New Japan Pro Wrestling

== Current championships ==
As of July 17, 2022
Main article: List of current champions in New Japan Pro-Wrestling
Championship 	Current champion(s)	Reign	Date won 	Days
held	Successful defenses	Location 	Notes
IWGP World Heavyweight Championship 	Zack Sabre Jr. 	1 	June 12, 2022	35	1 	Osaka, Japan 	Defeated Kazuchika Okada at Dominion 6.12 in Osaka-jo Hall
NEVER Openweight Championship 	Karl Anderson 	1 	June 12, 2022	35	0 	Osaka, Japan 	Defeated Tama Tonga at Dominion 6.12 in Osaka-jo Hall.
IWGP British Heavyweight Championship 	Will Ospreay 	1 	June 12, 2022	35	1 	Osaka, Japan 	Defeated Sanada for the vacant title at Dominion 6.12 in Osaka-jo Hall.
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship 	Taiji Ishimori 	3 	May 1, 2022 	77	1 	Fukuoka, Japan	Defeated El Desperado at Wrestling Dontaku.
IWGP Tag Team Championship 	United Empire
(Jeff Cobb and TJP)	1 	June 26, 2022	21	0 	Chicago, IL 	
NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship	Chaos
(Hirooki Goto, YOH and Yoshi-Hashi)	1
(2, 1, 2)	July 5, 2022 	12	0 	Tokyo, Japan 	Defeated House of Torture (Evil , Sho and Yujiro Takahashi) at New Japan Road.
== Champions ==
=== IWGP World Heavyweight Championship ===
No.	Champion 	Championship change	Championship change 	Championship change	Reign statistics	Reign statistics	Notes
No.	Champion 	Date 	Event 	Location 	Reign 	Days 	Notes
1 	Tetsuya Naito 	January 5, 2020 	Wrestle Kingdom 14 : Night 2 	Tokyo, Japan 	1 	189 	IWGP IC champion Naito beat IWGP Heavyweight Champion Okada to unify both belts into IWGP World Heavyweight Championship
2 	Evil 	July 12, 2020 	Dominion 7.12 in Osaka-jo Hall	Osaka, Japan 	1 	48 	
3 	Tetsuya Naito 	August 29, 2020 	Summer Struggle in Jingu 	Tokyo, Japan 	2 	128 	
4 	Kota Ibushi 	January 4, 2021 	Wrestle Kingdom 15: Night 1 	Tokyo, Japan 	1 	90 	
5 	Will Ospreay 	April 4, 2021 	Sakura Genesis 	Tokyo, Japan 	1 	276 	
6 	Kazuchika Okada	January 5, 2022 	Wrestle Kingdom 16: Night 2 	Tokyo, Japan 	1 	158 	
7 	Zack Sabre Jr. 	June 12, 2022 	Dominion 6.12 in Osaka-jo Hall	Osaka, Japan 	1 	26+ 	
=== IWGP Heavyweight Championship ===
# 	Wrestlers 	Date 	Event 	Location 	Reign	Days held	Notes
1 	Karl Gotch 	January 13, 1972 (NET)	 	 	1 	N/A 	
2 	Antonio Inoki 	October 4, 1972 	New Golden Series 	Tokyo, Japan 	1 	6 	Won the title via count-out. Lou Thesz was a special guest referee.
3 	Karl Gotch 	October 10, 1972 	New Golden Series 	Osaka, Japan 	2 	N/A 	
4 	Jacques Rougeau 	January 24, 1973 	Live event 	Buffalo, New York	1 	N/A 	
5 	Johnny Valentine 	August 1973 (NLT) 	Live event 	N/A 	N/A 	N/A 	
6 	Johnny Powers 	October 1973 (NLT) 	Live event 	N/A 	N/A 	N/A 	
7 	Antonio Inoki 	December 10, 1973 	World Title Challenge Series 	Tokyo, Japan 	2 	458 	
8 	Tiger Jeet Singh 	March 13, 1975 	Big Fight Series 	Hiroshima, Japan 	1 	105 	
9 	Antonio Inoki 	June 26, 1975 	Golden Fight Series 	Tokyo, Japan 	3 	1,688 	
10	Stan Hansen 	February 8, 1980 	New Year Golden Series 	Tokyo, Japan 	1 	55 	
11	Antonio Inoki 	April 3, 1980 	Big Fight Series 	Tokyo, Japan 	4 	700 	
12	André the Giant 	March 4, 1982 	IWGP G1 Climax 1982 	Tokyo, Japan 	1 	455 	Won the 1983 G1 Climax
13	Hulk Hogan 	June 2, 1983 	IWGP G1 Climax 1983 	Tokyo, Japan 	1 	378 	Won the 1984 G1 Climax
14	Antonio Inoki 	June 14, 1984 	House show 	Tokyo, Japan 	5 	1,418 	
— 	Vacated 	May 2, 1988 	— 	— 	— 	— 	Vacated due to Inoki fracturing his left foot.
