The Open The Twin Gate Championship is the top tag team championship in Dragon Gate. It succeeded the International Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship (or I-J Heavyweight Tag Team Championship for short) that had previously been revived from the defunct Wrestle and Romance (WAR) promotion.
Overview[]
The development of the championship was founded through the prize money Naruki Doi and Masato Yoshino earned for winning the inaugural Summer Adventure Tag League in 2007. Once the belts had been commissioned, Doi and Yoshino faced reigning I-J Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Kenichiro Arai and Taku Iwasa to not only decide the first Twin Gate Champions but to also unify the two tag team championships.
The first set of the title belts were blue in strap color with silver plates barring the flags from Japan, America, and Mexico. Since then, they have been replaced with belts that are black in strap color with gold plates. Eita and T-Hawk became the first team to hold the titles four times, while individually YAMATO is the only wrestler to hold the title ten different times. Over the years, the title belt's physical condition got progressively worse, most notably during the reign of Eita and T-Hawk, which led the Dragon Gate logo in the front plate to be partially removed, which led Dragon Gate repaired it in May 2018. In June 2020, following the promotion's rebranding, the Dragon Gate unveiled a new version of the title, with the new logo of the promotion.
On September 16, 2021, it was announced that the championship would no longer have the unified designation to its name, following the reactivation of the I-J Heavyweight Tag Team Championship by Tenryu Project.
Title History[]
P | Indicates for provisional reigns |
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# | Tag Team (Individual Reigns) |
Team Reigns | Date | Location | Event | Length | Defenses | Notes |
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1 | Speed Muscle (Masato Yoshino and Naruki Doi) |
1 | October 12, 2007 | Tokyo | Gate of Victory 2007 - Day 4 | 119 Days | 2 | Defeated Tozawa-juku (Kenichiro Arai and Taku Iwasa) to unify the I-J Heavyweight Tag Team Championship. |
2 | AraIwa (Kenichiro Arai and Taku Iwasa) |
1 | February 8, 2008 | Tokyo | Truth Gate 2008 | 87 Days | 2 | |
3 | RyoSuka (Ryo Saito and Susumu Yokosuka) |
1 | May 5, 2008 | Nagoya, Aichi | Dead or Alive (2008) | 144 Days | 3 | |
4 | Speed Muscle (Masato Yoshino (2) and Naruki Doi (2)) |
2 | September 26, 2008 | Osaka | Storm Gate 2008 - Day 9 | 14 Days | 0 | |
5 | YAMAKong (Cyber Kong and YAMATO) |
1 | October 5, 2008 | Hakata, Fukuoka | Gate of Victory 2008 - Day 1 | 147 Days | 4 | |
6 | WARRIORS-5 (Gamma and Susumu Yokosuka (2)) |
1 | March 1, 2009 | Osaka | Truth Gate 2009 - Day 10 | 65 Days | 1 | |
7 | Maraha Isappa (Genki Horiguchi and Ryo Saito (2)) |
1 | May 5, 2009 | Aichi | Dead or Alive (2009) | 135 Days | 3 | |
8 | TakaYAMA (Shingo Takagi and YAMATO (2)) |
1 | September 17, 2009 | Tokyo | Storm Gate 2009 - Day 6 | 101 Days | 3 | |
9 | Osaka06 (CIMA and Gamma (2)) |
