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All Japan Pro Wrestling
World Junior Heavyweight Championship
(July 31, 1986 - Present)
World Junior Heavyweight Championship
(July 31, 1986 - Present)
| Won By: | Date: | Event: | Location: | Reign: |
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| Hiro Saito | Jul 31, 1986 | Budokan Show | Tokyo, Japan | 115 days |
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Saito defeated Brad Armstrong in the finals of a 3-man tournament to crown the first champion.
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| 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 | -- | -- | 219 days |
| Maunakea Mossman | Aug 22, 1997 | -- | -- | 294 days |
| ** Vacated ** | Jun 12, 1998 | -- | -- | |
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Mossman vacates the title in order to wrestle in the heavyweight divsion.
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| Yoshinari Ogawa [3] | Jul 19, 1998 | -- | -- | 683 days |
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Ogawa defeated Satoru Asaka in the finals of a 5-man tournament for the vacant title.
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| ** Vacated ** | Jun 1, 2000 | -- | -- | |
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Ogawa vacates the title after leaving the promotion.
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| Kendo KaShin | Apr 13, 2002 | -- | -- | 670 days |
| ** Vacated ** | Feb 12, 2004 | -- | -- | |
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Kashin vacates the title due to no-showing an event the previous day.
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| Kaz Hayashi | Feb 22, 2004 | -- | -- | 323 days |
| Taka Michinoku | Jan 10, 2005 | -- | -- | 285 days |
| Shuji Kondo | Oct 22, 2005 | -- | -- | 483 days |
| Katsuhiko Nakajima | Feb 17, 2007 | -- | -- | 378 days |
| Silver King | Mar 1, 2008 | -- | -- | 59 days |
| Ryuji Hijikata | Apr 29, 2008 | -- | -- | 152 days |
| Naomichi Marufuji | Sep 28, 2008 | -- | -- | 131 days |
| Kaz Hayashi [2] | Feb 6, 2009 | -- | -- | 695 days |
| Minoru | Jan 2, 2011 | -- | -- | 152 days |
| ** Vacated ** | Jun 3, 2011 | -- | -- | |
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After Minoru is suspended.
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| KAI | Jun 19, 2011 | -- | -- | 126 days |
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Defeated Shuji Kondo for the vacant title.
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| Kenny Omega | Oct 23, 2011 | -- | -- | 217 days |
| KAI [2] | May 27, 2012 | -- | -- | 77 days |
| Hiroshi Yamato | Aug 12, 2012 | -- | -- | 143 days |
| Shuji Kondo [2] | Jan 2, 2013 | -- | -- | 52 days |
| Yoshinobu Kanemaru | Feb 23, 2013 | -- | -- | 295 days |
| Último Dragón | Dec 15, 2013 | -- | -- | 165 days |
| Atsushi Aoki | May 29, 2014 | -- | -- | 302 days |
| Kotaro Suzuki | Mar 27, 2015 | -- | -- | 234 days |
| ** Vacated ** | Nov 16, 2015 | -- | -- | |
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After Suzuki leaves the promotion.
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| Atsushi Aoki [2] | Feb 21, 2016 | -- | -- | 119 days |
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Defeated Hikaru Sato in the final of the 2016 Junior Battle of Glory for the vacant title.
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| Hikaru Sato | Jun 19, 2016 | -- | -- | 70 days |
| Soma Takao | Aug 28, 2016 | -- | -- | 91 days |
| Keisuke Ishii | Nov 27, 2016 | -- | -- | 152 days |
| Hikaru Sato [2] | Apr 28, 2017 | -- | -- | 93 days |
| TAJIRI | Jul 30, 2017 | -- | -- | 28 days |
| Último Dragón [2] | Aug 27, 2017 | -- | -- | 55 days |
| TAJIRI [2] | Oct 21, 2017 | -- | -- | 105 days |
| Atsushi Aoki [3] | Feb 3, 2018 | -- | -- | 204 days |
| Koji Iwamoto | Aug 26, 2018 | -- | -- | 27 days |
| Shuji Kondo [3] | Sep 22, 2018 | -- | -- | 68 days |
| Koji Iwamoto [2] | Nov 29, 2018 | -- | -- | 172 days |
| Atsushi Aoki [4] | May 20, 2019 | -- | -- | 184 days |
| ** Vacated ** | Nov 20, 2019 | -- | -- | |
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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.
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| Susumu Yokosuka | Jan 3, 2020 | -- | -- | 204 days |
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Defeated Hikaru Sato in the final of a tournament for the vacant title.
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| Koji Iwamoto [3] | Jul 25, 2020 | -- | -- | 210 days |
| CIMA | Feb 20, 2021 | -- | -- | 109 days |
| Koji Iwamoto [4] | Jun 9, 2021 | -- | -- | 17 days |
| Francesco Akira | Jun 26, 2021 | -- | -- | 26 days |
| SUGI | Jul 22, 2021 | -- | -- | 86 days |
| Izanagi | Oct 16, 2021 | -- | -- | 61 days |
| Super Crazy | Dec 16, 2021 | -- | -- | 18 days |
| SUGI [2] | Jan 3, 2022 | -- | -- | 51 days |
| Hikaru Sato [3] | Feb 23, 2022 | -- | -- | 116 days |
| Tiger Mask | Jun 19, 2022 | Champions Night | Tokyo, Japan | 91 days |
| Atsuki Aoyagi | Sep 18, 2022 | -- | -- | 154 days |
| Naruki Doi | Feb 19, 2023 | -- | -- | 99 days |
| Atsuki Aoyagi [2] | May 29, 2023 | -- | -- | 34 days |
| El Lindaman | Jul 2, 2023 | -- | -- | 182 days |
| Dan Tamura | Dec 31, 2023 | -- | -- | 69 days |
| Rising HAYATO | Mar 9, 2024 | -- | -- | 126 days |
| Naruki Doi [2] | Jul 13, 2024 | -- | -- | 197 days |
| MUSASHI | Jan 26, 2025 | -- | -- | 112 days |
| Seiki Yoshioka | May 18, 2025 | Champion Carnival | Tokyo, Japan | 2 days |