15	Tatsumi Fujinami 	May 8, 1988 	Wrestling Dontaku 	Tokyo, Japan 	1 	332 	Defeated Big Van Vader to win the vacant title.
— 	Vacated 	April 5, 1989 	— 	— 	— 	— 	Vacant after defense against Riki Choshu ended in a no contest.
16	Big Van Vader 	April 24, 1989 	Sakura Genesis 	Tokyo, Japan 	1 	483 	Defeated Shinya Hashimoto in a tournament final to win the vacant title.
17	Riki Choshu 	August 19, 1990 	House show 	Tokyo, Japan 	1 	129 	
18	Tatsumi Fujinami 	December 26, 1990 	Battle Final 	Hamamatsu, Japan 	2 	375 	
19	Riki Choshu 	January 4, 1992 	WCW/New Japan Supershow II 	Tokyo, Japan 	2 	225 	
20	The Great Muta 	August 16, 1992 	House show 	Fukuoka, Japan 	1 	400 	
21	Shinya Hashimoto 	September 20, 1993 	Destruction 	Nagoya, Japan 	1 	591 	
22	Keiji Mutoh 	May 3, 1995 	Wrestling Dontaku 1995 	Fukuoka, Japan 	2 	246 	Mutoh previously won the title as The Great Muta.
23	Nobuhiko Takada 	January 4, 1996 	Wrestling World 1996 	Tokyo, Japan 	1 	116 	
24	Shinya Hashimoto 	April 29, 1996 	Sakura Genesis 	Tokyo, Japan 	2 	489 	
25	Kensuke Sasaki 	August 31, 1997 	Rising the Next Generation 	Yokohama, Japan 	1 	216 	
26	Tatsumi Fujinami 	April 4, 1998 	Sakura Genesis 	Tokyo, Japan 	3 	126 	
27	Masahiro Chono 	August 8, 1998 	Rising the Next Generation 	Osaka, Japan 	1 	150 	
28	Keiji Mutoh 	January 4, 1999 	Wrestling World 1999 	Tokyo, Japan 	3 	365 	
29	Kensuke Sasaki 	January 4, 2000 	Wrestling World 2000 	Tokyo, Japan 	2 	279 	
30	Kazuyuki Fujita 	April 9, 2001 	Sakura Genesis 	Osaka, Japan 	1 	462 	
— 	Vacated 	January 4, 2002 	— 	— 	— 	— 	Fujita vacated the title due to an injured achilles tendon.
31	Yuji Nagata 	February 16, 2002 	The New Beginning 	Tokyo, Japan 	1 	440 	Nagata defeated Yasuda in a tournament final to win the vacant title.
32	Yoshihiro Takayama	May 2, 2003 	Wrestling Dontaku 	Tokyo, Japan 	1 	221 	
33	Shinsuke Nakamura 	December 9, 2003 	Battle Final 2003 	Osaka, Japan 	1 	179 	
34	Kazuyuki Fujita 	June 5, 2004 	The Crush II 	Osaka, Japan 	2 	126 	Fujita defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi to win the vacant title.
35	Hiroyoshi Tenzan 	October 9, 2004 	King of Pro-Wrestling 	Tokyo, Japan 	3 	134 	
36	Satoshi Kojima 	February 20, 2005 	The New Beginning 	Tokyo, Japan 	1 	230 	
37	Hiroshi Tanahashi 	October 8, 2005 	King of Pro-Wrestling  	Tokyo, Japan 	1 	282 	This was a three-way match, also involving Masahiro Chono.
38	Yuji Nagata 	July 17, 2006 	Circuit2006 Turbulence 	Sapporo, Japan 	1 	270 	
39	Kurt Angle 	April 13, 2007 	Circuit2007 New Japan Brave tour 	Osaka, Japan 	1 	178 	Kurt Angle also successfully retained the championship against Samoa Joe on August 12, 2007 at TNA's Hard Justice pay-per-view (PPV) event.
