The Open The Twin Gate Championship os the tag team title in Dragon Gate Pro Wrestling. Originally the promotion used the WAR IJ Tag Team Championship starting in 2006 before creating their own championship and unifying the titles. The titles were first awarded in October 2007 when Naruki Doi & Masato Yoshino became the inaugural champions.
As of 11/3/2024 there have been 67 Open The Twin Gate Champions.they are listed below in order of reign, which reign it was (some held it multiple times), length of reign and number of successful defenses.
1-Naruki Doi & Masato Yoshino. 1st reign. Length: 10/12/2007-2/8/2008. Successful defenses: 2.
2-Taku Iwasa & Kenichiro Arai. 1st reign. Length: 2/8/2008-5/5/2008. Successful defenses: 2.
3-Susumu Yokosuka & Ryo Saito. 1st reign. Length: 5/5/2008-9/26/2008. Successful defenses: 3.
4-Naruki Doi & Masato Yoshino. 2nd reign. Length: 9/26/2008-10/5/2008. Successful defenses: None.
5-Cyber Kong & YAMATO. 1st reign. Length: 10/5/2008-3/1/2009. Successful defenses: 4.
6-Susumu Yokosuka & Gamma. 1st reign. Length: 3/1/2009-5/5/2009. Successful defenses: 1.
7-Genki Horiguchi & Ryo Saito. 1st reign. Length: 5/5/2009-9/17/2009. Successful defenses: 3. Won titles in 3-way elimination match.
8-Shingo Takagi & YAMATO. 1st reign. Length: 9/17/2009-12/27/2009. Successful defenses: 3.
9-CIMA & Gamma. 1st reign. Length: 12/27/2009. Successful defenses: None. Vacated titles immediately and became interim champions.
10-CIMA & Gamma. 2nd reign. Length: 2/10/2010-3/22/2010. Successful defenses: None.
11-Shingo Takagi & Cyber Kong. 1st reign. Length: 3/22/2010-5/13/2010. Successful defenses: 1.
12-Susumu Yokosuka & K-ness. 1st reign. Length: 5/13/2010-11/23/2010. Successful defenses: 4.
13-Naruki Doi & Gamma. 1st reign. Length: 11/23/2010-1/11/2011. Successful defenses: 1.
14-Masaaki Mochizuki & Don Fujii. 1st reign. Length: 1/11/2011-2/6/2011. Successful defenses: None.
15-Genki Horiguchi & Ryo Saito. 2nd reign. Length: 2/6/2011-6/19/2011. Successful defenses: 2.
16-Dragon Kid & Pac. 1st reign. Length: 6/19/2011-7/17/2011. Successful defenses: None.
17-CIMA & Ricochet. 1st reign. Length: 7/17/2011-11/30/2011. Successful defenses: 3. Vacated titles on 11/30/2011 to focus on singles championships.
18-BxB Hulk & Akira Tozawa. 1st reign. Length: 12/1/2011-3/4/2012. Successful defenses: 2.
19-Jimmy Susumu & Jimmy Kagetora (Susumu Yokosuka & Kagetora). 1st reign. Length: 3/4/2012-6/10/2012. Successful defenses: 3.
20-BxB Hulk & Naoki Tanisaki. 1st reign. Length: 6/10/2012-6/17/2012. Successful defenses: None.
21-Jimmy Susumu & Jimmy Kagetora. 2nd reign. Length: 6/17/2012-7/22/2012. Successful defenses: None. Won titles in 3-way match.
22-Shingo Takagi & YAMATO. 2nd reign. Length: 7/22/2012-9/23/2012. Successful defenses: 1.
23-Masaaki Mochizuki & Don Fujii. 2nd reign. Length: 9/23/2012-3/2/2013. Successful defenses: 6.
24-BxB Hulk & Uhaa Nation. 1st reign. Length: 3/2/2013-5/5/2013. Successful defenses: 1.
25-Shingo Takagi & YAMATO. 3rd reign. Length: 5/5/2013-6/15/2013. Successful defenses: 1.
26-BxB Hulk & Akira Tozawa. 2nd reign. Length: 6/15/2013-7/21/2013. Successful defenses: None.
27-Naruki Doi & Ricochet. 1st reign. Length: 7/21/2013-8/30/2013. Successful defenses: None.
28-Dragon Kid & K-ness. 1st reign. Length: 8/30/2013-9/7/2013. Successful defenses: None. Vacated titles on 9/7/2013 due to a Kid injury.
29-T-Hawk & Eita. 1st reign. Length: 11/3/2013-12/8/2013. Successful defenses: None. Became interim champions on 9/28/2013. Became official champions on 11/3/2013.
30-Naruki Doi & YAMATO. 1st reign. Length: 12/8/2013-12/22/2013. Successful defenses: None.
31-Shingo Takagi & Akira Tozawa. 1st reign. Length: 12/22/2013-7/20/2014. Successful defenses: 5.
32-T-Hawk & Eita. 2nd reign. Length: 7/20/2014-11/2/2014. Successful defenses: 2.
33-CIMA & Gamma. 3rd reign. Length: 11/2/2014-12/3/2014. Successful defenses; None.
34-T-Hawk & Eita. 3rd reign. Length: 12/3/2014-12/28/2014. Successful defenses: None.
