AAAW Tag Team Championship
| AAAW Tag Team Championship | |||||||||||||
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 Itsuki Aoki (left) and Rin Kadokura (right) with the belts in 2022 | |||||||||||||
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| Promotion | Marvelous That's Women Pro Wrestling Gaea Japan | ||||||||||||
| Date established | November 2, 1996 | ||||||||||||
| Current champions | Nightshade and Nyla Rose | ||||||||||||
| Date won | May 5, 2026[1] | ||||||||||||
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The AAAW Tag Team Championship is a women's professional wrestling championship formerly contested in the Japanese women's professional wrestling promotion Gaea Japan. The title which was originally known as the AAAW Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship before weight classes were dropped in 1998, was abandoned when GAEA closed in 2005. It was revived in May 2022 and began being sanctioned by Marvelous That's Women Pro Wrestling ever since.
Title history
[edit]On November 2, 1996, Meiko Satomura and Sonoko Kato defeated Chikayo Nagashima and Sugar Sato to become the inaugural champions.[2] On March 29, 1998, during Nagashima and Sato's reign, the title was renamed from AAAW Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship to AAAW Tag Team Championship. The title remained active until the closing of Gaea Japan on April 10, 2005.[2]
Reactivation tag league (2022)
[edit]On May 1, 2022, the title reactivated under Marvelous That's Women Pro Wrestling, where Itsuki Aoki and Rin Kadokura won it by defeating Kaoru Ito and Tomoko Watanabe in a tag league finals, tournamrent which began on February 24, 2022.[3]
| Block A | Block B | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Kaoru Ito and Tomoko Watanabe | 4 | Itsuki Aoki and Rin Kadokura | 4 |
| Hibiscus Mii and Takumi Iroha | 3 | Las Fresa de Egoistas (Makoto and Maria) | 3 |
| Ancham and Chikayo Nagashima | 3 | Riko Kawahata and Yuki Miyazaki | 3 |
| Nippon Ganbare Union (Yuna Manase and Yuuri) | 2 | Ai Houzan and Yurika Oka | 2 |
| Block A | Ito Watanabe | Mii Iroha | Ancham Nagashima | Manase Yuuri |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ito Watanabe |
N/a | Ito Watanabe (14:13)[4] |
Ancham Nagashima (12:52)[5] |
Ito Watanabe (14:13)[6] |
| Mii Iroha |
Ito Watanabe (14:13)[4] |
N/a | Mii Iroha |
Draw (20:00)[5] |
| Ancham Nagashima |
Ancham Nagashima (12:52)[5] |
Mii Iroha |
N/a | Double Count Out (15:25)[7] |
| Manase Yuuri |
Ito Watanabe (14:13)[6] |
Draw (20:00)[5] |
Double Count Out (15:25)[7] |
N/a |
| Block B | Aoki Kadokura | Makoto Maria | Kawahata Miyazaki | Houzan Oka |
| Aoki Kadokura |
N/a | Aoki Kadokura (16:36)[4] |
Kawahata Miyazaki (12:40)[6] |
Aoki Kadokura (15:51)[5] |
| Makoto Maria |
Aoki Kadokura (16:36)[4] |
N/a | Makoto Maria (14:31)[5] |
Draw (20:00) |
| Kawahata Miyazaki |
Kawahata Miyazaki (12:40)[6] |
Makoto Maria (14:31)[5] |
N/a | Draw (20:00)[7] |
| Houzan Oka |
Aoki Kadokura (15:51)[5] |
Draw (20:00) |
Draw (20:00)[7] |
N/a |
| Final May 1, 2022 | ||||
| A1 | Kaoru Ito and Tomoko Watanabe | Pin | ||
| B1 | Itsuki Aoki and Rin Kadokura | 17:48[8] | ||
Reigns
[edit]As of November 14, 2026, there have been a total of 25 reigns shared between 20 teams composed of 30 individual champions. Meiko Satomura and Sonoko Kato were the inaugural champions. As a team, Chikayo Nagashima and Sugar Sato has the most reigns at four, while individually, Nagashima has the most reigns at six. Nagashima and Sato's second reign is the longest at 518 days, while The Crush Gals (Chigusa Nagayo and Lioness Asuka)'s reign is the shortest at five days. Nagashima is the oldest champion at 46 years old.
