IRON FIST TAG TOURNAMENT
The IRON FIST TAG TOURNAMENT is a competition to determine the strongest tag team in BASARA. It was created in 2016 when FUMA & Yusuke Kubo wanted a tag league to prove that they were the best unit. Isami Kodaka liked the idea but suggested to make it a single elimination tournament instead due to time constraints in BASARA’s schedule. FUMA then named the tournament after the Motorhead album “Iron Fist”. Naturally, the trophy itself is a gigantic iron fist.
Winners
2016: Isami Kodaka & Takumi Tsukamoto
2018: Cavalry (Ryuichi Sekine & Ryota Nakatsu)
2019: IRON PRIEST (FUMA & Yusuke Kubo)
2020: Sento Minzoku (Isami Kodaka & Daiki Shimomura)
2023: Harimao (Ryota Nakatsu & Kazusada Higuchi)
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IRON FIST TAG TOURNAMENT 2016
Entrants
Cavalry (Ryuichi Sekine & Ryota Nakatsu)
Gouma Ryu & Masamune
Hiroshi du Soleil (Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi & SAGAT)
Ikuto Hidaka & Sean Guinness
IRON PRIEST (FUMA & Yusuke Kubo)
Isami Kodaka & Takumi Tsukamoto
Koji Iwamoto & Fuminori Abe
Sportiva Combination (Daichi Kazato & Tomoya Kawamura)
Pulled Out Before Tournament Began
Shinjiro Otani (cervical spine injury, replaced by Ikuto Hidaka)
BASARA “BASARA 20 ~FIERCE FIGHTING~”, 05/10/2016
Shin-Kiba 1st RING
187 Fans
1. IRON FIST TAG TOURNAMENT – Round 1: Ryuichi Sekine & Ryota Nakatsu defeated Gouma Ryu & Masamune when Sekine submitted Ryu with the Let’s Combine (13:14).
2. IRON FIST TAG TOURNAMENT – Round 1: Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi & SAGAT defeated Daichi Kazato & Tomoya Kawamura when SAGAT pinned Kazato with the Gore Grind (13:05).
3. IRON FIST TAG TOURNAMENT – Round 1: FUMA & Yusuke Kubo defeated Koji Iwamoto & Fuminori Abe when FUMA pinned Abe with the Heavy Metal Anthem (16:42).
4. IRON FIST TAG TOURNAMENT – Round 1: Isami Kodaka & Takumi Tsukamoto defeated Ikuto Hidaka & Sean Guinness when Kodaka pinned Guinness with the Zeyyari (20:53).
BASARA “BASARA 21 ~TEN THOUSAND RIICHI SKY~”, 29/10/2016
Yokohama Radiant Hall
198 Fans
1. IRON FIST TAG TOURNAMENT – Semi Final: FUMA & Yusuke Kubo defeated Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi & SAGAT when Kubo pinned SAGAT with the Goro Suplex (11:23).
2. IRON FIST TAG TOURNAMENT – Semi Final: defeated Ryuichi Sekine & Ryota Nakatsu when Tsukamoto pinned Sekine with the Tiger Suplex (12:21).
3. IRON FIST TAG TOURNAMENT – Final: Isami Kodaka & Takumi Tsukamoto defeated FUMA & Yusuke Kubo when Kodaka pinned FUMA with the Isamuashi Zan (23:07).
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IRON FIST TAG TOURNAMENT 2018
Entrants
Cavalry (Ryuichi Sekine & Ryota Nakatsu)
IRON PRIEST (FUMA & SAGAT)
Isami Kodaka & Yoshihisa Uto
Manabu Hara & Fuminori Abe
Takato Nakano & Akiyori Takizawa
Takumi Tsukamoto & Yasu Urano
Team Best Stretch (Best Stretchman V3 & Tsutomu Oosugi)
Trans-Am ★ Family (Trans-Am ★ Ryuichi & Yusuke Kubo)
BASARA “BASARA 59 ~ONE MINDLESS BODY~”, 11/02/2018
Tokyo BASEMENT MON☆STAR
160 Fans – Super No Vacancy Full House
1. IRON FIST TAG TOURNAMENT – Round 1: FUMA & SAGAT defeated Takato Nakano & Akiyori Takizawa when FUMA pinned Nakano with the Heavy Metal Anthem (11:55).
2. IRON FIST TAG TOURNAMENT – Round 1: Best Stretchman V3 & Tsutomu Oosugi defeated Isami Kodaka & Yoshihisa Uto when Oosugi pinned Kodaka with the Tsukinoishi (13:16).
3. IRON FIST TAG TOURNAMENT – Round 1: Manabu Hara & Fuminori Abe defeated Trans-Am ★ Ryuichi & Yusuke Kubo when Hara submitted Kubo with a Chickenwing Armlock (16:01).
4. IRON FIST TAG TOURNAMENT – Round 1: Ryuichi Sekine & Ryota Nakatsu defeated Takumi Tsukamoto & Yasu Urano when Sekine submitted Urano with the Let’s Combine (27:41).
