page_title: Yuji Nagata
section_title: Championships and accomplishments
hierarchical_section_title: Yuji Nagata / Championships and accomplishments
caption_attribution_description: 日本語: 2016年5月29日 大阪市中央体育館・サブアリーナ 「BEST OF THE SUPER Jr.XXIII」 永田裕志
context_page_description: Yuji Nagata is a Japanese professional wrestler signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling. He is known for his perennial tweener status, currently a solid fan favorite, and his stiff, shoot style wrestling technique.
  A former two-time IWGP Heavyweight Champion, World Heavyweight Champion and a GHC Heavyweight Champion, making him a four-time world champion in major professional wrestling promotions in Japan. He is the fifth longest-reigning IWGP Heavyweight Champion with a reign of 392 days. He held the record for most successful title defenses with 10, until Hiroshi Tanahashi broke the record at Wrestle Kingdom VI. He is the only wrestler to have won Japanese professional wrestling's three biggest singles tournaments; New Japan Pro-Wrestling's G1 Climax, All Japan Pro Wrestling's Champion Carnival and Pro Wrestling Noah's Global League.
context_section_description: All Japan Pro Wrestling
  All Asia Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Jun Akiyama
  World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Kendo Kashin
  Champion Carnival (2011)
  New Japan Pro-Wrestling
  IWGP Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
  IWGP Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Manabu Nakanishi (1) and Wataru Inoue (1)
  NEVER Openweight Championship (1 time)
  G1 Climax (2001)
  G1 Tag League (2000) – with Takashi Iizuka
  G1 Tag League (2010) – Wataru Inoue
  New Japan Cup (2007, 2011)
  New Japan Rumble (2015)
  WCW World Tag Team Title Contenders League (1998) – with Kensuke Sasaki
  Naeba Prince Hotel Cup Tag Tournament (2001) – with Jushin Thunder Liger
  Samurai! TV Openweight Tag Team Tournament (2005) – with Hirooki Goto
  MVP Award (2002)
  Outstanding Performance Award (2001)
  Singles Best Bout (2001) – vs. Keiji Mutoh on August 12
  Singles Best Bout (2002) – vs. Masahiro Chono on October 26
  Tag Team Best Bout (2000) – with Manabu Nakanishi vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima on October 9
  Tag Team Best Bout (2001) – with Jun Akiyama vs. Hiroshi Hase and Keiji Mutoh on October 8
  Nikkan Sports
  Match of the Year (2001) – with Jun Akiyama vs. Hiroshi Hase and Keiji Mutoh on October 8
  Fighting Spirit Award (2012)
  Pro Wrestling Illustrated
  Ranked No. 8 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2002
  Pro Wrestling Noah
  GHC Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
  GHC Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Hiroshi Tanahashi
  Arukas Cup 6-Man Tag Tournament (2015) – with Maybach Don and Maybach Taniguchi
  Global League (2013)
  Global League Fighting Spirit Award (2014)
  Pro Wrestling Zero1-Max
  World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
  Tokyo Sports
  Fighting Spirit Award (2001, 2011)
  Match of the Year Award (2001) vs. Kazuyuki Fujita on June 6
  Match of the Year Award (2002) vs. Yoshihiro Takayama on May 2
  Technique Award (1998, 1999)
  Wrestling Observer Newsletter
  Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame (Class of 2018)
caption: Nagata as the NEVER Openweight Champion
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