Independent World Junior Heavyweight Championship

Template:Infobox pro wrestling championship The 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 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.

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
1	Template:Sortname	3	27	Template:Sort
2	Template:Sortname	2	13	555
3	Template:Sortname †	1	14	+
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
	Template:Sortname	1	5	87
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 Footnotes See also AWA World Light Heavyweight Championship (predecessor, 1989–1992) Dramatic Dream Team Professional wrestling in Japan References External links Independent World Junior Heavyweight Championship