World Junior Heavyweight Championship (AJPW)

World Junior Heavyweight Championship

Soma Takao with the title belt in September 2016
Details
Promotion All Japan Pro Wrestling
Date established July 31, 1986
Current champion(s) Keisuke Ishii
Date won November 27, 2016

The World Junior Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling title in Japanese promotion All Japan Pro Wrestling, contested exclusively among junior heavyweight (<100 kg (220 lb)) wrestlers. It was created on July 31, 1986 when Hiro Saito defeated Brad Armstrong in a tournament final.[1] There have been a total of 30 recognized champions who have had a combined 42 official reigns.

Title history

No. Wrestler Reign Date Days held Location Event Notes Ref.
1 Hiro Saito 1 July 31, 1986115 Tokyo, Japan Defeated Brad Armstrong in a tournament final.[1]
2 Kuniaki Kobayashi 1 November 23, 198641 Tokyo, Japan [2]
3 Masanobu Fuchi 1 January 3, 1987 748 Tokyo, Japan [2]
4 Joe Malenko 1 January 20, 1989 5 Fukuoka, Japan [2]
5 Mighty Inoue 1 January 25, 1989 42Osaka, Japan [2]
6 Masanobu Fuchi 2 March 8, 1989 39 Tokyo, Japan [2]
7 Shinichi Nakano 1 April 16, 19894 Tokyo, Japan [2]
8 Mitsuo Momota 1 April 20, 198972 Osaka, Japan [2]
9 Joe Malenko 2 July 1, 1989111 Omiya, Japan [2]
10 Masanobu Fuchi 3 October 20, 1989 1,309 Nagoya, Japan [2]
11 Dan Kroffat 1 May 21, 199394 Sapporo, Japan [2]
12 Masanobu Fuchi 4 August 23, 1993323 Shizuoka, Japan [2]
13 Dan Kroffat 2 July 12, 1994 425 Kagoshima, Japan [2]
14 Yoshinari Ogawa 1 September 10, 1995294 Tokyo, Japan [2]
15 Masanobu Fuchi 5 June 30, 199624 Tokyo, Japan [2]
16 Tsuyoshi Kikuchi 1 July 24, 1996 175 Tokyo, Japan [2]
17 Yoshinari Ogawa 2 January 15, 1997219 Tokyo, Japan [2]
18 Maunakea Mossman 1 August 22, 1997 294 Tokyo, Japan [2]
— Vacated — June 12, 1998 — — — Vacated due to Mossman graduating to the heavyweight division. [1]
19 Yoshinari Ogawa 3 July 19, 1998698 Niigata, Japan Defeated Satoru Asako in a tournament final.[1]
— Vacated — June 16, 2000 — — — Vacated due to Ogawa and several others leaving AJPW to form Pro Wrestling Noah. [2][3]
20 Kendo Kashin 1 April 13, 2002670 Tokyo, Japan Grand Champion CarnivalDefeated Masanobu Fuchi.[4][5]
— Vacated — February 12, 2004 — — — Vacated on February 12, 2004 due to inactivity. [1][2]
21 Kaz Hayashi 1 February 22, 2004 323 Tokyo, Japan Excite Series tour Defeated Blue-K.[6]
22 Taka Michinoku 1 January 10, 2005 285 Tokyo, Japan Kaientai Dojo's CLUB-K SUPER kickThis match was also for Hayashi's Strongest-K Championship.[7]
23 Shuji Kondo 1 October 22, 2005 483 Tokyo, Japan Shining Series tour.[8]
24 Katsuhiko Nakajima 1 February 17, 2007 378 Tokyo, Japan Puroresu Love in Ryogoku vol. 2.The title was held up on October 18, 2007 after a title defense against Silver King ended in a no contest, though Nakajima remained the official champion.[1][9]
25 Silver King 1 March 1, 200859 Tokyo, Japan Puroresu Love in Ryogoku vol. 4.[10]
26 Ryuji Hijikata 1 April 29, 2008152 Nagoya, Japan Growin' Up tour.[11]
27 Naomichi Marufuji 1 September 28, 2008 131 Yokohama, Japan Flashing tour.
28 Kaz Hayashi 2 February 6, 2009695 Tokyo, Japan Excite Series tour.
29 Minoru 1 January 2, 2011152 Tokyo, Japan New Year Shining Series tour.[12]
— Vacated — June 3, 2011 — — — Vacated after All Japan Pro Wrestling suspended Minoru.
30 Kai 1 June 19, 2011126 Tokyo, Japan 2011 Puroresu Love in Ryōgoku Defeated Shuji Kondo for the vacant title.[13]
31 Kenny Omega 1 October 23, 2011217 Tokyo, Japan Puroresu Love in Ryōgoku Vol. 13
32 Kai 2 May 27, 201277 Tokyo, Japan Rise Up Tour 2012
33 Hiroshi Yamato 1 August 12, 2012143 Tokyo, Japan Summer Impact 2012
34 Shuji Kondo 2 January 2, 2013 52 Tokyo, Japan 2013 New Year Shining Series: New Year 2Days This match was also contested for Kondo's GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship.
35 Yoshinobu Kanemaru 1 February 23, 2013295 Tokyo, Japan 2013 Excite Series
36 Último Dragón 1 December 15, 2013165 Tokyo, Japan 2013 Fan Appreciation Day
37 Atsushi Aoki 1 May 29, 2014302 Tokyo, Japan 2014 Super Power Series
38 Kotaro Suzuki 1 March 27, 2015234 Tokyo, Japan 2015 Dream Power Series
— Vacated — November 16, 2015 — — — Vacated due to Suzuki leaving AJPW.
39 Atsushi Aoki 2 February 21, 2016 119 Tokyo, Japan 2016 Excite Series Defeated Hikaru Sato in the finals of the 2016 Jr. Battle of Glory.
40 Hikaru Sato 1 June 19, 2016 70 Tokyo, Japan 2016 Dynamite Series
41 Soma Takao 1 August 28, 2016 91 Tokyo, Japan Ryōgoku Peter Pan 2016 This match took place at an event held by DDT Pro-Wrestling.
42 Keisuke Ishii 1 November 27, 2016 19+ Tokyo, Japan Zen Nihon Puroresu in Ryōgoku Kokugikan

