Summer Adventure Tag League

2009 Summer Adventure Tag League graphic.

Summer Adventure Tag League is an annual professional wrestling tag team tournament held in the Japanese promotion Dragon Gate since 2007. It features a round-robin first round, after which the top four teams participate in the single-elimination portion to crown the winner. Naruki Doi and Masato Yoshino, used the prize money from the first tournament to establish the Open The Twin Gate Championship. The 2011 version featured a single-elimination tournament, while the 2012 version featured tag teams consisting of three people.

Results

List of winners

• 2007: Naruki Doi and Masato Yoshino
• 2008: Naruki Doi and Masato Yoshino
• 2009: Shingo Takagi and YAMATO
• 2010: Naruki Doi and Masato Yoshino
• 2011: Akira Tozawa and BxB Hulk
• 2012: Akira Tozawa, BxB Hulk and "Naoki Tanisaki"
• 2013: Eita and T-Hawk
• 2014: Jimmy Kagetora and Jimmy Susumu
• 2015: Jimmy K-ness J.K.S. and Jimmy Susumu

2007

The 2007 Summer Adventure League featured ten teams, and was held from 5 August to 26 August. The top four ranked teams from the round robin round qualified for the single-elimination semi-finals. The two winners of the semi-finals met in the final to decide the winner.

Round robin round

Results	Doi Yoshino	Takagi Kong	Iwasa Arai	Saito Yokosuka	CIMA Kid	Mochizuki Kanda	K-ness. Fujii	Lupin m.c.KZ	Gamma Horiguchi	S. Shisa S. BOY	Points
Doi Yoshino	X	Doi Yoshino	Doi Yoshino	Doi Yoshino	CIMA Kid	Doi Yoshino	Doi Yoshino	Doi Yoshino	Gamma Horiguchi	Doi Yoshino	14
Takagi Kong	Doi Yoshino	X	Takagi Kong	Saito Yokosuka	Takagi Kong	Takagi Kong	Takagi Kong	Takagi Kong	Takagi Kong	Takagi Kong	14
Iwasa Arai	Doi Yoshino	Takagi Kong	X	Iwasa Arai	Iwasa Arai	Iwasa Arai	Iwasa Arai	Iwasa Arai	Iwasa Arai	Iwasa Arai	14
Saito Yokosuka	Doi Yoshino	Saito Yokosuka	Iwasa Arai	X	Saito Yokosuka	Saito Yokosuka	Saito Yokosuka	Saito Yokosuka	Saito Yokosuka	Saito Yokosuka	14
CIMA Kid	CIMA Kid	Takagi Kong	Iwasa Arai	Saito Yokosuka	X	Mochizuki Kanda	CIMA Kid	CIMA Kid	CIMA Kid	CIMA Kid	10
Mochizuki Kanda	Doi Yoshino	Takagi Kong	Iwasa Arai	Saito Yokosuka	Mochizuki Kanda	X	Mochizuki Kanda	Mochizuki Kanda	Mochizuki Kanda	Mochizuki Kanda	10
K-ness. Fujii	Doi Yoshino	Takagi Kong	Iwasa Arai	Saito Yokosuka	CIMA Kid	Mochizuki Kanda	X	K-ness Fujii	K-ness Fujii	K-ness Fujii	6
Lupin m.c.KZ	Doi Yoshino	Takagi Kong	Iwasa Arai	Saito Yokosuka	CIMA Kid	Mochizuki Kanda	K-ness Fujii	X	Lupin m.c.KZ	Lupin m.c.KZ	4
Gamma Horiguchi	Gamma Horiguchi	Takagi Kong	Iwasa Arai	Saito Yokosuka	CIMA Kid	Mochizuki Kanda	K-ness Fujii	Lupin m.c.KZ	X	S. Shisa S. BOY	2
S. Shisa S. BOY	Doi Yoshino	Takagi Kong	Iwasa Arai	Saito Yokosuka	CIMA Kid	Mochizuki Kanda	K-ness Fujii	Lupin m.c.KZ	S. Shisa S. BOY	X	2

Knockout round

	Semifinals					Final
	1
	4
	2
	3

2008

The 2008 Summer Adventure League featured nine teams, and was held from 9 August to 28 August. The top four ranked teams from the round robin round qualified for the single-elimination semi-finals. The two winners of the semi-finals met in the final to decide the winner.

