The JWP Tag Team Championship was a professional wrestling tag team championship owned by the JWP Joshi Puroresu promotion. The championship was introduced on August 9, 1992, when Cutie Suzuki and Mayumi Ozaki defeated Dynamite Kansai and Sumiko Saito in a tournament final to become the inaugural champions.[1] On August 3, 2008, the title was unified with the Daily Sports Women's Tag Team Championship.[5] Together, the two titles were sometimes referred to as the "JWP Double Crown Tag Team Championship".[6] When JWP Joshi Puroresu went out of business in April 2017, the two titles were separated again with the JWP title remaining with the JWP production company, while the Daily Sports title moved on to Command Bolshoi's new follow-up promotion.[7][8]
| JWP Tag Team Championship | |||||||||||||||||
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 Tsukasa Fujimoto holding one of the title belts in her left hand | |||||||||||||||||
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| Promotion | JWP Joshi Puroresu | ||||||||||||||||
| Date established | August 9, 1992[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date retired | April 2, 2017[2] | ||||||||||||||||
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Like most professional wrestling championships, the title was won as a result of a scripted match. There were forty-nine reigns shared among thirty-nine different wrestlers and thirty-seven teams. The title was retired on April 2, 2017, when JWP Joshi Puroresu went out of business. That same day, Command Bolshoi and Leon won the final match contested for the title by making their second successful defense against Kazuki and Rydeen Hagane.[2][9]
Title history
On August 9, 1992, Cutie Suzuki and Mayumi Ozaki became the inaugural champions, after defeating Dynamite Kansai and Sumiko Saito in a tournament final.[1] Since then, there have been 16 reigns in a row before the championship was vacated on June 18, 2000, after the previous champions Azumi Hyuga and Command Bolshoi won the title in controversial fashion.[4][10] On March 31, 2001, Misae Genki and Ran Yu-Yu won the vacant title by defeating Bolshoi and Hyuga.[4] On August 12, 2008, the team of Harukura (Kayoko Haruyama and Tsubasa Kuragaki) became the inaugural Daily Sports Women's Tag Team Championship, which would be defended together with the JWP Tag Team Championship moving forward.[5][11]
On April 2, 2017, at JWP's 25th Anniversary show, which was JWP's last show as JWP closed doors, the championship was deactivated with Bolshoi and Leon being the last champions, ith a final successful title defense against Kazuki and Rydeen Hagane.[12][2][9] On August 11, Pure-J was founded under Bolshoi's authority, which retained control over the Daily Sports Women's Tag Team and Princess of Pro-Wrestling Championships.[13]
Reigns
Over the championship's 24-year history, there have been 49 reigns between 37 teams composed of 39 individual champions and eight vacancies. The inaugural champions were Cutie Suzuki and Mayumi Ozaki, while Command Bolshoi and Leon being the last ones. As a team, Uematsu☆Ran (Ran Yu-Yu and Toshie Uematsu) hold the record for most reigns at four, while individually, Bolshoi and Yu-Yu shares the record for most reigns at seven. YoneLeo (Kaori Yoneyama and Toujyuki Leon)'s reign is the longest at 448 days, while Azumi Hyuga and Bolshoi's is the shortest which lasted less than a day. Yumiko Hotta is the oldest champion at 42 years old, while Arisa Nakajima is the youngest at 23 years old.[a]
| 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 |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | ||||
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| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | Defenses | ||||
