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 champions were Vader & Scorpio.
The current champions are the team of Los Tranquilos de Japón (Tetsuya Naito and BUSHI), who won the title on January 1, 2026, and have been reigning for 146 days.
GHC Tag Team Championship: Title History
GHC Tag Team Championship: Title Reigns
N. Image Champion Reign 77 
Los Tranquilos de Japón Tetsuya Naito 1 & BUSHI 1
January 1, 2026 Tokyo, Japan | NOAH The New Year 2026146+days76 
MaruKEN Kenoh 4 & Naomichi Marufuji 10
December 13, 2025 Nagoya, Japan | NOAH Sunny Voyage 202519days75 
Team 2000X Takashi Sugiura 12 & Masa Kitamiya
November 21, 2025 Sendai, Japan | NOAH Cross Over 202522days74 
Hank & Tank Hank Walker 1 & Tank Ledger 1
November 8, 2025 Tokyo, Japan | NOAH Star Navigation 202513days73 Team 2000X Takashi Sugiura 11 & Masa Kitamiya
August 11, 2025 Kawasaki, Japan | NOAH Kawasaki Summer Voyage 202589days72 Ratel's Manabu Soya & Daiki Inaba
June 3, 2025 Tokyo, Japan | Star Navigation 202569days71 
Kenoh 3 & Ulka Sasaki 1
May 3, 2025 Tokyo, Japan | Memorial Voyage in Kokugikan31days70 
Team 2000X Daga 2 & Jack Morris
April 6, 2025 Osaka, Japan | Sunny Voyage 2025Defeated All Rebellion (Galeno and Kaito Kiyomiya) to win the vacant titles.27days
Vacant
January 27, 2025Vacated due to Noah not recognizing the transfer of the championship.69days69 Team 2000X Daga 1 & Jack Morris
January 25, 2025 Osaka, Japan | Sunny Voyage 2025Lineal 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.2days68 
Team 2000X Omos 1 & Jack Morris
January 1, 2025 Tokyo, Japan | The New Year 202524days67 
Naomichi Marufuji and Takashi Sugiura Naomichi Marufuji 9 & Takashi Sugiura 10
June 16, 2024 Yokohama, Japan | Grand Ship In YokohamaMarufuji 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.199days66 
Good Looking Guys Anthony Greene 1 & Jack Morris
September 24, 2023 Tokyo, Japan | Grand Ship In Nagoya 2023266days65 
Real Timothy Thatcher 2 & Saxon Huxley 1
May 4, 2023 Tokyo, Japan | Majestic 2023143days64 
Takashi Sugiura and Shuhei Taniguchi Takashi Sugiura 9 & Shuhei Taniguchi 6
April 16, 2023 Sendai, Japan | Green Journey in Sendai 2023Taniguchi was previously known as Maybach Taniguchi.18days63 Masa Kitamiya and Daiki Inaba Masa Kitamiya & Daiki Inaba
February 12, 2023 Osaka, Japan | Great Voyage in Osaka 202363days62 
TakaKoji Takashi Sugiura 8 & Satoshi Kojima 1
September 25, 2022 Nagoya, Japan | Grand Ship in Nagoya 2022140days61 
Sugiura-gun Hideki Suzuki 2 & Timothy Thatcher 1
July 16, 2022 Tokyo, Japan | Destination 2022Defeated Masa Kitamiya and Yoshiki Inamura for the vacant titles.71daysVacant
July 16, 2022 Tokyo, Japan | Destination 2022Vacated due to Elgin not being able to make it to the title defense.0days60 
Michael Elgin and Masa Kitamiya Michael Elgin 1 & Masa Kitamiya
May 21, 2022 Tokyo, Japan | Dream On Final 202256days59 
Sugiura-gun International El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. 2 & René Duprée 2
May 4, 2022 Tokyo, Japan | NOAH Dream On 202217days58 Sugiura-gun Takashi Sugiura 7 & Hideki Suzuki 1
