page_title: Hiroshi Tanahashi
section_title: Championships and accomplishments
hierarchical_section_title: Hiroshi Tanahashi / Championships and accomplishments
caption_attribution_description: 日本語: 2017年6月11日 大阪城ホール「DOMINION 6.11 in OSAKA-JO HALL」 棚橋弘至
context_page_description: Hiroshi Tanahashi is a Japanese professional wrestler who works primarily for New Japan Pro-Wrestling. His accolades in NJPW include being a record setting eight-time IWGP Heavyweight Champion, a two-time IWGP Intercontinental Champion, a three-time IWGP Tag Team Champion and a three-time NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Champion. Tanahashi holds the record for most reigns as the IWGP Heavyweight Champion, while his fifth reign held the record for most successful defenses with eleven until May 5, 2018. He has also won NJPW's premier tournament, the G1 Climax, on three occasions and won the New Japan Cup twice, in 2005 and 2008.
  Through NJPW's working agreements with Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre, Pro Wrestling Noah and Revolution Pro Wrestling, Tanahashi has also held the CMLL World Tag Team Championship, the CMLL World Trios Championship, the CMLL Universal Championship, GHC Tag Team Championship, and the RevPro British Heavyweight Championship.
context_section_description: Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
  CMLL World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Jushin Thunder Liger
  CMLL World Trios Championship (1 time) – with Okumura and Taichi
  CMLL Universal Championship (2013)
  New Japan Pro-Wrestling
  IWGP Heavyweight Championship (8 times)
  IWGP Intercontinental Championship (2 times)
  IWGP Tag Team Championship (3 times) – with Yutaka Yoshie (1), Shinsuke Nakamura (1), and Kota Ibushi (1)
  IWGP U-30 Openweight Championship (2 times)
  NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship (3 times) – with Michael Elgin and Yoshitatsu (1), Manabu Nakanishi and Ryusuke Taguchi (1), and Ricochet and Ryusuke Taguchi (1)
  G1 Climax (2007, 2015, 2018)
  G2 U-30 Climax (2003)
  New Japan Cup (2005, 2008)
  IWGP Heavyweight Title Tournament (2007)
  IWGP U-30 Openweight Championship League (2005)
  U-30 One Night Tag Tournament (2004) – with Taiji Ishimori
  Heavyweight Tag MVP Award (2005) with Shinsuke Nakamura
  Fighting Spirit Award (2003)
  New Wave Award (2002)
  Outstanding Performance Award (2003, 2004)
  Singles Best Bout (2004) vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan on August 15
  Young Lion Award (2001)
  New Japan Pro-Wrestling MVP (2018)
  Nikkan Sports
  Fighting Spirit Award (2003)
  MVP Award (2011, 2014, 2018)
  Match of the Year Award (2009) vs. Shinsuke Nakamura on November 8
  Match of the Year Award (2012) vs. Kazuchika Okada on February 12
  Pro Wrestling Illustrated
  Ranked No. 3 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2013
  Pro Wrestling Noah
  GHC Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Yuji Nagata
  Revolution Pro Wrestling
  British Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
  Tokyo Sports
  Best Bout Award (2012) vs. Kazuchika Okada on June 16
  Fighting Spirit Award (2003, 2006)
  MVP Award (2009, 2011, 2014, 2018)
  Outstanding Performance Award (2007)
  Wrestling Observer Newsletter
  Feud of the Year (2012, 2013) vs. Kazuchika Okada
  Most Charismatic (2013)
  Most Outstanding Wrestler (2012, 2013)
  Match of the Year (2012) vs. Minoru Suzuki on October 8
  Match of the Year (2013) vs. Kazuchika Okada on April 7
  Match of the Year (2016) vs. Kazuchika Okada on January 4
  Wrestler of the Year (2011–2013)
  Wrestler of the Decade (2010s)
  Most Charismatic of the Decade (2010s)
  Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame (Class of 2013)
caption: Tanahashi as the IWGP Intercontinental Champion in June 2017
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