BASARA “BASARA 60 ~UTAGE~”, 19/02/2018
Shin-Kiba 1st RING
208 Fans
1. IRON FIST TAG TOURNAMENT – Semi Final: Ryuichi Sekine & Ryota Nakatsu defeated Manabu Hara & Fuminori Abe when Sekine submitted Abe with the Let’s Combine (12:11).
2. IRON FIST TAG TOURNAMENT – Semi Final: FUMA & SAGAT defeated Best Stretchman V3 & Tsutomu Oosugi when SAGAT pinned Stretchman with the Goregrind (8:18).
3. IRON FIST TAG TOURNAMENT – Final: Ryuichi Sekine & Ryota Nakatsu defeated FUMA & SAGAT when Nakatsu submitted SAGAT with the Crescent Moon (19:16).
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IRON FIST TAG TOURNAMENT 2019
The winners of the 2019 tournament were crowned the first IRON FIST TAG Champions for their reward.
Entrants
Daichi Kazato & Masato Kamino
Fuminori Abe & Takato Nakano
Hiroshi du Soleil (Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi & SAGAT)
IRON PRIEST (FUMA & Yusuke Kubo)
Sento Minzoku (Isami Kodaka & Daiki Shimomura)
Sento Minzoku (Ryuichi Sekine & Minoru Fujita)
Sparky (Ryota Nakatsu & Akiyori Takizawa)
Takumi Tsukamoto & Yasu Urano
BASARA “BASARA 107 ~OJI NI KITSUNE 3 DAY~”, 13/10/2019
Tokyo Oji BASEMENT MON☆STAR
117 Fans
1. IRON FIST TAG TOURNAMENT – Round 1: Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi & SAGAT defeated Daichi Kazato & Masato Kamino when Hiroshi pinned Kamino with the Yoga Backwards Cradle (16:58).
2. IRON FIST TAG TOURNAMENT – Round 1: Isami Kodaka & Daiki Shimomura defeated Ryota Nakatsu & Akiyori Takizawa when Shimomura pinned Takizawa with the Swanton Bomb (16:38).
BASARA “BASARA 108 ~OJI NI KITSUNE 3 NIGHT~”, 13/10/2019
Tokyo Oji BASEMENT MON☆STAR
148 Fans
1. IRON FIST TAG TOURNAMENT – Round 1: Fuminori Abe & Takato Nakano defeated Ryuichi Sekine & Minoru Fujita when Abe pinned Sekine with a Frankensteiner (12:18).
2. IRON FIST TAG TOURNAMENT – Round 1: FUMA & Yusuke Kubo defeated Takumi Tsukamoto & Yasu Urano by TKO when FUMA used the Iron Maiden on Tsukamoto (21:55).
BASARA “BASARA 109 ~UTAGE~”, 23/10/2019
Shin-Kiba 1st RING
203 Fans
1. IRON FIST TAG TOURNAMENT – Semi Final: Isami Kodaka & Daiki Shimomura defeated Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi & SAGAT when Kodaka pinned Hiroshi with the Modified Samson Clutch (6:54).
2. IRON FIST TAG TOURNAMENT – Semi Final: FUMA & Yusuke Kubo defeated Fuminori Abe & Takato Nakano when Kubo pinned Nakano with a Cross Arm Cradle (12:00).
3. IRON FIST TAG Titles – IRON FIST TAG TOURNAMENT – Final: FUMA & Yusuke Kubo defeated Isami Kodaka & Daiki Shimomura when FUMA pinned Shimomura with the HEAVY METAL ANTHEM (21:05).
*IRON PRIEST becomes the 1st IRON FIST TAG Champions!
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IRON FIST TAG TOURNAMENT 2020
The winners of the 2020 tournament were made the No. 1 Contenders for the IRON FIST TAG Titles held by Speed Of Sounds.
Entrants
Asian Kung Fu Revolution (Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi & Daichi Kazato)
Fuminori Abe & Tetsuo Usui
IRON PRIEST (FUMA & Yusuke Kubo)
Sparky (Ryota Nakatsu & SAGAT)
Sento Minzoku (Isami Kodaka & Daiki Shimomura)
Sento Minzoku (Ryuichi Sekine & Minoru Fujita)
Takato Nakano & Masato Kamino
Takumi Tsukamoto & Yasu Urano
BASARA “BASARA 139 ~KOO~”, 10/11/2020
Shin-Kiba 1st RING
??? Fans – Withheld
1. IRON FIST TAG TOURNAMENT – Round 1: FUMA & Yusuke Kubo defeated Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi & Daichi Kazato when FUMA submitted Hiroshi with the Iron Maiden (13:41).
2. IRON FIST TAG TOURNAMENT – Round 1: Isami Kodaka & Daiki Shimomura defeated Takato Nakano & Masato Kamino when Shimomura submitted Nakano with a Crab Hold (18:26).
BASARA “BASARA 140 ~OJI NI KITSUNE 7~”, 14/11/2020
Tokyo Oji BASEMENT MONSTAR
??? Fans – Withheld
1. IRON FIST TAG TOURNAMENT – Round 1: Ryuichi Sekine & Minoru Fujita defeated Fuminori Abe & Tetsuo Usui when Sekine submitted Usui with the Let’s Combine (16:16).
