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Open The Twin Gate Championship

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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
# Tag Team
(Individual Reigns) 		Team Reigns Date Location Event Length Defenses Notes
1 DoiYoshi
(Naruki Doi and Masato Yoshino) 		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 DoiYoshi
(Naruki Doi (2) and Masato Yoshino (2)) 		2 September 26, 2008 Osaka Storm Gate 2008 - Day 9 9 Days 0
5 YAMAKong
(YAMATO and Cyber Kong) 		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))
P
 		December 27, 2009 Fukuoka Final Gate (2009) 45 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 Kobe World Pro Wrestling Festival 2011 136 Days 3
— Vacated — November 30, 2011 Tokyo Blood Warriors Self-Produce: 1st.Blood — — 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 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 suffered a knee injury.
— Millenials
(Eita and T-Hawk)
P
 		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
(YAMATO (5) and Naruki Doi (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
(YAMATO (6) and Cyber Kong (3)) 		2 December 28, 2014 Fukuoka Final Gate (2014) 63 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
(YAMATO (7) and Naruki Doi (6)) 		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
(Big R Shimizu (2) and Ben-K) 		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 151 Days 3
— Vacated — December 20, 2018 Tokyo — — — Vacated after Hulk suffered a neck injury.
44 Big Ben
(Big R Shimizu (3) and Ben-K (2)) 		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 betrayed Tribe Vanguard by turning on YAMATO and left the unit.
48 R.E.D
(BxB Hulk (7) and Kazma Sakamoto) 		1 January 15, 2020 Tokyo Open The New Year Gate 2020 200 Days 1 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 when Jason Lee couldn't work due to 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 3
57 Z-Brats
(Shun Skywalker and Diamante) 		1 May 5, 2022 Aichi Dead or Alive (2022) 86 Days 1
58 Kung Fu Masters
(Jason Lee (2) and Jacky "Funky" Kamei) 		1 July 30, 2022 Kobe Kobe Pro-Wrestling Festival (2022) 51 Days 0
59 D'Courage
(Dragon Dia (2) and Madoka Kikuta) 		1 September 19, 2022 Tokyo Dangerous Gate (2022) 74 Days 1
60 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.
61 Big Time
(Kzy and Big Boss Shimizu (5)) 		1 December 4, 2022 Sapporo Fantastic Gate 2022 - Day 3 121 Days 6
62 KONGOH
(Kenoh and Shuji Kondo) 		1 April 4, 2023 Tokyo Byuden Zero vol. 1 59 Days 1
63 M3K
(Susumu Mochizuki (8) and Yasushi Kanda) 		1 June 2, 2023 Tokyo Rainbow Gate 2023 - Day 2 156 Days 3
64 D'Courage
(Dragon Dia (3) and Yuki Yoshioka (2)) 		2 November 5, 2023 Osaka Gate of Destiny (2023) 44 Days 0
— Vacated — December 19, 2023 — — — — Vacated after Yoshioka was sidelined with a detached retina.
65 Alejandro and Kaito Kiyomiya 1 December 24, 2023 Fukuoka Final Gate 2023 133 Days 1 Defeated Gold Class (Kota Minoura and Ben-K) in a decision match to win the vacant titles.
66 Not Hug
(Naruki Doi (8) and Dragon Kid (4)) 		1 May 5, 2024 Nagoya Dead or Alive (2024) 182 Days 2
67 Natural Vibes
(Flamita and Kzy (2)) 		1 November 3, 2024 Osaka The Gate of Destiny 2024 42 Days 0
68 Z-Brats
(Jason Lee (3) and Kota Minoura (2)) 		2 December 15, 2024 Fukuoka Final Gate 156+ 1 Previously held the titles under the Dragon Gate Generation unit.

Combined Reigns[]

By team[]

