BJW World Strong Heavyweight Championship

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BJW World Strong Heavyweight Championship
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Current design of the BJW World Strong Heavyweight Championship (2012 – present)
Details
PromotionBig Japan Pro Wrestling
Date establishedApril 14, 2012[1]
Current championSo Daimonji
Date wonOctober 13, 2025
Other name
BJW Strong World Heavyweight Championship
Statistics
First championYoshihito Sasaki
Most reignsDaisuke Sekimoto
Yuji Okabayashi (4 reigns)
Longest reignYuya Aoki (529 days)
Shortest reignManabu Soya (58 days)
Oldest championKohei Sato (41 years, 11 months and 4 days)
Youngest championHideyoshi Kamitani (24 years, 5 months and 26 days)[2]
Heaviest championShuji Ishikawa (130 kg (290 lb))[3]
Lightest championShinya Ishikawa (94 kg (207 lb))[4]

The BJW World Strong Heavyweight Championship (BJW認定世界ストロングヘビー級王座, BJW nintei sekai sutorongu hebī-kyū ōza) is a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship owned by the Japanese Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW) promotion. It is one of two heavyweight championships promoted by BJW, the other being the BJW Deathmatch Heavyweight Championship. The two titles symbolize the two sides of BJW; the Deathmatch Heavyweight Championship the hardcore wrestling side and the World Strong Heavyweight Championship the strong style side.[5] The title has a lower weight limit of 96 kg (212 lb). Like most professional wrestling championships, the title is won as a result of a scripted match. There have been nineteen reigns shared among eleven different wrestlers. Hideyoshi Kamitani is the current champion in his second reign.

History

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On March 26, 2012, Yoshihito Sasaki defeated Daisuke Sekimoto in the finals to win the 2012 Ikkitosen Strong Climb tournament. Following his win, Sasaki requested that BJW establish a new championship that would symbolize the "strong" side of the promotion.[5] BJW already had one heavyweight championship, the BJW Deathmatch Heavyweight Championship, but it was contested exclusively in deathmatches. This led to BJW announcing the creation of the BJW World Strong Heavyweight Championship on April 14, 2012.[1] A similar championship in concept existed from 2001 known as the BJW Heavyweight Championship but had long been retired, with Men's Teioh last defending the title in 2004. On May 5, Yoshihito Sasaki defeated Westside Xtreme Wrestling (wXw) representative and the reigning wXw Unified World Wrestling Champion Big Van Walter in a decision match to become the inaugural champion.[6][7] The BJW World Strong Heavyweight Championship was first defended outside of Japan on May 19 at a wXw event.[8] The championship has also been defended at All Japan Pro Wrestling and Pro Wrestling Zero1 events.

With the introduction of the BJW Junior Heavyweight Championship in May 2017, BJW announced that from now on wrestlers need to weigh at least 96 kg (212 lb) to be able to challenge for the BJW World Strong Heavyweight Championship.[9]

