List of current champions in New Japan Pro-Wrestling

New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) is a professional wrestling promotion based in Nakano, Tokyo. Title reigns are either determined by professional wrestling matches or are awarded to a wrestler, as a result of the culmination of various scripted storylines. There are 11 total active championships promoted by NJPW - featuring six singles championships, three traditional tag team championships, and a six-man tag team championship for male wrestlers, with two singles championship for female wrestlers. 16 wrestlers currently hold the titles.

The list includes the number of times the wrestler has held the title, the date and location of the win, and a description of the winning bout. The following is correct as of February 17, 2026.

Men's Singles

At the top of NJPW's championship hierarchy for male wrestlers in the heavyweight division is the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship. Secondary titles include the IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship, and the NJPW World Television Championship.

In the junior heavyweight division, the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship is the primary title.

The NEVER Openweight Championship and the Strong Openweight Championship are available to male wrestlers regardless of weight class.

Men's Tag Team

For tag teams, there are three traditional championships for two-man teams—the IWGP Tag Team Championship, the Strong Openweight Tag Team Championship, and the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship for the junior heavyweight division.

The NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship serves as the title for three-man teams.

Women's Division

There are two championships for female wrestlers in NJPW - the IWGP Women's Championship (the primary title which is defended in NJPW and sister promotion Stardom), and the Strong Women's Championship.

As of February 17, 2026.

Championship	Current champion(s)		Reign	Date won	Days held	Successful defenses	Location	Notes	Ref.
IWGP Heavyweight Championship		Yota Tsuji	1	January 4, 2026	44	1	Tokyo, Japan	Defeated Konosuke Takeshita in a Winner Takes All match, in which Tsuji's IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship was also on the line, at Wrestle Kingdom 20.	[1]
IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship			2	October 13, 2025	127	2	Tokyo, Japan	Defeated Gabe Kidd at King of Pro-Wrestling.	[2]
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship		Douki	2	October 6, 2025	134	1	Tokyo, Japan	Defeated El Desperado at Road to King of Pro Wrestling: Night 2.	[3]
NEVER Openweight Championship		Ren Narita	1	February 11, 2026	6	0	Osaka, Japan	Defeated Aaron Wolf at The New Beginning in Osaka.	[4]
Strong Openweight Championship		Tomohiro Ishii	1	April 11, 2025	312	1	Chicago, Illinois	Defeated Gabe Kidd in a 30-minute iron man match, which Ishii won 2–1 in sudden death overtime at Windy City Riot.	[5]
NJPW World Television Championship		El Phantasmo	2	April 29, 2025	294	6	Saga, Japan	Defeated Great-O-Khan at Wrestling Hizen no Kuni.	[6]

Championship	Current champion(s)		Reign	Date won	Days held	Successful defenses	Location	Notes	Ref.
IWGP Tag Team Championship		Knock Out Brothers (Oskar and Yuto-Ice)	1 (1, 1)	September 28, 2025	142	3	Kobe, Japan	Defeated Taichi and Tomohiro Ishii at Destruction in Kobe.	[7]
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship		Ichiban Sweet Boys (Robbie Eagles and Kosei Fujita)	2 (2, 2)	January 5, 2026	43	1	Tokyo, Japan	Defeated defending champions La Oscuridad (Douki and Sho), El Desperado and Kuukai, and Super Extremes (Taiji Ishimori and Robbie X) in a four-way tag team match at New Year Dash!!.	[8]
Strong Openweight Tag Team Championship		Los Hermanos Chávez (Ángel de Oro and Niebla Roja)	1 (1, 1)	November 14, 2025	95	1	Mexico City, Mexico	Defeated United Empire (TJP and Templario) at CMLL Viernes Espectacular.	[9]
NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship		Boltin Oleg and Bishamon (Hirooki Goto and Yoshi-Hashi)	1 (3, 3, 3)	January 19, 2026	29	1	Tokyo, Japan	Defeated TMDK (Zack Sabre Jr., Ryohei Oiwa, and Hartley Jackson) at Road to the New Beginning: Night 1.	[10]
NJPW TAMASHII Tag Team Championship		The Pretty Boys (Magic Mark and Pretty Richie)	1 (1, 1)	July 4, 2025	228	1	Auckland, New Zealand	Defeated Young Blood (Oskar Leube and Yuto Nakashima) in a tournament final at Tamashii: Cold War to become the inaugural champions.	[11]

Championship	Current champion(s)		Reign	Date won	Days held	Successful defenses	Location	Notes	Ref.
IWGP Women's Championship		Syuri	2	October 13, 2025	127	1	Tokyo, Japan	Defeated Sareee at King of Pro-Wrestling.	[12]
Strong Women's Championship			1	January 4, 2026	44	0	Tokyo, Japan	Defeated Saya Kamitani in a Winner Takes All match, where Syuri's IWGP Women's Championship was also on the line, at Wrestle Kingdom 20.	[13]