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The following champion history features the AJPW All Asia Tag Team Championship.

Title history[]

# Names Reigns Date Location Notes
A number inside parentheses in the "Name(s)" column indicates the wrestler had multiple tag team partners and the number is how many reigns they individually had as one-half of the AJPW All Asia Tag Team Champions.
1 King Kong Czaya & Tiger Joginder 1 November 16, 1955 Tokyo, Japan Defeated Rikidōzan & Harold Sakata in a Best Two Out Of Three Falls tournament final match.
Vacated due to Czaya & Jokinder splitting up.
2 Dan Miller & Frank Valois 1 June 2, 1960 Osaka, Japan Defeated Rikidōzan & Michiaki Yoshimura.
3 Rikidōzan & Toyonobori 1 June 7, 1960 Nagoya, Japan
4 Luther Lindsay & Ricky Waldo 1 February 3, 1962 Tokyo, Japan
5 Rikidōzan (2) & Toyonobori (2) 2 February 15, 1962 Tokyo, Japan
6 Buddy Austin & Mike Sharpe 1 June 4, 1962 Osaka, Japan
7 Rikidōzan (3) & Toyonobori (3) 3 July 1, 1962 Toyonaka, Japan
Vacated in January 1963 due to Toyonobori getting injured.
8 Rikidōzan (4) & Toyonobori (4) 4 May 6, 1963 Sapporo, Japan Defeated Fred Atkins & Killer Kowalski.
Vacated on December 15, 1963 due to Rikidōzan's death.
9 Toyonobori (5) & Michiaki Yoshimura 1 February 20, 1964 Nagoya, Japan Defeated Prince Curtis Iaukea & Don Manoukian.
10 Caripus Hurricane & Gene Kiniski 1 May 14, 1964 Yokohama, Japan
11 Giant Baba & Toyonobori (6) 1 May 29, 1964 Sapporo, Japan
12 The Destroyer & Billy Red Lyons 1 June 3, 1965 Sapporo, Japan
13 Giant Baba (2) & Toyonobori (7) 2 July 15, 1965 Shizuoka, Japan
Vacated on January 5, 1966 due to Toyonobori taking a leave of absence.
14 Joe Carollo & Killer Karl Kox 1 May 26, 1966 Sendai, Japan Defeated Giant Baba & Michiaki Yoshimura.
15 Hiro Matsuda & Michiaki Yoshimura (2) 1 May 28, 1966 Sapporo, Japan
16 Eddie Graham & Killer Karl Kox (2) 1 June 27, 1966 Nagoya, Japan
17 Giant Baba (3) & Michiaki Yoshimura (3) 1 July 1, 1966 Hiroshima, Japan
Vacated on November 5, 1966 due to Baba winning the NWA International Tag Team Championship.
18 Kintaro Ohki & Michiaki Yoshimura (4) 1 December 3, 1966 Tokyo, Japan Defeated Eddie Morrow & Tarzan Zorro.
Vacated in April 1967 due to Ohki getting injured in a car accident.
19 Antonio Inoki & Michiaki Yoshimura (5) 1 May 26, 1967 Sapporo, Japan Defeated Ike Eakins & Waldo Von Erich.
Vacated on October 31, 1967 due to Inoki winning the NWA International Tag Team Championship.
20 Kintaro Ohki (2) & Michiaki Yoshimura (6) 2 January 6, 1968 Osaka, Japan Defeated Bill Miller & Rick Hunter.
21 Klondike Bill & Skull Murphy 1 July 8, 1968 Tokyo, Japan
22 Kintaro Ohki (3) & Michiaki Yoshimura (7) 3 July 30, 1968 Sapporo, Japan
Vacated on January 21, 1969 due to Yoshimura making an excursion to the United States.
23 Antonio Inoki (2) & Kintaro Ohki (4) 1 February 3, 1969 Sapporo, Japan Defeated Tom Jones & Buster Lloyd.
Vacated on July 3, 1969 so Ohki could focus on defending the All Asia Heavyweight Championship.