Round robin round

Results	YAMATO Kong	Takagi Kid	Doi Yoshino	Saito Yokosuka	Nick J. Matt J.	Iwasa Arai	Gamma Kanda	Mochizuki Fujii	Hulk Tanizaki	Points
YAMATO Kong	X	YAMATO Kong	YAMATO Kong	YAMATO Kong	YAMATO Kong	Iwasa Arai	YAMATO Kong	YAMATO Kong	YAMATO Kong	14
Takagi Kid	YAMATO Kong	X	Doi Yoshino	Takagi Kid	Takagi Kid	Takagi Kid	Takagi Kid	Takagi Kid	Takagi Kid	12
Doi Yoshino	YAMATO Kong	Doi Yoshino	X	Doi Yoshino	Nick J. Matt J.	Doi Yoshino	Gamma Kanda	Doi Yoshino	Doi Yoshino	10
Saito Yokosuka	YAMATO Kong	Takagi Kid	Doi Yoshino	X	Saito Yokosuka	Saito Yokosuka	Saito Yokosuka	Saito Yokosuka	Saito Yokosuka	10
Nick J. Matt J.	YAMATO Kong	Takagi Kid	Nick J. Matt J.	Saito Yokosuka	X	Nick J. Matt J.	Gamma Kanda	Nick J. Matt J.	Nick J. Matt J.	8
Iwasa Arai	Iwasa Arai	Takagi Kid	Doi Yoshino	Saito Yokosuka	Nick J. Matt J.	X	Iwasa Arai	Iwasa Arai	Iwasa Arai	8
Gamma Kanda	YAMATO Kong	Takagi Kid	Gamma Kanda	Saito Yokosuka	Gamma Kanda	Iwasa Arai	X	Gamma Kanda	Hulk Tanizaki	6
Mochizuki Fujii	YAMATO Kong	Takagi Kid	Doi Yoshino	Saito Yokosuka	Nick J. Matt J.	Iwasa Arai	Gamma Kanda	X	Mochizuki Fujii	2
Hulk Tanizaki	YAMATO Kong	Takagi Kid	Doi Yoshino	Saito Yokosuka	Nick J. Matt J.	Iwasa Arai	Hulk Tanizaki	Mochizuki Fujii	X	2

Knockout round

	Semifinals					Final
	1
	4
	2
	3

2009

The 2009 Summer Adventure League featured nine teams, and was held from 1 August to 26 August. The top four ranked teams from the round robin round qualified for the single-elimination semi-finals. The two winners of the semi-finals met in the final to decide the winner.

Round robin round

Results	Takagi YAMATO	Mochizuki Nakajima	Yoshino Hulk	Kanda Arai	Doi Tanizaki	Yokosuka KAGETORA	Kid Tozawa	Kong Kzy	CIMA Gamma	Points
Takagi YAMATO	X	Draw	Draw	Kanda Arai	Takagi YAMATO	Takagi YAMATO	Takagi YAMATO	Takagi YAMATO	Takagi YAMATO	12
Mochizuki Nakajima	Draw	X	Yoshino Hulk	Mochizuki Nakajima	Draw	Mochizuki Nakajima	Mochizuki Nakajima	Mochizuki Nakajima	Mochizuki Nakajima	12
Yoshino Hulk	Draw	Yoshino Hulk	X	Kanda Arai	Yoshino Hulk	Yoshino Hulk	Kid Tozawa	Yoshino Hulk	Yoshino Hulk	11
Kanda Arai	Kanda Arai	Mochizuki Nakajima	Kanda Arai	X	Doi Tanizaki	Kanda Arai	Kanda Arai	Kong Kzy	Kanda Arai	10
Doi Tanizaki	Takagi YAMATO	Draw	Yoshino Hulk	Doi Tanizaki	X	Yokosuka KAGETORA	Doi Tanizaki	Doi Tanizaki	Doi Tanizaki	9
Yokosuka KAGETORA	Takagi YAMATO	Mochizuki Nakajima	Yoshino Hulk	Kanda Arai	Yokosuka KAGETORA	X	Yokosuka KAGETORA	Yokosuka KAGETORA	Yokosuka KAGETORA	8
Kid Tozawa	Takagi YAMATO	Mochizuki Nakajima	Kid Tozawa	Kanda Arai	Doi Tanizaki	Yokosuka KAGETORA	X	Kong Kzy	CIMA Gamma	4
Kong Kzy	Takagi YAMATO	Mochizuki Nakajima	Yoshino Hulk	Kong Kzy	Doi Tanizaki	Yokosuka KAGETORA	Kid Tozawa	X	Kong Kzy	4
CIMA Gamma	Takagi YAMATO	Mochizuki Nakajima	Yoshino Hulk	Kanda Arai	Doi Tanizaki	Yokosuka KAGETORA	CIMA Gamma	Kong Kzy	X	2

