On this page, you find the full Title History for the GHC Tag Team Championship, with all Championship Info, Statistics, the Belt Design changes through the years, and the full list of Title Reigns, along with dates, events, and reign durations.
The GHC Tag Team Championship is contested in Pro Wrestling NOAH on the Heavyweight brand, by men wrestlers.
The championship was first established on October 19, 2001, and the inaugural champion was Vader & Scorpio.
The current champion is the team of Ratel's (Manabu Soya & Daiki Inaba), who won the title on June 3, 2025, and has been reigning for 39 days.
GHC Tag Team Championship: Title History
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Promotions History
Promotion from to Promotion 
NOAHBrand
Heavyweight
October 19, 2001 Present
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Championship Names & Belt Designs
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- GHC Tag Team Championship October 19, 2001
GHC Tag Team Championship: Title Reigns
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N. Image Champion Reign 72 Ratel's Manabu Soya & Daiki Inaba
- June 3, 2025
- Tokyo, Japan | Star Navigation 2025
- 39+ days
39+- days
71 Kenoh and Ulka Sasaki Kenoh & Ulka Sasaki
- May 3, 2025
- Tokyo, Japan | Memorial Voyage in Kokugikan
- 31 days
31- days
70 
Team 2000X Daga 2 Jack Morris
- April 6, 2025
- Osaka, Japan | Sunny Voyage 2025
- 27 days
Defeated All Rebellion (Galeno and Kaito Kiyomiya) to win the vacant titles.27- days
Vacant
- January 27, 2025
- 69 days
Vacated due to Noah not recognizing the transfer of the championship.69- days
69 Team 2000X Daga 1 Jack Morris
- January 25, 2025
- Osaka, Japan | Sunny Voyage 2025
- 2 days
Lineal champion Omos transferred his half of the championship to Daga due to going back to WWE. This title change was not recognized by Noah and was officially sanctioned as a vacancy two days later.2- days
68 
Team 2000X Omos 1 Jack Morris
- January 1, 2025
- Tokyo, Japan | The New Year 2025
- 24 days
24- days
67 
Naomichi Marufuji and Takashi Sugiura Naomichi Marufuji 9 & Takashi Sugiura 10
- June 16, 2024
- Yokohama, Japan | Grand Ship In Yokohama
- 199 days
Marufuji and Sugiura previously won the titles under the tag names of Team Ikko and Brave. However in this reign, they did not use any of those team names.199- days
66 
Good Looking Guys Anthony Greene 1 Jack Morris
- September 24, 2023
- Tokyo, Japan | Grand Ship In Nagoya 2023
- 266 days
266- days
65 
Real Timothy Thatcher 2 & Saxon Huxley 1
- May 4, 2023
- Tokyo, Japan | Majestic 2023
- 143 days
143- days
64 Takashi Sugiura and Shuhei Taniguchi Takashi Sugiura 9 & Shuhei Taniguchi
- April 16, 2023
- Sendai, Japan | Green Journey in Sendai 2023
- 18 days
Taniguchi was previously known as Maybach Taniguchi.18- days
63 Masa Kitamiya and Daiki Inaba Masa Kitamiya & Daiki Inaba
- February 12, 2023
- Osaka, Japan | Great Voyage in Osaka 2023
- 63 days
63- days
62 
TakaKoji Takashi Sugiura 8 & Satoshi Kojima 1
- September 25, 2022
- Nagoya, Japan | Grand Ship in Nagoya 2022
- 140 days
140- days
61 
Sugiura-gun Hideki Suzuki 2 & Timothy Thatcher 1
