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The Ultimate Tag League (究極のタグリーグ, Kyūkyoku no tagurīgu) is an annual professional wrestling round-robin tag team tournament held by DDT Pro-Wrestling. Originally known as the DDT Tag League and later the KO-D Tag League, as a spin-off of the singles tournament, the King of DDT, the tournament was created in 2000 as the DDT Tag League.

The winners of the tournament, assuming they do not already hold the belts, they usually become #1 contendership to the KO-D Tag Team Championship. The tournament was held under a points system, with 2 points for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss, with the top two scoring teams from two or three or four blocks of four or five advancing to the semifinals, and the winners of those matches battling in the final.

List of winners[]

Tournament Year Winner Total won
DDT Tag League 2000 Koichiro Kimura and Tomohiko Hashimoto 1
KO-D Tag League 2001 MIKAMI and Super Uchuu Power
2002 MIKAMI (2) and Tanomusaku Toba
2003 Seiya Morohashi and Tomohiko Hashimoto 
2004 Hero! and Kudo
DDT Tag League 2005 Daichi Kakimoto and Kota Ibushi
KO-D Tag League 2008 MIKAMI (3) and Tanomusaku Toba (2) 2
Ultimate Tag League 2021 Konosuke Takeshita and Shunma Katsumata 1
Ultimate Tag League 2022 HARASHIMA and Naomi Yoshimura 1

Results[]

2000[]

The 2000 DDT Tag League featured three teams in each block, and was held from August 24 to September 14.

Final standings
Block A Block B
Sanshiro Takagi and Exciting Yoshida 6 Koichiro Kimura and Tomohiko Hashimoto  3
Takashi Sasaki and Yuki Nishino 3 MIKAMI and Tanomusaku Toba 3
Poison Sawada Black and Kurokage 0 Showa and Neo Winger 2
Block A Black
Kurokage
Nishino
Sasaki
Takagi
Yoshida
Black
Kurokage
X Takagi
Yoshida (14:47)
Takagi
Yoshida (10:44)
Nishino
Sasaki
Takagi
Yoshida (14:47)
X Nishino
Sasaki (11:22)
Takagi
Yoshida
Takagi
Yoshida (10:44)
Nishino
Sasaki (11:22)
X
Block B MIKAMI
Toba
Showa
Winger
Kimura
Hashimoto
MIKAMI
Toba
X Winger
Showa (11:18)
MIKAMI
Toba (12:43)
Showa
Winger
Winger
Showa (11:18)
X Kimura
Hashmoto (12:02)
Kimura
Hashimoto
MIKAMI
Toba (12:43)
Kimura
Hashmoto (12:02)
X
Block B decision Final
A1 Sanshiro Takagi and Exciting Yoshida 15:05
B1 Koichiro Kimura and Tomohiko Hashimoto Pin B1 Koichiro Kimura and Tomohiko Hashimoto Sub
B2 MIKAMI and Tanomusaku Toba 8:18
Third place
A2 Takashi Sasaki and Yuki Nishino Pin
B2 MIKAMI and Tanomusaku Toba 11:09

2001[]

The 2001 KO-D Tag League was held from August 25 to September 30.

