| Champion |
Won From |
Date |
| Togi Makabe & Toru Yano |
Giant Bernard & Travis Tomko |
2/17/08 |
| Giant Bernard & Travis Tomko |
Manabu Nakanishi & Takao Omori |
3/11/07 |
| Manabu Nakanishi & Takao Omori |
n/a |
9/28/06 |
| Awarded the titles after
reigning as provisional champions since 7/17/06. |
| Masahiro Chono & Hiroyoshi Tenzan [5] |
Shinsuke Nakamura & Hiroshi Tanahashi |
10/30/05 |
| Titles officially vacated on
9/24/06 after a long period of inactivity by the champions, Chono & Tenzan. |
| Shinsuke Nakamura & Hiroshi Tanahashi |
n/a |
12/11/04 |
| Defeated Kensuke Sasaki &
Minoru Suzuki in a decision match to win the vacant titles. |
| Minoru Suzuki & Yoshihiro Takayama |
Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Osamu Nishimura |
2/1/04 |
| Minoru Suzuki & Yoshihiro
Takayama are forced to vacate the titles in late 2004 due to ongoing
injuries to Yoshihiro Takayama. |
| Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Osamu Nishimura |
Yutaka Yoshie & Hiroshi Tanahashi |
12/14/03 |
| Yutaka Yoshie & Hiroshi Tanahashi |
Masahiro Chono & Hiroyoshi Tenzan |
6/13/03 |
| Masahiro Chono & Hiroyoshi Tenzan [4] |
n/a |
3/24/02 |
| Masahiro Chono and Hiroyoshi
Tenzan defeated Yuji Nagata and Manabu Nakanishi in a tournament final to
win the tag team titles. |
| Keiji Mutoh & Taiyo Kea |
Tatsumi Fujinami & Osamu Nishimura |
10/28/01 |
| Unifed the titles with the
All-Japan World Tag Team Titles. Titles vacated on February 2, 2002 when
Mutoh leaves New Japan Pro Wrestling. |
| Tatsumi Fujinami & Osamu Nishimura |
Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima |
9/22/01 |
| Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima [2] |
Yuji Nagata & Manabu Nakanishi |
7/20/00 |
| Yuji Nagata & Manabu Nakanishi |
Tatsutoshi Goto & Michiyoshi Ohara |
8/28/99 |
| Tatsutoshi Goto & Michiyoshi Ohara |
Kensuke Sasaki & Shiro Koshinaka |
7/27/99 |
| Kensuke Sasaki & Shiro Koshinaka |
Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima |
3/22/99 |
| Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima |
Genichiro Tenryu & Shiro Koshinaka |
1/4/99 |
| Genichiro Tenryu & Shiro Koshinaka |
Masahiro Chono & Hiroyoshi Tenzan |
7/15/98 |
| Masahiro Chono & Hiroyoshi Tenzan [3] |
n/a |
6/5/98 |
| Masahiro Chono and Hiroyoshi
Tenzan defeated Gen'ichiro Tenryu and Shiro Koshinaka in a tournament final
to win the titles. |
| Keiji Mutoh & Masahiro Chono |
Kensuke Sasaki & Kazuo Yamazaki |
10/19/97 |
| The titles were vacated on
April 21, 1998 because of Keiji Mutoh's knee surgery. |
| Kensuke Sasaki & Kazuo Yamazaki |
Satoshi Kojima & Manabu Nakanishi |
8/10/97 |
| Satoshi Kojima & Manabu Nakanishi |
Riki Coshu & Kensuke Sasaki |
5/3/97 |
| Riki Coshu & Kensuke Sasaki |
Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura |
4/12/97 |
| Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura [4] |
Masahiro Chono & Hiroyoshi Tenzan |
1/4/97 |
| Masahiro Chono & Hiroyoshi Tenzan [2] |
Kazauo Yamazaki & Takashi Iizuka |
7/16/96 |
