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World Junior Heavyweight Championship
(July 31, 1986 - Present)
Won By: Date: Event: Location: Reign:
Hiro Saito Jul 31, 1986 Budokan Show Tokyo, Japan 115 days
Saito defeated Brad Armstrong in the finals of a 3-man tournament to crown the first champion.
Kuniaki Kobayashi Nov 23, 1986 Live Event Tokyo, Japan 41 days
Masanobu Fuchi Jan 3, 1987 Live Event Tokyo, Japan 748 days
Joe Malenko Jan 20, 1989 New Year Giant… Fukuoka, Japan 5 days
Mighty Inoue Jan 25, 1989 New Year Giant… Osaka, Japan 42 days
Masanobu Fuchi [2] Mar 8, 1989 Excite Series Tokyo, Japan 39 days
Shinichi Nakano Apr 16, 1989 Champion Carnival Tokyo, Japan 4 days
Mitsuo Momota Apr 20, 1989 Champion Carnival Osaka, Japan 72 days
Joe Malenko [2] Jul 1, 1989 Summer Action S… Saitama, Japan 111 days
Masanobu Fuchi [3] Oct 20, 1989 October Giant S… Nagoya, Japan 1309 days
Dan Kroffat May 21, 1993 Super Power Series Sapporo, Japan 94 days
Masanobu Fuchi [4] Aug 23, 1993 Summer Action S… Shizuoka, Japan 323 days
Dan Kroffat [2] Jul 12, 1994 Summer Action S… Kagoshima, Japan 425 days
Yoshinari Ogawa Sep 10, 1995 Summer Action S… Tokyo, Japan 294 days
Masanobu Fuchi [5] Jun 30, 1996 Summer Action S… Tokyo, Japan 24 days
Tsuyoshi Kikuchi Jul 24, 1996 Budokan Show Tokyo, Japan 175 days
Yoshinari Ogawa [2] Jan 15, 1997 New Year Giant… Tokyo, Japan 219 days
Maunakea Mossman Aug 22, 1997 Summer Action S… Tokyo, Japan 294 days
** Vacated ** Jun 12, 1998 -- --
Mossman vacates the title in order to wrestle in the heavyweight divsion.
Yoshinari Ogawa [3] Jul 19, 1998 Summer Action S… Niigata, Japan 683 days
Ogawa defeated Satoru Asaka in the finals of a 5-man tournament for the vacant title.
** Vacated ** Jun 1, 2000 -- --
Ogawa vacates the title after leaving the promotion.
Kendo KaShin Apr 13, 2002 Champion Carnival Tokyo, Japan 670 days
** Vacated ** Feb 12, 2004 -- --
Kashin vacates the title due to no-showing an event the previous day.
Kaz Hayashi Feb 22, 2004 Excite Series Tokyo, Japan 323 days
Defeated BLUE-K for the vacant title.
Taka Michinoku Jan 10, 2005 Club-K Super Kick Tokyo, Japan 285 days
Shuji Kondo Oct 22, 2005 Shining Series Tokyo, Japan 483 days
Katsuhiko Nakajima Feb 17, 2007 Puroresu Love Tokyo, Japan 378 days
Silver King Mar 1, 2008 Puroresu Love Tokyo, Japan 59 days
Ryuji Hijikata Apr 29, 2008 Growin' Up Nagoya, Japan 152 days
Naomichi Marufuji Sep 28, 2008 Flashing Tour Yokohama, Japan 131 days
Kaz Hayashi [2] Feb 6, 2009 Excite Series Tokyo, Japan 695 days
Minoru Jan 2, 2011 New Year Shinin… Tokyo, Japan 152 days
** Vacated ** Jun 3, 2011 -- --
After Minoru is suspended.
KAI Jun 19, 2011 Puroresu Love Tokyo, Japan 126 days
Defeated Shuji Kondo for the vacant title.