- July 16, 2022
- Tokyo, Japan | Destination 2022
- 71 days
Defeated Masa Kitamiya and Yoshiki Inamura for the vacant titles.71- days
Vacant
- July 16, 2022
- Tokyo, Japan | Destination 2022
- 0 days
Vacated due to Elgin not being able to make it to the title defense.0- days
60 
Michael Elgin and Masa Kitamiya Michael Elgin 1 & Masa Kitamiya
- May 21, 2022
- Tokyo, Japan | Dream On Final 2022
- 56 days
56- days
59 
Sugiura-gun International El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. 2 & René Duprée 2
- May 4, 2022
- Tokyo, Japan | NOAH Dream On 2022
- 17 days
17- days
58 Sugiura-gun Takashi Sugiura 7 & Hideki Suzuki 1
- March 13, 2022
- Yokohama, Japan | NOAH Great Voyage 2022 In Yokohama
- 52 days
Defeated Kaito Kiyomiya and Daiki Inaba in a tournament final for the vacant titles.52- days
Vacant
- February 8, 2022
- 33 days
Vacated due to Mutoh suffering a hip injury.33- days
57 
M's Alliance Keiji Muto / The Great Muta 1 & Naomichi Marufuji 8
- November 13, 2021
- Yokohama, Japan | NOAH Demolition Stage 2021 In Yokohama
- 87 days
87- days
56 Kaito Kiyomiya and Masa Kitamiya Kaito Kiyomiya & Masa Kitamiya
- July 22, 2021
- Tokyo, Japan | NOAH Up To Emotion 2021 Day 4
- 114 days
Nakajima teamed with Manabu Soya to defend against Kitamiya and Kiyomiya to determine new champions.114- days
55 
The Aggression Katsuhiko Nakajima 6 & Masa Kitamiya
- March 7, 2021
- Yokohama, Japan | Great Voyage 2021 In Yokohama
- 137 days
Kitamiya and Nakajima won the titles on this occasion as part of the Kongo stable. Kitamiya turned on Nakajima following their lone title defense from Mitsuharu Misawa Memorial from May 31, 2021. Despite that, they remained champions until a decision match was held.137- days
54 
Sugiura-gun Takashi Sugiura 6 & Kazushi Sakuraba 1
- August 30, 2020
- Kawasaki, Japan | KAWASAKI, GO! 2020
- 189 days
Defeated AXIZ (Go Shiozaki and Katsuhiko Nakajima) to win the vacant titles.189- days
Vacant
- July 26, 2020
- 35 days
Vacated when Wagner and Duprée cannot enter Japan due to international travel restrictions as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.35- days
53 Sugiura-gun International El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. 1 & René Duprée 1
- April 19, 2020
- Tokyo, Japan | Noah the Spirit
- 98 days
98- days
52 
Naomichi Marufuji and Masaaki Mochizuki Naomichi Marufuji 7 & Masaaki Mochizuki
- January 5, 2020
- Tokyo, Japan | Reboot
- 105 days
105- days
51 AXIZ Katsuhiko Nakajima 5 Go Shiozaki
- June 27, 2019
- Tokyo, Japan | Global Junior League 2019
- 192 days
192- days
50 Sugiura-gun Takashi Sugiura 5 Kazma Sakamoto
- June 13, 2019
- Osaka, Japan | Global Junior Tag League 2019
- 14 days
14- days
49 AXIZ Katsuhiko Nakajima 4 Go Shiozaki
- February 24, 2019
- Tokyo, Japan | Navigation for the Progress 2019
- 109 days
109- days
48 
50 Funky Powers Muhammad Yone 5 & Quiet Storm
- February 1, 2019
- Tokyo, Japan | Navigation for the Future 2019
- 23 days
23- days
47 Hooligans Maybach Taniguchi & Yuji Hino
- December 16, 2018
- Yokohama, Japan | Great Voyage in Yokohama Vol. 2
- 47 days
47- days