24 Antonio Inoki (3) & Michiaki Yoshimura (8) 2 August 9, 1969 Nagoya, Japan Defeated Crusher Lisowski & Art Michalik
Vacated on October 10, 1969 in Yamagata, Japan after a controversial match against Mr. Atomic & Buddy Austin.
25 Antonio Inoki (4) & Michiaki Yoshimura (9) 3 October 30, 1969 Gifu, Japan Defeated Mr. Atomic & Buddy Austin in a rematch.
Vacated in December 1971 due to Inoki leaving the JWA.
26 Seiji Sakaguchi & Michiaki Yoshimura (10) 1 December 12, 1971 Tokyo, Japan Defeated Dory Funk, Jr. & Dick Murdoch.
Vacated on January 30, 1973 due to Yoshimura retiring.
27 Great Kojika & Gantetsu Matsuoka 1 March 3, 1973 Osaka, Japan Defeated Killer Karl Krupp & Kurt Von Steiger.
Title was abandoned on April 20, 1973 due to the JWA closing.
28 Great Kojika (2) & Motoshi Okuma 1 March 26, 1976 Seoul, South Korea Defeated two Korean representatives to revive the title in All Japan Pro Wrestling.
29 Oates Brothers
Jerry Oates & Ted Oates
1 October 2, 1976 Tokyo, Japan
30 Samson Kutsuwada & Akihisa Takachiho 1 October 21, 1976 Fukushima, Japan
31 Great Kojika (3) & Motoshi Okuma (2) 2 June 16, 1977 Tokyo, Japan
32 Animal Hamaguchi & Mighty Inoue 1 November 6, 1977 Tokyo, Japan
33 Great Kojika (4) & Motoshi Okuma (3) 3 February 22, 1978 Gifu, Japan
Vacated due to inactivity.
34 Great Kojika (5) & Motoshi Okuma (4) 4 May 31, 1979 Noshiro, Japan Defeated Butch Miller & Sweet Williams.
35 The Von Erichs
David Von Erich & Kevin Von Erich
1 May 23, 1981 Tokyo, Japan
36 Takashi Ishikawa & Akio Sato 1 June 11, 1981 Tokyo, Japan
Vacated in January 1983 due to Sato getting injured.
37 Ashura Hara & Mighty Inoue (2) 1 February 23, 1983 Takaishi, Japan Defeated Great Kojika & Motoshi Okuma.
Vacated on February 1984 so Inoue could focus on the NWA International Junior Heavyweight Championship.
38 Ashura Hara (2) & Takashi Ishikawa (2) 1 February 16, 1984 Nagasaki, Japan Defeated Thomas Ivey & Jerry Morrow.
Vacated on October 22, 1984
39 Takashi Ishikawa (3) & Akio Sato (2) 2 April 15, 1985 Nagasaki, Japan Defeated Animal Hamaguchi & Masanobu Kurisu.
40 Ishin Gundan
Animal Hamaguchi (2) & Isamu Teranishi
1 July 18, 1985 Tokyo, Japan
41 Norio Honaga & Isamu Teranishi 1 1985 Honaga replaced Hamaguchi due to injury.
42 Mighty Inoue (3) & Takashi Ishikawa (4) 1 October 31, 1985 Tsuruoka, Japan
43 Ashura Hara (3) & Super Strong Machine 1 October 30, 1986 Aomori, Japan
Vacated in 1987 due to Machine leaving AJPW.
44 Mighty Inoue (4) & Takashi Ishikawa (5) 2 July 30, 1987 Tokyo, Japan Defeated Masanobu Kurisu & Isamu Teranishi in a tournament final.
45 Footloose
Samson Fuyuki & Toshiaki Kawada
1 March 9, 1988 Yokohama, Japan
46 Shinichi Nakano & Shunji Takano 1 September 9, 1988 Chiba, Japan
47 Footloose
Samson Fuyuki (2) & Toshiaki Kawada (2)
2 September 15, 1988 Tokyo, Japan
48 The Can-Am Express
Doug Furnas and Dan Kroffat
1 June 5, 1989 Tokyo, Japan
49 Footloose
Samson Fuyuki (3) & Toshiaki Kawada (3)
3 October 20, 1989 Nagoya, Japan
50 The Can-Am Express
Doug Furnas (2) & Dan Kroffat (2)
2 March 2, 1990 Nagoya, Japan
51 Kenta Kobashi & Tiger Mask II 1 April 9, 1990 Okayama, Japan
Vacated on May 17, 1990 after Mitsuharu Misawa (Tiger Mask II) unmasked and decided to focus on his singles career.
