List of NEVER Openweight Champions

Listing of professional wrestling champions for the NEVER Openweight Championship

Current champion Konosuke Takeshita

The NEVER Openweight Championship is a professional wrestling championship owned by the New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) promotion. NEVER is an acronym of the terms "New Blood", "Evolution", "Valiantly", "Eternal", and "Radical" and was a NJPW-promoted series of events, which featured younger up-and-coming talent and outside wrestlers not signed to the promotion.[1][2] The project was officially announced on July 12, 2010,[2] and held its first event on August 24, 2010.[3]

There have been 46 reigns shared among 23 wrestlers with one vacancy. Masato Tanaka was the first champion in the title's history. He also holds the record for the longest reign in the title's history at 314 days during his only reign. Tomohiro Ishii has the most reigns, with six. Michael Elgin's only reign of 8 days is the shortest in the title's history. Minoru Suzuki is the oldest champion when he won it at 52 years old while Will Ospreay is the youngest champion at 25 years old.

The current champion is Konosuke Takeshita, who is in his first reign. He defeated Shingo Takagi in a Winner Takes All match, also for Takeshita's AEW International Championship at Wrestle Kingdom 19 on January 4, 2025 in Tokyo, Japan to win the title.

## Title History

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Key  No.  | Overall reign number

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Reign  | Reign number for the specific champion
Days  | Number of days held
Defenses  | Number of successful defenses
\+  | Current reign is changing daily
No. | Champion  | Championship change  | Reign statistics  | Notes  | Ref.

