# Gaora TV Championship

The Gaora TV Championship (GAORA TV チャンピオンシップ, Gaora Tī Bui Chanpionshippu) is a professional wrestling championship owned by the All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) promotion. On August 28, 2012, AJPW and Gaora TV announced that AJPW would introduce a new championship called the Gaora TV Championship. A tournament for the title took place from September 8 to October 7, with Seiya Sanada becoming the inaugural champion. There have been a total of twenty-three reigns shared between nineteen different champions. The current title holder is Seigo Tachibana who is in his second reign.

## Championship tournament

| First Round (September 8) | First Round (September 8) | First Round (September 8) | Semifinals (October 7) | Semifinals (October 7) | Semifinals (October 7) | Final (October 7) | Final (October 7) | Final (October 7) |
| Ryota Hama | Ryota Hama | 06:21 | | | | | | |
| Yasufumi Nakanoue | Yasufumi Nakanoue | W | | | | | | |
| Yasufumi Nakanoue | Yasufumi Nakanoue | W | Yasufumi Nakanoue | Yasufumi Nakanoue | W | | | |
| | | | Kazushi Miyamoto | Kazushi Miyamoto | 07:10 | | | |
| Kazushi Miyamoto | Kazushi Miyamoto | W | Kazushi Miyamoto | Kazushi Miyamoto | 07:10 | | | |
| Manabu Soya | Manabu Soya | 06:01 | | | | | | |
| Manabu Soya | Manabu Soya | 06:01 | | | | Yasufumi Nakanoue | Yasufumi Nakanoue | 10:54 |
| | | | | | | Seiya Sanada | Seiya Sanada | W |
| Masayuki Kono | Masayuki Kono | 12:02 | | | | | | | Seiya Sanada | Seiya Sanada | W |
| Tomoaki Honma | Tomoaki Honma | W | | | | | | |
| Tomoaki Honma | Tomoaki Honma | W | Tomoaki Honma | Tomoaki Honma | 12:30 | | | |
| | | | Seiya Sanada | Seiya Sanada | W | | | |
| Seiya Sanada | Seiya Sanada | W | Seiya Sanada | Seiya Sanada | W | | | |
| Yuji Okabayashi | Yuji Okabayashi | 16:04 | | | | | | |

