February 06, 1986 to Present
Adapted from the list on Solie's Title Histories by Michael Farrow
Those in red are real changes, those in yellow are those that have occurred in my circuit since 27/04/99
| Name | Defeated | Date | Notes/Special Circumstances | Location | Time |
| Koshinaka Shiro | The Cobra | 06/02/86 | Tournament final | Tokyo | Unavailable |
| Takada Nobuhiko | Koshinaka Shiro | 19/05/86 | None | Tokyo | Unavailable |
| Koshinaka Shiro (2) | Takada Nobuhiko | 15/09/86 | Koshinaka vacated in July 87 due to injury | Fukuoka | Unavailable |
| Kobayashi Kuniaki | Takada Nobuhiko | 20/08/87 | Tournament final | Fukuoka | Unavailable |
| Hase Hiroshi | Kobayashi Kuniaki | 27/12/87 | None | Tokyo | Unavailable |
| Owen Hart | Hase Hiroshi | 27/05/88 | None | Sendai | Unavailable |
| Koshinaka Shiro (3) | Owen Hart | 24/06/88 | None | Osaka | Unavailable |
| Hase Hiroshi (2) | Koshinaka Shiro | 16/03/89 | None | Yokohama | Unavailable |
| Jyushin Lyger | Hase Hiroshi | 25/05/89 | None | Osaka | Unavailable |
| Sano Naoki | Jyushin Lyger | 10/08/89 | None | Tokyo | Unavailable |
| Jyushin Lyger (2) | Sano Naoki | 31/01/90 | None | Tokyo | Unavailable |
| The Pegasus Kid | Jyushin Lyger | 19/08/90 | None | Tokyo | 15:02 |
| Jyushin Lyger (3) | The Pegasus Kid | 02/11/90 | Lyger vacated the title in April '91 to enter the Top of the Super Jr. tournament. | Tokyo | Unavailable |
| Honaga Norio | Jyushin Lyger | 29/04/91 | Top of Super Jr. Final for the title | Tokyo | Unavailable |
| Jyushin Lyger (4) | Honaga Norio | 12/06/91 | None | Tokyo | Unavailable |
| Nogami Akira | Jyushin Lyger | 09/08/91 | None | Tokyo | 17:16 |
| Honaga Norio (2) | Nogami Akira | 05/11/91 | None | Tokyo | 18:39 |
| Jyushin Lyger (5) | Honaga Norio | 08/02/92 | Lyger held the WCW World Light Heavyweight title from 25/12/91 to 29/02/92. Won from and lost to Brian Pillman | Sapporo | Unavailable |
| El Samurai | Jyushin Lyger | 26/06/92 | None | Tokyo | Unavailable |
| Ultimo Dragon | El Samurai | 22/11/92 | None | Tokyo | Unavailable |
| Jyushin Lyger (6) | Ultimo Dragon | 04/01/93 | Lyger vacated when he broke his leg in a tag match on 24/09/94 | Tokyo | Unavailable |
| Honaga Norio (3) | "Wild Pegasus" Chris Benoit | 27/09/94 | Tournament final | Osaka | Unavailable |
| Kanemoto Kohji | Honaga Norio | 19/02/95 | None | Tokyo | Unavailable |
| Sabu | Kanemoto Kohji | 03/05/95 | None | Fukuoka | Unavailable |
| Kanemoto Kohji (2) | Sabu | 14/06/95 | Kohji also held the UWA Junior Heavyweight Title | Tokyo | Unavailable |
| Jyushin Lyger (7) | Kanemoto Kohji | 04/01/96 | None | Tokyo | Unavailable |
| The Great Sasuke | Jyushin Lyger | 29/04/96 | See J-Crown explanation at foot of the page | Tokyo | Unavailable |
| Ultimo Dragon (2) | The Great Sasuke | 11/10/96 | See J-Crown explanation at foot of the page | Osaka | Unavailable |
| Jyushin Lyger (8) | Ultimo Dragon | 04/01/97 | See J-Crown explanation at foot of the page | Tokyo | 18:21 |
| El Samurai (2) | Jyushin Lyger | 06/07/97 | See J-Crown explanation at foot of the page | Sapporo | 19:40 |
| Ohtani Shinjiro | El Samurai | 10/08/97 | See J-Crown explanation at foot of the page | Nagoya | 18:05 |
| Jyushin Lyger (9) | Ohtani Shinjiro | 07/02/98 | None | Sapporo | Unavailable |
| Kanemoto Kohji (3) | Jyushin Lyger | 17/03/99 | None | Hiroshima | Unavailable |
J-Crown explanation
The Great Sasuke, the IWGP Junior Champ at the time, won the J-Crown tournament on 05/08/96 to decide an "undisputed Junior Heavweight Champion". The Great Sasuke won seven other belts; The British Commonwealth Junior Heavyweight Title, The Universal Wrestling Association (UWA) World Junior Light Heavyweight Title, The WWF World Light Heavyweight Title, The World Wrestling Association (WWA) World Junior Light Heavyweight Title, The Wrestling Association R (WAR) International Junior Heavyweight Title, The NWA World Welterweight Title and the The NWA World Junior Heavyweight Title.
