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 11 total active championships promoted by NJPW - featuring six singles championships, three traditional tag team championships, and a six-man tag team championship for male wrestlers, with two singles championship for female wrestlers. 16 wrestlers currently hold the titles.

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 June 19, 2025.

Overview

Men's Singles

At the top of NJPW's championship hierarchy for male wrestlers in the heavyweight division is the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship. Secondary titles include the IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship, and the NJPW World Television Championship.

In the junior heavyweight division, the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship is the primary title.

The NEVER Openweight Championship and the Strong Openweight Championship are available to male wrestlers regardless of weight class.

Men's Tag Team

For tag teams, there are three traditional championships for two-man teams—the IWGP Tag Team Championship, the Strong Openweight Tag Team Championship, and the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship for the junior heavyweight division.

The NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship serves as the title for three-man teams.

Women's Division

There are two championships for female wrestlers in NJPW - the IWGP Women's Championship (the primary title which is defended in NJPW and sister promotion Stardom), and the Strong Women's Championship.

Current champions

As of June 19, 2025.

Men's division

Singles

Championship		Reign	Date won	Days held	Successful defenses	Location	Notes	Ref.
IWGP World Heavyweight Championship	Hirooki Goto	1	February 11, 2025	128	7	Osaka, Japan	Defeated Zack Sabre Jr. at The New Beginning in Osaka.	^[1]
IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship	Gabe Kidd	1	June 15, 2025	4	0	Tokyo, Japan	Defeated Yota Tsuji at Dominion 6.15 in Osaka-jo Hall.
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship	El Desperado	5	January 4, 2025	166	5	Tokyo, Japan	Defeated Douki at Wrestle Kingdom 19.	^[2]
NEVER Openweight Championship	Boltin Oleg	1	June 15, 2025	4	0	Tokyo, Japan	Defeated Konosuke Takeshita at Dominion 6.15 in Osaka-jo Hall.
Strong Openweight Championship	Tomohiro Ishii	1	April 11, 2025	69	1	Chicago, Illinois	Defeated Gabe Kidd in a 30-minute iron man match, which Ishii won 2–1 in sudden death overtime at Windy City Riot.	^[3]
NJPW World Television Championship	El Phantasmo	2	April 29, 2025	51	1	Saga, Japan	Defeated Great-O-Khan at Wrestling Hizen no Kuni.	^[4]

Tag team

Championship		Reign	Date won	Days held	Successful defenses	Location	Notes	Ref.
IWGP Tag Team Championship	Tomohiro Ishii and Taichi	1 (2, 4)	June 15, 2025	4	0	Osaka, Japan	Defeated United Empire (Great-O-Khan and Callum Newman) at Dominion 6.15 in Osaka-jo Hall.
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship	House of Torture (Sho and Douki)	1 (6, 1)	June 15, 2025	4	0	Osaka, Japan	Defeated Master Wato and Yoh at Dominion 6.15 in Osaka-jo Hall.
Strong Openweight Tag Team Championship	United Empire (TJP and Templario)	1 (1, 1)	May 9, 2025	41	0	Ontario, California	Defeated World Class Wrecking Crew (Royce Isaacs and Jorel Nelson) at Resurgence.	^[5]
NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship	House of Torture (Ren Narita, Sho and Yujiro Takahashi)	1 (2, 3, 4)	January 30, 2025	140	1	Sendai, Japan	Defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi, Toru Yano and Oleg Boltin at Road to the New Beginning 2025: Night 3.	^[6]

Women's division

Championship	Current champion(s)		Reign	Date won	Days held	Successful defenses	Location	Notes	Ref.
IWGP Women's Championship		Syuri	1	April 27, 2025	53	0	Yokohama, Japan	Defeated Mayu Iwatani at All Star Grand Queendom.	^[7]
Strong Women's Championship		AZM	1	May 9, 2025	41	0	Ontario, California	Defeated previous champion Mercedes Moné and Mina Shirakawa in a three-way match at Resurgence.	^[5]