46 Go Shiozaki and Katsuhiko Nakajima Katsuhiko Nakajima 3 Go Shiozaki
- December 7, 2018
- Tokyo, Japan | Winter Navigation
- 9 days
Defeated Kenoh and Masa Kitamiya in a tournament final for the vacant titles.9- days
Vacant
- November 28, 2018
- 9 days
Vacated due to Marufuji suffering a shoulder injury.9- days
45 
Naomichi Marufuji and Masaaki Mochizuki Naomichi Marufuji 6 & Masaaki Mochizuki
- July 28, 2018
- Tokyo, Japan | 12th Global Jr. Heavyweight Tag League
- 123 days
123- days
44 
The Aggression Katsuhiko Nakajima 2 & Masa Kitamiya
- May 29, 2018
- Yokohama, Japan | Navigation with Breeze 2018
- 60 days
60- days
43 GO-KAI Go Shiozaki & Kaito Kiyomiya
- April 29, 2018
- Yokohama, Japan | Great Voyage 2018 in Niigata
- 30 days
30- days
42 The Aggression Katsuhiko Nakajima 1 & Masa Kitamiya
- March 11, 2018
- Yokohama, Japan | Great Voyage 2018 in Yokohama
- 49 days
49- days
41 50 Funky Powers Muhammad Yone 4 & Quiet Storm
- October 1, 2017
- Yokohama, Japan | Great Voyage 2017 in Yokohama Vol. 2
- 161 days
161- days
40 Atsushi Kotoge & Go Shiozaki
- August 26, 2017
- Tokyo, Japan | Summer Navigation 2017 Vol. 2
- 36 days
36- days
39 
Maybach Taniguchi and Naomichi Marufuji Naomichi Marufuji 5 Maybach Taniguchi
- April 14, 2017
- Tokyo, Japan | GTL e no Countdown
- 134 days
134- days
38 
Kenoh and Takashi Sugiura Takashi Sugiura 4 Kenoh
- March 12, 2017
- Yokohama, Japan | Great Voyage 2017 in Yokohama
- 33 days
Defeated Masa Kitamiya and Muhammad Yone for the vacant titles.33- days
Vacant
- February 24, 2017
- Tokyo, Japan | The Second Navig. 2017
- 16 days
Vacated after Kenoh turned on Kitamiya.16- days
37 Kenoh and Masa Kitamiya Kenoh & Masa Kitamiya
- January 21, 2017
- Osaka, Japan | The First Navig. 2017
- 34 days
34- days
36 Go Shiozaki and Maybach Taniguchi Go Shiozaki & Maybach Taniguchi
- December 3, 2016
- Tokyo, Japan | One Night Cruise 2016 in Differ
- 49 days
49- days
35 
K.E.S. Davey Boy Smith Jr. 2 & Lance Archer 2
- November 23, 2016
- Tokyo, Japan | Global League-sen 2016
- 10 days
10- days
34 
Naomichi Marufuji and Toru Yano Naomichi Marufuji 4 & Toru Yano 2
- May 28, 2016
- Osaka, Japan | Great Voyage 2016 in Osaka
- 179 days
179- days
33 K.E.S. Davey Boy Smith Jr. 1 & Lance Archer 1
- February 11, 2015
- Nagoya, Japan | Great Voyage 2015 in Nagoya
- 472 days
472- days
32 
TMDK Mikey Nicholls 2 & Shane Haste 2
- January 10, 2015
- Tokyo, Japan | New Year Navigation 2015
- 32 days
32- days
31 
Dangan Yankies Masato Tanaka 1 & Takashi Sugiura 3
- May 31, 2014
- Osaka, Japan | Navigation with Breeze 2014 - Day 4
- 224 days
224- days
30 
Choukibou-gun Takeshi Morishima 5 Maybach Taniguchi
- January 25, 2014
- Osaka, Japan | The First Navigation 2014 - Day 11
- 126 days
126- days
29 TMDK Mikey Nicholls 1 & Shane Haste 1
- July 7, 2013
- Tokyo, Japan | Great Voyage 2013 In Tokyo
- 202 days
202- days
28 
Chaos Takashi Iizuka 1 & Toru Yano 1
- March 10, 2013
- Yokohama, Japan | Great Voyage 2013 In Yokohama
- 119 days
119- days
27 
Brave Naomichi Marufuji 3 & Takashi Sugiura 2
- December 9, 2012
- Ryōgoku, Japan | The Great Voyage In Ryogoku 2012 Vol. 2
