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New Japan Pro Wrestling
NEVER Openweight Championship
(November 19, 2012 - Present)
NEVER Openweight Championship
(November 19, 2012 - Present)
| Won By: | Date: | Event: | Location: | Reign: |
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| Masato Tanaka | Nov 19, 2012 | NEVER Openweigh… | Tokyo, Japan | 314 days |
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Defeated Karl Anderson in the final of a tournament for the inaugural championship. Other participants included BUSHI, Captain New Japan, Daisuke Sasaki, Hiro Tonai, Hiromu Takahashi, Kengo Mashimo, KUSHIDA, Ryuichi Sekine, Ryusuke Taguchi, Shiori Asahi, Tomohiro Ishii, Taishi Takizawa, YOSHI-HASHI, and Yujiro Takahashi
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| Tetsuya Naito | Sep 29, 2013 | Destruction | Kobe, Japan | 135 days |
| Tomohiro Ishii | Feb 11, 2014 | The New Beginning | Osaka, Japan | 138 days |
| Yujiro Takahashi | Jun 29, 2014 | Kizuna Road | Tokyo, Japan | 106 days |
| Tomohiro Ishii | Oct 13, 2014 | King of Pro-Wre… | Tokyo, Japan | 83 days |
| Togi Makabe | Jan 4, 2015 | Wrestle Kingdom | Tokyo, Japan | 41 days |
| ** Title Vacated ** | Feb 14, 2015 | -- | -- | |
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Vacated due to illness.
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| Tomohiro Ishii | Feb 14, 2015 | The New Beginning | Sendai, Miyagi, Japan | 74 days |
| Togi Makabe | Apr 29, 2015 | Wrestling Hinokuni | Mashiki, Japan | 166 days |
| Tomohiro Ishii | Oct 12, 2015 | King of Pro-Wre… | Tokyo, Japan | 84 days |
| Katsuyori Shibata | Jan 4, 2016 | Wrestle Kingdom | Tokyo, Japan | 120 days |
| Yuji Nagata | May 3, 2016 | Wrestling Dontaku | Fukuoka, Japan | 47 days |
| Katsuyori Shibata | Jun 19, 2016 | Dominion | Osaka, Japan | 139 days |
| EVIL | Nov 5, 2016 | Power Struggle | Osaka, Japan | 10 days |
| Katsuyori Shibata | Nov 15, 2016 | Wrestling World | Singapore | 50 days |
| Hirooki Goto | Jan 4, 2017 | Wrestle Kingdom | Tokyo, Japan | 113 days |
| Minoru Suzuki | Apr 27, 2017 | Road to Wrestli… | Hiroshima, Japan | 252 days |
| Hirooki Goto | Jan 4, 2018 | Wrestle Kingdom | Tokyo, Japan | 156 days |
| Michael Elgin | Jun 9, 2018 | Dominion | Osaka, Japan | 8 days |
| Hirooki Goto | Jun 17, 2018 | Kizuna Road | Tokyo, Japan | 92 days |
| Taichi | Sep 17, 2018 | Destruction | Kobe, Japan | 47 days |
| Hirooki Goto | Nov 3, 2018 | Power Struggle | Osaka, Japan | 36 days |
| Kota Ibushi | Dec 9, 2018 | World Tag League | Iwate, Japan | 26 days |
| Will Ospreay | Jan 4, 2019 | Wrestle Kingdom | Tokyo, Japan | 92 days |
| Jeff Cobb | Apr 6, 2019 | G1 Supercard | New York, NY, USA | 27 days |
| Taichi | May 3, 2019 | Wrestling Dontaku | Fukuoka, Japan | 37 days |
| Tomohiro Ishii | Jun 9, 2019 | Dominion | Osaka, Japan | 83 days |
| Kenta | Aug 31, 2019 | Royal Quest | London, England | 127 days |
| Hirooki Goto | Jan 5, 2020 | Wrestle Kingdom | Tokyo, Japan | 27 days |
| Shingo Takagi | Feb 1, 2020 | The New Beginning | Cumberland, GA, USA | 210 days |
| Minoru Suzuki | Aug 29, 2020 | Summer Struggle | Tokyo, Japan | 70 days |
| Shingo Takagi | Nov 7, 2020 | Power Struggle | Osaka, Japan | 84 days |
| Hiroshi Tanahashi | Jan 30, 2021 | The New Beginning | Pembroke Pines, FL, USA | 93 days |
| Jay White | May 3, 2021 | Wrestling Dontaku | Fukuoka, Japan | 194 days |
| Tomohiro Ishii | Nov 13, 2021 | Battle In The V… | San Jose, CA, USA | 52 days |
| EVIL | Jan 4, 2022 | Wrestle Kingdom | Tokyo, Japan | 117 days |
| Tama Tonga | May 1, 2022 | Wrestling Dontaku | Fukuoka, Japan | 42 days |
| Karl Anderson | Jun 12, 2022 | Dominion | Osaka, Japan | 206 days |
| Tama Tonga | Jan 4, 2023 | Wrestle Kingdom | Tokyo, Japan | 119 days |
| David Finlay | May 3, 2023 | Wrestling Dontaku | Fukuoka, Japan | 159 days |
| Tama Tonga | Oct 9, 2023 | Destruction | Tokyo, Japan | 19 days |
| Shingo Takagi | Oct 28, 2023 | Fighting Spirit… | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 68 days |
| Tama Tonga | Jan 4, 2024 | Wrestle Kingdom | Tokyo, Japan | 16 days |
| EVIL | Jan 20, 2024 | The New Beginning | Nagoya, Japan | 77 days |
| Shingo Takagi | Apr 6, 2024 | Sakura Genesis | Tokyo, Japan | 43 days |