World Woman Pro-Wrestling Diana Tag Team Championship

The World Woman Pro-Wrestling Diana Tag Team Championship is the primary tag team title in the Japanese professional wrestling promotion World Woman Pro-Wrestling Diana. The title was introduced in 2013. There have been a total of twenty-one reigns shared between eighteen different teams consisting of twenty-six distinctive champions and three vacancies.[3]

World Woman Pro-Wrestling Diana Tag Team Championship
Miyuki Takase and Haruka Umesaki with the title belts in January 2023
Details
PromotionWorld Woman Pro-Wrestling Diana
Date establishedDecember 15, 2012[1]
Current champion(s)Ayaka
(Ayako Sato and Hanako Nakamori)
Date wonMarch 10, 2024
Statistics
First champion(s)Kaoru Ito and Tomoko Watanabe[2]
Most reignsAs a team (3 reigns):

As individual (3 reigns):

Longest reignKaoru Ito and Tomoko Watanabe
(512 days)
Shortest reignSakura Hirota and Yumi Ohka
(<1 day)
Oldest championJaguar Yokota
(56 years, 362 days)
Youngest championSareee
(18 years, 267 days)
Heaviest championKaoru Ito
(238 lb (108 kg))

Like most professional wrestling championships, the title is won as a result of a scripted match. The current champions are Ayaka (Ayako Sato and Hanako Nakamori) who are in their second reign as a team whilst it's the third individually for Sato and the second for Nakamori.

Title history

On December 15, 2012, Diana announced the establishment of the Tag Team Championship, with a tournament to be held in the following month to crown the first champions.[1] On January 28, 2013, Kaoru Ito and Tomoko Watanabe became the inaugural champions after defeating Kyoko Inoue and Sareee in a tournament final.[2]

Reigns

As of June 3, 2024, there have been 22 reigns between 18 teams composed of 27 individual champions and three vacancies. Kaoru Ito and Tomoko Watanabe were the inaugural champions. Luminous (Haruka Umesaki and Miyuki Takase) holds the record for most reigns as a team at three, while individually, Kyoko Inoue has the most reigns at four. Ito and Watanabe's second reign is the longest at 512 days, while Harassment(Sakura Hirota and Yumi Ohka)'s reign is the shortest which lasted less than a day.

Ayaka (Ayako Sato and Hanako Nakamori) are the current champions in their second reign as a team, while individually, this is the Sato's third reign. They won the title by defeating Double Inoue (Kyoko Inoue and Takako Inoue) in a Diana event which took part on March 10, 2024, in Kawasaki, Japan.

