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</style><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above fn">Riki Choshu</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"></span><div class="infobox-caption">Choshu in 2006</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Birth name</th><td class="infobox-data nickname">Kwak Gwang-ung<sup id="cite_ref-Official_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Official-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1951-12-03</span>) </span>December 3, 1951<sup id="cite_ref-Official_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Official-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br><a href="Tokuyama%2C_Yamaguchi" title="Tokuyama, Yamaguchi">Tokuyama, Yamaguchi</a>, Japan<sup id="cite_ref-Official_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Official-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Alma mater</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Senshu_University_School_of_Commerce" class="mw-redirect" title="Senshu University School of Commerce">Senshu University School of Commerce</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 1.5em"><a href="Professional_wrestling" title="Professional wrestling">Professional wrestling career</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="Ring_name" title="Ring name">Ring name(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><b>Riki Choshu</b><br>Yoshida</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Billed height</th><td class="infobox-data">1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)<sup id="cite_ref-Official_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Official-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Billed weight</th><td class="infobox-data">120 kg (265 lb)<sup id="cite_ref-Official_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Official-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Trained by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Masa_Saito" title="Masa Saito">Masa Saito</a><br><a href="NJPW_Dojo" class="mw-redirect" title="NJPW Dojo">NJPW Dojo</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Debut</th><td class="infobox-data"><span data-sort-value="000000001974-08-08-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">August 8, 1974</span><sup id="cite_ref-Official_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Official-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Retired</th><td class="infobox-data">June 26, 2019<sup id="cite_ref-njpw1972_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-njpw1972-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table>

<p><b>Mitsuo Yoshida</b><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">吉田光雄</span></span>, <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Yoshida Mitsuo</i></span>; born <b>Kwak Gwang-ung</b> (<a href="Korean_language" title="Korean language">Korean</a>: <span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko-Hang">곽광웅</span></span>; <a href="Hanja" title="Hanja">Hanja</a>: <span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko-Hani">郭光雄</span></span>), December 3, 1951)</span>, better known by his <a href="Ring_name" title="Ring name">ring name</a> <b>Riki Choshu</b><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">長州力</span></span>, <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Chōshū Riki</i></span><span style="margin-left:.09em">)</span></span>, is a <a href="South_Korea" title="South Korea">South Korean</a>-<a href="Japan" title="Japan">Japanese</a> <a href="Retirement" title="Retirement">retired</a> <a href="Puroresu" title="Puroresu">professional wrestler</a> who is best known for his longtime work in <a href="New_Japan_Pro-Wrestling" title="New Japan Pro-Wrestling">New Japan Pro-Wrestling</a> (NJPW) as both a wrestler and a <a href="Booker_(professional_wrestling)" class="mw-redirect" title="Booker (professional wrestling)">booker</a>. He is considered one of Japan’s most influential wrestlers for his work in the 1980s and 1990s and is known as the first wrestler to popularize the <a href="Professional_wrestling_holds#Sharpshooter" title="Professional wrestling holds">Sasori-Gatame</a>, better known in English as the <i>Scorpion Deathlock</i> or <i>Sharpshooter</i>. After leaving NJPW in 2002, he formed <a href="Fighting_World_of_Japan_Pro_Wrestling" class="mw-redirect" title="Fighting World of Japan Pro Wrestling">Fighting World of Japan Pro Wrestling</a> (WJ), but eventually returned to New Japan in October 2005 as a site foreman, booker and part-time wrestler. Choshu once again left NJPW in 2010 and primarily worked in <a href="Tatsumi_Fujinami" title="Tatsumi Fujinami">Tatsumi Fujinami</a>’s <a href="Muga_World_Pro_Wrestling" class="mw-redirect" title="Muga World Pro Wrestling">Dradition</a>, as well as his own self-produced Power Hall events as a <a href="Freelance" class="mw-redirect" title="Freelance">freelancer</a>.

Choshu was a second generation <a href="Zainichi_Korean" class="mw-redirect" title="Zainichi Korean">Zainichi Korean</a>. He was <a href="Naturalization" title="Naturalization">naturalized</a> in 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2></div>

<p>Mitsuo Yoshida was born Kwak Gwang-ung (<a href="Korean_language" title="Korean language">Korean</a>: <span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko-Hang">곽광웅</span></span>), the youngest of four children in <a href="Tokuyama%2C_Yamaguchi" title="Tokuyama, Yamaguchi">Tokuyama</a>, <a href="Yamaguchi_Prefecture" title="Yamaguchi Prefecture">Yamaguchi Prefecture</a> to a Japanese mother and Korean father. His father left Korea's <a href="Ch%C5%ABseihoku-d%C5%8D" class="mw-redirect" title="Chūseihoku-dō">Chūseihoku-dō</a> for Japan in 1939 and worked as a <a href="Waste_collector" title="Waste collector">garbage man</a> for much of his life. Yoshida has said that he faced discrimination from teachers in elementary school due to his Korean heritage. He took part in baseball and judo as a teenager and after training in the judo department at Giyang Junior High School, he moved to the wrestling department of Yamaguchi prefecture's Sakurakaoka High School as a special student. He eventually came in second place in the 73 kg class of the Nagasaki National Freestyle wrestling tournament, which attracted attention from university wrestling officials and he later enrolled at <a href="Senshu_University_School_of_Commerce" class="mw-redirect" title="Senshu University School of Commerce">Senshu University School of Commerce</a> on a wrestling scholarship.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Amateur_wrestling_career">Amateur wrestling career</h2></div>

<p>Yoshida joined the amateur wrestling team at <a href="Senshu_University" title="Senshu University">Senshu University</a> shortly after enrolling and was teammates with Mitsushi Hirasawa, the father of future NJPW wrestler <a href="Mitsuhide_Hirasawa" class="mw-redirect" title="Mitsuhide Hirasawa">Mitsuhide Hirasawa</a>. In 1971, he won the All Japan Student Wrestling Championship in the 90 kg class. Thanks to his victory in the tournament, Yoshida was selected to represent Japan in the <a href="1972_Summer_Olympics" title="1972 Summer Olympics">1972 Summer Olympics</a> in <a href="Munich" title="Munich">Munich</a>, Germany. Officials however refused to let him compete for Japan on account of him being part <a href="Korea" title="Korea">Korean</a>. Nevertheless, <a href="South_Korea" title="South Korea">South Korea</a> instead invited him to join their freestyle team and he represented South Korea as a <a href="Sport_wrestling" class="mw-redirect" title="Sport wrestling">wrestler</a> and went under his Korean name Kwak Gwang-ung. He ended the tournament with a record of one win and two losses, and was disqualified due to the penalty points system.<sup id="cite_ref-OWOW_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OWOW-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>When Yoshida returned to Japan, he became captain of the Senshu wrestling team in his fourth year at university and won the Freestyle and Greco-Roman 100 kg class tournaments at the All Japan Championship in 1973.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Professional_wrestling_career">Professional wrestling career</h2></div>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_years_(1974–1982)">Early years (1974–1982)</h3></div>

<p>Yoshida debuted in <a href="New_Japan_Pro-Wrestling" title="New Japan Pro-Wrestling">New Japan Pro-Wrestling</a> (NJPW) in August 1974 against El Greco. In the mid-1970s, he was sent to North America to gain experience. Wrestling under his real name (Mitsuo Yoshida, sometimes referred as "Mitsu"), he appeared in <a href="George_Cannon_(wrestler)" title="George Cannon (wrestler)">George Cannon</a>'s "Superstars of Wrestling" promotion in Windsor, Ontario as a <a href="Heel_(professional_wrestling)" title="Heel (professional wrestling)">heel</a>, managed by Superstar (or Supermouth) Dave Drasen. Choshu had a brief feud with the top <a href="Face_(professional_wrestling)" title="Face (professional wrestling)">fan favorite</a> of Cannon's promotion, Luis Martinez.

</p><p>The ring name at the time of debut was Mitsuo Yoshida (吉田光雄), but from April 1977 after returning from overseas training, he adopted his famously known ring name <i>Riki Choshu</i> after Choshu (長州) in honor of the <a href="Ch%C5%8Dsh%C5%AB_Domain" title="Chōshū Domain">Choshu Forces</a>, another name for his hometown <a href="Nagato_Province" title="Nagato Province">Nagato</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-best1000_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-best1000-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the 4th World League match, which he participated in when he returned to Japan, he finished third with Nikolai Volkoff, behind winner <a href="Seiji_Sakaguchi" title="Seiji Sakaguchi">Seiji Sakaguchi</a> and runner-up <a href="Ax_(wrestler)" title="Ax (wrestler)">The Masked Superstar</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Heel_Turn_and_New_Wolves_(1982–1983)">Heel Turn and New Wolves (1982–1983)</h3></div>

<p>In the early eighties, NJPW had run a very successful Japanese vs Japanese program pitting Inoki and NJPW wrestlers against Rusher Kimura and IWE wrestlers, who were actually employed by NJPW following the dissolution of IWE. In late 1982, NJPW Chairman and booker <a href="Hisashi_Shinma" title="Hisashi Shinma">Hisashi Shinma</a> decided to have Choshu turn heel and create a new faction. On October 28, 1982, Choshu became the first "traitor heel" in a Japanese promotion when he turned on Inoki and Fujinami in a six man tag match. Choshu spent the rest of the year feuding with Fujinami while attracting additional supporters to his faction, then known as New Wolves. Choshu was joined by <a href="Masa_Saito" title="Masa Saito">Masa Saito</a>, to provide a more senior rival for Antonio Inoki, along with Kuniaki Kobayashi and Gran Hamada, who would feud with <a href="Tiger_Mask" title="Tiger Mask">Tiger Mask</a> in the junior division. Strong Kobayashi was also added to the faction, but retired before wrestling for them. On January 2, 1983, Killer Khan also turned heel on Fujinami in a tag team match to join the New Wolves. The group continued to feud with NJPW for several months, with Choshu finally defeating Fujinami by count out on April 3, 1983 to win the International title. Three weeks later, Saito lost a loser leaves town match to cover for a long trip to the United States, leaving the New Wolves without a senior leader. Though the New Wolves had only lasted a few months, NJPW's business had doubled, setting the tone for the future of puroresu where Japanese vs Japanese rivalries within a promotion would become a booking staple.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ishin_Gundan_(1983–1984)">Ishin Gundan (1983–1984)</h3></div>