Knockout round

	Semifinals					Final
	1
	4
	2
	3

2010

The 2010 Summer Adventure League featured ten teams, and was held from 30 July to 25 August. The round robin round featured two blocks of five teams each, and the top two teams from each block qualified for the single-elimination semi-finals. The two winners of the semi-finals met in the final to decide the winner.

Round robin round

Block A	K-ness. Yokosuka	Doi Yoshino	CIMA Gamma	PAC Haskins	Kong KAGETORA	Points
K-ness. Yokosuka	X	K-ness Yokosuka	Draw	K-ness Yokosuka	K-ness Yokosuka	7
Doi Yoshino	K-ness Yokosuka	X	Doi Yoshino	Doi Yoshino	Doi Yoshino	6
CIMA Gamma	Draw	Doi Yoshino	X	CIMA Gamma	CIMA Gamma	5
PAC Haskins	K-ness Yokosuka	Doi Yoshino	CIMA Gamma	X	PAC Haskins	2
Kong KAGETORA	K-ness Yokosuka	Doi Yoshino	CIMA Gamma	PAC Haskins	X	0
Block B	Saito Horiguchi	Takagi YAMATO	Mochizuki Fujii	Kanda Kzy	Hulk Tanizaki	Points
Saito Horiguchi	X	Draw	Saito Horiguchi	Saito Horiguchi	Saito Horiguchi	7
Takagi YAMATO	Draw	X	Mochizuki Fujii	Takagi YAMATO	Takagi YAMATO	5
Mochizuki Fujii	Saito Horiguchi	Mochizuki Fujii	X	Kanda Kzy	Mochizuki Fujii	4
Kanda Kzy	Saito Horiguchi	Takagi YAMATO	Kanda Kzy	X	Hulk Tanizaki	2
Hulk Tanizaki	Saito Horiguchi	Takagi YAMATO	Mochizuki Fujii	Hulk Tanizaki	X	2

Knockout round

	Semifinals					Final
	1
	4
	2
	3

2011

The 2011 Summer Adventure League featured twelve teams, and was held from 3 August to 7 August, covering three shows; the format of the League was changed to a single-elimination tournament. Four teams received a bye into the second round. Kotoka qualified to be Don Fujii's partner by beating Shisa BOY, Super Shenlong and Eita Kobayashi.

First round

Second round

Semifinals

Finals

Akira Tozawa  BxB Hulk

Pin

Taku Iwasa  Keni'chiro Arai

13:58

Tozawa  Hulk

Pin

KAGETORA  Shisa

12:38

KAGETORA  Super Shisa

Bye

-

-

Tozawa  Hulk

Pin

Kid  Yoshino

12:51

Shingo Takagi  Susumu Yokosuka

Pin

Cyber Kong  Tomahawk T.T

13:34

Takagi  Yokosuka

21:06

Kid  Yoshino

Pin

-

-

Dragon Kid  Masato Yoshino

Bye

Tozawa  Hulk

Pin

Mochizuki  YAMATO

25:08

Don Fujii  Kotoka

10:51

Naruki Doi  Yasushi Kanda

Pin

Doi  Kanda

Pin

Gamma  Swann

12:02

Gamma  Rich Swann

Bye

-

-

Doi  Kanda

10:02

Mochizuki  YAMATO

Pin

Naoki Tanizaki  Kzy

Bye

-

-

Tanizaki  Kzy

13:01

Mochizuki  YAMATO

Pin

Ryo Saito  Genki Horiguchi

22:59

Masaaki Mochizuki  YAMATO

Pin

2012

The 2012 Summer Adventure League featured eight teams with three members instead of the usual two. The round robin round features two blocks of four teams each, and the top team from each block will qualify for the finals to decide the winner of the tournament while the last team from each block will face each other to determine the last placed team. Super Shenlong III qualified to be Shingo Takagi and YAMATO's partner by beating Chihiro Tominaga. The tournament was held from 2 August to 19 August.