March 13, 2022 Yokohama, Japan | NOAH Great Voyage 2022 In YokohamaDefeated Kaito Kiyomiya and Daiki Inaba in a tournament final for the vacant titles.52daysVacant
February 8, 2022Vacated due to Mutoh suffering a hip injury.33days57 
M's Alliance Keiji Muto / The Great Muta 1 & Naomichi Marufuji 8
November 13, 2021 Yokohama, Japan | NOAH Demolition Stage 2021 In Yokohama87days56 
Kaito Kiyomiya and Masa Kitamiya Kaito Kiyomiya 2 & Masa Kitamiya
July 22, 2021 Tokyo, Japan | NOAH Up To Emotion 2021 Day 4Nakajima teamed with Manabu Soya to defend against Kitamiya and Kiyomiya to determine new champions.114days55 
The Aggression Katsuhiko Nakajima 6 & Masa Kitamiya
March 7, 2021 Yokohama, Japan | Great Voyage 2021 In YokohamaKitamiya 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.137days54 
Sugiura-gun Takashi Sugiura 6 & Kazushi Sakuraba 1
August 30, 2020 Kawasaki, Japan | KAWASAKI, GO! 2020Defeated AXIZ (Go Shiozaki and Katsuhiko Nakajima) to win the vacant titles.189daysVacant
July 26, 2020Vacated when Wagner and Duprée cannot enter Japan due to international travel restrictions as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.35days53 
Sugiura-gun International El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. 1 & René Duprée 1
April 19, 2020 Tokyo, Japan | Noah the Spirit98days52 
Naomichi Marufuji and Masaaki Mochizuki Naomichi Marufuji 7 & Masaaki Mochizuki
January 5, 2020 Tokyo, Japan | Reboot105days51 
AXIZ Katsuhiko Nakajima 5 & Go Shiozaki 7
June 27, 2019 Tokyo, Japan | Global Junior League 2019192days50 
Sugiura-gun Takashi Sugiura 5 & KAZMA SAKAMOTO 1
June 13, 2019 Osaka, Japan | Global Junior Tag League 201914days49 AXIZ Katsuhiko Nakajima 4 & Go Shiozaki 6
February 24, 2019 Tokyo, Japan | Navigation for the Progress 2019109days48 
50 Funky Powers Muhammad Yone 5 & Quiet Storm
February 1, 2019 Tokyo, Japan | Navigation for the Future 201923days47 
Hooligans Maybach Taniguchi 5 & Yuji Hino
December 16, 2018 Yokohama, Japan | Great Voyage in Yokohama Vol. 247days46 Go Shiozaki and Katsuhiko Nakajima Katsuhiko Nakajima 3 & Go Shiozaki 5
December 7, 2018 Tokyo, Japan | Winter NavigationDefeated Kenoh and Masa Kitamiya in a tournament final for the vacant titles.9daysVacant
November 28, 2018Vacated due to Marufuji suffering a shoulder injury.9days45 
Naomichi Marufuji and Masaaki Mochizuki Naomichi Marufuji 6 & Masaaki Mochizuki
July 28, 2018 Tokyo, Japan | 12th Global Jr. Heavyweight Tag League123days44 
The Aggression Katsuhiko Nakajima 2 & Masa Kitamiya
May 29, 2018 Yokohama, Japan | Navigation with Breeze 201860days43 
GO-KAI Go Shiozaki 4 & Kaito Kiyomiya 1
April 29, 2018 Yokohama, Japan | Great Voyage 2018 in Niigata30days42 The Aggression Katsuhiko Nakajima 1 & Masa Kitamiya
March 11, 2018 Yokohama, Japan | Great Voyage 2018 in Yokohama49days41 50 Funky Powers Muhammad Yone 4 & Quiet Storm
October 1, 2017 Yokohama, Japan | Great Voyage 2017 in Yokohama Vol. 2161days40 
Go Shiozaki 3 & Atsushi Kotoge 1
August 26, 2017 Tokyo, Japan | Summer Navigation 2017 Vol. 236days39 
Maketa Ra Owari Naomichi Marufuji 5 & Maybach Taniguchi 4
April 14, 2017 Tokyo, Japan | GTL e no Countdown134days38 
Kenou 2 & Takashi Sugiura 4
