With the success of New Japan’s junior division and it’s top belt, the IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title, an IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Title was introduced in 1998, the first champions determined in a tournament. Since then, it has set a standard of excellence expected from some of the world’s best junior heavyweights. Below is a complete list of champions and defenses.

1. (8/8/98 @ Osaka Dome) Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa beat Koji Kanemoto & Dr. Wagner Jr. (20:13) when Otani used a Dragon suplex hold on Wagner (tournament final).
- (9/23/98 @ Yokohama Arena) Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa beat Black Tiger & Chris Jericho (19:32) when Otani used a Dragon suplex hold on Tiger (1st defense).
- (10/24/98 @ Fukuoka International Center) Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa beat Koji Kanemoto & Kendo Kashin (19:24) when Takaiwa pinned Kashin (2nd defense).

2. (1/4/99 @ Tokyo Dome) Kendo Kashin & Dr. Wagner Jr. beat Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa (16:53) when Kashin used an avalanche-style cross armbreaker on Otani.
- (2/11/99 @ Osaka Maishima Arena) Kendo Kashin & Dr. Wagner Jr. beat Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa (16:37) when Kashin used an avalanche-style cross armbreaker on Otani (1st defense).
- (3/20/99 @ Nagoya Rainbow Hall) Kendo Kashin & Dr. Wagner Jr. beat El Samurai & Gran Hamada (14:49) when Kashin used an avalanche-style cross armbreaker on Samurai (2nd defense).

3. (4/10/99 @ Tokyo Dome) Jushin Thunder Liger & The Great Sasuke beat Kendo Kashin & Dr. Wagner Jr. (15:55) when Liger used an avalanche-style brainbuster on Wagner.

4. (7/13/99 @ Iwate Prefectural Gymnasium) Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa (2) beat Jushin Thunder Liger & The Great Sasuke (16:31) when Takaiwa used a cross-arm suplex hold on Liger.
- (8/28/99 @ Jingu Stadium) Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa beat Jushin Thunder Liger & El Samurai (15:00) when Otani used a Spiral bomb on Liger (1st defense).
- (10/11/99 @ Tokyo Dome) Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa beat Koji Kanemoto & Minoru Tanaka (18:32) when Otani used a Spiral bomb on Kanemoto (2nd defense).
- (1/4/00 @ Tokyo Dome) Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa beat Kendo Kashin & Minoru Tanaka (13:09) when Takaiwa used the Takaiwa Driver on Kashin (3rd defense).
- (2/4/00 @ Tsukisamu Green Dome) Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa beat Kendo Kashin & Dr. Wagner Jr. (16:23) when Otani used a Spiral bomb on Wagner (4th defense).

5. (6/25/00 @ Tokyo Korakuen Hall) Koji Kanemoto & Minoru Tanaka beat Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa (18:25) when Tanaka used a cross armbreaker on Otani.
- (9/12/00 @ Tokyo Korakuen Hall) Koji Kanemoto & Minoru Tanaka beat Jushin Thunder Liger & Shinya Makabe (21:46) when Tanaka used the Minoru Special on Makabe (1st defense).
- (12/2/00 @ Tokushima Municipal Gymnasium) Minoru Tanaka & Koji Kanemoto beat Tatsuhito Takaiwa & Kendo Kashin (19:06) when Kanemoto used a cross kneelock on Takaiwa (2nd defense).
- (2/3/01 @ Hokkaido Sports Center) Minoru Tanaka & Koji Kanemoto beat Dr. Wagner Jr. & Silver King (19:55) when Kanemoto used a moonsault press on King (3rd defense).

6. (3/6/01 @ Ota Ward Gymnasium) Jushin Thunder Liger & El Samurai beat Koji Kanemoto & Minoru Tanaka (8:17) by doctor stop (Liger beat Kanemoto).
- (5/5/01 @ Fukuoka Dome) Jushin Thunder Liger & El Samurai beat Dr. Wagner Jr. & Silver King (19:09) when Liger used a brainbuster on Wagner (1st defense).

