is a professional wrestling tag team consisting of Minoru Tanaka and Koji Kanemoto. Forming in 1999, the team became one of the most popular in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), winning the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship in June 2000. After Kanemoto joined Team 2000 and Minoru became the masked Heat character in 2002, the team went on hiatus until 2004, when they reunited albeit for one night only as Minoru turned on Kanemoto during the match. The team officially reunited in All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) in 2012, where they won the All Asia Tag Team Championship twice. The two left AJPW to join the newly formed Wrestle-1 in 2013, and continue to team together on the Japanese independent circuit. History Early years (1999-2001) Initially rivals, Kanemoto and Tanaka began teaming together in October 1999, and immediately set their sights on the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship, then held by Shinjiro Otani and Tatsuhito Takaiwa. On October 11, the duo was unsuccessful in their challenge for the titles. Despite the loss, they continued to team together into 2000, and in June defeated Otani and Takaiwa to win the titles for the first time at Summer Struggle. The two held the titles until March 2001, when they were forced to vacate after Kanemoto suffered a legitimate injury during the match. Break-up (2002–2004) Kanemoto eventually returned in October that year, turning on Minoru and becoming a heel in the process, joining Team 2000. As a reward for his defection and betrayal of Tanaka, Team 2000 leader Masahiro Chono gave Kanemoto his own sub-group to lead named "Team 2000 Jr." In his first match back, Kanemoto and the rest of Team 2000 Jr (Akira and Gedo & Jado) defeated El Samurai, Jushin Thunder Liger, Katsuyori Shibata and Minoru Tanaka, with Kanemoto last pinning Minoru for the win. Kanemoto achieved much singles success throughout 2002, while Minoru struggled to gain any traction with his new Heat character. The two eventually faced off for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship on October 14 at The Spiral, with Kanemoto coming out on top. Team 2000 went their own separate ways in late 2002 and Kanemoto thus slowly began to turn face, taking on the role of a no nonsense veteran. As Kanemoto became a fan favourite once again, Heat finally began to achieve success, beating Jado for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship in December 2003.