<p>In June 1983, Choshu and former IWE faction member Animal Hamaguchi quit NJPW to form a breakaway promotion, but on July 1, 1983 they returned to NJPW TV as <i>Ishin Gundan</i> (Revolutionary Army) with Choshu and Hamaguchi immediately gelling as a tag team. They were joined by Tiger Toguchi (Kim Duk), Killer Khan, and Kuniaki Kobayashi, who continued his feud with Tiger Mask (Sayama). In October, former olympian <a href="Yoshiaki_Yatsu" title="Yoshiaki Yatsu">Yoshiaki Yatsu</a> joined the group. NJPW did record business as Ishin Gundan vs Seiki Gundan (NJPW) continued to dominate booking through September 1984, when Choshu suddenly left, taking most of Ishin Gundan with him to form the <a href="Japan_Pro-Wrestling" title="Japan Pro-Wrestling">Japan Pro-Wrestling</a> (JPW) promotion that "invaded" <a href="All_Japan_Pro_Wrestling" title="All Japan Pro Wrestling">All Japan Pro Wrestling</a> (AJPW).<sup id="cite_ref-PowerSlam48_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PowerSlam48-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Choshu's_Army_in_AJPW_(1985–1987)">Choshu's Army in AJPW (1985–1987)</h3></div>

<p>Choshu attended an AJPW event on November 1, 1984 where he was challenged by <a href="Genichiro_Tenryu" title="Genichiro Tenryu">Genichiro Tenryu</a>. Tenryu was second among AJPW's top Japanese stars, behind Jumbo Tsuruta, with Baba moving to more of an emeritus role. Choshu defeated Tenryu by count out in 9:21 on February 21, 1985 in the main event of a JWP show that was not televised, but is available via bootleg tapes. Tenryu continued as Choshu's main rival through the summer of 1985. On June 21, 1985, AJPW held their first show at Budokan in almost ten years with Choshu challenging Tenryu for the United National titlein the semi-main event under Baba versus Rusher Kimura. The Budokan show aired the next day on atwo-hour prime time TV special as the popularity of AJPW soared due to the popularity of Japanese vs Japanese storylines. Choshu's jump to AJPW had immediately shifted the balance of power from New Japan to All Japan, forever changing the booking style of All Japan, which had historically relied on Japanese vs foreigner rivalries but would go on to feature Japanese vs Japanese rivalries even after Choshu jumped back to New Japan in 1987. In January 1986, Jumbo Tsuruta turned heel, running in on several of Choshu's matches to attack him with a chair and injure his ribs, setting up Choshu as a babyface within the promotion he had invaded a year earlier. In April 1986, the Calgary Hurricanes, who were also members of Choshu's stable, invaded AJPW as a new faction setting up a three-way battle between Japanese factions that lasted throughout the Summer of 1986. In early 1987, Choshu left AJPW to return to NJPW, with some members joining him, others staying behind in AJPW, and others retiring.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="New_Japan_Pro-Wrestling_(1987–2002)">New Japan Pro-Wrestling (1987–2002)</h3></div>

<p>Upon returning to NJPW in 1987, Choshu was a part of the Takeshi Puroresu Gundan. After NJPW split ties with <a href="Takeshi_Kitano" title="Takeshi Kitano">Takeshi Kitano</a> over the December 27 Sumo Hall riot, Choshu slowly climbed back up into the main event picture. In June 1988, he won his first <a href="IWGP_Tag_Team_Championship" title="IWGP Tag Team Championship">IWGP Tag Team Championship</a> with <a href="Masa_Saito" title="Masa Saito">Masa Saito</a>, with whom he had also partnered during a brief stint in the <a href="American_Wrestling_Association" title="American Wrestling Association">American Wrestling Association</a> (AWA).<sup id="cite_ref-IWGPTag_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IWGPTag-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the same time, he feuded with <a href="Tatsumi_Fujinami" title="Tatsumi Fujinami">Tatsumi Fujinami</a> over the <a href="IWGP_Heavyweight_Championship" title="IWGP Heavyweight Championship">IWGP Heavyweight Championship</a>. On May 27, the match ended in a no contest, in which the title was held up. Fujinami won the rematch on June 24.<sup id="cite_ref-IWGPHeavy_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IWGPHeavy-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>In July 1989, he won his first IWGP Heavyweight Championship against <a href="Salman_Hashimikov" title="Salman Hashimikov">Salman Hashimikov</a> of the Soviet Union.<sup id="cite_ref-IWGPHeavy_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IWGPHeavy-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The same month, he would also win his second IWGP Tag Team title with young up-and-comer <a href="Takayuki_Iizuka" class="mw-redirect" title="Takayuki Iizuka">Takayuki Iizuka</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-IWGPTag_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IWGPTag-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Two more IWGP Heavyweight title reigns would follow between August 19, 1990 and January 4, 1992.<sup id="cite_ref-IWGPHeavy_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IWGPHeavy-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>In August 1996, he won the <a href="G1_Climax" title="G1 Climax">G1 Climax</a>, winning every single match in the tournament.<sup id="cite_ref-PowerSlam26_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PowerSlam26-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1997, he won his third IWGP Tag Team title with <a href="Kensuke_Sasaki" title="Kensuke Sasaki">Kensuke Sasaki</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-IWGPTag_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IWGPTag-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In January 1998, he retired from the ring; for his retirement match, he wrestled five matches in one night, winning four out of five matches, defeating <a href="Tatsuhito_Takaiwa" title="Tatsuhito Takaiwa">Tatsuhito Takaiwa</a>, <a href="Yutaka_Yoshie" title="Yutaka Yoshie">Yutaka Yoshie</a>, <a href="Jushin_Thunder_Liger" class="mw-redirect" title="Jushin Thunder Liger">Jushin Thunder Liger</a> and <a href="Kazuyuki_Fujita" title="Kazuyuki Fujita">Kazuyuki Fujita</a>, only to fall to his former tag team partner <a href="Takashi_Iizuka" title="Takashi Iizuka">Takashi Iizuka</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Jan4-98_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jan4-98-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He would focus on booking matches for NJPW after that.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Later_Career_(2000–2019)">Later Career (2000–2019)</h3></div>

<p>Retirement did not last long, as <a href="Atsushi_Onita" title="Atsushi Onita">Atsushi Onita</a> challenged Choshu to a barbed wire deathmatch in 2000. Choshu accepted and wrestled Onita in a deadly squash, where Choshu ended up winning. He then balanced wrestling and booking for NJPW, until his departure in 2002, stemming from the departures of <a href="Keiji_Mutoh" class="mw-redirect" title="Keiji Mutoh">Keiji Mutoh</a> and <a href="Satoshi_Kojima" title="Satoshi Kojima">Satoshi Kojima</a>, among others, to AJPW, which caused his position of head booker taken away.

</p><p>After leaving NJPW, he formed <a href="Fighting_World_of_Japan_Pro_Wrestling" class="mw-redirect" title="Fighting World of Japan Pro Wrestling">Fighting World of Japan Pro Wrestling</a> in 2003, which would later be changed to Riki Pro, after the failure of some of their big shows.<sup id="cite_ref-PowerSlam112_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PowerSlam112-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He ran Riki Pro until 2005 when he returned to NJPW as a site foreman, booker and wrestler. In 2007, Choshu joined the Legend stable with <a href="Masahiro_Chono" title="Masahiro Chono">Masahiro Chono</a>, <a href="Jushin_Thunder_Liger" class="mw-redirect" title="Jushin Thunder Liger">Jushin Thunder Liger</a> and <a href="Akira_Nogami" title="Akira Nogami">AKIRA</a>.

</p><p>Choshu also promotes an occasional series of events called "LOCK UP", which feature talent from New Japan and other promotions. New Japan supported this financially until 2008 before withdrawing.

</p><p>In 2012, Choshu was booked in a series of matches for LEGEND The Pro Wrestling and <a href="Dradition" title="Dradition">Dradition</a>.

</p><p>On June 26, 2019, Choshu teamed with Tomohiro Ishii and Shiro Koshinaka in a six-man tag team match against Tatsumi Fujinami, Keiji Mutoh, and Togi Makabe. Fujinami's team won when Makabe pinned Choshu. In the post-match, Choshu officially announced his retirement from professional wrestling.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other_media">Other media</h2></div>

<p>Choshu appears as a gang member in the 2017 video game <i><a href="Yakuza_Kiwami_2" title="Yakuza Kiwami 2">Yakuza Kiwami 2</a></i>, alongside <a href="Genichiro_Tenryu" title="Genichiro Tenryu">Genichiro Tenryu</a>, Keiji Mutoh, Masahiro Chono and Tatsumi Fujinami.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Championships_and_accomplishments">Championships and accomplishments</h2></div>

<ul><li><b><a href="All_Japan_Pro_Wrestling" title="All Japan Pro Wrestling">All Japan Pro Wrestling</a></b>

<ul><li><a href="NWA_International_Tag_Team_Championship" title="NWA International Tag Team Championship">NWA International Tag Team Championship</a> (<a href="NWA_International_Tag_Team_Championship#Title_history" title="NWA International Tag Team Championship">1 time</a>) – with <a href="Yoshiaki_Yatsu" title="Yoshiaki Yatsu">Yoshiaki Yatsu</a><sup id="cite_ref-IntTag_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IntTag-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li>

<li><a href="PWF_World_Heavyweight_Championship" title="PWF World Heavyweight Championship">PWF World Heavyweight Championship</a> (<a href="PWF_World_Heavyweight_Championship#Title_history" title="PWF World Heavyweight Championship">1 time</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-PWFHeavy_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PWFHeavy-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li>

<li><b><a href="Fighting_World_of_Japan_Pro_Wrestling" class="mw-redirect" title="Fighting World of Japan Pro Wrestling">Fighting World of Japan Pro Wrestling</a></b>

<ul><li>WMG Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with <a href="Genichiro_Tenryu" title="Genichiro Tenryu">Genichiro Tenryu</a></li></ul></li>