52 Shinichi Nakano (2) & Akira Taue 1 June 5, 1990 Chiba, Japan Defeated Davey Boy Smith & Johnny Smith.
Vacated in July 1990 due to Nakano leaving AJPW.
53 Johnny Ace & Kenta Kobashi (2) 1 September 7, 1990 Fukui, Japan Defeated Bobby Fulton & Tommy Rogers.
Vacated due to Ace getting injured.
54 The British Bruisers
The Dynamite Kid & Johnny Smith
1 April 6, 1991 Osaka, Japan Defeated Tsuyoshi Kikuchi & Kenta Kobashi.
55 The Can-Am Express
Doug Furnas (3) & Dan Kroffat (3)
3 April 20, 1991 Tokyo, Japan
56 Johnny Ace (2) & Kenta Kobashi (3) 2 July 8, 1991 Osaka, Japan
57 Billy Black & Joel Deaton 1 July 18, 1991 Tokyo, Japan
58 The Can-Am Express
Doug Furnas (4) & Dan Kroffat (4)
4 July 26, 1991 Matsudo, Japan
59 Super Generation Army
Tsuyoshi Kikuchi & Kenta Kobashi (4)
1 May 25, 1992 Sendai, Japan
60 The Eagle & The Patriot 1 June 2, 1993 Koyama, Japan
61 The Can-Am Express
Doug Furnas (5) & Dan Kroffat (5)
5 September 9, 1993 Saitama, Japan
Vacated on December 5, 1994 so Furnas & Kroffat could focus on the AJPW Unified World Tag Team Championship.
62 Jun Akiyama & Takao Ōmori 1 January 29, 1995 Tokyo, Japan Defeated Bobby Fulton & Tommy Rogers in a tournament final.
63 Wolf Hawkfield & Johnny Smith (2) 1 January 9, 1998 Kagoshima, Japan
64 Tamon Honda & Jun Izumida 1 October 6, 1998 Niigata, Japan
65 Hayabusa & Jinsei Shinzaki 1 February 13, 1999 Tokyo, Japan Won the title at Fan Appreciation Day.
66 NO FEAR
Takao Ōmori (2) & Yoshihiro Takayama
1 June 4, 1999 Sapporo, Japan Won the title on the Super Power Series tour. Also hold AJPW Unified World Tag Team Championship.
67 Untouchables
Mitsuharu Misawa (2) & Yoshinari Ogawa
1 August 25, 1999 Hiroshima, Japan This match on the Summer Action Series II tour was also for Omori & Takayama's AJPW Unified World Tag Team Championship.
Vacated on August 25, 1999 in Hiroshima, Japan so other wrestlers could hold the title.
68 Tamon Honda (2) & Masao Inoue 1 October 25, 1999 Nagaoka, Japan Defeated Maunakea Mossman & Johnny Smith in a tournament final on the October Giant Series tour.
Vacated on June 16, 2000 due to Honda, Inoue and several others leaving AJPW to form Pro Wrestling NOAH
69 Masahito Kakihara & Mitsuya Nagai 1 June 8, 2001 Tokyo, Japan Defeated Shinya Makabe & Yuji Nagata on the Super Power Series tour.
Vacated in August 2001 due to Kakihara suffering a knee injury.
70 Arashi & Koki Kitahara 1 September 8, 2001 Tokyo, Japan Defeated Shigeo Okumura & Nobutaka Araya on the Summer Action Series II tour.
Vacated on January 14, 2002 in Yokohama, Japan after losing a non-title match to Yoji Anjo & Genichiro Tenryu.
71 Arashi (2) & Nobutaka Araya 1 April 13, 2002 Tokyo, Japan Defeated Mitsuya Nagai & Shigeo Okumura at Grand Champion Carnival.
