BJW Tag Team Championship
Professional wrestling tag team championship
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The BJW Tag Team Championship (BJW認定タッグ王座, BJW nintei taggu ōza) is the top tag team title defended in the Japanese professional wrestling promotion Big Japan Pro Wrestling. The championship has been the leading tag team championship in the promotion since 1997. There have been a total of 66 reigns shared between 49 different teams consisting of 59 distinctive champions. The current champions are Kazumi Kikuta and Toru Sugiura who are in their first reign as a team.
PromotionBig Japan Pro Wrestling
Date establishedJune 3, 1997
Current championsKazumi Kikuta and Toru Sugiura
Date wonDecember 30, 2025
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Current design of the BJW Tag Team Championship (1997 – present) | |||||||||||||
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| Promotion | Big Japan Pro Wrestling | ||||||||||||
| Date established | June 3, 1997 | ||||||||||||
| Current champions | Kazumi Kikuta and Toru Sugiura | ||||||||||||
| Date won | December 30, 2025 | ||||||||||||
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Title history
The title was created on June 3, 1997, when Takashi Ishikawa and Kengo Kimura defeated Shoji Nakamaki and Takashi Okano in the finals of a five-team scramble tournament to become the first champions. The championship has been the leading tag team championship in the promotion since 1997. The title matches are done with normal rules, but they also can be done by deathmatches. Like most professional wrestling championships, the title is won via the result of a scripted match. Title changes usually happen at BJW-promoted events; although the title has only changed hands twice at a non-BJW event, it has been defended in several other promotions like Combat Zone Wrestling and Fuyuki Army.
| No. | Overall reign number |
|---|---|
| Reign | Reign number for the specific team—reign numbers for the individuals are in parentheses, if different |
| 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 | Days | Defenses | ||||
| 1 | Kengo Kimura and Takashi Ishikawa | June 3, 1997 | Big Japan Fighter Declaration 1997: Touha | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 8 | 0 | Defeated the teams of Jado & Gedo, Kendo Nagasaki and Satoru Shiga, Shoji Nakamaki and Takashi Okano and Yoshihiro Tajiri and Yuichi Taniguchi in a 5-way Elimination match to become the inaugural champions. | [1] |
| — | Vacated | June 11, 1997 | — | — | — | — | — | Vacated when Ishikawa and Kimura split up. | [2] |
| 2 | Yoshihiro Tajiri and Ryuji Yamakawa | July 23, 1997 | Big Japan Fighter Declaration 1997: Toushi | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 152 | 3 | Defeated Takashi Ishikawa and Kishin Kawabata to win the vacant title. | [3] |
| 3 | Jado and Gedo | December 22, 1997 | Fuyuki Army house show | Isesaki, Japan | 1 | 11 | 0 | [4] | |
| 4 | Yoshihiro Tajiri (2) and Ryuji Yamakawa (2) | January 2, 1998 | Big Japan Fighter Declaration 1998: Toshinden | Tokyo, Japan | 2 | 61 | 0 | [5] | |
| 5 | Shadows (Shadow WX and Shadow Winger) |
March 4, 1998 | Big Japan Fighter Declaration 1998: Toushou | Shimizu, Japan | 1 | 158 | 4 | [6] | |
| 6 | Shoji Nakamaki and Ryuji Yamakawa (3) | August 9, 1998 | Big Japan Fighter Declaration 1998: Toushi | Kawasaki, Japan | 1 | 112 | 2 | [7] | |
| — | Vacated | November 29, 1998 | — | — | — | — | — | Vacated when Nakamaki left the promotion. | [2] |
| 7 | Shadow WX (2) and Tomoaki Honma | December 5, 1998 | HWO 4 Year | Yokohama, Japan | 1 | 238 | 3 | Defeated Jason the Terrible and The Winger in a Light Tubes Board deathmatch to win the vacant title. | [8] |
