King of Freedom World Junior Heavyweight Championship
Professional wrestling championship
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The King of Freedom World Junior Heavyweight Championship, also referred to as the KFC Junior Championship (Japanese: KFCジュニア王座, Hepburn: KFC Junia Ōza), is a professional wrestling championship created and promoted by Pro Wrestling Freedoms. Only wrestlers under the junior heavyweight weight-limit may hold the championship.
| King of Freedom World Junior Heavyweight Championship | |||||||||||||||||
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The King of Freedom World Junior Heavyweight Championship belt | |||||||||||||||||
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| Promotion | Pro Wrestling Freedoms | ||||||||||||||||
| Date established | September 18, 2022 | ||||||||||||||||
| Current champion | Gaia Hox | ||||||||||||||||
| Date won | March 26, 2026 | ||||||||||||||||
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There have been a total of six reigns shared between six different champions. The current titleholder is Gaia Hox who is in his first regin.
History
On September 18, 2022, Pro Wrestling Freedoms announced an eight-man tournament that would crown the first King of Freedom World Junior Heavyweight Champion.[1] On October 28, Freedoms announced the participants would be Kamui, Dragon Libre, Jun Masaoka, Leo Isaka, Yusaku Ito, Mataro Aoki, Brahman Kei and Rekka.[2] At the "Go for it Freedoms! 2022" event, Kamui defeated Masaoka in the final to become the inaugural champion.[3]
Inaugural tournament
| First round November 9[4] | Semifinals November 9[4] | Final November 16 | ||||||||||||
| Rekka | 6:10[5] | |||||||||||||
| Mataro Aoki | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Mataro Aoki | 12:59[5] | |||||||||||||
| Kamui | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Kamui | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Yusaku Ito | 6:46[5] | |||||||||||||
| Kamui | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Jun Masaoka | 16:26[3] | |||||||||||||
| Jun Masaoka | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Brahman Kei | 7:48[5] | |||||||||||||
| Jun Masaoka | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Dragon Libre | 17:06[5] | |||||||||||||
| Leo Isaka | 8:48[5] | |||||||||||||
| Dragon Libre | Pin | |||||||||||||
Reigns
As of June 7, 2026.
| No. | Overall reign number |
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| Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
| Days | Number of days held |
| Defenses | Number of successful defenses |
| + | Current reign is changing daily |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | ||||
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| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | Defenses | ||||
| 1 | Kamui | November 16, 2022 | Go for it Freedoms! 2022 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 168 | 2 | Defeated Jun Masaoka in the finals of a tournament to become the inaugural champion. | [3][6] |
| 2 | Jun Masaoka | May 3, 2023 | We Love Freedoms! We Are Freedoms! 2023 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 324 | 3 | [7][8] | |
| 3 | Takahiro Katori | March 22, 2024 | The Gekokujō 2024 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 177 | 3 | [9][10] | |
| 4 | Yuya Susumu | September 15, 2024 | Freedoms 15th Anniversary | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 336 | 5 | [11] | |
| 5 | Kengo | August 17, 2025 | Freedoms Feast Of The Free People 2025 | Yokohama, Japan | 1 | 221 | 3 | [12] | |
| 6 | Gaia Hox | March 26, 2026 | Freedoms The Gekokujo 2026 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 73+ | 1 | [13] | |