Vacated on June 20, 2003 due to Arashi winning the AJPW Unified World Tag Team Championship on June 8, 2003.
72 ROWDY
Kohei Sato & Hirotaka Yokoi
1 July 19, 2003 Tokyo, Japan Defeated Tomoaki Honma & Kazushi Miyamoto in a tournament final on the Summer Action Series tour.
73 Kintaro Kanemura & Tetsuhiro Kuroda 1 October 10, 2003 Tokyo, Japan Won the title on Pro Wrestling ZERO1's Evolution tour.
Vacated on December 14, 2003 due to Kanemura suffering from an illness.
74 Mr. Gannosuke & Tetsuhiro Kuroda (2) 1 December 25, 2003 Tokyo, Japan Defeated Jun Kasai & Tengu Kaiser on Pro Wrestling ZERO1's Rebel Z tour.
75 The Great Kosuke & Shiryu 1 January 2, 2004 Tokyo, Japan Won the title on the New Year Giant Series tour.
76 Masanobu Fuchi & Genichiro Tenryu 1 May 22, 2004 Tokyo, Japan Won the title on the Rise Up tour.
77 Mitsuya Nagai (2) & Masayuki Naruse 1 November 3, 2004 Tokyo, Japan Won the title at New Japan Pro Wrestling's Chrono Stream ~ Masahiro Chono 20th Anniversary.
78 Buchanan & Rico 1 February 2, 2005 Tokyo, Japan Won the title on the Excite Series tour.
Vacated on May 27, 2005 due to Rico retiring.
79 Shuji Kondo & "brother" Yasshi 1 June 19, 2005 Tokyo, Japan Defeated Tomoaki Honma & Katsuhiko Nakajima in a tournament final on the Crossover tour.
80 Katsuhiko Nakajima & Kensuke Sasaki 1 July 26, 2005 Tokyo, Japan Won the title on the Summer Action Series tour.
Vacated on October 29, 2006 due to Sasaki getting injured.
81 Minoru Suzuki & Nosawa Rongai 1 January 3, 2009 Tokyo, Japan Won the title on the New Year Shining Series tour. Defeated Osamu Nishimura & Masanobu Fuchi in finals of a 2 day tournament.
82 SMOP
Akebono & Ryota Hama
1 September 23, 2009 Tokyo, Japan Won the title on the Flashing tour.
83 Voodoo Murders
Taru & Big Daddy Voodoo
1 April 29, 2010 Tokyo, Japan Won the title on the 2010 GROWIN’UP tour.
84 New Generation Force
Manabu Soya & Seiya Sanada
1 August 29, 2010 Tokyo, Japan
85 STRONG BJ
Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi
1 March 21, 2011 Tokyo, Japan
86 es
Manabu Soya (2) & Seiya Sanada (2)
2 June 19, 2011 Tokyo, Japan
87 STRONG BJ
Daisuke Sekimoto (2) & Yuji Okabayashi (2)
2 October 23, 2011 Tokyo, Japan
88 SMOP
Akebono (2) & Ryota Hama (2)
2 July 1, 2012 Tokyo, Japan
Title vacated due to Akebono's extended illness.
89 Junior Stars
Koji Kanemoto & Minoru Tanaka
1 October 21, 2012 Nagoya, Japan Defeated Kazushi Miyamoto & Tomoaki Honma in tournament final.
90 Jonetsu Hentai Baka
Hikaru Sato & Hiroshi Yamato
1 January 26, 2013 Tokyo, Japan
91 Junior Stars
Koji Kanemoto (2) & Minoru Tanaka (2)
2 February 10, 2013 Fukuoka, Japan
92 Burning
Atsushi Aoki & Kotaro Suzuki
1 April 25, 2013 Nagoya, Japan
93 Burning
Jun Akiyama (2) & Yoshinobu Kanemaru
1 January 26, 2014 Kobe, Japan
94 Team Dream Futures
Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie
1 April 29, 2014 Tokyo, Japan Won the title at DDT Max Bump 2014.
95 Xceed
Kento Miyahara & Kotaro Suzuki (2)
1 August 16, 2014 Tokyo, Japan
96 Dark Kingdom
Mitsuya Nagai (3) & Takeshi Minamino
1 January 3, 2015 Tokyo, Japan
97 Ultimo Dragon & Yoshinobu Kanemaru (2) 1 March 22, 2015 Fukuoka, Japan
Dragon and Kanemura voluntarily vacated the championship after losing a non-title match to Isami Kodaka & Yuko Miyamoto.
