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Champions
IWGP Heavyweight Championship
Current champion · 124 days
Yota Tsuji
since 14 Jun 2026
Total reigns
89
Champions
41
Most reigns
Hiroshi Tanahashi
8 reigns
Longest reign
Kazuchika Okada
720 days
Most days overall
Kazuchika Okada
2,043 days
Inaugural champion
Antonio Inoki
1987
Longest reigns
Kazuchika Okada720 days
Shinya Hashimoto489 days
Hiroshi Tanahashi404 days
The Great Muta400 days
Yuji Nagata392 days
Kazuchika Okada391 days
Recent champions
Yota Tsujiwon 14 Jun 2026
Callum Newmanwon 4 Apr 2026
Yota Tsujiwon 4 Jan 2026
Konosuke Takeshitawon 13 Oct 2025
Zack Sabre Jr.won 29 Jun 2025
Reign lengths are approximate, derived from win dates.