International Lightweight Tag Team Championship

The International Lightweight Tag Team Championship[1] was a professional wrestling tag team title in Japanese promotion Pro Wrestling Zero1, contested exclusively among junior heavyweight (<100 kg (220 lb)) wrestlers.[2] It was created on December 26, 2003 when Ikuto Hidaka and Dick Togo defeated Naohiro Hoshikawa and Tatsuhito Takaiwa in a tournament final.[3] This was during a time when Zero1 (then known as Pro Wrestling 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 in Zero1, along with the NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Championship, typically contested among heavyweights. There have been a total of 39 recognized individual champions and 28 recognized teams, who have had a combined 31 official reigns.

International Lightweight Tag Team Championship
Frank David and Shawn Guiness with the championships in September 2012
Details
PromotionNew Wrestling Alliance
Pro Wrestling Zero1
Date establishedDecember 26, 2003
Date retiredDecember 25, 2020
Other name(s)
NWA International Lightweight Tag Team Championship
Statistics
First champion(s)Ikuto Hidaka and Dick Togo
Most reignsAs tag team: Takuya Sugawara and "brother" Yasshi, Isami Kodaka and Takumi Tsukamoto, and Shinjiro Otani and Tatsuhito Takaiwa (2 reigns)
As individual: Takuya Sugawara and Ikuto Hidaka (7 reigns)
Longest reignIkuto Hidaka and Munenori Sawa (766 days)
Shortest reignShinjiro Otani and Tatsuhito Takaiwa (9 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 Ikuto Hidaka and Dick Togo December 26, 2003 Rebel Z Tour Tokyo, Japan 1 552 Defeated Tatsuhito Takaiwa and Naohiro Hoshikawa in a tournament final.
2 Low Ki and Leonardo Spanky February 19, 2004 Embers Tour Tokyo, Japan 1 1062
3 Tomohiro Ishii and Tatsuhito Takaiwa June 4, 2004 Ambitious Tour Hachinohe, Japan 1 1071
Pro Wrestling Zero1 (Zero1)
4 Kaz Hayashi and Leonardo Spanky (2) September 19, 2004 New Whirlpool-1 Truth Tour Tokyo, Japan 1 1620
— Vacated February 28, 2005 — — — —— Vacated due to a lack of title defenses.
5 Ikuto Hidaka (2) and Minoru Fujita March 27, 2005 Shippu Jinrai Tour Tokyo, Japan 1 5169 Defeated Leonardo Spanky and Alex Shelley.
6 Motor City Machine Guns
(Chris Sabin and Alex Shelley)		 August 25, 2006 Tenkaichi Jr. Tokyo, Japan 1 5903
7 Minoru Fujita (2) and Takuya Sugawara April 6, 2008 Miracle Rocket ~2nd Impact~ Tokyo, Japan 1 1191 This was also for Fujita and Sugawara's NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Championship.
8 Ikuto Hidaka (3) and Munenori Sawa August 3, 2008 Fire Festival Tour Tokyo, Japan 1 7668
9 Takuya Sugawara (2) and Kaijin Habu Otoko September 8, 2010 Euro Vintage Action Tour Tokyo, Japan 1 3334
(NWA) National Wrestling Alliance / Pro Wrestling Zero1 (Zero1)
10 Ikuto Hidaka (4) and Takafumi Ito August 7, 2011 Fire Festival Tour Tokyo, Japan 1 1781
11 Takuya Sugawara (3) and Tsuyoshi Kikuchi February 1, 2012 Zero1 Action Tokyo, Japan 1 29 – 590
— Vacated March 2012 — — — ——
12 Jimmyz
(Jimmy Susumu and Jimmy Kagetora)		 April 24, 2012 Zero1 Over the Rainbow Tokyo, Japan 1 1242 Defeated the teams of Ikuto Hidaka and Craig Classic, and Takuya Sugawara and Mineo Fujita in a three-way match.
13 Takuya Sugawara (4) and Mineo Fujita August 26, 2012 Yokohama Big Fireworks Yokohama, Japan 1 220
14 Shawn Guinness and Frank David September 17, 2012 Tenkaichi Jr. Tokyo, Japan 1 5561
Pro Wrestling Zero1 (Zero1)
— Vacated March 27, 2014 — — — —— Vacated when David was unable to return to Japan for a title defense.
15 Billy Ken Kid and Tigers Mask March 30, 2014 11th Yasukuni Shrine Festival Tokyo, Japan 1 1731 Defeated the teams of Ikuto Hidaka and Fujita Hayato, and Mineo Fujita and Jason Lee, in a three-way match. Tigers Mask wrestled as Atsushi Maruyama after April 22, 2014.
16 Takuya Sugawara (5) and "brother" Yasshi September 19, 2014 Tenkaichi Special Tokyo, Japan 1 491
17 Shuji Kondo and Seiki Yoshioka November 7, 2014 Kassen ~ Battle Zero1 vs. W1 Tour Tokyo, Japan 1 1141
18 Takuya Sugawara (6) and "brother" Yasshi March 1, 2015 Zero1_Fourteen Tokyo, Japan 2 2062
19 Shinjiro Otani and Tatsuhito Takaiwa (2) September 23, 2015 Go for Broke! Tokyo, Japan 1 1974
20 Dangan Yankees
(Ikuto Hidaka (5) and Fujita Hayato)		 April 7, 2016 N/A Tokyo, Japan 1 2371
21 Isami Kodaka and Takumi Tsukamoto November 30, 2016 Basara Common Destiny Tokyo, Japan 1 392
22 Cavalry
(Ryuichi Sekine and Ryota Nakatsu)		 January 8, 2017 Basara Osaka Winter in Oyodo Osaka, Japan 1 351
23 Isami Kodaka and Takumi Tsukamoto February 12, 2017 Basara Tenka Fubu Nagoya, Japan 2 180
24 Junior Saints
(Koji Kanemoto and Minoru Tanaka)		 March 2, 2017 New Zero1 Dream Series Birth of Team Tokyo, Japan 1 712
25 Shinjiro Otani and Tatsuhito Takaiwa (3) May 12, 2017 First Ever! Bob Sapp Current Blast! Nagoya, Japan 2 90
26 Ikuto Hidaka (6) and Takuya Sugawara (7) May 21, 2017 Shinsei Zero1 Dream Series ~ Growth Tokyo, Japan 1 2254
27 Masamune and Sugi January 1, 2018 Kinga Shinnen Tokyo, Japan 1 1591
28 Fuminori Abe and Ikuto Hidaka (7) June 9, 2018 Dream Series Tour Tokyo, Japan 1 3113
29 Kubota Brothers
(Yasu Kubota and Hide Kubota)		 April 16, 2019 Jump Up ~ Fly to the Future Tokyo, Japan 1 1662
30 Billy Ken Kid (2) and HUB (2) September 29, 2019 Jump Up ~ Fly to the Future Osaka, Japan 1 3710 Hub previously held the title as Kaijin Habu Otoko.
31 Sugi (2) and Raicho October 4, 2020 20th Anniversary Flame Festival ~ Fire Festival 2020 Osaka, Japan 1 820
— Vacated December 25, 2020 — — — —— Vacated when Sugi and Raicho leave the promotion; title abandoned.