| 1 | Cutie Suzuki and Mayumi Ozaki | August 9, 1992 | JWP House Show | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 224 | 2[10] | Defeated Dynamite Kansai and Sumiko Saito in a tournament final to become the inaugural champions. | [1] |
| 2 | Devil Masami and Dynamite Kansai | March 21, 1993 | JWP House Show | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 256 | 0[10] | [14] | |
| 3 | Cutie Suzuki and Mayumi Ozaki | December 2, 1993 | JWP House Show | Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan | 2 | 115 | 1[10] | [4] | |
| 4 | Las Cachorras Orientales (Etsuko Mita and Mima Shimoda) | March 27, 1994 | JWP House Show | Yokohama, Japan | 1 | 287 | 3[10] | [4] | |
| 5 | Hikari Fukuoka and Mayumi Ozaki (3) | January 8, 1995 | JWP House Show | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 69 | 0[10] | [4] | |
| 6 | Cutie Suzuki (3) and Dynamite Kansai (2) | March 18, 1995 | JWP House Show | Osaka, Japan | 1 | 266 | 1[10] | [4] | |
| 7 | Hikari Fukuoka (2) and Kaoru | December 9, 1995 | JWP House Show | Yokohama, Japan | 1 | 211 | 1[10] | [4] | |
| 8 | Cutie Suzuki (4) and Dynamite Kansai (3) | July 7, 1996 | JWP House Show | Tokyo, Japan | 2 | 142 | 0[10] | [4] | |
| 9 | Devil Masami (2) and Hikari Fukuoka (3) | November 26, 1996 | JWP House Show | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 423 | 4[10] | [4] | |
| 10 | Kaoru Ito and Manami Toyota | January 23, 1998 | JWP House Show | Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan | 1 | 19 | 0[10] | [4] | |
| 11 | Hikari Fukuoka (4) and Tomoko Kuzumi | February 11, 1998 | JWP House Show | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 123 | 0[10] | [4] | |
| 12 | Cutie Suzuki (5) and Devil Masami (3) | June 14, 1998 | JWP House Show | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 47 | 0[10] | [4] | |
| 13 | Hikari Fukuoka (5) and Tomoko Kuzumi (2) | July 31, 1998 | JWP House Show | Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan | 2 | 168 | 1[10] | [4] | |
| 14 | Command Bolshoi and Rieko Amano/Carlos Amano | January 15, 1999 | JWP House Show | Osaka, Japan | 1 | 391 | 2[10] | Amano changed her ring name to Carlos Amano on February 24, 1999. | [4] |
| 15 | Zap (Zap I (2) and Zap T) | February 10, 2000 | JWP House Show | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 129 | 0[10] | Zap I formerly known as Kaoru Ito. | [4] |
| 16 | Azumi Hyuga (3) and Command Bolshoi (2) | June 18, 2000 | JWP House Show | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | >1 | 0[10] | Azumi Hyuga formerly known as Tomoko Kuzumi. | [4] |
| — | Vacated | June 18, 2000 | — | — | — | — | — | Title vacated due to Hyuga and Bolshoi having won it in controversial fashion. | [4][10] |
| 17 | Misae Genki and Ran Yu-Yu | March 31, 2001 | JWP House Show | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 153 | 2[10] | Defeated Azumi Hyuga and Command Bolshoi in a tournament final to win the vacant championship. | [4] |
| 18 | Azumi Hyuga (4) and Kayoko Haruyama | August 31, 2001 | JWP House Show | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 10 | 0[10] | [4] | |
| 19 | Command Bolshoi (3) and Gami | September 10, 2001 | JWP House Show | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 313 | 2[10] | [4] | |
| 20 | Azumi Hyuga (5) and Ran Yu-Yu (2) | July 20, 2002 | JWP House Show | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 106 | 3[10] | [4] | |
| — | Vacated | November 3, 2002 | — | — | — | — | — | Title vacated when Yu-Yu left JWP. | [4] |
| 21 | Kaori Yoneyama and Kayoko Haruyama (2) | January 25, 2004 | JWP House Show | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 322 | 2[10] | Defeated Etsuko Mita and Misae Genki in a tournament final to win the vacant championship. | [4] |
| 22 | Akino and Tsubasa Kuragaki | December 12, 2004 | JWP House Show | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 154 | 1[10] | [4] | |