40	Shinsuke Nakamura 	October 8, 2007 	Explosion '07 	Tokyo, Japan 	2 	202 	
41	Keiji Mutoh 	April 27, 2008 	Sakura Genesis 	Osaka, Japan 	4 	252 	
42	Hiroshi Tanahashi 	January 4, 2009 	Wrestle Kingdom III 	Tokyo, Japan 	1 	122 	
— 	Vacated 	August 17, 2009 	— 	— 	— 	— 	Title vacated due to Tanahashi fracturing his eye socket.
43	Shinsuke Nakamura 	September 27, 2009 	Destruction 	Kobe, Japan 	3 	218 	Nakamura defeated Togi Makabe to win the vacant title.
44	Togi Makabe 	May 3, 2010 	Wrestling Dontaku 	Fukuoka, Japan 	1 	246 	
45	Hiroshi Tanahashi 	January 4, 2011 	Wrestle Kingdom V 	Tokyo, Japan 	2 	404 	
46	Kazuchika Okada 	February 12, 2012 	The New Beginning 	Osaka, Japan 	1 	125 	
47	Hiroshi Tanahashi 	June 16, 2012 	Dominion 	Osaka, Japan 	3 	295 	
48	Kazuchika Okada 	April 7, 2013 	Sakura Genesis 	Tokyo, Japan 	2 	391 	
49	A.J. Styles 	May 3, 2014 	Wrestling Dontaku 	Fukuoka, Japan 	1 	428 	
50	Chris Hero 	July 5, 2015 	Dominion 7.5 in Osaka-jo Hall 	Osaka, Japan 	1 	280 	
51	Kazuchika Okada 	June 19, 2016 	Dominion 6.19 in Osaka-jo Hall 	 	3 	 	
52	Kenny Omega 	June 11, 2017 	Dominion 	Osaka, Japan 	1 	209 	
53	Kazuchika Okada 	January 4, 2019 	Wrestle Kingdom 13 	Tokyo, Japan 	4 	366 	
54	Tetsuya Naito 	January 5, 2020 	Wrestle Kingdom 14: Night 2 	Tokyo, Japan 	1 	<1 	This was a title unification match with Naito's IWGP Intercontinental Championship also on the line.
— 	Unified 	January 5, 2020 	Wrestle Kingdom 14: Night 2 	Tokyo, Japan 	— 	— 	Unified with the IWGP Intercontinental Championship to form the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship
=== IWGP Intercontinental Championship ===
# 	Wrestler 	Date 	Event 	Location 	Reign	Days
held	Notes
1 	Kazuchika Okada 	May 3, 2011 	Wrestling Dontaku 	Philadelphia, United States	1 	160	
2 	Masato Tanaka 	October 10, 2011 	King of Pro-Wrestling 	Tokyo, Japan 	1 	125	
3 	Hirooki Goto 	February 12, 2012 	The New Beginning 	Osaka, Japan 	1 	161	
4 	Shinsuke Nakamura	July 22, 2012 	NJPW TV 	Yamagata, Japan 	1 	313	
5 	La Sombra 	May 31, 2013 	Super Viernes 	Mexico City, Mexico 	1 	218	This was a two out of three falls match.
7 	Hiroshi Tanahashi	January 4, 2014 	Wrestle Kingdom 23 	Tokyo, Japan 	1 	119	
9 	Bad Luck Fale 	May 3, 2014 	Wrestling Dontaku 	Fukuoka, Japan 	1 	141	
10	Shinsuke Nakamura	September 21, 2014	Destruction 	Kobe, Japan 	2 	224	
11	Hirooki Goto 	May 3, 2015 	Wrestling Dontaku 	Fukuoka, Japan 	2 	147	
12	Shinsuke Nakamura	September 27, 2015	Destruction 	Kobe, Japan 	3 	120	
— 	Vacated 	January 25, 2016 	— 	Tokyo, Japan 	— 	— 	Vacated due to Nakamura leaving NJPW.
13	Kenny Omega 	February 14, 2016 	The New Beginning in Niigata 	Nagaoka, Japan 	1 	126	Defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi to win the vacant title.
