With a history beginning in the mid-20th century, the All Asia Tag Team Title has a long and storied past. What started as a major title has since become All Japan's secondary tag throne, with many midcard teams fighting over it. Click each team's name to get a list of title defenses during their reign (if there is no link for a tandem, it means that they had no successful title defenses). Title defenses for champions up to #62 are unavailable or periodic.

1. (11/16/55 @ Tokyo Kokugikan Warehouse Outdoor Ring / 2/3 Falls) King Kong Czaya & Tiger Jokinder beat Rikidozan & Harold Sakata (41:43). Rikidozan pinned Jokinder (31:55). Kong KO'd Sakata (9:48). Kong & Jokinder won by referee stop (0:00) (tournament final).
2. (6/2/60) Frank Valois & Dan Miller beat Rikidozan & Michiaki Yoshimura (decision match)
3. (6/7/60) Rikidozan & Toyonobori beat Frank Valois & Dan Miller
4. (2/3/62) Luther Lindsay & Ricky Waldo beat Rikidozan & Toyonobori
5. (2/15/62) Rikidozan & Toyonobori (2) beat Luther Lindsay & Ricky Waldo
6. (6/4/62) Buddy Austin & Mike Sharpe beat Rikidozan & Toyonobori
7. (7/1/62) Rikidozan & Toyonobori (3) beat Buddy Austin & Mike Sharpe
-- Vacated in 1/63 when Toyonobori is injured.
8. (5/6/63) Rikidozan & Toyonobori (4) beat Killer Kowalski & Fred Atkins (decision match)
-- Vacated on 12/8/63 when Rikidozan is murdered.
9. (2/20/64) Toyonobori & Michiaki Yoshimura beat Curtis Iaukea & Don Manoukian (decision match)
10. (5/14/64) Gene Kiniski & Caripus Hurricane beat Toyonobori & Michiaki Yoshimura
11. (5/29/64) Giant Baba & Toyonobori beat Gene Kiniski & Caripus Hurricane
12. (6/3/65) The Destroyer & Billy Red Lyons beat Giant Baba & Toyonobori
13. (7/15/65) Giant Baba & Toyonobori (2) beat The Destroyer & Billy Red Lyons
-- Vacated on 1/5/66 when Toyonobori leaves the JWA promotion.
14. (5/26/66) Killer Karl Kox & Joe Carrolo beat Giant Baba & Michiaki Yoshimura (decision match)
15. (5/28/66) Michiaki Yoshimura & Hiro Matsuda beat Killer Karl Kox & Joe Carrolo
16. (6/27/66) Killer Karl Kox & Eddie Graham beat Michiaki Yoshimura & Hiro Matsuda
17. (7/1/66) Giant Baba & Michiaki Yoshimura beat Killer Karl Kox & Eddie Graham
-- Baba vacates the title on 11/5/66 after he wins the NWA International Heavyweight Title.
18. (12/3/66) Kintaro Oki & Michiaki Yoshimura beat Eddie Morea & Tarzan Zorro (decision match)
-- Vacated in 4/67 when Oki is injured in a car accident.
19. (5/26/67) Antonio Inoki & Michiaki Yoshimura beat Waldo Von Erich & Ike Eakins (decision match)
-- Inoki vacates the title on 10/31/67 after winning the NWA International Tag Team Title with Giant Baba.
20. (1/6/68) Kintaro Oki & Michiaki Yoshimura (2) beat Bill Miller & Rick Hunter (decision match)
21. (7/8/68) Skull Murphy & Klondike Bill beat Bill Miller & Rick Hunter
22. (7/30/68) Kintaro Oki & Michiaki Yoshimura (3) beat Skull Murphy & Klondike Bill
-- Yoshimura vacates title when leaving for the USA.
23. (2/3/69) Antonio Inoki & Kintaro Oki (2) beat Buster Royd & Tom Jones (decision match)
-- Oki vacates the title on 7/3/69 to concentrate on defending the All Asia Heavyweight Title.