- 91 days
91- days
26 
Special Assault Team Akitoshi Saito 4 & Go Shiozaki
- October 26, 2012
- Niigata, Japan | Autumn Navigation 2012 - Day 5
- 44 days
44- days
25 
No Mercy KENTA 1 & Maybach Taniguchi
- October 8, 2012
- Yokohama, Japan | Autumn Navigation 2012
- 18 days
18- days
24 
Magnus and Samoa Joe Magnus 1 & Samoa Joe 1
- July 22, 2012
- Ryōgoku, Japan | Great Voyage 2012 In Ryogoku
- 78 days
78- days
23 
Special Assault Team Jun Akiyama 3 & Akitoshi Saito 3
- January 22, 2012
- Osaka, Japan | Great Voyage In Osaka 2012
- 182 days
182- days
22 
Bad Intentions Giant Bernard 1 & Karl Anderson 1
- June 18, 2011
- Osaka, Japan | New Japan Pro-Wrestling's Dominion 6.18
- 218 days
218- days
21 
Takuma Sano and Yoshihiro Takayama Takuma Sano 1 & Yoshihiro Takayama 2
- September 18, 2010
- Osaka, Japan | Shiny Navigation 2010 - Day 5
- 273 days
Defeated Akitoshi Saito and Bison Smith for the vacant titles.273- days
Vacant
- September 10, 2010
- 8 days
Vacated due to Walker not returning to Japan after the death of his father.8- days
20 
Bison Smith and Keith Walker Bison Smith 2 & Keith Walker
- April 14, 2010
- Osaka, Japan | Spring Navigation 2010 - Day 4
- 149 days
149- days
19 
Disobey Takeshi Rikio 3 & Muhammad Yone 3
- December 6, 2009
- Tokyo, Japan | Winter Navigation 2009 - Day 10
- 129 days
129- days
18 
Kensuke Sasaki and Takeshi Morishima Kensuke Sasaki 1 & Takeshi Morishima 4
- September 21, 2009
- Niigata, Japan | Exceeding Our Dreams 2009 - Day 5
- 76 days
76- days
17 Akitoshi Saito and Bison Smith Akitoshi Saito 2 & Bison Smith 1
- May 23, 2008
- Nagoya, Japan | NOAH Northern Navigation 2008 - Day 5
- 486 days
486- days
16 
Team Ikko Naomichi Marufuji 2 & Takashi Sugiura 1
- October 27, 2007
- Tokyo, Japan | Autumn Navigation 2007 - Day 12
- 209 days
209- days
15 
RO&D D'Lo Brown 1 & Buchanan 1
- October 20, 2007
- Kurume, Japan | Autumn Navigation 2007 - Day 8
- 7 days
Defeated Akira Taue and Go Shiozaki in a tournament final for the vacant titles.7- days
Vacant
- September 13, 2007
- 37 days
Vacated due to Rikio suffering a neck injury.37- days
14 
Jun Akiyama and Takeshi Rikio Jun Akiyama 2 & Takeshi Rikio 2
- April 1, 2007
- Tokyo, Japan | Spring Navigation 2007 - Day 1
- 165 days
165- days
13 
Takeshi Morishima and Muhammad Yone Takeshi Morishima 3 & Muhammad Yone 2
- December 2, 2006
- Yokohama, Japan | Winter Navigation 2006
- 120 days
Defeated Takuma Sano and Yoshihiro Takayama in a tournament final for the vacant titles.120- days
Vacant
- September 25, 2006
- 68 days
Vacated due to Kobashi becoming inactive with kidney cancer.68- days
12 
Burning Tamon Honda 2 & Kenta Kobashi 2
- June 4, 2006
- Sapporo, Japan | Northern Navigation 2006 - Day 12
- 113 days
113- days
11 Takeshi Morishima and Muhammad Yone Takeshi Morishima 2 & Muhammad Yone 1
- October 28, 2005
- Osaka, Japan | Autumn Navigation 2006 - Day 14
- 219 days
219- days
10 
Naomichi Marufuji and Minoru Suzuki Naomichi Marufuji 1 & Minoru Suzuki 1
- June 18, 2005
- Morecambe, England | FWA Live in Morecambe: NOAH Limits
- 132 days
This was a Frontier Wrestling Alliance event.132- days
