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Current NJPW Champions 2026

Every current NJPW champion across the IWGP heavyweight, junior heavyweight, tag team and women's divisions plus the NEVER titles, with full title histories for each. Founded in 1972 by Antonio Inoki and overseen by the IWGP banner, New Japan is the largest promotion in Japan and the global home of strong style, the annual G1 Climax, and a heavyweight lineage that traces back to the 1980s. Updated after every show.

IWGP Heavyweight Championship
Callum Newman
Champion since Apr 4, 2026 · 69 days
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IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship
Andrade El Ídolo
Champion since May 3, 2026 · 40 days
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IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship
DOUKI
Champion since Oct 6, 2025 · 249 days
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IWGP Tag Team Championship
Knock Out Brothers (Oskar & Yuto-Ice)
Champion since Sep 28, 2025 · 257 days
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IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship
El Desperado & Místico
Champion since May 4, 2026 · 39 days
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IWGP Women's Championship
Syuri
Champion since Oct 13, 2025 · 242 days
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NEVER Openweight Championship
Ren Narita
Champion since Feb 11, 2026 · 121 days
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NJPW World Television Championship
Konosuke Takeshita
Champion since Feb 27, 2026 · 105 days
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Strong Openweight Championship
Boltin Oleg
Champion since Feb 27, 2026 · 105 days
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Strong Openweight Tag Team Championship
Ángel de Oro & Niebla Roja
Champion since Nov 14, 2025 · 210 days
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Strong Women's Championship
Alex Windsor
Champion since Mar 8, 2026 · 96 days
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NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship
United Empire (Will Ospreay, Great-O-Khan & Henare)
Champion since May 4, 2026 · 39 days
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Former Championships

KOPW Championship
Final champion: Great-O-Khan
Retired on December 22, 2024, when Great-O-Khan, after retaining via a draw with Taichi, was recognized as the official 2024 champion and the title was discontinued.
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IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship
Final champion: Will Ospreay
Deactivated on December 11, 2023 and replaced by the IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship, which does not share its lineage. Will Ospreay was the final champion; he had rebranded the belt as the IWGP United Kingdom Heavyweight Championship in August 2023.
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IWGP Intercontinental Championship
Final champion: Yota Tsuji
Physically retired on March 4, 2021 when it was unified with the IWGP Heavyweight Championship to form the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship, and officially retired on January 6, 2026 when Yota Tsuji deactivated the World Heavyweight title. NJPW retroactively recognized every IWGP World Heavyweight Championship reign from 2021 to 2026 as part of this title's lineage, so those reigns are included here and were simultaneously the IWGP Heavyweight Championship.
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