BJW Junior Heavyweight Championship (2017–present)

The BJW Junior Heavyweight Championship is a title defended in the Japanese professional wrestling promotion Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW).

This article is about the current championship in Big Japan Pro Wrestling. For the historical championship, see BJW Junior Heavyweight Championship (1998–2002).

BJW Junior Heavyweight Championship
Kazuki Hashimoto
Details
Promotion	Big Japan Pro Wrestling
Date established	May 7, 2017
Current champion(s)	Yuya Aoki
Date won	May 5, 2019
Other name(s)
BJW World Strong Junior Heavyweight Championship
Statistics First champion(s) Shinobu Oldest champion Tajiri (48 years old)

Background

On May 7, 2017, BJW announced that it was bringing back the BJW Junior Heavyweight Championship with a tournament set to take place between May 25 and July 17. The title is distinct from the previous BJW Junior Heavyweight Championship that was established in 1998 and was retired in 2002. The title has a weight limit of 95 kg (209 lb). Wrestlers over the weight limit will be eligible to challenge for the BJW World Strong Heavyweight Championship.[1]

Inaugural tournament

The round-robin league began on May 25, 2017 and ran all the way through to the decision match, between the top two, on the July 17 show at Ryōgoku Kokugikan.

Final standings

Wrestler	Score
Kazuki Hashimoto	8
Shinobu	6
Tatsuhiko Yoshino	6
Toshiyuki Sakuda	4
Takuya Nomura	4
Yuya Aoki	2

Results	Hashimoto	Shinobu	Nomura	Yoshino	Sakuda	Aoki
Hashimoto	—	Kazuki (12:56)	Kazuki (12:35)	Yoshino (11:57)	Kazuki (11:24)	Kazuki (8:09)
Shinobu	Kazuki (12:56)	—	Shinobu (9:38)	Shinobu (11:55)	Shinobu (9:28)	Aoki (7:11)
Nomura	Kazuki (12:35)	Shinobu (9:38)	—	Takuya (12:50)	Sakuda (10:38)	Nomura (7:13)
Yoshino	Yoshino (11:57)	Shinobu (11:55)	Takuya (12:50)	—	Yoshino (9:26)	Yoshino (8:02)
Sakuda	Kazuki (11:24)	Shinobu (9:28)	Sakuda (10:38)	Yoshino (9:26)	—	Sakuda (9:22)
Aoki	Kazuki (8:09)	Aoki (7:11)	Nomura (7:13)	Yoshino (8:02)	Sakuda (9:22)	—

	Final
	1	Kazuki Hashimoto	Pin
	2	Shinobu	13:18[2]

Title history

As of August 17, 2020.

Key

No.	Overall reign number
Reign	Reign number for the specific champion
Days	Number of days held
Defenses	Number of successful defenses

No.	Champion	Championship change			Reign statistics			Notes	Ref.
		Date	Event	Location	Reign	Days	Defenses
1	Shinobu	July 17, 2017	Ryōgokutan 2017	Tokyo	1	391	6	Defeated Kazuki Hashimoto in the finals of a six-man round-robin tournament to become the inaugural champion.	[2]
2	Kazuki Hashimoto	August 12, 2018	Midsummer Korakuen Battles	Tokyo	1	266	3		[3]
3	Tajiri	May 5, 2019	Endless Survivor 2019	Yokohama, Japan	1	133	3		[4]
4	Yuya Aoki	September 15, 2019	Big Japan Death Vegas 2019	Yokohama, Japan	1	337+	4		[5]

Combined reigns

As of August 17, 2020.

†	Indicates the current champion

Rank	Wrestler	No. of reigns	Combined defenses	Combined days
1	Shinobu	1	6	391
3	Yuya Aoki †	1	4	337+
2	Kazuki Hashimoto	1	3	266
4	Tajiri	1	3	133

See also

• BJW Junior Heavyweight Championship (1998–2002)

References

1. "※5/25(木)より､初代BJW認定ジュニアヘビー級王座決定リーグ戦開催!". Big Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). May 7, 2017. Archived from the original on June 6, 2017. Retrieved May 7, 2017.
2. "「両極譚～Ryogokutan～2017」". Big Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved July 19, 2017.
3. "August 12, 2018 results". Big Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved 25 September 2018.
4. https://www.cagematch.net//?id=1&nr=230129
5. https://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=240662