Oz Academy Tag Team Championship

The Oz Academy Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling tag team championship owned by the Oz Academy professional wrestling promotion. The championship was introduced on July 13, 2008, when Carlos Amano and Dynamite Kansai defeated Chikayo Nagashima and Sonoko Kato in the finals of a tournament to become the inaugural champions.[2]

Oz Academy Tag Team Championship
Tsubasa Kuragaki with one of the Oz Academy Tag Team Championship belts in May 2016
Details
PromotionOz Academy
Date establishedMay 9, 2008[1]
Current champion(s)H2D (Ryo Mizunami and Sonoko Kato)
Date wonMay 12, 2024
Statistics
First champion(s)Oz Seikigun
(Carlos Amano and Dynamite Kansai)[2]
Most reignsAs a team (3 reigns):

As an individual (7 reigns):

Longest reignMission K4
(Akino and Sonoko Kato)
(493 days)
Shortest reignSonChika
(Chikayo Nagashima and Sonoko Kato)
(14 days)
Oldest championJaguar Yokota (61 years, 272 days)
Youngest championKagetsu
(22 years, 250 days)
Heaviest championAja Kong
(103 kg (227 lb)))[3]
Lightest championChikayo Nagashima and Mio Shirai
(52 kg (115 lb)))[4][5]

Like most professional wrestling championships, the title is won as a result of a scripted match. There have been a total of thirty-seven reigns shared among twenty-nine teams and thirty-two wrestlers. Jaguar Yokota and Mayumi Ozaki are the current champions in their first reign as a team, while it's the seventh reign individually for Kato and the first for Ozaki.

Reigns

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Carlos Amano and Dynamite Kansai were the first champions in the title's history.[2] SonChika (Chikayo Nagashima and Sonoko Kato) and Jungle Jack 21 (Hiroyo Matsumoto and Tomoka Nakagawa) share the record for most reigns as a team, with three.[6][7][8][9][10][11] The former's second reign holds the record for the shortest reign in the title's history, at 14 days, while the latter's third reign holds the record for the longest reign, at 385 days. Mayumi Ozaki and Sonoko Kato hold the record for most reigns individually, with seven.[12][13][14][15][16][17]

