List of IWGP Intercontinental Champions
Title history

No.
Champion
Championship change
Championship change
Championship change
Reign statistics
Reign statistics
Reign statistics
Notes
Ref.
No.
Champion
Date
Event
Location
Reign
Days
Defenses
Notes
Ref.
1
MVP
May 15, 2011
Invasion Tour 2011: Attack on East Coast
Philadelphia, U.S.
1
148
2
Defeated Toru Yano in an eight–man tournament final to become the inaugural champion.
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2
Masato Tanaka
October 10, 2011
Destruction '11
Tokyo, Japan
1
125
3
-
-
3
Hirooki Goto
February 12, 2012
The New Beginning
Osaka, Japan
1
161
2
-
-
4
Shinsuke Nakamura
July 22, 2012
Kizuna Road
Yamagata, Japan
1
313
8
-
-
5
La Sombra
May 31, 2013
Super Viernes
Mexico City, Mexico
1
50
1
This was a two out of three falls match.
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6
Shinsuke Nakamura
July 20, 2013
Kizuna Road
Akita, Japan
2
168
3
-
-
7
Hiroshi Tanahashi
January 4, 2014
Wrestle Kingdom 8 in Tokyo Dome
Tokyo, Japan
1
92
1
-
-
8
Shinsuke Nakamura
April 6, 2014
Invasion Attack
Tokyo, Japan
3
76
1
-
-
9
Bad Luck Fale
June 21, 2014
Dominion 6.21
Osaka, Japan
1
92
0
-
-
10
Shinsuke Nakamura
September 21, 2014
Destruction in Kobe
Kobe, Japan
4
224
3
-
-
11
Hirooki Goto
May 3, 2015
Wrestling Dontaku
Fukuoka, Japan
2
147
1
-
-
12
Shinsuke Nakamura
September 27, 2015
Destruction in Kobe
Kobe, Japan
5
120
2
-
-
—
Vacated
January 25, 2016
N/A
Tokyo, Japan
—
—
—
Vacated due to Nakamura leaving NJPW for WWE.
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13
Kenny Omega
February 14, 2016
The New Beginning in Niigata
Nagaoka, Japan
1
126
1
Defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi to win the vacant title.
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14
Michael Elgin
June 19, 2016
Dominion 6.19 in Osaka-jo Hall
Osaka, Japan
1
98
1
This was a ladder match.
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15
Tetsuya Naito
September 25, 2016
Destruction in Kobe
Kobe, Japan
1
259
4
-
-
16
Hiroshi Tanahashi
June 11, 2017
Dominion 6.11 in Osaka-jo Hall
Osaka, Japan
2
230
4
-
-
17
Minoru Suzuki
January 27, 2018
The New Beginning in Sapporo
Sapporo, Japan
1
92
1
-
-
18
Tetsuya Naito
April 29, 2018
Wrestling Hinokuni
Kumamoto, Japan
2
41
0
-
-
19
Chris Jericho
June 9, 2018
Dominion 6.9 in Osaka-jo Hall
Osaka, Japan
1
209
1
-
-
20
Tetsuya Naito
January 4, 2019
Wrestle Kingdom 13 in Tokyo Dome
Tokyo, Japan
3
92
1
This was a no disqualification match.
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21
Kota Ibushi
April 6, 2019
G1 Supercard
New York City, U.S.
1
14+
1
-
-

Question: Which event is Tetsuya Naito a 3 time champion?
Answer: Naito is a three times IWGP Intercontinental Champion.