The Independent Junior Heavyweight Championship is a championship that is being defended in various independent promotions in Japan. The title was originally created by Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling as the FMW Independent World Junior Heavyweight Championship. It stayed with FMW from its creation in 1993 to mid-1999, when FMW dropped the title. Even with the belt being dropped by FMW, the original title belt is still used, which bears the "FMW" name on it.
In May 2010, a new championship belt was made, as Tarzan Goto's Super FMW promotion briefly revived the FMW Independent World Junior Heavyweight Championship to determine its final champion.
Title history
| # | Wrestlers | Reign | Date | Length | Location | Successful defenses | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Great Sasuke | 1 |
October 28, 1993 |
?
Days |
Tokyo | 5 | Defeated Battle Ranger Z. |
| — | Vacated | — | October 1994 | — | — | — | Vacated so Sasuke could focus on a match with Atsushi Onita. |
| 2 | Ricky Fuji | 1 | December 20, 1994 | 48 Days | Nagoya | 1 | Defeated The Great Sasuke. |
| 3 | Hideki Hosaka | 1 | February 6, 1995 | 52 Days | Okazaki | 0 | |
| 4 | Koji Nakagawa | 1 | March 30, 1995 | ?
Days |
Yokohama | 0 | |
| — | Vacated | — | 1995 | — | — | — | |
| 5 | Koji Nakagawa | 2 | November 20, 1995 | 167 Days | Fukuoka | 1 | |
| 6 | Taka Michinoku | 1 | May 5, 1996 | 420 Days | Kawasaki | 8 | |
| 7 | El Satánico | 1 | June 29, 1997 | 57 Days | Mexico | 0 | |
| 8 | Taka Michinoku | 2 | August 25, 1997 | 115 Days | Puebla, Mexico | 0 | |
| — | Vacated | — | December 18, 1997 | — | — | — | Taka wins WWF World Light Heavyweight Championship on December 7, 1997 and is unable to defend the FMW title. |
| 9 | Minoru Tanaka | 1 | May 5, 1999 | 9
Days |
Yokohama | 0 | Defeated Ricky Fuji. |
| 10 | Naoki Sano | 1 | May 14, 1999 | 261 Days | Sapporo | 2 | FMW no longer recognizes the title as of May 31, 1999, but it continues to be defended in the Battlarts promotion. |
| 11 | Minoru Tanaka | 2 | January 30, 2000 | 102 Days | Tokyo | 0 | |
| 12 | Katsumi Usuda | 1 | May 11, 2000 | 38 Days | Tokyo | 0 | |
| 13 | Naoyuki Taira | 1 | June 18, 2000 | 161 Days | Tokyo | 0 | |
| 14 | Katsumi Usuda | 2 | November 26, 2000 | 373 Days | Tokyo | 0 | |
| — | Vacated | — | Vacated | — | — | — | Vacated due to Battlarts closing. |
| 15 | Ikuto Hidaka | 1 | February 17, 2002 | 87 Days | Yokohama | 0 | |
| — | Vacated | — | May 15, 2002 | — | — | — | Title retired |
| 16 | Kota Ibushi | 1 | August 26, 2007 | 349 Days | Tokyo | 5 | |
| 17 | Madoka | 1 | August 9, 2008 | 36 Days | Chiba | 0 | |
| 18 | Makoto Oishi | 1 | September 14, 2008 | 374 Days | Tokyo | 6 | |
| 19 | Gentaro | 1 | September 23, 2009 | 191 Days | Chiba | 6 | |
| 20 | Marines Mask II | 1 | April 2, 2010 | 160 Days | Tokyo | 2 | |
| 21 | Tigers Mask | 1 | September 9, 2010 | 17 Days | Chiba | 0 | |
| 22 | Orochi | 1 | September 26, 2010 | 48 Days | Osaka | 1 | |
| 23 | Tigers Mask | 2 | November 13, 2010 | 217 Days | Osaka | 3 | |
| 24 | Daigoro Kashiwa | 1 | June 18, 2011 | 141
Days |
Osaka | 4 | |
| 25 | Hiroki | 1 | November 6, 2011 | 447 Days | Tokyo | 14 | |
| 26 | Ricky Fuji | 2 | January 26, 2013 | 78 Days | Chiba | 1 | |
| 27 | Hayato Nanjo | 1 | April 14, 2013 | 27 Days | Tokyo | 0 | |
| 28 | Taka Michinoku | 3 | May 11, 2013 | 483 Days | Osaka | 15 | This match was also for Michinoku's UWA World Middleweight Championship. |
| 29 | Teppei/Atsushi Maruyama | 3 | September 6, 2014 | 169 Days | Chiba | 2 | Teppei formerly held the title under the ring name Tigers Mask and began working under the name Atsushi Maruyama during this reign. |
| 30 | Hi69 | 2 | February 22, 2015 | 49 Days | Chiba | 0 | Hi69 formerly held the title under the ring name Hiroki. |
| 31 | Isami Kodaka | 1 | April 12, 2015 | 203 Days | Tokyo | 6 | |
| 32 | Shiori Asahi | 1 | November 1, 2015 | 3088+ | Tokyo | 7 |
Gallery
Ricky Fuji
Taka Michinoku
Katsumi Usuda
Kota Ibushi
Makoto Oishi
GENTARO
Marines Mask II
Daigoro Kashiwa
Hayato Nanjo
Tigers Mask/TEPPEI/Atsushi Maruyama
Hi69
Isami Kodaka
Shiori Asahi