Key
No.Overall reign number
ReignReign number for the specific team—reign numbers for the individuals are in parentheses, if different
DaysNumber of days held
DefensesNumber of successful defenses
+Current reign is changing daily
No.ChampionChampionship changeReign statisticsNotesRef.
DateEventLocationReignDaysDefenses
1Kaoru Ito and Tomoko WatanabeJanuary 28, 2013Diana Battle of Shimokitazawa XVITokyo, Japan1910[4]Defeated Kyoko Inoue and Sareee in a tournament final to become the inaugural champions.[2][5]
2Keiko Aono and Yumiko HottaApril 29, 2013Diana 2nd AnniversaryKawasaki, Japan12302[6][4][5]
3Kyoko Inoue and Tomoko Watanabe (2)December 15, 2013DianaTokyo, Japan13154[7][5][6]
4Kaoru and Mima ShimodaOctober 26, 2014DianaKawasaki, Japan1580[8][5][7]
5Jaguar Yokota and SareeeDecember 23, 2014DianaKawasaki, Japan12012[9][5][8]
VacatedJuly 12, 2015DianaKawasaki, JapanAfter teaming with the Voodoo Murders (Taru and Yasshi) to defeat the team of Jenny Rose, Kyoko Inoue, and Yumiko Hotta, Jaguar Yokota relinquished the championship, to which Sareee agreed.[10]
6Kyoko Inoue (2) and Yumiko Hotta (2)August 16, 2015DianaTokyo, Japan1300Defeated Manami Toyota and Mima Shimoda to win the vacant championship.[5]
VacatedSeptember 15, 2015The championship was vacated under unknown circumstances.
7Jumonji Sisters
(Dash Chisako and Sendai Sachiko)
September 16, 2015DianaTokyo, Japan13400Defeated Meiko Tanaka and Sareee to win the vacant championship.[5]
VacatedAugust 21, 2016The championship was vacated under unknown circumstances.
8Crysis
(Chikayo Nagashima and Megumi Yabushita)
September 19, 2016DianaTokyo, Japan12791Defeated Keiko Aono and Kyoko Inoue to win the vacant championship.[5]
9Kaoru Ito (2) and Kyoko Inoue (3)June 25, 2017DianaNan'yō, Japan11660[5]
10Takako Inoue and Yumiko Hotta (3)December 8, 2017DianaTokyo, Japan12260[5]
11Crysis
(Ayako Sato and Jaguar Yokota (2))
July 22, 2018Diana River's EdgeKawasaki, Japan12581[5][11]
12Kaoru Ito (3) and Tomoko Watanabe (2)April 6, 2019Diana River's EdgeKawasaki, Japan25123[5]
13Luminous
(Haruka Umesaki and Miyuki Takase)
August 30, 2020DianaTokyo, Japan11541[5][12]
143A
(Ayame Sasamura and Rina Shingaki)
January 31, 2021DianaOsaka, Japan1772[5]
15Luminous
(Haruka Umesaki and Miyuki Takase)
April 18, 2021Diana 10th AnniversaryKawasaki, Japan23291[5][13]
16Harassment
(Sakura Hirota and Yumi Ohka)
March 13, 2022DianaOsaka, Japan1<11This was the final match of the 2022 Dual Shock Wave tournament.[5][14]
17Luminous
(Haruka Umesaki and Miyuki Takase)
March 13, 2022WAVE Osaka Rhapsody Vol. 53Osaka, Japan33713This was a winner-takes-all match, in which Umesaki and Takase also defended their Wave Tag Team Championship.[5][14]
18Kaho Kobayashi and Kaori YoneyamaMarch 19, 2023DianaOsaka, Japan1100[5][15]
19SPiCEAP
(Maika Ozaki and Tae Honma)
March 29, 2023YMZ Gokigen Spring Camp 2023Tokyo, Japan1811[5][16]
20Ayaka
(Ayako Sato (2) and Hanako Nakamori)
June 18, 2023Diana Kyoko Inoue Triuphal ReturnNan'yō, Japan11121[5][17]
21Double Inoue
(Kyoko Inoue (4) and Takako Inoue (2))
October 8, 2023DianaTokyo, Japan11540[5][18]
22Ayaka
(Ayako Sato (3) and Hanako Nakamori (2))
March 10, 2024DianaKawasaki, Japan285+1[5][19]

Combined reigns

As of June 3, 2024.

By team

Record three-time champions as a team, Luminous (Haruka Umesaki and Miyuki Takase).
Former champions, SPiCEAP (Tae Honma and Maika Ozaki
Indicates the current champion
RankTeamNo. of
reigns
Combined
defenses
Combined
days
1Luminous
(Haruka Umesaki and Miyuki Takase)
35854
2Kaoru Ito and Tomoko Watanabe23603
3Jumonji Sisters
(Dash Chisako and Sendai Sachiko)
10340
4Kyoko Inoue and Tomoko Watanabe14315
5Crysis
(Chikayo Nagashima and Megumi Yabushita)
11279
6Crysis
(Ayako Sato and Jaguar Yokota)
11258
7Keiko Aono and Yumiko Hotta12230
8Takako Inoue and Yumiko Hotta10226
9Jaguar Yokota and Sareee12201
10Ayaka
(Ayako Sato and Hanako Nakamori)
22197+
11Kaoru Ito and Kyoko Inoue10166
12Double Inoue
(Kyoko Inoue and Takako Inoue)
10154
13SPiCEAP
(Maika Ozaki and Tae Honma)
1181
143A
(Ayame Sasamura and Rina Shingaki)
1277
15Kaoru and Mima Shimoda1058
16Kyoko Inoue and Yumiko Hotta1030
17Kaho Kobayashi and Kaori Yoneyama1010
18Harassment
(Sakura Hirota and Yumi Ohka)
10<1

By wrestler

Record setting champion as individual with 918 days, Tomoko Watanabe
RankWrestlerNo. of
reigns
Combined
defenses
Combined
days
1Tomoko Watanabe37918
2Haruka Umesaki35854
Miyuki Takase35854
4Kaoru Ito33769
5Kyoko Inoue44665
6Yumiko Hotta32486
7Jaguar Yokota23459
8Ayako Sato33455+
9Takako Inoue20380
10Dash Chisako10340
Sendai Sachiko10340
12Chikayo Nagashima11279
Megumi Yabushita11279
14Keiko Aono12230
15 Sareee12201
16Hanako Nakamori22197+
17Maika Ozaki1181
Tae Honma1181
19Ayame Sasamura1277
Rina Shingaki1277
21 Kaoru1058
Mima Shimoda1058
23Kaho Kobayashi1010
Kaori Yoneyama1010
25Sakura Hirota10<1
Yumi Ohka10<1

See also

References