Intercontinental Tag Team Championship

The Intercontinental Tag Team Championship[1] is a professional wrestling tag team title in Japanese promoting Pro Wrestling Zero1, typically reserved for (but not exclusive to) heavyweight (>100 kg (220 lb)) wrestlers. It was created on June 14, 2001, three months after then Pro Wrestling Zero-One's creation, when Samoa Joe and Keiji Sakoda (though Zero1 has since ceased to recognize both their reign as well as the following reign by Steve Corino and Mike Rapada)[2][3][4] defeated Yuuki Ishikawa and Katsumi Usuda.[5] This was during a time when Zero-One was a member of the National Wrestling Alliance; since the two organizations' parting in late 2004, the NWA does not recognize or sanction it, though it retains the NWA initials. It is one of two tag team titles currently active in Zero1, along with the NWA International Lightweight Tag Team Championship, contested exclusively among junior heavyweights. There have been a total of 56 recognized individual champions and 45 recognized teams, who have had a combined 49 official reigns.

Intercontinental Tag Team Championship
菅原拓也
Takuya Sugawara with the current belt design in 2020
Details
PromotionNew Wrestling Alliance
Pro Wrestling Zero1
Date establishedJune 14, 2001
Current champion(s)Kubota Brothers (Hide Kubota and Yasu Kubota)
Date wonJanuary 1, 2023
Other name(s)
NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Championship
Statistics
First champion(s)Samoa Joe and Keiji Sakoda
Longest reignMasato Tanaka and Zeus (419 days)
Shortest reignSteve Corino and Mike Rapada
Shinya Hashimoto and Naoya Ogawa (3 days)
Oldest championTaru (54 years, 31 days)

