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From Wrestling Title Histories
by Royal Duncan & Gary Will
with additional information from Matt Benaka, Brian Westscott and Andrew Zadarnowski
1.Shiro Koshinaka
02/06/86-Tokyo (Ryogoku Kokugikan)
15:22
2.Nobuhiko Takada
05/19/86-Tokyo (Korakuen Hall)
13:32
3.Shiro Koshinaka [2]
9/19/86-Fukuoka (Fukuoka Sports Center)
18:31
4.Kuniaki Kobayashi
08/20/87-Tokyo (Ryogoku Kokugikan)
15:45
5.Hiroshi Hase
12/27/87-Tokyo (Ryogoku Kokugikan)
17:03
6.Owen Hart
05/27/88-Sendai (Miyagi Sports Center)
13:07
7.Shiro Koshinaka [3]
06/24/88-Osaka (Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium)
14:07
8.Hiroshi Hase [2]
03/16/89-Yokohama (Yokohama Bunka Gymnasium)
14:56
9.Jushin Liger
05/25/89-Osaka (Osaka Castle Hall)
8:39
10.Naoki Sano
08/10/89-Tokyo (Ryogoku Kokugikan)
15:38
11.Jushin Thunder Liger (2)
01/31/90-Osaka (Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium)
20:00
12.The Pegasus Kid {Chris Benoit}
08/19/90-Tokyo (Ryogoku Kokugikan)
15:02
13.Jushin Thunder Liger (3)
11/01/90-Tokyo (Nippon Budokan)
12:32
14.Norio Honaga
04/29/91-Tokyo (Ryogoku Kokugikan)
21:54
15.Jushin Thunder Liger (4)
06/12/91-Tokyo (Nippon Budokan)
13:42
16.Akira Nogami
08/09/91-Tokyo (Ryogoku Kokugikan)
17:16
17.Norio Honaga (2)
11/05/91-Tokyo (Nippon Budokan)
18:39
18.Jushin Thunder Liger (5)
02/08/92-Sapporo (Nakajima Sports Center)
17:30
19.El Samurai
06/26/92-Tokyo (Nippon Budokan)
13:01
20.Ultimo Dragon {Yoshihiro Asai}
11/22/92-Tokyo (Ryogoku Kokugikan)
20:45
21.Jushin Thunder Liger (6)
01/04/93-Tokyo (Tokyo Egg Dome)
20:09
22.Norio Honaga (3)
09/27/94-Osaka (Osaka Castle Hall)
12:34
23.Koji Kanemoto
02/19/95-Tokyo (Ryogoku Kokugikan)
10:43
24.Sabu
05/03/95-Fukuoka (Fukuoka Dome)
16:39
25.Koji Kanemoto (2)
06/14/95-Tokyo (Nippon Budokan)
19:04
26.Jushin Thunder Liger (7)
01/04/96-Tokyo (Tokyo Egg Dome)
18:59
27.The Great Sasuke
04/29/96-Tokyo (Tokyo Egg Dome)
19:27
28.Ultimo Dragon (2)
10/11/96-Osaka (Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium)
13:42
29.Jushin Thunder Liger (8)
01/04/97-Tokyo (Tokyo Egg Dome)
18:21
30.El Samurai [2]
07/06/97-Sapporo (Sapporo Ice Arena)
19:40
31.Shinjiro Ohtani
08/10/97-Nagoya (The Four Heaven in Nagoya Dome)
18:15
32.Jushin Thunder Liger (9)
02/07/98-Sapporo (Nakajima Sports Center)
23:08
33.Koji Kanemoto [3]
03/17/99-Hiroshima (Hiroshima Sun Plaza)
31:38
34.Kendo Kashin
08/28/99-Tokyo (Jingu Stadium)
14:45
35.Jushin Liger [10]
10/11/99-Tokyo (Tokyo Egg Dome)
16:08
36.Juventud Guerrera
11/29/99-Denver, Colorado (Pepsi Center)
Juventud hit Liger with a tequila bottle to win the match
5:31
37.Jushin Liger (11)
12/6/99-Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Milwaukee Arena)
Monday Nitro
Defeated Psychosis who substituted for the injured Juventud Guerrera
7:05
38.Tatsuhito Takaiwa
07/20/2000-Sapporo (Hokkaido Sports Center)
16:32
39.Minoru Tanaka
10/29/2000-Kobe, Japan (Kobe World Memorial Hall)
14:07
40.Masayuki Naruse
07/20/2001-Sapporo (Sapporo Dome)
11:27
41.Tokimitsu Ishizawa (Kendo Ka Shin) [2]
10/09/2001-Tokyo (Tokyo Egg Dome)
00:26
Title Vacant
02/01/2002
Kendo Ka Shin left New Japan.
