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{{Infobox pro wrestling championship
| name           = Independent World Junior Heavyweight Championship
| image          = Independent_World_Junior_Heavyweight_Championship.jpg
| image_size     = 
| alt            = 
| caption        = Current belt design
| currentholder  = [[Hikaru Sato]]
| won            = December 27, 2023
| vacated        = 
| aired          = 
| created        = October 28, 1993
| promotion      = {{Unbulleted list|[[Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling|FMW]] (1993&ndash;1999)|[[Battlarts]] (1999&ndash;2001)|[[Michinoku Pro Wrestling|MPW]] (2002)|[[Kaientai Dojo|K-Dojo]] (2008&ndash;2010; 2011&ndash;2017)|[[Osaka Pro Wrestling|OPW]] (2010&ndash;2011)|[[DDT Pro-Wrestling|DDT]] (2017&ndash;2021)|[[Professional Wrestling Just Tap Out|JTO]] (2021&ndash;2023)|Dove (2023)}}
| firstchamp     = [[The Great Sasuke]]
| mostreigns     = [[Taka Michinoku]] and [[Atsushi Maruyama]] (3 reigns)
| longestreign   = [[Shiori Asahi]] (503 days)
| shortestreign  = [[Yasu Urano]] (<1 day)
| oldest         = [[Yasu Urano]] ({{age in years and days|1976|02|19|2023|05|31}})
| youngest       = <!-- ({{Age in years and days|date 1|date 2}}) -->
| heaviest       = [[Hideki Hosaka]] ({{Convert|253|lb|kg|abbr=on}})
| lightest       = [[Asuka (wrestler, born 1998)|Asuka]] ({{Convert|147|lb|kg|abbr=on}})
| pastnames      = FMW Junior Heavyweight Championship
}}
The {{nihongo|'''Independent World Junior Heavyweight Championship'''|インディペンデントワールド世界ジュニアヘビー級王座|Indipendento Wārudo Sekai Junia Hebī-kyū Ōza|lead=yes}} is a [[professional wrestling]] [[Championship (professional wrestling)|championship]] that is being defended in various independent promotions in [[Japan]]. The title was originally created in 1993 by [[Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling]].

There have been a total of 47 reigns spread over three lineages and shared among 33 different wrestlers. The current champion is [[Hikaru Sato]] who is in his first reign.

==History==
The title was created in 1993 by [[Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling]] (FMW) and it stayed with FMW from its inception to mid-1999, when FMW retired it. In 1998, the title was renamed {{nihongo|'''FMW Junior Heavyweight Championship'''|FMW認定ジュニアヘビー級王座|FMW-nintei Junia Hebī-kyū Ōza}} with the launch of the FMW Unified Organization. It was considered a different title with a new lineage.

On May 31, 1999, [[Kodo Fuyuki]] became the FMW commissioner and withdrew the recognition of the title following the introduction of the [[WEW Heavyweight Championship|WEW Single Championship]] which he awarded to himself on September 24. [[Yuhi Sano]] was then recognized as the first '''Independent World Junior Heavyweight Champion''', in continuation of his FMW Junior Heavyweight Championship reign, thus starting a third lineage. Since then, the title has been defended in various Japanese promotions including [[Big Japan Wrestling]], [[DDT Pro-Wrestling]], [[Kaientai Dojo]], [[DDT Pro-Wrestling|Union Pro Wrestling]], [[Osaka Pro Wrestling]] and [[Michinoku Pro Wrestling]].

Despite FMW no longer recognizing the title, the original championship belt—still bearing the 'FMW' name—continues to be used. In May 2010, a new belt was created when [[Tarzan Goto]]'s Super FMW promotion briefly revived the FMW Independent World Junior Heavyweight Championship to crown its final champion.

