Osaka Tag Team Championship

The Osaka Tag Team Championship (大阪タッグ王座, Ōsaka taggu ōza) is the top tag team title in the Japanese professional wrestling promotion Osaka Pro Wrestling. The title was established in 2001 when Daio Quallt and Gamma won a seven-team round-robin tournament to win the inaugural titles.

Osaka Tag Team Championship
Details
PromotionOsaka Pro Wrestling
Date established2001
Current champion(s)Gaina and Hub
Date wonDecember 28, 2019
Other name(s)
Osaka Pro Wrestling Tag Team Championship (2001-2019)

Being a professional wrestling championship, it is not won via direct competition; it is instead won via a predetermined ending to a match or awarded to a wrestler because of a wrestling angle. There have been forty-two reigns by thirty-six teams among thirty-seven individual wrestlers. The current champions are Gaina and Hub, who are in their second reign as a team.[1][2]

Title history

Names
Name Years
Osaka Pro Wrestling Tag Team Championship May 13, 2001 – January 18, 2019
Osaka Tag Team Championship January 18, 2019 – present

Reigns
Key
No. Overall reign number
Reign Reign number for the specific champion
Days Number of days held
Defenses Number of successful defenses
+ Current reign is changing daily
No. Champion Championship change Reign statistics Notes Ref.
Date Event Location Reign DaysDefenses
1 Daio Quallt and Gamma May 13, 2001 Osaka Pro 2nd Anniversary Spicy Series 2001 Osaka, Japan 1 690 Defeated Super Delfin and Takehiro Murahama in the 2001 Osaka Tag Festival tournament final to become the inaugural chanpions. [3]
— Vacated June 30, 2001 — — — —— Titles vacated due to Daio Quallt suffering an injury. [1]
2 Infinity
(Black Buffalo and Tsubasa)		 July 21, 2001 Osaka Pro Story #4 Osaka, Japan 1 340 Defeated Super Delfin and Takehiro Murahama to win the vacant titles. [4]
3 Takehiro Murahama and Kaiju Zeta Mandora August 24, 2001 Osaka Pro Story #5 Osaka, Japan 1 920 [5]
4 Miracle Man and Azteca November 24, 2001 Saturday Night Story Osaka, Japan 1 400 [6]
5 Daio Quallt (2) and "Big Boss" Ma-G-Ma (2) January 3, 2002 Osaka Pro Story #8 Osaka, Japan 1 2342 "Big Boss" Ma-G-Ma previously held the title under the name Kaiju Zeta Mandora. [7]
6 Infinity
(Black Buffalo and Tsubasa)		 August 25, 2002 Osaka Pro Story #13 Osaka, Japan 2 1601 [8]
7 Jushin Thunder Liger and Takehiro Murahama (2) February 1, 2003 Osaka Hurricane 03.02.01 Osaka, Japan 1 3085 [9]
8 Universal Global Members
(Billy Ken Kid and Tigers Mask)		 December 6, 2003 Saturday Night Story Osaka, Japan 1 3794 [10]
9 Daio Quallt (3) and Black Buffalo (3) December 19, 2004 Osaka Pro Story #27 Osaka, Japan 1 560 [11]
10 Billy Ken Kid (2) and Perro February 13, 2005 Osaka Hurricane 2005 Osaka, Japan 1 551 [12]
— Vacated April 9, 2005 — — — —— Titles vacated immediately after the first defense. [1]
11 Sengoku
(Hideyoshi and Masamune)		 July 23, 2005 Osaka Pro Story #28 Osaka, Japan 1 560 Defeated Super Delfin and Tigers Mask in the Osaka Tag Festival 2005 tournament final to win the vacant titles. [13]
12 Tsubasa (2) and Billy Ken Kid (3) September 17, 2005 Osaka Pro Story #29 Osaka, Japan 1 361 [14]
— Vacated October 23, 2005 — — — —— Tsubasa and Billy Ken Kid vacated the titles for the Tenpozan 2005 tournament. [15]
13 Billy Ken Kid (4) and Black Buffalo (4) February 26, 2006 Osaka Hurricane 2006 Osaka, Japan 1 1530 [16]
— Vacated July 29, 2006 — Osaka, Japan — —— Vacated after Buffalo suffered a legitimate shoulder injury. [1]
14 Billy Ken Kid (5) and Hideyoshi (2) August 5, 2006 Saturday Night Story Osaka, Japan 1 1191 Defeated the teams of Gaina and Super Delfin, and Flash Moon and Tigers Mask in a three-way elimination tag team match to win the vacant titles. [17]
15 Bad Force
(Gaina and Zeus)		 December 2, 2006 Saturday Night Story Osaka, Japan 1 720 [18]
16 Sengoku
(Hideyoshi (3) and Masamune)		 February 12, 2007 Osaka Hurricane 2007 Osaka, Japan 2 1951 This was a three-way elimination tag team match also involving Flash Moon and Tsubasa. [19]
17 Kagetora and Rasse August 26, 2007 Pro-Wrestling Summit in Ariake Tokyo, Japan 1 1111 This was an interpromotional Winner-takes-All match where Kagetora and Rasse's Tohoku Tag Team Championship was also on the line. [20]
