List of Japanese boxing world champions

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Yoshio Shirai was crowned Japan's first world champion in 1952. Yoshio Shirai (04) wmplayer 2013-07-10.jpg
Yoshio Shirai was crowned Japan's first world champion in 1952.

This is a list of Japanese boxing world champions who have won major world titles from the "Big four" governing bodies in professional boxing namely the World Boxing Association (WBA), World Boxing Council (WBC), International Boxing Federation (IBF) and World Boxing Organization (WBO). [1] It was in 1952 that Yoshio Shirai won the world flyweight crown, becoming the first Japanese world champion. Japan ranks fourth worldwide between countries with the most boxing world champions. [2]

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The most thriving period of Japan's boxing ran from the 1960s to the early 1970s. In the "golden 60s," Fighting Harada won championships in two divisions—flyweight and bantamweight. [3] In the 1970s, Japan had 5 world champions for a short period at the same time. Notable achievements in that period were Kuniaki Shibata's attainment of 3 world championships in two divisions, [4] Guts Ishimatsu captured the WBC lightweight championship becoming the first Japanese champion in the lightweight division. [5] Koichi Wajima, one of the most popular boxers in Japan for his peculiar "Frog Jump" uppercut punch, also left a big footstep in Japan's boxing history by winning junior middleweight championship 3 times including 6 consecutive title defenses. [6]

List of men's professional boxing world champions

The following is a list of Japanese boxing champions who have held titles from one or more of the "Big Four" organizations (WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO) and The Ring.

WBA has four recognized world champions, Super, Undisputed, Unified, and Regular. The highest tier title is considered the primary champion of the division. Only boxers who are in the primary champion lineage are listed.

The ranking of WBA's primary champions are as follows:

Other former international/national-world boxing commissions and organizations from the beginning of boxing are also included here:

Inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame
World titles from world and The Ring
WBARegular champion
‡denotes that the WBASuper, Undisputed, and Unified is vacant/vacated during his title reign. The Regular title becomes the primary tile.
No.NameTitlesDateOpponentResult
1 Yoshio Shirai [7] NYSAC Flyweight (112)May 19, 1952 Dado Marino UD 15/15
NBA Flyweight (112)
The Ring Flyweight (112)
2 Fighting Harada [8] NYSAC Flyweight (112)Oct 10, 1962 Pone Kingpetch KO 11/15
WBA Flyweight (112)
The Ring Flyweight (112)
WBA Bantamweight (118)May 18, 1965 Éder Jofre SD 15/15
WBC Bantamweight (118)
The Ring Bantamweight (118)
3 Hiroyuki Ebihara [9] WBA Flyweight (112)Sep 18, 1963 Pone Kingpetch KO 1/15
WBC Flyweight (112)
The Ring Flyweight (112)
WBA Flyweight (112) – (2)Mar 30, 1969Jose SeverinoUD 15/15
4 Takeshi Fuji [10] WBA Light welterweight (140)Apr 30, 1967 Sandro Lopopolo KO 2/15
WBC Light welterweight (140)
The Ring Light welterweight (140)
5 Yoshiaki Numata [11] WBA Super featherweight (130)Jun 15, 1967 Flash Elorde MD 15/15
WBC Super featherweight (130)
The Ring Super featherweight (130)
WBC Super featherweight (130) – (2)Apr 5, 1970Rene BarrientosSD 15/15
6 Hiroshi Kobayashi [12] WBA Super featherweight (130)Dec 14, 1967 Yoshiaki Numata MD 15/15
WBC Super featherweight (130)
The Ring Super featherweight (130)
7 Shozo Saijo [13] WBA Featherweight (126)Sep 27, 1968 Raul Rojas UD 15/15
8 Masao Ohba [14] WBA Flyweight (112)Oct 22, 1970 Berkrerk Chartvanchai TKO 13/15
9 Kuniaki Shibata [15] WBC Featherweight (126)Dec 11, 1970 Vincente Saldivar RTD 12/15
The Ring Featherweight (126)
WBA Super featherweight (130)Mar 12, 1973 Ben Villaflor UD 15/15
The Ring Super featherweight (130)
WBC Super featherweight (130)Feb 28, 1974 Ricardo Arredondo UD 15/15
10 Koichi Wajima [16] WBA Light middleweight (154)Oct 31, 1971 Carmelo Bossi SD 15/15
WBC Light middleweight (154)
The Ring Light middleweight (154)
WBA Light middleweight (154) – (2)Jan 21, 1975 Oscar Albarado UD 15/15
WBC Light middleweight (154) – (2)
The Ring Light middleweight (154) – (2)
WBA Light middleweight (154) – (3)Jan 17, 1976 Yuh Jae-Doo KO 15/15
11 Guts Ishimatsu [17] WBC Lightweight (135)Apr 11, 1974 Rodolfo Gato González TKO 8/15
12 Shoji Oguma [18] WBC Flyweight (112)Oct 1, 1974 Betulio González SD 15/15
WBC Flyweight (112) – (2)May 18, 1980 Park Chan-Hee KO 9/15
The Ring Flyweight (112)
13 Susumu Hanagata [19] WBA Flyweight (112)Oct 18, 1974 Chartchai Chionoi TKO 6/15
14 Royal Kobayashi [20] WBC Super bantamweight (122)Oct 9, 1976 Rigoberto Riasco TKO 8/15
15 Yoko Gushiken [21] WBA Light flyweight (108)Oct 10, 1976 Juan Antonio Guzmán KO 7/15
16 Masashi Kudo [22] WBA Light middleweight (154)Aug 9, 1978 Eddie Gazo SD 15/15
The Ring Light middleweight (154)
17 Shigeo Nakajima [23] WBC Light flyweight (108)Jan 3, 1980 Kim Sung-Jun UD 15/15
18 Yasutsune Uehara [24] WBA Super featherweight (130)Aug 2, 1980 Samuel Serrano KO 6/15
The Ring Super featherweight (130)
19 Tadashi Mihara [25] WBA Light middleweight (154)Nov 7, 1981Rocky FratoMD 15/15
20 Katsuo Tokashiki [26] WBA Light flyweight (108)Dec 16, 1981Kim Hwan JinUD 15/15
21 Jiro Watanabe [27] WBA Super flyweight (115)Apr 8, 1982Rafael PedrozaUD 15/15
WBC Super flyweight (115)Nov 29,