Title history

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Key
No. Overall reign number
Reign Reign number for the specific team—reign numbers for the individuals are in parentheses, if different
Days Number of days held
Defenses Number of successful defenses
+ Current reign is changing daily
No. Champion Championship change Reign statistics Notes Ref.
Date Event Location Reign Days Defenses
1 Oz Seikigun
(Carlos Amano and Dynamite Kansai)
July 13, 2008 OZ-Double Wizard Tokyo, Japan 1 28 0 Defeated Chikayo Nagashima and Sonoko Kato in the finals of a six tag team tournament to become the inaugural champions. [2]
2 D-Fix
(Kaoru and Mayumi Ozaki)
August 10, 2008 Plum Mariko Memorial - Day 1 Tokyo, Japan 1 179 0[18] This was a Two Out of Three Falls Hairs vs. Hairs match. [13]
3 Jungle Jack 21
(Aja Kong and Hiroyo Matsumoto)
February 5, 2009 OZ-The Perfect Taboo! Tokyo, Japan 1 17 0 [18]
4 SonChika
(Chikayo Nagashima and Sonoko Kato)
February 22, 2009 The Country of OZ Tokyo, Japan 1 101 2[14] [6]
5 D-Fix
(Kaoru and Mayumi Ozaki)
June 3, 2009 OZ-Show Women Tokyo, Japan 2 60 1[7] [14]
6 SonChika
(Chikayo Nagashima and Sonoko Kato)
August 2, 2009 OZ-Let's Party Tokyo, Japan 2 14 0[19] [7]
7 Jungle Jack 21
(Akino and Ran Yu-Yu)
August 16, 2009 Plum Hanasaku ~ Country of OZ Tokyo, Japan 1 259 5[20] [19]
8 Oz Seikigun
(Carlos Amano and Manami Toyota)
May 2, 2010 Free and Easy at Osaka Osaka, Japan 1
(2, 1)
42 0[21] [20]
9 Aja Kong and Kaoru Ito June 13, 2010 Dream Girls Tokyo, Japan 1
(2, 1)
28 0[22] [21]
10 Jungle Jack 21
(Akino and Ran Yu-Yu)
July 11, 2010 Summer Factor Tokyo, Japan 2 42 0[8] [22]
11 SonChika
(Chikayo Nagashima and Sonoko Kato)
August 22, 2010 Country of OZ - Night 2 Tokyo, Japan 3 231 3[9] [8]
12 Jungle Jack 21
(Hiroyo Matsumoto and Tomoka Nakagawa)
April 10, 2011 One Night in Heaven Tokyo, Japan 1
(2, 1)
77 1[23] [9]
13 Oz Seikigun
(Carlos Amano and Manami Toyota)
June 26, 2011 Unbalanced Tokyo, Japan 2
(3, 2)
203 1[24] [23]
14 Aja Kong and Sonoko Kato January 15, 2012 The Wizard of OZ Tokyo, Japan 1
(3, 4)
217 2[25] [24]
15 Akino and Ayumi Kurihara August 19, 2012 Plum Hanasaku ~ Country of OZ Tokyo, Japan 1
(3, 1)
175 0[15] [25]
16 Seiki-gun
(Mayumi Ozaki and Yumi Ohka)
February 10, 2013 Expansion Tokyo, Japan 1
(3, 1)
28 0[10] [15]
17 Jungle Jack 21
(Hiroyo Matsumoto and Tomoka Nakagawa)
March 10, 2013 Yokohama Monster House Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan 2
(3, 2)
45 0[26] [10]
18 Aja Kong and Hikaru Shida April 24, 2013 Wednesdays Showdown Tokyo, Japan 1
(4, 1)
109 0 [26]
19 Jungle Jack 21
(Hiroyo Matsumoto and Tomoka Nakagawa)
August 11, 2013 Plum Hanasaku ~ Country of OZ Tokyo, Japan 3
(4, 3)
386 2[27] [11]
Vacated September 1, 2014 Osaka, Japan The championship was vacated due to Hiroyo Matsumoto being sidelined with a knee injury. [28][29]
20 Ozakura Princess
(Mayumi Ozaki and Sakura Hirota)
September 23, 2014 Heart on Wave Tokyo, Japan 1
(4, 1)
159 1[30] Defeated Aja Kong and Tsubasa Kuragaki in the finals of a five tag team tournament to win the vacant championship. [16]
21 Mission K4
(Kagetsu and Kaho Kobayashi)
March 1, 2015 Forgiveness Tokyo, Japan 1 140 1[31] [30]
22 Seiki-gun
(Mayumi Ozaki and Mio Shirai)
July 19, 2015 2Bad Tokyo, Japan 1
(5, 1)
35 0[32] [17]
23 Mission K4
(Kagetsu and Kaho Kobayashi)
August 23, 2015 Plum Hanasaku ~ Country of OZ: Yokohama Dreams Park 3 Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan 2 112 0[33] [32]
24 Kaori Yoneyama and Tsubasa Kuragaki December 13, 2015 Loaded Tokyo, Japan 1 273 1[34] [33]
25 Hikaru Shida and Syuri September 11, 2016 The Dynamite 2 Tokyo, Japan 1
(2, 1)
287 3[35] [36]
26 Mission K4
(Akino and Kaho Kobayashi)
June 25, 2017 Voyager Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan 1
(4, 3)
126 1[12] [35]
27 Seiki-gun
(Maya Yukihi and Mayumi Ozaki)
October 29, 2017 Yokohama Undersea Unexplored Expedition Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan 1
(1, 6)
323 1 [12]
28 Borderless
(Rina Yamashita and Yoshiko)
September 17, 2018 Flower Bloom in Yokohama Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan 1 76 0 This was a title vs. title match in which Yamashita and Yoshiko also defended the Beyond the Sea Tag Team Championship. [37]
29 Beast Friend
(Hiroyo Matsumoto and Kaori Yoneyama)
December 2, 2018 Connect to the Future Tokyo, Japan 1
(5, 2)
161 1 [38]
30 Seiki-gun
(Maya Yukihi and Saori Anou)
May 12, 2019 Something is Happening Tonight Tokyo, Japan 1
(2, 1)
105 0 [39]
31 Mission K4
(Akino and Sonoko Kato)
August 25, 2019 Plum Hanasaku ~ Oz No Kuni 2019 Yokohama Shining Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan 1
(5, 5)
493 2[40] [41]
32 Mission K4
(Kaho Kobayashi and Kakeru Sekiguchi)
December 30, 2020 The End of the Year Tokyo, Japan 1
(4, 1)
95 1 [40]
33 Beast Friend
(Kaori Yoneyama and Yuu)
April 4, 2021 Oz Academy Silver Bullet Tokyo, Japan 1
(3, 1)
35 0 [42]
34 Itsuki Aoki and Tsubasa Kuragaki May 9, 2021 OZ Academy Spring Storm Assault Tokyo, Japan 1
(1, 2)
235 1[43] [44]
35 Chin Crushers
(Hiroyo Matsumoto and Rina Yamashita)
December 30, 2021 I See the Light - Day 2 Tokyo, Japan 1
(6, 2)
365 3 [43]
36 Team 200 kg
(Chihiro Hashimoto and Yuu)
December 30, 2022 The Anthem For 2022 At Korakuen Hall Tokyo, Japan 1
(1, 2)
72 0 [45]
37 H2D
(Ryo Mizunami and Sonoko Kato)
March 12, 2023 OZ Academy Who Knows? Tokyo, Japan 1
(1, 6)
42 0 [46]
38 Age 115
(Jaguar Yokota and Mayumi Ozaki)
April 23, 2023 OZ Academy Battle Big Bonus In Korakuen 2023 Tokyo, Japan 1
(1, 7)
385 2 [47]
39 H2D
(Ryo Mizunami and Sonoko Kato)
May 12, 2024 OZ Academy Paradise Lost Tokyo, Japan 2
(2, 7)
192+ 3 [48]