Title history
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
<1 Reign lasted less than a day
+ Current reign is changing daily
No. Champion Championship change Reign statistics Notes Ref.
Date Event Location Reign DaysDefenses
(NWA) National Wrestling Alliance / Pro Wrestling Zero1 (Zero1)
1 Samoa Joe and Keiji Sakoda June 14, 2001 Shingeki Osaka, Japan 1 250 Defeated Yuki Ishikawa and Katsumi Usuda to become the inaugural champions.
2 Steve Corino and Mike Rapada July 9, 2001 — — 1 30 Awarded the title by NWA president Howard Brody.
3 Shinjiro Otani and Yuki Ishikawa July 12, 2001 True Century Battle Tour Tokyo, Japan 1 [Note 1]0
— Vacated October 2001 — — — —— Vacated due to Ishikawa leaving ZERO-ONE.
4 Emblem
(Shinjiro Otani (2) and Masato Tanaka)		 January 6, 2002 Vast Energy Tokyo, Japan 1 2875 Defeated Samoa Joe and Tom Howard.
5 Nathan Jones and Jon Heidenreich October 20, 2002 Improvement II Tour Tokyo, Japan 1 61
6 Shinya Hashimoto and Naoya Ogawa October 26, 2002 Improvement II Tour Osaka, Japan 1 501
7 Matt Ghaffari and Tom Howard December 15, 2002 Truth Creation Tokyo, Japan 1 1352
8 Shinya Hashimoto and Naoya Ogawa April 29, 2003 01 Division Tour Nagoya, Japan 2 30
— Vacated May 3, 2003 — — — —— Stripped by NWA Chairman Richard Arpin due to Ogawa throwing Ghaffari over the top rope in winning the title.
9 Steve Corino (2) and C. W. Anderson May 3, 2003 01WORLD Tokyo, Japan 1 1203 Defeated Kohei Sato and Hirotaka Yokoi.
10 Emblem
(Shinjiro Otani (3) and Masato Tanaka)		 August 31, 2003 01 Summer Gift Gifu, Japan 2 1722
11 Takao Omori and Shiro Koshinaka February 19, 2004 Embers Tour Tokyo, Japan 1 1195
12 Shinya Hashimoto (3) and Yoshiaki Fujiwara June 17, 2004 Ambitious Sendai, Japan 1 752
Pro Wrestling Zero1 (Zero1)
13 Shinjiro Otani (4) and Takao Omori (2) August 31, 2004 Determination II Morioka, Japan 1 331
14 Masato Tanaka (3) and Wataru Sakata October 3, 2004 New Whirlpool-1 Truth II Tour Tokyo, Japan 1 280
— Vacated October 31, 2004 — — — —— Vacated due to ZERO-ONE leaving the NWA.
15 Kohei Sato and Ryoji Sai April 14, 2005 Outburst Revolution Tour Tokyo, Japan 1 1793 Defeated Shinjiro Otani and Masato Tanaka.
16 Ikuto Hidaka and Minoru Fujita October 10, 2005 Interception Tour Tokyo, Japan 1 1381
17 Steve Corino (3) and Y2P-160kg February 25, 2006 Happening Tour Osaka, Japan 1 1151
18 Kohei Sato and Ryoji Sai June 20, 2006 Rights Tour Odawara, Japan 2 40
19 Wild Child
(Manabu Nakanishi and Takao Omori (3))		 June 24, 2006 Rights Tour Tokyo, Japan 1 2572
20 Yoshihiro Takayama and Kohei Sato (3) March 8, 2007 Max Satisfaction Tour Tokyo, Japan 1 2322
21 Minoru Fujita (2) and Takuya Sugawara October 26, 2007 Innovation Tour Tokyo, Japan 1 3994
22 Mr. Wrestling 3 (4) and Charles Evans November 28, 2008 Zero1 Beat Tour Tokyo, Japan 1 940
— Vacated March 2, 2009 — — — —— Vacated due to Charles Evans' rebellious actions against World Premier Federation.
23 Ryoji Sai (3) and Osamu Namiguchi March 15, 2009 Wrestler's 1 Tokyo, Japan 1 1231 Defeated Steve Corino and Mr. Wrestling 3.
24 Kohei Sato (4) and Kamikaze July 16, 2009 Wrestler's Utsunomiya, Japan 1 1002
25 Ikuto Hidaka (2) and Munenori Sawa October 24, 2009 Wrestler's 6 ~ Never Gonna Stop! Tokyo, Japan 1 950
26 Shinjiro Otani (5) and Akebono January 27, 2010 Wrestler's 9 Tokyo, Japan 1 3154
— Vacated December 8, 2010 — — — —— Vacated so that the title could be decided in the Furinkazan tournament.
27 Kohei Sato (5) and Kamikaze December 21, 2010 Furinkazan Nagoya, Japan 2 2673 Defeated Masato Tanaka and Daisuke Sekimoto in the final of the Furinkazan tournament.
(NWA) National Wrestling Alliance / Pro Wrestling Zero1 (Zero1)
