Osaka Tag Team Championship
Details
PromotionOsaka Pro Wrestling
Date established2001
Current champion(s)Takoyakida and Ultimate Spider Jr.
Date wonDecember 10, 2023
Other name(s)
Osaka Pro Wrestling Tag Team Championship (2001-2019)
Statistics
First champion(s)Daio Quallt and Gamma
Most reigns(as a team) Sengoku (Hideyoshi and Masamune) and Momo no Seishun Tag (Atsushi Kotoge and Daisuke Harada) (3)
(as an individual) Black Buffalo (7)
Longest reignGaina and Hub (1,240 days)
Shortest reignAtsushi Kotoge and Daisuke Harada (27 days)

The Osaka Tag Team Championship (大阪タッグ王座, Ōsaka taggu ōza) is the top tag team title in the Japanese professional wrestling promotion Osaka Pro Wrestling. The title was established in 2001 when Daio Quallt and Gamma won a seven-team round-robin tournament to win the inaugural titles.

Being a professional wrestling championship, it is not won via direct competition; it is instead won via a predetermined ending to a match or awarded to a wrestler because of a wrestling angle. There have been forty-three reigns by thirty-six teams among thirty-seven individual wrestlers. The current champions are Takoyakida and Ultimate Spider Jr., who are in their second reign as a team.[1][2]

Title history

Names

Name Years
Osaka Pro Wrestling Tag Team Championship May 13, 2001 – January 18, 2019
Osaka Tag Team Championship January 18, 2019 – present

