Following the name of the champion(s): Indicates the number of times the wrestler has held that title at that point.
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Title was held or changed hands no later than this. In these cases, it is known that a wrestler held the title at a certain time but not when he/she won it.
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Broadcast date; the actual recording date is unknown.
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Order uncertain. Different titleholders may be known for the same year, for example, but it is not known who held the title before whom.
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Unofficial or disputable claims. These are usually matches that certainly took place, but where there is doubt that the wrestler shown should be recognized as a true title holder. These listings are also italicized in HTML files
International Junior Heavyweight Title
(as of 2025-01-01)
Leonardo Spanky
2002-06-29
Sapporo
Defeats Smelly to become the first champion.
Low Ki
2002-09-16
Tōkyō
Sakata Wataru
2003-08-31
Gifu
Vacates on 04-04-12 to enter the Tenka-ichi Junior Heavyweight League.
Takaiwa Tatsuhito
2004-05-16
Tōkyō
Defeats Tony Stradlin; ZERO-ONE leaves NWA on 04-10-31.
Super Crazy
2004-12-18
Chiba
Recognized also by AWA after 05-02-28.
Hidaka Ikuto
2005-04-14
Tōkyō
Sugawara Takuya
2006-02-26
Tōkyō
Takaiwa Tatsuhito [2]
2006-07-27
Ōsaka
Vacates on the same day.
Hidaka Ikuto [2]
2007-12-15
Defeats Dick Tōgō for AWA World Title on 07-10-26 in Tōkyō; renamed International Title on 07-12-15 after ZERO1-Max leaves AWA.
Mochizuki Masaaki
2008-01-23
Tōkyō
Hidaka Ikuto [3]
2008-06-26
Tōkyō
Sonjay Dutt
2009-03-15
Tōkyō
Hidaka Ikuto [3]
2009-11-29
Tōkyō
Defeats Prince Devitt in the Tenka-ichi Junior Heavyweight final; Devitt has defeated Dutt in the semi-final.
Sugawara Takuya [2]
2011-05-23
Tōkyō
Also wins NWA World Title, defeating Kikuchi Tsuyoshi on 12-03-02 in Tōkyō; from this point, both titles are defended simultaneously.
Jonathan Gresham
2013-05-04
Tōkyō
HUB
2013-09-16
Tōkyō
Defeats Fujita Mineo in the final of 15-man "Tenka-ichi Junior Heavyweight Tournament" to win both titles; Gresham, who has agreed to award the titles to the tournament winner, loses in the 2nd round.
Jason Lee
2014-03-09
Tōkyō
Fujita Mineo
2014-09-19
Tōkyō
Sugawara Takuya [3]
2014-11-03
Kumamoto
Jason Lee [2]
2014-12-28
HKG
Tanaka Minoru
2015-03-01
Tōkyō
Ōtani Shinjirō
2015-10-11
Tōkyō
Suzuki Kotarō
2017-02-03
Tōkyō
Sean Guinness
2017-10-26
Tōkyō
Kodaka Isami
2018-03-04
Tōkyō
Vacates in 18-10 due to injury.
SUGI
2018-11-24
Tōkyō
Defeats HAYATA in the final of "Tenka-ichi Junior Heavyweight Tournament".
HUB [2]
2020-01-01
Tōkyō
Kitamura Shōki
2020-09-04
Tōkyō
El Lindaman
2020-11-01
Tōkyō
Stripped on 21-09-07 when ZERO1 terminates its working agreement with GLEAT to which Lindaman belongs.
Abe Fuminori
2021-09-09
Tōkyō
Defeats Kitamura Shōki in the final of "Tenka-ichi Junior Heavyweight Tournament".
