The is a professional wrestling tag team championship owned by the DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT) promotion. "KO-D" stands for "King of DDT", the promotion's unofficial governing body. It is one of three tag team titles contested for in DDT, along with the KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship and the KO-D 10-Man Tag Team Championship. The current champions are Shinya Aoki and Junta Miyawaki, who are in their first reign as a team and individually. They won the title by defeating Fantômes Dramatic (Chris Brookes and Harashima) at Wrestle Peter Pan on August 11, 2026.
The title was introduced in June 2001, when Nosawa and Takashi Sasaki returned to DDT with new championship belts that had allegedly been sanctioned by the Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) and which they had won in Mexico. In its early days, DDT occasionally referred to the title as the , then the .
History
The titles were created in 2001 when Nosawa and Takashi Sasaki, while on tour in Mexico, allegedly defeated Starman and Vertigo on June 2, 2001, at a Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre event. On August 16, Mikami and Super Uchuu Power vacated the titles and put it up for grab in the KO-D Tag League. They then defeated Sanshiro Takagi and Shoichi Ichimiya in the finals to win it back. However, a month later, the team split up and the titles were vacated again.
The titles were vacated a third time in May 2002 after Mikami suffered an injury. It was once again contested in the KO-D Tag League and won by the Suicideboyz (Mikami and Thanomsak Toba).
The 2003 and 2004 editions of the KO-D Tag League saw respectively Tomohiko Hashimoto and Seiya Morohashi, and Hero! and Kudo win the tournament and the title. On July 31, 2004, Glenn "Q" Spectre became the first non-Japanese wrestler to win the title when he teamed with Danshoku Dino to defeat Ryuji Ito and Sanshiro Takagi.
In February 2020, the belts were replaced with a new design featuring the current DDT logo.
On May 22, 2022, Asuka became the first woman to win the title when she teamed with Mao to defeat Calamari Drunken Kings (Chris Brookes and Masahiro Takanashi). On November 22, it was announced that Harimau (Kazusada Higuchi and Naomi Yoshimura) would vacate the title because Yoshimura suffered an injury four days prior and would be out of action.
On May 21, 2023, at the 2023 King of DDT Final event, champion Shunma Katsumata suffered a broken foot during his first defense of the DDT Extreme Championship. The following day, Katsumata had to vacate both the DDT Extreme and KO-D Tag Team Championships.
On November 21, 2024, it was announced that Katsumata had sustained a torn anterior ligament and that he and his partner Mao would relinquish their title once again.
Reigns As of , , there have been a total of 90 reigns shared between 80 different teams composed of 70 distinctive champions, and 14 vacancies. The inaugural champions were Nosawa and Takashi Sasaki. Nine teams are tied for the most reigns at two, while individually, Harashima has the most with 12. The sole reign of Nautilus (Yuki Ueno and Naomi Yoshimura) is the longest at 296 days. The record for the shortest reign belongs to Seiya Morohashi and Shoichi Ichimiya whose sole reign lasted for four days. The Golden☆Lovers (Kota Ibushi and Kenny Omega) have the longest combined reign at 351 days. Tatsumi Fujinami is the oldest champion at 58, while Konosuke Takeshita is the youngest at 20.
The current champions are Shinya Aoki and Junta Miyawaki, who are in their first reign as a team and individually. They won the title by defeating Fantômes Dramatic (Chris Brookes and Harashima) at Wrestle Peter Pan in Tokyo, Japan, on August 11, 2026.
Combined reigns As of , . By team
†Indicates the current champions RankTeamNo. ofreignsCombineddefensesCombined days1 2 7 3512Nautilus 1 7 2963 1 9 2884 1 8 2635Suicideboyz 2 5 2586Moonlight Express 1 3 240Akarengers 2 3 2408Happy Motel 2 5 2299HarashiMarufuji 1 4 21710MoroToba 2 5 21011ShunMao 2 7 20112Hentai Big Boss 1 11 19913Strong BJ 1 4 18914Burning 1 3 18515 1 5 17216Eruption 1 2 16817Yankee Nichokenju 1 6 161 18 1 2 15519Strange Love Connection 1 4 15320 1 3 14121Nurunuru Brothers 1 6 13922Crying Wolf 2 4 133 1 2 13324 1 2 12925Fantômes Dramatic 1 3 12826The Apex 1 5 12727Harimau 1 2 12128UraShima 1 4 11729Team Karamawari 1 2 11230 1 2 11031Romance Dawn 1 3 10932 1 2 10833 1 3 10734) 1 0 10535 2 1 104 1 3 104Granma 1 3 10438Astronauts 1 5 101Aloha World Order 1 1 10140From the Northern Country 1 3 9841 1 2 9742SekiGuchi 1 2 9343 1 1 9244YaroZ 1 3 9145 1 1 9046 1 3 82 1 1 8248Shirojiro 1 2 77 1 1 77 2 0 7751Smile Pissari 1 1 7652MikaUchuu 2 1 7453 1 1 7154Far East Connection 1 1 6855 1 3 63Calamari Drunken Kings 1 2 63 1 0 6358Bad Commis 1 0 56 1 1 5660 1 0 4961 and 1 1 47Gay Machine Guns 1 0 4763Smile Yankee 1 1 4264X-RAB 1 1 41Schadenfreude International 1 0 4166 1 1 3667 1 0 35New World Japan 1 4 3569 1 1 3370 1 1 30 1 0 3072Omega 1 0 2773 1 0 2674 1 0 2575 1 0 1776 1 0 15TKG48 1 0 1578New No Fear 1 0 1079 paleyouth † 1 0 +80 1 0 581 1 0 4
By wrestler
Rank Wrestler No. ofreigns Combineddefenses Combined days1Hero!/Darkside Hero!/Harashima 12 17 9582Mao 6 15 7393 7 17 6824Mikami 6 11 6285 5 12 5806 5 10 5707 5 5 5408 5 12 5269 4 10 52110 5 9 49611 4 9 47312 3 9 46913 3 7 44414 3 16 43415Gentaro 4 7 38516 4 8 37317 4 14 36118 3 7 35619 5 7 34320 2 9 33121 3 6 31722Kudo 4 8 31223 2 8 31224 3 9 30925 1 7 29626 2 4 27627 2 5 26528 3 3 25729 3 5 23230 3 4 22631 1 4 21732 2 11 21633 2 7 20334 2 4 19935Kanon 3 4 19536 3 6 18837 2 2 16738 1 6 16139 3 4 16040 4 2 14941 2 6 141 1 3 14143 1 3 13944 1 2 13345 1 5 12746 1 2 11047Shota 1 3 10948 1 3 10749Piza Michinoku 1 0 10550 1 3 10451 1 5 101 1 5 10153 2 3 9054 1 3 82To-y 1 1 8256 1 2 7757 2 0 7558Super Uchuu Power 2 1 7459Asuka 1 0 6360Kai 1 0 56 1 0 5662 2 1 5563 † 2 0 +64 1 1 47 1 1 47 1 1 4767Yoshiya 1 0 4168Nosawa 1 1 3369 1 0 1070 † 1 0 +71 1 0 4
See also
Professional wrestling in Japan
Notes
References
External links KO-D Tag Team Championship