Rank Team Reigns Defenses Combined days
1 CK-1
(CIMA and Dragon Kid) 		1 9 397
2 Millenials/VerserK/ANTIAS
(Eita and T-Hawk) 		4 4 299
3 YAMADoi
(YAMATO and Naruki Doi) 		2 9 281
4 Jimmyz
(Jimmy Kagetora and Jimmy Susumu) 		3 7 270
5 Maraha Isappa
(Genki Horiguchi and Ryo Saito) 		2 5 268
6 Dragon Gate Generation/Z-Brats
(Jason Lee and Kota Minoura) † 		3 259+
7 YAMAKong
(YAMATO and Cyber Kong) 		6 210
MONSTER EXPRESS
(Akira Tozawa and Shingo Takagi) 		1 5
9 TAKAYama
(Shingo Takagi and YAMATO) 		3 205
10 Big Ben
(Big R Shimizu and Ben-K) 		2 3 203
11 R.E.D
(BxB Hulk and Kazma Sakamoto) 		1 1 200
12 K-neSuka
(K-ness and Susumu Yokosuka) 		4 194
13 Zetsurins
(Don Fujii and Masaaki Mochizuki) 		2 6 187
14 Not Hug
(Naruki Doi and Dragon Kid) 		1 2 182
15 Tribe Vanguard
(YAMATO and BxB Hulk) 		2 3 157
16 M3K
(Susumu Mochizuki and Yasushi Kanda) 		1 156
D'Courage
(Dragon Dia and Yuki Yoshioka) 		2
18 R.E.D
(Big R Shimizu and Eita) 		1 147
19 RyoSuka
(Ryo Saito and Susumu Yokosuka) 		144
20 Spiked Mohicans
(CIMA and Ricochet) 		136
21 Alejandro and Kaito Kiyomiya 1 133
22 Darkside Tension
(Akira Tozawa and BxB Hulk) 		2 2 130
23 Speed Muscle
(Masato Yoshino and Naruki Doi) 		128
24 Big Time
(Kzy and Big Boss Shimizu) 		1 5 121
25 Natural Vibes
(Susumu Yokosuka and King Shimizu) 		3 119
26 R.E.D/Z-Brats
(BxB Hulk and KAI) 		2 116
27 MONSTER EXPRESS
(Big R Shimizu and T-Hawk) 		1 1 105
28 Amigo Tag
(Masato Yoshino and Shachihoko BOY) 		2 104
29 AraIwa
(Kenichiro Arai and Taku Iwasa) 		87
R.E.D
(Kaito Ishida and Kazma Sakamoto) 		0
31 Z-Brats
(Shun Skywalker and Diamante) 		1 86
32 Tribe Vanguard
(YAMATO and KAI) 		0 84
33 D'Courage
(Dragon Dia and Madoka Kikuta) 		1 74
34 Osaka06
(CIMA and Gamma) 		3 0 71
35 WARRIORS-5
(Gamma and Susumu Yokosuka) 		1 1 65
36 MAD BLANKEY
(BxB Hulk and Uhaa Nation) 		64
37 Masaaki Mochizuki and Takashi Yoshida 59
KONGOH
(Shuji Kondo and Kenoh)
39 KAMIKAZE
(Cyber Kong and Shingo Takagi) 		52
40 Kung Fu Masters
(Jason Lee and Jacky "Funky" Kamei) 		0 51
41 Team Doi
(Naruki Doi and Gamma) 		1 48
42 Natural Vibes
(Flamita and Kzy) 		0 42
43 WORLD-1 INTERNATIONAL
(Naruki Doi and Ricochet) 		40
44 DoiYoshi 2.0
(Naruki Doi and Takashi Yoshida) 		29
45 PK-1
(Dragon Kid and PAC) 		28
46 R.E.D
(SB KENTo and H.Y.O) 		18
47 DK-ness
(Dragon Kid and K-ness) 		8
48 MAD BLANKEY
(BxB Hulk and Naoki Tanisaki) 		7

By wrestler[]

Rank Wrestler Reigns Defenses Combined Days
1 Susumu Yokosuka/
Jimmy Susumu/
Susumu Mochizuki 		8 21 948
2 YAMATO 10 21 937
3 Naruki Doi 8 14 708
4 Big R/King/Big Boss Shimizu 6 16 695
5 BxB Hulk 9 10 672
6 Dragon Kid 4 11 615
7 CIMA 5 12 604
8 Shingo Takagi 11 467
9 Eita 4 7 447
10 Ryo Saito 3 8 412
11 Naoki Tanisaki/T-Hawk 6 5 411
12 Cyber Kong/Takashi Yoshida 5 6 350
13 Akira Tozawa 3 7 340
14 Kazma Sakamoto 2 1 287
15 Jason Lee † 3 3 311+
16 Jimmy Kagetora 7 270
17 Genki Horiguchi 2 5 268
18 Masaaki Mochizuki 3 7 246
19 Kota Minoura † 2 3 260+
20 Masato Yoshino 3 4 232
21 Dragon Dia 230
22 K-ness 2 4 204
23 Ben-K 3 203
24 KAI 3 198
25 Don Fujii 2 6 187
26 Gamma 5 2 184
27 Ricochet 2 3 176
28 Kzy 6 163
29 Yuki Yoshioka 3 156
Yasushi Kanda 1
31 Alejandro 1 133
Kaito Kiyomiya
33 Shachihoko BOY 1 2 104
34 Kenichiro Arai 1 87
Taku Iwasa
Kaito Ishida 0
37 Shun Skywalker 1 86
Diamante
39 Madoka Kikuta 74
40 Uhaa Nation 64
41 Kenoh 59
Shuji Kondo
43 Jacky "Funky" Kamei 0 51
44 Flamita 42
45 PAC 28
46 SB KENTo 18
H.Y.O

Gallery[]

V • T • E
Dragon Gate

Wrestlers
KAI • Shun Skywalker • H.Y.O • Diamante • ISHIN
Kzy • Jacky "Funky" Kamei • U-T • Big Boss Shimizu • Strong Machine J • Jason Lee
Jason Lee • Jacky "Funky" Kamei • Ho Ho Lun • Super Shenlong III
Kota Minoura • Minorita • Ben-K • BxB Hulk
Masaaki Mochizuki • Yasushi Kanda • Susumu Mochizuki • Mochizuki Junior
Dragon Dia • Yuki Yoshioka • Madoka Kikuta

Unaffiliated 		Último Dragón • Don Fujii • Dragon Kid • Kagetora • Keni'chiro Arai • Konomama Ichikawa • Shachihoko BOY • Yosuke♥Santa Maria • Punch Tominaga • Mondai Ryu • Shuji Kondo • Naruki Doi • YAMATO • Takashi Yoshida • Eita • Genki Horiguchi • Ryo Saito • Ryu Fuda • Kaito Nagano • Yoshiki Kato

Championships 		Active Open the Dream Gate • Open the Brave Gate • Open the Twin Gate • Open the Triangle Gate
Inactive Open the Freedom Gate • Open the United Gate • Open the Owarai Gate • Open the Owarai Twin Gate • I-J Heavyweight Tag Team Championship • International Junior Heavyweight Championship

Tournaments 		Current King of Gate • Rey De Parejas
Former El Numero Uno • Summer Adventure Tag League • King of Chop • 5 Units Survival Race

Events 		Champion Gate • Memorial Gate • Dead or Alive • Kobe Pro-Wrestling Festival • Dangerous Gate • The Gate of Origin • Gate of Destiny • Final Gate
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