Round robin round

Block A	Tozawa Hulk "Tanisaki"	Mochizuki Fujii Kid	Saito Horiguchi Tanizaki	Arai Shisa BOY	Points
Tozawa Hulk "Tanisaki"	X	Tozawa Hulk "Tanisaki"	Tozawa Hulk "Tanisaki"	Tozawa Hulk "Tanisaki"	6
Mochizuki Fujii Kid	Tozawa Hulk "Tanisaki"	X	Mochizuki Fujii Kid	Mochizuki Fujii Kid	4
Arai Shisa BOY	Tozawa Hulk "Tanisaki"	Mochizuki Fujii Kid	X	Arai Shisa Shachinoko	2
Saito Horiguchi Tanizaki	Tozawa Hulk "Tanisaki"	Mochizuki Fujii Kid	Arai Shisa Shachinoko	X	0
Block B	Susumu Kagetora Kanda	CIMA Gamma Kishiwada	Takagi YAMATO Shenlong III	Kong Kzy Ryu	Points
CIMA Gamma Kishiwada	X	CIMA Gamma Kishiwada	CIMA Gamma Kishiwada	CIMA Gamma Kishiwada	6
Susumu Kagetora Kanda	CIMA Gamma Kishiwada	X	Susumu Kagetora Kanda	Susumu Kagetora Kanda	4
Takagi YAMATO Shenlong III	CIMA Gamma Kishiwada	Susumu Kagetora Kanda	X	Takagi YAMATO Shenlong III	2
Kong Kzy Ryu	CIMA Gamma Kishiwada	Susumu Kagetora Kanda	Takagi YAMATO Shenlong III	X	0

Last Place

Mondai Ryu, Kzy and Cyber Kong lost to Ryo "Jimmy" Saito, Genki Horiguchi H.A.Gee.Mee!! and Naoki Tanizaki in 16:31 to become the last placed team

Finals

Akira Tozawa, BxB Hulk and "Naoki Tanisaki" pinned CIMA, Gamma and Magnitude Kishiwada in 23:21 to become champions

2013

The 2013 Summer Adventure League reverted to teams of two members, and was held from 7 September to 28 September. The round robin round featured two blocks of four teams each, and the top team from each block qualified for the finals. The Block A match between Shingo Takagi and Akira Tozawa versus Naruki Doi and Masato Yoshino ended in a no contest with no points awarded when Doi turned on Yoshino and joined MAD BLANKEY. This caused Yoshino to team up with the Former Super Shenlong III: Yosuke Watanabe for his final Block A match against Masaaki Mochizuki and Don Fujii.

Round robin round

Block A	YAMATO Hulk	Mochizuki Fujii	Takagi Tozawa	Yoshino Doi or Wantanbe	Points
YAMATO Hulk	X	Yamato Hulk	Takagi Tozawa	Yamato Hulk	4
Mochizuki Fujii	Yamato Hulk	X	Mochizuki Fujii	Yoshino Wantanbe	2
Takagi Tozawa	Takagi Tozawa	Mochizuki Fujii	X	no contest	2
Yoshino Doi or Wantanbe	Yamato Hulk	Yoshino Wantanbe	no contest	X	2
Block B	T-Hawk Eita	K-ness Gamma	Susumu Kanda	Kong Ryu	Points
T-Hawk Eita	X	T-Hawk Eita	T-Hawk Eita	T-Hawk Eita	6
K-ness Gamma	T-Hawk Eita	X	K-ness Gamma	K-ness Gamma	4
Susumu Kanda	T-Hawk Eita	K-ness Gamma	X	Susumu Kanda	2
Kong Ryu	T-Hawk Eita	K-ness Gamma	Susumu Kanda	X	0

Finals

T-Hawk and Eita defeated Yamato and BxB Hulk in 19:26 to become the interim Open the Twin Gate Champions.

2014

The 2014 Summer Adventure Tag League and was held from 5 September to 23 September. The round robin round featured two blocks of four teams each, and the top team from each block qualified for the finals.During the tournament Kotoka injured on their last match and was replaced by Yuga Hayashi.

