Open the Twin Gate Championship

The Open the Twin Gate Championship is a professional wrestling tag team title created and promoted by the Japanese promotion Dragon Gate.[1] Dragon Gate had used the WAR IJ Tag Team Championship since 2006, until 2007 when Masato Yoshino and Naruki Doi introduced the new Twin Gate after winning the Summer Adventure Tag League tournament. They later defeated the IJ champions, Kenichiro Arai and Taku Iwasa, to unify the titles and become the first Twin Gate champions.

Open the Twin Gate Championship
Previous championship design
Details
PromotionDragon Gate
Date establishedOctober 12, 2007
Current champion(s)D'courage
(Dragon Dia and Yuki Yoshioka)
Date wonJanuary 13, 2022

Naruki Doi and Yamato, Cima and Dragon Kid hold the most successful consecutive defenses with nine. Cima and Dragon Kid are also the longest reigning champions, with first reign as a team totaling 397 days. There have been a total of 53 reigns shared between 35 different teams consisting of 32 distinctive champions. The current title holders are Dragon Dia and Yuki Yoshioka who are in their first reign as a team.[2]

Title history

Key
No. Overall reign number
Reign Reign number for the specific champion
Days Number of days held
Defenses Number of successful defenses
Championship change is unrecognized by the promotion
<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
1 Muscle Outlaw'z
(Masato Yoshino and Naruki Doi)
October 12, 2007 Gate of Victory 2007 Tokyo, Japan 1 1192 Muscle Outlaw'z defeated Tozawajuku (Kenichiro Arai and Taku Iwasa) to unify the International Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship.
2 Tozawa-juku
(Kenichiro Arai and Taku Iwasa)
February 8, 2008 Truth Gate Tokyo, Japan 1 872
3 Typhoon
(Ryo Saito and Susumu Yokosuka)
May 5, 2008 Dead or Alive Nagoya, Japan 1 1443
4 World-1
(Masato Yoshino and Naruki Doi)
September 26, 2008 Storm Gate Osaka, Japan 2 90
5 Real Hazard
(Cyber Kong and Yamato)
October 5, 2008 Gate of Victory 2008 Fukuoka, Japan 1 1474
6 Warriors-5
(Gamma and Susumu Yokosuka (2))
March 1, 2009 Truth Gate Osaka, Japan 1 651
7 Real Hazard
(Genki Horiguchi and Ryo Saito (2))
May 5, 2009 Dead or Alive Aichi, Japan 1 1353
8 Kamikaze
(Shingo Takagi and Yamato (2))
September 17, 2009 Storm Gate Tokyo, Japan 1 1013
9 Warriors-5
(Cima and Gamma (2))
December 27, 2009 Final Gate Fukuoka, Japan 1 <10
Vacated December 27, 2009 Final Gate Fukuoka, Japan Cima and Gamma returned the title immediately and declared themselves interim champions.
10 Warriors-5
(Cima (2) and Gamma (3))
February 10, 2010 Truth Gate Tokyo, Japan 2 400 Warriors-5 defeated World-1 (Naruki Doi and Masato Yoshino) to win the vacant championship.
11 Kamikaze
(Cyber Kong (2) and Shingo Takagi (2))
March 22, 2010 Compilation Gate Tokyo, Japan 1 521
12 K-neSuka
(K-ness and Susumu Yokosuka (3))
May 13, 2010 Aggressive Gate Tokyo, Japan 1 1944
13 Gamma (4) and Naruki Doi (3) November 23, 2010 The Gate of Destiny 2010 Osaka, Japan 1 481 [3]
14 Don Fujii and Masaaki Mochizuki January 10, 2011 Primal Gate Nagoya, Japan 1 270
15 Blood Warriors
(Genki Horiguchi (2) and Ryo Saito (3))
February 6, 2011 Truth Gate Fukuoka, Japan 2 1332
16 Junction Three
(Dragon Kid and Pac)
June 19, 2011 Champion Gate in Hakata Fukuoka, Japan 1 280