7. (7/20/01 @ Sapporo Dome) Jado & Gedo beat Jushin Thunder Liger & El Samurai (19:06) when Jado used the Crossface of JADO on Samurai.
- (8/19/01 @ New World Sendai Outdoor Ring) Jado & Gedo beat The Great Sasuke & Tiger Mask (18:17) when Gedo used the Complete Shot on Sasuke (1st defense).
- (9/16/01 @ Nagoya Rainbow Hall) Jado & Gedo beat Katsuyori Shibata & Wataru Inoue (11:39) when Jado used the Crossface of JADO on Shibata (2nd defense).
- (10/26/01 @ Kumamoto City Gymnasium) Jado & Gedo beat El Samurai & Minoru Tanaka (20:41) when Jado used the Crossface of JADO on Tanaka (3rd defense).
- (12/2/01 @ Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium) Jado & Gedo beat Kendo Kashin & Black Tiger (7:40) when Gedo used a Superfly splash on Kashin (4th defense).
- (2/8/02 @ Gifu Industrial Hall) Jado & Gedo beat Minoru Tanaka & Masayuki Naruse (19:44) when Jado used the Crossface of JADO on Naruse (5th defense).
- (4/22/02 @ Hakata Star Lane) Jado & Gedo beat Katsuyori Shibata & Wataru Inoue (20:16) when Jado used the Crossface of JADO on Inoue (6th defense).

8. (5/2/02 @ Tokyo Dome) Jushin Thunder Liger & Minoru Tanaka beat Jado & Gedo (17:44) when Liger used a brainbuster on Gedo.
- (7/4/02 @ Hyogo Prefectural Budokan) Jushin Thunder Liger & Minoru Tanaka beat Koji Kanemoto & AKIRA (22:42) when Liger used a brainbuster on Kanemoto (1st defense).

9. (8/29/02 @ Tokyo Nippon Budokan) Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi beat Jushin Thunder Liger & Minoru Tanaka (22:16) when Kikuchi used the Fireball bomb on Liger.
- (9/23/02 @ Tokyo Nippon Budokan) Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi beat El Samurai & Masayuki Naruse (14:33) when Kanemaru used a brainbuster on Naruse (1st defense).
- (10/12/02 @ Tokushima Municipal Gymnasium) Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi beat KENTA & Takashi Sugiura (23:15) when Kikuchi used the Fireball bomb on Sugiura (2nd defense).
- (11/24/02 @ Miyagi Sports Center) Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi beat Michael Modest & Donovan Morgan (19:28) when Kikuchi used an inside cradle on Morgan (3rd defense).
- (12/7/02 @ Yokohama Bunka Gymnasium) Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi beat Jado & Gedo (17:54) when Kanemaru used a brainbuster on Gedo (4th defense).

10. (1/26/03 @ Kobe World Hall) Koji Kanemoto & Jushin Thunder Liger beat Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi (27:11) when Liger used a shotei on Kikuchi.
- (3/9/03 @ Nagoya Rainbow Hall) Koji Kanemoto & Jushin Thunder Liger beat AKIRA & Heat (18:06) when Kanemoto used a flying reverse cradle on Heat (1st defense).
- (5/2/03 @ Tokyo Dome) Jushin Thunder Liger & Koji Kanemoto beat Tiger Mask & Heat (19:50) when Kanemoto used a Tiger suplex hold on Heat (2nd defense).
- (6/10/03 @ Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium) Jushin Thunder Liger & Koji Kanemoto beat Naomichi Marufuji & Kotaro Suzuki (20:06) when Kanemoto used a a knee arrangement ankle hold on Suzuki (3rd defense).
- (9/14/03 @ Nagoya Rainbow Hall) Jushin Thunder Liger & Koji Kanemoto beat Jado & Gedo (6:28) when Jado was DQ’d (4th defense).
- (9/23/03 @ Appi-kougen Skiing Area Special Ring) Jushin Thunder Liger & Koji Kanemoto beat Ikuto Hidaka & Minoru Fujita (17:37) when Kanemoto used a reverse achilles tendon hold on Hidaka (5th defense).
- (10/18/03 @ Fukuoka International Center) Jushin Thunder Liger & Koji Kanemoto beat Gedo & Katsushi Takemura (14:20) when Kanemoto used an ankle hold on Takemura (6th defense).
– Vacated on 11/4/03 when Kanemoto fractures his left cheekbone.

