The is a professional wrestling tag team tournament held by

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. It was created in 2009. It was preceded by the Passion Cup Tag Tournament in 2008, which was won by

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. The Furinkazan was originally held in a round-robin format, with two points for a win, one for a draw and none for a loss. The teams finishing atop the two blocks advanced to the finals to determine the winner. However, since 2012 the tournament has been held in a single-elimination format under the name .

Results

List of winners

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: Akebono &

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: Fujita Hayato &

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: Masato Tanaka &

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: Yasu Kubota & Hide Kubota *

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: Masato Tanaka & Yoshikazu Yokoyama

2009

The 2009 Furinkazan featured two blocks of five and ran from December 9 through December 19. Winner, Akebono &

, went on to challenge and defeat Munenori Sawa &

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for NWA Intercontinental Tag Team titles.

2010

The 2010 Furinkazan featured two blocks of five and ran from December 11 through December 21. The tournament was contested for the vacant NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Championship.

2011

The 2011 Furinkazan featured two blocks of five and ran from December 8 through December 18.

2012

The 2012 Furinkazan was held from December 13 to December 15. For the first time, the tournament was held in a

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format.

2013

The 2013 Furinkazan was held from December 1 through December 17.

2014

The 2014 Furinkazan was held from December 14 to December 24.

2016

The 2016 Furinkazan was held from December 10 to December 18.

2017

The 2017 Furinkazan was held from November 3 to November 23.

2018

The 2018 Furinkazan was held from December 9 to December 22.

2019

The 2019 Furinkazan was held from October 30 to November 17.

2020

The 2020 Furinkazan was held from December 6 to December 25.

2021

The 2021 Furinkazan will run from October 1 to November 12.

2022

The 2022 Furinkazan was held from November 11 to December 16. *First rounds (November 11) ** Junya Matsunaga and Takafumi defeated Noriyuki Yoshida and Tsugutaka Sato (18:03) ** Aja Kong and Satsuki Nagao defeated

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(Chris Vice and Yoshikazu Yokoyama) (10:52) **

and Ryo Hoshino defeated

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and

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(13:24) **Kubota Brothers (Hide Kubota and Yasu Kubota) defeated Leo Isaka and Shoki Kitamura (13:39) *Second rounds (November 20) **Takumi Sakurai and

defeated Aja Kong and Satsuki Nagao (16:24) *Semifinals (November 26 and December 11) **

and Ryo Hoshino defeated Takumi Sakurai and

(11:46) **Kubota Brothers (Hide Kubota and Yasu Kubota) defeated Junya Matsunaga and Takafumi (13:59) *Final (December 16) **Kubota Brothers (Hide Kubota and Yasu Kubota) defeated

and Ryo Hoshino (15:45)

2023

The 2023 Furinkazan was held from November 3 to November 25.

References

External links

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