Legend Championship
Professional wrestling championship
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The Legend Championship (Japanese: レジェンド王座, Hepburn: Rejendo Ōza) is the top singles title in the Japanese professional wrestling promotion Strong Style Pro-Wrestling. The title was established in 2005 and, as the name suggests, is mainly competed for by seasoned veterans of the sport.[1][2] As it is a professional wrestling championship, the championship is not won not by actual competition, but by a scripted ending to a match determined by the bookers and match makers.[a] On occasion the promotion declares a championship vacant, which means there is no champion at that point in time. This can either be due to a storyline,[b] or real life issues such as a champion suffering an injury being unable to defend the championship,[c] or leaving the company.[d]
PromotionStrong Style Pro-Wrestling
Date established2005
Current championKuroshio Tokyo Japan
Date wonSeptember 11, 2025
| Legend Championship | |||||||||||
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| Details | |||||||||||
| Promotion | Strong Style Pro-Wrestling | ||||||||||
| Date established | 2005 | ||||||||||
| Current champion | Kuroshio Tokyo Japan | ||||||||||
| Date won | September 11, 2025 | ||||||||||
| Other names | |||||||||||
Legend Championship (レジェンドチャンピオンシップ, Rejendo Chanpionshippu) | |||||||||||
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There have been a total of 21 reigns shared among 13 wrestlers. The current champion is Kuroshio Tokyo Japan who is in his first reign.
Title history
Reigns
| No. | Overall reign number |
|---|---|
| Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
| Days | Number of days held |
| Defenses | Number of successful defenses |
| N/A | Unknown information |
| + | Current reign is changing daily |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | Defenses | |||||
| Real Japan Pro Wrestling (RJPW) | ||||||||||
| 1 | First Tiger Mask | January 27, 2005 | First Tiger Mask Legend Championship & Seiken Shinkage-ryu Urban Bodyguard Close-Quarters Combat Tournaments | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | [e] | 0 | Defeated The Great Sasuke in the final of a four-man tournament to win the inaugural title. | [1][7] | |
| — | Vacated | 2005 | — | — | — | — | — | Tiger Mask vacated the title due to a neck injury. | [1] | |
| 2 | Masao Orihara | December 16, 2005 | Legend Championship | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | [f] | 2 | Defeated Alexander Otsuka to win the vacant title. | [1][8] | |
| — | Vacated | 2006 | — | — | — | — | — | Championship vacated due to unknown circumstances | [1] | |
| 3 | Alexander Otsuka | December 4, 2008 | Conclusion | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 643 | 4 | Defeated The Great Sasuke to win the vacant title. | [9] | |
| 4 | Mitsuya Nagai | September 8, 2010 | Strong Proof | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 316 | 2 | [10] | ||
| 5 | Super Tiger (II) | July 21, 2011 | Space Flying Tiger Drop | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 239 | 1 | [11] | ||
| 6 | Mitsuya Nagai | March 16, 2012 | Daybreak | Tokyo, Japan | 2 | 266 | 1 | [12] | ||
| 7 | Super Tiger (II) | December 7, 2012 | Traditional | Tokyo, Japan | 2 | 1,015 | 4 | [12] | ||
| 8 | Masakatsu Funaki | September 18, 2015 | First Tiger Mask Golden Legend: Legend of the Gold II | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 82 | 0 | [13] | ||
| 9 | Daisuke Sekimoto | December 9, 2015 | First Tiger Mask Golden Legend: Legend of the Gold III | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 197 | 1 | [13] | ||
| 10 | Masakatsu Funaki | June 23, 2016 | First Tiger Mask Golden Legend: Legend of the Gold V | Tokyo, Japan | 2 | 79 | 0 | [14] | ||
| 11 | Shinjiro Otani | September 10, 2016 | Golden Age of the Tiger | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 292 | 3 | [14] | ||
| 12 | Masakatsu Funaki | June 29, 2017 | Legend of the Gold VII | Tokyo, Japan | 3 | 77 | 0 | [15] | ||
| 13 | Super Tiger (II) | September 14, 2017 | Legend of the Gold VIII | Tokyo, Japan | 3 | 735 | 2 | [15][16] | ||
| Strong Style Pro-Wrestling (SSPW) | ||||||||||
| 14 | Kazuyuki Fujita | September 19, 2019 | Strong Style Pro-Wrestling Vol. 3 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 455 | 1 | [17][18] | ||
| 15 | Super Tiger (II) | December 17, 2020 | Strong Style Pro-Wrestling Vol. 8 | Tokyo, Japan | 4 | 616 | 4 | [19][20] | ||
| 16 | Kengo Mashimo | August 25, 2022 | Strong Style Pro-Wrestling Vol. 18 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 181 | 2 | [21] | ||
| 17 | Hayato Mashita | February 22, 2023 | Strong Style Pro-Wrestling Vol. 21 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 484 | 3 | [22] | ||
| 18 | Kazunari Murakami | June 20, 2024 | Strong Style Pro-Wrestling Vol. 29 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 168 | 1 | [23] | ||
| 19 | Super Tiger (II) | December 5, 2024 | Strong Style Pro-Wrestling Vol. 32: Rikidōzan Sensei 100th Birthday | Tokyo, Japan | 5 | 98 | 0 | [24] | ||
| 20 | Masakatsu Funaki | March 13, 2025 | Strong Style Pro-Wrestling Vol. 33: The 20th Anniversary Year | Tokyo, Japan | 4 | 182 | 1 | [25] | ||
| 21 | Kuroshio Tokyo Japan | September 11, 2025 | Strong Style Pro-Wrestling Vol. 36: The 20th Anniversary | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 187+ | 0 | [26] | ||
Combined reigns
| † | Indicates the current champion |
|---|---|
| ¤ | The exact length of at least one title reign is uncertain, so the shortest possible length is used. |
| Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns |
No. of defenses |
Combined days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Super Tiger (II) | 5 | 11 | 2,703 |
| 2 | Alexander Otsuka | 1 | 4 | 643 |
| 3 | Mitsuya Nagai | 2 | 3 | 582 |
| 4 | Hayato Mashita | 1 | 3 | 484 |
| 5 | Kazuyuki Fujita | 1 | 1 | 455 |
| 6 | Masakatsu Funaki | 4 | 1 | 420 |
| 7 | Shinjiro Otani | 1 | 3 | 292 |
| 8 | Daisuke Sekimoto | 1 | 1 | 197 |
| 9 | Kengo Mashimo | 1 | 2 | 181 |
| 10 | Kazunari Murakami | 1 | 1 | 168 |
| 11 | Masao Orihara | 1 | 2 | 16¤ |
| 12 | Kuroshio Tokyo Japan † | 1 | 0 | 187+ |
| 13 | First Tiger Mask | 1 | 0 | 1¤ |
See also
Footnotes
- The exact date the championship was vacated has not been confirmed, putting the title reign at between 1 day and 323 days.
- The exact date the championship was vacated has not been confirmed, putting the title reign at between 16 days and 380 days.