Combined reigns

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Manami Toyota, former two-time Oz Academy Tag Team Champion, with one of the title belts in July 2011

As of November 20, 2024

Indicates the current champions

By team

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Rank Team No. of
reigns
Combined
defenses
Combined days
1 Jungle Jack 21
(Hiroyo Matsumoto and Tomoka Nakagawa)
3 3 507
2 Mission K4
(Akino and Sonoko Kato)
1 2 493
3 Age 115
(Jaguar Yokota and Mayumi Ozaki)
1 2 385
4 Hiroyo Matsumoto and Rina Yamashita 1 3 365
5 SonChika
(Chikayo Nagashima and Sonoko Kato)
3 5 346
6 Seiki-gun
(Maya Yukihi and Mayumi Ozaki)
1 1 323
7 Jungle Jack 21
(Akino and Ran Yu-Yu)
2 5 301
8 Hikaru Shida and Syuri 1 3 287
9 Kaori Yoneyama and Tsubasa Kuragaki 1 1 273
10 Mission K4
(Kagetsu and Kaho Kobayashi)
2 1 252
11 Oz Seikigun
(Carlos Amano and Manami Toyota)
2 1 245
12 D-Fix
(Kaoru and Mayumi Ozaki)
2 1 239
13 Itsuki Aoki and Tsubasa Kuragaki 1 1 235
14 H2D
(Ryo Mizunami and Sonoko Kato)
2 3 234+
15 Aja Kong and Sonoko Kato 1 2 217
16 Akino and Ayumi Kurihara 1 0 175
17 Beast Friend
(Hiroyo Matsumoto and Kaori Yoneyama)
1 1 161
18 Ozakura Princess
(Mayumi Ozaki and Sakura Hirota)
1 1 159
19 Mission K4
(Akino and Kaho Kobayashi)
1 1 126
20 Aja Kong and Hikaru Shida 1 0 109
21 Seiki-gun
(Maya Yukihi and Saori Anou)
1 0 105
22 Mission K4
(Kaho Kobayashi and Kakeru Sekiguchi)
1 1 95
23 Borderless
(Rina Yamashita and Yoshiko)
1 0 76
24 Team 200 kg
(Chihiro Hashimoto and Yuu)
1 0 72
25 Beast Friend
(Kaori Yoneyama and Yuu)
1 0 35
Seiki-gun
(Mayumi Ozaki and Mio Shirai)
1 0 35
27 Aja Kong and Kaoru Ito 1 0 28
Oz Seikigun
(Carlos Amano and Dynamite Kansai)
1 0 28
Seiki-gun
(Mayumi Ozaki and Yumi Ohka)
1 0 28
30 Jungle Jack 21
(Aja Kong and Hiroyo Matsumoto)
1 0 17

By wrestler

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Record tying seven-time champion individually, Sonoko Kato, who is the longest combined-reigning champion at 1,290+ days.
Rank Wrestler No. of
reigns
Combined
defenses
Combined days
1 Sonoko Kato 7 12 1,290+
2 Mayumi Ozaki 7 5 1,169
3 Akino 5 8 1,095
4 Hiroyo Matsumoto 6 7 1,051
5 Tsubasa Kuragaki 2 2 508
6 Tomoka Nakagawa 3 3 507
7 Kaho Kobayashi 4 3 473
8 Kaori Yoneyama 3 2 469
9 Rina Yamashita 2 3 441
10 Maya Yukihi 2 1 428
11 Hikaru Shida 2 3 396
12 Jaguar Yokota 1 2 385
13 Aja Kong 4 2 371
14 Chikayo Nagashima 3 5 346
15 Ran Yu-Yu 2 5 301
16 Syuri 1 3 287
17 Carlos Amano 3 1 273
18 Kagetsu 2 1 252
19 Manami Toyota 2 1 245
20 Kaoru 2 1 239
21 Itsuki Aoki 1 1 235
22 Ryo Mizunami 2 3 234+
23 Ayumi Kurihara 1 0 175
24 Sakura Hirota 1 1 159
25 Yuu 2 0 107
26 Saori Anou 1 0 105
27 Kakeru Sekiguchi 1 1 95
28 Yoshiko 1 0 76
29 Chihiro Hashimoto 1 0 72
30 Mio Shirai 1 0 35
31 Dynamite Kansai 1 0 28
Kaoru Ito 1 0 28
Yumi Ohka 1 0 28

See also

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References

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