IWGP Heavyweight Championship/Champion gallery

IWGP Heavyweight Championship/Champion gallery

Champions gallery

Antonio Inoki
1st Champion
(June 12, 1987 -
May 2, 1988)

Tatsumi Fujinami
2nd Champion
(May 8, 1988 -
May 27, 1988)

Tatsumi Fujinami
3rd Champion
(June 24, 1988 -
April 5, 1989)

Big Van Vader
4th Champion
(April 24, 1989 -
May 25, 1989)

Salman Hashimikov
5th Champion
(May 25, 1989 -
July 12, 1989)

Riki Chōshū
6th Champion
(July 12, 1989 -
August 10, 1989)

Big Van Vader
7th Champion
(August 10, 1989 -
August 19, 1990)

Riki Chōshū
8th Champion
(August 19, 1990 -
December 26, 1990)

Tatsumi Fujinami
9th Champion
(December 26, 1990 -
January 17, 1991)

Big Van Vader
10th Champion
(January 17, 1991 -
March 4, 1991)

Tatsumi Fujinami
11th Champion
(March 4, 1991 -
January 4, 1992)

Riki Chōshū
12th Champion
(January 4, 1992 -
October 16, 1992)

The Great Muta
13th Champion
(October 16, 1992 - September 20, 1993)

Shinya Hashimoto
14th Champion
(September 20, 1993 - April 4, 1994)

Tatsumi Fujinami
15th Champion
(June 4, 1994 -
May 1, 1994)

Shinya Hashimoto
16th Champion
(May 1, 1994 -
May 3, 1995)

Keiji Mutoh
17th Champion
(May 3, 1995 -
January 4, 1996)

Nobuhiko Takada
18th Champion
(January 4, 1996-
April 29, 1996)

Shinya Hashimoto
19th Champion
(April 29, 1996 - August 31, 1997)

Tatsumi Fujinami
21st Champion
(June 4, 1998-
August 8, 1998)

Masahiro Chono
22nd Champion
(August 8, 1998-
September 21, 1998)

Scott Norton
23rd Champion
(September 23, 1998-
January 4, 1999)

Keiji Mutoh
24th Champion
(January 4, 1999-
December 10, 1999)

Genichiro Tenryu
25th Champion
(December 10, 1999-
January 4, 2000)

Scott Norton
28th Champion
(March 17, 2001-
April 9, 2001)

Kazuyuki Fujita
29th Champion
(April 9, 2001 - January 4, 2002)

Tadao Yasuda
30th Champion
(February 16, 2002-
April 5, 2002)

Yuji Nagata
31st Champion
(April 5, 2002 - May 2, 2003)

Yoshihiro Takayama
32nd Champion
(May 2, 2003 - November 3, 2003)

Hiroyoshi Tenzan
33rd Champion
(November 3, 2003 - December 9, 2003)

Shinsuke Nakamura
34th Champion
(December 9, 2003 - February 5, 2004)

Hiroyoshi Tenzan
35th Champion
(February 15, 2004 - March 12, 2004)

Bob Sapp
37th Champion
(March 28, 2004-
June 2, 2004)

Kazuyuki Fujita
38th Champion
(June 5, 2004 - October 9, 2004)

Satoshi Kojima
41st Champion
(February 20, 2005 - May 14, 2005)

Kazuyuki Fujita
43rd Champion
(July 18, 2005 - October 8, 2005)

Brock Lesnar
44th Champion
(October 8, 2005 - June 15, 2006)

Hiroshi Tanahashi
45th Champion
(July 17, 2006 - April 13, 2007)

Yuji Nagata
46th Champion
(April 13, 2007 - October 8, 2007)

Hiroshi Tanahashi
47th Champion
(October 8, 2007 - January 4, 2008)

Shinsuke Nakamura
48th Champion
(January 4, 2008 - April 27, 2008)

Keiji Mutoh
49th Champion
(April 27, 2008-
January 4, 2009)

Hiroshi Tanahashi
50th Champion
(January 4, 2009 - May 6, 2009)

Manabu Nakanishi
51st Champion
(May 6, 2009 - June 20, 2009)

Hiroshi Tanahashi
52nd Champion
(June 20, 2009 - August 17, 2009)

Shinsuke Nakamura
53rd Champion
(August 17, 2009 - May 3, 2010)

Togi Makabe
54th Champion
(May 3, 2010 - October 11, 2010)

Satoshi Kojima
55th Champion
(October 11, 2010 - January 4, 2011)

Hiroshi Tanahashi
56th Champion
(January 4, 2011 - February 12, 2012)

Kazuchika Okada
57th Champion
(February 12, 2012 - June 16, 2012)

Hiroshi Tanahashi
58th Champion
(June 16, 2012 - April 7, 2013)

Kazuchika Okada
59th Champion
(April 7, 2013 - May 3, 2014)

A.J. Styles
60th Champion
(May 3, 2014 - October 13, 2014)

Hiroshi Tanahashi
61st Champion
(October 13, 2014 - February 11, 2015)

A.J. Styles
62nd Champion
(February 11, 2015 - July 5, 2015)

Kazuchika Okada
63rd Champion
(July 5, 2015 - April 10, 2016)

Tetsuya Naitō
64th Champion
(April 10, 2016 - June 19, 2016)

Kazuchika Okada
65th Champion
(June 19, 2016 - June 9, 2018)

Kenny Omega
66th Champion
(June 9, 2018 - January 4, 2019)

Hiroshi Tanahashi
67th Champion
(January 4, 2019 - February 11, 2019)

Jay White
68th Champion
(February 11, 2019 - April 6, 2019

Kazuchika Okada
69th Champion
(April 6, 2019 - January 5, 2020)

Tetsuya Naitō
70th Champion
(January 5, 2020 - July 12, 2020)

EVIL
71st Champion
(July 12, 2020 - August 29, 2020)

Tetsuya Naitō
72nd Champion
(August 29, 2020 - January 4, 2021)

Kota Ibushi
73rd Champion
(January 4, 2021 - March 4, 2021)