<li><b><a href="International_Professional_Wrestling_Hall_of_Fame" title="International Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame">International Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame</a></b>

<ul><li><a href="International_Professional_Wrestling_Hall_of_Fame#Members" title="International Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame">Class of 2022</a><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li>

<li><b><a href="New_Japan_Pro-Wrestling" title="New Japan Pro-Wrestling">New Japan Pro-Wrestling</a></b>

<ul><li><a href="Greatest_18_Club_Championship" title="Greatest 18 Club Championship">Greatest 18 Championship</a> (<a href="WWF_World_Martial_Arts_Heavyweight_Championship#Title_history" title="WWF World Martial Arts Heavyweight Championship">1 time</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-WWFMartial_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WWFMartial-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li>

<li><a href="IWGP_Heavyweight_Championship" title="IWGP Heavyweight Championship">IWGP Heavyweight Championship</a> (<a href="List_of_IWGP_Heavyweight_Champions" class="mw-redirect" title="List of IWGP Heavyweight Champions">3 times</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-IWGPHeavy_10-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IWGPHeavy-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li>

<li><a href="IWGP_Tag_Team_Championship" title="IWGP Tag Team Championship">IWGP Tag Team Championship</a> (<a href="List_of_IWGP_Tag_Team_Champions" title="List of IWGP Tag Team Champions">3 times</a>) – with <a href="Masa_Saito" title="Masa Saito">Masa Saito</a> (1), <a href="Takashi_Iizuka" title="Takashi Iizuka">Takashi Iizuka</a> (1), and <a href="Kensuke_Sasaki" title="Kensuke Sasaki">Kensuke Sasaki</a> (1)<sup id="cite_ref-IWGPTag_9-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IWGPTag-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li>

<li><a href="NWA_North_American_Tag_Team_Championship_(Los_Angeles/Japan_version)" title="NWA North American Tag Team Championship (Los Angeles/Japan version)">NWA North American Tag Team Championship <i>(Los Angeles/Japan version)</i></a> (<a href="NWA_North_American_Tag_Team_Championship_(Los_Angeles/Japan_version)#Title_history" title="NWA North American Tag Team Championship (Los Angeles/Japan version)">1 time</a>) – with <a href="Seiji_Sakaguchi" title="Seiji Sakaguchi">Seiji Sakaguchi</a><sup id="cite_ref-NATag_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NATag-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li>

<li><a href="WWF_International_Heavyweight_Championship" title="WWF International Heavyweight Championship">WWF International Heavyweight Championship</a> (<a href="WWF_International_Heavyweight_Championship#Title_history" title="WWF International Heavyweight Championship">1 time</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-WWFInternational_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WWFInternational-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li>

<li><a href="G1_Climax" title="G1 Climax">G1 Climax</a> (<a href="G1_Climax#1996" title="G1 Climax">1996</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-PowerSlam26_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PowerSlam26-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-G1Climax_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-G1Climax-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li>

<li><a href="Super_Grade_Tag_League" class="mw-redirect" title="Super Grade Tag League">Super Grade Tag League</a> (<a href="G1_Climax_Tag_League" class="mw-redirect" title="G1 Climax Tag League">1992</a>) – with <a href="Shinya_Hashimoto" title="Shinya Hashimoto">Shinya Hashimoto</a></li>

<li>Six Man Tag Team Cup League (1988) – with <a href="Antonio_Inoki" title="Antonio Inoki">Antonio Inoki</a> and <a href="Kantaro_Hoshino" title="Kantaro Hoshino">Kantaro Hoshino</a><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li>

<li>World Cup Tournament (1989)<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li>

<li><i><b><a href="Pro_Wrestling_Illustrated" title="Pro Wrestling Illustrated">Pro Wrestling Illustrated</a></b></i>

<ul><li>PWI ranked him #<b>55</b> of the 500 best singles wrestlers in the <i><a href="Pro_Wrestling_Illustrated#PWI_500" title="Pro Wrestling Illustrated">PWI 500</a></i> in 1993</li>

<li>PWI ranked him #<b>30</b> of the 500 best singles wrestlers during the "PWI Years" in 2003</li>

<li>PWI ranked him #<b>17</b>, and #<b>25</b> of the 100 best tag team of the "PWI Years" with Yoshiaki Yatsu and Animal Hamaguchi, respectively, in 2003</li></ul></li>

<li><i><b><a href="Tokyo_Sports" title="Tokyo Sports">Tokyo Sports</a></b></i>

<ul><li>Distinguished Service Award (1983)<sup id="cite_ref-TokyoSportsAwards80s_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TokyoSportsAwards80s-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li>

<li><a href="Tokyo_Sports_Puroresu_Awards#Effort_Award" title="Tokyo Sports Puroresu Awards">Effort Award</a> (1977)<sup id="cite_ref-TokyoSportsAwards70s_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TokyoSportsAwards70s-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li>

<li><a href="Tokyo_Sports_Puroresu_Awards#Fighting_Spirit_Award" title="Tokyo Sports Puroresu Awards">Fighting Spirit Award</a> (1979, 1986, 1988, 1989)<sup id="cite_ref-TokyoSportsAwards80s_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TokyoSportsAwards80s-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-TokyoSportsAwards70s_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TokyoSportsAwards70s-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li>

<li><a href="Tokyo_Sports_Puroresu_Awards#Best_Bout_Award" title="Tokyo Sports Puroresu Awards">Match of the Year Award</a> (1983) <small>vs. <a href="Tatsumi_Fujinami" title="Tatsumi Fujinami">Tatsumi Fujinami</a> on April 3</small><sup id="cite_ref-TokyoSportsAwards80s_25-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TokyoSportsAwards80s-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li>

<li>Match of the Year Award (1984) <small>vs. Antonio Inoki on August 2</small><sup id="cite_ref-TokyoSportsAwards80s_25-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TokyoSportsAwards80s-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li>

<li>Match of the Year Award (1985) <small>vs. <a href="Jumbo_Tsuruta" title="Jumbo Tsuruta">Jumbo Tsuruta</a> on November 4</small><sup id="cite_ref-TokyoSportsAwards80s_25-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TokyoSportsAwards80s-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li>

<li>Match of the Year Award (1993) <small>vs. Genichiro Tenryu on January 4</small><sup id="cite_ref-TokyoSportsAwards90s_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TokyoSportsAwards90s-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li>

<li><a href="Tokyo_Sports_Puroresu_Awards#Service_Award" title="Tokyo Sports Puroresu Awards">Service Award</a> (1997)<sup id="cite_ref-TokyoSportsAwards90s_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TokyoSportsAwards90s-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li>

<li><a href="Tokyo_Sports_Puroresu_Awards#Technique_Award" title="Tokyo Sports Puroresu Awards">Technique Award</a> (1981)<sup id="cite_ref-TokyoSportsAwards80s_25-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TokyoSportsAwards80s-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li>

<li><b><a href="Universal_Wrestling_Association" title="Universal Wrestling Association">Universal Wrestling Association</a></b>

<ul><li><a href="UWA_World_Heavyweight_Championship" title="UWA World Heavyweight Championship">UWA World Heavyweight Championship</a> (<a href="UWA_World_Heavyweight_Championship#Title_history" title="UWA World Heavyweight Championship">1 time</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-UWAHeavy_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UWAHeavy-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li>

<li><a href="UWA_World_Tag_Team_Championship" title="UWA World Tag Team Championship">UWA World Tag Team Championship</a> (<a href="UWA_World_Tag_Team_Championship#Title_history" title="UWA World Tag Team Championship">1 time</a>) – with <a href="Gran_Hamada" title="Gran Hamada">Gran Hamada</a><sup id="cite_ref-UWATag_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UWATag-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li>

<li><i><b><a href="Dave_Meltzer#Wrestling_Observer_Newsletter" title="Dave Meltzer">Wrestling Observer Newsletter</a></b></i>

<ul><li><a href="List_of_Wrestling_Observer_Newsletter_awards#Best_Booker" title="List of Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards">Best Booker</a> (1992)</li>

<li><a href="List_of_Wrestling_Observer_Newsletter_awards#Promoter_of_the_Year" title="List of Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards">Promoter of the Year</a> (1995, 1996, 1997)</li>

<li><a href="List_of_Wrestling_Observer_Newsletter_awards#Lou_Thesz/Ric_Flair_Award_(Wrestler_of_the_Year)" title="List of Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards">Wrestler of the Year</a> (1987)</li>

<li><a href="Wrestling_Observer_Newsletter_Hall_of_Fame" title="Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame">Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame</a> (<a href="Wrestling_Observer_Newsletter_Hall_of_Fame#Inductees" title="Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame">Class of 1996</a>)</li></ul></li></ul>

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<ul><li><a href="G1_Climax#1974" title="G1 Climax">1974</a>: <a href="Antonio_Inoki" title="Antonio Inoki">Antonio Inoki</a></li>

<li><a href="G1_Climax#1975" title="G1 Climax">1975</a>: <a href="Antonio_Inoki" title="Antonio Inoki">Antonio Inoki</a></li>

<li><a href="G1_Climax#1976" title="G1 Climax">1976</a>: <a href="Seiji_Sakaguchi" title="Seiji Sakaguchi">Seiji Sakaguchi</a></li>

<li><a href="G1_Climax#1977" title="G1 Climax">1977</a>: <a href="Seiji_Sakaguchi" title="Seiji Sakaguchi">Seiji Sakaguchi</a></li>

<li><a href="G1_Climax#1978" title="G1 Climax">1978</a>: <a href="Antonio_Inoki" title="Antonio Inoki">Antonio Inoki</a></li>

<li><a href="G1_Climax#1979" title="G1 Climax">1979</a>: <a href="Antonio_Inoki" title="Antonio Inoki">Antonio Inoki</a></li>

<li><a href="G1_Climax#1980" title="G1 Climax">1980</a>: <a href="Antonio_Inoki" title="Antonio Inoki">Antonio Inoki</a></li>

<li><a href="G1_Climax#1981" title="G1 Climax">1981</a>: <a href="Antonio_Inoki" title="Antonio Inoki">Antonio Inoki</a></li>

