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April 4, 1989--Present
Compiled by Hisaharu Tanabe
1.Jumbo Tsuruta
04/18/89-Tokyo
Reigning NWA International champion, defeated PWF and NWA United National champion Stan Hansen to unify three titles.
2.Gen'ichiro Tenryu
06/05/89-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
07/27/90
Gordy hospitalized
7.Stan Hansen [2]
07/27/90-Matsudo
Defeated 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
11.Steve Williams
07/28/94-Tokyo
12.Toshiaki Kawada
10/22/94-Tokyo
13.Stan Hansen [4]
03/04/95-Tokyo
14.Mitsuharu Misawa [2]
05/26/95-Sapporo
15.Akira Taue
05/24/96-Sapporo
16.Kenta Kobashi
07/24/96-Tokyo
17.Mitsuharu Misawa [3]
01/20/97-Osaka
18.Toshiaki Kawada [2]
05/01/98-Tokyo
19.Kenta Kobashi [2]
06/12/98-Tokyo
20.Mitsuharu Misawa [4]
10/31/98-Tokyo
21.Toshiaki Kawada [3]
01/22/99-Osaka
Title Vacant
01/29/99
Broke his right arm in the title match on 01/22/99
22.Vader
03/06/99-Tokyo
Defeated Akira Taue.
23.Mitsuharu Misawa [5]
05/02/99-Tokyo
24.Vader [2]
10/30/99-Tokyo
25.Kenta Kobashi [3]
02/27/2000-Tokyo
Title Vacant
06/2000
Kobashi leaves the promotion.
26.Gen'ichiro Tenryu [2]
10/28/2000-Tokyo
Defeated Toshiaki Kawada in 8-man tournament final.
27.Keiji Mutoh
06/08/2001-Tokyo
28.Toshiaki Kawada [4]
02/24/2002-Tokyo
Vacates on 02/03/28 due to a knee injury.
29.Gen'ichiro Tenryu [3]
04/13/2002-Tokyo
Defeats Toshiaki Kawada.
30.Great Muta (Keiji Mutoh) [2]
10/27/2002-Tokyo
31.Shin'ya Hashimoto
02/23/2003-Tokyo
Title Vacant
08/16/2003
Vacates due to knee injury.
32.Toshiaki Kawada [5]
09/06/2003-Tokyo
Defeated Shinjiro Otani in a tournament final.
33.Satoshi Kojima
02/16/2005-Tokyo
Also won IWGP Heavyweight Title, defeating Hiroyoshi Tenzan on 02/20/2005 in Tokyo but lost it back to Tenzan on 05/14/2005 in Tokyo.
34.Taiyo Kea
07/03/2006Tokyo
35.Minoru Suzuki
09/03/2006-Sapporo
36.Kensuke Sasaki
08/26/2007-Tokyo
37.Suwama
04/29/2008-Nagoya
38.Great Muta [3]
09/28/2008-Yokohama
39.Yoshihiro Takayama
03/14/2009-Tokyo
40.Kojima
09/26/2009-Yokohama
41.Ryota Hama
03/21/2010-Tokyo
42.Minoru Suzuki [2]
05/02/2010-Nagoya
43.Suwama [2]
08/29/2010-Tokyo
44.Jun Akiyama
10/23/2011-Tokyo
45.Masakatsu Funaki
08/26/2012-Tokyo
46.Suwama [2]
03/17/2013-Tokyo
47.Akebono
10/27/2013-Tokyo
Title Vacant
05/30/2014
Akebono vacates the title due to illness.
48.Takao Ohmori
06/15/2014-Tokyo
Defeated Jun Akiyama for the vacant title.
49.Suwama [4]
06/29/2014-Sapporo (Sapporo Teisen Hall)
50.Joe Doering
07/27/2014-Tokyo (Korakuen Hall)
21:11
51.Go Shiozaki
01/03/2015-Tokyo
52.Akebono [2]
05/20/2015-Tokyo
53.Jun Akiyama [2]
11/01/2015-Hirosaki, Aomori
54.Suwama [5]
01/02/2016-Tokyo
Title Vacant
01/12/2016
Suwama vacated the title due to Achilles tendon rupture.
55.Kento Miyahara
02/12/2016-Tokyo
Defeated Zeus for the vacant title.
56.Shuji Ishikawa
05/21?2017-Tokyo
57.Kento Miyahara [2]
08/27/2017-Tokyo
58.Suwama [6]
10/09/2017-Tokyo
59.Joe Doering [2]
10/21/2017-Yokohama
60.Kento Miyahara [3]
03/25/2018-Saitama
61.Zeus
07/29/2018-Osaka
62.Kento Miyahara [4]
10/21/2018-Yokohama
53.Suwama [7]
03/23/2020-Tokyo
Title Vacant
06/20/2021
Suwama vacates the title due to testing positive for the corona virus.
54.Jake Lee
06/26/2021-Tokyo
Defeated Kento Miyahara and Yuma Aoyagi in a triangular contest after Miyahara defeateded Aoyagi.
Title Vacant
12/28/2021
Jake Lee vacated due to injuries.
55.Miyahara Kento [5]
01/23/2022-Tokyo
Defeated Honda Ryuki in a 4-man tournament final.
56.Jake Lee [2]
06/19/2022-Tokyo
57.Suwama [8]
07/14/2022-Tokyo
58.Kento Miyahara [6]
09/18/2022-Tokyo
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