KO-D Tag Team Championship


The KO-D Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling tag team championship owned by the DDT Pro-Wrestling 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 Strange Love Connection. They won the title by defeating The Apex at Ultimate Party 2025 on November 3, 2025.
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 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.
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. On November 22, it was announced that Harimau 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 88 reigns shared between 78 different teams composed of 68 distinctive champions, and 13 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 11. The sole reign of Nautilus 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 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 Strange Love Connection. They won the title by defeating The Apex at Ultimate Party 2025 on November 3, 2025.

Combined reigns

As of ,.

By team

By wrestler

RankWrestlerNo. of
reigns
Combined
defenses
Combined days
1Hero!/Darkside Hero!/Harashima1114830
2717682
3Mao †614+
4Mikami611628
5512580
6510570
755540
8512526
9410521
1059496
1149473
1239469
1337444
14316434
15Gentaro47385
1648373
17414361
1837356
1957343
2029331
2136317
22Kudo48312
2328312
2439309
2517296
2624276
2725265
2833257
2934226
3014217
31211216
3227203
3324199
3436188
3522167
3616161
3734160
3842149
3926141
3913141
4113139
4212133
4333+
4415127
4512110
46Shota13109
4713107
4810105
4922104
4913104
5115101
5115101
532390
541382
54To-y1182
561277
57Mad Paulie/MJ Paul2075
58Super Uchuu Power2174
59Asuka1063
60Kai1056
601056
622155
631147
641041
64Yoshiya1041
66Nosawa1133
671010
68104