The All-Japan World Tag Team Championship is the top tag team title in All-Japan Pro Wrestling. The title is actually two separate titles-the PWF Tag Team Championship and the NWA International Tag Team Championship-unified and defended as one title. The two championships are represented by the four belts held by the champion team. The title was created in June 1988 when PWF Tag Team Champions Jumbo Tsuruta & Yoshiaki Yatsu beat NWA International Tag Team Champions The Road Warriors to win the titles and unify both titles.
As of 3/30/2024 there have been 99 All-Japan World Tag Team Champions. They are listed below in the order of reign, which reign it was (some won the title multiple times), length of reign and number of successful defenses. Note that from 1988-1994 and in 2012 & 2014 the titles were vacated annually in November or December for the annual World’s Strongest Tag League tournament where the winners also won the titles.
1-Jumbo Tsuruta & Yoshiaki Yatsu. 1st reign. Length: 6/10/1988-7/29/1988. Successful defenses: None.
2-Stan Hansen & Terry Gordy. 1st reign. Length: 7/29/1988-7/31/1988. Successful defenses: None.
3-Jumbo Tsuruta & Yoshiaki Yatsu. 2nd reign. Length: 7/31/1988-8/29/1988. Successful defenses: None.
4-Ashura Hara & Genichiro Tenryu. 1st reign. Length: 8/29/1998-8/30/1998. Successful defenses: None.
5-Jumbo Tsuruta & Yoshiaki Yatsu. 3rd reign. Length: 8/30/1998-11/19/1988. Successful defenses: None. Vacated titles on 11/19/1998 for the titles to be awarded to the winners of the World’s Strongest Tag League.
6-Stan Hansen & Terry Gordy. 2nd reign. Length: 12/16/1988-2/2/1999. Successful defenses: None.
7-Jumbo Tsuruta & Yoshiaki Yatsu. 4th reign. Length: 2/2/1999-7/11/1989. Successful defenses: 8.
8-Stan Hansen & Genichiro Tenryu. 1st reign. Length: 7/11/1989-7/22/1989. Successful defenses: None.
9-Jumbo Tsuruta & Yoshiaki Yatsu. 5th reign. Length: 7/22/1989-10/20/1989. Successful defenses: 1.
10-Stan Hansen & Genichiro Tenryu. 2nd reign. Length: 10/20/1989-11/29/1989. Successful defenses: None. Vacated titles on 11/29/1989 for World’s Strongest Tag League.
11-Stan Hansen & Genichiro Tenryu. 3rd reign. Length: 12/6/1089-3/6/1990. Successful defenses: None.
12-Steve Williams & Terry Gordy. 1st reign. Length: 3/6/1990-7/19/1990. Successful defenses: 1.
13-Jumbo Tsuruta & The Great Kabuki. 1st reign. Length: 7/19/1990-7/30/1990. Successful defenses: None. Vacated titles on 7/30/1990 due to Kabuki leaving All-Japan.
14-Steve Williams & Terry Gordy. 2nd reign. Length: 12/7/1990-4/18/1991. Successful defenses: 2.
15-Stan Hansen & Dan Spivey. 1st reign. Length: 4/18/1991-7/6/1991. Successful defenses: 2.
16-Steve Wiliams & Terry Gordy. 3rd reign. Length: 7/6/1991-7/24/1991. Successful defenses: None.
17-Toshiaki Kawada & Mitsuharu Misawa. 1st reign. Length: 7/24/1991-12/6/1991. Successful defenses: None. Vacated titles on 12/6/1991 for World’s Strongest Tag League.
18-Steve Williams & Terry Gordy. 4th reign. Length: 12/5/1991-3/4/1992. Successful defenses: None.
19-Junbo Tsuruta & Akira Taue. 1st reign. Length: 3/4/1992-11/13/1992. Successful defenses: 2. Vacated titles on 11/13/1992 for World’s Strongest Tag League.
