The KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship is the top trios championship in DDT Pro-Wrestling. As the name of the title suggests, it is meant for tag teams of three wrestlers. DDT had previously promoted matches for the Jiyugaoka Six-Person Tag Team Championship, the Nihonkai Six-Man Tag Team Championship and the UWA World Trios Championship, but although all three titles were last held by DDT wrestlers, none of them have been seen in the promotion since the end of 2010. The title has also been defended in All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) as part of a relationship between DDT and AJPW.
Overview[]
Championship Tournament[]
The title was first announced during DDT's year-end event on December 23, 2012, becoming the promotion's fifth active title, later the inaugural KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champions were determined on January 12, 2013, in a four-team single-elimination tournament, which saw Team Dream Futures (Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie and Soma Takao) defeating Team Castle (Akito, Makoto Oishi and Sanshiro Takagi) in the finals to win the title.
- Tournament bracket
| Semifinals | Final | ||||||||
| Team Castle (Akito, Makoto Oishi and Sanshiro Takagi) | Pin | ||||||||
| Urashimakudo (HARASHIMA, Yasu Urano and Hiro Tsumaki) | 12:08 | ||||||||
| Team Castle (Akito, Makoto Oishi and Sanshiro Takagi) | Pin | ||||||||
| Team Dream Futures (Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie and Soma Takao | 16:56 | ||||||||
| Team Dream Futures (Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie and Soma Takao) | Pin | ||||||||
| Union (Isami Kodaka, Ken Ohka and Seiya Morohashi) | 9:56 | ||||||||
Title History[]
| # | Wrestler | Reign | Date | Location | Length | Defenses | Event | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Team Dream Futures (Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie and Soma Takao) |
1 | January 12, 2013 | Osaka | 15 Days | 0 | DDT Osaka 24 Zone Tour: Nishi-ku | Defeated Team Castle (Akito, Makoto Oishi and Sanshiro Takagi) in the finals of a four-team tournament to become the inaugural champions. |
| 2 | Monster Army (Antonio Honda, Daisuke Sasaki and Yuji Hino) |
1 | January 27, 2013 | Tokyo | 119 Days | 2 | Sweet Dreams! 2013 | |
| 3 | Golden☆Rendezvous～ (Gota Ihashi, Kenny Omega and Kota Ibushi) |
1 | May 26, 2013 | Hiroshima | 28 Days | 0 | Road to Ryogoku 2days in Hiroshima: Dramatic Dream Toukasan | |
| 4 | Monster Army (Antonio Honda (2), Hoshitango and Yuji Hino (2)) |
1 | June 23, 2013 | Tokyo | 28 Days | 0 | What Are You Doing 2013 | |
| 5 | Danshoku Dino, Kensuke Sasaki and Makoto Oishi | 1 | July 21, 2013 | Tokyo | 28 Days | 0 | Road to Ryogoku 2days 2013 | |
| 6 | Akebono, Sanshiro Takagi and Toru Owashi | 1 | August 18, 2013 | Tokyo | 127 Days | 2 | Ryōgoku Peter Pan 2013: Puroresu no Keikototaisaku | |
| 7 | Team Homo Sapiens (Aja Kong, Danshoku Dino(2) and Makoto Oishi (2)) |
1 | December 23, 2013 | Tokyo | 62 Days | 1 | Never Mind 2013 | |
| 8 | Team Dream Futures (Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie and Soma Takao) |
2 | February 23, 2014 | Tokyo | 48 Days | 1 | Into the Fight 2014 | |
| 9 | Kenibushi Sasaki (Daisuke Sasaki (2), Kenny Omega (2) and Kota Ibushi (2)) |