Results
Sanshiro Takagi and Fake Sanshiro Takagi 16
Super Uchu Power and MIKAMI 12
Poison Sawada Julie and Hebikage 11
Takashi Sasaki and Tanomusaku Toba 10
Asian Cougar and Asian Condor 9
Tomohiko Hashimoto and Retsu Maekawa 8
Tomohiro Ishii and Issei Fujisawa 6
Showa and Showa 80's 5
Results Cougar
Condor
Fake
Sanshiro
Power
MIKAMI
Julie
Hebikage
Showa
80's
Ishii
Fujisawa
Hashimoto
Maekawa
Sasaki
Toba
Cougar
Condor
X Fake
Sanshiro
(11:53)
Power
MIKAMI
(13:14)
Julie
Hebikage
(16:54)
Showa
80's
(14:05)
Cougar
Condor
(10:27)
Hashimoto
Maekawa
(11:33) 
Cougar
Condor
(14:25)
Fake
Sanshiro
Fake
Sanshiro
(11:53)
X Power
MIKAMI
(15:13)
Fake
Sanshiro
(14:39)
DCO
(15:06)
Ishii
Fujisawa
(16:26)
Fake
Sanshiro
(19:02)
Fake
Sanshiro
(2:02)
Power
MIKAMI
Power
MIKAMI
(13:14)
Power
MIKAMI
(15:13)
X Power
MIKAMI
(15:18)
Power
MIKAMI
(13:11)
Power
MIKAMI
(0:36)
Hashimoto
Maekawa
(14:59)
Sasaki
Toba
(13:02)
Julie
Hebikage
Julie
Hebikage
(16:54)
Fake
Sanshiro
(14:39)
Power
MIKAMI
(15:18)
X Julie
Hebikage
(9:04)
Ishii
Fujisawa
(12:51)
Julie
Hebikage
(16:51)
Sasaki
Toba
(7:48)
Showa
80's
Showa
80's
(14:05)
DCO
(15:06)
Power
MIKAMI
(13:11)
Julie
Hebikage
(9:04)
X DCO
(11:48)
DCO
(9:57)
Sasaki
Toba
(13:43)
Ishii
Fujisawa
Cougar
Condor
(10:27)
Ishii
Fujisawa
(16:26)
Power
MIKAMI
(0:36)
Ishii
Fujisawa
(12:51)
DCO
(11:48)
X Draw
(20:00)
Draw
(20:00)
Hashimoto
Maekawa
Hashimoto
Maekawa
(11:33) 
Fake
Sanshiro
(19:02)
Hashimoto
Maekawa
(14:59)
Julie
Hebikage
(16:51)
DCO
(9:57)
Draw
(20:00)
X Sasaki
Toba
(14:05)
Sasaki
Toba
Cougar
Condor
(14:25)
Fake
Sanshiro
(2:02)
Sasaki
Toba
(13:02)
Sasaki
Toba
(7:48)
Sasaki
Toba
(13:43)
Draw
(20:00)
Sasaki
Toba
(14:05)
X
Final
   
1 Sanshiro Takagi and Fake Sanshiro Takagi Pin
2 Super Uchu Power and MIKAMI 18:21
Third place
3 Poison Sawada Julie and Hebikage Pin
4 Takashi Sasaki and Tanomusaku Toba 7:48

2002[]

The 2002 KO-D Tag League was held from July 13 to August 25. Seiya Morohashi was later replaced by Tomohiko Hashimoto due to an injury.

Results
MIKAMI and Tanomusaku Toba 14
Super Uchuu Power and Poison Sawada Julie 10
Sanshiro Takagi and Miyuki Maeda 10
Takashi Sasaki and GENTARO 8
Kintaro Kanemura and Futoshi Miwa 8
Osamu Tachihikari and Seiya Morohashi/Tomohiko Hashimoto 6
Shoichi Ichimiya and Survival Tobita 6
Hebikage and Toguro Habukage 6
Results Takagi
Maeda
Tachihikari
Morohashi/Hashimoto
Toba
MIKAMI
Julie
Power
Habukage
Hebikage
Ichimiya
Tobita
Kanemura
Miwa
Sasaki
GENTARO
Takagi
Maeda
X Tachihikari
Hashimoto
(15:08)
Toba
MIKAMI
(15:50)
Julie
Power
(19:40)
Takagi
Maeda
(12:14)
Ichimiya
Tobita
(15:39)
Takagi
Maeda
(14:54) 
Takagi
Maeda
(19:57)
Tachihikari
Morohashi/Hashimoto
Tachihikari
Hashimoto
(15:08)
X Toba
MIKAMI
Julie
Power
(17:22)
Tachihikari
Morohashi
(15:39)
Tachihikari
Morohashi
(14:19)
Kanemura
Miwa
(11:29)
Sasaki
GENTARO
(14:26)
Toba
MIKAMI
Toba
MIKAMI
(15:50)
Toba
MIKAMI
X Draw
(20:00)
Toba
MIKAMI
(15:18)
Ichimiya
Tobita
(11:22)
Toba
MIKAMI
(12:40)
Draw
(20:00)
Julie
Power
Julie
Power
(19:40)
Julie
Power
(17:22)
Draw
(20:00)
X Habukage
Hebikage
(17:30)
Ichimiya
Tobita
(17:00)
DCO
(12:57)
Julie
Power
(19:47)
Habukage
Hebikage
Takagi
Maeda
(12:14)
Tachihikari
Morohashi
(15:39)
Toba
MIKAMI
(15:18)
Habukage
Hebikage
(17:30)
X Habukage
Hebikage
(12:20)
Kanemura
Miwa
(8:25)
Sasaki
GENTARO
(15:04)
Ichimiya
Tobita
Ichimiya
Tobita
(15:39)
Tachihikari
Morohashi
(14:19)
Ichimiya
Tobita
(11:22)
Ichimiya
Tobita
(17:00)
Habukage
Hebikage
(12:20)
X Kanemura
Miwa
(9:42)
Sasaki
GENTARO
(15:04)
Kanemura
Miwa
Takagi
Maeda
(14:54)
Kanemura
Miwa
(11:29)
Toba
MIKAMI
(12:40)
DCO
(12:57)
Kanemura
Miwa
(8:25)
Kanemura
Miwa
(9:42)
X Sasaki
GENTARO
(12:52)
Sasaki
GENTARO
Takagi
Maeda
(19:57)
Sasaki
GENTARO
(14:26)
Draw
(20:00)
Julie
Power
(19:47)
Sasaki
GENTARO
Sasaki
GENTARO
(15:04)
Sasaki
GENTARO
(12:52)
X
Semifinals Final
      