18 Zero and Gaina (2) December 15, 2007 Michinoku Pro National Tour 2007 Anan, Japan 1 3165 [21]
19 Asian Cougar and Tsubasa (3) October 26, 2008 Osaka Pro Story #44 Osaka, Japan 1 670 [22]
20 Tigers Mask (2) and Black Buffalo (5) January 1, 2009 New Year Holiday Paradise Osaka, Japan 1 450 [23]
21 The Great Sasuke and Asian Cougar (2) February 15, 2009 Osaka Hurricane 2009 Osaka, Japan 1 940 [24]
22 Tigers Mask (3) and Black Buffalo (6) May 20, 2009 Osaka Pro 10th Anniversary Show Tokyo, Japan 2 590 [25]
23 Sengoku
(Hideyoshi (4) and Masamune)		 July 18, 2009 Saturday Night Story Osaka, Japan 3 2084 [26]
24 Momo no Seishun Tag
(Atsushi Kotoge and Daisuke Harada)		 February 11, 2010 Osaka Hurricane 2010 Osaka, Japan 1 1562 [27]
25 Don Fujii and Masaaki Mochizuki July 17, 2010 Summer Achoo Series Osaka, Japan 1 1061 [28]
26 Momo no Seishun Tag
(Atsushi Kotoge and Daisuke Harada)		 October 31, 2010 Battle Autumn 2010 Osaka, Japan 2 270 [29]
27 Joker
(Kuuga (3) and Orochi)		 November 27, 2010 Winter Starts Series Osaka, Japan 1 771 Kuuga previously held the title under the name Asian Cougar. [30]
28 The Big Guns
(Zeus (2) and The Bodyguard)		 February 12, 2011 Gerende ga Tokeruhodo Koishitai Series Osaka, Japan 1 351 [31]
29 Joker
(Tadasuke and Orochi (2))		 March 19, 2011 Spring Samba Series Osaka, Japan 1 1210 This was a three-way elimination tag team match also involving The Big Guns. [32]
30 Momo no Seishun Tag
(Atsushi Kotoge and Daisuke Harada)		 July 18, 2011 Summer Achoo Series 2011 Osaka, Japan 3 1042 This was a three-way elimination tag team match also involving Takoyakida and Ultimate Spider Jr. [33]
31 Joker
Hayata and Kuuga (3))		 October 30, 2011 Saturday Night Story Osaka, Japan 1 2382 [34]
— Vacated June 24, 2012 Osaka Tag Festival 2012 Final! Osaka, Japan — —— Hayata and Tadasuke defeated their fellow Joker stablemates Kuuga and Ultimate Spider Jr. in the finals of the 2012 Osaka Tag Festival. Subsequently, they announced their departure from the stable and vacated the titles. [15]
32 Glare
(Hayata (2) and Tadasuke (2))		 July 22, 2012 Osaka Hurricane 2012 Osaka, Japan 1 2512 Defeated The Big Guns and Sengoku (Hideyoshi and Masamune) in a three-way tag team match to win the vacant titles. [35]
— Vacated March 30, 2013 — Osaka, Japan — —— The titles were declared vacated after Hayata announced his contract with the promotion was running out on April 29. [15]
33 Bad Stream
(Kazuaki Mihara and Tadasuke (3))		 May 19, 2013 Osaka Holiday Paradise Osaka, Japan 1 1613 Defeated The Big Guns to win the vacant titles. [36]
34 The Big Guns
(Zeus (3) and The Bodyguard)		 October 27, 2013 Osaka Tornado Vol. 2 Osaka, Japan 2 1751 [37]
— Vacated April 20, 2014 — Osaka, Japan — —— Titles were declared vacated after Zeus and The Bodyguard left Osaka Pro Wrestling for All Japan Pro Wrestling. [15]
35 Caramel Boy and Kaiju New World May 6, 2017 Osaka Pro Wrestling 18th Anniversary Show Osaka, Japan 1 1551 Defeated Hub and Okonomiyakida in the final of the Osaka Tag Festival tournament to win the vacant titles. [38]
36 Takoyakida and Ultimate Spider Jr. October 8, 2017 It's Osaka Pro Everyone Gather! Osaka, Japan 1 4632 [39]
37 Infinity
(Black Buffalo (7) and Tsubasa (4))		 January 14, 2019 Road To 20th Anniversary Osaka, Japan 3 760 The title was renamed Osaka Tag Team Championship during this reign. [40]
38 Magnitude Kishiwada (3) and Takashi Yoshida March 31, 2019 Osaka Pro Declaration of Flowering 2019 Osaka, Japan 1 310 Magnitude Kishiwada previously held the title under the names Kaiju Zeta Mandora and "Big Boss" Ma-G-Ma. [41]
39 Gamma (2) and Super Delfin May 1, 2019 Osaka Pro 20th Anniversary Show Osaka, Japan 1 390 [42]
40 Rising Hayato and Santaro Ishizuchi June 9, 2019 House show Matsuyama, Japan 1 830 This was an Ehime Pro Wrestling event. [1]
41 Gamma (3) and Super Shisa August 31, 2019 Osaka Pro Summer Festival 2019 Osaka, Japan 1 1191 [43]
42 Hub (2) and Gaina (3) December 28, 2019 Osaka Pro Has Come to Noha Hanshin Osaka, Japan 2 407+0 Hub previously held the title under the name Zero. [44]

