Iron Fist Tag Tournament
Pro-Wrestling Basara event series
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The Iron Fist Tag Tournament (Japanese: IRON FISTタッグトーナメント, Hepburn: Aian Fisuto Taggu Tōnamento; IFTT) is a recurring professional wrestling tag team tournament held by Pro-Wrestling Basara. Established in 2016, it is a single elimination tournament that usually features eight teams.
| Iron Fist Tag Tournament | |
|---|---|
| Promotions | |
| First event | 2016 |
| Event gimmick | Single elimination tag team tournament |
History
On October 7, 2015, DDT Pro-Wrestling announced the formation of its new Pro-Wrestling Basara brand, led by Isami Kodaka, as a replacement for Union Pro Wrestling (UPW), which had officially folded three days earlier.[1] In September 2016, DDT announced the first Iron Fist Tag Tournament for the Basara brand, to be held between October 5 and October 29.[2]
The 2019 edition crowned the inaugural Iron Fist Tag Team Champions. On January 1, 2020, Basara became independent from DDT.[3]
The tournament was brought back in 2023. This edition was marked by the withdrawal of the Iron Fist Tag Team Champions, Daiki Shimomura and Minoru Fujita, and the subsequent vacancy of their title, due to Shimomura's one-year suspension.[4] The eventual winners, Harimau (Ryota Nakatsu and Kazusada Higuchi), were then crowned champions.
Tournament finals
| No. | Event | Date | City | Venue | Final | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Basara 21: Banriikkū | October 29, 2016 | Yokohama | Radiant Hall | Fuma and Yusuke Kubo vs. Isami Kodaka and Takumi Tsukamoto | [5] |
| 2 | Basara 60: Utage | February 19, 2018 | Tokyo | Shin-Kiba 1st Ring | Ryuichi Sekine and Ryota Nakatsu vs. Fuma and Sagat | [6] |
| 3 | Basara 109: Utage | October 23, 2019 | Fuma and Yusuke Kubo vs. Isami Kodaka and Daiki Shimomura | [7] | ||
| 4 | Basara 144: Kō | December 22, 2020 | Isami Kodaka and Daiki Shimomura vs. Ryota Nakatsu and Sagat | [8] | ||
| 5 | Basara 235: Utage | November 7, 2023 | Ryota Nakatsu and Kazusaga Higuchi vs. Takumi Tsukamoto and Sagat | [9] | ||
| 6 | Basara 290: Utage | October 15, 2025 | Takato Nakano and Masato Kamino vs. Kyu Mogami and Naka Shuma | [10] |
Tournaments
| Year | Winners | Won | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Aldini Brothers (Isami Kodaka and Takumi Tsukamoto) | 1 | 8 |
| 2018 | Cavalry (Ryuichi Sekine and Ryota Nakatsu) | 1 | |
| 2019 | Iron Priest (Fuma and Yusuke Kubo) | 1 | |
| 2020 | Sento Minzoku (Isami Kodaka and Daiki Shimomura) | 1 (2, 1) | |
| 2023 | Harimau (Ryota Nakatsu and Kazusada Higuchi) | 1 (2, 1) | 10 |
| 2025 | Aijin Tag (Takato Nakano and Masato Kamino) | 1 | 8 |
Results
2016
The first edition of the Iron Fist Tag Tournament was an eight-team single elimination tournament, held between October 5 and October 29, 2016. Shinjiro Otani was originally scheduled to team with Sean Guinness and represent Pro Wrestling Zero1 in the tournament, but he had to withdraw due to an injury and was replaced by Ikuto Hidaka.[11]
| Round 1 Basara 20 (October 5) | Semifinals Basara 21 (October 29) | Final Basara 21 (October 29) | |||||||||
| Daichi Kazato and Tomoya Kawamura | 13:05[12] | ||||||||||
| Trans-Am★Hiroshi and Sagat | Pin | ||||||||||
| Trans-Am★Hiroshi and Sagat | 11:23[5] | ||||||||||
| Fuma and Yusuke Kubo | Pin | ||||||||||
| Koji Iwamoto and Fuminori Abe | 16:42[12] | ||||||||||
| Fuma and Yusuke Kubo | Pin | ||||||||||
| Fuma and Yusuke Kubo | 23:07[5] | ||||||||||
| Isami Kodaka and Takumi Tsukamoto | Pin | ||||||||||
| Ryuichi Sekine and Ryota Nakatsu | Sub | ||||||||||
| Gouma Ryu and Masamune | 13:14[12] | ||||||||||
| Ryuichi Sekine and Ryota Nakatsu | 12:21[5] | ||||||||||
| Isami Kodaka and Takumi Tsukamoto | Pin | ||||||||||
| Ikuto Hidaka and Sean Guinness | 20:53[12] | ||||||||||
| Isami Kodaka and Takumi Tsukamoto | Pin | ||||||||||
2018
The second edition of the tournament was held between February 11 and February 19, 2018.