==Reigns==
===Original Independent World Junior Heavyweight Championship===
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{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|number   = 1
|champion = [[The Great Sasuke]]
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|October 28, 1993}}
|days     = {{sort|338|{{efn|name=Sasuke|The date of at least one of the title changes in this reign is uncertain, which means that the reign lasted between 338 and 368 days.}}}}
|location = [[Tokyo, Japan]]
|event    = Kankuran!
|defenses = 5
|notes    = Defeated Battle Ranger Z to become the inaugural champion.
|ref      = <ref name=Old>{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/fmw/ind-j.html|title="Independent World" World Junior Heavyweight Title [FMW] (Japan)|work=Wrestling-Titles.com|access-date=November 9, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.purolove.com/misc/fmw/results/93kankuran.php|title=Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling - "KANKURAN!"|work=PuroLove.com|access-date=August 23, 2021|language=de}}</ref>
}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|number   = 1.5
|type     = vacated
|date     = {{dts|October 1994}}
|defenses = yes
|notes    = Sasuke vacated the title to concentrate on a [[Deathmatch wrestling|death match]] against [[Atsushi Onita]].
|ref      = <ref name=Old />
}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|number   = 2
|champion = [[Ricky Fuji]]
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|December 20, 1994}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|December 20, 1994|February 6, 1995}}
|location = [[Nagoya, Japan]]
|event    = FMW vs. W*ING Alliance Full War in Nagoya
|defenses = 1
|notes    = Defeated [[The Great Sasuke]] to win the vacant title.
|ref      = <ref name=Old /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.purolove.com/misc/fmw/results/results94.php|title=Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling Results: 1994 (unvollständig)|work=PuroLove.com|access-date=August 23, 2021|language=de}}</ref>
}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|number   = 3
|champion = [[Hideki Hosaka]]
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|February 6, 1995}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|February 6, 1995|March 30, 1995}}
|location = [[Okazaki, Aichi|Okazaki, Japan]]
|event    = [[Atsushi Onita|Japan Nationwide Atsushi Onita Memorial Retirement Tour Last Fight – Final Chapter – February Series]]
|defenses = 1
|notes    = 
|ref      = <ref name=Old /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.purolove.com/misc/fmw/results/95februaryseries.php|title=Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling - "JAPAN NATIONWIDE ATSUSHI ONITA MEMORIAL RETIREMENT TOUR LAST FIGHT ~ FINAL CHAPTER ~ FEBRUARY SERIES"|work=PuroLove.com|access-date=August 23, 2021|language=de}}</ref>
}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|number   = 4
|champion = [[Koji Nakagawa]]
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|March 30, 1995}}
|days     = {{sort|1|{{efn|name=Nakagawa|The date of at least one of the title changes in this reign is uncertain, which means that the reign lasted between 1 and 235 days.}}}}
|location = [[Yokohama, Kanagawa|Yokohama, Japan]]
|event    = [[Atsushi Onita|Japan Nationwide Atsushi Onita Memorial Retirement Tour Last Fight – Final Chapter – March Series]]
|defenses = 0
|notes    = 
|ref      = <ref name=Old /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.purolove.com/misc/fmw/results/95marchseries.php|title=Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling - "JAPAN NATIONWIDE ATSUSHI ONITA MEMORIAL RETIREMENT TOUR LAST FIGHT ~ FINAL CHAPTER ~ MARCH SERIES"|work=PuroLove.com|access-date=August 23, 2021|language=de}}</ref>
}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|number   = 4.5
|type     = vacated
|date     = {{dts|1995}}
|defenses = yes
|notes    = Vacated due to unknown circumstances.
|ref      = <ref name=Old />
}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|number   = 5
|champion = [[Koji Nakagawa]]
|reign    = 2
|date     = {{dts|November 20, 1995}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|November 20, 1995|May 5, 1996}}
|location = [[Fukuoka, Japan]]
|event    = Scramble Survivor
|defenses = 1
|notes    = Defeated [[Ricky Fuji]] to win the vacant title.
|ref      = <ref name=Old /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.purolove.com/misc/fmw/results/95scramble.php|title=Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling - "SCRAMBLE SURVIVOR 1995""|work=PuroLove.com|access-date=August 23, 2021|language=de}}</ref>
}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|number   = 6
|champion = [[Taka Michinoku]]
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|May 5, 1996}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|May 5, 1996|June 29, 1997}}
|location = [[Kawasaki, Japan]]
|event    = [[FMW 7th Anniversary Show]]
|defenses = 10
|notes    = 
|ref      = <ref name=Old />
}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|number   = 7
|champion = [[El Satánico]]
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|June 29, 1997}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|June 29, 1997|August 25, 1997}}
|location = [[Mexico City]]
|event    = ''[[Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre|CMLL Domingos de Coliseo]]''
|defenses = 0
|notes    = This was a [[best two-out-of-three falls match]] held at a [[Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre]] [[house show]].