References

^ Vetter, Chris (February 11, 2025). "NJPW "The New Beginning" results (2/11): Vetter's review of Zack Sabre Jr., Ryohei Oiwa, Robbie Eagles, Kosei Fujita, and Hartley Jackson vs. Hirooki Goto, Yoshi-Hashi, Yoh, Master Wato, and Tomoaki Honma". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved February 11, 2025.
^ Vetter, Chris (January 4, 2025). "NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 19 results: Vetter's review of Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Shota Umino for the IWGP World Hvt. Championship, AEW International Champion Konosuke Takeshita vs. Never Openweight Champion Shingo Takagi in a title vs. title match". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved January 4, 2025.
^ Vetter, Chris (April 11, 2025). "NJPW Windy City Riot results (4/11): Vetter's in-person review of Konosuke Takeshita vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi for the Never Openweight Title, Gabe Kidd vs. Tomohiro Ishii in an Ironman match for the Strong Openweight Title". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved April 11, 2025.
^ "NJPW Wrestling Hizen no Kuni". Cagematch. April 29, 2025. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
^ ^a ^b Vetter, Chris (May 10, 2025). "NJPW "Resurgence" results (5/9): Vetter's review of Hirooki Goto vs. Zack Sabre Jr. for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship, Mercedes Mone vs. AZM vs. Mina Shirakawa for the NJPW Strong Women's Title". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved May 10, 2025.
^ Vetter, Chris (January 30, 2025). "NJPW "Road to the New Beginning" results (1/30): Vetter's review of Zack Sabre Jr., Robbie Eagles, and Kosei Fujita vs. Hirooki Goto, El Desperado, and Yoh". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved February 1, 2025.
^ Edwards, Scott (April 27, 2025). "STARDOM All Star Grand Queendom 2025 Results (4/27/25): Saya Kamitani vs. Tam Nakano". Stardom. Retrieved April 27, 2025.

External links

[TNBIO-1] Vetter, Chris (February 11, 2025). "NJPW "The New Beginning" results (2/11): Vetter's review of Zack Sabre Jr., Ryohei Oiwa, Robbie Eagles, Kosei Fujita, and Hartley Jackson vs. Hirooki Goto, Yoshi-Hashi, Yoh, Master Wato, and Tomoaki Honma". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved February 11, 2025.

[WK19-2] Vetter, Chris (January 4, 2025). "NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 19 results: Vetter's review of Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Shota Umino for the IWGP World Hvt. Championship, AEW International Champion Konosuke Takeshita vs. Never Openweight Champion Shingo Takagi in a title vs. title match". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved January 4, 2025.

[WCR-3] Vetter, Chris (April 11, 2025). "NJPW Windy City Riot results (4/11): Vetter's in-person review of Konosuke Takeshita vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi for the Never Openweight Title, Gabe Kidd vs. Tomohiro Ishii in an Ironman match for the Strong Openweight Title". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved April 11, 2025.

[WHK-4] "NJPW Wrestling Hizen no Kuni". Cagematch. April 29, 2025. Retrieved April 29, 2025.

[Results-5] Vetter, Chris (May 10, 2025). "NJPW "Resurgence" results (5/9): Vetter's review of Hirooki Goto vs. Zack Sabre Jr. for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship, Mercedes Mone vs. AZM vs. Mina Shirakawa for the NJPW Strong Women's Title". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved May 10, 2025.

[RTTNB-6] Vetter, Chris (January 30, 2025). "NJPW "Road to the New Beginning" results (1/30): Vetter's review of Zack Sabre Jr., Robbie Eagles, and Kosei Fujita vs. Hirooki Goto, El Desperado, and Yoh". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved February 1, 2025.

[Syuri1-7] Edwards, Scott (April 27, 2025). "STARDOM All Star Grand Queendom 2025 Results (4/27/25): Saya Kamitani vs. Tam Nakano". Stardom. Retrieved April 27, 2025.

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