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April 18, 1989--Present
From Wrestling Title Histories
by Royal Duncan & Gary Will
with additional information from Brian Westcott and Andrew Zadarnowski
1.Jumbo Tsuruta
04/18/89-Tokyo, JAPAN
2.Genichiro Tenryu
06/06/89-Tokyo
3.Jumbo Tsuruta [2]
10/11/89-Yokohama
4.Terry Gordy
06/05/90-Chiba
5.Stan Hansen
06/08/90-Tokyo
6.Terry Gordy [2]
07/17/90-Ishikawa
TITLE VACANT
07/90
Gordy stripped after being hospitalized
7.Stan Hansen [2]
07/27/90-Matsumoto
Defeats Mitsuharu Misawa
8.Jumbo Tsuruta [3]
01/19/91-Matsumoto
9.Stan Hansen [3]
01/28/92-Tokyo
10.Mitsuharu Misawa
08/22/92-Tokyo (Nippon Budokan)
11.Steve Williams
07/28/94-Tokyo (Nippon Budokan)
12.Toshiaki Kawada
10/22/94-Tokyo (Budokan Hall)
37:58
13.Stan Hansen [4]
03/04/95-Tokyo (Nippon Budokan)
31:26
14.Mitsuharu Misawa [2]
05/26/95-Sapporo
15.Akira Taue
05/24/96-Sapporo
16.Kenta Kobashi
07/24/96-Tokyo (Nippon Budokan)
27:25
17.Mitsuharu Misawa [3]
01/20/97-Osaka
42:06
18.Toshiaki Kawada [2]
05/01/98-Tokyo (Egg Dome)
28:15
19.Kenta Kobashi [2]
06/12/98-Tokyo (Nippon Budokan)
33:49
20.Mitsuharu Misawa [4]
10/31/98-Tokyo (Budokan Hall)
43:29 (time of match)
21.Toshiaki Kawada [3]
01/22/99-Osaka (Prefectural Gymnasium)
24:15 (time of match)
TITLE VACANT
01/22/99-Osaka
Kawada breaks arm during match with Misawa.
22.Vader (Leon White)
03/06/99-Tokyo, JAPAN (Tokyo Budokan Hall
0:12:51
Defeats Akira Taue to win vacant title.
23.Mitsuharu Misawa [5]
05/02/99-Tokyo (Egg Dome)
18:07
24.Vader [2]
10/30/99-Tokyo
12:12
Misawa pinned after power bomb.
25.Kenta Kobashi [3]
02/27/2000-Tokyo (Nippon Budokan)
26.Genichiro Tenryu [2]
10/28/2000-Tokyo (Nippon Budokan)
Defeated Toshiaki Kawada in tournament final to win vacant title.
26:28
27.Keiji Mutoh (The Great Mutoh)
06/08/2001-Tokyo (Nippon Budokan)
Mutoh is the first non-All Japan wrestler to win the title.
28.Toshiaki Kawada [4]
02/24/2002-Tokyo, Japan (Tokyo Budokan Hall)
27:37
All Japan Pro Wrestling Pay-Per-View
TITLE VACANT
03/28/2002
Kawada vacates the title due to injuring his right leg.
29.Genichiro Tenryu [3]
04/13/2002-Tokyo, Japan (Nihon Budokan)
Defeated Keiji Muto to win vacant title.
19:38
30.The Great Muta [2]
10/27/2002-Tokyo (Nihon Budokan)
17:12
31.Shin'ya Hashimoto 02/23/2003 Tokyo, Japan (Nippon Budokan)
20:09
TITLE VACANT
07/11/2003 Tokyo
Shin'ya Hashimoto made an appearance at a Zero-One house show on 07/11/2003 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo with his arm in a sling and said that All Japan should find a new champion.
32.Toshiaki Kawada [5]
09/06/2003-Tokyo, Japan (Nihon Budokan)
Defeated Shinjiro Otani in a tournament final to win vacant title.
21:34
33.Satoshi Kojima
02/16/2005-Tokyo (Yoyogi National Stadium Gym II)
27:04
34.Taiyo Kea
07/03/2006-Tokyo (Ohta Ward Gym)
19:56
35.Minoru Suzuki
09/03/2006-Sapporo (Sapporo Media Park Spica)
34:52
36.Suwama
04/29/2008-Nagoya (Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium)
37.The Great Muta (Keiji Muto) [2]
09/28/2008-Yokohama, JAPAN (Yokohama Bunka Gymnasium)
24:52
38.Yoshihiro Takayama
03/14/2009-Tokyo (Ryogoku Kokugikan)
13:42
39.Satoshi Kojima [2]
09/26/2009-Yokohama, Kanagawa, JAPAN (Yokohama Bunka Gymnasium)
19:30
40.Ryota Hama
03/21/2010-Tokyo
41.Minoru Suzuki [2]
05/02/2010-Nagoya
42.Suwama [2]
08/29/2010-Tokyo (Ryogoku Kokugikan)
44:24
43.Jun Akiyama
10/23/2011-Tokyo
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