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Date  | Event  | Location  | Reign  | Days | Defenses
| New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW)
1  | Masato Tanaka | November 19, 2012 | Shodai NEVER Musabetsu Kyu Oza Kettei Tournament Final | Tokyo, Japan | 1  | 314 | 4  | Tanaka defeated Karl Anderson in the finals of a sixteen-man tournament to become the inaugural champion.  | [4]
2  | Tetsuya Naito | September 29, 2013 | Destruction | Kobe, Japan | 1  | 135 | 2  | Naito's Tokyo Dome IWGP Heavyweight Championship challenge rights certificate was also on the line.  | [5]
3  | Tomohiro Ishii | February 11, 2014 | The New Beginning in Osaka | Osaka, Japan | 1  | 138 | 4  |  | [6]
4  | Yujiro Takahashi | June 29, 2014 | Kizuna Road 2014  | Tokyo, Japan | 1  | 106 | 1  |  | [7]
5  | Tomohiro Ishii | October 13, 2014 | King of Pro-Wrestling | Tokyo, Japan | 2  | 83 | 1  |  | [8]
6  | Togi Makabe | January 4, 2015 | Wrestle Kingdom 9 in Tokyo Dome | Tokyo, Japan | 1  | 41 | 0  |  | [9]
—  | Vacated | February 14, 2015 | —  | —  | —  | — | —  | The title was vacated due to Makabe being sidelined with influenza.  | [10]
7  | Tomohiro Ishii | February 14, 2015 | The New Beginning in Sendai | Sendai, Japan | 3  | 74 | 0  | Ishii defeated Tomoaki Honma to win the vacant title.  | [11]
8  | Togi Makabe | April 29, 2015 | Wrestling Hinokuni | Mashiki, Japan | 2  | 166 | 2  |  | [12]
9  | Tomohiro Ishii | October 12, 2015 | King of Pro-Wrestling | Tokyo, Japan | 4  | 84 | 1  |  | [13]
10  | Katsuyori Shibata | January 4, 2016 | Wrestle Kingdom 10 in Tokyo Dome | Tokyo, Japan | 1  | 120 | 3  |  | [14]
11  | Yuji Nagata | May 3, 2016 | Wrestling Dontaku | Fukuoka, Japan | 1  | 47 | 0  |  | [15]
12  | Katsuyori Shibata | June 19, 2016 | Dominion 6.19 in Osaka-jo Hall | Osaka, Japan | 2  | 139 | 3  |  | [16]
13  | Evil | November 5, 2016 | Power Struggle | Osaka, Japan | 1  | 10 | 0  |  | [17]
14  | Katsuyori Shibata | November 15, 2016 | Wrestling World 2016 in Singapore  | Singapore | 3  | 50 | 0  |  | [18]
15  | Hirooki Goto | January 4, 2017 | Wrestle Kingdom 11 in Tokyo Dome | Tokyo, Japan | 1  | 113 | 3  |  | [19]
16  | Minoru Suzuki | April 27, 2017 | Road to Wrestling Dontaku 2017: Aki no Kuni Sengoku Emaki  | Hiroshima, Japan | 1  | 252 | 4  |  | [20]
17  | Hirooki Goto | January 4, 2018 | Wrestle Kingdom 12 in Tokyo Dome | Tokyo, Japan | 2  | 156 | 3  | This was a hair vs. hair match.  | [21]
18  | Michael Elgin | June 9, 2018 | Dominion 6.9 in Osaka-jo Hall | Osaka, Japan | 1  | 8 | 0  | This was a three-way match also including Taichi.  | [22]
19  | Hirooki Goto | June 17, 2018 | Kizuna Road 2018  | Tokyo, Japan | 3  | 92 | 1  |  | [23]
20  | Taichi | September 17, 2018 | Destruction in Beppu | Beppu, Japan | 1  | 47 | 0  |  | [24]
21  | Hirooki Goto | November 3, 2018 | Power Struggle | Osaka, Japan | 4  | 36 | 0  |  | [25]
22  | Kota Ibushi | December 9, 2018 | World Tag League | Iwate, Japan | 1  | 26 | 0  |  | [26]
23  | Will Ospreay | January 4, 2019 | Wrestle Kingdom 13 in Tokyo Dome | Tokyo, Japan | 1  | 92 | 1  | Ospreay is the only junior heavyweight to win the title.  | [27]
24  | Jeff Cobb | April 6, 2019 | G1 Supercard | New York City, U.S. | 1  | 27 | 0  | Cobb's ROH World Television Championship was also on the line.  | [28]
25  | Taichi | May 3, 2019 | Wrestling Dontaku | Fukuoka, Japan | 2  | 37 | 0  |  | [29]
26  | Tomohiro Ishii | June 9, 2019 | Dominion 6.9 in Osaka-jo Hall | Osaka, Japan | 5  | 83 | 0  |  | [30]
27  | Kenta | August 31, 2019 | Royal Quest | London, England | 1  | 127 | 2  |  | [31]
28  | Hirooki Goto | January 5, 2020 | Wrestle Kingdom 14 in Tokyo Dome
Night 2 | Tokyo, Japan | 5  | 27 | 0  |  | [32]
29  | Shingo Takagi | February 1, 2020 | The New Beginning in Sapporo | Sapporo, Japan | 1  | 210 | 3  |  | [33]
30  | Minoru Suzuki | August 29, 2020 | Summer Struggle in Jingu | Tokyo, Japan | 2  | 70 | 0  |  | [34][35]
31  | Shingo Takagi | November 7, 2020 | Power Struggle | Osaka, Japan | 2  | 84 | 1  |  | [36][37]
32  | Hiroshi Tanahashi | January 30, 2021 | The New Beginning in Nagoya | Nagoya, Japan | 1  | 93 | 1  |  | [38][39]
33  | Jay White | May 3, 2021 | Wrestling Dontaku | Fukuoka, Japan | 1  | 194 | 1  |  | [40]
34  | Tomohiro Ishii | November 13, 2021 | Battle in the Valley | San Jose, California, U.S. | 6  | 52 | 0  | Had Ishii lost, he could never challenge for the NEVER Openweight Championship again.  | [41]
35  | Evil | January 4, 2022 | Wrestle Kingdom 16
Night 1 | Tokyo, Japan | 2  | 117 | 2  |  | [42]
36  | Tama Tonga | May 1, 2022 | Wrestling Dontaku | Fukuoka, Japan | 1  | 42 | 0  |  | [43]
37  | Karl Anderson | June 12, 2022 | Dominion 6.12 in Osaka-jo Hall | Osaka, Japan | 1  | 206 | 2  |  | [44]
38  | Tama Tonga | January 4, 2023 | Wrestle Kingdom 17 | Tokyo, Japan | 2  | 119 | 1  |  | [45]
39  | David Finlay | May 3, 2023 | Wrestling Dontaku | Fukuoka, Japan | 1  | 159 | 1  |  | [46]
40  | Tama Tonga | October 9, 2023 | Destruction in Ryōgoku | Tokyo, Japan | 3  | 19 | 0  |  | [47]
41  | Shingo Takagi | October 28, 2023 | Fighting Spirit Unleashed | Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. | 3  | 68 | 1  |  | [48]
42  | Tama Tonga | January 4, 2024 | Wrestle Kingdom 18 | Tokyo, Japan | 4  | 16 | 0  |  | [49]
43  | Evil | January 20, 2024 | The New Beginning In Nagoya | Nagoya, Japan | 3  | 77 | 1  | This was a Lumberjack match.  | [50]
44  | Shingo Takagi | April 6, 2024 | Sakura Genesis | Tokyo, Japan | 4  | 71 | 3  |  | [51]
45  | Henare | June 16, 2024 | New Japan Soul
Night 1 | Sapporo, Japan | 1  | 105 | 1  |  | [52]
46  | Shingo Takagi | September 29, 2024 | Destruction in Kobe | Kobe, Japan | 5  | 97 | 1  |  | [53]
47  | Konosuke Takeshita | January 4, 2025 | Wrestle Kingdom 19 | Tokyo, Japan | 1  | 68+ | 4  | This was a Winner Takes All match, also for Takeshita's AEW International Championship.  | [54]

