WAR_International_Junior_Heavyweight_Tag_Team_Championship

Statistics
First champion(s)	Gedo and Lionheart
Most reigns	As a team (2 times): Lance Storm and Yuji Yasuraoka; Tomohiro Ishii and Yuji Yasuraoka; As individual (4 times): Yuji Yasuraoka;
Longest reign	Black Tiger V and Masao Orihara; (667 days)
Shortest reign	Naruki Doi and Masato Yoshino; (<1 day)

Tenryu Project International Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship
Tenryu Project International Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship
Details
Promotion	WAR (1996–2000); Dragon Gate (2006–2007); Tenryu Project (2010–present);
Date established	February 23, 1996
Current champion(s)	Naoki Tanizaki and Yusuke Kodama
Date won	February 19, 2024
Other name(s)
	WAR International Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship; (1996–2006); Dragon Gate I-J Heavyweight Tag Team Championship; (2006–2007); Tenryu Project International Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship; (2010–present); IJ Tag Team Championship; (2021–present);
First champion(s)
Statistics
First champion(s)	Gedo and Lionheart
Most reigns	As a team (2 times): Lance Storm and Yuji Yasuraoka; Tomohiro Ishii and Yuji Yasuraoka; As individual (4 times): Yuji Yasuraoka;
Longest reign	Black Tiger V and Masao Orihara; (667 days)
Shortest reign	Naruki Doi and Masato Yoshino; (<1 day)

Tenryu Project International Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship

Professional wrestling tag team championship

The Tenryu Project International Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship (Japanese: 天龍プロジェクト認定インターナショナル・ジュニアヘビー級タッグ王座, Hepburn: Tenryū Purojekuto Nintei Intānashonaru Junia Hebī-kyū Taggu Ōza) is a professional wrestling tag team championship contested for in the Japanese promotion Wrestle Association R, and later Dragon Gate and Tenryu Project. This title was the first tag team championship in Japan dedicated to junior heavyweight wrestlers. In the revived Tenryu Project, the title is also referred to as the IJ Tag Team Championship (IJタッグ王座, IJ Taggu Ōza).^[1]

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[21] The exact date the championship was vacated has not been confirmed, putting their title reign at between 165 and 195 days.

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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
†	Championship change is unrecognized by the promotion
<1	Reign lasted less than a day
+	Current reign is changing daily