28 Masato Tanaka (4) and Zeus September 14, 2011 Tenkaichi Junior Tokyo, Japan 1 4194
29 Shito Ueda and Yusaku Obata November 6, 2012 Universe Tokyo, Japan 1 730
Pro Wrestling Zero1 (Zero1)
— Vacated January 18, 2013 — — — —— Vacated due to Obata being sidelined with an injury.
30 ZERO64
(Akebono (2) and Daisuke Sekimoto)		 February 3, 2013 Change the World Tokyo, Japan 1 3301 Defeated Kohei Sato and Zeus.
— Vacated December 30, 2013 — — — —— Vacated due to Sekimoto being sidelined with an injury.
31 Shinjiro Otani (6) and Kamikaze (3) January 1, 2014 N/A Tokyo, Japan 1 1251 Defeated Masato Tanaka and Yusaku Obata to win the vacant titles.
32 Dangan Yankees
(Masato Tanaka (5) and Takashi Sugiura)		 May 6, 2014 Destiny Tokyo, Japan 1 3976
33 Kohei Sato (6) and Daisuke Sekimoto (2) June 7, 2015 Long, Long Way Tokyo, Japan 1 3344
34 Masato Tanaka (6) and James Raideen May 6, 2016 Children's Day Special Tokyo, Japan 1 2532
35 Hartley Jackson and Taru January 14, 2017 New Year Dream Series Tokyo, Japan 1 200 [6][7]
36 Akebono (3) and Shogun Okamoto February 3, 2017 New Year Dream Series Tokyo, Japan 1 751
— Vacated April 19, 2017 — — — —— Vacated due to Akebono being sidelined with health issues.
37 Kai and Yusaku Obata (2) May 21, 2017 Shinsei Zero1 Dream Series ~ Growth Tokyo, Japan 1 1010 Defeated Kohei Sato and Hideki Suzuki.
— Vacated August 30, 2017 — — — —— Vacated due to Kai and Obata being unable to defend the title because of scheduling conflicts.
38 Hideki Suzuki and Kohei Sato (7) September 14, 2017 Zero1 Dream Series Tokyo, Japan 1 1091 Defeated Shogun Okamoto and Yutaka Yoshie.
39 Masayuki Okamoto/Shogun Okamoto (2) and Yutaka Yoshie (2) January 1, 2018 Kinga Shinnen Tokyo, Japan 1 620 Okamoto won the title as Masayuki Okamoto, but immediately afterwards announced he was returning to the ring name Shogun Okamoto. [8]
40 Masato Tanaka (7) and Yuji Hino March 4, 2018 Kinga Shinnen Tokyo, Japan 1 2033
41 Taru (2) and Chris Vice September 23, 2018 Chibiko Bullying Eradication Genki Hatsuratsu ~ A Really Strong Person Does Not Do Bullying But Will Stand Up Iwate, Japan 1 1000
42 Masato Tanaka (8) and Takuya Sugawara (2) January 1, 2019 Happy New Year Tokyo, Japan 1 2983 [9]
43 Yuko Miyamoto and Masashi Takeda October 26, 2019 Yasukuni Shine 150th Anniversary Hono Pro Wrestling 17th Yamato Shinshu Chikara Matsuri Tokyo, Japan 1 2802
— Vacated August 1, 2020 — — — —— Vacated due to Takeda suffering an injury.
44 Towa Iwasaki and Tsugutaka Sato August 2, 2020 We're Not Going To Lose To Corona! Tokyo, Japan 1 931 Defeated Yuko Miyamoto and Takashi Sasaki to win the vacant championships.
45 Quiet Storm and Yuji Hino (2) November 3, 2020 ZERO1 Hono Pro-Wrestling 18th Yamato Shinshu Chikara Matsuri Tokyo, Japan 1 160 [10]
— Vacated November 19, 2020 — — — —— Vacated due to Hino leaving Zero1.
46 Shinjiro Otani (7) and Yumehito Imanari December 25, 2020 ZERO1 2020 Final Show ~ Christmas Night Tokyo, Japan 1 2681 Defeated the Kubota Brothers (Hide Kubota and Yasu Kubota) in the 2020 Furinkazan Tag Tournament final which was also for the vacant titles. [11]
— Vacated September 19, 2021 — — — ——
47 Gajo and Tomohiko Hashimoto November 22, 2021 Furiknazan 2021 Tokyo, Japan 1 1141 Defeated Hartley Jackson and Junya Matsunaga in the 2021 Furinkazan Tag Tournament final which was also for the vacant titles. [12]
48 Junya Matsunaga and Takafumi March 6, 2022 Shinjiro Otani Debut 30th Anniversary Year & ZERO1 Launch 21st Anniversary Show Tokyo, Japan 1 3012 [13]
49 Kubota Brothers
(Hide Kubota and Yasu Kubota)		 January 1, 2023 Zero1 Happy New Year 2023 Tokyo, Japan 1 297+5 [14]

