List Of Current Champions In New Japan Pro-Wrestling

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Here is the full list of current NJPW champions.

New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) features a diverse championship lineup with 12 active titles. These include seven singles championships, three traditional tag team championships, a six-man tag team title for male wrestlers, and a singles championship for female wrestlers.

The pinnacle title for male wrestlers is the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship, currently held by Shingo Takagi. Other prominent titles include the IWGP United States Championship (Jay White), NEVER Openweight Championship (Hiroshi Tanahashi), NJPW World Television Championship (Taiji Ishimori), and the KOPW (King of Pro Wrestling) Championship (Great-O-Khan).

For tag teams, there's the prestigious IWGP Tag Team Championship (Zack Sabre Jr. and Taichi) and the NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship (Togi Makabe, Tomoaki Honma, and Yota Tsuji).

NJPW also caters to junior heavyweight wrestlers with the coveted IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship (Hiromu Takahashi) and IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship (Roppongi 3K).

In NJPW Strong, the U.S. branch, you'll find the Strong Openweight Championship (Karl Fredericks) for singles competitors and the Strong Openweight Tag Team Championship (Brody King and Tony Deppen) for tag teams. NJPW proudly offers the IWGP Women's Championship (Utami Hayashishita) for female wrestlers, bringing a range of exciting and competitive wrestling to the world.

Current Champions - Men's Division

Championship		Reign	Date won	Days held	Successful defenses	Location	Notes
IWGP World Heavyweight Championship	Tetsuya Naito	1	January 4, 2024	51	1	Tokyo, Japan	Defeated Sanada at Wrestle Kingdom 18.
IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship	Nic Nemeth	1	February 23, 2024	1	0	Sapporo, Japan	Defeated David Finlay at The New Beginning in Sapporo.
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship	Sho	1	February 23, 2024	1	0	Sapporo, Japan	Defeated El Desperado at The New Beginning in Sapporo.
NEVER Openweight Championship	Evil	3	January 20, 2024	35	1	Nagoya, Japan	Defeated Tama Tonga in a Lumberjack match at The New Beginning in Nagoya.
Strong Openweight Championship	Eddie Kingston	1	July 5, 2023	234	11	Tokyo, Japan	Defeated Kenta at Independence Day.
KOPW 2023	Great-O-Khan	1 (provisional)	January 20, 2024	35	0	Nagoya, Japan	Defeated Taiji Ishimori in a ring fit match at The New Beginning in Nagoya.
NJPW World Television Championship	Matt Riddle	1	February 23, 2024	1	0	Sapporo, Japan	Defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi at The New Beginning in Sapporo.

Current Champions - Tag Team Division

Championship		Reign	Date won	Days held	Successful defenses	Location	Notes
IWGP Tag Team Championship	Bullet Club (Kenta and Chase Owens)	1 (1, 2)	February 11, 2024	13	0	Osaka, Japan	Defeated Guerrillas of Destiny (Hikuleo and El Phantasmo) at The New Beginning in Osaka
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship	Bullet Club War Dogs (Drilla Moloney and Clark Connors)	2 (2, 2)	February 4, 2024	20	0	Tokyo, Japan	Defeated Catch 2/2 (Francesco Akira and TJP) at Road to the New Beginning.
Strong Openweight Tag Team Championship	Guerrillas of Destiny (Hikuleo and El Phantasmo)	1 (1, 1)	October 9, 2023	138	3	Tokyo, Japan	Defeated Bullet Club War Dogs (Alex Coughlin and Gabriel Kidd) at Destruction in Ryōgoku.
NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship	Vacant	—	January 24, 2024	—	—	Tokyo, Japan	Previous champions Kazuchika Okada, Hiroshi Tanahashi, and Tomohiro Ishii vacated the championship due to Okada's contract with New Japan Pro Wrestling expiring.

Current Champion - Women's Division

Championship	Current champion(s)		Reign	Date won	Days held	Successful defenses	Location	Notes
IWGP Women's Championship		Mayu Iwatani	1	April 23, 2023	307	4	Yokohama, Japan	Defeated Mercedes Moné at All Star Grand Queendom.
Strong Women's Championship		Giulia	1	July 5, 2023	234	7	Tokyo, Japan	Defeated Willow Nightingale at Independence Day.