98 Yankee Two Kenju
Isami Kodaka & Yuko Miyamoto
1 November 15, 2015 Hachioji, Japan Defeated Kotaro Suzuki & Yohei Nakajima for vacant championship.
99 Evolution
Atsushi Aoki (2) & Hikaru Sato (2)
1 July 24, 2016 Tokyo, Japan Won at BJW Ryogokutan 2016.
100 Atsushi Onita & Masanobu Fuchi (2) 1 November 27, 2016 Tokyo, Japan
101 Evolution
Atsushi Aoki (3) & Hikaru Sato (3)
2 June 20, 2017 Obiuhiro, Japan
102 Black Tiger VII (2) & TAKA Michinoku 1 August 27, 2017 Tokyo, Japan Black Tiger VII previously held the championship as NOSAWA Rongai.
103 NEXTREAM
Naoya Nomura & Yuma Aoyagi
1 September 30, 2017 Yamada, Japan
Vacated in January 27, 2018 due to Aoyagi suffering an ankle injury.
104 Jun Akiyama (3) & Yuji Nagata 1 February 3, 2018 Yokohama, Japan Defeated Naoya Nomura & Ryoji Sai for vacant championship.
105 NEXTREAM
Naoya Nomura (2) & Yuma Aoyagi (2)
2 July 29, 2018 Osaka, Japan
Vacated in February 25, 2018 due to Nomura and Aoyagi splitting up.
106 Sweeper
Jake Lee & Koji Iwamoto
1 March 21, 2019 Nagoya, Japan Defeated Daichi Hashimoto & Hideyoshi Kamitani in a tournament final.
107 Kazumi Kikuta & Ryuichi Kawakami 1 May 5, 2019 Yokohama, Japan Won at BJW Endless Survivor 2019.
108 Sweeper
Jake Lee (2) & Koji Iwamoto (2)
2 June 18, 2019 Tokyo, Japan
109 Yankee Two Kenju
Isami Kodaka (2) & Yuko Miyamoto (2)
2 March 23, 2020 Tokyo, Japan
110 Purple Haze
Izanagi & Zeus
1 August 15, 2020 Tokyo, Japan
111 STRONGHEARTS
El Lindaman & T-Hawk
1 September 7, 2021 Tokyo, Japan
112 TOTAL ECLIPSE
Hokuto Omori & Yusuke Kodama
1 January 2, 2022 Tokyo, Japan
113 Voodoo Murders
Minoru (3) & Toshizo
1 July 14, 2022 Tokyo, Japan
114 Evolution
Dan Tamura & Hikaru Sato (4)
1 September 18, 2022 Tokyo, Japan
115 TAJIRI & Yoshitatsu 1 October 30, 2022 Tokyo, Japan
116 Gungnir of Anarchy
Masao Hanahata & Yusuke Kodama (2)
1 November 27, 2022 Fujisawa, Japan
117 Masao Inoue (2) & Takao Omori (3) 1 December 7, 2022 Tokyo, Japan Won in a 4 corners match also involving TAJIRI & Yoshitatsu and Black Menso-re & ATM.
118 Kendo Kashin & NOSAWA Rongai (3) 1 January 3, 2023 Tokyo, Japan
119 Atsushi Onita (2) & Yoshitatsu (2) 1 February 4, 2023 Tokyo, Japan Won in a Tornado Bunkhouse Current Blast Death Match.
120 Burning
Jun Akiyama (4) & Kotaro Suzuki (3)
1 September 18, 2023 Nagoya, Japan Won in a Current Blast Bat And Board Death Match
121 Eruption
Hideki Okatani & Yukio Sakaguchi
1 November 4, 2023 Tokyo, Japan
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