eight-year-long extramarital relationship with a woman. After this scandal, the promotion fired him and sanctioned him for one year without payment. In April 2019, the promotion announced that they were rebranding as Active Advance Pro Wrestling (2AW for short). This came as the company attempted to rebrand itself after the Taka Michinoku scandal, also changing its colors to black & white. That same night, young wrestler Ayato Yoshida won the Strongest-K Championship, symbolically leading the company into the future. On January 10, 2020, it was announced that 2AW is now part of the Allied Independent Wrestling Federations as their Japanese affiliate. Roster Championships Current Formerly promoted 2AW Openweight Championship The 2AW Openweight Championship is a professional wrestling world championship created and promoted by the Japanese promotion Active Advance Pro Wrestling. There have been a total of seven reigns shared between six different champions. The current champion is Ayato Yoshida who is in his second reign. Combined reigns As of , . {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" !Rank !Wrestler !No. ofreigns !Combineddefenses !data-sort-type="number"|Combineddays |- !1 |style="background-color:#FFE6BD"| Ayato Yoshida † || 2 || 8 || + |- !2 | Kengo Mashimo || 1 || 7 || 279 |- !3 | Shu Asakawa || 1 || 4 || 206 |- !4 | Taishi Takizawa || 1 || 4 || 182 |- !5 | Shigehiro Irie || 1 || 3 || 144 |- !6 | Yuji Okabayashi || 1 || 2 || 102 2AW Tag Team Championship The 2AW Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling tag team championship created and promoted by the Japanese promotion Active Advance Pro Wrestling. There have been a total of eleven reigns shared between ten different teams consisting of fifteen distinctive champions. The current title holders are Takuro Niki and Tatsuya Hanami who are in their first reign as a team. Combined reigns As of , . {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center" !Rank !Team !No. ofreigns !Combineddefenses !Combineddays |- !1 | Kengo Mashimo & Tatsuya Hanami || 2 || 8 || 285 |- !2 |style="background-color:#FFE6BD"| Koen † || 1 || 3 || + |- !3 | The Rule || 1 || 2 || 154 |- !4 | The Andrew Kingdom || 1 || 1 || 107 |- !5 | The Rule || 1 || 3 || 101 |- !6 | Toll Glänz || 1 || 2 || 77 |- !7 | Chango & Kaji Tomato || 1 || 3