<li><a href="G1_Climax#1982" title="G1 Climax">1982</a>: <a href="Andr%C3%A9_the_Giant" title="André the Giant">André the Giant</a></li>

<li><a href="G1_Climax#1983" title="G1 Climax">1983</a>: <a href="Hulk_Hogan" title="Hulk Hogan">Hulk Hogan</a></li>

<li><a href="G1_Climax#1984" title="G1 Climax">1984</a>: <a href="Antonio_Inoki" title="Antonio Inoki">Antonio Inoki</a></li>

<li><a href="G1_Climax#1985" title="G1 Climax">1985</a>: <a href="Andr%C3%A9_the_Giant" title="André the Giant">André the Giant</a></li>

<li><a href="G1_Climax#1986" title="G1 Climax">1986</a>: <a href="Antonio_Inoki" title="Antonio Inoki">Antonio Inoki</a></li>

<li><a href="G1_Climax#1987" title="G1 Climax">1987</a>: <a href="Antonio_Inoki" title="Antonio Inoki">Antonio Inoki</a></li>

<li><a href="G1_Climax#1988" title="G1 Climax">1988</a>: <a href="Antonio_Inoki" title="Antonio Inoki">Antonio Inoki</a></li>

<li><a href="G1_Climax#1991" title="G1 Climax">1991</a>: <a href="Masahiro_Chono" title="Masahiro Chono">Masahiro Chono</a></li>

<li><a href="G1_Climax#1992" title="G1 Climax">1992</a>: <a href="Masahiro_Chono" title="Masahiro Chono">Masahiro Chono</a></li>

<li><a href="G1_Climax#1993" title="G1 Climax">1993</a>: <a href="Tatsumi_Fujinami" title="Tatsumi Fujinami">Tatsumi Fujinami</a></li>

<li><a href="G1_Climax#1994" title="G1 Climax">1994</a>: <a href="Masahiro_Chono" title="Masahiro Chono">Masahiro Chono</a></li>

<li><a href="G1_Climax#1995" title="G1 Climax">1995</a>: <a href="Keiji_Muto" title="Keiji Muto">Keiji Muto</a></li>

<li><a href="G1_Climax#1997" title="G1 Climax">1997</a>: <a href="Kensuke_Sasaki" title="Kensuke Sasaki">Kensuke Sasaki</a></li>

<li><a href="G1_Climax#1998" title="G1 Climax">1998</a>: <a href="Shinya_Hashimoto" title="Shinya Hashimoto">Shinya Hashimoto</a></li>

<li><a href="G1_Climax#1999" title="G1 Climax">1999</a>: <a href="Manabu_Nakanishi" title="Manabu Nakanishi">Manabu Nakanishi</a></li>

<li><a href="G1_Climax#2000" title="G1 Climax">2000</a>: <a href="Kensuke_Sasaki" title="Kensuke Sasaki">Kensuke Sasaki</a></li>

<li><a href="G1_Climax#2001" title="G1 Climax">2001</a>: <a href="Yuji_Nagata" title="Yuji Nagata">Yuji Nagata</a></li>

<li><a href="G1_Climax#2002" title="G1 Climax">2002</a>: <a href="Masahiro_Chono" title="Masahiro Chono">Masahiro Chono</a></li>

<li><a href="G1_Climax#2003" title="G1 Climax">2003</a>: <a href="Hiroyoshi_Tenzan" title="Hiroyoshi Tenzan">Hiroyoshi Tenzan</a></li>

<li><a href="G1_Climax#2004" title="G1 Climax">2004</a>: <a href="Hiroyoshi_Tenzan" title="Hiroyoshi Tenzan">Hiroyoshi Tenzan</a></li>

<li><a href="G1_Climax#2005" title="G1 Climax">2005</a>: <a href="Masahiro_Chono" title="Masahiro Chono">Masahiro Chono</a></li>

<li><a href="G1_Climax#2006" title="G1 Climax">2006</a>: <a href="Hiroyoshi_Tenzan" title="Hiroyoshi Tenzan">Hiroyoshi Tenzan</a></li>

<li><a href="G1_Climax#2007" title="G1 Climax">2007</a>: <a href="Hiroshi_Tanahashi" title="Hiroshi Tanahashi">Hiroshi Tanahashi</a></li>

<li><a href="G1_Climax#2008" title="G1 Climax">2008</a>: <a href="Hirooki_Goto" title="Hirooki Goto">Hirooki Goto</a></li>

<li><a href="G1_Climax#2009" title="G1 Climax">2009</a>: <a href="Togi_Makabe" title="Togi Makabe">Togi Makabe</a></li>

<li><a href="G1_Climax#2010" title="G1 Climax">2010</a>: <a href="Satoshi_Kojima" title="Satoshi Kojima">Satoshi Kojima</a></li>

<li><a href="G1_Climax#2011" title="G1 Climax">2011</a>: <a href="Shinsuke_Nakamura" title="Shinsuke Nakamura">Shinsuke Nakamura</a></li>

<li><a href="G1_Climax#2012" title="G1 Climax">2012</a>: <a href="Kazuchika_Okada" title="Kazuchika Okada">Kazuchika Okada</a></li>

<li><a href="G1_Climax#2013" title="G1 Climax">2013</a>: <a href="Tetsuya_Naito" title="Tetsuya Naito">Tetsuya Naito</a></li>

<li><a href="G1_Climax#2014" title="G1 Climax">2014</a>: <a href="Kazuchika_Okada" title="Kazuchika Okada">Kazuchika Okada</a></li>

<li><a href="G1_Climax#2015" title="G1 Climax">2015</a>: <a href="Hiroshi_Tanahashi" title="Hiroshi Tanahashi">Hiroshi Tanahashi</a></li>

<li><a href="G1_Climax#2016" title="G1 Climax">2016</a>: <a href="Kenny_Omega" title="Kenny Omega">Kenny Omega</a></li>

<li><a href="G1_Climax#2017" title="G1 Climax">2017</a>: <a href="Tetsuya_Naito" title="Tetsuya Naito">Tetsuya Naito</a></li>

<li><a href="G1_Climax#2018" title="G1 Climax">2018</a>: <a href="Hiroshi_Tanahashi" title="Hiroshi Tanahashi">Hiroshi Tanahashi</a></li>

<li><a href="G1_Climax_29" title="G1 Climax 29">2019</a>: <a href="Kota_Ibushi" title="Kota Ibushi">Kota Ibushi</a></li>

<li><a href="G1_Climax_30" title="G1 Climax 30">2020</a>: <a href="Kota_Ibushi" title="Kota Ibushi">Kota Ibushi</a></li>

<li><a href="G1_Climax_31" title="G1 Climax 31">2021</a>: <a href="Kazuchika_Okada" title="Kazuchika Okada">Kazuchika Okada</a></li>

<li><a href="G1_Climax_32" title="G1 Climax 32">2022</a>: <a href="Kazuchika_Okada" title="Kazuchika Okada">Kazuchika Okada</a></li>

<li><a href="G1_Climax_33" title="G1 Climax 33">2023</a>: <a href="Tetsuya_Naito" title="Tetsuya Naito">Tetsuya Naito</a></li>

<li><a href="G1_Climax_34" title="G1 Climax 34">2024</a>: <a href="Zack_Sabre_Jr." title="Zack Sabre Jr.">Zack Sabre Jr.</a></li></ul>

</div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"><div><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Category"></span></span> <span style="color:#000000">Category</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>

<div class="navbox-styles"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="MSG_Tag/IWGP_Tag_Title/Japan_Cup_Tag/Super_Grade_Tag/G1_Tag/World_Tag_League_winners172" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="text-align:center; background:#ffbf00; color:black; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 red, inset -2px -2px 0 red;"><div id="MSG_Tag/IWGP_Tag_Title/Japan_Cup_Tag/Super_Grade_Tag/G1_Tag/World_Tag_League_winners172" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="World_Tag_League_(NJPW)" title="World Tag League (NJPW)"><span style="color:#000000">MSG Tag/IWGP Tag Title/Japan Cup Tag/Super Grade Tag/G1 Tag/World Tag League winners</span></a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center; background:#ffbf00; color:black; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 red, inset -2px -2px 0 red;">1980s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Antonio_Inoki" title="Antonio Inoki">Antonio Inoki</a> and <a href="Bob_Backlund" title="Bob Backlund">Bob Backlund</a> (<a href="G1_Tag_League" class="mw-redirect" title="G1 Tag League">1980</a>)</li>

<li><a href="Andr%C3%A9_the_Giant" title="André the Giant">André the Giant</a> and <a href="Rene_Goulet" title="Rene Goulet">Rene Goulet</a> (<a href="G1_Tag_League" class="mw-redirect" title="G1 Tag League">1981</a>)</li>

<li><a href="Antonio_Inoki" title="Antonio Inoki">Antonio Inoki</a> and <a href="Hulk_Hogan" title="Hulk Hogan">Hulk Hogan</a> (<a href="G1_Tag_League" class="mw-redirect" title="G1 Tag League">1982</a>, <a href="G1_Tag_League" class="mw-redirect" title="G1 Tag League">1983</a>)</li>

<li><a href="Antonio_Inoki" title="Antonio Inoki">Antonio Inoki</a> and <a href="Tatsumi_Fujinami" title="Tatsumi Fujinami">Tatsumi Fujinami</a> (<a href="G1_Tag_League" class="mw-redirect" title="G1 Tag League">1984</a>)</li>

<li><a href="Kengo_Kimura" title="Kengo Kimura">Kengo Kimura</a> and <a href="Tatsumi_Fujinami" title="Tatsumi Fujinami">Tatsumi Fujinami</a> (<a href="G1_Tag_League" class="mw-redirect" title="G1 Tag League">1985</a>, <a href="G1_Tag_League" class="mw-redirect" title="G1 Tag League">1987</a>)</li>