17 Blood Warriors
(Cima (3) and Ricochet)
July 17, 2011 Rainbow Gate 2011: Kobe Pro–Wrestling Festival Kobe, Japan 1 1363
Vacated November 30, 2011 1st Blood Tokyo, Japan Cima and Ricochet vacated the championship so Ricochet could focus on his Open the Brave Gate Championship and Cima could focus on going for the Open the Dream Gate Championship.
18 Blood Warriors/Mad Blankey
(Akira Tozawa and BxB Hulk)
December 1, 2011 Fantastic Gate Tokyo, Japan 1 942 Defeated Junction Three (Kagetora and Susumu Yokosuka) to win the vacant championship.
19 Jimmyz
(Jimmy Kagetora and Jimmy Susumu (4))
March 4, 2012 Champion Gate in Osaka Osaka, Japan 1 983
20 Mad Blankey
(BxB Hulk (2) and Naoki Tanisaki)
June 10, 2012 The Gate of Maximum Sapporo, Japan 1 70
21 Jimmyz
(Jimmy Kagetora (2) and Jimmy Susumu (5))
June 17, 2012 Champion Gate in Hakata Fukuoka, Japan 2 350 This was a three-way elimination tag match, which also involvingK-ness and Kenichiro Arai of MadoGiwa Windows.
22 -akatsuki-
(Shingo Takagi (3) and Yamato (3))
July 22, 2012 Kobe Pro–Wrestling Festival Kobe, Japan 2 631
23 Kaettekita Veteran-gun
(Don Fujii and Masaaki Mochizuki)
September 23, 2012 Dangerous Gate Tokyo, Japan 2 1606
24 Mad Blankey
(BxB Hulk (3) and Uhaa Nation)
March 2, 2013 Champion Gate Osaka, Japan 1 641
25 -akatsuki-
(Shingo Takagi (4) and Yamato (4))
May 5, 2013 Dead or Alive Aichi, Japan 3 411
26 Mad Blankey
(Akira Tozawa (2) and BxB Hulk (4))
June 15, 2013 Champion Gate in Hakata Fukuoka, Japan 2 360
27 World-1 International
(Naruki Doi (4) and Ricochet (2))
July 21, 2013 Kobe Pro–Wrestling Festival Kobe, Japan 1 400
28 Oretachi Veteran-gun
(Dragon Kid (2) and K-ness (2))
August 30, 2013 The Gate of Generation Kobe, Japan 1 80
Vacated September 7, 2013 Summer Adventure Tag League Osaka, Japan Title vacated after Dragon Kid suffered a knee injury.
Millennials
(Eita and T-Hawk (2))
September 28, 2013 Summer Adventure Tag League Kobe, Japan 1 360 Defeated Mad Blankey (BxB Hulk and Yamato) in the finals of the Summer Adventure Tag League to become interim champions.
29 Millennials
(Eita and T-Hawk (2(3)))
November 3, 2013 The Gate of Destiny 2013 Osaka, Japan 1(2) 350 Millennials defeated Oretachi Veteran-gun (Dragon Kid and K-ness) to become the official champions. [4]
30 Mad Blankey
(Naruki Doi (5) and Yamato (5))
December 8, 2013 Fantastic Gate Hokkaido, Japan 1 140
31 Monster Express
(Akira Tozawa (3) and Shingo Takagi (5))
December 22, 2013 The Final Gate Fukuoka, Japan 1 2105
32 Millennials
(Eita (2(3)) and T-Hawk (3(4)))
July 20, 2014 Kobe Pro–Wrestling Festival Kobe, Japan 2 1052
33 Osaka06
(Cima (4) and Gamma (5))
November 2, 2014 The Gate of Destiny 2014 Osaka, Japan 3 310 [5]
34 Millennials
(Eita (3(4)) and T-Hawk (4(5)))
December 3, 2014 Fantastic Gate 2014 Tokyo, Japan 3 250
35 Mad Blankey
(Cyber Kong (3) and Yamato (6))
December 28, 2014 The Final Gate Fukuoka, Japan 2 630
36 Monster Express
(Masato Yoshino (3) and Shachihoko Boy)
March 1, 2015 Champion Gate 2016 in Osaka
Night 1
Osaka, Japan 1 1042 [6]
37 Mad Blankey/VerserK
(Naruki Doi (6) and Yamato (7))
June 13, 2015 Champion Gate 2015 in Hakata
Night 1
Fukuoka, Japan 2 2679 Mad Blankey disbanded and their reign continued under the VerserK unit. [7]
38 Monster Express
(Big R Shimizu and T-Hawk (5(6)))