Combined reigns

As of December 16, 2016.

† Indicates the current champion
Rank Wrestler No. of
reigns		 Combined days
1 Masanobu Fuchi 5 2,443
2 Yoshinari Ogawa 3 1,211
3 Kaz Hayashi 2 1,018
4 Kendo Kashin 1 670
5 Shuji Kondo 2 535
6 Dan Kroffat 2 519
7 Atsushi Aoki 2 421
8 Katsuhiko Nakajima 1 378
9 Yoshinobu Kanemaru 1 295
10 Maunakea Mossman 1 294
11 Taka Michinoku 1 285
12 Kotaro Suzuki 1 234
13 Kenny Omega 1 217
14 Kai 2 203
15 Tsuyoshi Kikuchi 1 175
16 Último Dragón 1 165
17 Minoru 1 152
Ryuji Hijikata 1 152
19 Hiroshi Yamato 1 143
20 Naomichi Marufuji 1 131
21 Joe Malenko 2 116
22 Hiro Saito 1 115
23 Soma Takao 1 91
24 Mitsuo Momota 1 72
25 Hikaru Sato 1 70
26 Silver King 1 59
27 Mighty Inoue 1 42
28 Kuniaki Kobayashi 1 41
29 Keisuke Ishii † 1 19+
30 Shinichi Nakano 1 4

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "AJPW World Junior Heavyweight Championship". Wrestling-Titles.com. Archived from the original on 9 July 2007. Retrieved 2007-07-10.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 "AJPW World Junior Heavyweight Championship official title history" (in Japanese). All-Japan.co.jp. Archived from the original on 2008-04-03. Retrieved 2008-05-02.
  3. ↑ "AJPW Triple Crown Championship official title history" (in Japanese). All-Japan.co.jp. Archived from the original on 2008-04-08. Retrieved 2008-05-02.
  4. ↑ "AJPW Champion's Carnival tour results". Shining Road. Archived from the original on 2007-05-30. Retrieved 2007-07-10.
  5. ↑ "We are the Champions (as of July 8)". Power Slam Magazine. Lancaster, Lancashire, England: SW Publishing LTD. August 2003. p. 15. 109.
  6. ↑ "AJPW Excite Series tour results". Shining Road. Archived from the original on 2007-09-29. Retrieved 2007-07-10.
  7. ↑ "Kaientai Dojo results, 2005" (in German). PuroLove.com. Retrieved 2007-07-10.
  8. ↑ "AJPW Shining Series tour results". Shining Road. Archived from the original on 2007-09-29. Retrieved 2007-07-10.
  9. ↑ "AJPW Excite Series 2007 tour results". Shining Road. Archived from the original on 2008-04-28. Retrieved 2008-05-02.
  10. ↑ "AJPW Excite Series 2008 tour results". Shining Road. Archived from the original on 26 May 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-02.
  11. ↑ "AJPW Growin' Up tour results". Shining Road. Archived from the original on 14 April 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-02.
  12. ↑ Meltzer, Dave (2011-01-02). "Complete Sunday update: Legendary feud, ratings, long time champ drops title today, Reaction to UFC". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved 2011-01-03.
  13. ↑ http://www.puroresuspirit.com/2011/06/19/results-for-june-19th-2011/
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