Nightshade and Nyla Rose are the current champions in their first reign as a team and individually. They won it by defeating Maria and Riko on May 5, 2026, in Tokyo, Japan.
Names
[edit]| Name[2] | Years[2] |
|---|---|
| AAAW Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship | November 2, 1996 – May 1998 |
| AAAW Tag Team Championship | May 1998 – April 10, 2005 May 1, 2022 – present |
| 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 | |||||
| Gaea Japan | ||||||||||
| 1 | Meiko Satomura and Sonoko Kato | November 2, 1996 | We Are Gaea Japan! | Singapore | 1 | 512 | 3 | Defeated Chikayo Nagashima and Sugar Sato to become the inaugural champions. | [2] | |
| 2 | Chikayo Nagashima and Sugar Sato | March 29, 1998 | Full Bloom – Day 2 | Osaka, Japan | 1 | 147 | 0 | During the reign, the name of the title was changed from "AAAW Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship" to "AAAW Tag Team Championship". | [2] | |
| 3 | Aja Kong and Mayumi Ozaki | August 23, 1998 | Hard Luck – Day 2 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 329 | 1 | [2] | ||
| 4 | Oz Academy (Chikayo Nagashima and Sugar Sato) |
July 18, 1999 | Surprise Attack – Day 3 | Tokyo, Japan | 2 | 518 | 3 | [2] | ||
| 5 | Akira Hokuto and Mayumi Ozaki | December 17, 2000 | Deep Endless – Day 5 | Osaka, Japan | 1 (1, 2) |
126 | 1 | [2] | ||
| 6 | Oz Academy (Chikayo Nagashima and Sugar Sato) |
April 22, 2001 | Limit Break – Day 4 | Osaka, Japan | 3 | 350 | 0 | [2] | ||
| 7 | Kaoru and Mayumi Ozaki | April 7, 2002 | Limit Break – Day 1 | Yokohama, Japan | 1 (1, 3) |
196 | 1 | [2] | ||
| 8 | Ayako Hamada and Meiko Satomura | October 20, 2002 | Yokohama Mega Ride | Yokohama, Japan | 1 (1, 2) |
114 | 1 | [2] | ||
| 9 | Aja Kong and Devil Masami | February 11, 2003 | War Cry – Day 2 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 (2, 1) |
224 | 0 | [2] | ||
| 10 | Chikayo Nagashima and Meiko Satomura | September 23, 2003 | New Energy – Day 2 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 (4, 3) |
147 | 3 | [2] | ||
| 11 | Ran Yu-Yu and Toshie Uematsu | February 17, 2004 | War Cry – Day 2 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 33 | 0 | [2] | ||
| 12 | Oz Academy (Chikayo Nagashima and Sugar Sato) |
March 21, 2004 | Edge Of The Heart – Day 2 | Tokyo, Japan | 4 | 40 | 0 | [2] | ||
| 13 | The Crush Gals (Chigusa Nagayo and Lioness Asuka) |
April 30, 2004 | Yoyogi Limit Break | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 5 | 2 | [2] | ||
| 14 | Aja Kong and Amazing Kong | May 5, 2004 | Junction – Day 2 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 (3, 1) |
138 | 0 | [2][9] | ||
| 15 | Carlos Amano and Manami Toyota | September 20, 2004 | New Energy – Day 2 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 195 | 0 | [2] | ||
| 16 | Ran Yu-Yu and Toshie Uematsu | April 3, 2005 | Yokohama Final Impact | Yokohama, Japan | 2 | 7 | 0 | [2] | ||
| — | Deactivated | April 10, 2005 | Eternal Last Gong | Tokyo, Japan | — | — | — | The titles were retired at the final Gaea show. | [2] | |