Round robin round

Block A	T-Hawk Eita	CIMA Gamma	Yoshino BOY	Kagetora Susumu	Doi Kzy	Points
T-Hawk Eita	X	Draw	Eita T-Hawk	Eita T-Hawk	Eita T-Hawk	6
CIMA Gamma	Eita T-Hawk	X	Yoshino BOY	Kategora Susumu	Cima Gamma	4
Yoshino BOY	Eita T-Hawk	Yoshino BOY	X	Draw	Kzy Doi	3
Kagetora Susumu	Eita T-Hawk	Kategora Susumu	Draw	X	Kategora Susumu	-
Doi Kzy	Eita T-Hawk	Cima Gamma	Doi Kzy	Kategora Susumu	X	2
Block B	BxB Hulk Mochizuki	Tozawa Takagi	H.A.Gee.Mee Toyonaka Dolphin	Kotoka Shimizu	YAMATO Tominaga	Points
BxB Hulk Mochizuki	X	Hulk Mochizuki	H.A.Gee.Mee Tanizaki Toyonaka Dolphin	Hulk Mochizuki	Hulk Mochizuki	6
Tozawa Takagi	Hulk Mochizuki	X	Tozawa Takagi	Tozawa Takagi	Tozawa Takagi	4
H.A.Gee.Mee Toyonaka Dolphin	H.A.Gee.Mee Toyonaka Dolphin	Tozawa Takagi	X	H.A.Gee.Mee Toyonaka Dolphin	Draw	4
Kotoka or Hayashi Shimizu	Hulk Mochizuki	Tozawa Takagi	H.A.Gee.Mee Tanizaki Toyonaka Dolphin	X	Yamato Tominaga	0
YAMATO Tominaga	Hulk Mochizuki	Tozawa Takagi	Draw	Yamato Tominaga	X	0

Last Place

Ryotsu Shimizu and Yuga Hayashi lost to Kzy and Naruki Doi in 11:53 to become the last placed team

Knockout round

	Semifinals					Final
	1
	4
	2
	3

2015

The 2015 Summer Adventure Tag League and was held from 5 September to 27 September. The round robin round featured two blocks of four teams each, and the top team from each block qualified for the finals. On September 9 CIMA was injured and was replaced by Takehiro Yamamura.

Round robin round

Block A	Dragon Kid Flamita	Doi YAMATO	Susumu Jimmy K-ness JKS	BxB Hulk Kzy	Eita Kotoka	Points
Dragon Kid Flamita	X	Kid Flamita	K-ness J.K.S. Susumu	Hulk Kzy	Kid Flamita	4
Doi YAMATO	Kid Flamita	X	Doi Yamato	Doi Yamato	Doi Yamato	6
Susumu Jimmy K-ness JKS	K-ness J.K.S. Susumu	X	Doi Yamato	K-ness J.K.S Susumu	K-ness J.K.S Susumu	6
BxB Hulk Kzy	Hulk Kzy	Doi Yamato	K-ness J.K.S. Susumu	X	Hulk Kzy	4
Eita Kotoka	Kid Flamita	Doi Yamato	K-ness J.K.S. Susumu	Hulk Kzy	X	0
Block B	Takagi Kong	T-Hawk Shimizu	Fujii Saito	Yoshino Tozawa	Gamma Yamamura	Points
Takagi Kong	X	Takagi Kong	Fuiji Saito	Tozawa Yoshino	Takagi Kong	4
T-Hawk Shimizu	Takagi Kong	X	T-Hawk Shimizu	Tozawa Yoshino	T-Hawk Shimizu	4
Fujii Saito	Fuiji Saito	T-Hawk Shimizu	X	Draw	Fuiji Saito	5
Tozawa Yoshino	Tozawa Yoshino	Tozawa Yoshino	Draw	X	CIMA Gamma	5
Gamma CIMA or Yamamura	Takagi Kong	T-Hawk Shimizu	Fuiji Saito	CIMA Gamma	X	2

Knockout round

	Semi-finals					Final
		Naruki Doi and YAMATO	Pin
		Ryo "Jimmy" Saito and Sumo Fujii	10:38
							Naruki Doi and Yamato	24:46
							Jimmy K-ness J.K.S and Jimmy Susumu	Pin
		Jimmy K-ness J.K.S and Jimmy Susumu	Pin
		Akira Tozawa and Masato Yoshino	16:20

References

External links

• Dragon Gate official site in Japanese