Title history

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Key
No. Overall reign number
Reign Reign number for the specific champion
Days Number of days held
Defenses Number of successful defenses
(NLT) Championship change took place "no later than" the date listed
+ Current reign is changing daily
No. Champion Championship change Reign statistics Notes Ref.
Date Event Location Reign Days Defenses
1 Yoshihito Sasaki May 5, 2012 Endless Survivor Yokohama, Japan 1 242 5 Defeated Big Van Walter in a decision match to become the inaugural champion. [10][11]
2 Manabu Soya January 2, 2013 House show Tokyo, Japan 1 58 1 [12][13]
3 Daisuke Sekimoto March 1, 2013 House show Tokyo, Japan 1 323 10 [14][15][16]
— Vacated January 18, 2014 — — — — — Vacated due to a knee injury. [16]
4 Shinya Ishikawa February 7, 2014 House show Tokyo, Japan 1 222 2 Defeated Ryuichi Kawakami in a decision match to win the vacant title.
— Vacated September 17, 2014 — — — — — Vacated due to Ishikawa retiring from professional wrestling. [17][18]
5 Shuji Ishikawa December 21, 2014 Big Japan Death Vegas 2014 Yokohama, Japan 1 100 1 Defeated Ryuichi Kawakami in a decision match to win the vacant title. [19]
6 Daisuke Sekimoto March 31, 2015 Ikkitousen Deathmatch Survivor 2015 Tokyo, Japan 2 111 1 [20][21]
7 Yuji Okabayashi July 20, 2015 Ryōgokutan 2015 Tokyo, Japan 1 370 3 [22][23]
8 Hideyoshi Kamitani July 24, 2016 Ryōgokutan 2016 Tokyo, Japan 1 147 2 [24][25]
9 Daisuke Sekimoto December 18, 2016 Big Japan Death Vegas 2016 Yokohama, Japan 3 102 2 [26][27]
10 Hideki Suzuki March 30, 2017 Ikkitousen Deathmatch Survivor 2017 Tokyo, Japan 1 262 5 [28][29]
11 Daichi Hashimoto December 17, 2017 Big Japan Death Vegas 2017 Yokohama, Japan 1 119 2 [30][31]
12 Hideki Suzuki April 15, 2018 Sapporo 2 Days Sapporo, Japan 2 210 5 [32]
13 Daisuke Sekimoto November 11, 2018 Ryōgokutan 2018 Tokyo, Japan 4 175 3 [33]
14 Yuji Okabayashi May 5, 2019 Endless Survivor 2019 Yokohama, Japan 2 112 2 [34]
15 Kohei Sato August 25, 2019 Death Mania VII Nagoya, Japan 1 71 1 [35]
16 Daichi Hashimoto November 4, 2019 Ryōgokutan 2019 Tokyo, Japan 2 352 6 [36]
17 Yuji Okabayashi October 21, 2020 BJW Death Match, Strong & Junior 3 Major Title Matches Tokyo, Japan 3 73 2 [37]
18 Yasufumi Nakanoue January 2, 2021 BJW 2021 New Year Tokyo, Japan 1 261 6 [38]
19 Takuya Nomura September 20, 2021 BJW New Standard Big B ~ The Day When Thank You Explodes ~ 113 Times In Sapporo Sapporo, Japan 1 104 3 [39]
20 Yuji Okabayashi January 2, 2022 BJW New Year 2022 Tokyo, Japan 4 487 8
21 Yuya Aoki May 4, 2023 BJW Endless Survivor: Infinity Independent Yokohama, Japan 1 529 11 [40]
22 Hideyoshi Kamitani October 14, 2024 BJW New Standard Big "B" ~ Keep Rolling Yokohama, Japan 2 203 1 [41]
23 Daichi Hashimoto May 5, 2025 BJW 30th Anniversary ~ Dainichi Spirit Yokohama, Japan 3 161 3 [42]
24 So Daimonji October 13, 2025 BJW New Standard Big "B" ~ I & Belive Sapporo, Japan 1 211+ 1 [43]

Combined reigns

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Record tying four-time and longest combined reigning champion at 1,042 days, Yuji Okabayashi.

As of May 12, 2026

† Indicates the current champion
Rank Wrestler No. of
reigns 		Combined
defenses 		Combined
days
1 Yuji Okabayashi 4 15 1,042
2 Daisuke Sekimoto 4 15 711
3 Daichi Hashimoto 3 11 632
4 Yuya Aoki 1 11 529
5 Hideki Suzuki 2 10 472
6 Hideyoshi Kamitani 2 3 350
7 Yasufumi Nakanoue 1 6 261
8 Yoshihito Sasaki 1 5 242
9 Shinya Ishikawa 1 2 222
10 Takuya Nomura 1 3 104
11 Shuji Ishikawa 1 1 100
12 Kohei Sato 1 1 71
13 Manabu Soya 1 1 58
14 So Daimonji † 1 1 211+

See also

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