Ultimo Dragon won the J-Crown titles by defeating Sasuke on 11/10/96. Ultimo was the reigning NWA World Middleweight Title, which he had won from Corazon de Leon (Chris Jericho) in Tokyo on 08/11/94. This title was not merged into the J-Crown, as Ultimo had not put it up for grabs in the tournament (besides the Middleweight class did not stretch much above 195lbs). Ultimo won the the WCW World Cruiserweight Title on 29/12/96 from Dean Malenko in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. This was also seperate from the J-Crown. From 29/12/96 until 04/01/97, Ultimo held ten different Lightweight titles.
Jyushin Lyger defeated Ultimo in the Annual Tokyo Dome Supercard on the fourth of January 1997 in 18:21. Jyushin won the eight J-Crown titles but not the WCW World Cruiserweight title not the NWA World Middleweight Title. However, Lyger lost one of the belts, the WAR International Junior Heavyweight Title, to Yasuraoka Yuuji in Tokyo on 06/06/97. He kept the other seven titles.
El Samurai defeated Lyger on 06/07/97 in Sapporo in 19:40 for the remaining seven titles in the J-Crown.
Ohtani Shinjiro defeated El Samurai to win the J-Crown on 10/08/97 in Nagoya in 18:05. Ohtani remained J-Crown champion until 05/11/97, when he vacated all the titles in the J-Crown except the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title, after the WWF forced him to vacate their World Light Heavyweight title, as they were trying to restart the division in the US and could not invite Ohtani to join their tournament (NJPW is affiliated to WCW and wouldn't allow Ohtani to wrestle for the WWF). Before that the WWF World Light Heavyweight Title was a title wrestled for in Japan and Mexico, but not in the States.
As I write this (02/05/99), this was the destiny of these belts after they were vacated :
The British Commonwealth Junior Heavyweight Title - Won by "Dirt Bike Kid" Jason Harrison in a one-night tournament on 14/12/98. He relinquished it in late 1998. Tiger Mask IV beat Jason Cross for the vacant title on 11/04/99 in Crystal Palace.
The Universal Wrestling Association (UWA) World Junior Light Heavyweight Title - Gran Hamada defeated Convict I for the vacant title on 30/07/98.
The WWF World Light Heavyweight Title - TAKA Michinoku won the tournament to crown the new champ. He lost it fifteen months later to Christian, who lost the belt to Duane Gill. It is not known whether the WWF are going to restart the division as Gill was recently handed his notice.
The World Wrestling Association (WWA) World Junior Light Heavyweight Title - After the J-Crown fell apart, a new champion was never crowned.
The Wrestling Association R (WAR) International Junior Heavyweight Title - After Yasuraoka Yuuji won the title, he held it until 15/01/99, where he lost it to Orihara Masao. Orihara lost it to Mochizuki Masaaki on 01/03/99. Both changes took place in Tokyo.
The NWA World Welterweight Title - Dragon Kid defeated Dr Cerebro to win the vacant title in early February '99. Dragon lost it to Judo Suwa on 25/04/99.
The NWA World Junior Heavyweight Title - The NWA finally held a tournamnet in New Jersey in January 1999, which was won by Logan Caine
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