Tuesday, February 28, 2017

Japanese Championships: One Year Champions

When preparing the article I decided to go with what I consider the three top promotions in Japan.



IWGP: International Wrestling Grand Prix Heavyweight Championship

Big Van Vader
August 10, 1989 - August 19, 1990 374 Days defeated for and defeated by Riki Choshu

The Great Muta
August 16, 1992 - September 20, 1993 400 Days defeated Riki Choshu defeated by Shinya Hashimoto

Shinya Hashimoto
May 1, 1994 - May 3, 1995 367 Days defeated Tatsumi Fujinami defeated by Keiji Mutoh


April 29, 1996 - August 31, 1997 489 Days defeated Nobuhiko Takada defeated by Kensuke Sasaki

Yuji Nagata
April 5, 2002 - May 2, 2003 392 Days defeated Tadao Yasuda defeated by Yoshihiro Takayama

Hiroshi Tanahashi
January 4, 2011 - February 12, 2012 404 Days defeated Satoshi Kojima defeated by Kazuchika Okada

Kazuchika Okada
April 7, 2013 - May 3, 2014 391 Days defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated by AJ Styles

IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship

Jushin Thunder Liger
January 4, 1993 - September 24, 1994 628 Days defeated Ultimo Dragon vacated title due to injury


February 7, 1998 - March 17, 1999 403 Days defeated Shinjiro Otani defeated by Koji Kanemoto

Heat aka Minoru Tanaka
December 14, 2003 - January 4, 2005 387 Days defeated Jado defeated by Tiger Mask

Prince Devitt
November 11, 2012 - January 4, 2014 419 Days defeated Low Ki defeated by Kota Ibushi

IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Championships

Tencozy: Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima
July 20, 2000 - September 23, 2001 430 Days defeated Manabu Nakanishi & Yuji Nagata defeated by Osami Nishimura & Tatsumi Fujinami
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Cho-Ten: Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Mashahiro Chono
March 24, 2002 - June 13, 2003 446 Days won vacant titles defeated by Hiroshi Tanahashi & Yutaka Yoshie

Bad Intensions: Karl Anderson & Giant Bernard
June 19, 2010 - January 4, 2012 564 Days defeated Seigigun: Wataru Inoue & Yuji Nagata defeated by Tencozy: Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima


Bullet Club: Karl Anderson & Doc Gallows
January 4, 2014 - January 4, 2015 365 Days defeated KES: Davey Boy Smith Jr & Lance Archer defeated by Meiyu Tag: Hirooki Goto & Katsuyori Shibata


Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship

Jumbo Tsuruta
January 19, 1991 - January 28, 1992 374 Days defeated and was defeated by Stan Hansen

Mitsuharu Misawa
August 22, 1992 - July 28, 1994 705 Days defeated Stan Hansen defeated by "Dr. Death" Steve Williams


January 20, 1997 - May 1, 1998 466 Days defeated Kenta Kobashi defeated by Toshiaki Kawada

Toshiaki Kawada
September 6, 2003 - February 16, 2005 529 Days won vacant title defeated by Satoshi Kojima

Satoshi Kojima
February 16, 2005 - July 3, 2006 502 Days defeated Toshiaki Kawada defeated by Taiyo Kea

Suwama
August 29, 2010 - October 23, 2011 420 Days defeated Minoru Suzuki defeated by Jun Akiyama

Kento Miyahara
February 12, 2016 - current 377 Days won vacant title

World Tag Team Championship

Taiyo Kea & Minoru Suzuki
June 28, 2008 - January 3, 2010 554 Days defeated Joe Doering & Keiji Mutoh defeated by Masakatsu Funaki & Keiji Mutoh

World Junior Heavyweight Championship

Masanobu Fuchi
January 3, 1987 - January 20, 1989 748 Days defeated Kuniaki Kobayashi defeated by Joe Malenko


October 20, 1989 - May 21, 1993 1,309 Days defeated Joe Malenko defeated by Dan Kroffat

Dan Kroffat
July 12, 1994 - September 10, 1995 425 Days defeated Masanobu Fuchi defeated by Yoshinari Ogawaka

Yoshinari Ogawa
July 19, 1998 - June 16, 2000 698 Days won vacant title, vacated title defecting to Pro Wrestling Noah

Kendo Kashin
April 13, 2002 - February 12, 2004 won vacant title, title vacated due to inactivity

Shuji Kondo
October 22, 2005 - February 17, 2007 483 Days defeated Taka Michinoku defeated by Katsuhiko Nakajima

Katsuhiko Nakajima
February 17, 2007 - March 1, 2008 378 Days defeated Shuji Kondo defeated by Silver King