1984

 Payao Poontarat UD 12/12
22 Tadashi Tomori [28] WBC Light flyweight (108)Apr 13, 1982 Amado Ursúa UD 12/12
23 Kōji Kobayashi [29] WBC Flyweight (112)Jan 18, 1984 Frank Cedeno TKO 2/12
The Ring Flyweight (112)
24 Satoshi Shingaki [30] IBF Bantamweight (118)Apr 15, 1984Elmer MagallanoTKO 8/12
25 Tsuyoshi Hamada [31] WBC Light welterweight (140)Jul 24, 1986 René Arredondo KO 1/12
26 Takuya Muguruma [32] WBA Bantamweight (118)Mar 29, 1987Azael MoranKO 5/12
27 Hiroki Ioka [33] WBC Mini flyweight (105)Oct 18, 1987Mai ThomburifarmUD 12/12
WBA Light flyweight (108)Dec 17, 1991 Yuh Myung-Woo SD 12/12
28 Hideyuki Ohashi [34] WBC Mini flyweight (105)Feb 7, 1990 Choi Jum-Hwan TKO 5/12
WBA Mini flyweight (105)Oct 14, 1992 Choi Hi-Yong UD 12/12
29 Leopard Tamakuma [35] WBA Flyweight (112)Jul 29, 1990 Lee Yul-Woo TKO 10/12
30 Kiyoshi Hatanaka [36] WBC Super bantamweight (122)Feb 3, 1991 Pedro Rubén Décima TKO 8/12
31 Joichiro Tatsuyoshi [37] WBC Bantamweight (118)Sep 19, 1991 Greg Richardson RTD 10/12
WBC Bantamweight (118) – (2)Nov 22, 1997 Sirimongkol Singwancha TKO 7/12
32 Katsuya Onizuka [38] WBA Super flyweight (115)Apr 10, 1992 Thanomsak Sithbaobay UD 12/12
33 Akinobu Hiranaka [39] WBA Light welterweight (140)Apr 10, 1992 Edwin Rosario TKO 1/12
34 Yasuei Yakushiji [40] WBC Bantamweight (118)Dec 23, 1993 Byun Jung-Il SD 12/12
35 Hiroshi Kawashima [41] WBC Super flyweight (115)May 4, 1994 Jose Luis Bueno UD 12/12
36 Shinji Takehara [42] WBA Middleweight (160)Dec 19, 1995 Jorge Castro UD 12/12
37 Keiji Yamaguchi [43] WBA Light flyweight (108)May 21, 1996Carlos MurilloSD 12/12
38 Satoshi Iida [44] WBA Super flyweight (115)Dec 23, 1997Yokthai SithoarUD 12/12
39 Takanori Hatakeyama [45] WBA Super featherweight (130)Sep 5, 1998 Choi Yong-Soo UD 12/12
WBA Lightweight (135)Jun 11, 2000 Gilberto Serrano TKO 8/12
40 Hideki Todaka [46] WBA Super flyweight (115)Mar 18, 1999 Jesus Kiki Rojas UD 12/12
41 Keitaro Hoshino [47] WBA Mini flyweight (105)Dec 6, 2000Joma GamboaUD 12/12
WBA Mini flyweight (105) – (2)Jan 29, 2002Joma GamboaUD 12/12
42 Celes Kobayashi [48] WBA Super flyweight (115)Mar 11, 2001 Leo Gámez TKO 10/12
43 Yutaka Niida [49] WBA Mini flyweight (105)Aug 25, 2001 Chana Porpaoin UD 12/12
WBA Mini flyweight (105) – (2)Jul 3, 2004 Noel Arambulet UD 12/12
44 Osamu Sato [50] WBA Super bantamweight (122)May 18, 2002Yoddamrong SithyodthongKO 8/12
45 Katsushige Kawashima [51] WBC Super flyweight (115)Jun 28, 2004 Masamori Tokuyama KO 1/12
