All Asia Tag Team Championship
The AJPW All Asia Tag Team Championship is a tag team championship contested for in All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW). Prior to being used in AJPW, the title was defended in the Japan Wrestling Association (JWA).
Title history
| Wrestlers: | Reigns: | Date: | Place: | Notes: |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tiger Jokinder and King Kong Czaya | 1 | November 16 1955 | Tokyo, Japan | Defeated Rikidozan and Harold Sakata in a tournament final to become the first champions. |
| Vacated | ||||
| Dan Miller and Frank Valois | 1 | June 2 1960 | Osaka, Japan | Defeated Rikidozan and Michiaki Yoshimura to win the vacant titles. |
| Rikidozan and Toyonobori | 1 | June 7 1960 | Nagoya, Japan | |
| Luther Lindsay and Ricky Waldo | 1 | February 3 1962 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| Rikidozan (2) and Toyonobori (2) | 2 | February 15 1962 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| Mike Sharpe and Buddy Austin | 2 | June 4 1962 | Osaka, Japan | |
| Rikidozan (3) and Toyonobori (3) | 3 | July 1 1962 | Toyonaka, Japan | |
| Vacated | January 1963 | Titles vacated after Toyonobori is injured. | ||
| Rikidozan (4) and Toyonobori (4) | 4 | May 5 1963 | Sapporo, Japan | |
| Vacated | December 15 1963 | Titles vacated due to Rikidozan's death from peritonitis caused by stab wounds suffered on December 8 1963. | ||
| Toyonobori (5) and Michiaki Yoshimura | 1 | February 20 1964 | Nagoya, Japan | Defeated Prince Curtis Iaukea and Don Manoukian to win the vacant titles. |
| Gene Kiniski and Caripus Hurricane | 1 | May 14 1964 | Yokohama, Japan | |
| Toyonobori (6) and Giant Baba | 1 | May 29 1964 | Sapporo, Japan | |
| The Destroyer and Billy Red Lyons | 1 | June 3 1965 | Sapporo, Japan | |
| Toyonobori (7) and Giant Baba (2) | 2 | July 15 1965 | Shizuoka, Japan | |
| Vacated | January 5 1966 | Titles vacated when Toyonobori took a leave of absence. | ||
| Killer Karl Kox and Joe Carrolo | 1 | May 25 1966 | Sendai, Japan | Defeated Michiaki Yoshimura and Giant Baba to win the vacant titles. |
| Michiaki Yoshimura (2) and Hiro Matsuda | 1 | May 28 1966 | Sapporo, Japan | |
| Killer Karl Kox (2) and Eddie Graham | 1 | June 27 1966 | Nagoya, Japan | |
| Michiaki Yoshimura (3) and Giant Baba (3) | 1 | July 1 1966 | Hiroshima, Japan | |
| Vacated | November 5 1966 | Tokyo, Japan | Titles vacated when Yoshimura and Baba win the NWA International Tag Team Championship. | |
| Michiaki Yoshimura (4) and Kintaro Ohki | 1 | December 3 1966 | Tokyo, Japan | Defeated Eddie Morea and Tarzan Zorro to win the vacant titles. |
| Vacated | April 1967 | Titles vacated when Ohki is injured in an automobile accident. | ||
| Michiaki Yoshimura (5) and Antonio Inoki | 1 | May 26 1967 | Sapporo, Japan | Defeated Waldo Von Erich and Ike Eakins to win the vacant titles. |
| Vacated | October 31 1967 | Osaka, Japan | Titles vacated after Inoki wins the NWA International Tag Team Championship with Giant Baba. | |
| Michiaki Yoshimura (6) and Kintaro Ohki (2) | 2 | January 6 1968 | Osaka, Japan | Defeated Bill Miller and Rick Hunter to win the vacant titles. |
| Skull Murphy and Klondike Bill | 1 | July 8 1968 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| Michiaki Yoshimura (7) and Kintaro Ohki (3) | 3 | July 30 1968 | Sapporo, Japan | |
| Vacated | January 21 1969 | Titles vacated when Yoshimura leaves Japan for the United States. | ||
| Kintaro Ohki (4) and Antonio Inoki (2) | 1 | February 3 1969 | Sapporo, Japan | Defeated Buster Royd and Tom Jones to win the vacant titles. |
| Vacated | July 3 1969 | Titles vacated when Ohki chooses to concentrate on defending the JWA All Asia Heavyweight Championship. | ||
| Michiaki Yoshimura (8) and Antonio Inoki (3) | 2 | August 9 1969 | Nagoya, Japan | Defeated Crusher Lisowski and Al Mahilik to win the vacant titles. |
| Held up | October 10 1969 | Yamagata, Japan | Titles held up following a match against Buddy Austin and Mr. Atomic. | |