20-Toshiaki Kawada & Mitsuharu Misawa. 1st reign. Length: 12/4/1992-1/30/1993. Successful defenses: None.
21-Steve Williams & Terry Gordy. 5th reign. Length: 1/30/1993-5/20/1993. Successful defenses: None.
22-Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue. 1st reign. Length: 5/20/1993-9/3/1993. Successful defenses: 2.
23-Stan Hansen & Ted DiBiase. 1st reign. Length: 9/3/1993-11/13/1993. Successful defenses: 1. Vacated titles on 11/13/1993 for World’s Strongest Tag League.
24-Kenta Kobashi & Mitsuharu Misawa. 1st reign. Length: 12/3/1993-11/19/1994. Successful defenses: 2. Vacated titles on 11/19/1994 for World’s Strongest Tag League.
25-Kenta Kobashi & Mitsuharu Misawa. 2nd reign. Length: 12/10/1994-6/9/1995. Successful defenses: 2.
26-Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue. 2nd reign. Length: 6/9/1995-1/24/1996. Successful defenses: 2.
27-Gary Albright & Stan Hansen. 1st reign. Length: 1/24/1996-2/20/1996. Successful defenses: None.
28-Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue. 3rd reign. Length: 2/20/1996-5/23/1996. Successful defenses: 1.
29-Jun Akiyama & Mitsuharu Misawa. 1st reign. Length: 5/23/1996-9/5/1996. Successful defenses: 2.
30-Johnny Ace & Steve Williams. 1st reign. Length: 9/5/1996-1/17/1997. Successful defenses: 1.
31-Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue. 4th reign. Length: 1/17/1997-5/27/1997. Successful defenses: 1.
32-Johnny Ace & Kenta Kobashi. 1st reign. Length: 5/27/1997-7/25/1997. Successful defenses: None.
33-Gary Albright & Steve Williams. 1st reign. Length: 7/25/1997-10/4/1997. Successful defenses: 1.
34-Johnny Ace & Kenta Kobashi. 2nd reign. Length: 10/4/1997-1/25/1998. Successful defenses: None.
35-Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue. 5th reign. Length: 1/25/1998-1/7/1999. Successful defenses: 4.
36-Jun Akiyama & Kenta Kobashi. 1st reign. Length: 1/7/1999-6/9/1999. Successful defenses: 1.
37-Johnny Ace & Bart Gunn. 1st reign. Length: 6/9/1999-7/23/1999. Successful defenses: None.
38-Takao Omori & Yoshihiro Takayama. 1st reign. Length: 7/23/1999-8/25/1999. Successful defenses: None.
39-Mitsuharu Misawa & Yoshinari Ogawa. 1st reign. Length: 8/25/1999-10/23/1999. Successful defenses: None.
40-Jun Akiyama & Kenta Kobashi. 2nd reign. Length: 10/23/1999-2/20/2000. Successful defenses: 2.
41-Vader & Steve Williams. 1st reign. Length: 2/20/2000-4/7/2000. Successful defenses: None. Vacated titles on 4/7/2000 due to a Vader injury.
42-Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue. 6th reign. Length: 6/9/2000-6/16/2000. Successful defenses: None. Vacated titles on 6/16/2000 due to Taue leaving All-Japan.
43-Taiyo Kea & Johnny Smith. 1st reign. Length: 1/14/2001-7/14/2001. Successful defenses: 3.
44-Yoji Anjo & Genichiro Tenryu. 1st reign. Length: 7/14/2001-10/22/2001. Successful defenses: 2.
45-Taiyo Kea & Keiji Muto. 1st reign. Length: 10/22/2001-7/17/2002. Successful defenses: 2.
46-Bryan Adams & Bryan Clark. 1st reign. Length: 7/17/2002-10/10/2002. Successful defenses: 1. Vacated titles on 10/10/2002 when Adams left wrestling for boxing.