14	Zack Sabre Jr. 	June 19, 2016 	Dominion 6.19 in Osaka-jo Hall	Osaka, Japan 	1 	98 	This was a ladder match.
15	Tetsuya Naito 	September 25, 2016	Destruction in Kobe 	Kobe, Japan 	1 	259	
16	Hiroshi Tanahashi	June 11, 2017 	Dominion 6.11 in Osaka-jo Hall	Osaka, Japan 	2 	230	
17	Tetsuya Naito 	January 27, 2018 	The New Beginning in Sapporo 	Sapporo, Japan 	2 	133	
18	Chris Jericho 	April 29, 2018 	Dominion 6.9  	Osaka, Japan 	1 	250	
19	Kota Ibushi 	January 4, 2019 	Wrestle Kingdom 13 	Tokyo, Japan 	1 	156	
20	Minoru Suzuki 	June 9, 2019 	Dominion 6.9 	Osaka, Japan 	1 	105	
21	Tetsuya Naito 	September 22, 2019	Destruction 	Kobe, Japan 	2 	104	
— 	Unified 	January 5, 2020 	Wrestle Kingdom 14: Night 2 	Tokyo, Japan 	— 	— 	Unified with the IWGP Heavyweight Championship to form the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship
=== IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship ===
# 	Wrestler 	Reign	Date 	Days
held	Location 	Event 	Notes
1 	Shiro Koshinaka 	1 	February 6, 1986 	102	Tokyo, Japan 	House show 	Koshinaka defeated The Cobra in a tournament final to become the first champion.
2 	Nobuhiko Takada 	1 	May 19, 1986 	123	Tokyo, Japan 	House show 	
3 	Shiro Koshinaka 	2 	September 19, 1986	317	Fukuoka, Japan 	House show 	
— 	Vacated 	— 	August 2, 1987 	— 	N/A 	N/A 	Koshinaka vacated the championship due to injuring his right ankle.
4 	Kuniaki Kobayashi 	1 	August 20, 1987 	129	Tokyo, Japan 	House show 	Kuniaki Kobayashi defeated Nobuhiko Takada to win the vacant championship.
5 	Owen Hart 	1 	December 27, 1987 	152	Tokyo, Japan 	House show 	
6 	Shiro Koshinaka 	3 	June 24, 1988 	265	Osaka, Japan 	Dominion 	
7 	Hiroshi Hase 	2 	March 16, 1989 	147	Yokohama, Japan 	House show 	
8 	Naoki Sano 	1 	August 10, 1989 	174	Tokyo, Japan 	Rising the Next Generation 	
9 	Jushin Thunder Liger 	1 	January 31, 1990 	200	Osaka, Japan 	Live event 	
10	Chris Benoit 	1 	August 19, 1990 	74 	Tokyo, Japan 	Rising the Next Generation 	
11	Jushin Thunder Liger 	2 	November 1, 1990 	165	Tokyo, Japan 	Power Struggle 	
12	Norio Honaga 	1 	April 30, 1991 	284	Tokyo, Japan 	Sakura Genesis 	
13	Jushin Thunder Liger 	3 	February 8, 1992 	139	Sapporo, Japan 	The New Beginning 	
14	Último Dragón 	1 	June 26, 1992 	149	Tokyo, Japan 	Live event 	
15	Jushin Thunder Liger 	4 	January 4, 1993 	628	Tokyo, Japan 	WCW/New Japan Supershow III 	
— 	Vacated 	— 	September 24, 1994	— 	N/A 	N/A 	Liger vacated the championship due to fracturing his left ankle.
16	Norio Honaga 	3 	September 27, 1994	145	Osaka, Japan 	Destruction 	Honaga defeated Chris Benoit in a tournament final to win the vacant championship.
17	Sabu 	1 	February 19, 1995 	115	Tokyo, Japan 	The New Beginning 	
18	Koji Kanemoto 	1 	June 14, 1995 	204	Tokyo, Japan 	Dominion 	
19	Jushin Thunder Liger 	5 	January 4, 1996 	116	Tokyo, Japan 	Wrestling World 1996 	
20	The Great Sasuke 	1 	April 29, 1996 	165	Tokyo, Japan 	Dominion 	
21	Último Dragón 	2 	October 11, 1996 	85 	Osaka, Japan 	King of Pro-Wrestling  	
22	Jushin Thunder Liger 	6 	January 4, 1997 	253	Tokyo, Japan 	Wrestling World 1997 	
23	Shinjiro Otani 	1 	August 10, 1997 	181	Nagoya, Japan 	Rising the Next Generation 	
24	Jushin Thunder Liger 	7 	February 7, 1998 	403	Sapporo, Japan 	The New Beginning 	
25	Koji Kanemoto 	2 	March 17, 1999 	164	Hiroshima, Japan	Live event 	
26	Kendo Kashin 	1 	August 28, 1999 	100	Tokyo, Japan 	Jingu Climax 	
27	Jyushin Thunder Liger	11 	December 6, 1999 	227	Tokyo, Japan 	Battle Final 	
28	Tatsuhito Takaiwa 	1 	July 20, 2000 	101	Sapporo, Japan 	G1 Climax 2000 	
29	Minoru Tanaka 	1 	October 29, 2000 	264	Kobe, Japan 	King of Pro-Wrestling 	
30	Tokimitsu Ishizawa 	1 	July 20, 2001 	196	Sapporo, Japan 	G1 Climax 2001 	
— 	Vacated 	— 	February 1, 2002 	— 	N/A 	N/A 	Ishizawa left NJPW and returned the title to the IWGP Executive Committee.