Kenny Omega Oct 23, 2011 Puroresu Love Tokyo, Japan 217 days
KAI [2] May 27, 2012 Rise Up Tour (4… Tokyo, Japan 77 days
Hiroshi Yamato Aug 12, 2012 Summer Impact (… Tokyo, Japan 143 days
Shuji Kondo [2] Jan 2, 2013 New Year Shinin… Tokyo, Japan 52 days
Yoshinobu Kanemaru Feb 23, 2013 Excite Series Tokyo, Japan 295 days
Último Dragón Dec 15, 2013 Fan Appreciatio… Tokyo, Japan 165 days
Atsushi Aoki May 29, 2014 Super Power Series Tokyo, Japan 302 days
Kotaro Suzuki Mar 27, 2015 Dream Power Series Tokyo, Japan 234 days
** Vacated ** Nov 16, 2015 -- --
After Suzuki leaves the promotion.
Atsushi Aoki [2] Feb 21, 2016 Excite Series Osaka, Japan 119 days
Defeated Hikaru Sato in the final of the 2016 Junior Battle of Glory for the vacant title.
Hikaru Sato Jun 19, 2016 Dynamite Series Sapporo, Japan 70 days
Soma Takao Aug 28, 2016 Ryogoku Peter Pan Tokyo, Japan 91 days
Keisuke Ishii Nov 27, 2016 in Ryogoku Koku… Tokyo, Japan 152 days
Hikaru Sato [2] Apr 28, 2017 Champion Carnival Okayama, Japan 93 days
TAJIRI Jul 30, 2017 Summer Action S… Osaka, Japan 28 days
Último Dragón [2] Aug 27, 2017 Summer Explosion Tokyo, Japan 55 days
TAJIRI [2] Oct 21, 2017 Debut Anniversa… Yokohama, Japan 105 days
Atsushi Aoki [3] Feb 3, 2018 Yokohama Twilig… Yokohama, Japan 204 days
Koji Iwamoto Aug 26, 2018 Summer Explosion Nagareyama, Japan 27 days
Shuji Kondo [3] Sep 22, 2018 Royal Road Tour… Fukuoka, Japan 68 days
Koji Iwamoto [2] Nov 29, 2018 Real World Tag… Nagoya, Japan 172 days
Atsushi Aoki [4] May 20, 2019 -- -- 184 days
** Vacated ** Nov 20, 2019 -- --
After Aoki died in a motorcycle accident on June 3. A tournament was announced and would end on the 6-month deadline for a title defense.
Susumu Yokosuka Jan 3, 2020 New Year Wars Tokyo, Japan 204 days
Defeated Hikaru Sato in the final of a tournament for the vacant title.
Koji Iwamoto [3] Jul 25, 2020 Summer Action S… Tokyo, Japan 210 days
CIMA Feb 20, 2021 Excite Series Nagoya, Japan 109 days
Koji Iwamoto [4] Jun 9, 2021 Dynamite Series Tokyo, Japan 17 days
Francesco Akira Jun 26, 2021 Champions Night Tokyo, Japan 26 days
SUGI Jul 22, 2021 Summer Action S… Tokyo, Japan 86 days
Izanagi Oct 16, 2021 Champions Night Tokyo, Japan 61 days
Super Crazy Dec 16, 2021 Prime Night Tokyo, Japan 18 days
SUGI [2] Jan 3, 2022 New Year Wars Tokyo, Japan 51 days
Hikaru Sato [3] Feb 23, 2022 Excite Series Tokyo, Japan 116 days
Tiger Mask Jun 19, 2022 Champions Night Tokyo, Japan 91 days
Atsuki Aoyagi Sep 18, 2022 Anniversary Show Tokyo, Japan 154 days
Naruki Doi Feb 19, 2023 Excite Series Tokyo, Japan 99 days
Atsuki Aoyagi [2] May 29, 2023 Super Power Series Tokyo, Japan 34 days
El Lindaman Jul 2, 2023 Summer Action S… Tokyo, Japan 182 days
Dan Tamura Dec 31, 2023 MANIAx2023 Tokyo, Japan 69 days
Rising HAYATO Mar 9, 2024 Dream Power Series Tokyo, Japan 126 days
Naruki Doi [2] Jul 13, 2024 Summer Action S… Osaka, Japan 197 days
MUSASHI Jan 26, 2025 New Year Wars Chiba, Japan 112 days
Seiki Yoshioka May 18, 2025 Champion Carnival Tokyo, Japan 3 days