United National Tag Team Championship
Professional wrestling tag team championship
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The Tenryu Project United National Heavyweight Tag Team Championship (Japanese: 天龍プロジェクト認定ユナイテッドナショナル・ヘビー級タッグ王座, Hepburn: Tenryū Purojekuto Nintei Yunaiteddo Nashonaru Hebī-kyū Taggu Ōza) is a professional wrestling tag team championship contested for in the Japanese promotion Tenryu Project. This title is the first championship in Tenryu Project that is not revived from Wrestle Association-R. It is also referred to as the UN Tag Team Championship (UNタッグ王座, UN Taggu Ōza) for short.[1] The title matches are fought under PWF rules.
| Tenryu Project United National Heavyweight Tag Team Championship | |||||||||||||||||
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Suwama with one of the belts in August 2023 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Promotion | Tenryu Project (2023–present) | ||||||||||||||||
| Date established | April 19, 2023 | ||||||||||||||||
| Current champions | Koji Iwamoto and Hideyoshi Kamitani | ||||||||||||||||
| Date won | December 20, 2025 | ||||||||||||||||
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History
The title was created in April 2023 with the approval of All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) and Dory Funk Jr., chairman of the Pacific Wrestling Federation (PWF), the governing body for AJPW's championships. It was created to honor the career of Genichiro Tenryu, who held the NWA United National Championship twice before it was unified into the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship.[2] The title matches are held under classic PWF rules, with all matches being 2-out-of-3 falls with a 60-minute time limit.[3]
Inaugural tournament
On June 10, 2023, a one-day, four-team tournament was held at the GEN Sports Palace in Shinjuku, Tokyo, to crown the inaugural champions.[4] The Aoyagi brothers, Yuma and Atsuki, representing AJPW and their stable Zennichi Shin Jidai[a], ended up victorious.
| Round 1 | Final | ||||||||
| Masayuki Kono and Yusuke Kodama | Pin | ||||||||
| Hideyoshi Kamitani and Kazumasa Yoshida | 10:35[5] | ||||||||
| Masayuki Kono and Yusuke Kodama | 16:30[5] | ||||||||
| Yuma Aoyagi and Atsuki Aoyagi | Pin | ||||||||
| Kohei Sato and Sushi | 9:02[5] | ||||||||
| Yuma Aoyagi and Atsuki Aoyagi | Pin | ||||||||
Belt design
The Tenryu Project United National Heavyweight Tag Team Championship belts are almost exact replicas of the old NWA United National Championship singles belt, originally made in 1970 and retired from use for the Triple Crown since 2013. They feature the same six side plates on a black leather strap. In the center plate, the word "TAG" has been added between the "UNITED NATIONAL CHAMPION" inscription and the globe. Instead of a red leather background, one of the belt has a yellow background, while the other has a blue background. Instead of a depiction of two grapplers, the globe features a kanji in black enamel; the yellow belt reads "阿" while the blue belt reads "呍". Together, these kanji form the word A-un (阿呍, aun; although the spelling 阿吽 is more common). In Japanese Buddhism, it is the syllable that represents the primordial trinity of Vishnu, Shiva, and Brahma, and is similar to the idea of the "Alpha and Omega".[6][7]
Reigns
As of May 7, 2026, there have been a total of five reigns shared among five different teams consisting of ten distinctive wrestlers. The current champions are Koji Iwamoto and Hideyoshi Kamitani who are in their first reign as a team.
| No. | Overall reign number |
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| 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. | |||||
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| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | Defenses | |||||
| Tenryu Project | ||||||||||
| 1 | Zennichi Shin Jidai (Yuma Aoyagi and Atsuki Aoyagi) |
June 10, 2023 | Tenryu Project UN Tag Team Inaugural Championship 1 Day Tournament | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 36 | 1 | Defeated Masayuki Kono and Yusuke Kodama in the final of a four-team tournament to win the inaugural title. | [5] | |
| 2 | Evolution (Suwama and Dan Tamura) |
July 16, 2023 | Summer Action Series 2023 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 126 | 3 | This was an All Japan Pro Wrestling event. | [8] | |
| 3 | Hikaru Sato and Hideki Suzuki | November 19, 2023 | Ryūkon Cup III: Live For Today | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 331 | 3 | [9] | ||
| 4 | Kohei Sato and Masayuki Kono | October 15, 2024 | Light My Fire Vol. 7 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 431 | 4 | [10] | ||
| 5 | Koji Iwamoto and Hideyoshi Kamitani | December 20, 2025 | Tenryu Genichiro Triple Year Crowdfunding Event (2nd Session, Evening) | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 138+ | 0 | [11] | ||
Combined reigns
As of May 7, 2026.
| † | Indicates the current champion |
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By team
| Rank | Team | No. of reigns |
Combined defenses |
Combined days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kohei Sato and Masayuki Kono | 1 | 4 | 431 |
| 2 | Hikaru Sato and Hideki Suzuki | 1 | 3 | 331 |
| 3 | Evolution (Suwama and Dan Tamura) | 1 | 3 | 126 |
| 4 | Koji Iwamoto and Hideyoshi Kamitani † | 1 | 0 | 138+ |
| 5 | Zennichi Shin Jidai (Yuma Aoyagi and Atsuki Aoyagi) | 1 | 1 | 36 |
By wrestler
| Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns |
Combined defenses |
Combined days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kohei Sato | 1 | 4 | 431 |
| Masayuki Kono | 1 | 4 | 431 | |
| 3 | Hikaru Sato | 1 | 3 | 331 |
| Hideki Suzuki | 1 | 3 | 331 | |
| 5 | Suwama | 1 | 3 | 126 |
| Dan Tamura | 1 | 3 | 126 | |
| 7 | Koji Iwamoto † | 1 | 0 | 138+ |
| Hideyoshi Kamitani † | 1 | 0 | 138+ | |
| 9 | Atsuki Aoyagi | 1 | 1 | 36 |
| Yuma Aoyagi | 1 | 1 | 36 | |