| Michiaki Yoshimura (9) and Antonio Inoki (4) | 3 | October 30 1969 | Gifu, Japan | Defeated Austin and Atomic in a rematch to win the held up titles. |
| Vacated | December 1971 | Titles vacated when Inoki is expelled from the JWA. | ||
| Michiaki Yoshimura (10) and Seiji Sakaguchi |
1 | December 12 1971 | Tokyo, Japan | Defeated Dory Funk, Jr. and Dick Murdoch to win the vacant titles. |
| Vacated | January 30 1973 | Titles vacated when Yoshimura retires. | ||
| Great Kojika and Gentetsu Matsuoka | 1 | March 3 1973 | Osaka, Japan | Defeated Kurt Von Steiger and Killer Karl Krupp to win the vacant titles. |
| Vacated | April 20 1973 | Titles vacated when the JWA closes. | ||
| Great Kojika (2) and Motoshi Okuma | 1 | March 26 1976 | Seoul, S. Korea | First champions in AJPW. |
| Jerry and Ted Oates | 1 | October 2 1976 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| Akihisa Takachiho and Tomotsugu Kutsuwada |
1 | October 21 1976 | Fukushima, Japan | |
| Great Kojika (3) and Motoshi Okuma (2) | 2 | July 16 1977 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| Mighty Inoue and Animal Hamaguchi | 1 | November 6 1977 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| Great Kojika (4) and Motoshi Okuma (3) | 3 | February 22 1978 | Gifu, Japan | |
| Vacated | August 1978 | Titles vacated after Kojika and Okuma do not defend for six months. | ||
| Great Kojika (5) and Motoshi Okuma (4) | 4 | May 31 1979 | Noshiro, Japan | Defeated Butch Miller and Sweet William to win the vacant titles. |
| Kevin and David Von Erich | 1 | May 23 1981 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| Takashi Ishikawa and Akio Sato | 1 | June 11 1981 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| Vacated | January 1983 | Titles vacated after Sato is injured. | ||
| Ashura Hara and Mighty Inoue (2) | 1 | February 23 1983 | Takaishi, Japan | Defeated Great Kojika and Motoshi Okuma to win the vacant titles. |
| Vacated | February 1984 | Titles vacated after Inoue focuses on winning the NWA International Junior Heavyweight Championship. | ||
| Ashura Hara (2) and Takashi Ishikawa (2) | 1 | February 16 1984 | Nagasaki, Japan | Defeated Jerry Morrow and Thomas Ivey to win the vacant titles. |
| Stripped | October 22 1984 | |||
| Takashi Ishikawa (3) and Akio Sato (2) | 2 | April 15 1985 | Nagasaki, Japan | Defeated Animal Hamaguchi and Masanobu Kurisu to win the vacant titles. |
| Isamu Teranishi and Animal Hamaguchi (2) | 1 | July 18 1985 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| Isamu Teranishi (2) and Norio Honaga | 1 | 1985 | Hamaguchi was injured and replaced by Honaga. | |
| Takashi Ishikawa (4) and Mighty Inoue (3) | 1 | October 31 1985 | Tsuruoka, Japan | |
| Ashura Hara (3) and Super Strong Machine | 1 | October 30 1986 | Aomori, Japan | |
| Vacated | 1987 | Titles vacated after Machine jumps to New Japan Pro Wrestling. | ||
| Takashi Ishikawa (5) and Mighty Inoue (4) | 2 | July 30 1987 | Tokyo, Japan | Defeated Isamu Teranishi and Masanobu Kurisu in a tournament final to win the vacant titles. |
| Footloose (Toshiaki Kawada and Samson Fuyuki) |
1 | March 9 1988 | Yokohama, Japan | |
| Shunji Takano and Shinichi Nakano | 1 | September 9 1988 | Chiba, Japan | |
| Footloose (Toshiaki Kawada (2) and Samson Fuyuki (2)) |
2 | September 15 1988 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| Can-Am Express (Dan Kroffat and Doug Furnas) |
1 | June 5 1989 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| Footloose (Toshiaki Kawada (3) and Samson Fuyuki (3)) |
3 | October 20 1989 | Nagoya, Japan | |
| Can-Am Express (Dan Kroffat (2) and Doug Furnas (2)) |
2 | March 2 1990 | Nagoya, Japan | |
| Kenta Kobashi and Tiger Mask (Mitsuharu Misawa) |
1 | April 9 1990 | Okayama, Japan | |
| Vacated | May 17 1990 | Titles vacated after Misawa, now unmasked, chooses to focus on winning singles titles. | ||
| Shinichi Nakano (2) and Akira Taue | 1 | June 5 1990 | Chiba, Japan | Defeated The British Bulldogs (Johnny and Davey Boy Smith) to win the vacant titles. |
| Vacated | July 1990 | Titles vacated after Nakano jumps to Super World of Sports. | ||