Reigns

Key
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 Daio Quallt and Gamma May 13, 2001 Osaka Pro 2nd Anniversary Spicy Series 2001 Osaka, Japan 1 69 0 Defeated Super Delfin and Takehiro Murahama in the 2001 Osaka Tag Festival tournament final to become the inaugural champions. [3]
— Vacated June 30, 2001 — — — — — Titles vacated due to Daio Quallt suffering an injury. [1]
2 Infinity
(Black Buffalo and Tsubasa) 		July 21, 2001 Osaka Pro Story #4 Osaka, Japan 1 34 0 Defeated Super Delfin and Takehiro Murahama to win the vacant titles. [4]
3 Takehiro Murahama and Kaiju Zeta Mandora August 24, 2001 Osaka Pro Story #5 Osaka, Japan 1 92 0 [5]
4 Miracle Man and Azteca November 24, 2001 Saturday Night Story Osaka, Japan 1 40 0 [6]
5 Daio Quallt (2) and "Big Boss" Ma-G-Ma (2) January 3, 2002 Osaka Pro Story #8 Osaka, Japan 1 234 2 "Big Boss" Ma-G-Ma previously held the title under the name Kaiju Zeta Mandora. [7]
6 Infinity
(Black Buffalo and Tsubasa) 		August 25, 2002 Osaka Pro Story #13 Osaka, Japan 2 160 1 [8]
7 Jushin Thunder Liger and Takehiro Murahama (2) February 1, 2003 Osaka Hurricane 03.02.01 Osaka, Japan 1 308 5 [9]
8 Universal Global Members
(Billyken Kid and Tigers Mask) 		December 6, 2003 Saturday Night Story Osaka, Japan 1 379 4 [10]
9 Daio Quallt (3) and Black Buffalo (3) December 19, 2004 Osaka Pro Story #27 Osaka, Japan 1 56 0 [11]
10 Billyken Kid (2) and Perro February 13, 2005 Osaka Hurricane 2005 Osaka, Japan 1 55 1 [12]
— Vacated April 9, 2005 — — — — — Titles vacated immediately after the first defense. [1]
11 Sengoku
(Hideyoshi and Masamune) 		July 23, 2005 Osaka Pro Story #28 Osaka, Japan 1 56 0 Defeated Super Delfin and Tigers Mask in the Osaka Tag Festival 2005 tournament final to win the vacant titles. [13]
12 Tsubasa (3) and Billyken Kid (3) September 17, 2005 Osaka Pro Story #29 Osaka, Japan 1 36 1 [14]
— Vacated October 23, 2005 — — — — — Tsubasa and Billyken Kid vacated the titles for the Tenpozan 2005 tournament. [15]
13 Billyken Kid (4) and Black Buffalo (4) February 26, 2006 Osaka Hurricane 2006 Osaka, Japan 1 153 0 [16]
— Vacated July 29, 2006 — Osaka, Japan — — — Vacated after Buffalo suffered a legitimate shoulder injury. [1]
14 Billyken Kid (5) and Hideyoshi (2) August 5, 2006 Saturday Night Story Osaka, Japan 1 119 1 Defeated the teams of Gaina and Super Delfin, and Flash Moon and Tigers Mask in a three-way elimination tag team match to win the vacant titles. [17]
15 Bad Force
(Gaina and Zeus) 		December 2, 2006 Saturday Night Story Osaka, Japan 1 72 0 [18]
16 Sengoku
(Hideyoshi (3) and Masamune) 		February 12, 2007 Osaka Hurricane 2007 Osaka, Japan 2 195 1 This was a three-way elimination tag team match also involving Flash Moon and Tsubasa. [19]
17 Kagetora and Rasse August 26, 2007 Pro-Wrestling Summit in Ariake Tokyo, Japan 1 111 1 This was an interpromotional Winner-takes-All match where Kagetora and Rasse's Tohoku Tag Team Championship was also on the line. [20]
18 Zero and Gaina (2) December 15, 2007 Michinoku Pro National Tour 2007 Anan, Japan 1 316 5 [21]
19 Asian Cougar and Tsubasa (4) October 26, 2008 Osaka Pro Story #44 Osaka, Japan 1 67 0 [22]
20 Tigers Mask (2) and Black Buffalo (5) January 1, 2009 New Year Holiday Paradise Osaka, Japan 1 45 0 [23]
21 The Great Sasuke and Asian Cougar (2) February 15, 2009 Osaka Hurricane 2009 Osaka, Japan 1 94 0 [24]
22 Tigers Mask (3) and Black Buffalo (6) May 20, 2009 Osaka Pro 10th Anniversary Show Tokyo, Japan 2 59 0 [25]
23 Sengoku
(Hideyoshi (4) and Masamune) 		July 18, 2009 Saturday Night Story Osaka, Japan 3 208 4 [26]
24 Momo no Seishun Tag
(Atsushi Kotoge and Daisuke Harada) 		February 11, 2010 Osaka Hurricane 2010 Osaka, Japan 1 156 2 [27]
25 Don Fujii and Masaaki Mochizuki July 17, 2010 Summer Achoo Series Osaka, Japan 1 106 1 [28]
26 Momo no Seishun Tag
(Atsushi Kotoge and Daisuke Harada) 		October 31, 2010 Battle Autumn 2010 Osaka, Japan 2 27 0 [29]
27 Joker
(Kuuga (3) and Orochi) 		November 27, 2010 Winter Starts Series Osaka, Japan 1 77 1 Kuuga previously held the title under the name Asian Cougar. [30]
28 The Big Guns
(Zeus (2) and The Bodyguard) 		February 12, 2011 Gerende ga Tokeruhodo Koishitai Series Osaka, Japan 1 35 1 [31]
29 Joker
(Tadasuke and Orochi (2)) 		March 19, 2011 Spring Samba Series Osaka, Japan 1 121 0 This was a three-way elimination tag team match also involving The Big Guns. [32]
30 Momo no Seishun Tag
(Atsushi Kotoge and Daisuke Harada) 		July 18, 2011 Summer Achoo Series 2011 Osaka, Japan 3 104 2 This was a three-way elimination tag team match also involving Takoyakida and Ultimate Spider Jr. [33]
31 Joker
Hayata and Kuuga (4)) 		October 30, 2011 Saturday Night Story Osaka, Japan 1 238 2 [34]
— Vacated June 24, 2012 Osaka Tag Festival 2012 Final! Osaka, Japan — — — Hayata and Tadasuke defeated their fellow Joker stablemates Kuuga and Ultimate Spider Jr. in the finals of the 2012 Osaka Tag Festival. Subsequently, they announced their departure from the stable and vacated the titles. [15]
32 Glare
(Hayata (2) and Tadasuke (2)) 		July 22, 2012 Osaka Hurricane 2012 Osaka, Japan 1 251 2 Defeated The Big Guns and Sengoku (Hideyoshi and Masamune) in a three-way tag team match to win the vacant titles. [35]
— Vacated March 30, 2013 — Osaka, Japan — — — The titles were declared vacated after Hayata announced his contract with the promotion was running out on April 29. [15]
33 Bad Stream
(Kazuaki Mihara and Tadasuke (3)) 		May 19, 2013 Osaka Holiday Paradise Osaka, Japan 1 161 3 Defeated The Big Guns to win the vacant titles. [36]
34 The Big Guns
(Zeus (3) and The Bodyguard) 		October 27, 2013 Osaka Tornado Vol. 2 Osaka, Japan 2 175 1 [37]
— Vacated April 20, 2014 — Osaka, Japan — — — Titles were declared vacated after Zeus and The Bodyguard left Osaka Pro Wrestling for All Japan Pro Wrestling. [15]
35 Caramel Boy and Kaiju New World May 6, 2017 Osaka Pro Wrestling 18th Anniversary Show Osaka, Japan 1 155 1 Defeated Hub and Okonomiyakida in the final of the Osaka Tag Festival tournament to win the vacant titles. [38]
36 Takoyakida and Ultimate Spider Jr. October 8, 2017 It's Osaka Pro Everyone Gather! Osaka, Japan 1 463 2 [39]
37 Infinity
(Black Buffalo (7) and Tsubasa (4)) 		January 14, 2019 Road To 20th Anniversary Osaka, Japan 3 76 0 The title was renamed Osaka Tag Team Championship during this reign. [40]
38 Magnitude Kishiwada (3) and Takashi Yoshida March 31, 2019 Declaration of Flowering 2019 Osaka, Japan 1 31 0 Magnitude Kishiwada previously held the title under the names Kaiju Zeta Mandora and "Big Boss" Ma-G-Ma. [41]
39 Gamma (2) and Super Delfin May 1, 2019 Osaka Pro 20th Anniversary Show Osaka, Japan 1 39 0 [42]
40 Rising Hayato and Santaro Ishizuchi June 9, 2019 House show Matsuyama, Japan 1 83 0 This was an Ehime Pro Wrestling event. [1]
41 Gamma (3) and Super Shisa August 31, 2019 Summer Festival 2019 Osaka, Japan 1 119 1 [43]
42 HUB (2) and Gaina (3) December 28, 2019 Osaka Pro Has Come to Noha Hanshin Osaka, Japan 2 1,240 1 Hub previously held the title under the name Zero. [44]
43 Takoyakida and Ultimate Spider Jr. May 21, 2023 Osaka Castle Festival Osaka, Japan 2 203 2 [45]
44 Rogue Nation
(Goliath and Toru) 		May 21, 2023 Excalibur Osaka, Japan 1 117+ 1 [46]