45 Katsunari Takayama [52] WBC Mini flyweight (105)Apr 4, 2005 Isaac Bustos UD 12/12
IBF Mini flyweight (105)Mar 30, 2013 Mario Rodríguez UD 12/12
IBF Mini flyweight (105) – (2)Dec 31, 2014Go OdairaTKO 7/12
WBO Mini flyweight (105)
WBO Mini flyweight (105) – (2)Aug 20, 2016 Riku Kano TD 6/12
46 Hozumi Hasegawa [53] WBC Bantamweight (118)Apr 16, 2005 Veeraphol Sahaprom UD 12/12
WBC Featherweight (126)Nov 26, 2010 Juan Carlos Burgos UD 12/12
WBC Super bantamweight (122)Sep 16, 2016 Hugo Ruiz RTD 9/12
47 Takashi Koshimoto [54] WBC Featherweight (126)Jan 29, 2006 Chi In-Jin UD 12/12
48 Nobuo Nashiro [55] WBA Super flyweight (115)Jul 22, 2006 Martín Castillo TKO 10/12
49 Koki Kameda [56] WBA Light flyweight (108)Aug 2, 2006 Juan Jose Landaeta SD 12/12
WBC Flyweight (112)Nov 29, 2009 Daisuke Naito UD 12/12
50 Takefumi Sakata [57] WBA Flyweight (112)Mar 19, 2007 Lorenzo Parra TKO 3/12
51 Daisuke Naito [58] WBC Flyweight (112)Jul 18, 2007 Pongsaklek Wonjongkam UD 12/12
52 Toshiaki Nishioka [59] WBC Super bantamweight (122)Jan 3, 2009 Genaro García TKO 12/12
53 Takahiro Ao [60] WBC Featherweight (126)Mar 12, 2009 Óscar Larios UD 12/12
WBC Super featherweight (130)Nov 26, 2010 Vitali Tajbert UD 12/12
54 Takashi Uchiyama [61] WBA (Regular‡) Super featherweight (130) later promoted to Super.Regular‡
Jan 11, 2010		 Juan Carlos Salgado TKO 12/12
Super
Feb 15, 2015		 Promoted
55 Daiki Kameda [62] WBA Flyweight (112)Feb 7, 2010 Denkaosan Kaovichit UD 12/12
IBF Super flyweight (115)Sep 3, 2013 Rodrigo Guerrero UD 12/12
56 Akifumi Shimoda [63] WBA (Regular‡) Super bantamweight (122)Jan 31, 2011 Ryol Li Lee UD 12/12
57 Kazuto Ioka [64] WBC Mini flyweight (105)Feb 11, 2011 Oleydong Sithsamerchai TKO 5/12
WBA Mini flyweight (105)Jun 20, 2012 Akira Yaegashi UD 12/12
WBA (Regular‡) Light flyweight (108)Jan 14, 2014Primary champion vacant
WBA (Regular‡) Flyweight (112)Sep 14, 2016Primary champion vacant
WBO Super flyweight (115)Jun 19, 2019 Aston Palicte TKO 10/12
WBA Super flyweight (115)Jun 24, 2023 Joshua Franco UD 12/12
58 Tomonobu Shimizu [65] WBA (Regular‡) Super flyweight (115)Aug 31, 2011 Hugo Cázares SD 12/12
59 Akira Yaegashi [66] WBA Mini flyweight (105)Oct 24, 2011 Pornsawan Porpramook TKO 10/12
WBC Flyweight (112)Apr 8, 2013 Toshiyuki Igarashi UD 12/12
The Ring Flyweight (112)
IBF Light flyweight (108)Dec 29, 2015 Javier Mendoza UD 12/12