Combined reigns

As of October 25, 2023.

By team
Record longest reigning champions at 766 days, Ikuto Hidaka and Munenori Sawa
† Indicates the current champion
Rank Team No. of
reigns		 Combined
defenses		 Combined days
1 Ikuto Hidaka and Munenori Sawa18766
2 Motor City Machine Guns
(Chris Sabin and Alex Shelley)		13590
3 Shawn Guinness and Frank David11556
4 Ikuto Hidaka and Minoru Fujita19516
5 Billy Ken Kid and HUB10371
6 Takuya Sugawara and Kaijin Habu Otoko14333
7 Fuminori Abe and Ikuto Hidaka13311
8 Takuya Sugawara and "brother" Yasshi23255
9 Ikuto Hidaka and Fujita Hayato11237
10 Ikuto Hidaka and Takuya Sugawara14225
11 Shinjiro Otani and Tatsuhito Takaiwa24206
12 Ikuto Hidaka and Takafumi Ito11178
13 Billy Ken Kid and Tigers Mask11173
14 Kubota Brothers
(Yasu Kubota and Hide Kubota)		12166
15 Kaz Hayashi and Leonardo Spanky10162
16 Masamune and Sugi11159
17 Jimmyz
(Jimmy Susumu and Jimmy Kagetora)		12124
18 Minoru Fujita and Takuya Sugawara11119
19 Shuji Kondo and Seiki Yoshioka11114
20 Tomohiro Ishii and Tatsuhito Takaiwa11107
21 Low Ki and Leonardo Spanky12106
22 Sugi and Raicho †1082
23 Junior Saints
(Koji Kanemoto and Minoru Tanaka)		1271
24 Isami Kodaka and Takumi Tsukamoto2257
25 Ikuto Hidaka and Dick Togo1255
26 Cavalry
(Ryuichi Sekine and Ryota Nakatsu)		1135
27 Takuya Sugawara and Tsuyoshi Kikuchi1029-59
28 Takuya Sugawara and Mineo Fujita1022

By individual
Record most reigns at seven(tied with Takuya Sugawara) and longest reigning (with partner Munenori Sawa) as well as combined reigning champion Ikuto Hidaka
† Indicates the current champion
Rank Wrestler No. of
reigns		 Combined days
1 Ikuto Hidaka72,288
2 Sugi †2241
3 Raicho †182
4 Takuya Sugawara7973
5 Munenori Sawa1766
6 Kaijin Habu Otoko/HUB2704
7 Minoru Fujita2635
8 Alex Shelley1590
Chris Sabin1590
10 Frank David1556
Shawn Guinness1556
12 Billyken Kid2371
13 Tatsuhito Takaiwa3313
14 Fuminori Abe1311
15 "brother" Yasshi2255
16 Hayato Fujita1237
17 Shinjiro Otani2206
18 Takafumi Ito1178
19 Tigers Mask/Atsushi Maruyama2173
20 Yasu Kubota1166
Hide Kubota1166
22 Masamune1159
23 Leonardo Spanky2148
24 Jimmy Kagetora1124
Jimmy Susumu1124
26 Seiki Yoshioka1114
Shuji Kondo1114
28 Tomohiro Ishii1107
29 Low Ki1106
30 Koji Kanemoto171
Minoru Tanaka171
32 Isami Kodaka257
Takumi Tsukamoto257
34 Dick Togo155
35 Kaz Hayashi142
36 Ryota Nakatsu135
Ryuichi Sekine135
38 Mineo Fujita122
39 Tsuyoshi Kikuchi119

See also

References
  1. "Pro Wrestling Zero1 official results archives" (in Japanese). Zero-One-Max.com. Archived from the original on 2007-07-26. Retrieved 2007-07-15.
  2. "NWA International Light Tag Team Title". wrestling-titles.com. October 4, 2020. Retrieved April 7, 2021.
  3. "NWA International Lightweight Tag Team Championship official title history". ZeroOneUSA.com. Archived from the original on 2008-06-17. Retrieved 2007-07-15.
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