| 23 | YoneLeo (Kaori Yoneyama (2) and Toujyuki Leon) | May 15, 2005 | JWP House Show | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 448 | 3[15] | [4] | |
| 24 | Uematsu☆Ran (Ran Yu-Yu (3) and Toshie Uematsu) | August 6, 2006 | Take Aim | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 140 | 2[16] | [15] | |
| 25 | The☆Wanted!? (Kazuki and Sachie Abe) | December 24, 2006 | JWP House Show | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 168 | 1[17] | [16] | |
| — | Vacated | June 10, 2007 | Kazuki 10th Anniversary | Tokyo, Japan | — | — | — | Title vacated for the LSD45 gauntlet match. | [18] |
| 26 | The☆Wanted!? (Kazuki and Sachie Abe) | June 10, 2007 | Kazuki 10th Anniversary | Tokyo, Japan | 2 | 28 | 0[19] | Defeated Ran Yu-Yu and Toshie Uematsu to win the LSD45 gauntlet match. | [18] |
| 27 | Uematsu☆Ran (Ran Yu-Yu (4) and Toshie Uematsu (2)) | July 8, 2007 | Power Up!! | Tokyo, Japan | 2 | 35 | 0[11] | [19] | |
| 28 | Harukura (Kayoko Haruyama (3) and Tsubasa Kuragaki (2)) | August 12, 2007 | Power Up!! | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 427 | 3[20] | On August 3, 2008, Haruyama and Kuragaki defeated Manami Toyota and Yumiko Hotta in a tournament final to become the inaugural Daily Sports Women's Tag Team Champions. From this point onwards, the two titles are defended together. | [5][11] |
| 29 | Uematsu☆Ran (Ran Yu-Yu (5) and Toshie Uematsu (3)) | October 12, 2008 | Survival Road 1 | Tokyo, Japan | 3 | 105 | 1[21] | [20] | |
| 30 | Keito and Yumiko Hotta | January 25, 2009 | JWP House Show | Osaka, Japan | 1 | 77 | 1[22] | [21] | |
| 31 | Command Bolshoi (4) and Megumi Yabushita | April 12, 2009 | JWP–Maniax 2009 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 98 | 0[23] | [22] | |
| 32 | YoneSakura (Emi Sakura and Kaori Yoneyama (3)) | July 19, 2009 | Pure–Slam 2009 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 147 | 1[24] | [23] | |
| 33 | Azumi Hyuga (6) and Ran Yu-Yu (6) | December 13, 2009 | JWP–Climax 2009: 2nd | Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan | 2 | 14 | 0 | This match was also contested for the International Ribbon Tag Team Championship. | [24] |
| — | Vacated | December 27, 2009 | JWP–Climax 2009: Azumi Hyuga Final | Tokyo, Japan | — | — | — | The title was vacated, after Hyuga retired from professional wrestling. | [25] |
| 34 | Kazuki (3) and Toshie Uematsu (4) | March 22, 2010 | Road to Maniax 2010 | Osaka, Japan | 1 | 181 | 5[26] | Defeated Command Bolshoi and Megumi Yabushita in a tournament final to win the vacant championship. | [27] |
| 35 | Aja Kong and Sachie Abe (3) | September 19, 2010 | JWP Revolution 2010 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 95 | 1[28] | [26] | |
| 36 | Harukura (Kayoko Haruyama (4) and Tsubasa Kuragaki (3)) | December 23, 2010 | JWP–Climax 2010 | Tokyo, Japan | 2 | 325 | 2[29] | [28] | |
| 37 | Queens Revolution (Hailey Hatred and Kaori Yoneyama (4)) | November 13, 2011 | Road to JWP 20th 16 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 57 | 0 | [29] | |
| — | Vacated | January 9, 2012 | — | — | — | — | — | Hatred and Yoneyama were stripped of the title as punishment for Yoneyama canceling her announced plan to retire at the end of 2011. | [30] |
| 38 | Uematsu☆Ran (Ran Yu-Yu (7) and Toshie Uematsu (5)) | April 8, 2012 | JWP Tag League the Best 2012 Finals | Tokyo, Japan | 4 | 14 | 1[31] | Defeated Hanako Nakamori and Misaki Ohata in the finals of the 2012 Tag League the Best to win the vacant championship. | [3] |
| — | Vacated | April 22, 2012 | JWP 20th Anniversary: Maniax 2012 | Tokyo, Japan | — | — | — | Title vacated after Uematsu wrestled her final JWP match before her retirement. | [31] |
| 39 | Tai-Pan Sisters/Reset (Emi Sakura (2) and Kaori Yoneyama (5)) | May 4, 2012 | JWP House Show | Tokyo, Japan | 2 | 107 | 2[32] | Defeated Command Bolshoi and Rabbit Miu to win the vacant championship. | [33] |
