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 five active singles championships, two active tag team championships, and one active six-man tag team championship. Five of the eight championships carry the letters "IWGP", after NJPW's governing body, International Wrestling Grand Prix. 11 wrestlers hold the championships. 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 March 17, 2022.

Overview[]

At the top of NJPW's championship hierarchy is the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship, which unified the IWGP Heavyweight Championship and the IWGP Intercontinental Championship. There are two secondary titles in NJPW, the IWGP United States Championship and the NEVER Openweight Championship. There are also two junior heavyweight championships in NJPW.

Current champions[]

Championship		Reign	Date won	Days held	Successful defenses	Location	Notes	Ref.
IWGP World Heavyweight Championship	Kazuchika Okada	1	January 4, 2022	72	2	Tokyo, Japan	Defeated Shingo Takagi at Wrestle Kingdom 16 (Night 1).	^[1]
IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship	Sanada	1	February 19, 2022	26	0	Sapporo, Japan	Defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi at New Years Golden Series.	^[2]
NEVER Openweight Championship	Evil	2	January 4, 2022	72	1	Tokyo, Japan	Defeated Tomohiro Ishii at Wrestle Kingdom 16 (Night 1).	^[3]
Strong Openweight Championship	Tom Lawlor	1	April 23, 2021	328	6	Port Hueneme, California	Defeated Brody King in the New Japan Cup USA 2021 tournament final to be crowned the inaugural champion.	^[4]
IWGP Tag Team Championship	Bishamon (Yoshi-Hashi and Hirooki Goto)	1 (1, 2)	January 4, 2022	72	1	Tokyo, Japan	Defeated Dangerous Tekkers (Taichi and Zack Sabre Jr.) at Wrestle Kingdom 16 (Night 1).	^[5]
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship	El Desperado	2	November 6, 2021	131	2	Osaka, Japan	Defeated Robbie Eagles at Power Struggle.	^[6]
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship	Six or Nine (Master Wato and Ryusuke Taguchi (pictured))	1 (1, 7)	February 19, 2022	26	0	Sapporo, Japan	Defeated former champions Flying Tiger (Robbie Eagles and Tiger Mask) in a four-way tag team match at New Years Golden Series, the match also included Suzuki-gun (El Desperado and Yoshinobu Kanemaru) and Bullet Club's Cutest Tag Team (El Phantasmo and Taiji Ishimori).	^[7]
NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship	House of Torture (Evil, Sho and Yujiro Takahashi)	1 (5, 1, 2)	November 6, 2021	131	2	Osaka, Japan	Defeated Chaos (Hirooki Goto, Tomohiro Ishii and Yoshi-Hashi) at Power Struggle.	^[8]
KOPW	Toru Yano	1	February 20, 2022	N/A	N/A	Tokyo, Japan	Defeated Minoru Suzuki at NJPW New Years Golden Series.