47-Taiyo Kea & Satoshi Kojima. 1st reign. Length: 12/6/2002-5/8/2003. Successful defenses: None. Vacated titles on 5/8/2003 due to inactivity.
48-Arashi & Keiji Muto. 1st reign. Length: 6/8/2003-1/18/2004. Successful defenses: 4.
49-Kaz Hayashi & Satoshi Kojima. 1st reign. Length: 1/18/2004-6/12/2004. Successful defenses: 1.
50-Kendo Ka Shin & Yuji Nagata. 1st reign. Length: 6/12/2004-12/12/2004. Successful defenses: None. Vacated titles on 12/12/2004 due to inactivity.
51-Taiyo Kea & Jamal. 1st reign. Length: 1/18/2005-12/5/2005. Successful defenses: 3. Vacated titles on 12/5/2005 due to Jamal leaving All-Japan.
52-Toshiaki Kawada & Taiyo Kea. 1st reign. Length: 2/17/2007-8/26/2007. Successful defenses: 1.
53-Satoshi Kojima & TARU. 1st reign. Length: 8/26/2007-1/3/2008. Successful defenses: None.
54-Joe Doering & Keiji Muto. 1st reign. Length: 1/3/2008-6/28/2008. Successful defenses: 1.
55-Taiyo Kea & Minoru Suzuki. 1st reign. Length: 6/28/2008-1/3/2010. Successful defenses: 4.
56-Masakatsu Funaki & Keiji Muto. 1st reign. Length: 1//2010-3/9/2010. Successful defenses: None. Vacated titles on 3/9/2010 due to a Muto injury.
57-Taiyo Kea & Akebono. 1st reign. Length: 7/4/2010-2/6/2011. Successful defenses: 3.
58-Joe Doering & KONO. 1st reign. Length: 2/6/2011-6/3/2011. Successful defenses: 1. Vacated titles on 6/3/2011 after KONO suspended by All-Japan.
59-The Great Muta (Keiji Muto) & KENSO (Kenzo Suzuki). 1st reign. Length: 6/19/2011-10/23/2011. Successful defenses: 1.
60-Dark Cuervo & Dark Ozz. 1st reign. Length: 10/23/2011-3/20/2012. Successful defenses: 2.
61-Takao Omori & Manabu Soya. 1st reign. Length: 3/20/2012-5/20/2012. Successful defenses: None.
62-Joe Doering & Seuya Sanada. 1st reign. Length: 5/20/2012-6/17/2012. Successful defenses: None.
63-Takao Omori & Manabu Soya. 2nd reign. Length: 6/17/2012-10/30/2012. Successful defenses: 3. Vacated titles on 10/30/2012 for World’s Strongest Tag League.
64-Takao Omori & Manabu Soya. 3rd reign. Length: 11/30/2012-3/17/2013. Successful defenses: 2.
65-Jun Akiyama & Go Shiozaki. 1st reign. Length: 3/17/2013-10/22/2013. Successful defenses: 3.
66-Suwama & Joe Doering. 1st reign. Length: 10/22/2013-6/28/2014. Successful defenses: 4.
67-Jun Akiyama & Takao Omori. 1st reign. Length: 6/28/2014-10/23/2014. Successful defenses: 3. Vacated titles on 10/23/2014 for World’s Strongest Tag League.
68-Jun Akiyama & Takao Omori. 2nd reign. Length: 12/6/2014-3/22/2015. Successful defenses: 2.
69-Akebono & Yutaka Yoshie. 1st reign. Length: 3/22/2015-5/6/2015. Successful defenses: None.
70-Go Shiozaki & Kento Miyahara. 1st reign. Length: 5/6/2015-9/26/2015. Successful defenses: 3. Vacated titles on 9/25/2015 due to Shiozaki leaving All-Japan.
71-Zeus & The Bodyguard. 1st reign. Length: 11/23/2015-6/23/2016. Successful defenses: 2.