9 
2 Cold Scorpio and Doug Williams Scorpio 2 & Doug Williams 1
- January 23, 2005
- Kobe, Japan | The First Navigation '05 Final Day
- 146 days
2 Cold Scorpio previously went by Scorpio.146- days
8 
Mitsuharu Misawa and Yoshinari Ogawa Mitsuharu Misawa 2 & Yoshinari Ogawa 2
- January 10, 2004
- Tokyo, Japan | Great Voyage '04
- 379 days
379- days
7 
Yuji Nagata and Hiroshi Tanahashi Yuji Nagata 1 & Hiroshi Tanahashi 1
- November 30, 2003
- Sapporo, Japan | Navigation, Uprising Spirit '03
- 41 days
41- days
6 Burning Tamon Honda 1 & Kenta Kobashi 1
- June 6, 2003
- Tokyo, Japan | Navigation with Breeze '03 Final Day
- 177 days
177- days
5 
Jun Akiyama and Akitoshi Saito Jun Akiyama 1 & Akitoshi Saito 1
- September 23, 2002
- Tokyo, Japan | Great Voyage '02
- 256 days
256- days
4 
Wild II Takeshi Morishima 1 & Takeshi Rikio 1
- February 17, 2002
- Tokyo, Japan | Navigate for Evolution Final Day
- 218 days
218- days
3 
No Fear Takao Omori 1 & Yoshihiro Takayama 1
- December 9, 2001
- Tokyo, Japan | Navigation in Raging Ocean
- 70 days
70- days
2 
Mitsuharu Misawa and Yoshinari Ogawa Mitsuharu Misawa 1 & Yoshinari Ogawa 1
- November 30, 2001
- Sapporo, Japan | Navigation in Raging Ocean
- 9 days
9- days
1 
Vader and Scorpio Vader 1 & Scorpio 1
- October 19, 2001
- Yokohama, Japan | Navigation, Tug of War Final Day
- 42 days
Defeated Jun Akiyama and Akitoshi Saito in a tournament final.42- days
GHC Tag Team Championship: Statistics
- Promotion
Pro Wrestling NOAH - Gender Male
- Title Type Tag Titles
- Date Established October 19, 2001
Most Number of Reigns
| Rank | Wrestler | Reigns |
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| 1 | Naomichi Marufuji & Takashi Sugiura | 3 |
| 2 | Katsuhiko Nakajima & Go Shiozaki | 3 |
| 3 | Katsuhiko Nakajima & Masa Kitamiya | 3 |
| 4 | Davey Boy Smith Jr. & Lance Archer | 2 |
| 5 | Jun Akiyama & Akitoshi Saito | 2 |
| 6 | Mitsuharu Misawa & Yoshinari Ogawa | 2 |
| 7 | Takeshi Morishima & Muhammad Yone | 2 |
| 8 | Kenta Kobashi & Tamon Honda | 2 |
| 9 | Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls | 2 |
| 10 | Naomichi Marufuji & Masaaki Mochizuki | 2 |
| 11 | Muhammad Yone & Quiet Storm | 2 |
| 12 | René Duprée & El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. | 2 |
| 13 | Daga & Jack Morris | 2 |
Most Combined Days
| Rank | Wrestler | Days |
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| Naomichi Marufuji & Takashi Sugiura | 499 | |
| Bison Smith & Akitoshi Saito | 486 | |
| Davey Boy Smith Jr. & Lance Archer | 482 | |
| Jun Akiyama & Akitoshi Saito | 438 | |
| Mitsuharu Misawa & Yoshinari Ogawa | 388 |
Longest Reigns
| Rank | Wrestler | Reign | Days |
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| Akitoshi Saito & Bison Smith | May 23, 2008 - September 21, 2009 | 486 | |
| Davey Boy Smith Jr. & Lance Archer | February 11, 2015 - May 28, 2016 | 472 | |
| Mitsuharu Misawa & Yoshinari Ogawa | January 10, 2004 - January 23, 2005 | 379 | |
| Takuma Sano & Yoshihiro Takayama | September 18, 2010 - June 18, 2011 | 273 | |
| Anthony Greene & Jack Morris | September 24, 2023 - June 16, 2024 | 266 |