March 6, 2016 Champion Gate 2016 in Osaka Osaka, Japan 1 1051 [8]
39 Jimmyz
(Jimmy Kagetora and Jimmy Susumu (6))
June 19, 2016 The Gate of Maximum Kyoto, Japan 3 1374
40 Over Generation
(Cima (5) and Dragon Kid (3))
November 3, 2016 The Gate of Destiny 2016 Osaka, Japan 1 3979 [9]
Vacated December 5, 2017 Fantastic Gate Tokyo, Japan Title vacated after Dragon Kid suffered a knee injury.
41 VerserK/ANTIAS
(Eita (4(5)) and T-Hawk(6(7)))
December 23, 2017 Dragon Gate Final Gate 2017 Fukuoka, Japan 4 1342 Defeated Cima and Susumu Yokosuka to win the vacant titles. [10]
42 MaxiMuM
(Ben-K and Big R Shimizu (2))
May 6, 2018 Dragon Gate Dead Or Alive 2018 Nagoya, Aichi 1 771
43 Tribe Vanguard
(BxB Hulk (5) and Yamato (8))
July 22, 2018 Kobe Pro-Wrestling Festival 2018 Kobe, Japan 1 1503 Their actual first defense against Big R Shimizu and Naruki Doi ended in a no contest when Big R turned on Doi and MaxiMuM to join Anitas. [11]
Vacated December 19, 2018 Fantastic Gate Tokyo, Japan Title vacated after BxB Hulk suffered a neck injury.
44 R.E.D./Big Ben
(Ben-K (2) and Big R Shimizu (3))
December 23, 2018 The Final Gate Fukuoka, Japan 2 1262 Defeated MaxiMuM (Naruki Doi and Masato Yoshino), Mexablood (Bandido and Flamita) and Tribe Vanguard (Yamato and Kagetora) in a four-way elimination match to win the vacant championship. [12]
45 Tribe Vanguard
(Kai and Yamato (9))
April 28, 2019 The Gate of Passion Fukuoka, Japan 1 840 First defense ended in a no contest when R.E.D. interfered.
46 R.E.D.
(Eita (5(6)) and Big R Shimizu (4))
July 21, 2019 Kobe Pro-Wrestling Festival 2019 Kobe, Japan 1 1473 This was a three-way elimination match, also involving MaxiMuM (Naruki Doi and Kaito Ishida). [13]
47 Tribe Vanguard
(BxB Hulk (6) and Yamato (10))
December 15, 2019 Final Gate 2019 Fukuoka, Japan 2 60 [14]
Vacated December 21, 2019 Vacated when BxB Hulk betrayed Tribe Vanguard and left the unit.
48 R.E.D.
(BxB Hulk (7) and Kazma Sakamoto)
January 15, 2020 Open The New Year's Gate Tokyo, Japan 1 2001 Defeated Team Dragon Gate (Yamato and Ben-K) in a tournament final to win the vacant championship. [15]
49 Team Dragon Gate
(Jason Lee and Kota Minoura)
August 2, 2020 Memorial Gate in Wakayama 2020 Wakayama, Japan 1 1042 [16]
Vacated November 14, 2020 Vacated when Jason Lee couldn't work due to a high fever.
50 R.E.D.
(BxB Hulk (8) and Kai (2))
November 15, 2020 Kobe Pro-Wrestling Festival 2020 Kobe, Japan 1 1122 Defeated Team Dragon Gate (Yamato and Kota Minoura) in a decision match to win the vacant title. [17]
51 Masaaki Mochizuki (3) and Takashi Yoshida (4) March 7, 2021 Champion Gate 2021 in Osaka
Night 2
Osaka, Japan 1 591 Yoshida was previously known as Cyber Kong. [18]
52 R.E.D.
(Kaito Ishida and Kazma Sakamoto (2))
May 5, 2021 Dead or Alive 2021 Aichi, Japan 1 870 [19]
53 Natural Vibes
(Susumu Yokosuka (7) and King Shimizu (5))
July 31, 2021 Kobe Pro Wrestling Festival 2021 Kobe, Japan 1 1193 King Shimizu was previously known as Big R Shimizu. [20]
54 Naruki Doi (7) and Takashi Yoshida (5) November 27, 2021 Gate of Origin 2021 Sendai, Japan 1 290
55 R.E.D.
(SB Kento and H.Y.O)
December 26, 2021 Final Gate 2021 Fukuoka, Japan 1 180
56 D'courage
(Dragon Dia and Yuki Yoshioka)
January 13, 2022 Open the New Year Gate 2022 Tokyo, Japan 1 107+3

