Title History
| #: | Name(s): | Reigns: | Date: | Location: | Notes: |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rikidōzan | 1 | November 22, 1955 | Tokyo, Japan | Defeated King Kong Czaya in tournament final to become the first champion. |
| Title vacated on December 15, 1963 when Rikidōzan dies due to stab wounds he suffered a week earlier, on December 8, in Tokyo. | |||||
| 2 | Kintaro Ohki | 1 | November 9, 1968 | Seoul, South Korea | Defeated Buddy Austin to win the vacant title. |
| 3 | Bill Dromo | 1 | January 15, 1971 | Tokuyama, Japan | |
| 4 | Kintaro Ohki | 2 | February 2, 1971 | Hiroshima, Japan | The title became inactive in 1973, when the JWA closed, and was reactivated in 1976. |
| Title held up after on September 24, 1976, after a match against Waldo Von Erich in Omiya, Japan. | |||||
| 5 | Kintaro Ohki | 3 | October 21, 1976 | Fukushima, Japan | Defeated Waldo Von Erich in a rematch to win the held up title. |
| 6 | Giant Baba | 1 | October 29, 1977 | Kuroiso, Japan | Already held the PWF Heavyweight Championship, so both titles may have been defended simultaneously, or not at all. |
| Title vacated on April 13, 1981. | |||||
| 7 | Kintaro Ohki | 4 | 1981 | South Korea | |
| Ohki, who had not wrestled in nearly a decade, officially retired on February 4, 1995, and the title was abandoned. | |||||
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