| 40 | Arisa Nakajima and Command Bolshoi (5) | August 19, 2012 | Pure–Slam 2012 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 140 | 2[34] | [32] | |
| 41 | Harukura (Kayoko Haruyama (5) and Tsubasa Kuragaki (4)) | January 6, 2013 | JWP 2013 Opener!! | Tokyo, Japan | 3 | 224 | 2[35] | [34] | |
| 42 | Heart Move (Hanako Nakamori and Morii) | August 18, 2013 | JWP–Pure Slam 2013 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 70 | 0 | [36] | |
| — | Vacated | October 27, 2013 | — | — | — | — | — | Title vacated due to Morii being sidelined with an injured right arm ever since the title win. | [37] |
| 43 | Jumonji Sisters (Dash Chisako and Sendai Sachiko) | December 15, 2013 | JWP–Climax 2013 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 117 | 0 | Defeated Leon and Ray in the finals of a four-team tournament to win the vacant championship. | [38] |
| — | Vacated | April 11, 2014 | Road to Kourakuen | Tokyo, Japan | — | — | — | Title vacated due to Sachiko being sidelined with a knee injury. | [39] |
| 44 | Wild Snufkin (Command Bolshoi (6) and Kyoko Kimura) | May 4, 2014 | GW Itabashi 3Days Matsuri 2 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 238 | 3[40] | Defeated Rabbit Miu and Tsukushi in a decision match to win the vacant championship. | [41] |
| 45 | Voladoras L×R (Leon (2) and Ray) | December 28, 2014 | JWP–Climax 2014 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 210 | 4[42] | [40] | |
| 46 | Jumonji Sisters (Dash Chisako and Sendai Sachiko) | July 26, 2015 | Command☆Hurricane in Nagoya | Nagoya, Japan | 2 | 154 | 1[43] | [42] | |
| 47 | Best Friends (Arisa Nakajima (2) and Tsukasa Fujimoto) | December 27, 2015 | JWP–Climax 2015 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 231 | 3[44] | [43] | |
| 48 | Zenryoku Batankyu (Hanako Nakamori (2) and Kyoko Kimura (2)) | August 14, 2016 | Pure–Plum 2016 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 148 | 2[12] | [44] | |
| 49 | Command Bolshoi (7) and Leon (3) | January 9, 2017 | 2017-nen Kaimaku Sen!! | Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan | 1 | 83 | 2[9] | [12] | |
| — | Deactivated | April 2, 2017 | JWP 25th Anniversary | Tokyo, Japan | — | — | — | The championship was retired when JWP Joshi Puroresu goes out of business. | [2][9] |
Combined reigns
| <1 | Indicates that the reign lasted less than one day |
By team
By wrestler
| Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns | Combined defenses | Combined days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kayoko Haruyama | 5 | 9 | 1,308 |
| 2 | Command Bolshoi | 7 | 11 | 1,263 |
| 3 | Tsubasa Kuragaki | 4 | 8 | 1,130 |
| 4 | Kaori Yoneyama | 5 | 8 | 1,081 |
| 5 | Hikari Fukuoka | 5 | 6 | 994 |
| 6 | Cutie Suzuki | 5 | 4 | 794 |
| 7 | Toujyuki Leon/Leon | 3 | 8 | 741 |
| 8 | Devil Masami | 3 | 4 | 726 |
| 9 | Dynamite Kansai | 3 | 1 | 664 |
| 10 | Ran Yu-Yu | 7 | 9 | 567 |
| 11 | Toshie Uematsu | 5 | 9 | 475 |
| 12 | Tomoko Kuzumi/Azumi Hyuga | 6 | 4 | 421 |
| 13 | Mayumi Ozaki | 3 | 1 | 408 |
| 14 | Rieko Amano/Carlos Amano | 1 | 2 | 391 |
| 15 | Kyoko Kimura | 2 | 5 | 386 |
| 16 | Kazuki | 3 | 6 | 377 |
| 17 | Arisa Nakajima | 2 | 5 | 371 |
| 18 | Gami | 1 | 2 | 313 |
| 19 | Sachie Abe | 3 | 2 | 291 |
| 20 | Etsuko Mita | 1 | 3 | 287 |
| Mima Shimoda | 1 | 3 | 287 | |
| 22 | Dash Chisako | 2 | 1 | 271 |
| Sendai Sachiko | 2 | 1 | 271 | |
| 24 | Emi Sakura | 2 | 3 | 254 |
| 25 | Tsukasa Fujimoto | 1 | 3 | 231 |
| 26 | Hanako Nakamori | 2 | 2 | 218 |
| 27 | Kaoru | 1 | 1 | 211 |
| 28 | Ray | 1 | 4 | 210 |
| 29 | Akino | 1 | 1 | 154 |
| 30 | Misae Genki | 1 | 2 | 153 |
| 31 | Kaoru Ito/Zap I | 2 | 0 | 148 |
| 32 | Zap T | 1 | 0 | 129 |
| 33 | Megumi Yabushita | 1 | 0 | 98 |
| 34 | Aja Kong | 1 | 1 | 95 |
| 35 | Keito | 1 | 1 | 77 |
| Yumiko Hotta | 1 | 1 | 77 | |
| 37 | Morii | 1 | 0 | 70 |
| 38 | Hailey Hatred | 1 | 0 | 57 |
| 39 | Manami Toyota | 1 | 0 | 19 |