2. IRON FIST TAG TOURNAMENT – Round 1: Ryota Nakatsu & SAGAT defeated Takumi Tsukamoto & Yasu Urano when SAGAT pinned Urano with the Goregrind (17:25).
BASARA “BASARA 143 ~SPACE SHOT~”, 07/12/2020
Tokyo Asakusa Flower Theater
??? Fans – Withheld
1. IRON FIST TAG TOURNAMENT – Semi-Final: Isami Kodaka & Daiki Shimomura defeated FUMA & Yusuke Kubo when Kodaka pinned Kubo with a Crossface Cutback (16:06).
2. IRON FIST TAG TOURNAMENT – Semi-Final: Ryota Nakatsu & SAGAT defeated Ryuichi Sekine & Minoru Fujita when Nakatsu pinned Sekine with the V Slider (17:03).
BASARA “BASARA 144 ~KOO~”, 22/12/2020
Shin-Kiba 1st RING
??? Fans – Withheld
1. IRON FIST TAG TOURNAMENT – Final: Isami Kodaka & Daiki Shimomura defeated Ryota Nakatsu & SAGAT when Kodaka pinned Nakatsu with the Isamiashi Zan (20:26).
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IRON FIST TAG TOURNAMENT 2023
The 2023 tournament was effected by Daiki Shimomura getting suspended for one year due to a private incident he was involved in. Shimomura entered the tournament with Minoru Fujita as the reigning IRON FIST Tag Champions. The team were then pulled from the tournament midway through because of his suspension. BASARA vacated the titles and rewarded them to the winners of the tournament.
Entrants
Aijin Tag (Takato Nakano & Masato Kamino)
Asian Kung Fu Revolution (Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi & Daichi Kazato)
Harimao (Ryota Nakatsu & Kazusada Higuchi)
IRON PRIEST (FUMA & KUBITO)
Isami Kodaka & Gouma Ryu
Lil’ Kraken & Leo Isaka
Sento Minzoku (Daiki Shimomura & Minoru Fujita)
Speed Of Sounds (Tsutomu Oosugi & Banana Senga)
Takumi Tsukamoto & SAGAT
Yasu Urano & Antonio Honda
BASARA “BASARA 232 ~OJI NI KITSUNE 28~”, 07/10/2023
Tokyo Oji BASEMENT MONSTAR
??? Fans – Unannounced
1. IRON FIST TAG TOURNAMENT – Round 1: Yasu Urano & Antonio Honda defeated Isami Kodaka & Gouma Ryu when Honda submitted Ryu with the Octopus Hold (10:58).
2. IRON FIST TAG TOURNAMENT – Round 1: Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi & Daichi Kazato defeated Tsutomu Oosugi & Banana Senga when Kazato pinned Oosugi with the OPA! (16:41).
BASARA “BASARA 233 ~OJI NI KITSUNE 29~”, 07/10/2023
Tokyo Oji BASEMENT MONSTAR
??? Fans – Unannounced
1. IRON FIST TAG TOURNAMENT – Round 1: Daiki Shimomura & Minoru Fujita defeated FUMA & KUBITO when Shimomura pinned FUMA with the Asai DDT (16:20).
2. IRON FIST TAG TOURNAMENT – Round 1: Takumi Tsukamoto & SAGAT defeated Takato Nakano & Masato Kamino when SAGAT pinned Nakano with the Goregrind (13:49).
BASARA “BASARA 234 ~UTAGE~”, 24/10/2023
Shin-Kiba 1st RING
??? Fans – Unannounced
1. IRON FIST TAG TOURNAMENT – Round 2: Takumi Tsukamoto & SAGAT defeated Lil’ Kraken & Leo Isaka when SAGAT pinned Isaka with the Goregrind (12:50).
2. IRON FIST TAG TOURNAMENT – Round 2: Ryota Nakatsu & Kazusada Higuchi defeated Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi & Daichi Kazato when Higuchi pinned Kazato (14:58).
BASARA “BASARA 235 ~UTAGE~”, 07/11/2023
Shin-Kiba 1st RING
-. IRON FIST TAG TOURNAMENT – Semi-Final: Takumi Tsukamoto & SAGAT defeated Daiki Shimomura & Minoru Fujita by Forfeit.
1. IRON FIST TAG TOURNAMENT – Semi-Final: Ryota Nakatsu & Kazusada Higuchi defeated Yasu Urano & Antonio Honda when Higuchi submitted Urano with the Canadian Backbreaker (10:49).
2. IRON FIST Tag Team Titles – IRON FIST TAG TOURNAMENT – Final: Ryota Nakatsu & Kazusada Higuchi defeated Takumi Tsukamoto & SAGAT when Higuchi pinned SAGAT with the Brain Claw Slam (18:09).
*Harimao becomes the 11th IRON FIST Tag Team Champions!
Dramatic DDT 