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 11 total active championships promoted by NJPW - featuring six singles championships, three traditional tag team championships, and a six-man tag team championship for male wrestlers, with two singles championship for female wrestlers. 16 wrestlers currently hold the titles.

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 October2, 2025.

Overview

Men's Singles

At the top of NJPW's championship hierarchy for male wrestlers in the heavyweight division is the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship. Secondary titles include the IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship, and the NJPW World Television Championship.

In the junior heavyweight division, the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship is the primary title.

The NEVER Openweight Championship and the Strong Openweight Championship are available to male wrestlers regardless of weight class.

Men's Tag Team

For tag teams, there are three traditional championships for two-man teams—the IWGP Tag Team Championship, the Strong Openweight Tag Team Championship, and the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship for the junior heavyweight division.

The NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship serves as the title for three-man teams.

Women's Division

There are two championships for female wrestlers in NJPW - the IWGP Women's Championship (the primary title which is defended in NJPW and sister promotion Stardom), and the Strong Women's Championship.

Current champions

As of October2, 2025.

Men's division

Singles

Championship	Current champion(s)		Reign	Date won	Days held	Successful defenses	Location	Notes	Ref.
IWGP World Heavyweight Championship		Zack Sabre Jr.	2	June 29, 2025	95	2	Nagoya, Japan	Defeated Hirooki Goto at Tanahashi Jam.	[1]
IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship		Gabe Kidd	1	June 15, 2025	109	2	Tokyo, Japan	Defeated Yota Tsuji at Dominion 6.15 in Osaka-jo Hall.	[2]
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship		El Desperado	5	January 4, 2025	271	7	Tokyo, Japan	Defeated Douki at Wrestle Kingdom 19.	[3]
NEVER Openweight Championship		Boltin Oleg	1	June 15, 2025	109	2	Tokyo, Japan	Defeated Konosuke Takeshita at Dominion 6.15 in Osaka-jo Hall.	[4]
Strong Openweight Championship		Tomohiro Ishii	1	April 11, 2025	174	1	Chicago, Illinois	Defeated Gabe Kidd in a 30-minute iron man match, which Ishii won 2–1 in sudden death overtime at Windy City Riot.	[5]
NJPW World Television Championship		El Phantasmo	2	April 29, 2025	156	2	Saga, Japan	Defeated Great-O-Khan at Wrestling Hizen no Kuni.	[6]

Tag team

Championship	Current champion(s)		Reign	Date won	Days held	Successful defenses	Location	Notes	Ref.
IWGP Tag Team Championship		Knock Out Brothers (Oskar (pictured) and Yuto-Ice )	1 (1, 1)	September 28, 2025	4	0	Kobe, Japan	Defeated Taichi and Tomohiro Ishii at Destruction in Kobe.	[7]
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship		House of Torture (Sho and Douki)	1 (6, 1)	June 15, 2025	109	0	Osaka, Japan	Defeated Master Wato and Yoh at Dominion 6.15 in Osaka-jo Hall.	[8]
Strong Openweight Tag Team Championship		United Empire (TJP and Templario)	1 (1, 1)	May 9, 2025	146	1	Ontario, California	Defeated World Class Wrecking Crew (Royce Isaacs and Jorel Nelson) at Resurgence.	[9]
NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship		Master Wato, Toru Yano and Yoh	1 (1, 7, 2)	July 4, 2025	90	1	Tokyo, Japan	Defeated House of Torture (Ren Narita, Sho and Yujiro Takahashi) at New Japan Soul 2025: Night 8.	[10]
NJPW TAMASHII Tag Team Championship		The Pretty Boys (Magic Mark and Pretty Richie)	1 (1, 1)	July 4, 2025	90	0	Auckland, New Zealand	Defeated Young Blood (Oskar Leube and Yuto Nakashima) in a tournament final at Tamashii: Cold War to become the inaugural champions.	[11]

Women's division

Championship	Current champion(s)		Reign	Date won	Days held	Successful defenses	Location	Notes	Ref.
IWGP Women's Championship		Sareee	1	June 21, 2025	103	2	Tokyo, Japan	Defeated Syuri at The Conversion.	[12]
Strong Women's Championship		Saya Kamitani	1	September 27, 2025	5	0	Tokyo, Japan	Defeated AZM in a Winner Takes All match, where Kamitani's World of Stardom Championship was on the line, at Stardom In Korakuen.	[13]

References

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