World Junior Heavyweight Championship (AJPW)

World Junior Heavyweight Championship
Details
Current champion(s) Kotaro Suzuki
Date won March 27, 2015
Date established July 31, 1986
Promotion All Japan Pro Wrestling

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 26 recognized champions who have had a combined 37 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 on June 12, 1998 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 on June 16, 2000 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 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 belt is held up on October 18, 2007 after a title defense against Silver King ended in a no contest, though Nakajima remains 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 on June 3, 2011, when All Japan Pro Wrestling suspends 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, 201514+ Tokyo, Japan 2015 Dream Power Series

List of reigns by combined length

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 Katsuhiko Nakajima 1 378
8 Atsushi Aoki 1 302
9 Maunakea Mossman 1 294
10 Taka Michinoku 1 285
11 Kenny Omega 1 217
12 KAI 2 203
13 Yoshinobu Kanemaru 1 295
14 Tsuyoshi Kikuchi 1 175
15 Último Dragón 1 165
16 Ryuji Hijikata 1 152
17 Minoru 1 152
18 Hiroshi Yamato 1 143
19 Naomichi Marufuji 1 131
20 Joe Malenko 2 116
21 Hiro Saito 1 115
22 Mitsuo Momota 1 72
23 Silver King 1 59
24 Mighty Inoue 1 42
25 Kuniaki Kobayashi 1 41
26 Shinichi Nakano 1 4
27 Kotaro Suzuki 1 14+

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "AJPW World Junior Heavyweight Championship". Wrestling-Titles.com. Archived from the original on 9 July 2007. Retrieved 2007-07-10.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 2.17 2.18 "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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