31	Minoru Tanaka 	2 	February 16, 2002 	153	Tokyo, Japan 	The New Beginning 	Defeated Masahito Kakihara to win the championship.
32	Koji Kanemoto 	3 	July 19, 2002 	278	Sapporo, Japan 	G1 Climax 2002 	
33	Tiger Mask 	1 	April 23, 2003 	153	Hiroshima, Japan	Sakura Genesis 	
— 	Vacated 	— 	September 23, 2003	— 	N/A 	N/A 	The championship was vacated so it could be contested for in a battle royal.
34	Minoru Tanaka 	3 	October 13, 2003 	449	Tokyo, Japan 	King of Pro-Wrestling 	Minoru Tanaka defeated Jado, Dick Togo, El Samurai, Gedo, Jushin Thunder Liger, Katsushi Takemura, Koji Kanemoto, Masahito Kakihara, Masayuki Naruse and Tiger Mask in a battle royal to win the vacant championship.
35	Tiger Mask 	2 	January 4, 2005 	277	Tokyo, Japan 	Wrestling World 2005 	
36	Rocky Romero 	1 	October 8, 2005 	207	Tokyo, Japan 	King of Pro-Wrestling 	
37	Koji Kanemoto 	4 	May 3, 2006 	235	Fukuoka, Japan 	New Japan Cup 2006 Special 	
38	Minoru Tanaka 	4 	December 24, 2006 	194	Tokyo, Japan 	Battle Xmas! Catch the Victory	
39	Ryusuke Taguchi 	1 	July 6, 2007 	155	Tokyo, Japan 	G1 Climax 2007 	
40	Wataru Inoue 	1 	December 8, 2007 	191	Osaka, Japan 	New Japan Alive 	
— 	Vacated 	— 	June 16, 2008 	— 	N/A 	N/A 	The championship was vacated when Inoue moved to the heavyweight division.
41	Low Ki 	1 	July 8, 2008 	180	Tokyo, Japan 	G1 Climax 2008 	Low Ki defeated Prince Devitt in a tournament final to win the vacant championship.
42	Tiger Mask 	5 	January 4, 2009 	223	Tokyo, Japan 	Wrestle Kingdom III 	
43	Místico 	1 	August 15, 2009 	142	Tokyo, Japan 	G1 Climax 2009 	
44	Naomichi Marufuji 	1 	January 4, 2010 	166	Tokyo, Japan 	Wrestle Kingdom IV 	
45	Prince Devitt 	1 	June 19, 2010 	364	Osaka, Japan 	Dominion 	
46	Kota Ibushi 	1 	June 18, 2011 	85 	Osaka, Japan 	Dominion 	
— 	Vacated 	— 	September 12, 2011	— 	N/A 	N/A 	The championship was vacated after Ibushi was sidelined with a shoulder injury.
47	Prince Devitt 	2 	September 19, 2011	227	Kobe, Japan 	Destruction 	Devitt defeated Kushida to win the vacant championship.
48	Low Ki 	2 	May 3, 2012 	192	Fukuoka, Japan 	Wrestling Dontaku 	
49	Prince Devitt 	3 	November 11, 2012 	419	Osaka, Japan 	Power Struggle 	
50	Kota Ibushi 	2 	January 4, 2014 	181	Tokyo, Japan 	Wrestle Kingdom 8 	
51	Ryusuke Taguchi 	1 	July 4, 2014 	184	Tokyo, Japan 	G1 Climax 2014 	
52	Kenny Omega 	1 	January 4, 2015 	182	Tokyo, Japan 	Wrestle Kingdom 9 	
53	Kushida 	2 	July 5, 2015 	80 	Osaka, Japan 	Dominion 7.5 	
54	Kenny Omega 	2 	September 23, 2015	103	Okayama, Japan 	Destruction 	
55	Kushida 	3 	January 4, 2016 	257	Tokyo, Japan 	Wrestle Kingdom 10 	
56	Will Ospreay 	1 	September 17, 2016	267	Kobe, Japan 	Destruction 	
57	Marty Scurll 	1 	June 11, 2017 	207	Osaka, Japan 	Dominion 6.11 in Osaka-jo Hall	
58	Will Ospreay 	2 	January 4, 2018 	156	Tokyo, Japan 	Wrestle Kingdom 12 	This was a four-way match, also involving Hiromu Takahashi and Kushida.
