The is a professional wrestling tag team title created and promoted by the Japanese promotion Dragongate. The title was introduced on August 26, 2007, as an interim title for the winners of the first Summer Adventure Tag League tournament. It was then unified with the Wrestle Association R International Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship on October 12, 2007, to determine the inaugural Open the Twin Gate champions.

History Dragongate had been using the WAR IJ Tag Team Championship since 2006, until 2007 when Masato Yoshino and Naruki Doi were declared interim Open the Twin Gate Champions after winning the first edition of the Summer Adventure Tag League tournament. They later proposed a title unification match against IJ Tag Team Champions Kenichiro Arai and Taku Iwasa. On October 12, during the Gate of Victory tour, Doi and Yoshino won the unification bout at Korakuen Hall, making them the inaugural champions.

Reigns As of , , there has been a total of 71 reigns shared between 50 different teams consisting of 50 distinctive champions. The current title holders are Love And Peace (Jacky Kamei and Riiita), who are in their second reign as a team; the second individually for Kamei and the second for Riiita. The teams of Naruki Doi and Yamato, and Cima and Dragon Kid hold the most successful consecutive defenses with nine. Cima and Dragon Kid are also the longest-reigning champions, with their first reign as a team totaling 397 days.

Combined reigns As of , .

†Indicates the current champions

By team {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center" !Rank !Team !No. ofreigns !Combineddefenses !Combined days |- !1 |Over Generation || 1 || 9 || 397 |- !2 |Team Dragon Gate/Z-Brats || 2 || 5 || 349 |- !3 |Antias/Millennials/VerserK || 4 || 4 || 299 |- !4 |Mad Blankey/VerserK || 2 || 9 || 281 |- !5 |Jimmyz || 3 || 7 || 270 |- !6 |Blood Warriors/Real Hazard || 2 || 5 || 268 |- !7 | D'Courage || 2 || 4 || 234 |- !rowspan=2|8 |Mad Blankey/Real Hazard || 2 || 6 || 210 |- |Monster Express || 1 || 5 || 210 |- !10 |Akatsuki || 3 || 5 || 205 |- !11 |MaxiMuM/R.E.D. || 2 || 3 || 203 |- !12 | Love And Peace || 1 || 3 || 201 |- !13 |R.E.D. || 1 || 1 || 200 |- !14 |K-neSuka || 1 || 4 || 194 |- !15 |Team Veteran Returns || 2 || 6 || 187 |- !16 | Paradox || 1 || 2 || 182 |- !17 |Tribe Vanguard || 2 || 3 || 157 |- !18 |M3K || 1 || 3 || 156 |- !19 |R.E.D. || 1 || 3 || 147 |- !20 |Typhoon || 1 || 3 || 144 |- !21 |Blood Warriors || 1 || 3 || 136 |- !22 | Alejandro and Kaito Kiyomiya || 1 || 1 || 133 |- !23 | style="background-color:#FFE6BD"| Gajadokuro † || 1 || 1 || + |- !24 |Blood Warriors/Mad Blankey || 2 || 2 || 130 |- !25 |Muscle Outlaw'z/World-1 || 2 || 2 || 128 |- !26 |Natural Vibes || 1 || 6 || 121 |- !27 |Natural Vibes || 1 || 3 || 119 |- !28 |R.E.D./Z-Brats || 2 || 3 || 114 |- !29 |Monster Express || 1 || 1 || 105 |- !30 |Monster Express || 1 || 2 || 104 |- !rowspan=2|31 |Tozawa-juku || 1 || 2 || 87 |- |R.E.D. || 1 || 0 || 87 |- !33 |Z-Brats || 1 || 1 || 86 |- !34 |Tribe Vanguard || 1 || 0 || 84 |- !35 |D'Courage || 1 || 1 || 74 |- !36 |Osaka06/Warriors-5 || 3 || 0 || 71 |- !37 |Warriors-5 || 1 || 1 || 65 |- !38 |Mad Blankey || 1 || 1 || 64 |- !rowspan=2|39 |Kongo || 1 || 1 || 59 |- | and Takashi Yoshida || 1 || 1 || 59 |- !41 |Kamikaze || 1 || 1 || 52 |- !42 |Kung Fu Masters || 1 || 0 || 51 |- !43 | and Naruki Doi || 1 || 1 || 48 |- !44 |Natural Vibes || 1 || 0 || 42 |- !45 |World-1 International || 1 || 0 || 40 |- !46 |Naruki Doi and Takashi Yoshida || 1 || 0 || 29 |- !47 |Junction Three || 1 || 0 || 28 |- !48 |R.E.D. || 1 || 0 || 18 |- !49 |We Are Team Veteran || 1 || 0 || 8 |- !50 |Mad Blankey() || 1 || 0 || 7

