The GAORA TV Championship is a singles title in All-Japan Pro Wrestling. Originally created in recognition of the partnership with longtime Japanese broadcast TV partner GAORA, it was intended to be geared towards younger wrestlers and outsiders and encourage more singles competition. It was created in October 2012 when Seiya Sanada won a tournament to crown the inaugural champion.
As of 12/8/2024 there have been 28 GAORA TV Champions. They are listed below in order of reign, which reign it was (some won it multiple times), length of reign and number of successful defenses.
1-Seiya Sanada (SANADA). 1st reign. Length: 10/7/2012-5/27/2013. Successful defenses: 7.
2-Rene Dupree. 1st reign. Length: 5/27/2013-9/11/2013. Successful defenses: Unknown. Won title in Canada and may have defended title outside Japan (All-Japan’s records do not list any successful defenses while some websites list 21 defenses). Vacated title on 9/11/2013 due to leaving All-Japan.
3-SUSHI (Akira Raijin). 1st reign. Length: 11/24/2013-5/17/2014. Successful defenses: 1.
4-Kotaro Suzuki. 1st reign. Length: 5/17/2014-12/14/2014. Successful defenses: 1.
5-KENSO (Kenzo Suzuki). 1st reign. Length: 12/14/2014-6/4/2015. Successful defenses: 3.
6-SUSHI. 2nd reign. Length: 6/4/2015-8/15/2015. Successful defenses: None. Vacated title on 8/15/2015 due to injury.
7-Yohei Nakajima. 1st reign. Length: 8/16/2015-6/9/2016. Successful defenses: 3.
8-Kazuhiro Tamura. 1st reign. Length: 6/9/2016-6/15/2016. Successful defenses: None.
9-Yohei Nakajima. 2nd reign. Length: 6/15/2016-7/14/2016. Successful defenses: None.
10-Takeshi Minamino. 1st reign. Length: 7/14/2016-8/11/2016. Successful defenses: None.
11-Yohei Nakajima. 3rd reign. Length: 8/11/2016-8/20/2016. Successful defenses: None.
12-Billy Ken Kid. 1st reign. Length: 8/20/2016-9/19/2016. Successful defenses: 1.
13-Yohei Nakajima. 4th reign. Length: 9/19/2016-11/27/2016. Successful defenses: 1.
14-Jiro Kuroshio. 1st reign. Length: 11/26/2016-2/15/2017. Successful defenses: None. Vacated title on 2/15/2017 due to injury.
15-Jun Akiyama. 1st reign. Length: 3/12/2017-7/15/2018. Successful defenses: 10.
16-TAJIRI. 1st reign. Length: 7/15/2018-5/27/2019. Successful defenses: 6.
17-Yoshitatsu. 1st reign. Length: 5/27/2019-1/3/2021. Successful defenses: 9.
18-Jun Kasai. 1st reign. Length: 1/3/2021-3/18/2021. Successful defenses: 1.
19-Shuji Ishikawa. 1st reign. Length: 3/18/2021-10/31/2021. Successful defenses: 3.
20-Shigehiro Irie. 1st reign. Length: 10/31/2021-6/6/2022. Successful defenses: 2.
21-Izanagi. 1st reign. Length: 6/6/2022-6/19/2022. Successful defenses: None.
22-Toshizo. 1st reign. Length: 6/19/2022-1/22/2023. Successful defenses: 3. Won title in 4-way match.
23-Minoru Tanaka. 1st reign. Length: 1/22/2023-1/2/2024. Successful defenses: 3.
24-Black Menso-re. 1st reign. Length: 1/2/2024-1/14/2024. Successful defenses: None.
25-Seigo Tachibana. 1st reign. Length: 1/14/2024-6/24/2024. Successful defenses: 2.
26-Fuminori Abe. 1st reign. Length: 6/24/2024-10/22/2024. Successful defenses: 2.
27-Seigo Tachibana. 2nd reign. Length: 10/22/2024-12/8/2024. Successful defenses: 1.
28-Yuko Miyamoto. 1st reign. Length: 12/8/2024-Present (Current Champion). Successful defenses; None. Next defense: 1/2/2025 vs. Dan Tamura.