Kaz Hayashi
February 6, 2009 - January 2, 2011 695 Days defeated Naomichi Marufuji defeated by Minoru

All Asia Tag Team Championships

Rikidozan & Toyonobori
June 7, 1960 - February 3, 1962 606 Days defeated Dan Miller & Frank Valois, defeated by Luther Lindsay & Ricky Waldo

Toyonobori & Rikidozan
Giant Baba & Toyonobori
May 29, 1964 - June 3, 1965 370 Days defeated Caripus Hurricane & Gene Kiniski, defeated by The Destroyer & Billy Red Lyons

Antonio Inoki & Michiaki Yoshimura
October 30, 1969 - December 1, 1971 762 Days defeated Mr. Atomic & Buddy Austin, vacated when Inoki left the promotion

Seiji Sakaguchi & Michiaki Yoshimura
December 12, 1971 - January 30, 1973 415 Days won vacant championship, vacated when Yoshimaru retired

The Great Kojika & Motoshi Okuma
May 31, 1979 - May 23, 1981 723 Days won vacant championship, defeated by David & Kevin Von Erich

Takashi Ishikawa & Akio Sato
June 11, 1981 - January 1, 1983 569 Days defeated David & Kevin Von Erich, vacated when Sato was injured

Tsuyoshi Kikuchi & Kenta Kobashi
May 25, 1992 - June 2, 1993 373 Days defeated Doug Furnas & Dan Kroffat, defeated by The Eagle & The Patriot

Doug Furnas & Dan Kroffat
September 9, 1993 - December 5, 1994 451 Days defeated The Eagle & The Patriot, vacated championships

Jun Akiyama & Takao Omori
Jun Akiyama & Takao Omori
January 29, 1995 - January 9, 1998 1,076 Days defeated Fantastics: Tommy Rogers & Bobby Fulton in tournament final for vacant titles defeated by Wolf Hawkfield & Johnny Smith

Arashi & Nobutaka Araya
April 13, 2002 - June 20, 2003 433 Days won vacant championships, vacated titles when Arashi won the World Tag Team Championships with Keiji Mutoh

Katsuhiko Nakajima & Kensuke Sasaki
July 26, 2005 - October 29, 2006 460 Days defeated Shuji Kondo & "brother" YASSHI, vacated when Sasaki was injured


GHC: Global Honored Crown Heavyweight Championship

Kenta Kobashi
March 1, 2003 - March 5, 2003 735 Days defeated Mitsuharu Misawa defeated by Takeshi Rikio


Mitsuharu Misawa
December 10, 2006 - March 2, 2008 448 Days defeated defeated Naomichi Marufuji defeated by Takeshi Morishima

Takashi Sugiura
December 6, 2009 - July 10, 2011 581 Days defeated for and defeated by Go Shiozaki

Takeshi Morishima
January 22, 2012 - January 27, 2013 371 Days defeated Go Shiozaki defeated by KENTA

GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship

Yoshinobu Kanemaru
July 10, 2004 - July 18, 2005 373 Days defeated Jushin Thunder Liger defeated by KENTA

Yoshinobu Kanemaru
October 31, 2009 - December 5, 2010 400 Days won vacant championship defeated by Kotaro Suzuki

Taiji Ishimori
January 27, 2013 - March 8, 2014 405 Days defeated Shuji Kondo defeated by Daisuke Harada

GHC Tag Team Championships

Mitsuharu Misawa & Yoshinari Ogawa
January 10, 2004 - January 23, 2005 379 Days defeated Yuji Nagata & Hiroshi Tanahashi, defeated by 2 Cold Scorpio & Doug Williams

Akitoshi Saito & Bison Smith
May 23, 2008 - September 21, 2009 486 Days defeated Team Ikko: Naomichi Marufuji & Takashi Sugiura defeated by Kensuke Sasaki & Takeshi Morishima


Killer Elite Squad: Davey Boy Smith & Lance Archer
February 11, 2015 - May 28, 2016 472 Days defeated TMDK: Mikey Nicholls & Shane Haste, defeated by Naomichi Marufuji & Toru Yano

GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championships

KENTA & Naomichi Marufuji
July 16, 2003 - June 5, 2005 690 Days inaugural champions defeated by Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Takashi Sugiura 

Yoshinobu Kanemura & Kotaro Suzuki
July 13, 2008 - January 17, 2010 553 Days defeated Taiji Ishimori & KENA, vacated due to Suzuki injury

No One Year Champions

New Japan Pro Wrestling

IWGP Intercontinental Championship

IWGP Junior Tag Team Championships

Katsuyori Shibata 3 time Never Openweight Champion
NEVER Openweight Championship

NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Champions

All Japan Pro Wrestling

Gaora Television Championship

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