60 Shinsuke Yamanaka [67] WBC Bantamweight (118)Nov 6, 2011 Christian Esquivel TKO 11/12
61 Yota Sato [68] WBC Super flyweight (115)Mar 27, 2012 Suriyan Sor Rungvisai UD 12/12
62 Toshiyuki Igarashi [69] WBC Super flyweight (115)Jul 16, 2012 Sonny Boy Jaro SD 12/12
The Ring Super flyweight
63 Kohei Kono [70] WBA (Regular‡) Super flyweight (115)Dec 31, 2012 Tepparith Singwancha TKO 4/12
WBA (Regular‡) Super flyweight (115) – (2)Mar 26, 2014 Denkaosan Kaovichit KO 8/12
64 Ryo Miyazaki [71] WBA Mini flyweight (105)Dec 31, 2012 Pornsawan Porpramook SD 12/12
65 Takashi Miura [72] WBC Super featherweight (130)Apr 8, 2013 Gamaliel Díaz TKO 9/12
66 Tomoki Kameda [73] WBO Bantamweight (118)Aug 1, 2013 Paulus Ambunda UD 12/12
67 Naoya Inoue [74] WBC Light flyweight (108)Apr 6, 2014 Adrián Hernández TKO 6/12
WBO Super flyweight (115)Dec 12, 2014 Omar Narváez KO 2/12
IBF Bantamweight (118)May 18, 2019 Emmanuel Rodríguez TKO 2/12
The Ring Bantamweight (118)
WBA (Super) Bantamweight (118)Nov 7, 2019 Nonito Donaire UD 12/12
WBC Bantamweight (118)Jun 7, 2022 Nonito Donaire TKO 2/12
WBO Bantamweight (118)Dec 14, 2022 Paul Butler TKO 11/12
WBC Super bantamweight (122)Jul 25, 2023 Stephen Fulton TKO 8/12
WBO Super bantamweight (122)
WBA (Super) Super bantamweight (122)Dec 26, 2023 Marlon Tapales KO 10/12
IBF Super bantamweight (122)
The Ring Super bantamweight (122)
68 Ryoichi Taguchi [75] WBA (Regular‡) Light flyweight (108)
later became Unified champion after winning against IBF champion Milan Melindo.		Regular‡
Dec 31, 2014		 Alberto Rossel UD 12/12
Unified
Dec 31, 2017		 Milan Melindo UD 12/12
IBF Light flyweight (108)Dec 31, 2017 Milan Melindo UD 12/12
The Ring Light flyweight (108)
69 Kosei Tanaka [76] WBO Mini flyweight (105)May 30, 2015Julian Yedras [77] UD 12/12
WBO Light flyweight (108)Dec 31, 2016 Moisés Fuentes TKO 5/12
WBO Flyweight (112)Sep 24, 2018 Sho Kimura MD 12/12
WBO Super flyweight (112)Feb 24, 2024Christian BacaseguaUD 12/12
70 Yu Kimura [78] WBC Light flyweight (115)Nov 28, 2015 Pedro Guevara SD 12/12
71 Yukinori Oguni [79] IBF Super bantamweight (122)Dec 31, 2016 Jonathan Guzmán UD 12/12
72 Tatsuya Fukuhara [80] WBO Mini flyweight (105)Feb 26, 2017 Moises Calleros SD 12/12
73 Daigo Higa [81] WBC Flyweight (112)May 20, 2017 Juan Hernández TKO 6/12
74 Ken Shiro [82] WBC Light flyweight (108)May 20, 2017 Ganigan López MD 12/12
WBC Light flyweight (108) – (2)Mar 19, 2022 Masamichi Yabuki KO 3/12
WBA (Super) Light flyweight (108)Super

