BJW Junior Heavyweight Championship (2017–present)
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The BJW Junior Heavyweight Championship is a title defended in the Japanese professional wrestling promotion Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW).
| BJW Junior Heavyweight Championship | |||||||||||||||||||
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Official design of the BJW Junior Heavyweight Championship (2017 – present) | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Promotion | Big Japan Pro Wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date established | May 7, 2017[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Current champion | Shoki Kitamura | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date won | May 5, 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||
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BJW World Strong Junior Heavyweight Championship | |||||||||||||||||||
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On May 7, 2017, BJW announced that it was bringing back the BJW Junior Heavyweight Championship with a tournament set to take place between May 25 and July 17. The title is distinct from the previous BJW Junior Heavyweight Championship that was established in 1998 and was retired in 2002. The title has a weight limit of 95 kg (209 lb). Wrestlers over the weight limit will be eligible to challenge for the BJW World Strong Heavyweight Championship.[2]
There have been a total of thirteen reigns shared between twelve different champions. The current champion is Shoki Kitamura who is in his first reign.
Inaugural tournament
The round-robin league began on May 25, 2017, and ran all the way through to the decision match, between the top two, on the July 17 show at Ryōgoku Kokugikan.
| Wrestler | Score |
|---|---|
| Kazuki Hashimoto | 8 |
| Shinobu | 6 |
| Tatsuhiko Yoshino | 6 |
| Toshiyuki Sakuda | 4 |
| Takuya Nomura | 4 |
| Yuya Aoki | 2 |
| Results | Hashimoto | Shinobu | Nomura | Yoshino | Sakuda | Aoki |
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| Hashimoto | N/a | Kazuki (12:56) | Kazuki (12:35) | Yoshino (11:57) | Kazuki (11:24) | Kazuki (8:09) |
| Shinobu | Kazuki (12:56) | N/a | Shinobu (9:38) | Shinobu (11:55) | Shinobu (9:28) | Aoki (7:11) |
| Nomura | Kazuki (12:35) | Shinobu (9:38) | N/a | Takuya (12:50) | Sakuda (10:38) | Nomura (7:13) |
| Yoshino | Yoshino (11:57) | Shinobu (11:55) | Takuya (12:50) | N/a | Yoshino (9:26) | Yoshino (8:02) |
| Sakuda | Kazuki (11:24) | Shinobu (9:28) | Sakuda (10:38) | Yoshino (9:26) | N/a | Sakuda (9:22) |
| Aoki | Kazuki (8:09) | Aoki (7:11) | Nomura (7:13) | Yoshino (8:02) | Sakuda (9:22) | N/a |
| Final | ||||
| 1 | Kazuki Hashimoto | Pin | ||
| 2 | Shinobu | 13:18[3] | ||
Title history
As of September 13, 2026.
| No. | Overall reign number |
|---|---|
| Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
| Days | Number of days held |
| Defenses | Number of successful defenses |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | ||||
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| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | Defenses | ||||
| 1 | Shinobu | July 17, 2017 | Ryōgokutan 2017 | Tokyo | 1 | 391 | 6 | Defeated Kazuki Hashimoto in the finals of a six-man round-robin tournament to become the inaugural champion. | [3] |
| 2 | Kazuki Hashimoto | August 12, 2018 | Midsummer Korakuen Battles | Tokyo | 1 | 266 | 3 | [4] | |
| 3 | Tajiri | May 5, 2019 | Endless Survivor 2019 | Yokohama, Japan | 1 | 133 | 3 | [5] | |
| 4 | Yuya Aoki | September 15, 2019 | Big Japan Death Vegas 2019' | Yokohama, Japan | 1 | 402 | 4 | [6] | |
| 5 | Tatsuhiko Yoshino | October 21, 2020 | BJW Death Match, Strong & Junior 3 Major Title Matches | Yokohama, Japan | 1 | 70 | 2 | [7] | |
| 6 | Isami Kodaka | December 30, 2020 | BJW Final Box Office of the Year | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 204 | 4 | [8] | |
| 7 | Kota Sekifuda | July 22, 2021 | BJW Yokohama Radiant Hall Tournament | Yokohama, Japan | 1 | 651 | 11 | [9] | |
| 8 | Tomato Kaji | May 4, 2023 | BJW Endless Survivor ~ Infinity Independent | Yokohama, Japan | 1 | 240 | 4 | [10] | |
| 9 | Ender Kara | December 30, 2023 | BJW | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 126 | 3 | [11] | |
| 10 | Kota Sekifuda | May 4, 2024 | BJW Endless Survivor ~ Beyond The Milestone | Yokohama, Japan | 2 | 100 | 1 | [12] | |
| 11 | Ikuto Hidaka | August 12, 2024 | BJW | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 266 | 4 | [13] | |
| 12 | Kosuke Sato | May 5, 2025 | BJW 30th Anniversary ~ Dainichi Spirit | Yokohama, Japan | 1 | 475 | 6 | [14] | |
| 13 | Shoki Kitamura | August 23, 2026 | BJW | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 21+ | 0 | [15] | |
Combined reigns
As of September 13, 2026.
| † | Indicates the current champion |
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| Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns |
Combined defenses |
Combined days |
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| 1 | Kota Sekifuda | 2 | 12 | 751 |
| 2 | Kosuke Sato | 1 | 6 | 475 |
| 3 | Yuya Aoki | 1 | 4 | 402 |
| 4 | Shinobu | 1 | 6 | 391 |
| 5 | Ikuto Hidaka | 1 | 4 | 266 |
| Kazuki Hashimoto | 1 | 3 | 266 | |
| 7 | Tomato Kaji | 1 | 4 | 240 |
| 8 | Isami Kodaka | 1 | 4 | 204 |
| 9 | Tajiri | 1 | 3 | 133 |
| 10 | Ender Kara | 1 | 3 | 126 |
| 11 | Tatsuhiko Yoshino | 1 | 2 | 70 |
| 12 | Shoki Kitamura † | 1 | 0 | 21+ |