The BJW Junior Heavyweight Championship is a title defended in the Japanese professional wrestling promotion Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW).
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 . Wrestlers over the weight limit will be eligible to challenge for the BJW World Strong Heavyweight Championship.
There have been a total of thirteen reigns shared between twelve different champions. The current champion is Shoki Kitamura who is in his first reign.
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)
Title history As of , .
Combined reigns As of , . †Indicates the current champion {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center" !Rank !Wrestler !No. ofreigns !Combineddefenses !Combineddays |- !1 | Kota Sekifuda || 2 || 12 || 751 |- !2 | Kosuke Sato || 1 || 6 || 475 |- !3 | Yuya Aoki || 1 || 4 || 402 |- !4 | Shinobu || 1 || 6 || 391 |- !rowspan=2|5 | Ikuto Hidaka || 1 || 4 || 266 |- | Kazuki Hashimoto || 1 || 3 || 266 |- !7 | Tomato Kaji || 1 || 4 || 240 |- !8 | Isami Kodaka || 1 || 4 || 204 |- !9 | Tajiri || 1 || 3 || 133 |- !10 | Ender Kara || 1 || 3 || 126 |- !11 | Tatsuhiko Yoshino|| 1 || 2 || 70 |- !12 | style="background-color:#FFE6BD"| Shoki Kitamura † || 1 || 0 || +
References
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