1 | April 12, 2014 | Kasukabe | 22 Days | 1 | Saitama Super Arena e no Michi 2 | |
| 10 | Shuten-dōji (Kudo, Masa Takanashi and Yukio Sakaguchi) |
1 | May 4, 2014 | Sendai | 70 Days | 1 | Road to Ryogoku in Sendai: Dramatic Dream Tan | |
| 11 | Happy Motel (Antonio Honda (3), Konosuke Takeshita and Tetsuya Endo) |
1 | July 13, 2014 | Osaka | 7
Days |
0 | Road to Ryogoku in Osaka: Dramatic Dream Tsutenkaku | |
| 12 | Shuten-dōji (Kudo, Masa Takanashi and Yukio Sakaguchi) |
2 | July 20, 2014 | Tokyo | 28 Days | 0 | Road to Ryogoku 2014 | This was a three-way match, also involving Team Dream Futures (Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie and Soma Takao). |
| 13 | Team Dream Futures (Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie and Soma Takao) |
3 | August 17, 2014 | Tokyo | 42 Days | 2 | Ryogoku Peter Pan 2014: Jinsei Kae Chau Natsu Kamo Ne! | |
| 14 | T2Hii (Kazuki Hirata, Sanshiro Takagi (2) and Toru Owashi (2)) |
1 | September 28, 2014 | Tokyo | 63 Days | 1 | DDT Dramatic Sousenkyo 2014 | |
| 15 | Genpatsu Daio (Brahman Kei, Brahman Shu and Gorgeous Matsuno) |
1 | November 30, 2014 | Tokyo | 77
Days |
2 | God Bless DDT 2014 | |
| 16 | Shuten-dōji (Kudo, Masa Takanashi and Yukio Sakaguchi) |
3 | February 15, 2015 | Saitama | 14 Days | 0 | Saitama Super DDT 2015 | |
| 17 | Team Dream Futures (Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie and Soma Takao) |
4 | March 1, 2015 | Osaka | 20 Days | 0 | DDT Osaka 24 Ward Tour: Minato-ku | |
| 18 | Shuten-dōji (Kudo, Masa Takanashi and Yukio Sakaguchi) |
4 | March 21, 2015 | Kasukabe | 21 Days | 0 | Saitama Slam Special! 2015 | |
| 19 | Team Dream Futures (Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie and Soma Takao) |
5 | April 11, 2015 | Kitakyushu | 169 Days | 5 | Road to Ryogoku 2015 in Kokura | |
| 20 | #OhkaTeikoku (Danshoku Dino (3), Ken Ohka and Super Sasadango Machine) |
1 | September 27, 2015 | Tokyo | 56 Days | 1 | Who's Gonna Top? | |
| 21 | T2Hii (Kazuki Hirata (2), Sanshiro Takagi (3) and Toru Owashi (3)) |
2 | November 22, 2015 | Hiroshima | 42 Days | 1 | Sanbon no Yume 2015 | |
| 22 | #OhkaTeikoku (Danshoku Dino (4), KENSO and Super Sasadango Machine (2)) |
1 | January 3, 2016 | Tokyo | 35 Days | 0 | Shinshun Otoshidama Special! | |
| 23 | T2Hii (Kazuki Hirata, Sanshiro Takagi (4) and Toru Owashi (4)) |
3 | February 7, 2016 | Kawaguchi | 21
Days |
0 | Saitama Slam! Vol. 8 | This was an elimination match. |
| 24 | Higuchi-gumi (Kazusada Higuchi, Kouki Iwasaki and Shunma Katsumata) |
1 | February 28, 2016 | Tokyo | 77
Days |
2 | Into the Fight 2016 | |
| 25 | Team Dream Futures (Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie and Soma Takao) |
6 | May 15, 2016 | Nagoya | 14 Days | 1 | Yūjō, Doryoku, Shōri in Nagoya 2016 | |
| — | Vacated | — | May 29, 2016 | Tokyo | — | — | Audience 2016 | Team Dream Futures vacated the titles due to splitting up as a team. |
| 26 | Damnation (Daisuke Sasaki (3), Mad Paulie and Tetsuya Endo (2)) |
1 | August 6, 2016 | Kasukabe | 127 Days | 1 | Saitama Slam! Vol. 13 | Damnation defeated Shuten-dōji (Kota Umeda, Masahiro Takanashi and Yukio Sakaguchi) in the finals of a tournament to win the vacant titles. |
| 27 | Shuten-dōji (Kudo, Masahiro Takanashi and Yukio Sakaguchi) |
5 | December 11, 2016 | Fukuoka | 42
Days |
2 | Road to Super Arena | |