|ref      = <ref name=Old /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=78556|title=CMLL Domingos De Coliseo|first=Philip|last=Kreikenbohm|work=Cagematch.com|access-date=August 23, 2021}}</ref>
}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|number   = 8
|champion = [[Taka Michinoku]]
|reign    = 2
|date     = {{dts|August 25, 1997}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|August 25, 1997|December 18, 1997}}
|location = [[Puebla, Puebla|Puebla, Mexico]]
|event    = [[House show|Live event]]
|defenses = 1
|notes    = 
|ref      = <ref name=Old />
}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|number   = 8.5
|type     = vacated
|date     = {{dts|December 18, 1997}}
|defenses = yes
|notes    = Taka Michinoku vacated the title right after defending against [[Shoichi Funaki]].
|ref      = <ref name=Old />
}}
{{BundleEnd}}

===FMW Junior Heavyweight Championship===
{{Professional wrestling title history top|active=no|defenses=yes}}
{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|number   = 1
|champion = [[Minoru Tanaka (wrestler)|Minoru Tanaka]]
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|May 5, 1999}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|May 5, 1999|May 14, 1999}}
|location = [[Yokohama, Japan]]
|event    = FMW Strongest Tag League
|defenses = 0
|notes    = Defeated [[Ricky Fuji]] to win the vacant title.
|ref      = <ref name=FMWCertified>{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/fmw/fmw-j.html|title=FMW Junior Heavyweight Title (Japan)|work=Wrestling-Titles.com|access-date=November 9, 2019}}</ref>
}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|number   = 2
|champion = [[Yuhi Sano]]
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|May 14, 1999}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|May 14, 1999|May 31, 1999}}{{efn|name=Sano|Sano's two separate reigns are generally being counted as one 261 days reign.}}
|location = [[Sapporo, Japan]]
|event    = [[Battlarts]] [[House show|Live event]]
|defenses = 2
|notes    = FMW no longer recognized the title after May 31, 1999, and continued to be defended in the [[Battlarts]] promotion.
|ref      = <ref name=FMWCertified />
}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|number   = 2.5
|type     = deactivated
|date     = {{dts|May 31, 1999}}
|defenses = yes
|notes    = [[Kodo Fuyuki]] becomes the FMW commissioner and withdraws the recognition of the title.
|ref      = <ref name=FMWCertified />
}}
{{BundleEnd}}

===New Independent World Junior Heavyweight Championship===
{{Professional wrestling title history top|active=yes|defenses=yes}}
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|number = 0.5
|type   = promotion
|name   = [[Battlarts]]
}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|number   = 1
|champion = [[Yuhi Sano]]
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|May 31, 1999}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|May 31, 1999|January 30, 2000}}{{efn|name=Sano}}
|location = [[Sapporo, Japan]]
|event    = [[House show|Live event]]
|defenses = 3
|notes    = Battlarts recognizes Sano's reign as beginning on May 14, 1999, when he won the FMW Junior Heavyweight Championship.