No.	Champion	Championship change			Reign statistics			Notes	Ref.
No.	Champion	Date	Event	Location	Reign	Days	Defenses	Notes	Ref.
	Wrestle Association R (WAR)
1	Fuyuki-gun (Gedo and Lionheart)	February 23, 1996	WAR	Sendai, Japan	1	33	1	Defeated Lance Storm and Yuji Yasuraoka in a five-team round-robin tournament final.	^[2]^[3]
2	Lance Storm and Yuji Yasuraoka	March 27, 1996	WAR	Nagoya, Japan	1	115	2		^[2]^[4]
3	Jushin Thunder Liger and El Samurai	July 20, 1996	WAR 4th Anniversary Show	Tokyo, Japan	1	112	0		^[2]^[5]
4	Lance Storm and Yuji Yasuraoka	November 9, 1996	WAR-ism '96	Tokyo, Japan	2	95	1		^[2]^[6]
5	Masaaki Mochizuki and Choden Senshi Battle Ranger	February 12, 1997	Battle Winter '97	Toyohashi, Japan	1	108	2		^[2]^[7]
6	Masashi Aoyagi and Gokuaku Umibozu	May 31, 1997	WAR Fare '97	Tsu, Japan	1	134	2	Gokuaku Umibozu reverted back to his real name Hirofumi Miura during this reign.	^[2]^[8]
7	Tomohiro Ishii and Yuji Yasuraoka (3)	October 12, 1997	Run to the Hills	Hachioji, Japan	1	6	1	This was a show produced by Wrestle Yume Factory.	^[2]^[9]
—	Vacated	October 18, 1997	—	—	—	—	—	Title vacated for unknown reasons.	^[2]
8	Masakazu Fukuda and Hiroyoshi Kotsubo	November 24, 1997	Champion of R '97	Yokohama, Japan	1	253	1	Defeated Tomohiro Ishii and Yuji Yasuraoka in a four-team tournament final to win the vacant title.	^[2]^[10]
—	Vacated	August 4, 1998	—	—	—	—	—	Vacated due to Fukuda moving up to the heavyweight division.	^[2]
9	Shinjiro Otani and Tatsuhito Takaiwa	December 11, 1998	Destiny	Tokyo, Japan	1	80	0	Defeated Masaaki Mochizuki and Masao Orihara to win the vacant title.	^[2]^[11]
10	Tomohiro Ishii and Yuji Yasuraoka (4)	March 1, 1999	WAR	Tokyo, Japan	2	111	0		^[2]^[12]
—	Vacated	June 20, 1999	WAR 7th Anniversary Show	Tokyo, Japan	—	—	—	Title vacated when Yasuraoka retired.	^[2]
—	Deactivated	July 27, 2006	—	—	—	—	—	WAR closed in 2000 and held its official final event on July 27, 2006.	^[2]
	Dragon Gate
11	Don Fujii and Masaaki Mochizuki (2)	August 6, 2006	The Gate of Adventure	Nagoya, Japan	1	154	2	Defeated Gamma and Dr. Muscle in an eight-team single elimination tournament final to revive the title in Dragon Gate. The title was then referred to as the I-J Heavyweight Tag Team Championship.	^[2]^[13]
12	Jado & Gedo (2)	January 7, 2007	Battle Hall Live Vol. 1	Tokyo, Japan	1	175	2	This was a show produced by New Japan Pro-Wrestling. This match was also for Gedo and Jado's IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship.	^[2]^[14]
13	Typhoon (Ryo Saito and Susumu Yokosuka)	July 1, 2007	Pro-Wrestling Festival in Kobe 2007	Kobe, Japan	1	83	1		^[2]^[15]
14	Tozawa-juku (Kenichiro Arai and Taku Iwasa)	September 22, 2007	Storm Gate: Tokyo Special – Dragon Storm 2007	Tokyo, Japan	1	20	0		^[2]^[16]
†	Muscle Outlaw'z (Naruki Doi and Masato Yoshino)	October 12, 2007	The Gate of Victory	Tokyo, Japan	1	<1	0	This match was to unify the I-J title into the newly created interim Dragon Gate Open the Twin Gate Championship. As this reign is recognized as the first Open the Twin Gate title reign, it's not recognized as an I-J title reign.	^[2]^[17]^[18]
—	Unified	October 12, 2007	The Gate of Victory	Tokyo, Japan	—	—	—	Unified with the Open the Twin Gate Championship.	^[2]^[17]
	Tenryu Project
15	Black Tiger V (2) and Masao Orihara	September 29, 2010	Never So	Tokyo, Japan	1	667	1	Defeated Madoka and Shinobu when the title was reinstated by Tenryu Project. Black Tiger V previously held the title under his real name Tatsuhito Takaiwa.	^[2]^[19]
16	Diamond Ring (Katsuhiko Nakajima and Satoshi Kajiwara)	July 27, 2012	R-2 "Real": Tenryu Project 8	Tokyo, Japan	1	266	2		^[2]^[20]
17	Hiroki and Masao Orihara (2)	April 19, 2013	Diamond Ring	Toyama, Japan	1	^{[lower-alpha 1]}	1	This was a show produced by Diamond Ring.	^[2]^[21]
—	Vacated	October 2013	—	—	—	—	—	Title vacated when Orihara left the promotion.	^[2]
18	Joker (Kuuga and Gamerasu)	October 7, 2014	Tenryu Project 21: 2nd Mizuchi-R League Finals	Tokyo, Japan	1	404	2	Defeated The Kubota Brothers (Hide Kubota and Yasu Kubota) to win the vacant title.	^[2]^[22]
—	Deactivated	November 15, 2015	—	—	—	—	—	The title was retired due to Tenryu Project closing.	^[2]
19	Hattoshite Good (Kenichiro Arai (2) and Shota)	June 23, 2021	Survive the Revolution Vol. 5	Tokyo, Japan	1	98	2	Defeated Toru and Keita Yano in a four-team single elmimination tournament to win the reactivated title.	^[2]^[20]
20	Hikaru Sato and Keita Yano	September 29, 2021	Survive the Revolution Vol. 10	Tokyo, Japan	1	233	2		^[23]
21	Naoki Tanizaki and Yusuke Kodama	May 20, 2022	Wrestle And Romance Vol. 2	Tokyo, Japan	1	205	1		^[24]
22	Kenichiro Arai (3) and Rey Paloma	December 11, 2022	Wrestle And Romance Vol. 8	Tokyo, Japan	1	105	0		^[25]
23	Oji Shiiba and Takuro Niki	March 26, 2023	Wrestle And Romance Vol. 11	Tokyo, Japan	1	112	2		^[26]
24	Keita Yano (2) and Yuya Susumu	July 16, 2023	Still Revolution Vol. 5	Tokyo, Japan	1	218	2		^[27]
25	Naoki Tanizaki (2) and Yusuke Kodama (2)	February 19, 2024	Still Revolution Vol. 10	Tokyo, Japan	2	82+	0		^[28]

