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Notes
King Kong Czaya
&
Tiger Jokinder
1/1
11/16/55 to 6/2/60
Unknown
Defeated Rikidozan & Sakata in Final
Frank Valois
&
Dan Miller
1/1
6/2/60 to 6/7/60
Unknown
Rikidozan & Toyonobori
1/1
6/7/60 to 2/3/62
Unknown
Luther Lindsay
&
Ricky Waldo
1/1
2/3/62 to 2/15/62
Unknown
Rikidozan & Toyonobori
2/2
2/15/62 to 6/4/62
Unknown
Buddy Austin
&
Mike Sharpe
1/1
6/4/62 to 7/1/62
Unknown
Rikidozan & Toyonobori
3/3
7/1/62 to 1/63
Unknown
Toyonobori forfeited title due to injury
Rikidozan & Toyonobori
4/4
5/6/63 to 12/8/63
Unknown
Title forfeited after Rikidozan's murder
Toyonobori
&
Michiaki Yoshimura
5/1
2/20/64 to 5/14/64
Unknown
Defeated Iaukea & Manoukian in Final
Gene Kiniski
&
Caripus Hurricane
1/1
5/14/64 to 5/29/64
Unknown
Giant Baba
&
Toyonobori
1/6
5/29/64 to 6/3/65
Unknown
The Destroyer
&
Billy Red Lyons
1/1
6/3/65 to 7/15/65
Unknown
Giant Baba
&
Toyonobori
2/7
7/15/65 to 1/5/66
Unknown
Forfeited when Toyonobori leaves promotion
Killer Karl Kox
& Joe Carrolo
1/1
5/23/66 to 5/28/66
Unknown
Defeated Giant Baba & Yoshimura in Finals
Michiaki Yoshimura
&
Hiro Matsuda
2/1
5/28/66 to 6/27/66
Unknown
Killer Karl Kox
&
Eddie Graham
2/1
6/27/66 to 7/1/66
Unknown
Giant Baba
&
Michiaki Yoshimura
3/3
7/1/66 to 11/5/66
Unknown
Forfeited when Giant Baba won singles title
Kintaro Oki
&
Michiaki Yoshimura
1/4
12/3/66 to 4/67
Unknown
Oki forfeited title due to injury
Antonio Inoki
&
Michiaki Yoshimura
1/5
5/26/67 to 10/31/67
Unknown
Forfeited when Inoki won better title
Kintaro Oki
&
Michiaki Yoshimura
2/6
1/6/68 to 7/8/68
Unknown
Skull Murphy
&
Klondike Bill
1/1
7/8/68 to 7/30/68
Unknown
Kintaro Oki
&
Michiaki Yoshimura
3/7
7/30/68 to 1/21/69
Unknown
Yoshimura forfeited when he left for the US
Antonio Inoki
&
Kintaro Oki
2/4
2/3/69 to 7/3/69
Unknown
Forfeited so Oki could focus on singles title
Antonio Inoki
&
Michiaki Yoshimura
3/8
8/9/69 to 10/10/69
Unknown
Vacated after controversial match
Antonio Inoki
&
Michiaki Yoshimura
4/9
10/30/69 to 12/71
Unknown
Inoki forfeited title when he left promotion
Seiji Sakaguchi
&
Michiaki Yoshimura
1/10
12/12/71 to 1/30/73
Unknown
Yoshimura forfeited title due to retirement
Gentetsu Matsuoka
&
Great Kojika
1/1
3/3/73 to 4/20/73
Unknown
Title was vacated when JWA closed
Great Kojika
&
Motoshi Okuma
2/1
3/26/76 to 10/2/76
Unknown
Jerry Oates
&
Ted Oates
1/1
10/2/76 to 10/21/76
Unknown
Akihisa Takachiho
&
Samson Kutsuwada
1/1
10/21/76 to 6/16/77
Unknown
Great Kojika
&
Motoshi Okuma
3/2
6/16/77 to 11/6/77
Unknown
Mighty Inoue
&
Animal Hamaguchi
1/1
11/6/77 to 2/22/78
Unknown
Great Kojika
&
Motoshi Okuma
4/3
2/22/78 to 4/79
Unknown
Title vacated due to inactivity
Great Kojika
&
Motoshi Okuma
5/3
5/31/79 to 5/3/81
Unknown
Kevin Von Erich
&
David Von Erich
1/1
5/3/81 to 6/11/81
Unknown
Akio Sato
&
Takashi Ishikawa
1/1
6/11/81 to 1/63
Unknown
Sato forfeited title due to injury
Mighty Inoue
&
Ashura Hara
2/1
2/23/83 to 2/84
Unknown
Inoue forfeited title
Ashura Hara
&
Takashi Ishikawa
2/2
2/16/84 to 10/22/84
Unknown
Title forfeited
Akio Sato
&
Takashi Ishikawa
2/3
4/15/85 to 7/18/85
Unknown
Isamu Teranishi
&
Animal Hamaguchi
1/1
7/18/85 -
Unknown
Hamaguchi is replaced by Honaga
Isamu Teranishi
&
Norio Honaga
2/1
- 10/31/85
Unknown
Mighty Inoue
&
Takashi Ishikawa
3/4
10/31/85 to 10/30/86
Unknown
Ashura Hara
&
Super Strong Machine
1/1
10/30/86 to 1987
Unknown
