List of Current NJPW Champions in 2023
NJPW has a total of 13 championships in circulation. The main titles in NJPW are accredited by IWGP – World Championship, Women’s Championship US title, tag team titles, junior heavyweight title and junior heavyweight tag team titles. NJPW’s NEVER division has two title in NEVER Openweight title and NEVER 6-Man Championship. NJPW Strong, promotion’s US arm, has its seperate men’s openweight title, women’s title and men’s tag team titles. Check below to find out who is holding all these championships.
IWGP World Heavyweight Championship – SANADA
- Date Won: April 8, 2023
- Event: NJPW Sakura Genesis 2023
- Match: vs Kazuchika Okada
- Reign No: 1
- Days Held: 240+
IWGP Women’s Championship – Mayu Itawani
- Date Won: Apri 23, 2023
- Event: Stardom Allstar Grand Queendom 2023
- Match: vs Mercedes Mone
- Reign No: 1
- Days Held: 225+
IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship- Will Ospreay
- Date Won: June 25, 2023
- Event: Forbidden Door
- Match: vs Kenny Omega
- Reign No: 2
- Days Held: 162+
NEVER Openweight Championship – Shingo Takagi
- Date Won: October 28, 2023
- Event: NJPW Fighting Spirit Unleashed
- Match: vs Tama Tonga
- Reign No: 1
- Days Held: 38+
NJPW Strong Openweight Championship – Eddie Kingston
- Date Won: July 5, 2023
- Event: NJPW Strong Independence Day 2023 Night 2
- Match: vs KENTA
- Reign No: 1
- Days Held: 152+
NJPW World Television Championship – Zack Sabre Jr.
- Date Won: January 4, 2023
- Event: NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 17
- Match: vs Ren Narita
- Reign No: 1
- Days Held: 354+
- Note: Zack Sabre Jr. became the first NJPW World Television Champion at Wrestle Kingdom 17 after defeating Ren Narita.
IWGP Tag Team Championship – Bishamon(Hirooki Goto & Yoshi-Hashi)
- Date Won: June 4, 2023
- Event: NJPW Dominion 6.4 2023
- Match: vs United Empire(Aaron Henare & Great-o-Khan) vs House of Torture(Evil & Yujiro Takahashi)
- Reign No: 1
- Days Held: 183+
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship – Hiromu Takahashi
- Date Won: January 4, 2023
- Event: Wrestle Kingdom 17
- Match: vs Taiji Ishimori(c) vs El Desperado vs Master Wato
- Reign No: 5
- Days Held: 352+
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship – Drilla Moloney & Clark Connors
- Date Won: July 4, 2023
- Event: NJPW Strong Independence Day
- Match: vs Catch 2/2(Francesco Akira & TJP)
- Reign No: 1
- Days Held: 153+
NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship – Chaos(Kazuchika Okada, Tomohiro Ishii & Hiroshi Tanahashi)
- Date Won: May 3, 2023
- Event: NJPW Wrestling Dontaku
- Match: vs House of Torture
- Reign No: Okada -1, Ishii -3 & Tanahashi -4
- Days Held: 215+
NJPW Strong Women’s Championship – Giulia
- Date Won: July 5, 2023
- Event: NJPW Strong Independence Day 2023 Night 2
- Match: vs Willow Nightingale
- Reign No: 1
- Days Held: 152+
NJPW Strong Openweight Tag Team Championship – Guerrillas Of Destiny (El Phantasmo & Hikuleo)
- Date Won: October 09, 2023
- Event: NJPW Destruction
- Match: vs BULLET CLUB War Dogs (Alex Coughlin & Gabe Kidd)
- Reign No: 1
- Days Held: 56+
King of Pro-Wrestling 2023(interim) – SHO
- Date Won: September 26, 2023
- Event: Destruction in Kobe
- Match: vs Taichi
- Reign No: 1
- Days Held: 72+