24. (8/9/69) Antonio Inoki & Michiaki Yoshimura (2) beat Crusher Lisowski & Al Mahilik (decision match)
-- The title is held up on 10/10/69.
25. (10/30/69) Antonio Inoki & Michiaki Yoshimura (3) beat Buddy Austin & Mr. Atomic (decision match)
-- Vacated in 12/71 when Inoki leaves the JWA promotion.
26. (12/12/71) Seiji Sakaguchi & Michiaki Yoshimura win the title (decision match)
-- Vacated on 1/30/73 when Yoshimura retires.
27. (3/3/73) Gentetsu Matsuoka & Great Kojika beat Kurt Von Steiger & Killer Karl Krupp (decision match)
-- Vacated on 4/20/73 when JWA closes. The title then moves to All Japan Pro-Wrestling.
28. (3/26/76) Great Kojika & Motoshi Okuma win the title (decision match)
-- Seiji Sakaguchi & Strong Kobayashi beat Tiger Jeet Singh & Gama Singh on 8/4/76 to win New Japan's self-recognized version of the title.
29. (10/2/76) Jerry Oates & Ted Oates beat Great Kojika & Motoshi Okuma
30. (10/21/76) Akihisa Takachiho & Samson Kutsuwada beat Jerry Oates & Ted Oates
31. (6/16/77) Great Kojika & Motoshi Okuma (2) beat Akihisa Takachiho & Samson Kutsuwada
-- Tiger Jeet Singh & Umanosuke Ueda beat Seiji Sakaguchi & Strong Kobayashi on 7/15/77 to win New Japan's version of the title, abandoning the belts on 5/21/81.
32. (11/6/77 @ Tokyo Korakuen Hall / 2/3 Falls) Mighty Inoue & Animal Hamaguchi beat Great Kojika & Motoshi Okuma (36:18). Hamaguchi pinned Kojika (24:47). Kojika pinned Hamaguchi (5:56). Inoue pinned Okuma (5:34).
33. (2/22/78 @ Gifu Citizen Center / 2/3 Falls) Great Kojika & Motoshi Okuma (3) beat Mighty Inoue & Animal Hamaguchi (29:36). Kojika pinned Inoue (19:21). Inoue pinned Kojika (8:14). Okuma used a backslide on Hamaguchi (2:01).
-- Vacated when Kojika & Okuma do not defend the title for 6 months.
34. (5/31/79) Great Kojika & Motoshi Okuma (4) beat Butch Williams & Sweet Williams (decision match)
35. (5/23/81) Kevin Von Erich & David Von Erich beat Great Kojika & Motoshi Okuma
36. (6/11/81) Akio Sato & Takashi Ishikawa beat Kevin Von Erich & David Von Erich
-- Vacated in 1/83 when Sato is injured.
37. (2/23/83 @ Osaka Rinkai Sports Center) Mighty Inoue & Ashura Hara beat Great Kojika & Motoshi Okuma (17:12) by DQ.
-- Inoue vacates the title in 2/84 to concentrate on defending the NWA International Jr. Heavyweight Title.
38. (2/16/84) Ashura Hara & Takashi Ishikawa beat Jerry Morrow & Thomas Ivey (decision match)
-- Hara is stripped of the title on 10/22/84.
39. (4/15/85) Akio Sato & Takashi Ishikawa (2) beat Animal Hamaguchi & Masanobu Kurisu (decision match)
40. (7/18/85) Animal Hamaguchi & Isamu Teranishi beat Akio Sato & Takashi Ishikawa
41. (-/-/-) Isamu Teranishi & Norio Honaga
-- Honaga replaced Hamaguchi as Teranishi's partner when Hamaguchi was injured.
42. (10/31/85 @ Tsuruoka City Gymnasium) Mighty Inoue & Takashi Ishikawa beat Isamu Teramishi & Norio Honaga (14:09) when Ishikawa used a cradle on Honaga.
