kid II....	3	207+
14.	Alex Shelley Alex Shelley Patrick Martin , better known by the ring name Alex Shelley, is an American professional wrestler currently wrestling for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling where he is a former TNA X Division Champion. He previously gained fame on the independent circuit, working most notably for Ring of Honor, as...	1	182
14.	Chris Sabin Chris Sabin Joshua Harter is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Chris Sabin. He is currently working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling , and also makes appearances for the Japan based Pro Wrestling ZERO1-MAX promotion, and in the New Japan Pro Wrestling promotion...	1	182
16.	AKIRA Akira Nogami Akira Nogami is a Japanese professional wrestler and actor who has wrestled for the New Japan Pro Wrestling promotion.-Career:After graduating from high school in 1984, Akira Nogami was initiated into the New Japan dojo. He debuted in October of that year against Keiji Mutoh, making him one of the...	1	155
17.	Yoshinobu Kanemaru Yoshinobu Kanemaru Yoshinobu Kanemaru is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently working for Pro Wrestling Noah, where he holds 1 half of the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship with Kotaro Suzuki. Kanemaru holds the records for the most reigns for both of Noah's Jr...	1	150
17.	Tsuyoshi Kikuchi Tsuyoshi Kikuchi is a professional wrestler currently working for Pro Wrestling Noah. He has previously worked for All Japan Pro Wrestling. Kikuchi idolized and patterned his style after the Dynamite Kid.-In wrestling:*Finishing moves...	1	150
19.	Kendo Kashin Kendo Kashin Tokimitsu Ishizawa , better known by his ring name Kendo Kashin , is a Japanese professional wrestler...	1	96
19.	Dr. Wagner, Jr. Dr. Wagner, Jr. Juan Manuel Gonzalez Barron is a Mexican professional wrestler who has achieved fame in CMLL and worldwide as Dr. Wagner, Jr. He is the son of Dr. Wagner and brother of Silver King.-Professional wrestling career:...	1	96
21.	The Great Sasuke Masanori Murakawa , , is a Japanese professional wrestler who is best known by his stage name The Great Sasuke. As well as a former Iwate Prefectural Assembly legislator. He has wrestled in Japan and in the United States in various wrestling promotions...	1	94
22.	American Dragon Bryan Danielson Bryan Danielson is an American professional wrestler who is currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment. He is also known by his alias, and later nickname, the American Dragon....	1	85
22.	Curry Man Christopher Daniels Daniel Christopher Covell is an American professional wrestler, best known in the United States by his ring name "The Fallen Angel" Christopher Daniels. He is currently signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling wrestling as Daniels. He has also wrestled as Curry Man and Suicide...	1	85
24.	Tetsuya Naito	1	83
24.	Yujiro Yujiro Takahashi , better known by his shortened ring name is a Japanese junior heavyweight professional wrestler trained by and currently performing for New Japan Pro Wrestling and Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre where he teams with Tetsuya Naito as part of the No Limit tag team.Takahashi entered New Japan in...	1	83
26.	Wataru Inoue Wataru Inoue Wataru Inoue is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working for New Japan Pro Wrestling.Inoue made his debut in 1999 on the Japanese independent circuit, then climbed the ladder to get to New Japan Pro Wrestling in 2004...	1	71

See also

• IWGP Heavyweight Championship
• IWGP Tag Team Championship
• IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship
  IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship
  The IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling title in the Japanese promotion of New Japan Pro Wrestling, and is contested exclusively among junior heavyweight wrestlers. The title was created on February 6, 1986 when Shiro Koshinaka defeated The Cobra in a tournament final...
  
  

External links

• Wrestling-Titles.com: IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Title
• Strong Style Spirit title history
• NJPW.co.jp title history