<li><a href="Antonio_Inoki" title="Antonio Inoki">Antonio Inoki</a> and <a href="Yoshiaki_Fujiwara" title="Yoshiaki Fujiwara">Yoshiaki Fujiwara</a> (<a href="G1_Tag_League" class="mw-redirect" title="G1 Tag League">1986</a>)</li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center; background:#ffbf00; color:black; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 red, inset -2px -2px 0 red;">1990s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Big_Van_Vader" title="Big Van Vader">Big Van Vader</a> and <a href="Tatsumi_Fujinami" title="Tatsumi Fujinami">Tatsumi Fujinami</a> (<a href="G1_Tag_League" class="mw-redirect" title="G1 Tag League">1991</a>)</li>

<li> and <a href="Shinya_Hashimoto" title="Shinya Hashimoto">Shinya Hashimoto</a> (<a href="G1_Tag_League" class="mw-redirect" title="G1 Tag League">1992</a>)</li>

<li><a href="Hiroshi_Hase" title="Hiroshi Hase">Hiroshi Hase</a> and <a href="Keiji_Muto" title="Keiji Muto">Keiji Muto</a> (<a href="G1_Tag_League" class="mw-redirect" title="G1 Tag League">1993</a>, <a href="G1_Tag_League" class="mw-redirect" title="G1 Tag League">1994</a>)</li>

<li><a href="Cho-Ten" title="Cho-Ten">Cho-Ten</a> (<a href="Hiroyoshi_Tenzan" title="Hiroyoshi Tenzan">Hiroyoshi Tenzan</a> and <a href="Masahiro_Chono" title="Masahiro Chono">Masahiro Chono</a>) (<a href="G1_Tag_League" class="mw-redirect" title="G1 Tag League">1995</a>)</li>

<li><a href="Scott_Norton" title="Scott Norton">Scott Norton</a> and <a href="Shinya_Hashimoto" title="Shinya Hashimoto">Shinya Hashimoto</a> (<a href="G1_Tag_League" class="mw-redirect" title="G1 Tag League">1996</a>)</li>

<li><a href="Keiji_Muto" title="Keiji Muto">Keiji Muto</a> and <a href="Masahiro_Chono" title="Masahiro Chono">Masahiro Chono</a> (<a href="G1_Tag_League" class="mw-redirect" title="G1 Tag League">1997</a>)</li>

<li><a href="Keiji_Muto" title="Keiji Muto">Keiji Muto</a> and <a href="Satoshi_Kojima" title="Satoshi Kojima">Satoshi Kojima</a> (<a href="G1_Tag_League" class="mw-redirect" title="G1 Tag League">1998</a>)</li>

<li><a href="Keiji_Muto" title="Keiji Muto">Keiji Muto</a> and <a href="Scott_Norton" title="Scott Norton">Scott Norton</a> (<a href="G1_Tag_League" class="mw-redirect" title="G1 Tag League">1999</a>)</li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center; background:#ffbf00; color:black; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 red, inset -2px -2px 0 red;">2000s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Takashi_Iizuka" title="Takashi Iizuka">Takashi Iizuka</a> and <a href="Yuji_Nagata" title="Yuji Nagata">Yuji Nagata</a> (<a href="G1_Tag_League" class="mw-redirect" title="G1 Tag League">2000</a>)</li>

<li><a href="Tencozy" title="Tencozy">Tencozy</a> (<a href="Hiroyoshi_Tenzan" title="Hiroyoshi Tenzan">Hiroyoshi Tenzan</a> and <a href="Satoshi_Kojima" title="Satoshi Kojima">Satoshi Kojima</a>) (<a href="G1_Tag_League" class="mw-redirect" title="G1 Tag League">2001</a>, <a href="G1_Tag_League" class="mw-redirect" title="G1 Tag League">2008</a>)</li>

<li><a href="Hiroyoshi_Tenzan" title="Hiroyoshi Tenzan">Hiroyoshi Tenzan</a> and <a href="Osamu_Nishimura" title="Osamu Nishimura">Osamu Nishimura</a> (<a href="G1_Tag_League" class="mw-redirect" title="G1 Tag League">2003</a>)</li>

<li><a href="Masahiro_Chono" title="Masahiro Chono">Masahiro Chono</a> and <a href="Shinsuke_Nakamura" title="Shinsuke Nakamura">Shinsuke Nakamura</a> (<a href="G1_Tag_League" class="mw-redirect" title="G1 Tag League">2006</a>)</li>

<li><a href="RISE_(professional_wrestling)" title="RISE (professional wrestling)">RISE</a> (<a href="Matt_Bloom" title="Matt Bloom">Giant Bernard</a> and <a href="Travis_Tomko" title="Travis Tomko">Travis Tomko</a>) (<a href="G1_Tag_League" class="mw-redirect" title="G1 Tag League">2007</a>)</li>

<li><a href="Bad_Intentions_(professional_wrestling)" title="Bad Intentions (professional wrestling)">Bad Intentions</a> (<a href="Matt_Bloom" title="Matt Bloom">Giant Bernard</a> and <a href="Karl_Anderson" title="Karl Anderson">Karl Anderson</a>) (<a href="G1_Tag_League" class="mw-redirect" title="G1 Tag League">2009</a>)</li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center; background:#ffbf00; color:black; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 red, inset -2px -2px 0 red;">2010s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Seigigun" title="Seigigun">Seigigun</a> (<a href="Wataru_Inoue" title="Wataru Inoue">Wataru Inoue</a> and <a href="Yuji_Nagata" title="Yuji Nagata">Yuji Nagata</a>) (<a href="G1_Tag_League" class="mw-redirect" title="G1 Tag League">2010</a>)</li>

<li><a href="Suzuki-gun" title="Suzuki-gun">Suzuki-gun</a> (<a href="Lance_Archer" title="Lance Archer">Lance Archer</a> and <a href="Minoru_Suzuki" title="Minoru Suzuki">Minoru Suzuki</a>) (<a href="G1_Tag_League" class="mw-redirect" title="G1 Tag League">2011</a>)</li>

<li>Sword & Guns (<a href="Hirooki_Goto" title="Hirooki Goto">Hirooki Goto</a> and <a href="Karl_Anderson" title="Karl Anderson">Karl Anderson</a>) (<a href="G1_Tag_League" class="mw-redirect" title="G1 Tag League">2012</a>)</li>

<li><a href="Bullet_Club" title="Bullet Club">Bullet Club</a> (<a href="Karl_Anderson" title="Karl Anderson">Karl Anderson</a> and <a href="Doc_Gallows" title="Doc Gallows">Doc Gallows</a>) (<a href="G1_Tag_League" class="mw-redirect" title="G1 Tag League">2013</a>)</li>

<li>Meiyu Tag (<a href="Hirooki_Goto" title="Hirooki Goto">Hirooki Goto</a> and <a href="Katsuyori_Shibata" title="Katsuyori Shibata">Katsuyori Shibata</a>) (<a href="G1_Tag_League" class="mw-redirect" title="G1 Tag League">2014</a>)</li>

<li><a href="Great_Bash_Heel" title="Great Bash Heel">Great Bash Heel</a> (<a href="Togi_Makabe" title="Togi Makabe">Togi Makabe</a> and <a href="Tomoaki_Honma" title="Tomoaki Honma">Tomoaki Honma</a>) (<a href="G1_Tag_League" class="mw-redirect" title="G1 Tag League">2015</a>, <a href="G1_Tag_League" class="mw-redirect" title="G1 Tag League">2016</a>)</li>

<li><i><a href="Los_Ingobernables_de_Jap%C3%B3n" class="mw-redirect" title="Los Ingobernables de Japón">Los Ingobernables de Japón</a></i> (<a href="Evil_(wrestler)" title="Evil (wrestler)">Evil</a> and <a href="Sanada_(wrestler)" title="Sanada (wrestler)">Sanada</a>) (<a href="G1_Tag_League" class="mw-redirect" title="G1 Tag League">2017</a>, <a href="G1_Tag_League" class="mw-redirect" title="G1 Tag League">2018</a>)</li>

<li><a href="FinJuice" title="FinJuice">FinJuice</a> (<a href="David_Finlay_(wrestler)" title="David Finlay (wrestler)">David Finlay</a> and <a href="Juice_Robinson" title="Juice Robinson">Juice Robinson</a>) (<a href="G1_Tag_League" class="mw-redirect" title="G1 Tag League">2019</a>)</li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center; background:#ffbf00; color:black; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 red, inset -2px -2px 0 red;">2020s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="The_Tongans" title="The Tongans">Guerrillas of Destiny</a> (<a href="Tama_Tonga" title="Tama Tonga">Tama Tonga</a> and <a href="Tanga_Loa" title="Tanga Loa">Tanga Loa</a>) (<a href="G1_Tag_League" class="mw-redirect" title="G1 Tag League">2020</a>)</li>

<li><a href="Bishamon_(professional_wrestling)" title="Bishamon (professional wrestling)">Bishamon</a> (<a href="Hirooki_Goto" title="Hirooki Goto">Hirooki Goto</a> and <a href="Yoshi-Hashi" title="Yoshi-Hashi">Yoshi-Hashi</a>) (<a href="G1_Tag_League" class="mw-redirect" title="G1 Tag League">2021</a>, <a href="G1_Tag_League" class="mw-redirect" title="G1 Tag League">2022</a>, <a href="G1_Tag_League" class="mw-redirect" title="G1 Tag League">2023</a>)</li>

<li><i><a href="Los_Ingobernables_de_Jap%C3%B3n" class="mw-redirect" title="Los Ingobernables de Japón">Los Ingobernables de Japón</a></i> (<a href="Tetsuya_Naito" title="Tetsuya Naito">Tetsuya Naito</a> and <a href="Hiromu_Takahashi" title="Hiromu Takahashi">Hiromu Takahashi</a>) (<a href="G1_Tag_League" class="mw-redirect" title="G1 Tag League">2024</a>)</li></ul>

</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>

<div class="navbox-styles"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="IWGP_Heavyweight_Champions194" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="text-align:center; background:#ffbf00; color:black; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 red, inset -2px -2px 0 red;"><div id="IWGP_Heavyweight_Champions194" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="IWGP_Heavyweight_Championship" title="IWGP Heavyweight Championship"><span style="color:#000000">IWGP Heavyweight</span></a> <a href="List_of_IWGP_Heavyweight_Champions" class="mw-redirect" title="List of IWGP Heavyweight Champions"><span style="color:#000000">Champions</span></a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center; background:#ffbf00; color:black; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 red, inset -2px -2px 0 red;">1980s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Antonio_Inoki" title="Antonio Inoki">Antonio Inoki</a></li>