Nov 1, 2022

 Hiroto Kyoguchi TKO 7/12
Unified
Nov 30, 2022		 Status changed
The Ring Light flyweight (108)Nov 1, 2022 Hiroto Kyoguchi TKO 7/12
WBC Flyweight (112)Oct 13, 2024 Cristofer Rosales TKO 11/12
75 Hiroto Kyoguchi [83] IBF Mini flyweight (105)Jul 23, 2017 Jose Argumedo UD 12/12
WBA (Super) Light flyweight (108)Dec 31, 2018 Hekkie Budler TKO 10/12
The Ring Light flyweight (108)
76 Sho Kimura [84] WBO Flyweight (112)Jul 28, 2017 Zhou Shiming TKO 11/12
77 Ryuya Yamanaka [85] WBO Mini flyweight (105)Aug 27, 2017 Tatsuya Fukuhara UD 12/12
78 Ryosuke Iwasa [86] IBF Super bantamweight (122)Sep 13, 2017 Yukinori Oguni TKO 6/12
79 Masayuki Ito [87] WBO Super featherweight (130)Jul 28, 2018 Christopher Díaz UD 12/12
80 Junto Nakatani [88] WBO Flyweight (112)Nov 6, 2020 Giemel Magramo TKO 8/12
WBO Super flyweight (115)May 20, 2023 Andrew Moloney KO 12/12
WBC Bantamweight (118)Feb 24, 2024 Alexandro Santiago TKO 6/12
81 Ryōta Murata [89] WBA (Regular‡) Middleweight (160) later promoted to Super.Regular‡
Jan 1, 2021		Primary champion vacant
Super
Jan 6, 2021		 Promoted
82 Masamichi Yabuki [90] WBC Light flyweight (108)Sep 22, 2021 Ken Shiro TKO 10/12
IBF Light flyweight (108)Oct 12, 2024 Sivenathi Nontshinga TKO 9/12
83 Kenichi Ogawa [91] IBF Super featherweight (130)Nov 27, 2021 Azinga Fuzile UD 12/12
84 Masataka Taniguchi [92] WBO Mini flyweight (105)Dec 14, 2021 Wilfredo Méndez TKO 11/12
85 Takuma Inoue [93] WBA Bantamweight (118)Apr 8, 2023 Liborio Solís UD 12/12
86 Ginjiro Shigeoka [94] IBF Mini flyweight (105)Oct 7, 2023 Daniel Valladares TKO 5/12
87 Yudai Shigeoka [95] WBC Mini flyweight (105)Oct 7, 2023 Panya Pradabsri UD 12/12
88 Seigo Yuri Akui WBA Flyweight (112)Jan 23, 2024 Artem Dalakian UD 12/12
89 Ryosuke Nishida [96] IBF Bantamweight (118)May 4, 2024 Emmanuel Rodríguez UD 12/12
90 Yoshiki Takei [97] WBO Bantamweight (118)May 6, 2024 Jason Moloney UD 12/12
91 Seiya Tsutsumi [98] WBA Bantamweight (118)Oct 13, 2024 Takuma Inoue UD 12/12

Note

List of WBA secondary champions

No.NameTitlesReign periodOpponentResultPrimary champion/s during reign
1 Yusuke Kobori [99] WBA (Regular) Lightweight (135)May 19, 2008 – Jan 3, 2009 José Alfaro TKO 3/12 Nate Campbell
Mar 8, 2008 – Kobori lost the title to Paulus Moses while Campbell was still the primary champion.
2 Nobuo Nashiro [55] WBA (Regular) Super flyweight (115)Sep 15, 2008 – May 8, 2010 Martín Castillo TKO 10/12 Cristian Mijares
May 17, 2008 – Nov 1, 2008
Vic Darchinyan
Nov 1, 2008 – Nashiro lost the title to Hugo Cázares while Darchinyan was still the primary champion.
3 Koki Kameda [56] WBA (Regular) Bantamweight (118)Dec 26, 2010 – Dec 6, 2013 Alexander Muñoz UD 12/12 Anselmo Moreno
Nov 19, 2010 – Kameda vacated the title and chose to move down to super flyweight after the WBA ordered him to fight Moreno.
4 Kazuto Ioka [64] WBA (Regular) Light flyweight (108)Dec 31, 2012 – Jan 14, 2014
Becomes primary champion due to vacancy of the title.		 José Alfredo Rodríguez TKO 6/12
Román González
Nov 30, 2012 – Jan 14, 2014
5Kazuto Ioka (2)WBA (Regular) Flyweight (112)Apr 22, 2015 – Sep 14, 2016
Becomes primary champion due to vacancy of the title.		 Juan Carlos Reveco MD 12/12
Juan Estrada
Apr 6, 2013 – Sep 14, 2016
6 Shun Kubo [100] WBA (Regular) Super bantamweight (122)Apr 9, 2017 – Sep 3, 2017 Nehomar Cermeño RTD 12/12 Guillermo Rigondeaux
May 14, 2016 – Kubo lost the title to Daniel Roman while Rigondeaux was still the primary champion.
7 Ryōta Murata [89] WBA (Regular) Middleweight (160)Oct 22, 2017 – Oct 20, 2018 Hassan N'Dam N'Jikam RTD 7/12 Gennady Golovkin
Jun 3, 2014 – Sep 15, 2018
Canelo Alvarez
Sep 15, 2018 – Murata lost the title to Rob Brant while Álvarez was still the primary champion.
8 Naoya Inoue [74] WBA (Regular) Bantamweight (118)May 25, 2018 – May 18, 2019
Status changed to Unified champion after winning against IBF champion Emmanuel Rodríguez.		 Jamie McDonnell TKO 1/12 Ryan Burnett
Oct 21, 2017 – Nov 3, 2018
WBA (Unified) Bantamweight (118)May 18, 2019 – Nov 7, 2019
Became Super after winning against Super champion Nonito Donaire.		 Emmanuel Rodríguez TKO 2/12 Nonito Donaire
Nov 3, 2018 – Nov 7, 2019
9Ryōta Murata (2)WBA (Regular) Middleweight (160)Jul 12, 2019 – Jan 1, 2021
Becomes primary champion due to vacancy of the title.		 Rob Brant TKO 2/12 Canelo Alvarez
Sep 15, 2018 – Jan 1, 2021

List of women's professional boxing world champions

The following is a list of female Japanese boxing champions who have held titles from one or more of the "Big Four" organizations (WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO) and The Ring.