11. (11/29/03 @ Miyagi Sports Center) Jado & Gedo (2) beat Ryusuke Taguchi & Hirooki Goto (12:23) when Jado used the Crossface of JADO on Goto (decision match).
- (1/4/04 @ Tokyo Dome) Jado & Gedo beat Heat & Tiger Mask (17:15) when Gedo used a Superfly splash on Heat (1st defense).
- (2/1/04 @ Hokkaido Sports Center) Jado & Gedo beat Jushin Thunder Liger & Koji Kanemoto (19:11) when Gedo used a Superfly splash on Kanemoto (2nd defense).

12. (3/12/04 @ Yoyogi National Stadium Gymnasium #2) American Dragon & Curry Man beat Jado & Gedo (17:33) when Curry used a double-arm face crusher on Gedo.
- (3/21/04 @ Amagasaki Memorial Park Gymnasium) American Dragon & Curry Man beat Ryusuke Taguchi & Hirooki Goto (20:36) when Dragon used a diving headbutt on Goto (1st defense).

13. (6/5/04 @ Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium) Jado & Gedo (3) beat American Dragon & Curry Man (19:30) by TKO (Jado beat Curry).
- (7/19/04 @ Tsukisamu Green Dome) Jado & Gedo beat Koji Kanemoto & Wataru Inoue (14:27) when Gedo used an inside cradle on Inoue (1st defense).
- (9/11/04 @ Utsunomiya City Gymnasium) Jado & Gedo beat Ultimo Dragon & Taiji Ishimori (14:24) when Jado used the Crossface of JADO on Ishimori (2nd defense).
- (10/9/04 @ Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan) Jado & Gedo beat Koji Kanemoto & Minoru Tanaka (11:44) when Gedo used a Superfly splash on Kanemoto (3rd defense).
- (11/3/04 @ Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan) Jado & Gedo beat Tiger Mask & Taiji Ishimori (17:55) when Jado pinned Ishimori after the Crossface of JADO (4th defense).
- (11/28/04 @ Fujisawa City Akiba Bunka Gymnasium) Jado & Gedo beat American Dragon & James Gibson (21:24) when Jado used the Crossface of JADO on Dragon (5th defense).

14. (3/4/05 @ Tokyo Korakuen Hall) Koji Kanemoto & Wataru Inoue beat Jado & Gedo (34:03) when Inoue used the Triangle Lancer on Jado.
- (3/21/05 @ Amagasaki Memorial Park Gymnasium) Koji Kanemoto & Wataru Inoue beat Jado & Gedo (44:09) when Kanemoto used an ankle hold on Gedo (1st defense).
- (4/9/05 @ Ebina Movement Park Gymnasium) Koji Kanemoto & Wataru Inoue beat El Samurai & Masahito Kakihara (33:26) when Inoue used the Triangle Lancer on Samurai (2nd defense).

15. (5/14/05 @ Tokyo Dome) Minoru & Hirooki Goto beat Koji Kanemoto & Wataru Inoue (14:42) when Goto used a modified front cradle on Kanemoto.
- (7/18/05 @ Tsukisamu Green Dome) Minoru & Hirooki Goto beat Koji Kanemoto & El Samurai (23:51) when Minoru used a cross armbreaker on Samurai (1st defense).
- (9/25/05 @ Niigata City Gymnasium) Minoru & Hirooki Goto beat Katsushi Takemura & Akiya Anzawa (28:53) when Minoru used a cross armbreaker on Anzawa (2nd defense).
- (10/8/05 @ Tokyo Dome) Minoru & Hirooki Goto beat Negro Casas & Felino (10:11) when Goto used the Jigoku Guruma on Casas & Minoru used a high-angle front cradle on Felino (3rd defense).

16. (2/19/06 @ Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan) El Samurai & Ryusuke Taguchi beat Minoru & Hirooki Goto (26:29) when Samurai used a chickenwing armlock on Minoru.
- (3/19/06 @ Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan) El Samurai & Ryusuke Taguchi beat Koji Kanemoto & Wataru Inoue (19:53) when Samurai used the Samurai clutch on Kanemoto (1st defense).
- (5/7/06 @ Kyoto City Gymnasium) El Samurai & Ryusuke Taguchi beat Jado & Gedo (30:15) when Taguchi used the Dodon on Jado (2nd defense).

