IWGP U-30 Openweight Championship

Statistics
First champion(s)	Hiroshi Tanahashi
Final champion(s)	Hiroshi Tanahashi
Most reigns	Hiroshi Tanahashi (2 reigns)
Longest reign	Hiroshi Tanahashi (First reign, 622 days)
Shortest reign	Shinsuke Nakamura (117 days)
Oldest champion	Hiroshi Tanahashi (26 years, 5 months and 10 days)
Youngest champion	Shinsuke Nakamura (24 years, 10 months and 11 days)

IWGP U-30 Openweight Championship
IWGP U-30 Openweight Championship
Details
Promotion	New Japan Pro-Wrestling
Date established	April 23, 2003
Date retired	June 7, 2006
Other name(s)
	U-30 Openweight Championship; (2003 - 2004); IWGP U-30 Openweight Championship; (2004 - 2006);
First champion(s)
Statistics
First champion(s)	Hiroshi Tanahashi
Final champion(s)	Hiroshi Tanahashi
Most reigns	Hiroshi Tanahashi (2 reigns)
Longest reign	Hiroshi Tanahashi (First reign, 622 days)
Shortest reign	Shinsuke Nakamura (117 days)
Oldest champion	Hiroshi Tanahashi (26 years, 5 months and 10 days)
Youngest champion	Shinsuke Nakamura (24 years, 10 months and 11 days)

Last updated September 20, 2023

The IWGP U-30 Openweight Championship was a professional wrestling openweight championship in New Japan Pro-Wrestling for younger wrestlers who were under the age of 30. It was proposed as part of a tournament called the G2 U-30 Climax by Hiroshi Tanahashi, who ended up winning the tournament in April 2003. The U-30 Openweight Championship became officially recognized as an IWGP title in November 2004.

Title history

Key
No.	Overall reign number
Reign	Reign number for the specific champion
Days	Number of days held
Defenses	Number of successful defenses

No.	Champion	Championship change			Reign statistics			Notes	Ref.
No.	Champion	Date	Event	Location	Reign	Days	Defenses	Notes	Ref.
1	Hiroshi Tanahashi	April 23, 2003	Strong Energy 2003	Hiroshima, Japan	1	622	12	Defeated Shinya Makabe (who ironically was already 30 years old) in the finals of the G2 U-30 Climax tournament to become inaugural champion at the age of 26.	^[1]
2	Shinsuke Nakamura	January 4, 2005	Toukon Festival: Wrestling World 2005	Tokyo, Japan	1	117	0	Defeated the champion Hiroshi Tanahashi in the main event of the Tokyo Dome Show to win the championship at the age of 24.	^[2]
—	Vacated	May 1, 2005	—	—	—	—	—	Nakamura vacated the championship by company request due to not defending it.
3	Hiroshi Tanahashi	June 18, 2005	Best of the Super Jr. XII	Kyoto, Japan	2	354	2	Defeated Toru Yano in the finals of a six-man round-robin tournament for the vacated title at the age of 28.	^[3]
—	Deactivated	June 7, 2006	—	—	—	—	—	Vacated by Tanahashi at the age of 29 to focus on the IWGP Heavyweight Championship.

Combined reigns

Rank	Wrestler	No. of reigns	Combined defenses	Combined days
1	Hiroshi Tanahashi	2	14	976
2	Shinsuke Nakamura	1	0	117

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References

↑ Kreikenbohm, Philip (April 23, 2003). "NJPW Strong Energy 2003 - Tag 5 - TV-Show @ Sun Plaza in Hiroshima, Japan". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved February 27, 2021.
↑ Kreikenbohm, Philip (January 4, 2005). "NJPW Toukon Festival - Wrestling World 2005 - TV-Show @ Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved February 27, 2021.
↑ Kreikenbohm, Philip (June 18, 2005). "NJPW Best Of The Super Junior XII - Tag 12 - TV-Show @ Kyoto City Gymnasium in Kyoto, Japan". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved February 27, 2021.

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[1] Kreikenbohm, Philip (April 23, 2003). "NJPW Strong Energy 2003 - Tag 5 - TV-Show @ Sun Plaza in Hiroshima, Japan". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved February 27, 2021.

[2] Kreikenbohm, Philip (January 4, 2005). "NJPW Toukon Festival - Wrestling World 2005 - TV-Show @ Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved February 27, 2021.

[3] Kreikenbohm, Philip (June 18, 2005). "NJPW Best Of The Super Junior XII - Tag 12 - TV-Show @ Kyoto City Gymnasium in Kyoto, Japan". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved February 27, 2021.

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