Current world champion
No.NameTitlesDateOpponentResult
1Nanako KikuchiWBC Mini flyweight (105)Nov 7, 2005Nongmai Sor SiripornTKO 7/10
2Naomi TogashiWBC Light flyweight (108)Jul 13, 2008Kim JinUD 10/10
3 Momo Koseki WBC Atomweight (102)Aug 11, 2008Winyu Paradorn GymUD 10/10
WBA Atomweight (102)Oct 22, 2015Ayaka MiyaoUD 10/10
WBC Mini flyweight (105)Dec 17, 2017Yuko KurokiUD 10/10
4 Tenkai Tsunami WBA Super flyweight (115)Feb 26, 2009Zhang Xi YanSD 10/10
WBO Light flyweight (108)Mar 8, 2018Chaoz MinowaRTD 8/10
5 Etsuko Tada WBA Mini flyweight (105)Apr 11, 2009Son Cho-RongUD 10/10
IBF Mini flyweight (105)Dec 11, 2015Kareli LopezUD 10/10
WBO Mini flyweight (105)Dec 1, 2018Kayoko EbataUD 10/10
WBO Mini flyweight (105) — (2)Dec 3, 2020Ayaka MiyaiTKO 3/10
6 Naoko Fujioka WBC Mini flyweight (105)May 8, 2011 Anabel Ortiz RTD 8/10
WBA Super flyweight (115)Nov 13, 2013Naoko YamaguchiUD 10/10
WBO Bantamweight (118)Oct 19, 2015Hee Jung YuhUD 10/10
WBA Flyweight (112)Mar 13, 2017Isabel MillanTKO 10/10
WBO Light flyweight (108)Dec 1, 2017 Yokasta Valle UD 10/10
7Mari AndoWBA Atomweight (102)Sep 22, 2011Amara NaktakuUD 10/10
WBC Mini flyweight (105)Dec 14, 2013Jasseth NoriegaSD 10/10
8Naoko YamaguchiWBA Super flyweight (115)Jul 9, 2012Tenkai TsunamiUD 10/10
9Ayaka MiyaoWBA Atomweight (102)Sep 16, 2012Mari AndoUD 10/10
10Shindo GoWBC Flyweight (112)May 19, 2013 Renáta Szebelédi UD 10/10
11Naoko ShibataIBF Light flyweight (108)Nov 14, 2013Alondra GarciaUD 10/10
12 Mako Yamada WBO Mini flyweight (105)Feb 9, 2014Hong Su-YunSD 10/10
13Nao IkeyamaWBO Atomweight (102)May 17, 2014Jessebelle PagaduanUD 10/10
14 Yuko Kuroki WBC Mini flyweight (105)May 17, 2014Mari AndoUD 10/10
15Kumiko Seeser IkeharaWBO Mini flyweight (105)Sep 20, 2014Gretchen AbanielSD 10/10
16Yunoka FurukawaWBA Atomweight (102)Aug 13, 2016Satomi NishimuraTKO 3/10
17Nana YoshikawaWBO Flyweight (112)Oct 9, 2016Lee Eun HyeMD 10/10
18Kayoko EbataWBO Mini flyweight (105)May 19, 2017Erika HanawaUD 10/10
19 Mika Iwakawa WBO Atomweight (102)Jul 29, 2018Nao IkeyamaSD 10/10
21 Saemi Hanagata IBF Atomweight (102)Sep 29, 2018Yuko KurokiSD 10/10
22Kasumi SaekiWBO Mini flyweight (105)Apr 27, 2019Elizabeth LopezTKO 6/10
23Miyo YoshidaWBO Super flyweight (115)Jun 19, 2019Casey MortonUD 10/10
24 Tamao Ozawa WBO Super flyweight (115)May 30, 2022Miyo YoshidaSD 10/10
25 Sumire Yamanaka IBF Atomweight (102)Jan 12, 2024Mika IwakawaUD 10/10

Current titleholders in world boxing sanctioning bodies

Major (WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO)