1 | December 27, 2009 | Fukuoka | Final Gate (2009) | 0 Days | 0 | |
— | Vacated | — | December 27, 2009 | Fukuoka | — | — | — | Osaka06 vacated titles immediately after winning it. |
— | WARRIORS-5/Osaka06 (CIMA and Gamma (2)) |
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December 27, 2009 | Fukuoka | Final Gate (2009) | 56 Days | 0 | Carried the belts until the decision match and declared provisional champions. |
10 | Osaka06 (CIMA (2) and Gamma (3)) |
2 | February 10, 2010 | Tokyo | Truth Gate 2010 - Day 3 | 40 Days | 0 | Osaka06 defeated WORLD-1 (Masato Yoshino and Naruki Doi) in a decision match. |
11 | KAMIKAZE (Cyber Kong (2) and Shingo Takagi (2)) |
1 | March 22, 2010 | Tokyo | Compilation Gate 2010 | 52 Days | 1 | |
12 | K-neSuka K-ness and Susumu Yokosuka (3) |
1 | May 13, 2010 | Tokyo | Agressive Gate 2010 - Day 1 | 194 Days | 4 | |
13 | Team Doi (Gamma (4) and Naruki Doi (3)) |
1 | November 23, 2010 | Osaka | Gate of Destiny (2010) | 48 Days | 1 | |
14 | Zetsurins (Don Fujii and Masaaki Mochizuki) |
1 | January 10, 2011 | Nagoya, Aichi | Primal Gate 2011 - Day 2 | 27 Days | 0 | |
15 | Maraha Isappa (Genki Horiguchi (2) and Ryo Saito (3)) |
2 | February 6, 2011 | Hakata, Fukuoka | Truth Gate 2011 - Day 2 | 133 Days | 2 | |
16 | PK-1 (Dragon Kid and PAC) |
1 | June 19, 2011 | Hakata, Fukuoka | Champion Gate in Hakata 2011 - Day 2 | 28 Days | 0 | |
17 | Spiked Mohicans (CIMA (3) and Ricochet) |
1 | July 17, 2011 | Kobe, Hyogo | Kobe World Pro Wrestling Festival 2011 | 136 Days | 3 | |
— | Vacated | — | November 30, 2011 | Tokyo | — | — | — | Spiked Mohicans vacated titles after third defense to focus on individual achivements. |
18 | Darkside Tension (Akira Tozawa and BxB Hulk) |
1 | December 1, 2011 | Tokyo | Fantastic Gate 2011 - Day 1 | 94 Days | 2 | Blood Warriors defeated Junction Three (KAGETORA and Susumu Yokosuka) in a decision match and during their reign tozawa renamed Blood Warriors to MAD BLANKEY. |
19 | Jimmyz (Jimmy Kagetora and Jimmy Susumu (4)) |
1 | March 4, 2012 | Osaka | Champion Gate in Osaka 2012 - Day 2 | 98 Days | 3 | |
20 | MAD BLANKEY (BxB Hulk (2) and Naoki Tanisaki) |
1 | June 10, 2012 | Sapporo, Hokkaido | Gate of Maximum 2012 - Day 5 | 7 Days | 0 | |
21 | Jimmyz (Jimmy Kagetora (2) and Jimmy Susumu (5)) |
2 | June 17, 2012 | Hakata, Fukuoka | Champion Gate in Hakata 2012 - Day 2 | 35 Days | 0 | Won a three-way elimination match with MAD BLANKEY and WindowsMG (K-ness and Kenichiro Arai). |
22 | TakaYAMA (Shingo Takagi (3) and YAMATO (3)) |
2 | July 22, 2012 | Kobe, Hyogo | Kobe World Pro Wrestling Festival 2012 | 63 Days | 1 | |
23 | Team Veteran Returns (Don Fujii (2) and Masaaki Mochizuki (2)) |
2 | September 23, 2012 | Tokyo | Dangerous Gate 2012 | 160 Days | 6 | |
24 | MAD BLANKEY (BxB Hulk (3) and Uhaa Nation) |
1 | March 2, 2013 | Osaka | Champion Gate 2013 - Day 1 | 64 Days | 1 | |
25 | TAKAYama (Shingo Takagi (4) and YAMATO (4)) |
3 | May 5, 2013 | Aichi | Dead or Alive 2013 | 41 Days | 1 | |
26 | Darkside Tension (Akira Tozawa (2) and BxB Hulk (4)) |
2 | June 15, 2013 | Fukuoka | Champion Gate In Hakata 2013 | 36 Days | 0 | |