| Round 1 Basara 59 (February 11) | Semifinals Basara 60 (February 19) | Final Basara 60 (February 19) | |||||||||
| Takumi Tsukamoto and Yasu Urano | 27:41[13] | ||||||||||
| Ryuichi Sekine and Ryota Nakatsu | Sub | ||||||||||
| Ryuichi Sekine and Ryota Nakatsu | Sub | ||||||||||
| Manabu Hara and Fuminori Abe | 12:11[6] | ||||||||||
| Manabu Hara and Fuminori Abe | Sub | ||||||||||
| Trans-Am★Ryuichi and Yusuke Kubo | 16:01[13] | ||||||||||
| Ryuichi Sekine and Ryota Nakatsu | Pin | ||||||||||
| Fuma and Sagat | 19:16[6] | ||||||||||
| Fuma and Sagat | Pin | ||||||||||
| Takato Nakano and Akiyori Takizawa | 11:55[13] | ||||||||||
| Fuma and Sagat | Pin | ||||||||||
| Best Stretchman V3 and Tsutomu Oosugi | 8:18[6] | ||||||||||
| Best Stretchman V3 and Tsutomu Oosugi | Pin | ||||||||||
| Isami Kodaka and Yoshihisa Uto | 13:16[13] | ||||||||||
2019
The third edition of the tournament was held between October 13 and October 23, 2019. The tournament crowned the inaugural Iron Fist Tag Team Champions before Basara went independent on January 1, 2020.[14]
| Round 1 Basara 107, Basara 108 (October 13) | Semifinals Basara 109 (October 23) | Final Basara 109 (October 23) | |||||||||
| Isami Kodaka and Daiki Shimomura | Pin | ||||||||||
| Ryota Nakatsu and Akiyori Takizawa | 16:38[15] | ||||||||||
| Isami Kodaka and Daiki Shimomura | Pin | ||||||||||
| Trans-Am★Hiroshi and Sagat | 6:54[7] | ||||||||||
| Trans-Am★Hiroshi and Sagat | Sub | ||||||||||
| Daichi Kazato and Masato Kamino | 16:58[15] | ||||||||||
| Isami Kodaka and Daiki Shimomura | 21:05[7] | ||||||||||
| Fuma and Yusuke Kubo | Pin | ||||||||||
| Fuma and Yusuke Kubo | TKO | ||||||||||
| Takumi Tsukamoto and Yasu Urano | 21:55[16] | ||||||||||
| Fuma and Yusuke Kubo | Pin | ||||||||||
| Fuminori Abe and Takato Nakano | 12:00[7] | ||||||||||
| Ryuichi Sekine and Minoru Fujita | 12:18[16] | ||||||||||
| Fuminori Abe and Takato Nakano | Pin | ||||||||||
2020
The fourth edition of the tournament was held between November 10 and December 22, 2020.[17]
| Round 1 Basara 139 (November 10) Basara 140 (November 14) | Semifinals Basara 143 (December 7) | Final Basara 144 (December 22) | |||||||||
| Fuma and Yusuke Kubo | Sub | ||||||||||
| Trans-Am★Hiroshi and Daichi Kazato | 13:41[18] | ||||||||||
| Fuma and Yusuke Kubo | 16:06[19] | ||||||||||
| Block A | |||||||||||
| Isami Kodaka and Daiki Shimomura | Pin | ||||||||||
| Isami Kodaka and Daiki Shimomura | Sub | ||||||||||
| Takato Nakano and Masato Kamino | 18:26[18] | ||||||||||
| Isami Kodaka and Daiki Shimomura | Pin | ||||||||||
| Ryota Nakatsu and Sagat | 20:26[8] | ||||||||||
| Fuminori Abe and Tetsuo Usui | 16:16[20] | ||||||||||
| Ryuichi Sekine and Minoru Fujita | Sub | ||||||||||
| Ryuichi Sekine and Minoru Fujita | 17:03[19] | ||||||||||
| Block B | |||||||||||
| Ryota Nakatsu and Sagat | Pin | ||||||||||
| Takumi Tsukamoto and Yasu Urano | 17:25[20] | ||||||||||
| Ryota Nakatsu and Sagat | Pin | ||||||||||
2023