35-Cyber Kong & YAMATO. 2nd reign. Length: 12/28/2014-3/1/2015. Successful defenses: None.
36-Masato Yoshino & Syachihoko BOY. 1st reign. Length: 3/1/2015-6/13/2015. Successful defenses: 2.
37-Naruki Doi & YAMATO. 2nd reign. Length: 6/13/2015-3/6/2016. Successful defenses: 9.
38-T-Hawk & Big R Shimizu (BIGBOSS Shimizu). 1st reign. Length: 3/6/2016-6/19/2016. Successful defenses: 1.
39-Jimmy Susumu & Jimmy Kagetora. 3rd reign. Length: 6/19/2016-11/3/2016. Successful defenses: 4.
40-CIMA & Dragon Kid. 1st reign. Length: 11/3/2016-12/5/2017. Successful defenses: 8. Vacated titles on 12/5/2017 due to a Kid injury. (Note: First title defense ended in a no contest. Champions retained titles as a result but it is not recorded as a successful defense)
41-T-Hawk & Eita. 4th reign. Length: 12/23/2017-5/6/2018. Successful defenses: 2.
42-Big R Shimizu & Ben-K. 1st reign. Length: 5/6/2018-7/22/2018. Successful defenses: 1.
43-BxB Hulk & YAMATO. 1st reign. Length: 7/22/2018-12/19/2018. Successful defenses: 3. Vacated titles on 12/19/2018 due to a Hulk injury. (Note: First title defense ended in a no contest. Champions retained titles as a result but it is not recorded as a successful defense)
44-Big R Shimizu & Ben-K. 2nd reign. Length: 12/23/2018-4/28/2019. Successful defenses: 2. Won titles in 4-way elimination match.
45-YAMATO & KAI. 1st reign. Length: 4/28/2019-7/21/2019. Successful defenses: None.
46-Eita & Big R Shimizu. 1st reign. Length: 7/21/2019-12/15/2019. Successful defenses: 3. Won titles in 3-way elimination match.
47-BxB Hulk & YAMATO. 2nd reign. Length: 12/15/2019-12/21/2019. Successful defenses: None. Vacated titles on 12/21/2019 after Hulk turned on YAMATO.
48-BxB Hulk & KAZMA SAKAMOTO. 1st reign. Length: 1/15/2020-8/2/2020. Successful defenses: None. (Note: First title defense ended in a no contest. Champions retained titles as a result but it is not recorded as a successful defense)
49-Minorita & Jason Lee. 1st reign. Length: 8/2/2020-11/14/2020. Successful defenses: 2. Vacated titles on 11/14/2020 due to a Lee illness.
50-BxB Hulk & KAI. 1st reign. Length: 11/15/2020-3/7/2021. Successful defenses: 3.
51-Masaaki Mochizuki & Takashi Yoshida (Cyber Kong). 1st reign. Length: 3/7/2021-5/5/2021. Successful defensez: 1.
52-Kaito Ishida & KAZMA SAKAMOTO. 1st reign. Length: 5/5/2021-7/31/2021. Successful defenses: None.
53-Susumu Yokosuka & KING Shimizu (BIGBOSS Shimizu). 1st reign. Length: 7/31/2021-11/27/2021. Successful defenses: 3.
54-Naruki Doi & Takashi Yoshida. 1st reign. Length: 11/27/2021-12/26/2021. Successful defenses: None.
55-SB KENTo & H-Y-O. 1st reign. Length: 12/26/2021-1/13/2022. Successful defenses: None.
56-Dragon Dia & Yuki Yoshioka. 1st reign. Length: 1/13/2022-5/5/2022. Successful defenses: 3.
57-Shun Skywalker & Diamante. 1st reign. Length: 5/5/2022-7/30/2022. Successful defenses: 1.
58-Jason Lee & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI. 1st reign. Length: 7/30/2022-9/19/2022. Successful defenses: None.
59-Dragon Dia & Madoka Kikuta. 1st reign. Length: 9/19/2022-12/2/2022. Successful defenses: 1.
60-BxB Hulk & KAI. 2nd reign. Length: 12/2/2022-12/4/2022. Successful defenses: None.
61-Kzy & BIGBOSS Shimizu. 1st reign. Length: 12/4/2022-4/4/2023. Successful defenses: 6.
62-Kenoh & Shuji Kondo. 1st reign. Length: 4/4/2023-6/2/2023. Successful defenses: 1.
63-Susumu Mochizuki & Yasushi Kanda. 1st reign. Length: 6/2/2023-11/5/2023. Successful defenses: 1.
64-Yuki Yoshioka & Dragon Dia. 2nd reign. Length: 11/5/2023-12/19/2023. Successful defenses: None. Vacated titles on 12/19/2023 due to a Yoshioka injury.
65-Kaito Kiyomiya & Alejandro. 1st reign. Length: 12/24/2023-5/5/2024. Successful defenses: 1.
66-Dragon Kid & Naruki Doi. 1st reign. Length: 5/5/2024-11/3/2024. Successful defenses: 2.
67-Kzy & Flamita. 1st reign. Length: 11/3/2024-Present (Current Champions). Successful defenses: None. Next defense: TBA.