43. (10/30/86 @ Aomori Prefectural Gymnasium) Ashura Hara & Super Strong Machine beat Mighty Inoue & Takashi Ishikawa (13:38) when Machine used a cradle on Inoue.
-- Vacated in 1987 when Machine leaves the company.
44. (7/30/87 @ Higashi-Murayama Citizen Sports Center) Mighty Inoue & Takashi Ishikawa (2) beat Isamu Teranishi & Masanobu Kurisu (19:07) when Ishikawa used an inside cradle on Kurisu (tournament final).
45. (3/9/88 @ Yokohama Bunka Gymnasium) Toshiaki Kawada & Samson Fuyuki beat Mighty Inoue & Takashi Ishikawa (17:41) when Kawada used a cradle on Inoue.
46. (9/9/88) Shunji Takano & Shinichi Nakano beat Toshiaki Kawada & Samson Fuyuki
47. (9/15/88) Toshiaki Kawada & Samson Fuyuki (2) beat Shunji Takano & Shinichi Nakano
48. (6/5/89) Dan Kroffat & Doug Furnas beat Toshiaki Kawada & Samson Fuyuki (19:35)
49. (10/20/89) Toshiaki Kawada & Samson Fuyuki (3) beat Dan Kroffat & Doug Furnas
50. (3/6/90) Dan Kroffat & Doug Furnas (2) beat Toshiaki Kawada & Samson Fuyuki
51. (4/9/90) Tiger Mask & Kenta Kobashi beat Dan Kroffat & Doug Furnas
-- Vacated on 5/17/90 after Tiger Mask unmasks as Mitsuharu Misawa.
52. (6/5/90) Shinichi Nakano & Akira Taue beat Davey Boy Smith & Johnny Smith (decision match)
-- Vacated in 7/90 when Nakano leaves the company.
53. (9/7/90) Kenta Kobashi & Johnny Ace beat Tommy Rogers & Bobby Fulton
54. (4/6/91) Dynamite Kid & Johnny Smith beat Kenta Kobashi & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi
55. (4/20/91) Dan Kroffat & Doug Furnas (3) beat Dynamite Kid & Johnny Smith
56. (7/8/91) Kenta Kobashi & Johnny Ace (2) beat Dan Kroffat & Doug Furnas
57. (7/18/91) Joel Deaton & Billy Black beat Kenta Kobashi & Johnny Ace
58. (7/26/91) Dan Kroffat & Doug Furnas (4) beat Joel Deaton & Billy Black
59. (5/25/92) Kenta Kobashi & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi beat Dan Kroffat & Doug Furnas
60. (6/2/93) The Patriot & The Eagle beat Kenta Kobashi & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi
61. (9/9/93) Dan Kroffat & Doug Furnas beat The Patriot & The Eagle
-- Kroffat & Furnas vacate the title on 12/5/94 to concentrate on the AJPW World Tag Team Title.
62. (1/29/95 @ Tokyo Korakuen Hall) Jun Akiyama & Takao Omori beat Tommy Rogers & Bobby Fulton (7:40) when Akiyama used an Exploder on Fulton (tournament final).
63. (1/9/98 @ Kagoshima Prefectural Gymnasium) Wolf Hawkfield & Johnny Smith beat Jun Akiyama & Takao Omori (24:33) when Smith used a reverse DDT on Omori.
64. (10/6/98 @ Niigata City Gymnasium) Tamon Honda & Jun Izumida beat Wolf Hawkfield & Johnny Smith (23:11) when Izumida used a diving headbutt on Smith.
65. (2/13/99 @ Tokyo Korakuen Hall) Hayabusa & Jinsei Shinzaki beat Tamon Honda & Jun Izumida (23:17) when Shinzaki used a diving headbutt on Honda.