42.Minoru Tanaka [2]
02/16/2002-Tokyo (Ryogoku Kokugikan)
11:01
43.Koji Kanemoto [4]
07/19/2002-Hokkaido (Hokkaido Sports Center)
22:02
44.Tiger Mask IV
04/23/2003-Hiroshima (Hiroshima Sun Plaza)
14:46
TITLE VACANT
09/23/2003
Tiger Mask IV vacates title.
45.Jado
10/13/2003-Tokyo (Tokyo Egg Dome)
Wins 11 Man Super Junior New Japan Rumble, last eliminating Koji
Kanemoto to win vacant title. Other participants included: Masayuki
Naruse, Masahito Kakihara, El Samuari, Heat, Gedo, Jushin Liger,
Katsushi Takemura, Dick Togo, & Tiger Mask IV.
22:47
46.Heat (Minoru Tanaka) [3]
12/14/2003-Nagoya (Nagoya Rainbow Hall)
7:45
47.Tiger Mask IV [2]
01/04/2005-Tokyo (Tokyo Egg Dome)
14:17
48.Black Tiger IV (Rocky Romero)
10/08/2005-Tokyo (Tokyo Egg Dome)
12:01
49.Tiger Mask IV [3]
02/19/2006-Tokyo (Ryogoku Kokugikan)
14:57
50.Koji Kanemoto
05/03/2006-Fukuoka (International Center)
19:27
NWA World was not on the line; Tiger Mask is still NWA champ.
51.Minoru [4]
12/24/2006-Tokyo (Tokyo Korakuen Hall)
33:51
52.Yuusuke Taguchi
07/06/2007-Tokyo (Kourakuen Hall)
18:47
53.Wataru Inoue
12/08/2007-Osaka
25:28
Title Vacant
06/15/2008
Wataru Inoue vacated the IWGP Junior Heavyweight title in order to move up to the heavyweight division.
54.Tiger Mask [4]
07/08/2008-Tokyo
Defeated Prince Devitt in a 12-man tournament final.
12:07
55.Low-Ki
09/21/2008-Kobe, JAPAN (Kobe World Hall)
15:17
56.Tiger Mask IV
01/04/2009-Tokyo (Tokyo Egg Dome)
08:48
57.Mistico
08/15/2009-Tokyo (Ryogoku Kokugikan)
12:36
58.Tiger Mask IV [6]
11/08/2009-Tokyo (Ryogoku Kokugikan)
12:01
59.Naomichi Marufuji
01/04/2010-Tokyo (Tokyo Dome)
14:14
60.Prince Devitt
06/19/2010-Osaka (Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium)
20:20
61.Kota Ibushi
06/18/2011-Osaka (Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium)
13:49
Title Vacant
09/12/2011
Kota Ibushi vacates the title due to shoulder injury
62.Prince Devitt [2]
09/18/2011-Kobe
Defeated KUSHIDA for the vacant title.
63.Low Ki [2]
05/03/2012-Fukuoka
64.Kota Ibushi [2]
07/29/2012-Tokyo
65.Low Ki [3]
10/08/2012-Tokyo (Ryogoku Kokugikan)
17:05
66.Prince Devitt [3]
11/11/2012-Osaka
67.Ricky Fuji
01/26/2013-Chiba
68.Hayato Nanjo
04/14/2013-Tokyo
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