<li><a href="Tatsumi_Fujinami" title="Tatsumi Fujinami">Tatsumi Fujinami</a></li>

<li><a href="Big_Van_Vader" title="Big Van Vader">Big Van Vader</a></li>

<li><a href="Salman_Hashimikov" title="Salman Hashimikov">Salman Hashimikov</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center; background:#ffbf00; color:black; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 red, inset -2px -2px 0 red;">1990s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul>

<li><a href="Keiji_Muto" title="Keiji Muto">The Great Muta/Keiji Muto</a></li>

<li><a href="Shinya_Hashimoto" title="Shinya Hashimoto">Shinya Hashimoto</a></li>

<li><a href="Nobuhiko_Takada" title="Nobuhiko Takada">Nobuhiko Takada</a></li>

<li><a href="Kensuke_Sasaki" title="Kensuke Sasaki">Kensuke Sasaki/Power Warrior</a></li>

<li><a href="Masahiro_Chono" title="Masahiro Chono">Masahiro Chono</a></li>

<li><a href="Scott_Norton" title="Scott Norton">Scott Norton</a></li>

<li><a href="Genichiro_Tenryu" title="Genichiro Tenryu">Genichiro Tenryu</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center; background:#ffbf00; color:black; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 red, inset -2px -2px 0 red;">2000s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Kazuyuki_Fujita" title="Kazuyuki Fujita">Kazuyuki Fujita</a></li>

<li><a href="Tadao_Yasuda" title="Tadao Yasuda">Tadao Yasuda</a></li>

<li><a href="Yuji_Nagata" title="Yuji Nagata">Yuji Nagata</a></li>

<li><a href="Yoshihiro_Takayama" title="Yoshihiro Takayama">Yoshihiro Takayama</a></li>

<li><a href="Hiroyoshi_Tenzan" title="Hiroyoshi Tenzan">Hiroyoshi Tenzan</a></li>

<li><a href="Shinsuke_Nakamura" title="Shinsuke Nakamura">Shinsuke Nakamura</a></li>

<li><a href="Satoshi_Kojima" title="Satoshi Kojima">Satoshi Kojima</a></li>

<li><a href="Brock_Lesnar" title="Brock Lesnar">Brock Lesnar</a></li>

<li><a href="Hiroshi_Tanahashi" title="Hiroshi Tanahashi">Hiroshi Tanahashi</a></li>

<li><a href="Manabu_Nakanishi" title="Manabu Nakanishi">Manabu Nakanishi</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center; background:#ffbf00; color:black; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 red, inset -2px -2px 0 red;">2010s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Togi_Makabe" title="Togi Makabe">Togi Makabe</a></li>

<li><a href="Kazuchika_Okada" title="Kazuchika Okada">Kazuchika Okada</a></li>

<li><a href="AJ_Styles" title="AJ Styles">A.J. Styles</a></li>

<li><a href="Tetsuya_Naito" title="Tetsuya Naito">Tetsuya Naito</a></li>

<li><a href="Kenny_Omega" title="Kenny Omega">Kenny Omega</a></li>

<li><a href="Jay_White" title="Jay White">Jay White</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center; background:#ffbf00; color:black; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 red, inset -2px -2px 0 red;">2020s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<li><a href="Kota_Ibushi" title="Kota Ibushi">Kota Ibushi</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="text-align:center; background:#ffbf00; color:black; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 red, inset -2px -2px 0 red;"><div id="Other_recognized_champions255" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><small>Other recognized champions</small></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center; background:#ffbf00; color:black; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 red, inset -2px -2px 0 red;"><a href="IWGP_Heavyweight_Championship_(original_version)" title="IWGP Heavyweight Championship (original version)">Original champions</a> recognized by<br><a href="New_Japan_Pro-Wrestling" title="New Japan Pro-Wrestling">New Japan Pro-Wrestling</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Hulk_Hogan" title="Hulk Hogan">Hulk Hogan</a></li>

<li><a href="Antonio_Inoki" title="Antonio Inoki">Antonio Inoki</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center; background:#ffbf00; color:black; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 red, inset -2px -2px 0 red;"><a href="IWGP_Heavyweight_Championship_(IGF)" title="IWGP Heavyweight Championship (IGF)">Champions</a> recognized by<br><a href="Inoki_Genome_Federation" title="Inoki Genome Federation">Inoki Genome Federation</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Brock_Lesnar" title="Brock Lesnar">Brock Lesnar</a></li>

<li><a href="Kurt_Angle" title="Kurt Angle">Kurt Angle</a></li>

<li><a href="Shinsuke_Nakamura" title="Shinsuke Nakamura">Shinsuke Nakamura</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>

<div class="navbox-styles"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="IWGP_Tag_Team_Champions185" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="text-align:center; background:#ffbf00; color:black; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 red, inset -2px -2px 0 red;"><div id="IWGP_Tag_Team_Champions185" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="IWGP_Tag_Team_Championship" title="IWGP Tag Team Championship"><span style="color:#000000">IWGP Tag Team</span></a> <a href="List_of_IWGP_Tag_Team_Champions" title="List of IWGP Tag Team Champions"><span style="color:#000000">Champions</span></a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center; background:#ffbf00; color:black; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 red, inset -2px -2px 0 red;">1980s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Kengo_Kimura" title="Kengo Kimura">Kengo Kimura</a> and <a href="Tatsumi_Fujinami" title="Tatsumi Fujinami">Tatsumi Fujinami</a></li>

<li><a href="Akira_Maeda" title="Akira Maeda">Akira Maeda</a> and <a href="Osamu_Kido" title="Osamu Kido">Osamu Kido</a></li>

<li><a href="Keiji_Muto" title="Keiji Muto">Keiji Muto</a> and <a href="Shiro_Koshinaka" title="Shiro Koshinaka">Shiro Koshinaka</a></li>

<li><a href="Akira_Maeda" title="Akira Maeda">Akira Maeda</a> and <a href="Nobuhiko_Takada" title="Nobuhiko Takada">Nobuhiko Takada</a></li>

<li><a href="Kazuo_Yamazaki" title="Kazuo Yamazaki">Kazuo Yamazaki</a> and <a href="Yoshiaki_Fujiwara" title="Yoshiaki Fujiwara">Yoshiaki Fujiwara</a></li>

<li><a href="Masa_Saito" title="Masa Saito">Masa Saito</a> and </li>

<li><a href="George_Takano" title="George Takano">George Takano</a> and <a href="Junji_Hirata" title="Junji Hirata">Super Strong Machine</a></li>

<li> and <a href="Takashi_Iizuka" title="Takashi Iizuka">Takayuki Iizuka</a></li>

<li><a href="Masa_Saito" title="Masa Saito">Masa Saito</a> and <a href="Shinya_Hashimoto" title="Shinya Hashimoto">Shinya Hashimoto</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center; background:#ffbf00; color:black; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 red, inset -2px -2px 0 red;">1990s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Keiji_Muto" title="Keiji Muto">Keiji Muto</a> and <a href="Masahiro_Chono" title="Masahiro Chono">Masahiro Chono</a></li>

<li><a href="Hiroshi_Hase" title="Hiroshi Hase">Hiroshi Hase</a> and <a href="Kensuke_Sasaki" title="Kensuke Sasaki">Kensuke Sasaki</a></li>

<li><a href="Hiro_Saito" title="Hiro Saito">Hiro Saito</a> and <a href="Junji_Hirata" title="Junji Hirata">Super Strong Machine</a></li>

<li><a href="Steiner_Brothers" title="Steiner Brothers">Steiner Brothers</a> (<a href="Rick_Steiner" title="Rick Steiner">Rick Steiner</a> and <a href="Scott_Steiner" title="Scott Steiner">Scott Steiner</a>)</li>

<li><a href="Hiroshi_Hase" title="Hiroshi Hase">Hiroshi Hase</a> and <a href="Keiji_Muto" title="Keiji Muto">Keiji Muto</a></li>

<li>Big, Bad, and Dangerous (<a href="Big_Van_Vader" title="Big Van Vader">Big Van Vader</a> and <a href="Bam_Bam_Bigelow" title="Bam Bam Bigelow">Crusher Bam Bam Bigelow</a>)</li>

<li><a href="Scott_Norton" title="Scott Norton">Scott Norton</a> and <a href="Tony_Halme" title="Tony Halme">Tony Halme</a></li>

<li><a href="Road_Warriors" title="Road Warriors">Hell Raisers</a> (<a href="Road_Warrior_Hawk" title="Road Warrior Hawk">Hawk Warrior</a> and <a href="Kensuke_Sasaki" title="Kensuke Sasaki">Power Warrior</a>)</li>

<li><a href="Jurassic_Powers" title="Jurassic Powers">Jurassic Powers</a> (<a href="Hercules_(wrestler)" title="Hercules (wrestler)">Hercules Hernandez</a> and <a href="Scott_Norton" title="Scott Norton">Scott Norton</a>)</li>

<li><a href="Junji_Hirata" title="Junji Hirata">Junji Hirata</a> and <a href="Shinya_Hashimoto" title="Shinya Hashimoto">Shinya Hashimoto</a></li>

<li><a href="Kazuo_Yamazaki" title="Kazuo Yamazaki">Kazuo Yamazaki</a> and <a href="Takashi_Iizuka" title="Takashi Iizuka">Takashi Iizuka</a></li>

<li><a href="Kensuke_Sasaki" title="Kensuke Sasaki">Kensuke Sasaki</a> and </li>

<li>Bull Powers (<a href="Manabu_Nakanishi" title="Manabu Nakanishi">Manabu Nakanishi</a> and <a href="Satoshi_Kojima" title="Satoshi Kojima">Satoshi Kojima</a>)</li>

<li><a href="Kazuo_Yamazaki" title="Kazuo Yamazaki">Kazuo Yamazaki</a> and <a href="Kensuke_Sasaki" title="Kensuke Sasaki">Kensuke Sasaki</a></li>