Combined reigns

† Indicates the current champion

By team

Rank Team No. of
reigns 		Combined days
1 Zero/Hub and Gaina 2 1,556
2 Takoyakida and Ultimate Spider Jr. 2 666
3 Sengoku
(Hideyoshi and Masamune)		 3 459
4 Billyken Kid and Tigers Mask 1 379
5 Jushin Thunder Liger and Takehiro Murahama 1 308
6 Momo no Seishun Tag
(Atsushi Kotoge and Daisuke Harada)		 3 287
7 Infinity
(Black Buffalo and Tsubasa)		 3 270
8 GLARE
(Hayata and Tadasuke)		 1 251
9 JOKER
(Hayata and Kuuga)		 1 238
10 Daio QUALLT and "Big Boss" MA-G-MA 1 234
11 The Big Guns
(Zeus and The Bodyguard)		 2 210
12 Billyken Kid and Black Buffalo 1 177
13 Bad Stream
(Kazuaki Mihara and Tadasuke)		 1 161
14 Caramel Boy and Kaiju New World 1 155
15 Don Fujii and Masaaki Mochizuki 1 136
16 JOKER
(Tadasuke and Orochi)		 1 121
17 Billyken Kid and Hideyoshi 1 119
Gamma and Super Shisa 1 119
19 Kagetora and Rasse 1 111
20 Tigers Mask and Black Buffalo 2 104
21 Rogue Nation †
(Goliath and Toru)		 1 117+
22 Mucha Lucha
(The Great Sasuke and Asian Cougar)		 1 94
23 Takehiro Murahama and Kaiju Zeta Mandora 1 92
24 Rising Hayato and Santaro Ishizuchi 1 83
25 Joker
(Kuuga and Orochi)		 1 77
26 Gaina and Zeus 1 72
27 Daio QUALLT and Gamma 1 69
28 Mucha Lucha
(Asian Cooger and Tsubasa)		 1 67
29 Daio Quällt and Black Buffalo 1 56
30 Billyken Kid and Perro 1 55
31 Miracleman and Azteca 1 40
32 Gamma and Super Delfin 1 39
33 Tsubasa and Billyken Kid 1 36
34 Magnitude Kishiwada and Takashi Yoshida 1 31

By wrestler

Rank Wrestler No. of
reigns 		Combined days
1 Gaina 3 1,628
2 Zero/HUB 2 1,556
3 Billyken Kid 5 766
4 Takoyakida 2 666
Ultimate Spider Jr. 2 666
4 Black Buffalo 7 607
5 Hideyoshi 4 578
6 Tadasuke 3 533
7 Hayata 2 489
8 Tigers Mask 3 483
11 Takehiro Murahama 2 400
12 Asian Cooger/Asian Cougar/Kuuga 4 399
13 Daio QUALLT 3 359
14 Magnitude Kishiwada/Kaiju Zeta Mandora/"Big Boss" MA-G-MA. 3 357
15 Jushin Thunder Liger 1 308
16 Tsubasa 4 306
17 Atsushi Kotoge 3 287
Daisuke Harada 3 287
19 Zeus 3 282
20 Gamma 3 227
21 The Bodyguard 2 210
22 Kazuaki Mihara 1 161
23 Orochi 2 156
24 Caramel Boy 1 155
Kaiju New World 1 155
26 Super Shisa 1 119
27 Don Fujii 1 106
Masaaki Mochizuki 1 106
29 Goliath † 1 117+
Toru † 1 117+
31 Rising Hayato 1 83
Santaro Ishizuchi 1 83
33 Perro 1 55
34 Azteca 1 40
Miracleman 1 40
36 Super Delfin 1 39
37 Takashi Yoshida 1 31

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