27 | WORLD-1 INTERNATIONAL (Naruki Doi (4) and Ricochet (2)) |
1 | July 21, 2013 | Kobe, Hyogo | Kobe World Pro Wrestling Festival 2013 | 40 Days | 0 | |
28 | DK-ness (Dragon Kid (2) and K-ness (2)) |
1 | August 30, 2013 | Kobe, Hyogo | Gate of Generation 2013 - Day 13 | 8 Days | 0 | |
— | Vacated | — | September 7, 2013 | Osaka | — | — | — | We Are Team Veteran or DK-ness vacated the titles along with Open The Triangle Gate Championship due to Dragon Kid injury. |
— | Millenials (Eita and T-Hawk) |
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September 28, 2013 | Kobe | Summer Adventure Tag League 2013 | 36 Days | 0 | Defeated MAD BLANKEY (BxB Hulk and YAMATO) in the finals of the 2013 Summer Adventure Tag League to become provisional champions. |
29 | Millenials (Eita and T-Hawk (2)) |
1 | November 3, 2013 | Osaka | Gate of Destiny (2013) | 35 Days | 0 | Defeated We Are Team Veteran or DK-ness in proper decision match to become officials champions. |
30 | YAMADoi (Naruki Doi (5) and YAMATO (5)) |
1 | December 8, 2013 | Hokkaido | Fantastic Gate 2013 - Day 2 | 14 Days | 0 | |
31 | MONSTER EXPRESS (Akira Tozawa (3) and Shingo Takagi (5)) |
1 | December 22, 2013 | Fukuoka | Final Gate (2013) | 210 Days | 5 | |
32 | Millenials (Eita (2) and T-Hawk (3)) |
2 | July 20, 2014 | Kobe, Hyogo | Kobe World Pro Wrestling Festival 2014 | 105 Days | 2 | |
33 | Osaka06 (CIMA (4) and Gamma (5)) |
3 | November 2, 2014 | Osaka | Gate of Destiny (2014) | 31 Days | 0 | |
34 | Millenials (Eita (3) and T-Hawk (4)) |
3 | December 3, 2014 | Tokyo | Fantastic Gate 2014 - Day 1 | 25 Days | 0 | |
35 | YAMAKong (Cyber Kong (3) and YAMATO (6)) |
2 | December 28, 2014 | Fukuoka | Final Gate (2014) | 14 Days | 0 | |
36 | Amigo Tag (Masato Yoshino (3) and Shachihoko BOY) |
1 | March 1, 2015 | Osaka | Champion Gate in Osaka 2015 - Day 2 | 104 Days | 2 | |
37 | YAMADoi (Naruki Doi (6) and YAMATO (7)) |
2 | June 13, 2015 | Fukuoka | Champion Gate 2015 in Hakata - Day 1 | 267 Days | 9 | MAD BLANKEY disbanded and their reign continued under the VerserK unit. |
38 | MONSTER EXPRESS (Big R Shimizu and T-Hawk (5)) |
1 | March 6, 2016 | Osaka | Champion Gate in Osaka 2016 - Day 2 | 105 Days | 1 | |
39 | Jimmyz (Jimmy Kagetora (3) and Jimmy Susumu (6)) |
3 | June 19, 2016 | Kyoto | Gate of Maximum 2016 - Day 2 | 137 Days | 4 | |
40 | CK-1 (CIMA (5) and Dragon Kid (3)) |
1 | November 3, 2016 | Osaka | Gate of Destiny 2016 | 397 Days | 9 | |
— | Vacated | — | December 5, 2017 | Tokyo | — | — | — | CIMA was forced to relinquish the titles after he lost a Six-Man Tag Team match, where as per the stipulation, he had to relinquish the titles since Dragon Kid was injured. |
41 | VerserK/ANTIAS (Eita (4) and T-Hawk (6)) |
4 | December 23, 2017 | Fukuoka | Final Gate 2017 | 134 Days | 2 | Defeated CIMASuka (CIMA and Susumu Yokosuka) to win the vacant titles. Previously held the titles under Millenials unit. VerserK renamed to ANTIAS and their reign continued under the ANTIAS unit. |
42 | Big Ben (Ben-K and Big R Shimizu (2)) |
1 | May 6, 2018 | Aichi | Dead or Alive 2018 | 77 Days | 1 | |
43 | Tribe Vanguard (YAMATO (8) and BxB Hulk (5)) |
