Independent World Junior Heavyweight Championship

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Template:Infobox pro wrestling championship The Script error: No such module "Nihongo". is a 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 Script error: No such module "Nihongo". 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 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, 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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FMW Junior Heavyweight Championship

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New Independent World Junior Heavyweight Championship

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Combined reigns

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Shiori Asahi holds the record for the longest individual reign at 503 days.

As of December 24, 2025.

Indicates the current champion
¤ The exact length of at least one title reign is uncertain, so the shortest possible length is used.
Rank[1] Wrestler No. of
reigns
Combined
defenses
Combined
days
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2 Template:Sortname 2 13 555
3 Template:Sortname 1 14 Script error: No such module "age".+
4 Template:Sortname 1 11 503
5 Template:Sort 2 15 496
6 Template:Sortname 1 6 454
7 Template:Sortname 2 5 411
8 Template:Sort 3 5 403
9 Template:Sortname 1 7 374
10 Template:Sortname 1 7 349
11 Template:Sortname 1 5 Template:Sort
12 Template:Sortname 2 3 319
13 Arata 1 5 310
14 Template:Sortname 1 5 265
15 Template:Sortname 1 5 261
16 Template:Sortname 2 3 193
17 Template:Sort 1 6 191
18 Template:Sortname 2 1 Template:Sort
19 Template:Sort 1 3 161
20 Template:Sort 1 2 160
21 Daigoro Kashiwa 1 4 141
22 Template:Sortname 2 2 126
Asuka 1 2 126
24 Template:Sortname 2 2 111
25 Template:Sortname 1 1 87
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27 Madoka/Hagane Shinno 2 0 63
28 Template:Sortname 1 0 57
29 Template:Sortname 1 1 52
30 Template:Sort 1 1 48
31 Template:Sort 1 0 27
32 Shota 1 2 20
33 Template:Sortname 1 0 Template:Sort

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Footnotes

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See also

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References

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External links

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