66. (6/4/99 @ Nakajima Sports Center) Takao Omori & Yoshihiro Takayama beat Hayabusa & Jinsei Shinzaki (27:11) when Omori used an Axe Bomber on Shinzaki.
67. (8/25/99 @ Hiroshima Sports Center) Mitsuharu Misawa & Yoshinari Ogawa beat Takao Omori & Yoshihiro Takayama (23:02) when Misawa used the Emerald Frosion on Omori.
-- Misawa vacates the title after the match to give chances to other wrestlers.
68. (10/25/99 @ Nagaoka Welfare Hall) Tamon Honda & Masao Inoue beat Johnny Smith & Maunakea Mossman (26:18) when Inoue used an Argentine backbreaker on Mossman (tournament final).
-- Vacated in 6/00 when Honda and Inoue leave the company.
69. (6/8/01 @ Tokyo Nippon Budokan) Masahito Kakihara & Mitsuya Nagai beat Yuji Nagata & Shinya Makabe (12:40) when Nagai used the Hyper Knee on Makabe (decision match).
-- Vacated in 8/01 when Kakihara suffers knee ligament damage.
70. (9/8/01 @ Tokyo Nippon Budokan) Arashi & Koki Kitahara beat Nobutaka Araya & Shigeo Okumura (17:38) when Arashi used the Arashi Driller on Okumura (decision match).
-- Arashi & Kitahara vacate the title on 1/22/02.
71. (4/13/02 @ Tokyo Nippon Budokan) Arashi & Nobutaka Araya beat Mitsuya Nagai & Shigeo Okumura (23:27) when Araya used a lariat on Okumura (decision match).
- Vacated on 6/20/03 after Arashi wins the AJPW World Tag Team Title.
72. (7/19/03 @ Tokyo Nippon Budokan) Kohei Sato & Hirotaka Yokoi beat Tomoaki Honma & Kazushi Miyamoto (9:48) when Sato used a German suplex hold on Honma (tournament final).
73. (10/10/03 @ Tokyo Korakuen Hall) Kintaro Kanemura & Tetsuhiro Kuroda beat Kohei Sato & Hirotaka Yokoi (14:28) when Kanemura used a Samson clutch on Sato.
- Vacated in 12/03 after Kanemura is injured.
74. (12/25/03 @ Tokyo Korakuen Hall) Tetsuhiro Kuroda & Mr. Gannosuke beat Tengu Kaiser & Jun Kasai (12:37) when Gannosuke used the Fire Thunder on Kasai (decision match).
75. (1/2/04 @ Tokyo Korakuen Hall) Great Kosuke & Shiryu beat Tetsuhiro Kuroda & Mr. Gannosuke (18:08) when Kosuke used a lariat on Kuroda.
76. (5/22/04 @ Miyagi Sports Center) Genichiro Tenryu & Masanobu Fuchi beat Great Kosuke & Shiryu (21:43) when Fuchi used a backdrop suplex on Shiryu.
77. (11/3/04 @ Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan) Mitsuya Nagai & Masayuki Naruse beat Genichiro Tenryu & Masanobu Fuchi (19:28) when Nagai used a Stretch Plum on Fuchi.
78. (2/2/05 @ Tokyo Korakuen Hall) Buchanan & Rico beat Mitsuya Nagai & Masayuki Naruse (24:28) when Buchanan used an Iron bomb on Nagai.
-- Vacated in 3/05 after Rico retires from pro wrestling.
79. (6/19/05 @ Tokyo Korakuen Hall) Shuji Kondo & "brother" YASSHI beat Tomoaki Honma & Katsuhiko Nakajima (16:30) when YASSHI pinned Nakajima after Kondo used a King Kong lariat (tournament final).
80. (7/26/05 @ Yoyogi National Stadium Gymnasium #2) Kensuke Sasaki & Katsuhiko Nakajima beat Shuji Kondo & "brother" YASSHI (12:23) when Nakajima used a German suplex hold on YASSHI.

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