1 | July 22, 2018 | Kobe | Kobe Pro Wrestling Festival 2018 | 150 Days | 4 | |
— | Vacated | — | December 19, 2018 | — | — | — | — | Vacated after Hulk suffered a neck injury. |
44 | Big Ben (Ben-K (2) and Big R Shimizu (3)) |
2 | December 23, 2018 | Fukuoka | Final Gate 2018 | 126 Days | 2 | |
45 | Tribe Vanguard (YAMATO (9) and KAI) |
1 | April 28, 2019 | Fukuoka | The Gate of Passion - Day 12 | 84 Days | 0 | |
46 | R.E.D (Eita (5) and Big R Shimizu (4)) |
1 | July 21, 2019 | Kobe | Kobe Pro-Wrestling Festival (2019) | 147 Days | 3 | |
47 | Tribe Vanguard (YAMATO (10) and BxB Hulk (6)) |
2 | December 15, 2019 | Fukuoka | Final Gate 2019 | 6 Days |
0 | |
— | Vacated | — | December 21, 2019 | Kyoto | — | — | — | Titles were declared vacant when Hulk turned on YAMATO. |
48 | R.E.D (BxB Hulk (7) and Kazma Sakamoto) |
1 | January 15, 2020 | Tokyo | Open The New Year Gate 2020 | 200 Days | 0 | Defeated Dragon Gate (YAMATO and Ben-K) in a tournament final to win the titles. |
49 | Dragon Gate Generation (Jason Lee and Kota Minoura) |
1 | August 2, 2020 | Wakayama | Memorial Gate in Wakayama (2020) | 104 Days | 2 | |
— | Vacated | — | November 14, 2020 | — | — | — | — | Vacated after Lee registering a high fever. |
50 | R.E.D (BxB Hulk (8) and KAI (2)) |
1 | November 15, 2020 | Kobe | Kobe Pro-Wrestling Festival (2020) | 112 Days | 3 | Defeated Dragon Gate (YAMATO and Kota Minoura) in a decision match to win the vacated titles. |
51 | Masaaki Mochizuki (3) and Takashi Yoshida (4) | 1 | March 7, 2021 | Osaka | Champion Gate in Osaka (2021) | 59 Days | 1 | |
52 | R.E.D (Kaito Ishida and Kazma Sakamoto (2)) |
1 | May 5, 2021 | Aichi | Dead or Alive (2021) | 87 Days | 0 | |
53 | Natural Vibes (Susumu Yokosuka (7) and King Shimizu (4)) |
1 | July 31, 2021 | Kobe | Kobe Pro-Wrestling Festival 2021 | 119 Days | 3 | |
54 | DoiYoshi 2.0 (Naruki Doi (7) and Takashi Yoshida (5)) |
1 | November 27, 2021 | Sendai | The Gate of Origin 2021 | 29 Days | 0 | |
55 | R.E.D (SB KENTo and H.Y.O) |
1 | December 26, 2021 | Fukuoka | Final Gate 2021 | 18 Days | 0 | |
56 | D'Courage (Dragon Dia and Yuki Yoshioka) |
1 | January 13, 2022 | Tokyo | Open The New Year Gate 2022 - Day 2 | 112 Days | 4 | |
56 | Z-Brats (Shun Skywalker and Diamante) |
1 | May 5, 2022 | Aichi | Dead or Alive (2022) | 86 Days | 1 | |
57 | Kung Fu Masters (Jason Lee (2) and Jacky "Funky" Kamei) |
1 | July 30, 2022 | Kobe | Kobe Pro-Wrestling Festival (2022) | 51 Days | 0 | |
58 | D'Courage (Dragon Dia (2) and Madoka Kikuta) |
1 | September 19, 2022 | Tokyo | Dangerous Gate (2022) | 74 Days | 1 | |
59 | Z-Brats (BxB Hulk (9) and KAI (3)) |
2 | December 2, 2022 | Sapporo | Fantastic Gate 2022 - Day 1 | 2 Days | 0 | Previously held under the R.E.D unit. |
60 | Big Time (Kzy and Big Boss Shimizu (5)) |
1 | December 4, 2022 | Sapporo | Fantastic Gate 2022 - Day 3 | 121 Days | 5 | |
61 | KONGOH (Kenoh and Shuji Kondo) |
1 | April 4, 2023 | Tokyo | Byuden Zero vol. 1 | 59 Days | 0 | |
62 | M3K (Susumu Mochizuki (8) and Yasushi Kanda) |
1 | June 2, 2023 | Tokyo | Rainbow Gate 2023 - Day 2 | 156 Days | 3 | |