| 8 | Ryuji Yamakawa (4) and Mike Samples | July 31, 1999 | House show | Hakata, Japan | 1 | 38 | 0 | ||
| 9 | Kamikaze and Shunme Matsuzaki | September 7, 1999 | House show | Imabari, Japan | 1 | 122 | 3 | [9] | |
| 10 | Ryuji Yamakawa (5) and Tomoaki Honma (2) | January 7, 2000 | BJ Great Series 2000 | Osaka, Japan | 1 | 147 | 0 | [10] | |
| 11 | Zandig and Nick Gage | June 2, 2000 | BJ Hardcore Series 2000 | Nagaoka, Japan | 1 | 8 | 0 | [11] | |
| 12 | Wifebeater and Justice Pain | June 10, 2000 | CZW Caged To The End | Sewell, New Jersey | 1 | 22 | 0 | [12] | |
| 13 | Shadow WX (3) and Ryuji Yamakawa (6) | July 2, 2000 | BJ Hardcore Series II 2000 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 75 | 3 | [13] | |
| 14 | Kamikaze (2) and Abdullah Kobayashi | September 15, 2000 | Maximum Tag League 2000 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 135 | 2 | This was a Light Tubes Board deathmatch. | [14] |
| 15 | Men's Club (Men's Teioh and Daisuke Sekimoto) |
January 28, 2001 | New Year Great Series 2001 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 595 | 9 | [15] | |
| 16 | Skinheaders (Daikokubo Benkei and Abdullah Kobayashi (2)) |
September 15, 2002 | BJ Monster 2002 | Hakata, Japan | 1 | 460 | 1 | [16] | |
| 17 | Ryuji Ito and Badboy Hido | December 19, 2003 | HTH Series 2003 - Day 2 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 4 | 0 | This was a Cage deathmatch. | [17] |
| 18 | Men's Teioh (2) and Mr. Big Japan (7) | December 23, 2003 | HTH Series 2003 - Day 3 | Nagoya, Japan | 1 | 236 | 1 | Mr. Big Japan previously won the title under the name Ryuji Yamakawa. | [18] |
| 19 | Skinheaders (Abdullah Kobayashi (3) and "Black Angel" Jaki Numazawa) |
August 15, 2004 | Road To Decade | Kawasaki, Japan | 1 | 105 | 0 | This was a Barbed Wire Board deathmatch. | [19] |
| 20 | Akarangers (Takashi Sasaki and Gentaro) |
November 28, 2004 | House show | Chiba, Japan | 1 | 289 | 1 | ||
| — | Vacated | September 13, 2005 | — | — | — | — | — | Vacated due to a lack of title defenses. | [2] |
| 21 | Abdullah Kobayashi (4) and Daisuke Sekimoto (2) | October 14, 2005 | Maximum Tag Day | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 105 | 1 | Defeated Jun Kasai and "Black Angel" Jaki Numazawa in a Fluorescent Light Tubes deathmatch to win the vacant title. | [20] |
| 22 | Team Anko-gata (Shadow WX (4) and Mammoth Sasaki) |
January 27, 2006 | House show | Kawasaki, Japan | 1 | 310 | 4 | [21] | |
| 23 | Daisuke Sekimoto (3) and Yoshihito Sasaki | December 3, 2006 | House show | Yokohama, Japan | 1 | 455 | 6 | [22] | |
| 24 | Kengo Mashimo and Madoka | March 2, 2008 | ZERO-ONE 7th Anniversary | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 133 | 1 | [23] | |
| 25 | Mammoth Sasaki (2) and Daisuke Sekimoto (4) | July 13, 2008 | House show | Yokohama, Japan | 1 | 237 | 6 | [24] | |
| — | Vacated | March 7, 2009 | — | — | — | — | — | Vacated after Sasaki suffered an injury in an automobile accident. | [2] |
| 26 | Masashi Takeda and Isami Kodaka | May 28, 2009 | House show | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 60 | 0 | Defeated Takashi Sasaki and Yuko Miyamoto in a tournament final Fluorescent Light Tubes Tower deathmatch to win the vacant title. | [25] |
| 27 | Strong BJ (Daisuke Sekimoto (5) and Yuji Okabayashi) |
July 27, 2009 | House show | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 139 | 2 | [26] | |
| 28 | Yoshihito Sasaki (2) and Shinya Ishikawa | December 13, 2009 | Fantastic Tour 2009 | Hakata, Japan | 1 | 31 | 0 | [27] | |
| — | Vacated | January 13, 2010 | — | — | — | — | — | Vacated after Ishikawa suffered a leg injury. | [2] |