| Kazauo Yamazaki & Takashi Iizuka |
Shin'ya Hashimoto & Junji Hirata |
6/12/96 |
| Shin'ya Hashimoto & Junji Hirata |
n/a |
7/13/95 |
| Shin'ya Hashimoto and Junji
Hirata defeated Scott Norton and Mike Enos for the titles. |
| Masahiro Chono & Hiroyoshi Tenzan |
n/a |
6/10/95 |
| Masahiro Chono and Hiroyoshi
Tenzan defeated Shin'ya Hashimoto and Junji Hirata for the titles. The
titles were vacated on July 7, 1995 when Chono failed to appear on a
wrestling card because of his father's death. |
| Hiroshi Hase & Keiji Mutoh [2] |
Road Warrior Hawk & Power Warrior |
11/25/94 |
| Keiji Mutoh vacated the titles
on May 6, 1994 after winning the IWGP World Heavyweight title. |
| Road Warrior Hawk & Power Warrior [2] |
Scott Norton & Hercules Hernandez |
1/4/94 |
| Scott Norton & Hercules Hernandez |
Road Warrior Hawk & Power Warrior |
8/5/93 |
| Road Warrior Hawk & Power Warrior |
Scott Norton & Tony Halme |
12/14/92 |
| Scott Norton & Tony Halme |
Rick & Scott Steiner |
11/22/92 |
| Rick & Scott Steiner [2] |
Vader & Bam Bam Bigelow |
6/26/92 |
| Vader & Bam Bam Bigelow |
Hiroshi Hase & Keiji Mutoh |
3/1/92 |
| Hiroshi Hase & Keiji Mutoh |
Rick Steiner & Scott Norton |
11/5/91 |
| Hiroshi Hase and Keiji Mutoh
defeated Rick Steiner and Scott Norton for the titles when Scott Steiner
couldn't wrestle because of a severe arm injury. |
| Rick & Scott Steiner |
Hiroshi Hase & Kensuke Sasaki |
3/21/91 |
| Hiroshi Hase & Kensuke Sasaki [2] |
Super Strong Machine & Hiro Saito |
3/6/91 |
| Super Strong Machine & Hiro Saito |
Hiroshi Hase & Kensuke Sasaki |
12/26/90 |
| Hiroshi Hase & Kensuke Sasaki |
Keiji Mutoh & Masahiro Chono |
11/2/90 |
| Keiji Mutoh & Masahiro Chono |
Masa Saito & Shin'ya Hashimoto |
4/27/90 |
| Masa Saito & Shin'ya Hashimoto |
Riki Coshu & Takayuki Iizuka |
9/20/89 |
| Riki Coshu & Takayuki Iizuka |
Super Strong Machine & George Takano |
7/13/89 |
| Super Strong Machine & George Takano |
Masa Saito & Riki Choshu |
3/19/89 |
| Masa Saito & Riki Choshu |
Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura |
6/10/88 |
| Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura [3] |
Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Kazuo Yamazaki |
1/18/88 |
| Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Kazuo Yamazaki |
Akira Maeda & Nobuhiko Takada |
9/1/87 |
| Akira Maeda & Nobuhiko Takada |
Keiji Mutoh & Shiro Koshinaka |
3/26/87 |
| Keiji Mutoh & Shiro Koshinaka |
n/a |
3/20/87 |
| Keiji Mutoh and Shiro Koshinaka
defeated Akira Maeda and Nobuhiko Takada for the titles. |
| Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura [2] |
Akira Maeda & Osamu Kido |
9/23/86 |
| The titles were vacated in 1987
when Tatsumi Fujinami and Kengo Kimura split up. |
| Akira Maeda & Osamu Kido |
Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura |
8/5/86 |
| Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura |
n/a |
12/12/85 |
| Tatsumi Fujinami and Kengo
Kimura defeated Antonio Inoki and Seiji Sakaguchi in a tournament final for
the titles. |