Men's World Champions

NameOrganizationDivisionDate won
Naoya Inoue WBA (Super), WBC, IBF, WBO, and The Ring Super bantamweight July 25, 2023
Seigo Yuri Akui WBA Flyweight January 23, 2024
Kosei Tanaka WBO Super flyweight February 24, 2024
Junto Nakatani WBC Bantamweight February 24, 2024
Ryosuke Nishida IBFBantamweightMay 4, 2024
Yoshiki Takei WBOBantamweightMay 6, 2024
Masamichi Yabuki IBFLight flyweightOctober 12, 2024
Ken Shiro WBCFlyweightOctober 13, 2024
Seiya Tsutsumi WBABantamweightOctober 13, 2024

Women's World Champions

NameOrganizationDivisionDate won
Mizuki Hiruta WBO Super Flyweight December 1, 2022
Miyo Yoshida IBF Bantamweight December 9, 2023
Sumire Yamanaka IBF Atomweight January 12, 2024
Eri Matsuda WBO, WBA Atomweight January 12, 2024

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  2. ↑ "World Champions By Nationality: Japanese World Champions". BoxRec.
  3. ↑ "The Great Masahiko "Fighting" Harada". Bad Left Hook. 11 December 2009.
  4. ↑ "Kuniaki Shibata: He Stopped Saldivar!". Boxingnews24.
  5. ↑ "Boxing's Rising In The Land Of The Rising Sun: Japanese Prizefighters". Bleacherreport.
  6. ↑ "World Champion Koichi Wajima". Cyber Boxing Zone.
  7. ↑ Boxing record for Yoshio Shirai from BoxRec (registration required)
  8. ↑ Boxing record for Fighting Harada from BoxRec (registration required)
  9. ↑ Boxing record for Hiroyuki Ebihara from BoxRec (registration required)
  10. ↑ Boxing record for Takeshi Fuji from BoxRec (registration required)
  11. ↑ Boxing record for Yoshiaki Numata from BoxRec (registration required)
  12. ↑ Boxing record for Hiroshi Kobayashi from BoxRec (registration required)
  13. ↑ Boxing record for Shozo Saijo from BoxRec (registration required)
  14. ↑ Boxing record for Masao Ohba from BoxRec (registration required)
  15. ↑ Boxing record for Kuniaki Shibata from BoxRec (registration required)
  16. ↑ Boxing record for Koichi Wajima from BoxRec (registration required)
  17. ↑ Boxing record for Guts Ishimatsu from BoxRec (registration required)
  18. ↑ Boxing record for Shoji Oguma from BoxRec (registration required)
  19. ↑ Boxing record for Susumu Hanagata from BoxRec (registration required)
  20. ↑ Boxing record for Royal Kobayashi from BoxRec (registration required)
  21. ↑ Boxing record for Yoko Gushiken from BoxRec (registration required)
  22. ↑ Boxing record for Masashi Kudo from BoxRec (registration required)
  23. ↑ Boxing record for Shigeo Nakajima from BoxRec (registration required)
  24. ↑ Boxing record for Yasutsune Uehara from BoxRec (registration required)
  25. ↑ Boxing record for Tadashi Mihara from BoxRec (registration required)
  26. ↑ Boxing record for Katsuo Tokashiki from BoxRec (registration required)
  27. ↑ Boxing record for Jiro Watanabe from BoxRec (registration required)
  28. ↑ Boxing record for Tadashi Tomori from BoxRec (registration required)
  29. ↑ Boxing record for Koji Kobayashi from BoxRec (registration required)
  30. ↑ Boxing record for Satoshi Shingaki from BoxRec (registration required)
  31. ↑ Boxing record for Suyoshi Hamada from BoxRec (registration required)
  32. ↑ Boxing record for Takuya Muguruma from BoxRec (registration required)
  33. ↑ Boxing record for Hiroki Ioka from BoxRec (registration required)
  34. ↑ Boxing record for Hideyuki Ohashi from BoxRec (registration required)
  35. ↑ Boxing record for Leopard Tamakuma from BoxRec (registration required)
  36. ↑ Boxing record for Kiyoshi Hatanaka from BoxRec (registration required)
  37. ↑ Boxing record for Joichiro Tatsuyoshi from BoxRec (registration required)
  38. ↑ Boxing record for Katsuya Onizuka from BoxRec (registration required)
  39. ↑ Boxing record for Akinobu Hiranaka from BoxRec (registration required)
  40. ↑ Boxing record for Yasuei Yakushiji from BoxRec (registration required)
  41. ↑ Boxing record for Hiroshi Kawashima from BoxRec (registration required)
  42. ↑ Boxing record for Shinji Takehara from BoxRec (registration required)
  43. ↑ Boxing record for Keiji Yamaguchi from BoxRec (registration required)
  44. ↑ Boxing record for Satoshi Iida from BoxRec (registration required)
  45. ↑ Boxing record for Takanori Hatakeyama from BoxRec (registration required)
  46. ↑ Boxing record for Hideki Todaka from BoxRec (registration required)