| Kenta Kobashi (2) and Johnny Ace | 1 | September 7 1990 | Fukui, Japan | Defeated The Fantastics (Bobby Fulton and Tommy Rogers) to win the vacant titles. |
| Vacated | Titles vacated after Ace is injured. | |||
| The British Bulldogs (Dynamite Kid and Johnny Smith) |
1 | April 6 1991 | Osaka, Japan | Defeated Kenta Kobashi and Tsuyoshi Kikuchi to win the vacant titles. |
| Can-Am Express (Dan Kroffat (3) and Doug Furnas (3)) |
3 | April 20 1991 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| Kenta Kobashi (3) and Johnny Ace (2) | 2 | July 8 1991 | Osaka, Japan | |
| Joel Deaton and Billy Black | 1 | July 18 1991 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| Can-Am Express (Dan Kroffat (4) and Doug Furnas (4)) |
4 | July 26 1991 | Matsudo, Japan | |
| Kenta Kobashi (4) and Tsuyoshi Kikuchi | 1 | May 25 1992 | Miyagi, Japan | |
| The Patriot and The Eagle | 1 | June 2 1993 | Koyama, Japan | |
| Can-Am Express (Dan Kroffat (5) and Doug Furnas (5)) |
5 | September 9 1993 | Omiya, Japan | |
| Vacated | December 5 1994 | Titles vacated the Can-Am Express choose to concentrate on winning the AJPW Unified World Tag Team Championship. | ||
| Jun Akiyama and Takao Omori | 1 | January 29 1995 | Tokyo, Japan | Defeated The Fantastics (Bobby Fulton and Tommy Rogers) in a tournament final to win the vacant titles. |
| Johnny Smith (2) and Wolf Hawkfield | 1 | January 9 1998 | Kagoshima, Japan | |
| Tamon Honda and Jun Izumida | 1 | October 16 1998 | Niigata, Japan | |
| Hayabusa and Jinsei Shinzaki | 1 | February 13 1999 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| Takao Omori (2) and Yoshihiro Takayama | 1 | June 4 1999 | Sapporo, Japan | |
| Mitsuharu Misawa (2) and Yoshinari Ogawa | 1 | August 25 1999 | Hiroshima, Japan | |
| Vacated | 1999 | Titles vacated because Misawa wanted to give other wrestlers a chance at winning them. | ||
| Tamon Honda (2) and Masao Inoue | 1 | October 25 1999 | Nagaoka, Japan | Defeated Johnny Smith and Maunakea Mossman in a tournament final to win the vacant titles. |
| Vacated | June 2000 | Titles vacated when the team leaves AJPW. | ||
| Masahito Kakihara and Mitsuya Nagai | 1 | June 8 2001 | Tokyo, Japan | Defeated Yuji Nagata and Shinya Makabe to win the vacant titles. |
| Vacated | August 2001 | Titles vacated after Kakihara is injured. | ||
| Arashi and Kouki Kitahara | 1 | September 8 2001 | Tokyo, Japan | Defeated Nobutaka Araya and Shigeo Okumura to win the vacant titles. |
| Vacated | January 14 2002 | |||
| Arashi (2) and Nobutaka Araya | 1 | April 13 2002 | Tokyo, Japan | Defeated Nobutaka Araya and Shigeo Okumura to win the vacant titles. |
| Vacated | June 20 2003 | Arashi vacated his half of the championship in order to focus on winning the AJPW Unified World Tag Team Championship. | ||
| Kohei Sato and Hirotaka Yokoi | 1 | July 19 2003 | Tokyo, Japan | Defeated Tomoaki Honma and Kazushi Miyamoto to win the vacant titles. |
| Kintaro Kanemura and Tetsuhiro Kuroda | 1 | October 10 2003 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| Vacated | December 14 2003 | Titles vacated due to Kanemura becoming ill. | ||
| Tetsuhiro Kuroda (2) and Mr. Gannosuke | 1 | December 25 2003 | Tokyo, Japan | Defeated Tengukeiser and Jun Kasai to win the vacant titles. |
| Great Sosuke and Shiryu | 1 | January 2 2004 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| Genichiro Tenryu and Masanobu Fuchi | 1 | May 22 2004 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| Mitsuya Nagai and Masayuki Naruse | 1 | November 3 2004 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| Bull Buchanan and Rico Constantino | 1 | February 2 2005 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| Vacated | May 27 2005 | Titles vacated when Constantino retires. | ||
| Shuji Kondo and Brother Yasshi | 1 | June 19 2005 | Tokyo, Japan | Defeated Tomoaki Honma and Katsuhiko Nakajima in a tournament final to win the vacant titles. |
| Kensuke Sasaki and Katsuhiko Nakajima | 1 | July 26 2005 | Tokyo, Japan | |