March 12, 2017 Yokohama, Japan | Great Voyage 2017 in YokohamaDefeated Masa Kitamiya and Muhammad Yone for the vacant titles.33daysVacant
February 24, 2017 Tokyo, Japan | The Second Navig. 2017Vacated after Kenoh turned on Kitamiya.16days37 Kenou 1 & Masa Kitamiya
January 21, 2017 Osaka, Japan | The First Navig. 201734days36 
Go Shiozaki and Maybach Taniguchi Go Shiozaki 2 & Maybach Taniguchi 3
December 3, 2016 Tokyo, Japan | One Night Cruise 2016 in Differ49days35 
K.E.S. Davey Boy Smith Jr. 2 & Lance Archer 2
November 23, 2016 Tokyo, Japan | Global League-sen 201610days34 
Naomichi Marufuji and Toru Yano Naomichi Marufuji 4 & Toru Yano 2
May 28, 2016 Osaka, Japan | Great Voyage 2016 in Osaka179days33 K.E.S. Davey Boy Smith Jr. 1 & Lance Archer 1
February 11, 2015 Nagoya, Japan | Great Voyage 2015 in Nagoya472days32 
TMDK Mikey Nicholls 2 & Shane Haste 2
January 10, 2015 Tokyo, Japan | New Year Navigation 201532days31 
Dangan Yankies Masato Tanaka 1 & Takashi Sugiura 3
May 31, 2014 Osaka, Japan | Navigation with Breeze 2014 - Day 4224days30 
Cho Kibou-gun Takeshi Morishima 5 & Maybach Taniguchi 2
January 25, 2014 Osaka, Japan | The First Navigation 2014 - Day 11126days29 TMDK Mikey Nicholls 1 & Shane Haste 1
July 7, 2013 Tokyo, Japan | Great Voyage 2013 In Tokyo202days28 
Chaos Takashi Iizuka 1 & Toru Yano 1
March 10, 2013 Yokohama, Japan | Great Voyage 2013 In Yokohama119days27 
Brave Naomichi Marufuji 3 & Takashi Sugiura 2
December 9, 2012 Ryōgoku, Japan | The Great Voyage In Ryogoku 2012 Vol. 291days26 
Special Assault Team Akitoshi Saito 4 & Go Shiozaki 1
October 26, 2012 Niigata, Japan | Autumn Navigation 2012 - Day 544days25 
NO MERCY KENTA 1 & Maybach Taniguchi 1
October 8, 2012 Yokohama, Japan | Autumn Navigation 201218days24 
Magnus and Samoa Joe Magnus 1 & Samoa Joe 1
July 22, 2012 Ryōgoku, Japan | Great Voyage 2012 In Ryogoku78days23 
Special Assault Team Jun Akiyama 3 & Akitoshi Saito 3
January 22, 2012 Osaka, Japan | Great Voyage In Osaka 2012182days22 
Bad Intentions Giant Bernard 1 & Karl Anderson 1
June 18, 2011 Osaka, Japan | New Japan Pro-Wrestling's Dominion 6.18218days21 
Takuma Sano and Yoshihiro Takayama Takuma Sano 1 & Yoshihiro Takayama 2
September 18, 2010 Osaka, Japan | Shiny Navigation 2010 - Day 5Defeated Akitoshi Saito and Bison Smith for the vacant titles.273daysVacant
September 10, 2010Vacated due to Walker not returning to Japan after the death of his father.8days20 
Bison Smith and Keith Walker Bison Smith 2 & Keith Walker
April 14, 2010 Osaka, Japan | Spring Navigation 2010 - Day 4149days19 
Disobey Takeshi Rikio 3 & Muhammad Yone 3
December 6, 2009 Tokyo, Japan | Winter Navigation 2009 - Day 10129days18 
Kensuke Sasaki and Takeshi Morishima Kensuke Sasaki 1 & Takeshi Morishima 4
September 21, 2009 Niigata, Japan | Exceeding Our Dreams 2009 - Day 576days17 Akitoshi Saito and Bison Smith Akitoshi Saito 2 & Bison Smith 1
May 23, 2008 Nagoya, Japan | NOAH Northern Navigation 2008 - Day 5486days16 
Team Ikko Naomichi Marufuji 2 & Takashi Sugiura 1
October 27, 2007 Tokyo, Japan | Autumn Navigation 2007 - Day 12209days15 
RO&D D'Lo Brown 1 & Buchanan 1