By wrestler {|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center" !Rank !Wrestler !data-sort-type="number"|No. ofreigns !data-sort-type="number"|Combineddefenses !data-sort-type="number"|Combined days |- !1 | || 8 || 21 || 948 |- !2 | Yamato || 10 || 21 || 937 |- !3 | || 8 || 14 || 708 |- !4 | || 6 || 16 || 695 |- !5 | BxB Hulk || 9 || 10 || 672 |- !6 | Dragon Kid || 4 || 11 || 615 |- !7 | Cima || 5 || 12 || 604 |- !8 | || 5 || 11 || 467 |- !9 | Eita || 5 || 7 || 446 |- !10 | || 3 || 8 || 412 |- !11 | T-Hawk/"Naoki Tanizaki" || 6 || 5 || 411 |- !12 | || 3 || 5 || 400 |- !13 | || 5 || 6 || 350 |- !14 | || 2 || 5 || 349 |- !15 | || 3 || 7 || 340 |- !16 | || 4 || 5 || 308 |- !17 | || 2 || 1 || 287 |- !18 | || 3 || 7 || 270 |- !19 | || 2 || 5 || 268 |- !20 | || 2 || 3 || 252 |- !21 | || 3 || 7 || 246 |- !22 | || 3 || 4 || 234 |- !23 | || 3 || 4 || 232 |- !24 | K-ness || 2 || 4 || 204 |- !25 | Ben-K || 2 || 3 || 203 |- !26 | Riiita || 1 || 3 || 201 |- !27 | Kai || 3 || 3 || 198 |- !28 | || 2 || 6 || 187 |- !29 | Gamma || 5 || 2 || 184 |- !30 | Ricochet || 2 || 3 || 176 |- !31 | Kzy || 2 || 6 || 163 |- !32 | || 1 || 3 || 156 |- !rowspan=2|33 | Alejandro || 1 || 1 || 133 |- | || 1 || 1 || 133 |- !rowspan=2|35 |style="background-color:#FFE6BD"| Ishin † || 1 || 1 || + |- |style="background-color:#FFE6BD"| Yoshiki Kato † || 1 || 1 || + |- !37 | Shachihoko Boy || 1 || 2 || 104 |- !rowspan=3|38 | || 1 || 1 || 87 |- | || 1 || 1 || 87 |- | || 1 || 0 || 87 |- !rowspan=2|41 | || 1 || 1 || 86 |- | Diamante || 1 || 1 || 86 |- !43 | || 1 || 1 || 74 |- !44 | || 1 || 1 || 64 |- !rowspan=2|45 | Kenoh || 1 || 1 || 59 |- | || 1 || 1 || 59 |- !47 | Flamita || 1 || 0 || 42 |- !48 | Pac || 1 || 0 || 28 |- !rowspan=2|49 | SB Kento || 1 || 0 || 18 |- | H.Y.O || 1 || 0 || 18

See also Open the United Gate Championship

References

External links Open the Twin Gate Championship Open the Twin Gate Championship title history at Cagematch