17. (7/8/06 @ Twin Messe Shizuoka) Jado & Gedo (4) beat El Samurai & Ryusuke Taguchi (30:04) when Jado used the Crossface of JADO on Samurai.
- (12/10/06 @ Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium / Mexican Rules) Jado & Gedo beat Negro Casas & El Texano Jr. (9:19). Jado used the Crossface of JADO on Texano (6:40). Jado used the Crossface of JADO on Casas (9:19) (1st defense).
- (1/7/07 @ Tokyo Korakuen Hall) Jado & Gedo beat Masaaki Mochizuki & Don Fujii (19:18) when Gedo used a Superfly splash on Mochizuki (2nd defense).

18. (5/2/07 @ Tokyo Korakuen Hall) Dick Togo & TAKA Michinoku beat Jado & Gedo (19:57) when Togo used a diving senton on Gedo.
- (7/6/07 @ Tokyo Korakuen Hall) Dick Togo & TAKA Michinoku beat Koji Kanemoto & Wataru Inoue (11:40) when TAKA used the Michinoku Driver II on Inoue (1st defense).
- (11/11/07 @ Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan) Dick Togo & TAKA Michinoku beat Jado & Gedo (20:16) when Togo used a diving senton on Jado (2nd defense).
- (12/1/07 @ Shinjuku FACE) Dick Togo & TAKA Michinoku beat Madoka & Kota Ibushi (21:48) when TAKA used the Michinoku Driver II on Madoka (3rd defense).

19. (1/27/08 @ Tokyo Korakuen Hall) Minoru & Prince Devitt beat Dick Togo & TAKA Michinoku (21:48) when Devitt used the Prince’s Throne -> jackknife hold on Togo.
- (8/16/08 @ Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan) Minoru & Prince Devitt beat Jushin Thunder Liger & AKIRA (18:09) when Devitt used the Prince’s Throne on AKIRA (1st defense).

20. (2/17/08 @ Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan) Jushin Thunder Liger & AKIRA beat Minoru & Prince Devitt (14:55) when Liger used an avalanche-style brainbuster on Devitt.
- (4/13/08 @ Tokyo Korakuen Hall) Jushin Thunder Liger & AKIRA beat Yujiro & Tetsuya Naito (18:52) when AKIRA used the Old Boy on Naito (1st defense).

21. (7/21/08 @ Tsukisamu Green Dome) Minoru & Prince Devitt (2) beat Jushin Thunder Liger & AKIRA (17:44) when Devitt used a cradle on AKIRA.
- (8/16/08 @ Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan) Minoru & Prince Devitt beat Jushin Thunder Liger & AKIRA (18:09) when Devitt used the Prince’s Throne on AKIRA (1st defense).

22. (10/13/08 @ Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan) Yujiro & Tetsuya Naito beat Minoru & Prince Devitt (11:34) when Yujiro used an Intercollegiate slam on Minoru.
- (12/7/08 @ Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium) Yujiro & Tetsuya Naito beat Jado & Gedo (18:25) when Naito used a Stardust press on Jado (1st defense).

23. (1/4/09 @ Tokyo Dome) Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin beat Yujiro & Tetsuya Naito (13:21) when Sabin pinned Naito after the Made in Detroit.
- (3/31/09 @ Orlando Universal Studios, USA) Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin beat Yujiro & Tetsuya Naito (4:09) when Sabin pinned Naito after the Made in Detroit (1st defense).
- (4/5/09 @ Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan) Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin beat Ryusuke Taguchi & Prince Devitt (12:54) when Shelley pinned Devitt after the Made in Detroit (2nd defense).
- (4/19/09 @ Philadelphia Liacouras Center, USA / 3WAY Tornado Six Sides of Steel Cage Match) Chris Sabin & Alex Shelley beat Homicide & Shawn Hernandez and Yujiro & Tetsuya Naito (11:53) when Sabin pinned Naito after the Made in Detroit (3rd defense).

24. (7/5/09 @ Tokyo Korakuen Hall) Ryusuke Taguchi & Prince Devitt beat Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin (21:34) when Devitt used the Shingata Prince’s Throne on Shelley.
- (7/20/09 @ Tsukisamu Alpha Court Dome) Ryusuke Taguchi & Prince Devitt beat Milano Collection AT & Taichi (17:09) when Taguchi used a small package hold on Milano (1st defense).
- (9/13/09 @ Tokyo Korakuen Hall) Ryusuke Taguchi & Prince Devitt beat Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin (23:20) when Taguchi used the Dodon on Sabin (2nd defense).
- (12/4/09 @ Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium #2) Ryusuke Taguchi & Prince Devitt beat Koji Kanemoto & Nobuo Yoshihashi (18:12) when Taguchi pinned Yoshihashi after the Blackhole Vacation (3rd defense).
- (1/4/10 @ Tokyo Dome) Ryusuke Taguchi & Prince Devitt beat Ultimo Guerrero & Averno (9:07) when Taguchi pinned Averno after the Black Hole Vacation (4th defense).
- (2/14/10 @ Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan) Ryusuke Taguchi & Prince Devitt beat Gedo & Dick Togo (14:01) when Taguchi pinned Gedo after the Blackhole Vacation (5th defense).
– Vacated on 4/21/10 when Devitt injures a knee.