|ref      = <ref name=New>{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/kd/ind-world-j.html|title=Independent World Junior Heavyweight Title (Japan)|work=Wrestling-Titles.com|access-date=November 9, 2019}}</ref>
}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|number   = 2
|champion = [[Minoru Tanaka (wrestler)|Minoru Tanaka]]
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|January 30, 2000}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|January 30, 2000|May 11, 2000}}
|location = [[Tokyo, Japan]]
|event    = [[House show|Live event]]
|defenses = 2
|notes    = 
|ref      = <ref name=New />
}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|number   = 3
|champion = [[Katsumi Usuda]]
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|May 11, 2000}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|May 11, 2000|June 18, 2000}}
|location = [[Tokyo, Japan]]
|event    = [[House show|Live event]]
|defenses = 0
|notes    = 
|ref      = <ref name=New />
}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|number   = 4
|champion = Naoyuki Taira
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|June 18, 2000}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|June 18, 2000|November 26, 2000}}
|location = [[Tokyo, Japan]]
|event    = [[House show|Live event]]
|defenses = 3
|notes    = 
|ref      = <ref name=New />
}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|number   = 5
|champion = [[Katsumi Usuda]]
|reign    = 2
|date     = {{dts|November 26, 2000}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|November 26, 2000|December 4, 2001}}
|location = [[Tokyo, Japan]]
|event    = [[House show|Live event]]
|defenses = 5
|notes    = 
|ref      = <ref name=New />
}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|number   = 5.5
|type     = vacated
|date     = {{dts|December 4, 2001}}
|defenses = yes
|notes    = Vacated after [[Battlarts]] became inactive.
|ref      = <ref name=New />
}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|number = 5.6
|type   = promotion
|name   = [[Michinoku Pro Wrestling]] (MPW)
}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|number   = 6
|champion = [[Ikuto Hidaka]]
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|February 17, 2002}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|February 17, 2002|May 15, 2002}}
|location = [[Yokohama, Japan]]
|event    = [[House show|Live event]]
|defenses = 1
|notes    = Defeated [[Kazuya Yuasa]] in a tournament final to win the vacant title.
|ref      = <ref name=New />
}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|number   = 6.5
|type     = deactivated
|date     = {{dts|May 15, 2002}}
|defenses = yes
|notes    = Retired due to [[FMW]] closing.
|ref      = <ref name=New />
}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|number = 6.6
|type   = promotion
|name   = [[Independent circuit|Various indies]]
}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|number   = 7
|champion = [[Kota Ibushi]]
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|August 26, 2007}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|August 26, 2007|August 9, 2008}}
|location = [[Tokyo, Japan]]
|event    = Pro-Wrestling Summit In Ariake
|defenses = 7
|notes    = Defeated [[Madoka (wrestler)|Madoka]] to revive the title.
|ref      = <ref name=New />
}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|number = 7.5
|type   = promotion
|name   = [[Kaientai Dojo]] (K-Dojo)
}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|number   = 8
|champion = [[Madoka (wrestler)|Madoka]]
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|August 9, 2008}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|August 9, 2008|September 14, 2008}}
|location = [[Chiba (city)|Chiba, Japan]]
|event    = Super Big Show Chiba Hakkenden
|defenses = 0
|notes    = 
|ref      = <ref name=New />
}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|number   = 9
|champion = [[Makoto Oishi]]
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|September 14, 2008}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|September 14, 2008|September 23, 2009}}
|location = [[Tokyo, Japan]]
|event    = Club-K Super Downtown 2008
|defenses = 7
|notes    = 
|ref      = <ref name=New />
}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|number   = 10
|champion = [[Gentaro (wrestler)|Gentaro]]
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|September 23, 2009}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|September 23, 2009|April 2, 2010}}
|location = [[Chiba (city)|Chiba, Japan]]
|event    = Club-K Super Downtown 2009
|defenses = 6
|notes    = 
|ref      = <ref name=New />
}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|number   = 11
|champion = [[Psycho (wrestler)|Marines Mask {{small|(II)}}]]
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|April 2, 2010}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|April 2, 2010|September 9, 2010}}
|location = [[Tokyo, Japan]]
|event    = Club-K Super Evolution 8
|defenses = 2
|notes    = 
|ref      = <ref name=New />
}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|number   = 12
|champion = [[Atsushi Maruyama|Tigers Mask]]
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|September 9, 2010}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|September 9, 2010|September 26, 2010}}
|location = [[Tokyo, Japan]]
|event    = Club-K Shinkiba #4
|defenses = 0
|notes    = 
|ref      = <ref name=New />
}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|number = 12.5
|type   = promotion
|name   = [[Osaka Pro Wrestling]] (OPW)
}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|number   = 13
|champion = [[Miyawaki (wrestler)|Orochi]]
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|September 26, 2010}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|September 26, 2010|November 13, 2010}}