| Marvelous That's Women Pro Wrestling | ||||||||||
| 17 | Itsuki Aoki and Rin Kadokura | May 1, 2022 | Marvelous 6th Anniversary | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 138 | 0 | Defeated Kaoru Ito and Tomoko Watanabe in the finals of a tag league to win the revived titles. | [3][10] | |
| 18 | Chikayo Nagashima and Takumi Iroha | September 16, 2022 | Marvelous | Tokyo, Japan | 1 (6, 1) |
450 | 1 | [11] | ||
| 19 | Magenta (Maria and Riko Kawahata) |
December 10, 2023 | Marvelous | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 242 | 2 | [12][13] | ||
| 20 | Team 200kg (Chihiro Hashimoto and Yuu) |
August 8, 2024 | Marvelous | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 80 | 1 | [14] | ||
| 21 | Bob Bob Momo Banana (Mio Momono and Yurika Oka) |
October 27, 2024 | Marvelous | Nagoya, Japan | 1 | 105 | 1 | [15] | ||
| 22 | H2D (Ryo Mizunami and Sonoko Kato) |
February 9, 2025 | Oz Academy Angels Of The Abyss | Tokyo, Japan | 1 (1, 2) |
100 | 1 | [16] | ||
| 23 | Spark Rush (Sareee and Takumi Iroha) |
May 20, 2025 | Marvelous | Tokyo, Japan | 1 (1, 2) |
222 | 3 | [17] | ||
| 24 | Magenta (Maria and Riko) |
December 28, 2025 | Marvelous | Tokyo, Japan | 2 | 128 | 0 | Riko was previously known under her full ring name of Riko Kawahata. | [18] | |
| 25 | Nightshade and Nyla Rose | May 5, 2026 | Marvelous 10th Anniversary Commemorative Event | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 193+ | 1 | [1][19] | ||
Combined reigns
[edit]As of November 14, 2026.
| † | Indicates the current champions |
|---|
By team
[edit]| Rank | Team | No. of reigns |
Combined defenses |
Combined days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oz Academy[a] (Chikayo Nagashima and Sugar Sato) | 4 | 3 | 1,055 |
| 2 | Meiko Satomura and Sonoko Kato | 1 | 3 | 512 |
| 3 | Chikayo Nagashima and Takumi Iroha | 1 | 1 | 450 |
| 4 | Magenta (Maria and Riko/Kawahata) | 2 | 2 | 370 |
| 5 | Aja Kong and Mayumi Ozaki | 1 | 1 | 329 |
| 6 | Aja Kong and Devil Masami | 1 | 0 | 224 |
| 7 | Spark Rush (Sareee and Takumi Iroha) | 1 | 3 | 222 |
| 8 | Kaoru and Mayumi Ozaki | 1 | 1 | 196 |
| 9 | Carlos Amano and Manami Toyota | 1 | 0 | 195 |
| 10 | Nightshade and Nyla Rose † | 1 | 1 | 193+ |
| 11 | Chikayo Nagashima and Meiko Satomura | 1 | 0 | 147 |
| 12 | Aja Kong and Amazing Kong | 1 | 0 | 138 |
| Itsuki Aoki and Rin Kadokura | 1 | 0 | 138 | |
| 14 | Akira Hokuto and Mayumi Ozaki | 1 | 1 | 126 |
| 15 | Ayako Hamada and Meiko Satomura | 1 | 1 | 114 |
| 16 | Bob Bob Momo Banana (Mio Momono and Yurika Oka) | 1 | 1 | 105 |
| 17 | H2D (Ryo Mizunami and Sonoko Kato) | 1 | 1 | 100 |
| 18 | Team 200kg (Chihiro Hashimoto and Yuu) | 1 | 1 | 80 |
| 19 | Ran Yu-Yu and Toshie Uematsu | 2 | 0 | 40 |
| 20 | The Crush Gals (Chigusa Nagayo and Lioness Asuka) | 1 | 2 | 5 |
By wrestler
[edit]| Rank | wrestler | No. of reigns |
Combined defenses |
Combined days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chikayo Nagashima | 6 | 4 | 1,652 |
| 2 | Sugar Sato | 4 | 3 | 1,055 |
| 3 | Meiko Satomura | 3 | 4 | 773 |
