King of JTO Championship
Professional wrestling championship
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King of JTO Championship is a professional wrestling championship owned by the Professional Wrestling Just Tap Out (JTO) promotion serving as the top accomplishment of JTO's male division. There have been a total of thirteen reigns shared between eight different champions and two vacancies. The current title holder is Ibuki who is in his first reign.[1]
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| King of JTO | |||||||||||||||||||
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Two-time champion Fire Katsumi wearing the title belt | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Promotion | Professional Wrestling Just Tap Out | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date established | March 6, 2026 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Current champion | Ibuki | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date won | December 28, 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Title history
At the time of Professional Wrestling Just Tap Out establishment in 2020, a championship belt was not immediately produced, but instead, a ranking system was launched, later activating under the name of the male division "JTO Ranking" based on JTO rules that differed from other organizations. On August 14, 2020, Taka Michinoku won the inaugural "JTO Tournament" held at the Professional Wrestling Just Tap Out Shinkiba 1st Ring event by defeating Arata in the finals, thus becoming the first champion.[2]
In 2022, a championship belt was produced with the cooperation of voters. On October 2, 2022, JTO launched a second-string ranking system, the J2 Ranking, due to the increase in the number of affiliated players, supplying opportunities for the promotion's championships.
Reigns
| No. | Overall reign number |
|---|---|
| Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
| Days | Number of days held |
| Defenses | Number of successful defenses |
| <1 | Reign lasted less than a day |
| + | Current reign is changing daily |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | ||||
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| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | Defenses | ||||
| 1 | Taka Michinoku | October 16, 2020 | JTO House | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 328 | 5 | Defeated Arata to become the inaugural champion. | [3] |
| 2 | Ryuya Takekura | September 9, 2021 | JTO Yume | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 70 | 2 | [4] | |
| 3 | Kanon | November 18, 2021 | JTO Itadaki | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 106 | 2 | [5] | |
| — | Vacated | March 4, 2022 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 4 | Ryuya Takekura | March 4, 2022 | JTO Tournament 2022 | Tokyo, Japan | 2 | 245 | 1 | Defeated Ren Ayabe in the finals of the 2022 King of JTO Tournament. | [6] |
| 5 | Yasu Urano | November 4, 2022 | JTO Ran | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 156 | 1 | [7] | |
| 6 | Ren Ayabe | April 9, 2023 | JTO | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 99 | 1 | [8] | |
| 7 | Ryuya Takekura | July 17, 2023 | JTO 4th Anniversary | Tokyo, Japan | 3 | 228 | 2 | [9] | |
| 8 | Fire Katsumi | March 1, 2024 | JTO | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 245 | 4 | [10] | |
| 9 | Keita | November 1, 2024 | JTO | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 41 | 0 | [11] | |
| — | Vacated | December 12, 2024 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 10 | Fire Katsumi | December 15, 2024 | JTO West Japan Series 2024 | Takamatsu, Japan | 2 | 208 | 2 | Defeated Genta Yubari to win the vacant title. | [12] |
| 11 | Thunder Masami | July 11, 2025 | JTO 6th Anniversary | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 170 | 1 | [13] | |
| 11 | Ryuya Takekura | December 28, 2025 | JTO Final Show Of The Year | Tokyo, Japan | 4 | 68 | 1 | [14] | |
| 12 | Ibuki | March 6, 2026 | JTO | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 11+ | 0 | [15] | |
Combined reigns
As of March 17, 2026.
| † | Indicates the current champion |
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| Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns |
Combined defenses |
Combined days |
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| 1 | Ryuya Takekura | 4 | 6 | 611 |
| 2 | Fire Katsumi | 2 | 6 | 453 |
| 3 | Taka Michinoku | 1 | 5 | 328 |
| 4 | Thunder Masami | 1 | 1 | 170 |
| 5 | Yasu Urano | 1 | 1 | 156 |
| 6 | Kanon | 1 | 2 | 106 |
| 7 | Ren Ayabe | 1 | 1 | 99 |
| 8 | Keita | 1 | 0 | 41 |
| 9 | Ibuki † | 1 | 0 | 11+ |