Title History
| #: | Name(s): | Reigns: | Date: | Location: | Notes: |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hiro Saito | 1 | July 31, 1986 | Tokyo, Japan | Defeated Brad Armstrong in a tournament final. |
| 2 | Kuniaki Kobayashi | 1 | November 23, 1986 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| 3 | Masanobu Fuchi | 1 | January 3, 1987 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| 4 | Joe Malenko | 1 | January 20, 1989 | Fukuoka, Japan | |
| 5 | Mighty Inoue | 1 | January 25, 1989 | Osaka, Japan | |
| 6 | Masanobu Fuchi | 2 | March 8, 1989 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| 7 | Shinichi Nakano | 1 | April 16, 1989 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| 8 | Mitsuo Momota | 1 | April 20, 1989 | Osaka, Japan | |
| 9 | Joe Malenko | 2 | July 1, 1989 | Omiya, Japan | |
| 10 | Masanobu Fuchi | 3 | October 20, 1989 | Nagoya, Japan | |
| 11 | Dan Kroffat | 1 | May 21, 1993 | Sapporo, Japan | |
| 12 | Masanobu Fuchi | 4 | August 23, 1993 | Shizuoka, Japan | |
| 13 | Dan Kroffat | 2 | July 12, 1994 | Kagoshima, Japan | |
| 14 | Yoshinari Ogawa | 1 | September 10, 1995 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| 15 | Masanobu Fuchi | 5 | June 30, 1996 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| 16 | Tsuyoshi Kikuchi | 1 | July 24, 1996 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| 17 | Yoshinari Ogawa | 2 | January 15, 1997 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| 18 | Maunakea Mossman | 1 | August 22, 1997 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| Vacated on June 12, 1998 due to Mossman graduating to the heavyweight division. | |||||
| 19 | Yoshinari Ogawa | 3 | July 19, 1998 | Niigata, Japan | Defeated Satoru Asako in a tournament final. |
| Vacated on June 16, 2000 due to Ogawa and several others leaving AJPW to form Pro Wrestling Noah. | |||||
| 20 | Kendo Kashin | 1 | April 13, 2002 | Tokyo, Japan | Defeated Masanobu Fuchi at Grand Champion Carnival. |
| Vacated on February 12, 2004 due to inactivity. | |||||
| 21 | Kaz Hayashi | 1 | February 22, 2004 | Tokyo, Japan | Defeated Blue-K on the Excite Series tour. |
| 22 | Taka Michinoku | 1 | January 10, 2005 | Tokyo, Japan | This match, at Kaientai Dojo's CLUB-K SUPER kick, was also for Hayashi's Strongest-K Championship. |
| 23 | Shuji Kondo | 1 | October 22, 2005 | Tokyo, Japan | Won the title on the Shining Series tour. |
| 24 | Katsuhiko Nakajima | 1 | February 17, 2007 | Tokyo, Japan | Won the title at Pro Wrestling LOVE in Ryogoku vol. 2. The title belt is held up on October 18, 2007 after a title defense against Silver King ended in a no contest, though Nakajima remains the official champion. |
| 25 | Silver King | 1 | March 1, 2008 | Tokyo, Japan | Won the title at Pro Wrestling LOVE in Ryogoku vol. 4. |
| 26 | Ryuji Hijikata | 1 | April 29, 2008 | Nagoya, Japan | Won the title on the Growin' Up tour. |
| 27 | Naomichi Marufuji | 1 | September 28, 2008 | Yokohama, Japan | Won the title on the Flashing tour. |
| 28 | Kaz Hayashi | 2 | February 6, 2009 | Tokyo, Japan | Won the title on the Excite Series tour. |
| 29 | Minoru | 1 | January 2, 2011 | Tokyo, Japan | Won the title on the New Year Shining Series tour. |
| Vacated on June 3, 2011, when All Japan Pro Wrestling suspends Minoru. | |||||
| 30 | KAI | 1 | June 19, 2011 | Tokyo, Japan | Defeated Shuji Kondo for the vacant title. |
| 31 | Kenny Omega | 1 | October 23, 2011 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| 32 | KAI | 2 | May 27, 2012 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| 33 | Hiroshi Yamato | 1 | August 12, 2012 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| 34 | Shuji Kondo | 2 | January 2, 2013 | Tokyo, Japan | This match was also contested for Kondo's GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship. |
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