## Combined Reigns

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As of March 13, 2025.

Five-time and longest combined reigning champion Shingo Takagi. Inaugural champion Masato Tanaka holds the record for longest reign at 314 days Record six-time champion Tomohiro Ishii. †  | Indicates the current champion

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Rank  | Wrestler  | No. of
reigns  | Combined
defenses  | Combined
days

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1 | Shingo Takagi | 5 | 9 | 530
2 | Tomohiro Ishii | 6 | 6 | 514
3 | Hirooki Goto | 5 | 7 | 424
4 | Minoru Suzuki | 2 | 4 | 322
5 | Masato Tanaka | 1 | 4 | 314
6 | Katsuyori Shibata | 3 | 6 | 309
7 | Togi Makabe | 2 | 2 | 207
8 | Karl Anderson | 1 | 2 | 206
9 | Evil | 3 | 3 | 204
10 | Tama Tonga | 4 | 1 | 196
11 | Jay White | 1 | 1 | 194
12 | David Finlay | 1 | 1 | 159
13 | Tetsuya Naito | 1 | 2 | 135
14 | Kenta | 1 | 2 | 127
15 | Yujiro Takahashi | 1 | 1 | 106
16 | Henare | 1 | 1 | 105
17 | Hiroshi Tanahashi | 1 | 1 | 93
18 | Will Ospreay | 1 | 1 | 92
19 | Taichi | 2 | 0 | 84
20 | Konosuke Takeshita †  | 1 | 4 | 68+
21 | Yuji Nagata | 1 | 0 | 47
22 | Jeff Cobb | 1 | 0 | 27
23 | Kota Ibushi | 1 | 0 | 26
24 | Michael Elgin | 1 | 0 | 8

## See also

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* NEVER (professional wrestling)
* NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship
* IWGP U-30 Openweight Championship

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## External links

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* Official title history at njpw.co.jp
* Title history at Wrestling-Titles.com

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NEVER Openweight Champions

2010s|

* Masato Tanaka
* Tetsuya Naito
* Tomohiro Ishii
* Yujiro Takahashi
* Togi Makabe
* Katsuyori Shibata
* Yuji Nagata
* Evil
* Hirooki Goto
* Minoru Suzuki
* Michael Elgin
* Taichi
* Kota Ibushi
* Will Ospreay
* Jeff Cobb
* Kenta

2020s|

* Shingo Takagi
* Hiroshi Tanahashi
* Jay White
* Tama Tonga
* Karl Anderson
* David Finlay
* Henare
* Konosuke Takeshita (current)