<li><a href="Genichiro_Tenryu" title="Genichiro Tenryu">Genichiro Tenryu</a> and <a href="Shiro_Koshinaka" title="Shiro Koshinaka">Shiro Koshinaka</a></li>

<li><a href="Kensuke_Sasaki" title="Kensuke Sasaki">Kensuke Sasaki</a> and <a href="Shiro_Koshinaka" title="Shiro Koshinaka">Shiro Koshinaka</a></li>

<li><a href="The_Mad_Dogs" title="The Mad Dogs">The Mad Dogs</a> (<a href="Michiyoshi_Ohara" title="Michiyoshi Ohara">Michiyoshi Ohara</a> and <a href="Tatsutoshi_Goto" title="Tatsutoshi Goto">Tatsutoshi Goto</a>)</li>

<li><a href="Manabu_Nakanishi" title="Manabu Nakanishi">Manabu Nakanishi</a> and <a href="Yuji_Nagata" title="Yuji Nagata">Yuji Nagata</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center; background:#ffbf00; color:black; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 red, inset -2px -2px 0 red;">2000s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Osamu_Nishimura" title="Osamu Nishimura">Osamu Nishimura</a> and <a href="Tatsumi_Fujinami" title="Tatsumi Fujinami">Tatsumi Fujinami</a></li>

<li><a href="Bad_Ass_Translate_Trading" title="Bad Ass Translate Trading">BATT</a> (<a href="Keiji_Muto" title="Keiji Muto">Keiji Muto</a> and <a href="Taiy%C5%8D_Kea" title="Taiyō Kea">Taiyō Kea</a>)</li>

<li><a href="Hiroshi_Tanahashi" title="Hiroshi Tanahashi">Hiroshi Tanahashi</a> and <a href="Yutaka_Yoshie" title="Yutaka Yoshie">Yutaka Yoshie</a></li>

<li><a href="Hiroyoshi_Tenzan" title="Hiroyoshi Tenzan">Hiroyoshi Tenzan</a> and <a href="Osamu_Nishimura" title="Osamu Nishimura">Osamu Nishimura</a></li>

<li><a href="Minoru_Suzuki" title="Minoru Suzuki">Minoru Suzuki</a> and <a href="Yoshihiro_Takayama" title="Yoshihiro Takayama">Yoshihiro Takayama</a></li>

<li><a href="Hiroshi_Tanahashi" title="Hiroshi Tanahashi">Hiroshi Tanahashi</a> and <a href="Shinsuke_Nakamura" title="Shinsuke Nakamura">Shinsuke Nakamura</a></li>

<li>Wild Child (<a href="Manabu_Nakanishi" title="Manabu Nakanishi">Manabu Nakanishi</a> and <a href="Takao_Omori" title="Takao Omori">Takao Omori</a>)</li>

<li>The Most Violent Players/<a href="Great_Bash_Heel" title="Great Bash Heel">Great Bash Heel</a> (<a href="Togi_Makabe" title="Togi Makabe">Togi Makabe</a> and <a href="Toru_Yano" title="Toru Yano">Toru Yano</a>)</li>

<li><a href="Dudley_Boyz" title="Dudley Boyz">Team 3D</a> (<a href="D-Von_Dudley" title="D-Von Dudley">Brother Devon</a> and <a href="Bubba_Ray_Dudley" title="Bubba Ray Dudley">Brother Ray</a>)</li>

<li><a href="The_British_Invasion_(professional_wrestling)" title="The British Invasion (professional wrestling)">The British Invasion</a> (<a href="Nick_Aldis" title="Nick Aldis">Brutus Magnus</a> and <a href="Doug_Williams_(wrestler)" title="Doug Williams (wrestler)">Doug Williams</a>)</li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center; background:#ffbf00; color:black; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 red, inset -2px -2px 0 red;">2010s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="No_Limit_(professional_wrestling)" title="No Limit (professional wrestling)">No Limit</a>/<a href="Chaos_(professional_wrestling)" title="Chaos (professional wrestling)">Chaos</a> (<a href="Tetsuya_Naito" title="Tetsuya Naito">Tetsuya Naito</a> and <a href="Yujiro_Takahashi" title="Yujiro Takahashi">Yujiro Takahashi</a>)</li>

<li><a href="Seigigun" title="Seigigun">Seigigun</a> (<a href="Wataru_Inoue" title="Wataru Inoue">Wataru Inoue</a> and <a href="Yuji_Nagata" title="Yuji Nagata">Yuji Nagata</a>)</li>

<li><a href="Chaos_(professional_wrestling)" title="Chaos (professional wrestling)">Chaos</a> (<a href="Takashi_Iizuka" title="Takashi Iizuka">Takashi Iizuka</a> and <a href="Toru_Yano" title="Toru Yano">Toru Yano</a>)</li>

<li><a href="Killer_Elite_Squad" title="Killer Elite Squad">Killer Elite Squad</a>/<a href="Suzuki-gun" title="Suzuki-gun">Suzuki-gun</a> (<a href="Davey_Boy_Smith_Jr." title="Davey Boy Smith Jr.">Davey Boy Smith Jr.</a> and <a href="Lance_Archer" title="Lance Archer">Lance Archer</a>)</li>

<li><a href="Bullet_Club" title="Bullet Club">Bullet Club</a> (<a href="Karl_Anderson" title="Karl Anderson">Karl Anderson</a> and <a href="Doc_Gallows" title="Doc Gallows">Doc Gallows</a>)</li>

<li>Meiyu Tag (<a href="Hirooki_Goto" title="Hirooki Goto">Hirooki Goto</a> and <a href="Katsuyori_Shibata" title="Katsuyori Shibata">Katsuyori Shibata</a>)</li>

<li><a href="The_Kingdom_(professional_wrestling)" title="The Kingdom (professional wrestling)">The Kingdom</a> (<a href="Matt_Taven" title="Matt Taven">Matt Taven</a> and <a href="Mike_Bennett_(wrestler)" title="Mike Bennett (wrestler)">Michael Bennett</a>)</li>

<li><a href="The_Tongans" title="The Tongans">Guerrillas of Destiny</a>/<a href="Bullet_Club" title="Bullet Club">Bullet Club</a> (<a href="Tama_Tonga" title="Tama Tonga">Tama Tonga</a> and <a href="Tanga_Loa" title="Tanga Loa">Tanga Loa</a>)</li>

<li><a href="Briscoe_Brothers" title="Briscoe Brothers">Briscoe Brothers</a> (<a href="Jay_Briscoe" title="Jay Briscoe">Jay Briscoe</a> and <a href="Mark_Briscoe" title="Mark Briscoe">Mark Briscoe</a>)</li>

<li><a href="Chaos_(professional_wrestling)" title="Chaos (professional wrestling)">Chaos</a> (<a href="Tomohiro_Ishii" title="Tomohiro Ishii">Tomohiro Ishii</a> and <a href="Toru_Yano" title="Toru Yano">Toru Yano</a>)</li>

<li><a href="War_Raiders_(professional_wrestling)" title="War Raiders (professional wrestling)">War Machine</a> (<a href="Ivar_(wrestler)" title="Ivar (wrestler)">Hanson</a> and <a href="Erik_(wrestler)" title="Erik (wrestler)">Raymond Rowe</a>)</li>

<li><a href="The_Young_Bucks" title="The Young Bucks">The Young Bucks</a>/<a href="Bullet_Club" title="Bullet Club">Bullet Club</a> (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson)</li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center; background:#ffbf00; color:black; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 red, inset -2px -2px 0 red;">2020s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="FinJuice" title="FinJuice">FinJuice</a> (<a href="David_Finlay_(wrestler)" title="David Finlay (wrestler)">David Finlay</a> and <a href="Juice_Robinson" title="Juice Robinson">Juice Robinson</a>)</li>

<li>Golden☆Ace (<a href="Hiroshi_Tanahashi" title="Hiroshi Tanahashi">Hiroshi Tanahashi</a> and <a href="Kota_Ibushi" title="Kota Ibushi">Kota Ibushi</a>)</li>

<li>Dangerous Tekkers/<a href="Suzuki-gun" title="Suzuki-gun">Suzuki-gun</a> (<a href="Taichi_(wrestler)" title="Taichi (wrestler)">Taichi</a> and <a href="Zack_Sabre_Jr." title="Zack Sabre Jr.">Zack Sabre Jr.</a>)</li>

<li><i><a href="Los_Ingobernables_de_Jap%C3%B3n" class="mw-redirect" title="Los Ingobernables de Japón">Los Ingobernables de Japón</a></i> (<a href="Tetsuya_Naito" title="Tetsuya Naito">Tetsuya Naito</a> and <a href="Sanada_(wrestler)" title="Sanada (wrestler)">Sanada</a>)</li>

<li><a href="United_Empire" title="United Empire">United Empire</a> (<a href="Great-O-Khan" title="Great-O-Khan">Great-O-Khan</a> and <a href="Jeff_Cobb" title="Jeff Cobb">Jeff Cobb</a>)</li>

<li>General's Jewel/<a href="Bullet_Club" title="Bullet Club">Bullet Club</a> (<a href="Bad_Luck_Fale" title="Bad Luck Fale">Bad Luck Fale</a> and <a href="Chase_Owens" title="Chase Owens">Chase Owens</a>)</li>

<li><a href="FTR_(professional_wrestling)" title="FTR (professional wrestling)">FTR</a> (<a href="Dax_Harwood" title="Dax Harwood">Dax Harwood</a> and <a href="Cash_Wheeler" title="Cash Wheeler">Cash Wheeler</a>)</li>

<li><a href="Aussie_Open_(professional_wrestling)" title="Aussie Open (professional wrestling)">Aussie Open</a> (<a href="Kyle_Fletcher" title="Kyle Fletcher">Kyle Fletcher</a> and <a href="Mark_Davis_(wrestler)" title="Mark Davis (wrestler)">Mark Davis</a>)</li>

<li><a href="Guerrillas_of_Destiny" class="mw-redirect" title="Guerrillas of Destiny">Guerrillas of Destiny</a> (<a href="El_Phantasmo" title="El Phantasmo">El Phantasmo</a> and <a href="Hikuleo_(wrestler)" title="Hikuleo (wrestler)">Hikuleo</a>)</li>

