IWGP Intercontinental Championship/Champion history

The following champion history features the IWGP Intercontinental Championship.
==Champion history==
# 	Wrestler 	Reign 	Date 	Daysheld 	Location 	Event 	Notes
1 	MVP 	1 	May 15, 2011 	148 	Philadelphia, PA 	NJPW Invasion Tour 2011 	MVP defeated Toru Yano in an eight-man tournament final to become the first champion.
2 	Masato Tanaka 	1 	October 10, 2011 	125 	Tokyo, Japan 	NJPW Destruction 2011 	
3 	Hirooki Goto 	1 	February 12, 2012 	161 	Osaka, Japan 	The New Beginning 	
4 	Shinsuke Nakamura 	1 	July 22, 2013 	313 	Yamagata, Japan 	Kizuna Road 	
5 	La Sombra 	1 	May 31, 2013 	50 	Mexico City, Mexico 	Super Viernes 	This was a 2 Out of 3 Falls Match.
6 	Shinsuke Nakamura 	2 	July 20, 2013 	168 	Akita, Japan 	Kizuna Road 2013 	Became the first man to hold title more than once.
7 	Hiroshi Tanahashi 	1 	January 4, 2014 	92 	Tokyo, Japan 	Wrestle Kingdom 8 	
8 	Shinsuke Nakamura 	3 	April 6, 2014 	76 	Tokyo, Japan 	Invasion Attack 2014 	
9 	Bad Luck Fale 	1 	June 21, 2014 	92 	Osaka, Japan 	NJPW Dominion 6.21 	
10 	Shinsuke Nakamura 	4 	September 21, 2014 	224 	Kobe, Japan 	Destruction in Kobe 	
11 	Hirooki Goto 	2 	May 3, 2015 	147 	Fukuoka, Japan 	 	
12 	Shinsuke Nakamura 	5 	September 27, 2015 	224 	Kobe, Japan 	Destruction in Kobe 	
— 	Vacant 	— 	January 25, 2016 	NA 	NA 	— 	Vacated due to Nakamura leaving NJPW for WWE.
13 	Kenny Omega 	1 	February 14, 2016 	126 	Niigata, Japan 	 	
14 	Michael Elgin 	1 	June 19, 2016 	98 	Osaka, Japan 	NJPW Dominion 6.19 	
15 	Tetsuya Naito 	1 	September 25, 2016 	259 	Kobe, Japan 	Destruction in Kobe 	
16 	Hiroshi Tanahashi 	2 	June 11, 2017 	230 	Osaka, Japan 	NJPW Dominion 6.11 	
17 	Minoru Suzuki 	1 	January 27, 2018 	92 	Sapporo, Japan 	The New Beginning in Sapporo 	
18 	Tetsuya Naito 	2 	April 29, 2018 	41 	Kumamoto, Japan 	Wrestling Hinokuni 	
19 	Chris Jericho 	1 	June 9, 2018 	209 	Osaka, Japan 	NJPW Dominion 6.9 	
20 	Tetsuya Naito 	3 	January 4, 2019 	92 	Tokyo, Japan 	Wrestle Kingdom 13 	
21 	Kota Ibushi 	1 	April 6, 2019 	64 	New York City, NY 	ROH-NJPW G1 Supercard 2019 	
22 	Tetsuya Naitō 	4 	June 9, 2019 	105 	Osaka, Japan 	NJPW Dominion 6.9 	
23 	Jay White 	1 	September 22, 2019 	104 	Kobe, Japan 	NJPW Destruction In Kobe 2019 	
24 	Tetsuya Naitō 	5 	January 4, 2020 	190 	Tokyo, Japan 	Wrestle Kingdom 14 - Night 1 	
25 	EVIL 	1 	July 12, 2020 	48 	Osaka, Japan 	Dominion In Osaka-Jo Hall 	
26 	Tetsuya Naitō 	6 	August 29, 2020 	128 	 	 	
27 	Kota Ibushi 	1 	January 4, 2021 	55 	 	 	
Championship unified with IWGP Heavyweight Championship on February 28, 2021.	Championship unified with IWGP Heavyweight Championship on February 28, 2021.	Championship unified with IWGP Heavyweight Championship on February 28, 2021.	Championship unified with IWGP Heavyweight Championship on February 28, 2021.	Championship unified with IWGP Heavyweight Championship on February 28, 2021.	Championship unified with IWGP Heavyweight Championship on February 28, 2021.	Championship unified with IWGP Heavyweight Championship on February 28, 2021.	Championship unified with IWGP Heavyweight Championship on February 28, 2021.
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