Combined reigns

As of October 25, 2023.

† Indicates the current champion
¤ The exact length of at least one title reign is uncertain, so the shortest length is considered.

By team
Rank Team No. of
reigns		 Combined
defenses		 Combined days
1 Emblem
(Shinjiro Otani and Masato Tanaka)		27459
2 Masato Tanaka and Zeus14419
3 Minoru Fujita and Takuya Sugawara14399
4 Dangan Yankees
(Masato Tanaka and Takashi Sugiura)		16397
5 Kohei Sato and Kamikaze25367
6 Kohei Sato and Daisuke Sekimoto14334
7 ZERO64
(Akebono and Daisuke Sekimoto)		11330
8 Shinjiro Otani and Akebono14315
9 Junya Matsunaga and Takafumi12301
10 Masato Tanaka and Takuya Sugawara13298
11 Yuko Miyamoto and Masashi Takeda12280
12 Shinjiro Otani and Yumehito Imanari11268
13 Wild Child
(Manabu Nakanishi and Takao Omori)		12257
14 Masato Tanaka and James Raideen12253
15 Yoshihiro Takayama and Kohei Sato12232
16 Kubota Brothers †
(Hide Kubota and Yasu Kubota)		15297+
17 Masato Tanaka and Yuji Hino13203
18 Kohei Sato and Ryoji Sai23183
19 Ikuto Hidaka and Minoru Fujita11138
20 Matt Ghaffari and Tom Howard12135
21 Shinjiro Otani and Kamikaze11125
22 Ryoji Sai and Osamu Namiguchi11123
23 Steve Corino and C. W. Anderson13120
24 Takao Omori and Shiro Koshinaka15119
25 Steve Corino and Y2P-160kg11115
26 Gajo and Tomohiko Hashimoto11114
27 Hideki Suzuki and Kohei Sato11109
28 Kai and Yusaku Obata10101
29 Taru and Chris Vice10100
30 Ikuto Hidaka and Munenori Sawa1095
31 Mr. Wrestling 3 and Charles Evans1094
32 Towa Iwasaki and Tsugutaka Sato1193
33 Shinjiro Otani and Yuki Ishikawa10¤81
34 Shinya Hashimoto and Yoshiaki Fujiwara1275
Akebono and Shogun Okamoto1175
36 Shito Ueda and Yusaku Obata1073
37 Masayuki Okamoto/Shogun Okamoto and Yutaka Yoshie1062
38 Shinya Hashimoto and Naoya Ogawa2153
39 Shinjiro Otani and Takao Omori1133
40 Masato Tanaka and Wataru Sakata1028
41 Samoa Joe and Keiji Sakoda1025
42 Hartley Jackson and Taru1020
43 Quiet Storm and Yuji Hino1016
44 Nathan Jones and Jon Heidenreich116
45 Steve Corino and Mike Rapada103

By wrestler
Rank Team No. of
reigns		 Combined
defenses		 Combined days
1 Masato Tanaka8232,057
2 Shinjiro Otani714¤1,281
3 Kohei Sato7151,225
4 Akebono36720
5 Takuya Sugawara27697
6 Daisuke Sekimoto25665
7 Minoru Fujita25537
8 Kamikaze36492
9 Zeus14419
10 Takao Omori38409
11 Takashi Sugiura16397
12 Steve Corino44334
13 Ryouji Sai34306
14 Junya Matsunaga12301
Takafumi12301
16 Masashi Takeda12280
Yuko Miyamoto12280
18 Yumehito Imanari11268
19 Manabu Nakanishi12257
20 James Raideen12253
21 Ikuto Hidaka21233
22 Yoshihiro Takayama12232
23 Hide Kubota †15297+
Yasu Kubota †15297+
25 Yuji Hino23219
26 Y2P-160 kg/Yutaka Yoshie21187
27 Yusaku Obata20174
28 Shogun Okamoto/Masayuki Okamoto21137
29 Matt Ghaffari12135
30 Tom Howard12135
31 Shinya Hashimoto33128
32 Osamu Namiguchi11123
33 Taru20120
C. W. Anderson13120
35 Shiro Koshinaka15119
36 Gajo11114
Tomohiko Hashimoto11114
38 Hideki Suzuki11109
39 Kai10101
40 Chris Vice10100
41 Munenori Sawa1095
42 Charles Evans1094
43 Towa Iwasaki1193
Tsugutaka Sato1193
45 Yuki Ishikawa10¤81
46 Yoshiaki Fujiwara1275
47 Shito Ueda1073
48 Naoya Ogawa2153
49 Wataru Sakata1028
Samoa Joe1028
51 Keiji Sakoda1025
52 Hartley Jackson1020
53 Quiet Storm1016
54 John Heidenreich116
Nathan Jones116
56 Mike Rapada103

See also

Footnotes
  1. The exact date on which Otani and Ishikawa were stripped of the championship is not known, which means that their reign lasted between 81 and 111 days.

References
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