72-Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi. 1st reign. Length: 6/23/2016-11/27/2016. Successful defenses: 4.
73-Zeus & The Bodyguard. 2nd reign. Length: 11/27/2016-5/21/2017. Successful defenses: 4.
74-KAI & Kengo Mashimo. 1st reign. Length: 5/21/2017-6/11/2017. Successful defenses: None.
75-Zeus & The Bodyguard. 3rd reign. Length: 6/11/2017-7/17/2017. Successful defenses: 1.
76-Jake Lee & Naoya Nomura. 1st reign. Length: 7/17/2017-8/1/2017. Successful defenses: 1. Vacated titles on 8/1/2017 due to a Lee injury.
77-Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi. 2nd reign. Length: 8/27/2017-10/16/2017. Successful defenses: None. Vacated titles on 10/16/2017 due to a Okabayashi injury.
78-Jun Akiyama & Takao Omori. 3rd reign. Length: 10/21/2017-1/3/2018. Successful defenses: None.
79-Suwama & Shuji Ishikawa. 1st reign. Length: 1/3/2018-2/3/2018. Successful defenses: None.
80-Kento Miyahara & Yoshitatsu. 1st reign. Length: 2/3/2018-2/25/2018. Successful defenses: None.
81-Zeus & The Bodyguard. 4th reign. Length: 2/25/2018-3/25/2018. Successful defenses: None.
92-Dylan James & Ryoji Sai. 1st reign. Length: 3/25/2018-6/30/2018. Successful defenses: 1.
83-Suwama & Shuji Ishikawa. 2nd reign. Length: 6/30/2018-1/13/2019. Successful defenses: 4.
84-Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi. 3rd reign. Length: 1/13/2019-3/19/2019. Successful defenses: 1.
85-Suwama & Shuji Ishikawa. 3rd reign. Length: 3/19/2019-9/3/2019. Successful defenses: 3.
86-Zeus & Ryoji Sai. 1st reign. Length: 9/3/2019-1/2/2020. Successful defenses: 1.
87-Suwama & Shuji Ishikawa. 4th reign. Length: 1/2/2020-1/2/2021. Successful defenses: 5.
88-Kento Miyahara & Yuma Aoyagi. 1st reign. Length: 1/2/2021-9/7/2021. Successful defenses: 4.
89-Suwama & Shotaro Ashino. 1st reign. Length: 9/7/2021-5/14/2022. Successful defenses: 3.
90-Shuji Ishikawa & Kohei Sato. 1st reign. Length: 5/14/2022-6/19/2022. Successful defenses: 1.
91-Shotaro Ashino & Ryuki Honda. 1st reign. Length: 6/19/2022/10/3/2022. Successful defenses: 4.
92-Suwama & KONO. 1st reign. Length: 10/3/2022-1/2/2023. Successful defenses: None.
93-Kento Miyahara & Takuya Nonura. 1st reign. Length: 1/2/2023-1/22/2023. Successful defenses: None.
94-Yuma Aoyagi & Naoya Nomura. 1st reign. Length: 1/22/2023-3/21/2023. Successful defenses: None.
95-Kenoh & Manabu Soya. 1st reign. Length: 3/21/2023-6/15/2023. Successful defenses: 2.
96-Kento Miyahara & Yuma Aoyagi. 2nd reign. Length: 6/15/2023-10/9/2023. Successful defenses: 2.
97-Jun & Rei Saito. 1st reign. Length: 10/9/2023-2/12/2024. Successful defenses: 4. Vacated titles on 2/12/2024 due to a Rei Saito injury.
98-Suwama & Hideki Suzuki. 1st reign. Length: 2/25/2024-3/30/3024. Successful defenses: 1.
99-Jun & Rei Saito. 2nd reign. Length: 3/30/2024-Present (Current Champion). Successful defenses: 6. Next defense: 1/3/2025 vs. Hideki Suzuki & Daisuke Sekimoto.