Combined reigns

As of April 30, 2022.

Former one-time champions Junction Three (Dragon Kid and Pac with the titles in 2011.
Indicates the current champion
Rank Team No. of
reigns
Combined
defenses
Combined days
1 Over Generation
(Cima and Dragon Kid)
19397
2 Antias/Millennials/VerserK
(T-Hawk and Eita)
44299
3 Mad Blankey/VerserK
(Naruki Doi and Yamato)
29281
4 Jimmyz
(Jimmy Kagetora and Jimmy Susumu)
37270
5 Blood Warriors/Real Hazard
(Genki Horiguchi and Ryo Saito)
25268
6 Mad Blankey/Real Hazard
(Cyber Kong and Yamato)
26210
Monster Express
(Akira Tozawa and Shingo Takagi)
15210
8 -akatsuki-/Kamikaze
(Shingo Takagi and Yamato)
35205
9 MaxiMuM/R.E.D.
(Big R Shimizu and Ben-K)
23203
10 R.E.D.
(BxB Hulk and Kazma Sakamoto)
11200
11 K-neSuka
(K-ness and Susumu Yokosuka)
14194
12 Kaettekita Veteran-gun
(Don Fujii and Masaaki Mochizuki)
26187
13 Tribe Vanguard
(BxB Hulk and Yamato)
23156
14 R.E.D.
(Big R Shimizu and Eita)
13147
15 Typhoon
(Ryo Saito and Susumu Yokosuka)
13144
16 Blood Warriors
(Cima and Ricochet)
13136
17 Blood Warriors/Mad Blankey
(Akira Tozawa and BxB Hulk)
22130
18 Muscle Outlaw'z/World-1
(Masato Yoshino and Naruki Doi)
22128
19 Natural Vibes
(Susumu Yokosuka and King Shimizu)
13119
20 R.E.D.
(Kai and BxB Hulk)
12112
21 D'courage
(Dragon Dia and Yuki Yoshioka)
13107+
22 Monster Express
(Big R Shimizu and T-Hawk)
11105
23 Monster Express
(Masato Yoshino and Shachihoko Boy)
12104
Team Dragon Gate
(Jason Lee and Kota Minoura)
12104
25 Tozawa-juku
(Kenichiro Arai and Taku Iwasa)
1287
R.E.D.
(Kaito Ishida and Kazma Sakamoto)
1087
27 Tribe Vanguard
(Kai and Yamato)
1084
28 Osaka06/Warriors-5
(Cima and Gamma)
3071
29 Warriors-5
(Gamma and Susumu Yokosuka)
1165
30 Mad Blankey
(BxB Hulk and Uhaa Nation)
1164
31 Masaaki Mochizuki and Takashi Yoshida1159
32 Kamikaze
(Cyber Kong and Shingo Takagi)
1152
33 Gamma and Naruki Doi1148
34 World-1 International
(Naruki Doi and Ricochet)
1040
35 Naruki Doi and Takashi Yoshida1029
36 Junction Three
(Dragon Kid and Pac)
1028
37 R.E.D.
(SB Kento and H.Y.O)
1018
38 Oretachi Veteran-gun
(Dragon Kid and K-ness)
108

By wrestler

Rank Wrestler No. of
reigns
Combined
defenses
Combined
days
1 Yamato1021936
2 Susumu Yokosuka/Jimmy Susumu718792
3 BxB Hulk89669
4 Cima512604
5 Big R Shimizu/King Shimizu510574
6 Naruki Doi712526
7 Shingo Takagi511467
8 Eita5(6)7446
9 Dragon Kid39433
10 Ryo Saito38412
11 T-Hawk/Naoki Tanisaki6(7)5411
12 Cyber Kong/Takashi Yoshida56350
13 Akira Tozawa37340
14 Kazma Sakamoto21287
15 Jimmy Kagetora37270
16 Genki Horiguchi25268
17 Masaaki Mochizuki37246
18 Masato Yoshino34232
19 K-ness24204
20 Ben-K23203
21 Kai22196
22 Don Fujii26187
23 Gamma52184
24 Ricochet23176
25 Dragon Dia †13107+
Yuki Yoshioka †13107+
27 Jason Lee12104
Kota Minoura12104
Shachihoko Boy12104
30 Kenichiro Arai1187
Taku Iwasa1187
Kaito Ishida1087
33 Uhaa Nation1164
34 Pac1028
35 SB Kento1018
H.Y.O1018

See also

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