|location = [[Osaka, Japan]]
|event    = Osaka Pro Sumire September Series
|defenses = 1
|notes    = 
|ref      = <ref name=New />
}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|number   = 14
|champion = [[Atsushi Maruyama|Tigers Mask]]
|reign    = 2
|date     = {{dts|November 13, 2010}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|November 13, 2010|June 18, 2011}}
|location = [[Osaka, Japan]]
|event    = Osaka Pro Fuyu Ga Hajimaru Yo Series
|defenses = 3
|notes    = 
|ref      = <ref name=New />
}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|number = 14.5
|type   = promotion
|name   = [[Kaientai Dojo]] (K-Dojo)
}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|number   = 15
|champion = [[Daigoro Kashiwa]]
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|June 18, 2011}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|June 18, 2011|November 6, 2011}}
|location = [[Tokyo, Japan]]
|event    = Club-K Super Take
|defenses = 4
|notes    = 
|ref      = <ref name=New />
}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|number   = 16
|champion = [[Hi69|Hiroki]]
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|November 6, 2011}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|November 6, 2011|January 26, 2013}}
|location = [[Tokyo, Japan]]
|event    = Club-K Super Joke 2011
|defenses = 15
|notes    = 
|ref      = <ref name=New />
}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|number   = 17
|champion = [[Ricky Fuji]]
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|January 26, 2013}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|January 26, 2013|April 14, 2013}}
|location = [[Chiba (city)|Chiba, Japan]]
|event    = Club-K 3000
|defenses = 1
|notes    = 
|ref      = <ref name=New />
}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|number   = 18
|champion = Hayato Nanjyo
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|April 14, 2013}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|April 14, 2013|May 11, 2013}}
|location = [[Tokyo, Japan]]
|event    = CLUB-K SUPER Evolution 11 - K-DOJO 11th Anniversary
|defenses = 0
|notes    = 
|ref      = <ref name=New />
}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|number   = 19
|champion = [[Taka Michinoku]]
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|May 11, 2013}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|May 11, 2013|September 6, 2014}}
|location = [[Osaka, Japan]]
|event    = Club-K Tour In Osaka
|defenses = 16
|notes    = This match was also for Taka Michinoku's [[UWA World Middleweight Championship]].
|ref      = <ref name=New />
}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|number   = 20
|champion = [[Atsushi Maruyama|Teppei]]
|reign    = 3
|date     = {{dts|September 6, 2014}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|September 6, 2014|February 22, 2015}}
|location = [[Chiba (city)|Chiba, Japan]]
|event    = Club-K 3000
|defenses = 2
|notes    = Formerly held the title under the name Tigers Mask and began working under the name Atsushi Maruyama during this reign.
|ref      = <ref name=New />
}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|number   = 21
|champion = [[Hi69]]
|reign    = 2
|date     = {{dts|February 22, 2015}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|February 22, 2015|April 12, 2015}}
|location = [[Osaka, Japan]]
|event    = Club-K Super In TKP Garden City
|defenses = 0
|notes    = Formerly held the title under the name Hiroki.
|ref      = <ref name=New />
}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|number   = 22
|champion = [[Isami Kodaka]]
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|April 12, 2015}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|April 12, 2015|November 1, 2015}}
|location = [[Tokyo, Japan]]
|event    = Club-K Super Evolution 13
|defenses = 8
|notes    = 
|ref      = <ref name=New />
}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|number   = 23
|champion = [[Shiori Asahi]]
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|November 1, 2015}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|November 1, 2015|March 18, 2017}}
|location = [[Tokyo, Japan]]
|event    = Club-K Super In Korakuen
|defenses = 11
|notes    = 
|ref      = <ref name=New /><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.k-dojo.co.jp/results/20151101kourakuen/ |title=CLUB-K SUPER in 後楽園ホール &#124; KAIENTAI DOJO |access-date=2015-11-01 |archive-date=2016-03-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304203823/http://www.k-dojo.co.jp/results/20151101kourakuen/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|number   = 24
|champion = [[Ken Ohka]]
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|March 18, 2017}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|March 18, 2017|September 24, 2017}}
|location = [[Chiba (city)|Chiba, Japan]]
|event    = Club-K Super In Blue Field
|defenses = 3
|notes    = 
|ref      = <ref name=New /><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.k-dojo.co.jp/results/20170318super/ |title=CLUB-K SUPER in Blue Field &#124; KAIENTAI DOJO |access-date=2017-03-18 |archive-date=2017-03-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170319111424/http://www.k-dojo.co.jp/results/20170318super/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|number = 24.5
|type   = promotion
|name   = [[DDT Pro-Wrestling]] (DDT)
}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|number   = 25
|champion = [[Daisuke Sasaki]]
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|September 24, 2017}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|September 24, 2017|December 20, 2017}}
|location = [[Tokyo, Japan]]
|event    = Who's Gonna Top? DDT Dramatic General Election 2017 - Last Request Special!