63 | D'Courage (Dragon Dia (3) and Yuki Yoshioka (2)) |
2 | November 5, 2023 | Osaka | Gate of Destiny (2023) | 44 Days | 0 | |
— | Vacated | — | December 20, 2023 | — | — | — | — | Vacated after Yoshioka was sidelined with a detached retina. |
64 | Kaito Kiyomiya and Alejandro | 1 | December 24, 2023 | Fukuoka | Final Gate 2023 | 86+ | 1 | Defeated Gold Class (Kota Minoura and Ben-K) in a decision match to win the vacant titles. |
List of combined reigns[]
By team[]
Rank | Team | Reigns | Defenses | Combined days |
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1 | CK-1 (CIMA and Dragon Kid) |
1 | 9 | 397 |
2 | Millenials/VerserK/ANTIAS (Eita and T-Hawk) |
4 | 4 | 300 |
3 | YAMADoi (Naruki Doi and YAMATO) |
2 | 9 | 287 |
4 | Maraha Isappa (Genki Horiguchi and Ryo Saito) |
5 | 278 | |
5 | Jimmyz (Jimmy Kagetora and Jimmy Susumu) |
3 | 7 | 270 |
6 | MONSTER EXPRESS (Akira Tozawa and Shingo Takagi) |
1 | 5 | 210 |
YAMAKong (Cyber Kong and YAMATO) |
2 | 4 | ||
7 | TAKAYama (Shingo Takagi and YAMATO) |
3 | 5 | 205 |
8 | Big Ben (Ben-K and Big R Shimizu) |
2 | 3 | 203 |
9 | R.E.D (BxB Hulk and Kazma Sakamoto) |
1 | 0 | 200 |
10 | K-neSuka (K-ness and Susumu Yokosuka) |
4 | 194 | |
11 | Zetsurins (Don Fujii and Masaaki Mochizuki) |
2 | 6 | 187 |
12 | Tribe Vanguard (YAMATO and BxB Hulk) |
4 | 156 | |
M3K (Susumu Mochizuki and Yasushi Kanda) |
1 | 3 | ||
D'Courage (Dragon Dia and Yuki Yoshioka) |
2 | 4 | ||
13 | R.E.D (Big R Shimizu and Eita) |
1 | 3 | 147 |
14 | RyoSuka (Ryo Saito and Susumu Yokosuka) |
144 | ||
15 | Spiked Mohicans (CIMA and Ricochet) |
136 | ||
16 | Darkside Tension (Akira Tozawa and BxB Hulk) |
2 | 2 | 130 |
17 | Speed Muscle (Masato Yoshino and Naruki Doi) |
128 | ||
18 | Big Time (Kzy and Big Boss Shimizu) |
1 | 5 | 121 |
19 | Natural Vibes (Susumu Yokosuka and King Shimizu) |
3 | 119 | |
20 | R.E.D/Z-Brats (BxB Hulk and KAI) |
2 | 3 | 116 |
21 | MONSTER EXPRESS (Big R Shimizu and T-Hawk) |
1 | 1 | 105 |
22 | Amigo Tag (Masato Yoshino and Shachihoko BOY) |
2 | 104 | |
23 | Dragon Gate Generation (Jason Lee and Kota Minoura) |
104 | ||
24 | AraIwa (Kenichiro Arai and Taku Iwasa) |
87 | ||
R.E.D (Kaito Ishida and Kazma Sakamoto) |
0 | |||
25 | Z-Brats (Shun Skywalker and Diamante) |
1 | 86 | |
26 | Tribe Vanguard (YAMATO and KAI) |
0 | 84 | |
27 | D'Courage (Dragon Dia and Madoka Kikuta) |
1 | 74 | |
28 | Osaka06 (CIMA and Gamma) |
3 | 0 | 72 |
29 | WARRIORS-5 (Gamma and Susumu Yokosuka) |
1 | 1 | 65 |
30 | MAD BLANKEY (BxB Hulk and Uhaa Nation) |
64 | ||
31 | Masaaki Mochizuki and Takashi Yoshida | 59 | ||
KONGOH (Kenoh and Shuji Kondo) | ||||
32 | KAMIKAZE (Cyber Kong and Shingo Takagi) |
52 | ||
33 | Kung Fu Masters (Jason Lee and Jacky "Funky" Kamei) |
0 | 51 | |
34 | Team Doi (Gamma and Naruki Doi) |
1 | 48 | |
35 | Kaito Kiyomiya and Alejandro † | 86+ | ||
36 | WORLD-1 INTERNATIONAL (Naruki Doi and Ricochet) |
0 | 40 | |
37 | DoiYoshi 2.0 (Naruki Doi and Takashi Yoshida) |
0 | 29 | |
38 | PK-1 (Dragon Kid and PAC) |
28 | ||
39 | R.E.D (SB KENTo and H.Y.O) |
18 | ||
40 | DK-ness (Dragon Kid and K-ness) |
8 | ||
41 | MAD BLANKEY (BxB Hulk and Naoki Tanisaki) |
7 |