†	Indicates the current champion
¤	The exact length of at least one title reign is uncertain, so the shortest possible length is used.
<1	Reign was less than a day

Rank	Team	No. of reigns	Combined defenses	Combined days
1	Black Tiger V and Masao Orihara	1	1	667
2	Joker (Kuuga and Gamerasu)	1	2	404
3	Naoki Tanizaki and Yusuke Kodama †	2	1	287+
4	Diamond Ring (Katsuhiko Nakajima and Satoshi Kajiwara)	1	2	266
5	Masakazu Fukuda and Hiroyoshi Kotsubo	1	1	253
6	Hikaru Sato and Keita Yano	1	2	233
7	Keita Yano and Yuya Susumu	1	2	218
8	Lance Storm and Yuji Yasuraoka	2	3	210
9	Jado & Gedo	1	2	175
10	Hiroki and Masao Orihara	1	1	165¤
11	Don Fujii and Masaaki Mochizuki	1	2	154
12	Masashi Aoyagi and Gokuaku Umibouzu	1	2	134
13	Tomohiro Ishii and Yuji Yasuraoka	2	1	117
14	Oji Shiiba and Takuro Niki	1	2	112
14	Jushin Thunder Liger and El Samurai	1	0	112
16	Masaaki Mochizuki and Choden Senshi Battle Ranger	1	2	108
17	Kenichiro Arai and Rey Paloma	1	0	105
18	Hattoshite Good (Kenichiro Arai and Shota)	1	2	98
19	Typhoon (Ryo Saito and Susumu Yokosuka)	1	1	83
20	Shinjiro Otani and Tatsuhito Takaiwa	1	0	80
21	Fuyuki-gun (Gedo and Lionheart)	1	1	33
22	Tozawa-juku (Kenichiro Arai and Taku Iwasa)	1	0	20
—	Muscle Outlaw'z (Naruki Doi and Masato Yoshino)	—	0	<1

Rank	Wrestler	No. of reigns	Combined defenses	Combined days
1	Masao Orihara	2	2	832¤
2	Tatsuhito Takaiwa/Black Tiger V	2	1	747
3	Keita Yano	2	4	451
4	Gamerasu	1	2	404
4	Kuuga	1	2	404
6	Yuji Yasuraoka	4	4	327
7	Naoki Tanizaki †	2	1	287+
7	Yusuke Kodama †	2	1	287+
9	Satoshi Kajiwara	1	2	266
9	Katsuhiko Nakajima	1	2	266
11	Masaaki Mochizuki	2	4	262
12	Masakazu Fukuda	1	1	253
12	Hiroyoshi Kotsubo	1	1	253
14	Hikaru Sato	1	2	233
15	Kenichiro Arai	3	2	223
16	Yuya Susumu	1	2	218
17	Lance Storm	2	3	210
18	Gedo	2	3	208
19	Jado	1	2	175
20	Hiroki	1	1	165¤
21	Don Fujii	1	2	154
22	Takuro Niki	1	2	143
22	Oji Shiiba	1	2	143
24	Masashi Aoyagi	1	2	134
24	Gokuaku Umibozu	1	2	134
26	Tomohiro Ishii	2	1	117
27	Jushin Thunder Liger	1	0	112
27	El Samurai	1	0	112
29	Choden Senshi Battle Ranger	1	2	108
30	Rey Paloma	1	0	105
31	Shota	1	2	98
32	Ryo Saito	1	1	83
32	Susumu Yokosuka	1	1	83
34	Shinjiro Otani	1	0	80
35	Lionheart	1	1	33
—	Naruki Doi	—	0	<1
—	Masato Yoshino	—	0	<1

WAR_International_Junior_Heavyweight_Tag_Team_Championship

Tenryu Project International Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship

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Combined reigns

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