| 28 | Kazusada Higuchi (2), Kouki Iwasaki (2) and Mizuki Watase | 1 | January 22, 2017 | Tokyo | 57 Days | 1 | Best Western Lariat Series 2017 | This was a three-way match, also involving Happy Motel (Antonio Honda, Konosuke Takeshita and Trans-Arm★Hiroshi). |
| 29 | NωA (Makoto Oishi (3), MAO and Shunma Katsumata (2)) |
1 | March 20, 2017 | Saitama | 97 Days | 3 | Judgement 2017 | |
| 30 | Shuten-dōji (Kudo, Masahiro Takanashi and Yukio Sakaguchi) |
6 | June 25, 2017 | Tokyo | 107 Days | 3 | King of DDT 2017 Final Round | |
| — | Vacated | — | October 10, 2017 | — | — | — | — | Vacated due to Kudo suffering an concusion. |
| 31 | All Out (Konosuke Takeshita (2), Akito and Diego) |
1 | November 2, 2017 | Tokyo | 38 Days | 1 | Shinkiba Yo! Watashi wa Kaettekita | All Out defeated Damnation (Daisuke Sasaki, Mad Paulie and Shuji Ishikawa) in a decision match to win the vacant title. |
| 32 | Shuten-dōji (Kudo, Masahiro Takanashi and Yukio Sakaguchi) |
7 | December 10, 2017 | Fukuoka | 105 Days | 2 | Wrestling Tonkotsu 2017 | |
| 32 | Kota Umeda, Yuki Ueno and Koju Takeda | 1 | March 25, 2018 | Tokyo | 91 Days | 1 | Judgement (2018) | |
| 33 | All Out (Konosuke Takeshita (2), Akito (2) and Shunma Katsumata (3)) |
1 | June 24, 2018 | Tokyo | 39 Days | 1 | What are you doing (2018) | |
| — | Vacated | — | August 1, 2018 | — | — | — | — | ALL OUT voluntarily vacated the titles due to Takeshita being sidelined with a shoulder injury. |
| 34 | Damnation (Soma Takao (7), Tetsuya Endo (3) and Mad Paulie (2)) |
1 | September 4, 2018 | Tokyo | 54 Days | 1 | DDT LIVE! MAJI MANJI 16 | Damnation defeated Shuten-doji (Kudo, Masahiro Takanashi and Yukio Sakaguchi) in a decision match to win the vacant title. |
| 35 | Strong Hearts (CIMA, Duan Yingnan and T-Hawk) |
1 | October 28, 2018 | Tokyo | 67 Days | 1 | DDT LIVE! MAJI MANJI KORAKUEN HALL SPECIAL!! | |
| 35 | All Out (Konosuke Takeshita (3), Akito (2) and Yuki Iino) |
1 | January 3, 2019 | Tokyo | 78 Days | 2 | DDT LIVE! MAJI MANJI CHO ~ NEW YEAR LOTTERY SPECAIL! ALL SEATS 2000 YEN BOX OFFICE!! 2019 | |
| 36 | Meiko Satomura, Chihiro Hashimoto and DASH Chisako | 1 | March 21, 2019 | Tokyo | 95 Days | 0 | Into the Fight (2019) | |
| 35 | All Out (Konosuke Takeshita (5), Shunma Katsumata (4) and Yuki Iino (2)) |
1 | June 24, 2019 | Tokyo | 272 Days | 1 | DDT & Sendai Girls “ALL OUT X SENDAI GIRL’S Pro-Wrestling” | |
| 36 | DAMNHEARTS (T-Hawk, El Lindaman and Tetsuya Endo (4)) |
1 | March 22, 2020 | Kanazawa | 90 Days | 2 | Dramatic Hyakumangoku! 2020 | |
| 37 | Eruption (Kazusada Higuchi (3), Yukio Sakaguchi (8) and Saki Akai) |
1 | June 20, 2020 | Tokyo | 147 Days | 2 | DDT Dramatic Dream Tsurumi Vol. 1 | |
| 38 | Akito (3), Kazuki Hirata (3) and Shota | 1 | November 14, 2020 | Tokyo | 120 Days | 3 | DDT "DDT TV Show!" | |
| 39 | Damnation (Yuji Hino (3), Soma Takao (9) and Tetsuya Endo (5)) |
1 | March 14, 2021 | Tokyo | 174 Days | 3 | DDT Day Dream Believer 2021 | |
| — | Vacated | — | September 4, 2021 | — | — | — | — | Titles were declared vacant when Damnation were forced to disband after losing Dramatic Survivor tournament to 37KAMIINA. |
| 40 | Pheromones (Danshoku Dino (4), Yuki Iino (3) and Yumehito Imanari) |
1 | November 3, 2021 | Tokyo | 158 Days | 2 | DDT D-Oh Grand Prix 2021 in Ota-ku | Pheromones defeated Sanshiro Takagi, Shinya Aoki and Yusuke Okada in a decision match to win the vacant title. |