59	Hiromu Takahashi 	1 	June 9, 2018 	72 	Osaka, Japan 	Dominion 6.9 	
— 	Vacant 	— 	August 20, 2018 	— 	— 	— 	Vacated after Takahashi suffered a neck injury.
60	Kushida 	4 	September 23, 2018	103	Hiroshima, Japan	Destruction 	
61	Taiji Ishimori 	1 	January 4, 2019 	156	Tokyo, Japan 	Wrestle Kingdom 13 	
62	Will Ospreay 	3 	June 9, 2019 	209	Osaka, Japan 	Dominion 6.9 	
63	Hiromu Takahashi 	2 	January 4, 2020 	 	 	Wrestle Kingdom 14: Night 1 	
=== IWGP Tag Team Championship ===
# 	Team 	Reign	Date 	Days
held	Location 	Event 	Notes
1 	Kengo Kimura and Tatsumi Fujinami 	1 	December 12, 1985 	236	Sendai, Japan 	Live event 	
2 	Akira Maeda and Osamu Kido 	1 	August 5, 1986 	193	Tokyo, Japan 	Live event 	
3 	Akira Maeda (2) and Nobuhiko Takada 	1 	March 26, 1987 	159	Osaka, Japan 	Live event 	
4 	Kazuo Yamazaki and Yoshiaki Fujiwara 	1 	September 1, 1987 	139	Fukuoka, Japan 	Live event 	
5 	Kengo Kimura and Tatsumi Fujinami 	2 	January 18, 1988 	144	Takuyama, Japan 	Live event 	
6 	Masa Saito and Riki Choshu 	1 	June 10, 1988 	282	Hiroshima, Japan	IWGP Champion Series 1988 	
7 	George Takano and Super Strong Machine 	1 	March 19, 1989 	185	Yokohama, Japan 	Big Fight Series 	
8 	Masa Saito (2) and Shinya Hashimoto 	1 	September 20, 1989	219	Osaka, Japan 	Destruction 	
9 	Keiji Mutoh and Masahiro Chono 	1 	April 27, 1990 	189	Tokyo, Japan 	Sakura Genesis 	
10	Hiroshi Hase and Kensuke Sasaki 	1 	November 1, 1990 	140	Tokyo, Japan 	Power Struggle 	
11	The Steiner Brothers
(Rick Steiner and Scott Steiner)	1 	March 21, 1991 	229	Tokyo, Japan 	WCW/New Japan Supershow I 	The Steiners' WCW World Tag Team Championship was also on the line.
12	Hiroshi Hase (2) and Keiji Mutoh (2) 	1 	November 5, 1991 	117	Tokyo, Japan 	Power Struggle 	Scott Norton substituted for an injured Scott Steiner in this match.
13	Big, Bad, and Dangerous
(Big Van Vader and Bam Bam Bigelow)	1 	March 1, 1992 	117	Yokohama, Japan 	WCW/New Japan Supershow II 	
14	The Steiner Brothers
(Rick Steiner and Scott Steiner)	2 	June 26, 1992 	171	Tokyo, Japan 	Dominion 	The Steiners' WCW World Tag Team Championship was also on the line.
15	The Hell Raisers
(Road Warrior Hawk and Power Warrior)	1 	December 14, 1992 	234	Tokyo, Japan 	Battle Final 1992 	
16	The Jurassic Powers
(Hercules Hernandez and Scott Norton)	1 	August 5, 1993 	152	Tokyo, Japan 	Rising the Next Generation 	
17	The Hell Raisers
(Hawk Warrior and Power Warrior)	2 	January 4, 1994 	325	Tokyo, Japan 	Wrestling World 1994 	
18	Hiroshi Hase (3) and Keiji Mutoh (3) 	2 	November 25, 1994 	162	Iwate, Japan 	Power Struggle 	
— 	Vacated 	— 	May 6, 1995 	— 	N/A 	N/A 	The title was vacated by Mutoh after he won the IWGP Heavyweight Championship.
19	Junji Hirata and Shinya Hashimoto 	1 	June 10, 1995 	402	Osaka, Japan 	Dominion 	Junji Hirata and Shinya Hashimoto defeated Cho-Ten to win the vacant championship.