| 29 | 045 Junkie's (Jun Kasai and "Black Angel" Jaki Numazawa (2)) |
April 28, 2010 | BJW 15th Anniversary Death Tour | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 165 | 2 | Defeated Daisuke Sekimoto and Yoshihito Sasaki in a tournament final Hardcore match to win the vacant title. | [28] |
| 30 | Daisuke Sekimoto (6) and Yoshihito Sasaki (3) | October 10, 2010 | BJ Spikeout | Sapporo, Japan | 2 | 43 | 0 | This was a Hardcore match. | [29] |
| 31 | 045 Junkie's (Jun Kasai (2) and "Black Angel" Jaki Numazawa (3)) |
November 22, 2010 | House show | Tokyo, Japan | 2 | 69 | 0 | This was a Barbed Wire Execution deathmatch. | [30] |
| 32 | The Brahman Brothers (Brahman Kei and Brahman Shu) |
January 30, 2011 | Pro-Wrestling Big Thanksgiving Death Market 3 | Nagoya, Japan | 1 | 13 | 0 | This was a Fluorescent Light Tubes Ladder deathmatch. | [31] |
| 33 | 045 Junkie's (Jun Kasai (3) and "Black Angel" Jaki Numazawa (4)) |
February 12, 2011 | House show | Tokyo, Japan | 3 | 82 | 0 | This was a Fluorescent Light Tubes, Ladder & Free Weapons deathmatch. | [32] |
| 34 | Yankee Nichōkenjū (Yuko Miyamoto and Isami Kodaka (2)) |
May 5, 2011 | Endless Survivor | Yokohama, Japan | 1 | 332 | 4 | This was a Cage, Ladder & Barbed Wire deathmatch. | [2] |
| 35 | Yoshihito Sasaki (4) and Shinobu | April 1, 2012 | Beyond The Frontiers | Sapporo, Japan | 1 | 33 | 0 | [33] | |
| 36 | Shuji Ishikawa and Shigehiro Irie | May 4, 2012 | Union Pro Golden Union 2012 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 72 | 1 | [34] | |
| 37 | Yuji Okabayashi (2) and Shinobu (2) | July 15, 2012 | Ryuji Yamakawa The Final | Sapporo, Japan | 1 | 132 | 2 | [35] | |
| 38 | Yankee Nichōkenjū (Yuko Miyamoto (2) and Isami Kodaka (3)) |
November 24, 2012 | House show | Tokyo, Japan | 2 | 553 | 17 | This was the Big Japan Tag League 2012 final Light Tubes & Barbed Wire Board deathmatch. | [36] |
| 39 | Twin Towers (Kohei Sato and Shuji Ishikawa (2)) |
May 31, 2014 | House show | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 516 | 7 | [37] | |
| 40 | Strong BJ (Daisuke Sekimoto (7) and Yuji Okabayashi (3)) |
October 29, 2015 | Saikyo Tag League 2015 | Tokyo, Japan | 2 | 62 | 0 | This was the Saikyo Tag League 2015 final. | [38] |
| 41 | Hamakami (Ryota Hama and Hideyoshi Kamitani) |
December 30, 2015 | House show | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 152 | 0 | [39] | |
| 42 | Twin Towers (Kohei Sato (2) and Shuji Ishikawa (3)) |
May 30, 2016 | House show | Tokyo, Japan | 2 | 217 | 3 | [40] | |
| 43 | Strong BJ (Daisuke Sekimoto (8) and Yuji Okabayashi (4)) |
January 2, 2017 | House show | Tokyo, Japan | 3 | 196 | 4 | [41] | |
| 44 | Abdullah Kobayashi (5) and Ryuji Ito (2) | July 17, 2017 | Ryōgokutan 2017 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 192 | 3 | [42] | |
| 45 | Crazy Lovers (Masashi Takeda (2) and Takumi Tsukamoto) |
January 25, 2018 | House show | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 70 | 1 | This was a Light Tubes & Five Nail Board deathmatch. | [43] |
| 46 | Yankee Nichōkenjū (Yuko Miyamoto (3) and Isami Kodaka (4)) |
April 5, 2018 | Ikkitousen Strong Climb 2018 | Tokyo, Japan | 3 | 107 | 3 | This was a Death Games Over The Wall Light Tubes, Wall Of Light Tubes & Alpha Death. | [44] |
| — | Vacated | July 21, 2018 | — | — | — | — | — | Vacated after Miyamoto and Kodaka defended against Crazy Lovers in Osaka because Miyamoto forgot to bring his title belt to the match. | [2] |
| 47 | Ryota Hama (2) and Yasufumi Nakanoue | October 25, 2018 | Saikyo Tag League 2018 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 269 | 5 | Defeated Daichi Hashimoto and Hideyoshi Kamitani in the Saikyo Tag League 2018 final to win the vacant title. | [45] |