| 41 | Damnation T.A (Daisuke Sasaki (4), Minoru Fujita and MJ Paul (3)) |
1 | April 10, 2022 | Tokyo | 11 Days | 0 | April Fool 2022 | |
| — | Vacated | — | April 21, 2022 | — | — | — | — | Titles were declared vacant when Fujita suffered an orbital floor fracture. |
| 45 | Damnation T.A (Daisuke Sasaki (5), KANON and MJ Paul (4)) |
1 | June 1, 2022 | Tokyo | 139 Days | 2 | Audience 2022 | Damanation T.A defeated Hideki Okatani, Kazusada Higuchi and Yukio Sakaguchi in a decision match to win the vacant title. |
| 46 | Omega (Makoto 0ishi (4), Shiori Asahi and Yuji Hino (4)) |
1 | October 8, 2022 | Tokyo | 35 Days | 0 | Get Alive 2022 | |
| 47 | Naruki Doi, Toru Owashi (5) and Kazuki Hirata (5) | 1 | November 12, 2022 | Osaka | 47 Days | 0 | D-Oh Grand Prix 2022 in Osaka | |
| 48 | Burning (Tetsuya Endo (6), Kotaro Suzuki and Yusuke Okada) |
1 | December 29, 2022 | Tokyo | 710+ | 1 | Never Mind 2022 | |
| 49 | Yuya Aoki, Super Sasadango Machine (3) and Yuki Ueno (2) | 1 | Feburary 26, 2023 | Tokyo | 77 Days | 1 | Into the Fight 2023 | |
| 50 | Harimao ((Kazusada Higuchi (4), Ryota Nakatsu and Yuki Ishida)) |
1 | May 14, 2023 | Chiba | 70 Days | 0 | DDT x Only We Yuji Hino 20th Anniversary Event | |
| 51 | Eruption (Hideki Otani (3), Yukio Sakaguchi (9) and Saki Akai (2)) |
1 | July 23, 2023 | Tokyo | 112 Days | 5 | Wrestle Peter Pan 2023 | |
| — | Vacated | — | Novmeber 12, 2023 | — | 4 Days | — | — | Vacated after Saki Akai's retirement. |
| 52 | Danshoku Dino (6), Jun Akiyama and Makoto Oishi (5) | 1 | November 16, 2023 | Tokyo | 388+ | 0 | DDT Get Alive 2023 Tour In Shinjuku | Defeated The 37KAMIINA (MAO, Toy Kojima and Yuki Ueno) in a tournament final to win the vacant title. |
Gallery[]
Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie and Soma Takao
Antonio Honda, Daisuke Sasaki and Yuji Hino
Gota Ihashi, Kenny Omega and Kota Ibushi
Antonio Honda, Yuji Hino and Hoshitango
Danshoku Dino, Kensuke Sasaki and Makoto Oishi
Akebono, Sanshiro Takagi and Toru Owashi
Aja Kong, Danshoku Dino and Makoto Oishi
Kota Ibushi, Daisuke Sasaki and Kenny Omega
Yukio Sakaguchi, Masa/Masahiro Takanashi and Kudo
Antonio Honda, Konosuke Takeshita and Tetsuya Endo
Kazuki Hirata, Sanshiro Takagi and Toru Owashi
Brahman Kei, Brahman Shu and Gorgeous Matsuno
Danshoku Dino, Ken Ohka and Super Sasadango Machine
KENSO, Danshoku Dino and Super Sasadango Machine
Kazusada Higuchi, Kouki Iwasaki and Shunma Katsumata
Daisuke Sasaki, Mad Paulie and Tetsuya Endo
Kazusada Higuchi, Kouki Iwasaki and Mizuki Watase
Makoto Oishi, MAO and Shunma Katsumata
Akito, Diego and Konosuke Takeshita
Koju Takeda, Kota Umeda and Yuki Ueno
Konosuke Takeshita, Shunma Katsumata and Akito
CIMA, Duan Yingnan and T-Hawk
Konosuke Takeshita, Yuki Iino and Akito
Meiko Satomura, Chihiro Hashimoto and DASH Chisako
Konosuke Takeshita, Yuki Iino and Shunma Katsumata
T-Hawk, El Lindaman and Tetsuya Endo
Kazusada Higuchi, Yukio Sakaguchi and Saki Akai
Akito, Kazuki Hirata and Shota
Soma Takao, Yuji Hino and Tetsuya Endo
Danshoku Dino, Yuki Iino and Yumehito Imanari
Daisuke Sasaki, Minoru Fujita and MJ Paul
Daisuke Sasaki, KANON and MJ Paul
Shiori Asahi, Yuji Hino and Makoto Oishi
Naruki Doi, Toru Owashi and Kazuki Hirata
Tetsuya Endo, Kotaro Suzuki and Yusuke Okada