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owned by the

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. The title is named after the '' Daily Sports'' newspaper.

Title history

The championship was introduced by the

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promotion on August 3, 2008, when Harukura (

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and

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) defeated

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and

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in a tournament final to become the inaugural champions. The title was afterwards defended together with the

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, with only one exception. On January 16, 2011, Harukura successfully defended just the Daily Sports Women's Tag Team Championship against

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. Together, the two titles were sometimes referred to as the "JWP Double Crown Tag Team Championship". When JWP Joshi Puroresu went out of business in April 2017, the two titles were separated again with the JWP title remaining with the JWP production company, while the Daily Sports title moved on to

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's new follow-up promotion,

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

and

) were the first champions in the title's history.

and

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's ongoing first reign as a team is the longest in the title's history at + days. The reign was the final to take place in

and the first in

. The teams of Azumi Hyuga and

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, and Uematsu☆Ran (

and

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) share the record for the shortest reign, at 14 days. Harukura holds the record most reigns as a team, with three. Command Bolshoi holds the record for most reigns individually, with four. Overall, there have been twenty-nine reigns shared among thirty-one different wrestlers and twenty-four teams. Rydeen Hagane and

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are the current champions in their first reign as a team. Individually, this is the second reign for Hagane.

Reigns

Combined reigns

As of ,

By team

By wrestler

References

External links

JWP's official website
{{Daily Sports Women's Tag Team Championship JWP Joshi Puroresu championships Women's professional wrestling tag team championships