| 48 | Daisuke Sekimoto (9) and The Bodyguard | July 21, 2019 | Osaka Surprise 42 | Osaka, Japan | 1 | 134 | 1 | [46] | |
| — | Vacated | December 2, 2019 | — | — | — | — | — | Vacated after The Bodyguard suffered an injury. | [2] |
| 49 | Daisuke Sekimoto (10) and Kohei Sato (3) | December 18, 2019 | Big Japan Pro Wrestling 25th Anniversary Memorial | Yokohama, Japan | 1 | 236 | 3 | Defeated Kazumi Kikuta and Ryuichi Kawakami to win the vacant title. | [47] |
| 50 | Astronauts (Fuminori Abe and Takuya Nomura) |
August 10, 2020 | House show | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 174 | 5 | [48] | |
| 51 | Kazumi Kikuta and Ryuichi Kawakami | January 31, 2021 | Death Market 59 | Nagoya, Japan | 1 | 23 | 0 | [49] | |
| 52 | Astronauts (Fuminori Abe and Takuya Nomura) |
February 23, 2021 | House show | Tokyo, Japan | 2 | 173 | 2 | [50] | |
| 53 | Okami (Daichi Hashimoto and Hideyoshi Kamitani (2)) |
August 15, 2021 | Fukubukuro Performance ~ Dainichi Xeku | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 62 | 2 | [51] | |
| 54 | Strong BJ (Daisuke Sekimoto (11) and Yuji Okabayashi (5)) |
October 16, 2021 | Pissari Festival - Okyaku Night Fever!! | Nankoku, Japan | 4 | 9 | 0 | [52] | |
| 55 | Okami (Daichi Hashimoto (2) and Hideyoshi Kamitani (3)) |
October 25, 2021 | House show | Tokyo, Japan | 2 | 8 | 0 | [53] | |
| 56 | Strong BJ (Daisuke Sekimoto (12) and Yuji Okabayashi (6)) |
November 2, 2021 | House show | Hiroshima, Japan | 5 | 124 | 2 | [54] | |
| 57 | Okami (Daichi Hashimoto (3) and Hideyoshi Kamitani (4)) |
March 6, 2022 | House show | Tokyo, Japan | 3 | 60 | 2 | [55] | |
| 58 | Astronauts (Fuminori Abe and Takuya Nomura) |
May 5, 2022 | BJW Big Japan Welcome Back | Yokohama, Japan | 3 | 604 | 11 | [56] | |
| 59 | Crazy Lovers (Masashi Takeda (3) and Takumi Tsukamoto (2)) |
December 30, 2023 | BJW | Tokyo, Japan | 2 | 162 | 2 | [57] | |
| 60 | Hideyoshi Kamitani (5) and Isami Kodaka (5) | June 9, 2024 | BJW | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 64 | 1 | This was a crazy scattered deathmatch. | [58] |
| 61 | Masaya Takahashi and Sagat | August 12, 2024 | BJW | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 78 | 2 | This was a Concrete Block & Giga Ladder Death Match. | [59] |
| 62 | Baka Gaijin (Dale Patricks and Madman Pondo) |
October 29, 2024 | BJW | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 181 | 2 | This was a Fluorescent Light Tubes Street Fight Death Match. | [60] |
| 63 | W-Daichan (Daisuke Sekimoto (13) and So Daimonji) |
April 28, 2025 | BJW | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 17 | 1 | [61] | |
| 64 | Baka Gaijin (Dale Patricks and Madman Pondo) |
May 15, 2025 | BJW | Tokyo, Japan | 2 | 29 | 0 | [62] | |
| — | Vacated | June 13, 2025 | — | — | — | — | — | Vacated due to Pondo's unavoidable schedule change after returning to the United States. | |
| 65 | Kankuro Hoshino and Ryuji Ito (3) | June 22, 2025 | BJW Ikkitousen Strong Climb 2025 Final | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 191 | 3 | Defeated Akira and Dale Patricks in a Concrete Block Death Match to win the vacant titles. | [63] |
| 66 | Kazumi Kikuta (2) and Toru Sugiura | December 30, 2025 | BJW | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 105+ | 2 | This was a Fluorescent Lighttubes Alpha Death Match. | [64] |
Combined reigns
As of April 14, 2026.
| † | Indicates the current champion |
|---|---|
By team
Three-time and longest combined reigning champions as team Yankee Nichōkenjū (Yuko Miyamoto and Yuji Okabayashi)
Record five-time champions as a team, Strong BJ (Daisuke Sekimoto and Yuji Okabayashi).
By wrestler