October 20, 2007 Kurume, Japan | Autumn Navigation 2007 - Day 8Defeated Akira Taue and Go Shiozaki in a tournament final for the vacant titles.7daysVacant
September 13, 2007Vacated due to Rikio suffering a neck injury.37days14 
Jun Akiyama and Takeshi Rikio Jun Akiyama 2 & Takeshi Rikio 2
April 1, 2007 Tokyo, Japan | Spring Navigation 2007 - Day 1165days13 
Takeshi Morishima and Muhammad Yone Takeshi Morishima 3 & Muhammad Yone 2
December 2, 2006 Yokohama, Japan | Winter Navigation 2006Defeated Takuma Sano and Yoshihiro Takayama in a tournament final for the vacant titles.120daysVacant
September 25, 2006Vacated due to Kobashi becoming inactive with kidney cancer.68days12 
Burning Tamon Honda 2 & Kenta Kobashi 2
June 4, 2006 Sapporo, Japan | Northern Navigation 2006 - Day 12113days11 Takeshi Morishima and Muhammad Yone Takeshi Morishima 2 & Muhammad Yone 1
October 28, 2005 Osaka, Japan | Autumn Navigation 2006 - Day 14219days10 
Naomichi Marufuji and Minoru Suzuki Naomichi Marufuji 1 & Minoru Suzuki 1
June 18, 2005 Morecambe, England | FWA Live in Morecambe: NOAH LimitsThis was a Frontier Wrestling Alliance event.132days9 
2 Cold Scorpio and Doug Williams Scorpio 2 & Doug Williams 1
January 23, 2005 Kobe, Japan | The First Navigation '05 Final Day2 Cold Scorpio previously went by Scorpio.146days8 
Mitsuharu Misawa and Yoshinari Ogawa Mitsuharu Misawa 2 & Yoshinari Ogawa 2
January 10, 2004 Tokyo, Japan | Great Voyage '04379days7 
Yuji Nagata and Hiroshi Tanahashi Yuji Nagata 1 & Hiroshi Tanahashi 1
November 30, 2003 Sapporo, Japan | Navigation, Uprising Spirit '0341days6 Burning Tamon Honda 1 & Kenta Kobashi 1
June 6, 2003 Tokyo, Japan | Navigation with Breeze '03 Final Day177days5 
Jun Akiyama and Akitoshi Saito Jun Akiyama 1 & Akitoshi Saito 1
September 23, 2002 Tokyo, Japan | Great Voyage '02256days4 
Wild II Takeshi Morishima 1 & Takeshi Rikio 1
February 17, 2002 Tokyo, Japan | Navigate for Evolution Final Day218days3 
No Fear Takao Omori 1 & Yoshihiro Takayama 1
December 9, 2001 Tokyo, Japan | Navigation in Raging Ocean70days2 
Mitsuharu Misawa and Yoshinari Ogawa Mitsuharu Misawa 1 & Yoshinari Ogawa 1
November 30, 2001 Sapporo, Japan | Navigation in Raging Ocean9days1 
Vader and Scorpio Vader 1 & Scorpio 1
October 19, 2001 Yokohama, Japan | Navigation, Tug of War Final DayDefeated Jun Akiyama and Akitoshi Saito in a tournament final.42days
GHC Tag Team Championship: Names & Belt Designs
- GHC Tag Team ChampionshipOctober 19, 2001
GHC Tag Team Championship: Statistics
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Promotions History
Promotion from to Promotion 
NOAHBrand
Heavyweight
October 19, 2001 Present
- Promotion
Pro Wrestling NOAH - TerritoryWorld Tier 2
- DivisionTag Team
- GenderMale
- Date EstablishedOctober 19, 2001
- First ChampionVaderScorpio
- Current ChampionTetsuya Naito
BUSHI
Most Number of Reigns
| Rank | Wrestler | Reigns |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Takashi Sugiura & Masa Kitamiya | 2 |
| 14 | Daga & Jack Morris | 2 |
Most Combined Days
| Rank | Wrestler | Days |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |