List of current champions in New Japan Pro-Wrestling

New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) is a professional wrestling promotion based in Nakano, Tokyo. Title reigns are either determined by professional wrestling matches or are awarded to a wrestler, as a result of the culmination of various scripted storylines. There are five active singles championships, two active tag team championships, and one active six-man tag team championship. Six of the eight championships carry the letters "IWGP", after NJPW's governing body, International Wrestling Grand Prix. 12 wrestlers hold the championships. The list includes the number of times the wrestler has held the title, the date and location of the win, and a description of the winning bout. The following is correct as of February 7, 2021.

Current championships

At the top of NJPW's championship hierarchy is the IWGP Heavyweight Championship, held by Kota Ibushi who is in his first reign. Ibushi defeated Tetsuya Naito, on January 04, 2021 at Wrestle Kingdom 15.[1]

There are three secondary titles in NJPW, the IWGP Intercontinental Championship, the IWGP United States Championship and the NEVER Openweight Championship.

There are also two junior heavyweight championships in NJPW.

The NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship is held by Chaos (Tomohiro Ishii, Yoshi-Hashi, and Hirooki Goto) who are in their first reign as a team. They won the titles by defeating Kazuchika Okada, Sho, and Toru Yano, on August 9, 2020, at Summer Struggle in Tokyo.[2]

Champions
Championship Current champion(s) Reign Date won Days
held		 Successful
defenses		 Location Notes
IWGP Heavyweight Championship Kota Ibushi 1 January 4, 2021 34+ 1 Tokyo, Japan Defeated Tetsuya Naito at Wrestle Kingdom 15 (Night 1)
IWGP Intercontinental Championship 2
IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship Jon Moxley 2 January 4, 2020 400+ 2 Tokyo, Japan Defeated Lance Archer at Wrestle Kingdom 14
NEVER Openweight Championship Hiroshi Tanahashi 1 January 30, 2021 8+ 0 Nagoya, Japan Defeated Shingo Takagi at The New Beginning in Nagoya
IWGP Tag Team Championship
Guerrillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa) 7 January 4, 2021 34+ 0 Tokyo, Japan Defeated Dangerous Tekkers (Taichi and Zack Sabre Jr.) at Wrestle Kingdom 15 (Night 1)
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship

Hiromu Takahashi 4 January 5, 2021 33+ 0 Tokyo, Japan Defeated Taiji Ishimori at Wrestle Kingdom 15 (Night 2)
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship
Bullet Club (El Phantasmo and Taiji Ishimori) 2
(2, 2)		 January 23, 2021 15+ 0 Tokyo, Japan Defeated Suzuki-gun (El Desperado and Yoshinobu Kanemaru) at Road to The New Beginning.
NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship
Chaos
(Hirooki Goto, Tomohiro Ishii and Yoshi-Hashi)		 1 August 9, 2020 182+ 2 Tokyo, Japan Defeated Kazuchika Okada, Sho, and Toru Yano in the finals of an eight-team tournament at Summer Struggle to win the vacant titles.
KOPW 2020 Toru Yano 1 December 23, 2020 N/A N/A Tokyo, Japan Defeated Bad Luck Fale in a Bodyslam or No Corner Pads match at Road to Tokyo Dome to become the official KOPW 2020 champion.

See also

References
  1. Powell, Jason (January 4, 2021). "1/4 NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 15 results: Powell's review of Tetsuya Naito vs. Kota Ibushi for the IWGP Heavyweight and IWGP Intercontinental Championships, Kazuchika Okada vs. Will Ospreay, Hiromu Takahashi vs. El Phantasmo for a shot at the IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved January 4, 2021.
  2. Powell, Jason (January 5, 2020). "1/5 NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14 night two results: Kazuchika Okada vs. Tetsuya Naito for the IWGP Heavyweight and IWGP Intercontinental Championships, Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Chris Jericho, Kota Ibushi vs. Jay White, Jushin Liger's final match, Jon Moxley vs. Juice Robinson for the IWGP U.S. Title - Pro Wrestling Dot Net". Pro Wrestling Dot Net.
  3. NJPW. "2021.01.30 THE NEW BEGINNING in NAGOYA | NEW JAPAN PRO-WRESTLING". NJPW. Retrieved 2021-01-30.
  4. "D4DJ Groovy Mix Presents SUMMER STRUGGLE in JINGU (Results)". New Japan Pro Wrestling. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
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