25. (5/8/10 @ Tokyo JCB Hall) Koji Kanemoto & El Samurai beat Ryusuke Taguchi & Prince Devitt (21:27) when Samurai used the Samurai clutch on Devitt (tournament final).

26. (7/19/10 @ Tsukisamu Alpha Court Dome) Prince Devitt & Ryusuke Taguchi (2) beat Koji Kanemoto & El Samurai (13:59) when Taguchi used the Dodon on Samurai.
- (9/26/10 @ Kobe World Hall) Prince Devitt & Ryusuke Taguchi beat Jado & Gedo (15:50) when Taguchi used a Gedo clutch gaeshino on Gedo (1st defense).

27. (10/11/10 @ Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan) Kota Ibushi & Kenny Omega beat Prince Devitt & Ryusuke Taguchi (15:05) when Ibushi used a Firebird splash on Devitt.
- (11/14/10 @ Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium #2) Kota Ibushi & Kenny Omega beat Prince Devitt & Ryusuke Taguchi (9:42) when Ibushi used a Phoenix splash on Taguchi (1st defense).
- (12/26/10 @ Tokyo Korakuen Hall) Kota Ibushi & Kenny Omega beat Jado & Gedo (21:24) when Omega used the Croyt’s Wrath on Gedo (2nd defense).

28. (1/23/11 @ Tokyo Korakuen Hall) Prince Devitt & Ryusuke Taguchi (3) beat Kota Ibushi & Kenny Omega (16:32) when Taguchi pinned Omega after the Black Sunday.
- (1/30/11 @ Tokyo Korakuen Hall) Prince Devitt & Ryusuke Taguchi beat Taichi & NOSAWA Rongai (16:09) when Taguchi used a Gedo clutch II on Taichi (1st defense).
- (3/20/11 @ Amagasaki Memorial Park Gymnasium) Prince Devitt & Ryusuke Taguchi beat TAKA Michinoku & Taichi (16:27) when Devitt used the Bloody Sunday on Taichi (2nd defense).
- (4/17/11 @ Tokyo Korakuen Hall) Prince Devitt & Ryusuke Taguchi beat Makoto Oishi & Shiori Asahi (21:58) when Devitt used the Bloody Sunday on Oishi (3rd defense).
- (5/3/11 @ Fukuoka International Center) Prince Devitt & Ryusuke Taguchi beat Davey Richards & Rocky Romero (17:41) when Devitt used the Bloody Sunday on Romero (4th defense).
- (5/15/11 @ Philadelphia Asylum Arena, USA) Prince Devitt & Ryusuke Taguchi beat Homicide & Low Ki (15:18) when Devitt used the Bloody Sunday on Homicide (5th defense).
- (8/14/11 @ Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan) Prince Devitt & Ryusuke Taguchi beat Kota Ibushi & Kenny Omega (15:01) when Devitt pinned Omega after the Black Sunday (6th defense).
- (9/11/11 @ Tokyo Korakuen Hall) Prince Devitt & Ryusuke Taguchi beat TAKA Michinoku & Taichi (19:04) when Taguchi used a la magistral on Taichi (7th defense).

29. (10/10/11 @ Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan) Davey Richards & Rocky Romero beat Prince Devitt & Ryusuke Taguchi (13:29) when Richards used the Contract Killer on Devitt.
- (11/12/11 @ Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium) Davey Richards & Rocky Romero beat Tiger Mask & KUSHIDA (12:43) when Richards used the Contract Killer on KUSHIDA (1st defense).

30. (1/4/12 @ Tokyo Dome) Prince Devitt & Ryusuke Taguchi (4) beat Davey Richards & Rocky Romero (12:44) when Taguchi used a front cradle on Richards.