1 MIKAMI and Tanomusaku Toba Pin
4 Takashi Sasaki and GENTARO 18:28
1 MIIKAMI and Tanomusaku Toba Pin
2 Super Uchu Power and Poison Sawada Julie 25:52
2 Super Uchu Power and Poison Sawada Julie Pin
3 Sanshiro Takagi and Miyuki Maeda 19:50 Third place
3 Sanshiro Takagi and Miyuki Maeda Pin
4 Takashi Sasaki and GENTARO 19:48

2003[]

The 2003 KO-D Tag League was held from September 11 to September 28.

Final standings
Block A Block B
Takashi Sasaki and Tanomusaku Toba 9 Tomohiko Hashimoto and Seiya Morohashi  7
Super Uchuu Power and Uchu Power Omega 7 Kyosuke Sasaki and Ryu Echigo 6
Hero! and Kudo 6 Sanshiro Takagi and Yoshihiro Sakai 6
Danshoku Dino and OK Revolution 4 Shoichi Ichimiya and Futoshi Miwa 5
Ricky Fuji and Yusuke Inokuma 3 BADBOY Hido and Shuji Ishikawa 4
Block A Takashi
Toba
Hero!
Kudo
Power
Omega
Fuji
Inokuma
Dino
Revolution
Sasaki
Toba
X Takashi
Toba (10:47)
Power
Omega (17:18)
Takashi
Toba (12:50)
Takashi
Toba (15:08)
Hero!
Kudo
Takashi
Toba (10:47)
X Hero!
Kudo (14:05)
Hero!
Kudo (12:57)
Dino
Revolution (12:05)
Power
Omega
Power
Omega (17:18)
Hero!
Kudo (14:05)
X Power
Omega (10:40)
Draw (20:00)
Fuji
Inokuma
Takashi
Toba (12:50)
Hero!
Kudo (12:57)
Power
Omega (10:40)
X Fuji
Inokuma (14:08)
Dino
Revolution
Takashi
Toba (15:08)
Dino
Revolution (12:05)
Draw (20:00) Fuji
Inokuma (14:08)
X
Block B Hido
Ishikawa
Hashimoto
Morohashi
Kyosuke
Echigo
Takagi
Sakai
Ichimiya
Miwa
Hido
Ishikawa
X Hashimoto
Morohashi (8:27)
Hido
Ishikawa (12:13)
Takagi
Sakai (10:49)
DCO (9:18)
Hashimoto
Morohashi
Hashimoto
Morohashi (8:27)
X Kyosuke
Echigo (14:07)
Hashimoto
Morohashi (17:45)
DCO (8:25)
Kyosuke
Echigo
Hido
Ishikawa (12:13)
Kyosuke
Echigo (14:07)
X Kyosuke
Echigo (12:10)
Ichimiya
Miwa (5:59)
Takagi
Sakai
Takagi
Sakai (10:49)
Hashimoto
Morohashi (17:45)
Kyosuke
Echigo (12:10)
X Takagi
Sakai (10:45)
Ichimiya
Miwa
DCO (9:18) DCO (8:25) Ichimiya
Miwa (5:59)
Takagi
Sakai (10:45)
X
Final
   
A1 Takashi Sasaki and Tanomusaku Toba 14:09
B1 Tomohiko Hashimoto and Seiya Morohashi Pin

2004[]

The 2004 KO-D Tag League was held from September 16 to September 30.

Final standings
Block A Block B Block C
Hero! and Kudo 5 Tomohiko Hashimoto and Seiya Morohashi 6 Poison Sawada Julie and Clone Boy Jami 6
Sanshiro Takagi and Kota Ibushi 3 Takashi Sasaki and GENTARO 4 Danshoku Dino and Glenn Spector 4
Masa Takanashi and Mineo Fujita 2 Muscle Sakai and Riki Sensyu 2 Koichiro Kimura and Kenshin 2
Shoichi Ichimiya and Gorgeous Matsuno 2 Shuji Ishikawa and Yusuke Inokuma 0 Daichi Kakimoto and Futoshi Miwa 0
Block A Hero!
Kudo
Takagi
Ibushi
Takanashi
Fujita
Ichimiya
Matsuno
Hero!
Kudo
X Draw (20:00) Hero!
Kudo (11:30)
Hero!
Kudo (10:29)
Takagi
Ibushi
Draw (20:00) X Takagi
Ibushi (10:21)
Ichimiya
Matsuno (11:40)
Takanashi
Fujita
Hero!
Kudo (11:30)
Takagi
Ibushi (10:21)
X Takanashi
Fujita (4:55)
Ichimiya
Matsuno
Hero!
Kudo (10:29)
Ichimiya
Matsuno (11:40)
Takanashi
Fujita (4:55)
X
Block B Sasaki
GENTARO
Sakai
Sensyu
Ishikawa
Inokuma
Hashimoto
Morohashi
Sasaki
GENTARO
X Sasaki
GENTARO (7:35)
Sasaki
GENTARO (9:20)
Hashimoto
Morohashi (13:34)
Sakai
Sensyu
Sasaki
GENTARO (7:35)
X Sakai
Sensyu (12:32)
Hashimoto
Morohashi (9:01)
Ishikawa
Inokuma
Sasaki
GENTARO (9:20)
Sakai
Sensyu (12:32)
X Hashimoto
Morohashi (9:01)
Hashimoto
Morohashi
Hashimoto
Morohashi (13:34)
Hashimoto
Morohashi (9:01)
Hashimoto
Morohashi (9:01)
X
Block C Julie
Jami
Dino
Spector
Kimura
Kenshin
Kakimoto
Miwa
Julie
Jami
X Julie
Jami (11:20)
Julie
Jami (12:22)
Julie
Jami (15:12)
Dino
Spector
Julie
Jami (11:20)
X Dino
Spector (13:15)
Dino
Spector (16:24)
Kimura
Kenshin
Julie
Jami (12:22)
Dino
Spector (13:15)
X Kimura
Kenshin (12:22)
Kakimoto
Miwa
Julie
Jami (15:12)
Dino
Spector (16:24)
Kimura
Kenshin (12:22)
X


Playoff Semifinals Final
C1 Clone Boy Jami and Poison Sawada Julie Pin
A2 Sanshiro Takagi and Kota Ibushi Pin C2 Danshoku Dino and Glenn Spector 13:04
B2
C2
Takashi Sasaki and GENTARO
Danshoku Dino and Glenn Spector
14:44 C2 Danshoku Dino and Glenn Spector Pin
A1 Hero! and Kudo 15:10
A1 Hero! and Kudo Pin
B1 Tomohiko Hashimoto and Seiya Morohashi 9:21

2005[]

The 2005 DDT Tag League was held from September 10 to September 23. Toru Owashi dropped in the early and the team automatically left the tournament, thus forfeiting the rest of their matches.

