International Ribbon Tag Team Championship

The International Ribbon Tag Team Championship (Japanese: インターナショナル・リボンタッグ王座, Hepburn: intānashonaru Ribon Taggu Ōza) is a professional wrestling tag team championship owned by the Ice Ribbon promotion. The championship was introduced on April 4, 2007, at an Ice Ribbon and Neo Japan Ladies Pro Wrestling co-promoted event, where the Neo Machineguns (Tanny Mouse and Yuki Miyazaki) defeated Aya Yuki and Ran Yu-Yu in the finals of a tournament to become the inaugural champions. Championship matches have a 20-minute time limit, and the title is vacated in the event of a time limit draw. Though primarily contested for by female wrestlers, seven male wrestlers; Masako Takanashi, Chounko/Choun Shiryu, Yuki Sato, Jun Kasai, Isami Kodaka, Gentaro and Makoto Oishi, have also held the championship.

Title history

Neo Machineguns (Tanny Mouse and Yuki Miyazaki) were the first champion in the title's history. .Stap (Maki Narumiya and Risa Sera) holds the record for the longest reign at 356 days, as well as the most title defenses (9) in a single run along with Muscle Venus' (Hikaru Shida and Tsukasa Fujimoto) 3rd reign. Gentaro and Mai Ichii hold the record for the shortest reign, at two days. This is Ice Ribbon (Kurumi and Tsukushi) hold the record for most reigns as a team, with four. Tsukushi holds the record for most reigns individually, with nine.

Like most professional wrestling championships, the title is won as a result of a scripted match.

Reigns

As of April 14, 2025, there have been a total of 64 reigns shared between 50 teams composed of 62 individual champions and nine vacancies. Neo Machineguns (Tanny Mouse and Yuki Miyazaki) were the inaugural champions. The teams Azure Revolution (Maya Yukihi and Risa Sera) and This is Ice Ribbon (Hiragi Kurumi and Tsukushi) are tied with most reigns at four, while individually, Tsukushi has the most reigns at ten. Stap (Maki Narumiya and Risa Sera)'s reign is the longest at 356 days, while Gentaro and Mai Ichii's reign is the shortest at 2 days. Hamuko Hoshi is the oldest champion at 40 years old, while Riho is the youngest at 11 years old.