Combined reigns

As of February 7, 2020.

† Indicates the current champion

By team
Rank Team No. of
reigns		 Combined days
1 HUB and Gaina †2723+
2 Takoyakida and Ultimate Spider Jr.1463
3 Sengoku
(Hideyoshi and Masamune)		3459
4 Billyken Kid and Tigers Mask1379
5 Jushin Thunder Liger and Takehiro Murahama1308
6 Momo no Seishun Tag
(Atsushi Kotoge and Daisuke Harada)		3287
7 Infinity
(Black Buffalo and Tsubasa)		3270
8 GLARE
(Hayata and Tadasuke)		1251
9 JOKER
(Hayata and Kuuga)		1238
10 Daio QUALLT and "Big Boss" MA-G-MA1234
11 The Big Guns
(Zeus and The Bodyguard)		2210
12 Billyken Kid and Black Buffalo1177
13 Bad Stream
(Kazuaki Mihara and Tadasuke)		1161
14 Caramel Boy and Kaiju New World1155
15 Don Fujii and Masaaki Mochizuki1136
16 JOKER
(Tadasuke and Orochi)		1121
17 Billyken Kid and Hideyoshi1119
Gamma and Super Shisa1119
19 Kagetora and Rasse1111
20 Tigers Mask and Black Buffalo2104
21 Mucha Lucha
(The Great Sasuke and Asian Cougar)		194
22 Takehiro Murahama and Kaiju Zeta Mandora192
23 Rising Hayato and Santaro Ishizuchi183
24 Gaina and Zeus172
25 Daio QUALLT and Gamma169
26 Mucha Lucha
(Asian Cooger and Tsubasa)		167
27 Daio QUALLT and Black Buffalo156
28 Billyken Kid and Perro155
29 Miracleman and Azteca140
30 Gamma and Super Delfin139
31 Tsubasa and Billyken Kid136
32 JOKER
(Kuuga and Orochi)		135
33 Magnitude Kishiwada and Takashi Yoshida131

By wrestler
Rank Wrestler No. of
reigns		 Combined days
1 Billyken Kid5766
2 Gaina †3795+
3 Black Buffalo7607
4 HUB/Zero †2723+
5 Hideyoshi4578
6 Tadasuke3533
7 Hayata2489
8 Tigers Mask3483
9 Takoyakida1463
Ultimate Spider Jr.1463
11 Takehiro Murahama2400
12 Asian Cooger/Asian Cougar/Kuuga3399
13 Daio QUALLT3359
14 Magnitude Kishiwada/Kaiju Zeta Mandora/"Big Boss" MA-G-MA.3357
15 Jushin Thunder Liger1308
16 Tsubasa4306
17 Atsushi Kotoge3287
Daisuke Harada3287
19 Zeus3282
20 Gamma3227
21 The Bodyguard2210
22 Kazuaki Mihara1161
23 Orochi2156
24 Caramel Boy1155
Kaiju New World1155
26 Super Shisa1119
27 Don Fujii1106
Masaaki Mochizuki1106
29 Rising Hayato183
Santaro Ishizuchi183
31 Perro155
32 Azteca140
Miracleman140
34 Super Delfin139
35 Takashi Yoshida131

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