Final standings
Block A Block B
Danshoku Dino and Glenn Spector 4 Daichi Kakimoto and Kota Ibushi  4
Seiya Morohashi and Tanomusaku Toba 3 Shoichi Ichimiya and Poison Sawada 4
Sanshiro Takagi and Muscle Sakai 3 Francesco Togo and Don Maestro 4
Toru Owashi and Darkside Hero! 2 MIKAMI and Gorgeous Matsuno 0
Block A Dino
Spector
Owashi
Hero!
Takagi
Sakai
Morohashi
Toba
Dino
Spector
X Dino
Spector (Forfeit)
Takagi
Sakai (13:44)
Dino
Spector (17:25)
Owashi
Hero!
Dino
Spector (Forfeit)
X Owashi
Hero! (10:19)
Morohashi
Toba (Forfeit)
Takagi
Sakai
Takagi
Sakai (13:44)
Owashi
Hero! (10:19)
X Draw (20:00)
Morohashi
Toba
Dino
Spector (17:25)
Morohashi
Toba (Forfeit)
Draw (20:00) X
Block B Ichimiya
Sawada
Togo
Maestro
Kakimoto
Ibushi
MIKAMI
Matsuno
Ichimiya
Sawada
X Ichimiya
Sawada (13:46)
Kakimoto
Ibushi (14:05)
Ichimiya
Sawada (17:02)
Togo
Maestro
Ichimiya
Sawada (13:46)
X Togo
Maestro (14:23)
Togo
Maestro (11:56)
Kakimoto
Ibushi
Kakimoto
Ibushi (14:05)
Togo
Maestro (14:23)
X Kakimoto
Ibushi (9:24)
MIKAMI
Matsuno
Ichimiya
Sawada (17:02)
Togo
Maestro (11:56)
Kakimoto
Ibushi (9:24)
X
Block B decision Final
A1 Danshoku Dino and Glenn Spectre 18:25
B1 Daichi Kakimoto and Kota Ibushi Pin B1 Daichi Kakimoto and Kota Ibushi Pin
B2
B3
Poison Sawada and Shoichi Ichimiya
Francesco Togo and Don Maestro
11:10

2008[]

The 2008 KO-D Tag League was held from April 9 to April 11. After four years the tournament returned under 4 team participants.

Final standings
MIKAMI and Tanomusaku Toba
Men's Teioh and Danshoku Dino 2
GENTARO and Hoshitango 2
Kudo and Yasu Urano 2
Results Dino
Teioh
GENTARO
Hoshitango
Kudo
Urano
MIKAMI
Toba
Dino
Teioh
X Dino
Teioh
(5:06)
Kudo
Urano
(11:20)
MIKAMI
Toba
(13:42)
GENTARO
Hoshitango
Dino
Teioh
(5:06)
X GENTARO
Hoshitango
(10:16)
MIKAMI
Toba
(10:37)
Kudo
Urano
Kudo
Urano
(11:20)
GENTARO
Hoshitango
(10:16)
X MIKAMI
Toba
(19:29)
MIKAMI
Toba
MIKAMI
Toba
(13:42)
MIKAMI
Toba
(10:37)
MIKAMI
Toba
(19:29)
X

2021[]

The 2021 Ultimate Tag League was announced on March 28, with the tournament returning after a thirteen year absence and tournament was held from May 5 to May 27, 2021.

Final standings
Konosuke Takeshita and Shunma Katsumata 5
Daisuke Sasaki and Yuji Hino 5
Kazusada Higuchi and Yukio Sakaguchi 4
Jun Akiyama and Makoto Oishi 4
Chris Brookes and Antonio Honda 2
Results Higuchi
Sakaguchi
Akiyama
Oishi
Takeshita
Katsumata
Brookes
Honda
Sasaki
Hino
Higuchi
Sakaguchi
X Akiyama
Oishi
(15:47)
Higuchi
Sakaguchi
(20:25)
Higuchi
Sakaguchi
(15:18)
Sasaki
Hino
(14:40)
Akiyama
Oishi
Akiyama
Oishi
(15:47)
X Takeshita
Katsumata
(18:10)
Brookes
Honda
(13:09)
Akiyama
Oishi
(14:12)
Takeshita
Katsumata
Higuchi
Sakaguchi
(20:25)
Takeshita
Katsumata
(18:10)
X Takeshita
Katsumata
(17:22)
Draw
(30:00)
Brookes
Honda
Higuchi
Sakaguchi
(15:18)
Brookes
Honda
(13:09)
Takeshita
Katsumata
(17:22)
X Sasaki
Hino
(13:54)
Sasaki
Hino
Sasaki
Hino
(14:40)
Akiyama
Oishi
(14:12)
Draw
(30:00)
Sasaki
Hino
(13:54)
X
Final
   