|defenses = 5
|notes    = This was a three-way match, where Sasaki defended the [[DDT Extreme Championship]] and [[Konosuke Takeshita]] defended the [[KO-D Openweight Championship]].
|ref      = <ref name=New /><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ddtpro.com/ddtpro/50784/|title = DDT ProWrestling}}</ref>
}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|number = 25.5
|type   = promotion
|name   = (DDT) [[DDT Pro-Wrestling]]: [[Ganbare☆Pro-Wrestling]] (GanPro)
}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|number   = 26
|champion = [[Ken Ohka]]
|reign    = 2
|date     = {{dts|December 20, 2017}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|December 20, 2017|April 28, 2018}}
|location = [[Tokyo, Japan]]
|event    = Burning'X'mas 2017
|defenses = 0
|notes    = 
|ref      = <ref name=New />
}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|number   = 27
|champion = [[Keisuke Ishii]]
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|April 28, 2018}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|April 28, 2018|January 6, 2019}}
|location = [[Tokyo, Japan]]
|event    = Dreaming I Was Dreaming 2018
|defenses = 6
|notes    = 
|ref      = <ref name=New />
}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|number   = 28
|champion = [[Shuichiro Katsumura]]
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|January 6, 2019}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|January 6, 2019|September 28, 2019}}
|location = [[Tokyo, Japan]]
|event    = Do It On Your Own Hands 2019
|defenses = 5
|notes    = 
|ref      = <ref name=New />
}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|number   = 29
|champion = [[Keisuke Ishii]]
|reign    = 2
|date     = {{dts|September 28, 2019}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|September 28, 2019|July 26, 2020}}
|location = [[Tokyo, Japan]]
|event    = I Do Not Need A Comic Magazine! 2019
|defenses = 7
|notes    = 
|ref      = <ref name=New />
}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|number   = 30
|champion = [[Madoka (wrestler)|Hagane Shinno]]
|reign    = 2
|date     = {{dts|July 26, 2020}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|July 26, 2020|August 22, 2020}}
|location = [[Tokyo, Japan]]
|event    = Killer Queen 2020
|defenses = 0
|notes    = Formerly held the title under the name Madoka.
