BJW Junior Heavyweight Championship (2017–present)

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BJW Junior Heavyweight Championship
BJW Junior Heavyweight Championship belt.png
Official design of the BJW Junior Heavyweight Championship (2017 – present)
Details
Promotion Big Japan Pro Wrestling
Date establishedMay 7, 2017 [1]
Current champion(s) Kota Sekifuda
Date wonMay 4, 2024
Other name(s)
BJW World Strong Junior Heavyweight Championship
Statistics
First champion(s) Shinobu
Most reigns Kota Sekifuda (2 reigns)
Longest reign Kota Sekifuda (1,060+ days)
Shortest reign Tatsuhiko Yoshino (70 days)
Oldest champion Tajiri (48 years, 218 days)
Youngest champion Yuya Aoki (23 years, 5 days)
Heaviest champion Yuya Aoki (194 lb)
Lightest championEnder Kara (143 lb)

The BJW Junior Heavyweight Championship is a title defended in the Japanese professional wrestling promotion Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW).

Contents

On May 7, 2017, BJW announced that it was bringing back the BJW Junior Heavyweight Championship with a tournament set to take place between May 25 and July 17. The title is distinct from the previous BJW Junior Heavyweight Championship that was established in 1998 and was retired in 2002. The title has a weight limit of 95 kg (209 lb). Wrestlers over the weight limit will be eligible to challenge for the BJW World Strong Heavyweight Championship. [2]

There have been a total of ten reigns shared between nine different champions. The current champion is Kota Sekifuda who is in his second reign.

Inaugural tournament

The round-robin league began on May 25, 2017, and ran all the way through to the decision match, between the top two, on the July 17 show at Ryōgoku Kokugikan.

Final standings
WrestlerScore
Kazuki Hashimoto 8
Shinobu 6
Tatsuhiko Yoshino 6
Toshiyuki Sakuda 4
Takuya Nomura 4
Yuya Aoki 2
Results Hashimoto Shinobu Nomura Yoshino Sakuda Aoki
Hashimoto —Kazuki
(12:56)		Kazuki
(12:35)		Yoshino
(11:57)		Kazuki
(11:24)		Kazuki
(8:09)
Shinobu Kazuki
(12:56)		—Shinobu
(9:38)		Shinobu
(11:55)		Shinobu
(9:28)		Aoki
(7:11)
Nomura Kazuki
(12:35)		Shinobu
(9:38)		—Takuya
(12:50)		Sakuda
(10:38)		Nomura
(7:13)
Yoshino Yoshino
(11:57)		Shinobu
(11:55)		Takuya
(12:50)		—Yoshino
(9:26)		Yoshino
(8:02)
Sakuda Kazuki
(11:24)		Shinobu
(9:28)		Sakuda
(10:38)		Yoshino
(9:26)		—Sakuda
(9:22)
Aoki Kazuki
(8:09)		Aoki
(7:11)		Nomura
(7:13)		Yoshino
(8:02)		Sakuda
(9:22)		—
Final
   
1 Kazuki Hashimoto Pin
2 Shinobu 13:18 [3]

Title history

As of June16, 2024.

Key
No.Overall reign number
ReignReign number for the specific champion
DaysNumber of days held
DefensesNumber of successful defenses
No.ChampionChampionship changeReign statisticsNotesRef.
DateEventLocationReignDaysDefenses
1 Shinobu July 17, 2017Ryōgokutan 2017 Tokyo 13916Defeated Kazuki Hashimoto in the finals of a six-man round-robin tournament to become the inaugural champion. [3]
2 Kazuki Hashimoto August 12, 2018Midsummer Korakuen Battles Tokyo 12663 [4]
3 Tajiri May 5, 2019Endless Survivor 2019 Yokohama, Japan 11333 [5]
4 Yuya Aoki September 15, 2019Big Japan Death Vegas 2019' Yokohama, Japan 14024 [6]
5 Tatsuhiko Yoshino October 21, 2020BJW Death Match, Strong & Junior 3 Major Title Matches Yokohama, Japan 1702 [7]
6 Isami Kodaka December 30, 2020BJW Final Box Office of the Year Tokyo, Japan 12044 [8]
7 Kota Sekifuda July 22, 2021BJW Yokohama Radiant Hall Tournament Yokohama, Japan 165111 [9]
8 Tomato Kaji May 4, 2023BJW Endless Survivor ~ Infinity Independent Yokohama, Japan 12404 [10]
9Ender KaraDecember 30, 2023BJW Tokyo, Japan 11263 [11]
10 Kota Sekifuda May 4, 2024BJW Endless Survivor ~ Beyond The Milestone Yokohama, Japan 243+1 [12]

Combined reigns

As of June16, 2024.

†Indicates the current champion
RankWrestlerNo. of
reigns		Combined
defenses		Combined
days
1 Kota Sekifuda †212694+
2 Yuya Aoki 14402
3 Shinobu 16391
4 Kazuki Hashimoto 13266
5 Tomato Kaji 14240
6 Isami Kodaka 14204
7 Tajiri 13133
8Ender Kara13126
9 Tatsuhiko Yoshino 1270

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