| 4 | Aja Kong | 3 | 1 | 691 |
| 5 | Takumi Iroha | 2 | 4 | 672 |
| 6 | Mayumi Ozaki | 3 | 3 | 651 |
| 7 | Sonoko Kato | 2 | 4 | 612 |
| 8 | Maria | 2 | 2 | 370 |
| Riko/Kawahata | 2 | 2 | 370 | |
| 10 | Devil Masami | 1 | 0 | 224 |
| 11 | Sareee | 1 | 3 | 222 |
| 12 | Kaoru | 1 | 1 | 196 |
| 13 | Carlos Amano | 1 | 0 | 195 |
| Manami Toyota | 1 | 0 | 195 | |
| 15 | Nightshade † | 1 | 1 | 193+ |
| Nyla Rose † | 1 | 1 | 193+ | |
| 17 | Amazing Kong | 1 | 0 | 138 |
| Itsuki Aoki | 1 | 0 | 138 | |
| Rin Kadokura | 1 | 0 | 138 | |
| 20 | Akira Hokuto | 1 | 1 | 126 |
| 21 | Ayako Hamada | 1 | 1 | 114 |
| 22 | Mio Momono | 1 | 1 | 105 |
| Yurika Oka | 1 | 1 | 105 | |
| 24 | Ryo Mizunami | 1 | 1 | 100 |
| 25 | Chihiro Hashimoto | 1 | 1 | 80 |
| Yuu | 1 | 1 | 80 | |
| 27 | Ran Yu-Yu | 2 | 0 | 40 |
| Toshie Uematsu | 2 | 0 | 40 | |
| 29 | Chigusa Nagayo | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Lioness Asuka | 1 | 2 | 5 |
Notes
[edit]- ↑ Nagashima and Sato named their tag team "Oz Academy" in their second reign.
References
[edit]- 1 2 Thompson, Andrew (May 5, 2026). "Marvelous 10th Anniversary Event (5/5/26): Sareee vs. Takumi Iroha, WWE ID Title Bout, Nyla Rose & Nightshade Win Tag Belts, Queen Aminata". Fightful. Retrieved July 23, 2026.
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- 1 2 Iversen, Stuart (May 2, 2022). "Marvelous 6th Anniversary Show (1/5/22) Review". ramblingsaboutwrestling.com. Retrieved February 9, 2023.
- 1 2 3 4 Kreikenbohm, Philip (February 24, 2022). "Marvelous Colorful World #3". cagematch.net. Retrieved November 3, 2023.
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- ↑ Kreikenbohm, Philip (May 1, 2022). "Marvelous 6th Anniversary". cagematch.net. Retrieved November 3, 2023.
- ↑ F4W Staff (May 5, 2015). "On this day in pro wrestling history (May 5): Bruno Vs. Gorilla in Puerto Rico, 2nd annual Von Erich Memorial Parade of Champions". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved February 10, 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ↑ Kreikenbohm, Philip (May 1, 2022). "Marvelous 6th Anniversary". cagematch.net. Retrieved May 1, 2022.
- ↑ Kreikenbohm, Philip (September 20, 2022). "Marvelous". cagematch.net. Retrieved September 20, 2022.
- ↑ Peps (December 11, 2023). "STARDOM Queendom Build Up, Yuka Sakazaki's Graduation in TJPW | Weekly Joshi Guide". WrestlePurists. Archived from the original on December 12, 2023. Retrieved December 12, 2023.
- ↑ Kreikenbohm, Philip (December 10, 2023). "Marvelous". cagematch.net. Retrieved December 10, 2023.
- ↑ 「禁断の扉は閉める！」長与千種の後継者・彩羽匠が尾崎魔弓との大流血戦を制してAAAWシングル王座奪還！. battle-news.com (in Japanese). August 9, 2024. Retrieved August 17, 2024.
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- ↑ Kreikenbohm, Philip (February 9, 2025). "OZ Academy Angels Of The Abyss". cagematch.net. Retrieved February 9, 2025.
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- ↑ Kreikenbohm, Philip (December 28, 2025). "Marvelous". cagematch.net. Retrieved December 28, 2025.
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