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 FMW Junior Heavyweight Championship (FMW認定ジュニアヘビー級王座, FMW-nintei Junia Hebī-kyū Ōza) with the launch of the FMW Unified Organization. It was considered a different title with a new lineage.
Even with the belt being dropped by FMW, the original title belt is still used, which bears the "FMW" name on it. In May 2010, a new championship belt was made, as Tarzan Goto's Super FMW promotion briefly revived the FMW Independent World Junior Heavyweight Championship to determine its final champion.
Reigns
Original Independent World Junior Heavyweight Championship
FMW Junior Heavyweight Championship
New Independent World Junior Heavyweight Championship
Combined reigns
Taka Michinoku (left) and Atsushi Maruyama (right) are both record three-time champions. Michinoku also holds the record for longest combined reign at 1,018 days.
As of September 21, 2024.
Footnotes
^The date of at least one of the title changes in this reign is uncertain, which means that the reign lasted between 338 and 368 days.
^The date of at least one of the title changes in this reign is uncertain, which means that the reign lasted between 1 and 235 days.
^ a bSano's two separate reigns are generally being counted as one 261 days reign.
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