<li><a href="Bullet_Club" title="Bullet Club">Bullet Club</a> (<a href="Kenta_Kobayashi" title="Kenta Kobayashi">Kenta</a> and <a href="Chase_Owens" title="Chase Owens">Chase Owens</a>)</li>

<li><a href="The_Mighty_Don't_Kneel" title="The Mighty Don't Kneel">TMDK</a> (<a href="Mikey_Nicholls" title="Mikey Nicholls">Mikey Nicholls</a> and <a href="Shane_Thorne" title="Shane Thorne">Shane Haste</a>)</li>

<li><a href="United_Empire" title="United Empire">United Empire</a> (<a href="Great-O-Khan" title="Great-O-Khan">Great-O-Khan</a> and <a href="Henare_(wrestler)" title="Henare (wrestler)">Henare</a>)</li>

<li><a href="United_Empire" title="United Empire">United Empire</a> (<a href="Jeff_Cobb" title="Jeff Cobb">Jeff Cobb</a> and <a href="Callum_Newman" title="Callum Newman">Callum Newman</a>)</li>

<li><a href="United_Empire" title="United Empire">United Empire</a> (<a href="Great-O-Khan" title="Great-O-Khan">Great-O-Khan</a> and <a href="Callum_Newman" title="Callum Newman">Callum Newman</a>)</li>

<li><a href="Tomohiro_Ishii" title="Tomohiro Ishii">Tomohiro Ishii</a> and <a href="Taichi_(wrestler)" title="Taichi (wrestler)">Taichi</a> <b>(current)</b></li></ul>

</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>

<div class="navbox-styles"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="UWA_World_Heavyweight_Champions90" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="UWA_World_Heavyweight_Champions90" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="UWA_World_Heavyweight_Championship" title="UWA World Heavyweight Championship">UWA World Heavyweight Champions</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1970s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0;text-align:center;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Lou_Thesz" title="Lou Thesz">Lou Thesz</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1980s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="El_Canek" title="El Canek">El Canek</a></li>

<li><a href="Tiger_Jeet_Singh" title="Tiger Jeet Singh">Tiger Jeet Singh</a></li>

<li><a href="Antonio_Inoki" title="Antonio Inoki">Antonio Inoki</a></li>

<li><a href="Tatsumi_Fujinami" title="Tatsumi Fujinami">Tatsumi Fujinami</a></li>

<li>Enrique Vera</li>

<li><a href="Dos_Caras" title="Dos Caras">Dos Caras</a></li>

<li>Scorpio</li>

<li>The Killer</li>

<li><a href="Perro_Aguayo" title="Perro Aguayo">Perro Aguayo</a></li>

<li><a href="Big_Van_Vader" title="Big Van Vader">Leon White / Bull Power</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1990s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Vampiro" title="Vampiro">Canadian Vampire Casanova</a></li>

<li>Cadaver de Ultratomba</li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2000s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Cibern%C3%A9tico" title="Cibernético">Cibernético</a></li>

<li><a href="Dr._Wagner_Jr." title="Dr. Wagner Jr.">Dr. Wagner Jr.</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>

<div class="navbox-styles"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="UWA_World_Tag_Team_Champions833" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background:#000; color:#ddd;"><div id="UWA_World_Tag_Team_Champions833" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="UWA_World_Tag_Team_Championship" title="UWA World Tag Team Championship"><span style="color:#ddd">UWA World Tag Team Champions</span></a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#000; color:#ddd;"><a href="Universal_Wrestling_Association" title="Universal Wrestling Association"><span style="color:#ddd">Universal Wrestling Association</span></a><br><span style="font-size: 85%;">(1982–2008)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li> and <a href="Gran_Hamada" title="Gran Hamada">Gran Hamada</a></li>

<li><i>Los Brazos</i> (<a href="Brazo_de_Oro_(wrestler)" title="Brazo de Oro (wrestler)">Brazo de Oro</a> and <a href="Brazo_de_Plata" title="Brazo de Plata">Brazo de Plata</a>)</li>

<li><a href="Gran_Hamada" title="Gran Hamada">Gran Hamada</a> and <a href="Perro_Aguayo" title="Perro Aguayo">Perro Aguayo</a></li>

<li><a href="Gran_Hamada" title="Gran Hamada">Gran Hamada</a> and Kendo</li>

<li><i>Los Cowboys</i> (<a href="Silver_King_(wrestler)" title="Silver King (wrestler)">Silver King</a> and <a href="El_Texano" title="El Texano">El Texano</a>)</li>

<li><a href="Can-Am_Express" title="Can-Am Express">Can-Am Express</a> (<a href="Phil_Lafon" title="Phil Lafon">Dan Kroffat</a> and <a href="Doug_Furnas" title="Doug Furnas">Doug Furnas</a>)</li>

<li><i>Los Villanos</i> (<a href="Villano_IV" title="Villano IV">Villano IV</a> and <a href="Villano_V" title="Villano V">Villano V</a>)</li>

<li><a href="Emilio_Charles_Jr." title="Emilio Charles Jr.">Emilio Charles Jr.</a> and <a href="Scorpio_Jr." title="Scorpio Jr.">Scorpio Jr.</a></li>

<li><a href="Tokyo_Gurentai" title="Tokyo Gurentai">Tokyo Gurentai</a> (<a href="Nosawa_Rongai" title="Nosawa Rongai">Nosawa Rongai</a> and <a href="Kazuhiko_Masada" title="Kazuhiko Masada">Mazada</a>)</li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#000; color:#ddd;">Pro-Wrestling El Dorado<br><span style="font-size: 85%;">(2008–2010)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Fumiyuki_Hashimoto" title="Fumiyuki Hashimoto">Kagetora</a> and <a href="Kota_Ibushi" title="Kota Ibushi">Kota Ibushi</a></li>

<li>Speed of Sounds (<a href="Tsutomu_Oosugi" title="Tsutomu Oosugi">Tsutomu Oosugi</a> and <a href="Tatsuhito_Senga" title="Tatsuhito Senga">Hercules Senga</a>)</li>

<li><a href="Brahman_Brothers" title="Brahman Brothers">Brahman Brothers (Brahman Kei and Brahman Shu)</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#000; color:#ddd;">Kohaku Pro-Wrestling Wars<br><span style="font-size: 85%;">(2010–2014)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Masamune_(wrestler)" title="Masamune (wrestler)">Masamune</a> and <a href="Minoru_Fujita" title="Minoru Fujita">Minoru Fujita</a></li>

<li><a href="Hi69" title="Hi69">Hiroki</a> and <a href="Yasu_Urano" title="Yasu Urano">Yasu Urano</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#000; color:#ddd;"><a href="DDT_Pro-Wrestling" title="DDT Pro-Wrestling"><span style="color:#ddd">Union Pro-Wrestling</span></a><br><span style="font-size: 85%;">(2014–2015)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Trans-Am_Hiroshi" title="Trans-Am Hiroshi">Hiroshi Fukuda</a> and <a href="Men's_Teioh" title="Men's Teioh">Men's Teioh</a></li>

<li><a href="Fuma_(wrestler)" title="Fuma (wrestler)">Fuma</a> and <a href="Isami_Kodaka" title="Isami Kodaka">Isami Kodaka</a></li>

<li><a href="Masato_Shibata" title="Masato Shibata">Masato Shibata</a> and <a href="Shuji_Ishikawa" title="Shuji Ishikawa">Shuji Ishikawa</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#000; color:#ddd;"><a href="Michinoku_Pro_Wrestling" title="Michinoku Pro Wrestling"><span style="color:#ddd">Michinoku Pro Wrestling</span></a><br><span style="font-size: 85%;">(2015–2022)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Ikuto_Hidaka" title="Ikuto Hidaka">Ikuto Hidaka</a> and <a href="Minoru_Fujita" title="Minoru Fujita">Minoru Fujita</a></li>

<li>Super Stars (<a href="Ayumu_Gunji" title="Ayumu Gunji">Ayumu Gunji</a> and <a href="Rui_Hiugaji" title="Rui Hiugaji">Rui Hiugaji</a>)</li>

<li><a href="Kazuya_Yuasa" title="Kazuya Yuasa">Gaina</a> and <a href="Taro_Nohashi" title="Taro Nohashi">Taro Nohashi</a></li>

<li>Bad Boy (<a href="Kenichi_Sakai" title="Kenichi Sakai">Ken45°</a> and <a href="Kengo_(wrestler)" title="Kengo (wrestler)">Kengo</a>)</li>

<li><a href="Tatsuhito_Senga" title="Tatsuhito Senga">Yapper Man #1</a> and <a href="Tsutomu_Oosugi" title="Tsutomu Oosugi">Yapper Man #2</a></li>

<li>Skull & Nones (<a href="Jinsei_Shinzaki" title="Jinsei Shinzaki">Jinsei Shinzaki</a> and <a href="The_Great_Sasuke" title="The Great Sasuke">The Great Sasuke</a>)</li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#000; color:#ddd;"><a href="Big_Japan_Pro_Wrestling" title="Big Japan Pro Wrestling"><span style="color:#ddd">Big Japan Pro Wrestling</span></a><br><span style="font-size: 85%;">(2022–present)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<li><a href="Kohei_Kinoshita" title="Kohei Kinoshita">Kohei Kinoshita</a> and <a href="Yasushi_Tsujimoto" title="Yasushi Tsujimoto">Yasshi</a></li>

<li><a href="Tomato_Kaji" title="Tomato Kaji">Tomato Kaji</a> and <a href="Kota_Sekifuda" title="Kota Sekifuda">Kota Sekifuda</a></li>

<li>Aijin Tag (<a href="Masato_Kamino" title="Masato Kamino">Masato Kamino</a> and <a href="Takato_Nakano" title="Takato Nakano">Takato Nakano</a>)</li>

<li><a href="Hideyoshi_Kamitani" title="Hideyoshi Kamitani">Hideyoshi Kamitani</a> and <a href="Isami_Kodaka" title="Isami Kodaka">Isami Kodaka</a> <b>(current)</b></li></ul>

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