  47. ↑ Boxing record for Keitaro Hoshino from BoxRec (registration required)
  48. ↑ Boxing record for Celes Kobayashi from BoxRec (registration required)
  49. ↑ Boxing record for Yutaka Niida from BoxRec (registration required)
  50. ↑ Boxing record for Osamu Sato from BoxRec (registration required)
  51. ↑ Boxing record for Katsushige Kawashima from BoxRec (registration required)
  52. ↑ Boxing record for Katsunari Takayama from BoxRec (registration required)
  53. ↑ Boxing record for Hozumi Hasegawa from BoxRec (registration required)
  54. ↑ Boxing record for Takashi Koshimoto from BoxRec (registration required)
  55. 1 2 Boxing record for Nobuo Nashiro from BoxRec (registration required)
  56. 1 2 Boxing record for Koki Kameda from BoxRec (registration required)
  57. ↑ Boxing record for Takefumi Sakata from BoxRec (registration required)
  58. ↑ Boxing record for Daisuke Naito from BoxRec (registration required)
  59. ↑ Boxing record for Toshiaki Nishioka from BoxRec (registration required)
  60. ↑ Boxing record for Takahiro Ao from BoxRec (registration required)
  61. ↑ Boxing record for Takashi Uchiyama from BoxRec (registration required)
  62. ↑ Boxing record for Daiki Kameda from BoxRec (registration required)
  63. ↑ Boxing record for Akifumi Shimoda from BoxRec (registration required)
  64. 1 2 Boxing record for Kazuto Ioka from BoxRec (registration required)
  65. ↑ Boxing record for Tomonobu Shimizu from BoxRec (registration required)
  66. ↑ Boxing record for Akira Yaegashi from BoxRec (registration required)
  67. ↑ Boxing record for Shinsuke Yamanaka from BoxRec (registration required)
  68. ↑ Boxing record for Yota Sato from BoxRec (registration required)
  69. ↑ Boxing record for Toshiyuki Igarashi from BoxRec (registration required)
  70. ↑ Boxing record for Kohei Kono from BoxRec (registration required)
  71. ↑ Boxing record for Ryo Miyazaki from BoxRec (registration required)
  72. ↑ Boxing record for Takashi Miura from BoxRec (registration required)
  73. ↑ Boxing record for Tomoki Kameda from BoxRec (registration required)
  74. 1 2 Boxing record for Naoya Inoue from BoxRec (registration required)
  75. ↑ Boxing record for Ryoichi Taguchi from BoxRec (registration required)
  76. ↑ Boxing record for Kosei Tanaka from BoxRec (registration required)
  77. ↑ JAKE DONOVAN (30 May 2015). "Tanaka Decisions Yedras, Claims Belt in 5th Pro Fight". Boxingscene. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
  78. ↑ Boxing record for Yu Kimura from BoxRec (registration required)
  79. ↑ Boxing record for Yukinori Oguni from BoxRec (registration required)
  80. ↑ Boxing record for Tatsuya Fukuhara from BoxRec (registration required)
  81. ↑ Boxing record for Daigo Higa from BoxRec (registration required)
  82. ↑ Boxing record for Ken Shiro from BoxRec (registration required)
  83. ↑ Boxing record for Hiroto Kyoguchi from BoxRec (registration required)
  84. ↑ Boxing record for Sho Kimura from BoxRec (registration required)
  85. ↑ Boxing record for Ryuya Yamanaka from BoxRec (registration required)
  86. ↑ Boxing record for Ryosuke Iwasa from BoxRec (registration required)
  87. ↑ Boxing record for Masayuki Ito from BoxRec (registration required)
  88. ↑ Boxing record for Junto Nakatani from BoxRec (registration required)
  89. 1 2 Boxing record for Ryōta Murata from BoxRec (registration required)
  90. ↑ Boxing record for Masamichi Yabuki from BoxRec (registration required)
  91. ↑ Boxing record for Kenichi Ogawa from BoxRec (registration required)
  92. ↑ Boxing record for Masataka Taniguchi from BoxRec (registration required)
  93. ↑ Boxing record for Takuma Inoue from BoxRec (registration required)
  94. ↑ Boxing record for Ginjiro Shigeoka from BoxRec (registration required)
  95. ↑ Boxing record for Yudai Shigeoka from BoxRec (registration required)
  96. ↑ Boxing record for Ryosuke Nishida from BoxRec (registration required)
  97. ↑ Boxing record for Yoshiki Takei from BoxRec (registration required)
  98. ↑ Boxing record for Seiya Tsutsumi from BoxRec (registration required)
  99. ↑ Boxing record for Yusuke Kobori from BoxRec (registration required)
  100. ↑ Boxing record for Shun Kubo from BoxRec (registration required)
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