Title History
| # | Wrestler | Reign | Date | Days held |
Location | Event | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 !1 | Mitsuharu Misawa | 01 !1 | 02001-04-15April 15, 2001 | 7002103000000000000103 | Tokyo, Japan | Navigation for the Victory | Defeated Yoshihiro Takayama in a tournament final. | |
| 02 !2 | Jun Akiyama | 01 !1 | 02001-07-27July 27, 2001 | 7002254000000000000254 | Tokyo, Japan | Accomplish Our First Navigation | ||
| 03 !3 | Yoshinari Ogawa | 01 !1 | 02002-04-07April 7, 2002 | 7002153000000000000153 | Tokyo, Japan | Come and Watch in Ariake | ||
| 04 !4 | Yoshihiro Takayama | 01 !1 | 02002-09-07September 7, 2002 | 700116000000000000016 | Osaka, Japan | Navigation Over the Date Line | ||
| 05 !5 | Mitsuharu Misawa | 01 !2 | 02002-09-23September 23, 2002 | 7002159000000000000159 | Tokyo, Japan | Great Voyage | ||
| 06 !6 | Kenta Kobashi | 01 !1 | 02003-03-01March 1, 2003 | 7002735000000000000735 | Tokyo, Japan | Navigate for Evolution | ||
| 07 !7 | Takeshi Rikio | 01 !1 | 02005-03-05March 5, 2005 | 7002245000000000000245 | Tokyo, Japan | Navigate for Evolution | ||
| 08 !8 | Akira Taue | 01 !1 | 02005-11-05November 5, 2005 | 700178000000000000078 | Tokyo, Japan | Third Great Voyage | ||
| 09 !9 | Jun Akiyama | 02 !2 | 02006-01-22January 22, 2006 | 7002230000000000000230 | Tokyo, Japan | First Navigation | ||
| 10 !10 | Naomichi Marufuji | 01 !1 | 02006-09-09September 9, 2006 | 700192000000000000092 | Tokyo, Japan | Great Voyage | ||
| 11 !11 | Mitsuharu Misawa | 03 !3 | 02006-12-10December 10, 2006 | 7002448000000000000448 | Tokyo, Japan | Great Voyage | ||
| 12 !12 | Takeshi Morishima | 01 !1 | 02008-03-02March 2, 2008 | 7002188000000000000188 | Tokyo, Japan | Second Navigation | ||
| 13 !13 | Kensuke Sasaki | 01 !1 | 02008-09-06September 6, 2008 | 7002176000000000000176 | Tokyo, Japan | Shiny Navigation | ||
| 14 !14 | Jun Akiyama | 03 !3 | 02009-03-01March 1, 2009 | 7002105000000000000105 | Tokyo, Japan | Second Navigation | ||
| 15 !- | Vacated | 00 !- | 02009-06-14June 14, 2009 | - | Vacated the title due to herniated discs in his back. | |||
| 16 !15 | Go Shiozaki | 01 !1 | 02009-06-14June 14, 2009 | 7002175000000000000175 | Fukuoka, Japan | Southern Navigation | Defeated Takeshi Rikio for the vacant title. | |
| 17 !16 | Takashi Sugiura | 01 !1 | 02009-12-06December 6, 2009 | 7002581000000000000581 | Tokyo, Japan | Winter Navigation | ||
| 18 !17 | Go Shiozaki | 02 !2 | 02011-07-10July 10, 2011 | 7002196000000000000196 | Tokyo, Japan | Great Voyage | ||
| 19 !18 | Takeshi Morishima | 02 !2 | 02012-01-22January 22, 2012 | 7002318000000000000318+ | Osaka, Japan | Great Voyage 2012 in Osaka |
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