Machine forfeited title when he left promotion
Mighty Inoue
&
Takashi Ishikawa
4/5
7/30/87 to 3/9/88
Unknown
Toshiaki Kawada & Samson Fuyuki
1/1
3/9/88 to 9/9/88
Unknown
Shunji Takano
&
Shinichi Nakano
1/1
9/9/88 to 9/15/88
Unknown
Toshiaki Kawada & Samson Fuyuki
2/2
9/15/88 to 6/5/89
Unknown
Dan Kroffat & Doug Furnas
1/1
6/5/89 to 10/20/89
Unknown
Toshiaki Kawada & Samson Fuyuki
3/3
10/20/89 to 3/2/90
Unknown
Dan Kroffat & Doug Furnas
2/2
3/2/90 to 9/4/90
Unknown
Tiger Mask
&
Kenta Kobashi
1/1
9/4/90 to 5/17/90
Unknown
Tiger Mask forfeited title when he unmasks
Shinichi Nakano
&
Akira Taue
2/1
6/5/90 to 7/90
Unknown
Nakano forfeited when he leaves promotion
Kenta Kobashi
&
Johnny Ace
2/1
9/7/90 to 4/6/91
Unknown
Dynamite Kid
&
Johnny Smith
1/1
4/6/91 to 4/20/91
Unknown
Dan Kroffat & Doug Furnas
3/3
4/20/91 to 7/8/91
Unknown
Kenta Kobashi
&
Johnny Ace
3/2
7/8/91 to 7/18/91
Unknown
Joel Deaton
&
Billy Black
1/1
7/18/91 to 7/26/91
Unknown
Dan Kroffat & Doug Furnas
4/4
7/26/91 to 5/25/92
Unknown
Kenta Kobashi
&
Tsuyoshi Kikuchi
4/1
5/25/92 to 6/2/96
Unknown
The Patriot
&
The Eagle
1/1
6/2/93 to 9/9/93
Unknown
Dan Kroffat & Doug Furnas
5/5
9/9/93 to 12/5/94
Unknown
Forfeited so team could focus on World Title
Jun Akiyama
&
Takao Omori
1/1
1/29/95 to 1/9/98
12
Wolf Hawkfield
&
Johnny Smith
1/2
1/9/98 to 10/6/98
2
Tamon Honda
&
Jun Izumida
1/1
10/6/98 to 2/13/99
1
Hayabusa
&
Jinsei Shinzaki
1/1
2/13/99 to 6/4/99
1
Takao Omori
&
Yoshihiro Takayama
2/1
6/4/99 to 8/25/99
0
Mitsuharu Misawa
&
Yoshinari Ogawa
1/1
8/25/99 to 9/99
0
Misawa forfeited title
Tamon Honda
&
Masao Inoue
2/1
10/25/99 to 6/00
3
Team forfeited title when they left promotion
Masahito Kakihara
&
Mitsuya Nagai
1/1
6/8/01 to 8/01
0
Kakihara forfeited title due to injury
Arashi
&
Koki Kitahara
1/1
9/8/01 to 1/22/02
2
Forfeited due to loss to Tenryu and Anjo
Arashi
&
Nobutaka Araya
2/1
4/13/02 to 6/20/03
3
Arashi forfeited when he won World Tag Title
Kohei Sato
&
Hirotaka Yokoi
1/1
7/19/03 to 10/10/03
3
Kintaro Kanemura
&
Tetsuhiro Kuroda
1/1
10/10/03 to 12/14/03
2
Kanemura vacated title due to illness
Tetsuhiro Kuroda
&
Mr. Gannosuke
2/1
12/25/03 to 1/2/04
0
Great Kosuke
&
Shiryu
1/1
1/2/04 to 5/22/04
4
Genichiro Tenryu
&
Masanobu Fuchi
1/1
5/22/04 to 11/3/04
3
Mitsuya Nagai
&
Masayuki Naruse
2/1
11/3/04 to 2/2/05
2
Buchanan
&
Rico
1/1
2/2/05 to 3/27/05
0
Rico forfeited title due to retirement
Shuji Kondo
&
"brother" YASSHI
1/1
6/19/05 to 7/26/05
1
Kensuke Sasaki
&
Katsuhiko Nakajima
1/1
7/26/05 to 10/29/06
3
Sasaki forfeited title due to injury
Minoru Suzuki
&
NOSAWA Rongai
1/1
1/3/09 to 9/23/09
2
Defeated Nishimura and Fuchi in Finals
Akebono
&
Ryota Hama
1/1
9/23/09 to 4/29/10
3
TARU
&
Big Daddy Voodoo
1/1
4/29/10 to 8/29/10
1
Seiya Sanada
&
Manabu Soya
1/1
8/29/10 to 3/21/11
2
Daisuke Sekimoto
&
Yuji Okabayashi
1/1
3/21/11 to 6/19/11
2
Seiya Sanada
&
Manabu Soya
2/2
6/19/11 to 10/23/11
1
Daisuke Sekimoto
&
Yuji Okabayashi
2/2
10/23/11 to 7/1/12
6
Akebono
&
Ryota Hama
2/2
7/1/12 to 9/4/12
1
Vacated due to Akebono getting pneumonia
Koji Kanemoto
&
Minoru Tanaka
1/1
10/21/12 to 1/26/13
2
Defeated Honma and Miyamoto in Decision Match
Hiroshi Yamato
&
Hikaru Sato
1/1
1/26/13 to 2/10/13
0
Koji Kanemoto
&
Minoru Tanaka
2/2
2/10/13 to 4/25/13
1
Kotaro Suzuki
&
Atsushi Aoki
1/1
4/25/13 to 1/26/14
4
Jun Akiyama
&
Yoshinobu Kanemaru
2/1
1/26/14 to present
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