20	Cho-Ten
(Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Masahiro Chono (2)	1 	July 16, 1996 	172	Sapporo, Japan 	G1 Climax 1996 	
21	Kengo Kimura and Tatsumi Fujinami 	4 	January 4, 1997 	119	Tokyo, Japan 	Wrestling World 1997 	
22	The Bull Powers
(Manabu Nakanishi and Satoshi Kojima)	1 	May 3, 1997 	99 	Osaka, Japan 	Wrestling Dontaku 	
23	Kazuo Yamazaki and Kensuke Sasaki (5) 	1 	August 10, 1997 	169	Nagoya, Japan 	Rising the Next Generation 	
24	Keiji Mutoh (4) and Masahiro Chono (3) 	2 	October 19, 1997 	184	Kobe, Japan 	King of Pro-Wrestling 	
— 	Vacated 	— 	April 21, 1998 	— 	N/A 	N/A 	The title was vacated due to Mutoh having surgery on his knee.
25	Cho-Ten
(Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Masahiro Chono (4))	2 	June 5, 1998 	213	Tokyo, Japan 	Dominion  	Tenzan and Chono defeated Genichiro Tenryuand Shiro Koshinaka in a tournament final to win the vacant championship.
26	Tencozy
(Hiroyoshi Tenzan (3) and Satoshi Kojima)	1 	January 4, 1999 	236	Tokyo, Japan 	Wrestling World 1999 	
27	Manabu Nakanishi (2) and Yuji Nagata 	1 	August 28, 1999 	327	Shizuoka, Japan 	Rising the Next Generation 	
28	Tencozy
(Hiroyoshi Tenzan (4) and Satoshi Kojima)	2 	July 20, 2000 	430	Tokyo, Japan 	G1 Climax 2000 	
29	BATT
(Keiji Mutoh (6) and Taiyō Kea) 	1 	September 23, 2001	132	Osaka, Japan 	Destruction 	
— 	Vacated 	— 	February 2, 2002 	— 	N/A 	N/A 	The title was vacated due to Mutoh leaving NJPW.
30	Cho-Ten
(Hiroyoshi Tenzan (5) and Masahiro Chono (5))	3 	March 24, 2002 	446	Hyōgo, Japan 	Best of the Super Juniors 2002	Tenzan and Chono defeated Manabu Nakanishi and Yuji Nagata in a tournament final to win the vacant championship.
31	Gedo and Jado 	1 	June 13, 2003 	233	Tokyo, Japan 	Dominion 	
32	Minoru Suzuki and Yoshihiro Takayama 	1 	February 1, 2004 	294	Sapporo, Japan 	The New Beginning 	
— 	Vacated 	— 	November 21, 2004 	— 	N/A 	N/A 	The title was vacated due to Takayama being sidelined with an injury.
33	Hiroshi Tanahashi and Shinsuke Nakamura 	1 	December 11, 2004 	323	Osaka, Japan 	Battle Final 2004 	Tanahashi and Nakamura defeated Kensuke Sasaki and Minoru Suzuki to win the vacant title.
34	Cho-Ten
(Hiroyoshi Tenzan (6) and Masahiro Chono (6))	4 	October 30, 2005 	325	Kobe, Japan 	King of Pro-Wrestling 	
— 	Vacated 	— 	June 26, 2006 	— 	N/A 	N/A 	NJPW president Simon Kelly Inoki stripped Chono and Tenzan of the title after Chono and Tenzan ceased teaming.
35	Wild Child
(Manabu Nakanishi (3) and Takao Omori)	1 	July 2, 2006 	179	Tokyo, Japan 	G1 Climax 2006 	Wild Child defeated Giant Bernard and Travis Tomko in a tournament final to win the title.
36	RISE
(Giant Bernard and Travis Tomko) 	1 	March 11, 2007 	343	Nagoya, Japan 	Best of the Super Juniors 2007	
37	The Most Violent Players
(Togi Makabe and Toru Yano)	1 	February 17, 2008 	322	Tokyo, Japan 	The New Beginning  	
38	Team 3D
(Brother Devon and Brother Ray) 	1 	January 4, 2009 	365	Tokyo, Japan 	Wrestle Kingdom III 	
39	No Limit
(Tetsuya Naito and Yujiro Takahashi) 	1 	January 4, 2010 	166	Tokyo, Japan 	Wrestle Kingdom IV 	This was a three-way hardcore match, which also included Bad Intentions (Giant Bernard and Karl Anderson).
40	Bad Intentions
(Giant Bernard (2) and Karl Anderson)	1 	June 19, 2010 	564	Osaka, Japan 	Dominion 	This was a three-way elimination match, which also included No Limit (Tetsuya Naito and Yujiro Takahashi).