1 Konosuke Takeshita and Shunma Katsumata Pin
2 Daisuke Sasaki and Yuji Hino 14:37

2022[]

The 2022 Ultimate Tag League was held from January 30 to February 27. The edition featured ten teams competing in two blocks. On January 3, HARASHIMA and Naomi Yoshimura vacated the KO-D Tag Team Championship, in order for the tournament winners be crowned the new champions. Danshoku Dino was originally scheduled to represent Pheromones but had to be pulled off the tournament when he was diagnosed with COVID-19 symptoms days before the start. He was replaced by Yumehito Imanari. On February 3, it was announced that Masahiro Takanashi had tested positive for COVID-19 and that CDK would have to forfeit their match against Pheromones. On February 14, it was announced that Chris Brookes had a fever and that CDK would have to forfeit their match against Daisuke Sasaki and MJ Paul.

Final standings
Block A Block B
Konosuke Takeshita and Yuki Ueno 6 HARASHIMA and Naomi Yoshimura 6
Tetsuya Endo and Jun Akiyama 6 Yumehito Imanari and Yuki Iino 4
Yuji Hino and Yukio Naya 4 Daisuke Sasaki and MJ Paul 4
Kazusada Higuchi and Hideki Okatani 2 Chris Brookes and Masahiro Takanashi 4
Shuji Kondo and Kazuki Hirata 0 Shunma Katsumata and MAO 2
Block A Takeshita
Ueno
Endo
Akiyama
Higuchi
Okatani
Hino
Naya
Kondo
Hirata
Takeshita
Ueno
X Takeshita
Ueno
(24:09)
Higuchi
Okatani
(19:51)
Takeshita
Ueno
(18:28)
Takeshita
Ueno
(14:10)
Endo
Akiyama
Takeshita
Ueno
(24:09)
X Endo
Akiyama
(19:37)
Endo
Akiyama
(14:40)
Endo
Akiyama
(12:10)
Higuchi
Okatani
Higuchi
Okatani
(19:51)
Endo
Akiyama
(19:37)
X Hino
Naya
(Forfeit)
No Contest
Hino
Naya
Takeshita
Ueno
(18:28)
Endo
Akiyama
(14:40)
Hino
Naya
(Forfeit)
X Hino
Naya
(11:26)
Kondo
Hirata
Takeshita
Ueno
(14:10)
Endo
Akiyama
(12:10)
No Contest Hino
Naya
(11:26)
X
Block B HARASHIMA
Yoshimura
Brookes
Takanashi 
Sasaki
Paul
Katsumata
MAO
Imanari
Iino
HARASHIMA
Yoshimura
X Brookes
Takanashi
(19:13)
HARASHIMA
Yoshimura
(21:52)
HARASHIMA
Yoshimura
(14:41)
HARASHIMA
Yoshimura
(12:30)
Brookes
Takanashi
Brookes
Takanashi
(19:13)
X Sasaki
Paul
(Forfeit)
Brookes
Takanashi
(7:03)
Imanari
Iino
(Forfeit)
Sasaki
Paul
HARASHIMA
Yoshimura
(21:52)
Sasaki
Paul
(Forfeit)
X Katsumata
MAO
(12:40)
Sasaki
Paul
(16:32)
Katsumata
MAO
HARASHIMA
Yoshimura
(14:41)
Brookes
Takanashi
(7:03)
Katsumata
MAO
(12:40)
X Imanari
Iino
(9:35)
Imanari
Iino
HARASHIMA
Yoshimura
(12:30)
Imanari
Iino
(Forfeit)
Sasaki
Paul
(16:32)
Imanari
Iino
(9:35)
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Final
   
A1 Konosuke Takeshita and Yuki Ueno Pin
B1 HARASHIMA and Naomi Yoshimura 20:14

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