|ref      = <ref name=New />
}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|number   = 31
|champion = [[Asuka (wrestler, born 1998)|Asuka]]
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|August 22, 2020}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|August 22, 2020|December 26, 2020}}
|location = [[Tokyo, Japan]]
|event    = Heaven's Door 2020
|defenses = 2
|notes    = 
|ref      = <ref name=New />
}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|number   = 32
|champion = [[Shota (wrestler)|Shota]]
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|December 26, 2020}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|December 26, 2020|January 15, 2021}}
|location = [[Tokyo, Japan]]
|event    = The World 2020
|defenses = 2
|notes    = 
|ref      = <ref name=New />
}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|number = 32.5
|type   = promotion
|name   = [[Professional Wrestling Just Tap Out]] (JTO)
}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|number   = 33
|champion = Arata
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|January 15, 2021}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|January 15, 2021|November 21, 2021}}
|location = [[Tokyo, Japan]]
|event    = JTO Hatsu 
|defenses = 5
|notes    = 
|ref      = <ref name=New />
}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|number   = 34
|champion = [[Naoki Tanizaki]]
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|November 21, 2021}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|November 21, 2021|February 18, 2023}}
|location = [[Osaka, Japan]]
|event    = JTO in Osaka
|defenses = 6
|notes    = 
|ref      = <ref>{{cite web|url=https://pwjto.com/2021/11/22/result/4016/|title=大会名：（株）村上製作所 プレゼンツ JUST TAP OUT in OSAKA|work=pwjto.com|author=[[Professional Wrestling Just Tap Out|Just Tap Out]]|language=Japanese|date=November 21, 2021|access-date=November 22, 2021}}</ref>
}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|number = 34.5
|type   = promotion
|name   = Dove Pro-Wrestling
}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|number   = 35
|champion = [[Oji Shiiba]]
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|February 18, 2023}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|February 18, 2023|May 31, 2023}}
|location = [[Kobe, Japan]]
|event    = [[House show|Live event]]
|defenses = 1
|notes    = 
|ref      = <ref>{{Cite web |last=Saalbach |first=Axel |title=DOVE @ Kobe |url=https://www.wrestlingdata.com/index.php?befehl=shows&show=571958 |access-date=March 10, 2023 |website=Wrestlingdata.com}}</ref>
}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|number   = 36
|champion = [[Yasu Urano]]
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|May 31, 2023}}
|days     = <1
|location = [[Tokyo, Japan]]
|event    = Indie Junior Festival: We Are All Alive 2
|defenses = 0
|notes    = 
|ref      = <ref name="IJF05312023">{{cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=368161|title=Indie Junior Festival ~ We Are All Alive 2|work=cagematch.net|first=Philip|last=Kreikenbohm|date=May 31, 2023|access-date=June 2, 2023}}</ref>
}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|number   = 37
|champion = [[Oji Shiiba]]
|reign    = 2
|date     = {{dts|May 31, 2023}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|May 31, 2023|August 30, 2023}}
|location = [[Tokyo, Japan]]
|event    = Indie Junior Festival: We Are All Alive 2
|defenses = 2
|notes    = 
|ref      = <ref name="IJF05312023"/>
}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|number   = 37.5
|type     = vacated
|date     = {{dts|August 30, 2023}}
|defenses = yes
|notes    = [[Oji Shiiba]] vacated the title when he went into a hiatus in order to treat his injured knee.
|ref      = <ref>{{Cite tweet|number=1696789565384872057|user=ojishiiba0714|title=I have decided to vacate the Independent World Junior belt as previously discussed.|first=Oji|last=Shiiba|author-link=Oji Shiiba|date=August 30, 2023|access-date=August 31, 2023|language=ja|script-title=ja:協議中でしたインディペンデントワールド世界ジュニアのベルトですが返上するかたちになりました。}}</ref>
}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|number = 37.6
|type   = promotion
|name   = [[Independent circuit|Various indies]]
}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|number   = 38
|champion = [[Hikaru Sato]]
|reign    = 1
|date     = {{dts|December 27, 2023}}
|days     = {{age in days nts|December 27, 2023}}+
|location = [[Tokyo, Japan]]
|event    = Taka Michinoku Produce Independent Junior Heavyweight Festival One-Day Tournament
|defenses = 14
|notes    = Defeated [[Kota Sekifuda]] in the finals of a [[Round-robin tournament|54-person tournament]] to win the vacant title.
|ref      = <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=383858|title=TAKA Michinoku Produce Independent Junior Heavyweight Festival One Day Tournament|work=cagematch.net|first=Philip|last=Kreikenbohm|date=December 27, 2023|access-date=December 27, 2023}}</ref>
}}
{{BundleEnd}}

==Combined reigns==
{{Multiple image
| total_width = 320
| image1      = Taka_Michinoku_2017.jpg
| image2      = 丸山敦2019.jpg
| footer      = [[Taka Michinoku]] (left) and [[Atsushi Maruyama]] (right) are both record three-time champions. Michinoku also holds the record for longest combined reign at 1,018 days.
}}
[[File:Shiori_Asahi.JPG|thumb|right|180px|[[Shiori Asahi]] holds the record for the longest individual reign at 503 days.]]
As of {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTDAY}}, {{CURRENTYEAR}}.