The fifth edition of the tournament was held between October 7 and November 7, 2023. It featured ten teams, two of which got a bye into the second round.[21] On October 20, between the first and second rounds, Daiki Shimomura received a one-year suspension for inappropriate conduct.[4] The following day, Shimomura and his partner, Minoru Fujita – who were the Iron Fist Tag Team Champions and had qualified for the semifinals at the time – forfeited the rest of the tournament and vacated the title. Consequently, Takumi Tsukamoto and Sagat received a bye in the final, and it was announced that the tournament winners would be crowned champions.[22]
| Round 1 Basara 232, Basara 233 (October 7) | Round 2 Basara 234 (October 24) | Semifinals Basara 235 (November 7) | Final Basara 235 (November 7) | |||||||||||
| Ryota Nakatsu and Kazusada Higuchi | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Tsutomu Oosugi and Banana Senga | 16:41[23] | |||||||||||||
| Trans-Am★Hiroshi and Daichi Kazato | 14:58[24] | |||||||||||||
| Trans-Am★Hiroshi and Daichi Kazato | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Ryota Nakatsu and Kazusada Higuchi | Sub | |||||||||||||
| Yasu Urano and Antonio Honda | 10:49[9] | |||||||||||||
| Isami Kodaka and Gouma Ryu | 10:58[23] | |||||||||||||
| Yasu Urano and Antonio Honda | Sub | |||||||||||||
| Ryota Nakatsu and Kazusada Higuchi | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Takumi Tsukamoto and Sagat | 18:09[9] | |||||||||||||
| Daiki Shimomura and Minoru Fujita | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Fuma and Kubito | 16:20[25] | |||||||||||||
| Daiki Shimomura and Minoru Fujita | —[22] | |||||||||||||
| Takumi Tsukamoto and Sagat | Forfeit | |||||||||||||
| Takumi Tsukamoto and Sagat | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Takumi Tsukamoto and Sagat | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Takato Nakano and Masato Kamino | 13:49[25] | |||||||||||||
| Lil Kraken and Leo Isaka | 12:50[24] | |||||||||||||
2025
The sixth edition of the tournament was held between October 2 and October 15, 2025.[26]
| Round 1 Basara 289 (October 2) | Semifinals Basara 290 (October 15) | Final Basara 290 (October 15) | |||||||||
| Trans-Am★Hiroshi and Tsutomu Oosugi | 11:47[27] | ||||||||||
| Ryota Nakatsu and Daichi Kazato | Pin | ||||||||||
| Ryota Nakatsu and Daichi Kazato | 11:01[10] | ||||||||||
| Block A | |||||||||||
| Takato Nakano and Masato Kamino | Pin | ||||||||||
| Takeru Inoue and Tomoki Hatano | 15:59[27] | ||||||||||
| Takato Nakano and Masato Kamino | Pin | ||||||||||
| Takato Nakano and Masato Kamino | Pin | ||||||||||
| Kyu Mogami and Naka Shuma | 18:30[10] | ||||||||||
| Daiki Shimomura and Lil Kraken | 10:47[27] | ||||||||||
| Kyu Mogami and Naka Shuma | Pin | ||||||||||
| Kyu Mogami and Naka Shuma | DQ | ||||||||||
| Block B | |||||||||||
| Ryuichi Sekine and Fuma | 11:26[10] | ||||||||||
| Isami Kodaka and Takumi Tsukamoto | 10:47[27] | ||||||||||
| Ryuichi Sekine and Fuma | Sub | ||||||||||