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| 2 | List of IWGP Intercontinental Champions - Title history |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| 3 | No. | Champion | Championship change | Championship change | Championship change | Reign statistics | Reign statistics | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. |
| 4 | No. | Champion | Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | Defenses | Notes | Ref. |
| 5 | 1 | MVP | May 15, 2011 | Invasion Tour 2011: Attack on East Coast | Philadelphia, U.S. | 1 | 148 | 2 | Defeated Toru Yano in an eight–man tournament final to become the inaugural champion. | - |
| 6 | 2 | Masato Tanaka | October 10, 2011 | Destruction '11 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 125 | 3 | - | - |
| 7 | 3 | Hirooki Goto | February 12, 2012 | The New Beginning | Osaka, Japan | 1 | 161 | 2 | - | - |
| 8 | 4 | Shinsuke Nakamura | July 22, 2012 | Kizuna Road | Yamagata, Japan | 1 | 313 | 8 | - | - |
| 9 | 5 | La Sombra | May 31, 2013 | Super Viernes | Mexico City, Mexico | 1 | 50 | 1 | This was a two out of three falls match. | - |
| 10 | 6 | Shinsuke Nakamura | July 20, 2013 | Kizuna Road | Akita, Japan | 2 | 168 | 3 | - | - |
| 11 | 7 | Hiroshi Tanahashi | January 4, 2014 | Wrestle Kingdom 8 in Tokyo Dome | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 92 | 1 | - | - |
| 12 | 8 | Shinsuke Nakamura | April 6, 2014 | Invasion Attack | Tokyo, Japan | 3 | 76 | 1 | - | - |
| 13 | 9 | Bad Luck Fale | June 21, 2014 | Dominion 6.21 | Osaka, Japan | 1 | 92 | 0 | - | - |
| 14 | 10 | Shinsuke Nakamura | September 21, 2014 | Destruction in Kobe | Kobe, Japan | 4 | 224 | 3 | - | - |
| 15 | 11 | Hirooki Goto | May 3, 2015 | Wrestling Dontaku | Fukuoka, Japan | 2 | 147 | 1 | - | - |
| 16 | 12 | Shinsuke Nakamura | September 27, 2015 | Destruction in Kobe | Kobe, Japan | 5 | 120 | 2 | - | - |
| 17 | — | Vacated | January 25, 2016 | N/A | Tokyo, Japan | — | — | — | Vacated due to Nakamura leaving NJPW for WWE. | - |
| 18 | 13 | Kenny Omega | February 14, 2016 | The New Beginning in Niigata | Nagaoka, Japan | 1 | 126 | 1 | Defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi to win the vacant title. | - |
| 19 | 14 | Michael Elgin | June 19, 2016 | Dominion 6.19 in Osaka-jo Hall | Osaka, Japan | 1 | 98 | 1 | This was a ladder match. | - |
| 20 | 15 | Tetsuya Naito | September 25, 2016 | Destruction in Kobe | Kobe, Japan | 1 | 259 | 4 | - | - |
| 21 | 16 | Hiroshi Tanahashi | June 11, 2017 | Dominion 6.11 in Osaka-jo Hall | Osaka, Japan | 2 | 230 | 4 | - | - |
| 22 | 17 | Minoru Suzuki | January 27, 2018 | The New Beginning in Sapporo | Sapporo, Japan | 1 | 92 | 1 | - | - |
| 23 | 18 | Tetsuya Naito | April 29, 2018 | Wrestling Hinokuni | Kumamoto, Japan | 2 | 41 | 0 | - | - |
| 24 | 19 | Chris Jericho | June 9, 2018 | Dominion 6.9 in Osaka-jo Hall | Osaka, Japan | 1 | 209 | 1 | - | - |
| 25 | 20 | Tetsuya Naito | January 4, 2019 | Wrestle Kingdom 13 in Tokyo Dome | Tokyo, Japan | 3 | 92 | 1 | This was a no disqualification match. | - |
| 26 | 21 | Kota Ibushi | April 6, 2019 | G1 Supercard | New York City, U.S. | 1 | 14+ | 1 | - | - |

Question: Which event is Tetsuya Naito a 3 time champion?
Answer: Naito is a three times IWGP Intercontinental Champion.