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!style="background-color:#FFE6BD"|†
|Indicates the current champion
|-
!style="background-color:#bbeeff"|¤
|The exact length of at least one title reign is uncertain, so the shortest possible length is used.
|}
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center"
!Rank{{Ref|3}} || Wrestler || No. of<br />reigns || Combined<br />defenses || Combined<br />days
|-
!1
|{{sortname|Taka|Michinoku}} || 3 || 27 || {{sort|1018|1,018}}
|-
!2
|{{sortname|Keisuke|Ishii}} || 2 || 13 || 555
|-
!3
|style="background-color:#FFE6BD"| {{sortname|Hikaru|Sato}} † || 1 || 14 || {{age in days|December 27, 2023}}+
|-
!4
|{{sortname|Shiori|Asahi}} || 1 || 11 || 503
|-
!5
|{{sort|Hiroki|[[Hi69|Hiroki/Hi69]]}} || 2 || 15 || 496
|-
!6
| {{sortname|Naoki|Tanizaki}} || 1 || 6 || 454
|-
!7
|{{sortname|Katsumi|Usuda}} || 2 || 5 || 411
|-
!8
|{{sort|Teppei|[[Tigers Mask|Tigers Mask/Teppei]]}} || 3 || 5 || 403
|-
!9
|{{sortname|Makoto|Oishi}} || 1 || 7 || 374
|-
!10
|{{sortname|Kota|Ibushi}} || 1 || 7 || 349
|-
!11
|{{sortname|The Great|Sasuke}} || 1 || 5 || style="background-color:#bbeeff"|{{sort|338|338¤}}
|-
!12
|{{sortname|Ken|Ohka}} || 2 || 3 || 319
|-
!13
| Arata || 1 || 5 || 310
|-
!14
|{{sortname|Shuichiro|Katsumura}} || 1 || 5 || 265
|-
!15
|{{sortname|Yuhi|Sano}} || 1 || 5 || 261
|-
!16
|{{sortname|Oji|Shiiba}} || 2 || 3 || 193
|-
!17
|{{sort||[[Gentaro (wrestler)|Gentaro]]}} || 1 || 6 || 191
|-
!18
|{{sortname|Koji|Nakagawa}} || 2 || 1 || style="background-color:#bbeeff"|{{sort|168|168¤}}
|-
!19
|{{sort||Naoyuki Taira}} || 1 || 3 || 161
|-
!20
|{{sort||[[Psycho (wrestler)|Marines Mask {{small|(II)}}]]}} || 1 || 2 || 160
|-
!21
|[[Daigoro Kashiwa]] || 1 || 4 || 141
|-
!rowspan=2|22
|{{sortname|Ricky|Fuji}} || 2 || 2 || 126
|-
|[[Asuka (wrestler, born 1998)|Asuka]] || 1 || 2 || 126
|-
!24
|{{sortname|Minoru|Tanaka|Minoru Tanaka (wrestler)}} || 2 || 2 || 111
|-
!rowspan=2|25
|{{sortname|Ikuto|Hidaka}} || 1 || 1 || 87
|-
|{{sortname|Daisuke|Sasaki}} || 1 || 5 || 87
|-
!27
|[[Madoka (wrestler)|Madoka/Hagane Shinno]] || 2 || 0 || 63
|-
!28
|{{sortname|El|Satánico}} || 1 || 0 || 57
|-
!29
|{{sortname|Hideki|Hosaka}} || 1 || 1 || 52
|-
!30
|{{sort||[[Miyawaki (wrestler)|Orochi]]}} || 1 || 1 || 48
|-
!31
|{{sort||Hayato Nanjyo}} || 1 || 0 || 27
|-
!32
| [[Shota (wrestler)|Shota]] || 1 || 2 || 20
|-
!33
| {{sortname|Yasu|Urano}} || 1 || 0 || {{sort|0|<1}}
{{BundleEnd}}

==Footnotes==
{{notelist}}

==See also==
{{Portal|Japan}}
*[[AWA World Light Heavyweight Championship]] (predecessor, 1989–1992)
*[[Dramatic Dream Team]]
*[[Professional wrestling in Japan]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://www.cagematch.net/?id=5&nr=221  Independent World Junior Heavyweight Championship]

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