* v
* t
* e

New Japan Pro-Wrestling

Championships|

| Active|

| Heavyweight|

* IWGP World Heavyweight (reigns)
* IWGP Global Heavyweight (reigns)
* IWGP Tag Team (reigns)

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Junior heavyweight|

* IWGP Junior Heavyweight (reigns)
* IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team (reigns)

Openweight|

* NEVER Openweight (reigns)
* NJPW World Television (reigns)
* Strong Openweight (reigns)
* Strong Openweight Tag Team (reigns)
* NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team (reigns)

Women's|

* IWGP Women's Championship (reigns)
* Strong Women's Championship (reigns)

Former|

* Asia Heavyweight (reigns)
* Asia Tag Team (reigns)
* Greatest 18 Club (reigns)
* IWGP Heavyweight (reigns)
* IWGP Heavyweight (original version) (reigns)
* IWGP Intercontinental (reigns)
* IWGP Third Belt (reigns)
* IWGP U-30 Openweight (reigns)
* IWGP United States (reigns)
* KOPW (reigns)
* J-Crown (reigns)
* British Commonwealth Junior Heavyweight
* NWA World Junior Heavyweight
* NWA World Welterweight
* UWA World Junior Light Heavyweight
* WAR International Junior Heavyweight
* WWA World Junior Light Heavyweight
* WWF Light Heavyweight
* NWA International Junior Heavyweight (reigns)
* NWA North American Tag Team (Los Angeles/Japan version) (reigns)
* NWA World Heavyweight (reigns)
* NWA World Tag Team (reigns)
* NWF Heavyweight (reigns)
* NWF North American (reigns)
* Real World (reigns)
* WCW International World Heavyweight (reigns)
* WWF International Heavyweight (reigns)
* WWF International Tag Team (reigns)
* WWF Junior Heavyweight (reigns)
* WWF North American Heavyweight (reigns)
* WWF World Heavyweight (reigns)
* WWF World Martial Arts (reigns)

Tournaments|

| Active|

* G1 Climax (winners)
* New Japan Cup (winners)
* Best of the Super Juniors (winners)
* World Tag League (winners)
* Super Junior Tag League (winners)
* Super J-Cup (winners)
* Young Lion Cup (winners)

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Video games|

* Wrestle Kingdom
* Wrestle Kingdom 2
* Fire Pro Wrestling World

Partnerships|

| Current|

* All Elite Wrestling
* All Japan Pro Wrestling
* Big Japan Pro Wrestling
* Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
* DDT Pro-Wrestling
* Dragongate
* Ganbare☆Pro-Wrestling
* Kyushu Pro-Wrestling
* Major League Wrestling
* Pro Wrestling Noah
* Revolution Pro Wrestling
* Ring of Honor
* Tokyo Joshi Pro-Wrestling
* World Woman Pro-Wrestling Diana

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Former|

* American Wrestling Association
* Border City Wrestling
* Catch Wrestling Association
* Full Impact Pro
* Game Changer Wrestling
* Global Force Wrestling
* International Wrestling Enterprise
* Jersey All Pro Wrestling
* K-1
* National Wrestling Alliance
* National Wrestling Federation
* Pride Fighting Championships
* Pro Wrestling Zero1
* The Crash Lucha Libre
* Toryumon Mexico
* Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
* UWF International
* Universal Wrestling Association
* United Wrestling Network
* Championship Wrestling from Hollywood
* WAR
* Westside Xtreme Wrestling
* World Championship Wrestling
* World Class Championship Wrestling
* World Wrestling Association
* World Wrestling Federation

Related companies|

| Owners|

* Amuse Inc. (5%)
* Bushiroad (85%)
* TV Asahi (10%)

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Subsidiaries|

* World Wonder Ring Stardom

Personnel|

| Current|

* List of New Japan Pro-Wrestling personnel

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Former|

* List of former New Japan Pro-Wrestling personnel

Miscellaneous|

* All In
* Asia-Pacific Federation of Wrestling
* Lion's Gate Project
* New Japan Pro-Wrestling World
* Major events
* List of NJoA events
* NJPW Strong
* List of episodes
* Special episodes
* Tiger Mask W
* United Japan Pro-Wrestling

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