## Title history

Key :
| No. | Overall reign number |
| Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
| Days | Number of days held |
| Defenses | Number of successful defenses |
| + | Current reign is changing daily |
| 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 | Seiya Sanada | October 7, 2012 | 40th Anniversary Tour 2012 | Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 232 | 7 | Sanada defeated Yasufumi Nakanoue in the final of an eight-man tournament to become the inaugural champion. | |
| 2 | René Duprée | May 27, 2013 | Rising Sun in the Maritimes Tour | Cocagne, New Brunswick, Canada | 1 | 107 | 21 | | |
| — | Vacated | September 11, 2013 | — | — | — | — | — | Duprée returned the title to All Japan, after leaving the promotion for Wrestle-1. | |
| 3 | Sushi | November 24, 2013 | 2013 Ōdō Renaissance | Nagano, Nagano, Japan | 1 | 174 | 1 | Sushi defeated Keisuke Ishii in the final of a four-man tournament to win the vacant title. | |
| 4 | Kotaro Suzuki | May 17, 2014 | 2014 Super Power Series | Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan | 1 | 211 | 4 | | |
| 5 | Kenso | December 14, 2014 | Kyohei Wada Referee 40th Anniversary & 60th Birthday Commemorative Tournament | Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 172 | 3 | | |
| 6 | Sushi | June 4, 2015 | 2015 Dynamite Series | Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan | 2 | 72 | 0 | | |
| — | Vacated | August 15, 2015 | — | — | — | — | — | The title was vacated due to Sushi being sidelined with a fractured jaw. | |
| 7 | Yohei Nakajima | August 16, 2015 | 2015 Summer Explosion | Kobe, Hyōgo, Japan | 1 | 298 | 3 | Nakajima defeated Billyken Kid to win the vacant title. | |
| 8 | Kazuhiro Tamura | June 9, 2016 | Charity Puroresu Isesaki 69 | Isesaki, Gunma, Japan | 1 | 6 | 0 | | |
| 9 | Yohei Nakajima | June 15, 2016 | 2016 Dynamite Series | Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan | 2 | 29 | 0 | | |
| 10 | Takeshi Minamino | July 14, 2016 | 2016 Summer Action Series | Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 28 | 0 | | |
| 11 | Yohei Nakajima | August 11, 2016 | 2016 Summer Explosion | Ueda, Nagano, Japan | 3 | 9 | 0 | | |
| 12 | Billy Ken Kid [ja] | August 20, 2016 | 2016 Summer Explosion | Kobe, Hyōgo, Japan | 1 | 30 | 1 | | |
| 13 | Yohei Nakajima | September 19, 2016 | Korakuen Hall Taikai | Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan | 4 | 69 | 1 | | |
| 14 | Jiro Kuroshio | November 27, 2016 | Zen Nihon Puroresu in Ryōgoku Kokugikan | Sumida, Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 80 | 0 | | |
| — | Vacated | February 15, 2017 | — | — | — | — | — | Kuroshio returned the title to AJPW after being sidelined with a knee injury. | |
| 15 | Jun Akiyama | March 12, 2017 | Yume Ryoku! 2017 Dream Power Series | Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 490 | 10 | Akiyama defeated Kenso to win the vacant title. | |
| 16 | Tajiri | July 15, 2018 | 2018 Summer Action Series | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 316 | 6 | | |
| 17 | Yoshitatsu | May 27, 2019 | 2019 Super Power Series | Gifu, Japan | 1 | 587 | 9 | | |
| 18 | Jun Kasai | January 3, 2021 | New Year Wars | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 74 | 1 | This was a Tables, Ladders and Chairs match | |
| 19 | Shuji Ishikawa | March 18, 2021 | Special Box Office Blood Fight: Jun Kasai vs. Shuji Ishikawa ~ Crazy Monkey vs. Giant | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 227 | 3 | This was a Glass Board, Barbed Wire Board, Tables, Ladders & Chairs + α Deathmatch. | |
| 20 | Shigehiro Irie | October 31, 2021 | Raising An Army Memorial Series 2021 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 218 | 2 | | |
| 21 | Izanagi | June 6, 2022 | AJPW Dynamite Series 2022 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 13 | 0 | | |
| 22 | Toshizo | June 19, 2022 | AJPW Champions 50th Anniversary | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 217 | 3 | This was a four-way ladder match also involving Yusuke Kodama and Black Menso-re. | |
| 23 | Minoru Tanaka | January 22, 2023 | AJPW New Year Giant Series 2023 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 778 | 3 | | |
| 24 | Black Menso-re | January 2, 2024 | AJPW New Year Giant Series 2024 | Tokyo, Japan | 5 | 12 | 0 | Menso-re was previously known as Yohei Nakajima. | |
| 25 | Seigo Tachibana | January 14, 2024 | AJPW New Year Giant Series 2024 - Night 3 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 162 | 3 | | |
| 26 | Fuminori Abe | June 24, 2024 | AJPW Dynamite Series 2024 - Night 1 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 120 | 2 | | |
| 27 | Seigo Tachibana | October 22, 2024 | AJPW Raising An Army Memorial Series 2024 - Night 4 | Tokyo, Japan | 2 | 47 | 2 | | |
| 28 | Yuko Miyamoto | December 8, 2024 | AJPW Real World Tag League 2024 - Night 11 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 92+ | 4 | | |

## Combined reigns

As of March 10, 2025.
| † | Indicates the current champion |
| Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns | Combined defenses | Combined days |
| 1 | Yoshitatsu | 1 | 9 | 587 |
| 2 | Jun Akiyama | 1 | 10 | 490 |
| 3 | Yohei Nakajima/Black Menso-re | 5 | 4 | 417 |
| 4 | Minoru Tanaka | 1 | 3 | 345 |
| 5 | Tajiri | 1 | 6 | 316 |
| 6 | Sushi | 2 | 1 | 246 |
| 7 | Seiya Sanada | 1 | 7 | 232 |
| 8 | Shuji Ishikawa | 1 | 2 | 227 |
| 9 | Shigehiro Irie | 1 | 2 | 218 |
| 10 | Toshizo | 1 | 3 | 217 |
| 11 | Kotaro Suzuki | 1 | 4 | 211 |
| 12 | Seigo Tachibana | 2 | 5 | 209 |
| 13 | Kenso | 1 | 3 | 172 |
| 14 | Fuminori Abe | 1 | 2 | 120 |
| 15 | René Duprée | 1 | 21 | 107 |
| 16 | Yuko Miyamoto † | 1 | 4 | 92+ |
| 17 | Jiro Kuroshio | 1 | 0 | 80 |
| 18 | Jun Kasai | 1 | 1 | 74 |
| 19 | Billy Ken Kid | 1 | 1 | 30 |
| 20 | Takeshi Minamino | 1 | 0 | 28 |
| 21 | Izanagi | 1 | 0 | 13 |
| 22 | Kazuhiro Tamura | 1 | 0 | 6 |