41	Apollo 55
(Prince Devitt and Ryusuke Taguchi) 	1 	January 4, 2012 	164	Tokyo, Japan 	Wrestle Kingdom VI 	
42	Jushin Thunder Liger and Tiger Mask 	1 	June 16, 2012 	114	Osaka, Japan 	Dominion 	
43	Killer Elite Squad
(Davey Boy Smith Jr. and Lance Archer)	1 	October 8, 2012 	207	Tokyo, Japan 	King of Pro-Wrestling 	
44	Tencozy
(Hiroyoshi Tenzan (7) and Satoshi Kojima)	3 	May 3, 2013 	190	Fukuoka, Japan 	Wrestling Dontaku 	This was a four-way match, which also included Chaos (Takashi Iizuka and Toru Yano) and Muscle Orchestra (Manabu Nakanishi and Strong Man).
45	The Young Bucks
(Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) 	1 	November 9, 2013 	224	Osaka, Japan 	Power Struggle 	This a two-out-of-three falls tornado tag team match.
46	Time Splitters
(Alex Shelley and Kushida) 	1 	June 21, 2014 	140	Osaka, Japan 	Dominion 	
47	reDRagon
(Bobby Fish and Kyle O'Reilly) 	1 	November 8, 2014 	148	Osaka, Japan 	Power Struggle 	
48	Meiyu Tag
(Hirooki Goto and Katsuyori Shibata) 	1 	April 5, 2015 	91 	Tokyo, Japan 	Sakura Genesis  	
49	Bullet Club
(Doc Gallows and Karl Anderson (2)) 	1 	July 5, 2015 	183	Osaka, Japan 	G1 Climax 2015 	
50	Great Bash Heels
(Togi Makabe (2) and Tomoaki Honma)	`1 	January 4, 2016 	167	Tokyo, Japan 	Wrestle Kingdom 10 	
51	The Young Bucks
(Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) 	2 	June 19, 2016 	199	Osaka, Japan 	Dominion 	
52	Chaos (Tomohiro Ishii and Toru Yano) 	1 	January 4, 2017 	95 	Tokyo, Japan 	Wrestle Kingdom 11 	
53	War Machine (Hanson and Raymond Rowe) 	1 	April 9, 2017 	168	Tokyo, Japan 	Sakura Genesis 	
54	Roppongi 3K
(Sho and Yoh) 	1 	September 24, 2017	102	Kobe, Japan 	Destruction  	
55	Los Ingobernables de Japon (Bushi and Sanada) 	1 	January 4, 2018 	156	Tokyo, Japan 	Wrestle Kingdom 12 	
56	The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) 	3 	June 9, 2018 	209	Osaka, Japan 	Dominion 6.9  	
57	Guerrillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa)	1 	January 4, 2019 	365	Hiroshima, Japan	Destruction 	
58	David Finlay and Juice Robinson 	1 	January 4, 2020 	 	Tokyo, Japan 	Wrestle Kingdom 13 	
=== NEVER Openweight Championship ===
# 	Wrestler 	Reign	Date 	Days
held	Location 	Event 	Notes
1 	Masato Tanaka 	1 	November 19, 2012 	314	Tokyo 	NEVER Openweight Championship Tournament Final	Defeated Karl Anderson in a tournament final to win the vacant title
2 	Tetsuya Naito 	1 	September 29, 2013	135	Kobe 	Destruction 	Naito's Tokyo Dome IWGP Heavyweight Championship challenge rights certificate was also on the line.
3 	Tomohiro Ishii 	1 	February 11, 2014 	138	Osaka 	The New Beginning 	
4 	Yujiro Takahashi 	1 	June 29, 2014 	106	Tokyo 	G1 Climax 2014 	
5 	Tomohiro Ishii 	2 	October 13, 2014 	198	Tokyo 	King of Pro-Wrestling 	
8 	Togi Makabe 	1 	April 29, 2015 	166	Mashiki 	Sakura Genesis 	
9 	Tomohiro Ishii 	4 	October 12, 2015 	84 	Tokyo 	King of Pro-Wrestling 	
10	Katsuyori Shibata	1 	January 4, 2016 	120	Tokyo 	Wrestle Kingdom 25 	
11	Hirooki Goto 	1 	May 3, 2016 	145	Fukuoka 	Wrestling Dontaku 	
12	Katsuyori Shibata	2 	September 25, 2016	199	Kobe 	Destruction 	
15	Marty Scurll 	1 	January 4, 2017 	225	Tokyo 	Wrestle Kingdom 26 	
16	Minrou Suzuki 	1 	September 16, 2017	230	Fukushima	Destruction 	
17	Hirooki Goto 	2 	May 4, 2018 	0+ 	Fukuoka 	Wrestling Dontaku 	
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