The All-Japan Triple Crown is the top singles championship in All-Japan Pro Wrestling. It consists of 3 separate championships-NWA International Heavyweight, NWA United National Heavyweight, and PWF Heavyweight-unified and defended as one. The championship consisted of all 3 title belts and a giant trophy until 2013, when the original belts were returned to Motoko Baba, the widow of All-Japan founder Giant Baba, and replaced with a single belt representing the 3 unified/combined titles. It was first awarded in April 1989 when NWA International Heayweight Champion Jumbo Tsuruta unified the titles by beating PWF Heavyweight and NWA United National Champion Stan Hansen and became the first champion.
As of 11/4/2024 there have been 74 All-Japan Triple Crown Champions. They are listed below in order of reign, which reign it was (some held it multiple times), length of reign and number of successful defenses.
1-Jumbo Tsuruta. 1st reign. Length: 4/18/1989-6/5/1989. Successful defenses: 1.
2-Genichiro Tenryu. 1st reign Length: 6/5/1989-10/11/1989. Successful defenses: 2.
3-Jumbo Tsuruta. 2nd reign. Length: 10/11/1989-6/5/1990. Successful defenses: 2.
4-Terry Gordy. 1st reign. Length: 6/5/1990-6/8/1990. Successful defenses: None.
5-Stan Hansen. 1st reign. Length: 6/8/1990-7/17/1990. Successful defenses: None.
6-Terry Gordy. 2nd reign. Length: 7/17/1990-7/27/1990. Successful defenses: None. Title vacated on 7/27/1990 due to being hospitalized during title defense.
7-Stan Hansen. 2nd reign. Length: 7/27/1990-1/19/1991. Successful defenses: 1.
8-Jumbo Tsuruta. 3rd reign. Length: 1/19/1991-1/28/1992. Successful defenses: 3.
9-Stan Hansen. 3rd reign. Length: 1/28/1992-8/22/1992. Successful defenses: 3.
10-Mitsuharu Misawa. 1st reign. Length: 8/22/1992-7/28/1994. Successful defenses: 7.
11-Steve Williams. 1st reign. Length/ 7/28/1994-10/22/1994. Successful defenses: 1.
12-Toshiaki Kawada. 1st reign. Length: 10/22/1994-3/4/1995. Successful defenses: 1.
13-Stan Hansen. 4th reign. Length: 3/4/1995-5/26/1995. Successful defenses: None.
14-Mitsuharu Misawa. 2nd reign. Length: 5/26/1995-5/24/1996. Successful defenses: 4.
15-Akira Taue. 1st reign. Length: 5/24/1996-7/24/1996. Successful defenses: 1.
16-Kenta Kobashi. 1st reign. Length: 7/24/1996-1/20/1997. Successful defenses: 2.
17-Mitsuharu Misawa. 3rd reign. Length: 1/20/1997-5/1/1998. Successful defenses: 8.
18-Toshiaki Kawada. 2nd reign. Length: 5/1/1998-6/12/1998. Successful defenses: None.
19-Kenta Kobashi. 2nd reign. Length: 6/31/1998-10/31/1998. Successful defenses: 2.
20-Mitsuharu Misawa. 4th reign. Length: 10/31/1998-1/22/1999. Successful defenses: Nonez
21-Toshiaki Kawada. 3rd reign. Length: 1/22/1999-1/29/1999. Successful defenses: None. Vacated title on 1/29/1999 due to injury.
22-Vader (Big Van Vader). 1st reign. Length: 3/6/1999-5/2/1999. Successful defenses: None.
23-Mitsuharu Misawa. 5th reign. Length: 5/2/1999-10/30/1999. Successful defenses: 2.
24-Vader. 2nd reign. Length: 10/30/1999-2/27/2000. Successful defenses: 1.
25-Kenta Kobashi. 3rd reign. Length: 2/27/2000-6/16/2000. Successful defenses: None. Vacated title on 6/16/2000 due to leaving promotion.
26-Genichiro Tenryu. 2nd reign. Length: 10/28/2000-6/8/2001. Successful defenses: 1.
27-Keiji Muto. 1st reign. Length: 6/8/2001-2/24/2002. Successful defenses: 4.
28-Toshiaki Kawada. 4th reign. Length: 2/24/2002-3/28/2002. Successful defenses: None. Vacated title on 3/28/2002 due to injury.
29-Genichiro Tenryu. 3rd reign. Length: 4/13/2002-10/27/2002. Successful defenses: 1.
30-The Great Muta (Keiji Muto). 2nd reign. Length: 10/27/2002-2/23/2003. Successful defenses: 1.
31-Shinya Hashimoto. 1st reign. Length: 2/23/2003-8/13/2003. Successful defenses: 2. Vacated title on 8/13/2003 due to injury.
32-Toshiaki Kawada. 5th reign. Length: 9/6/2003-2/16/2005. Successful defenses: 10.
33-Satoshi Kojima. 1st reign. Length: 2/16/2005-7/3/2006. Successful defenses: 8.
34-Taiyo Kea. 1st reign. Length: 7/3/2006-9/3/2006. Successful defenses: 1.
35-Minoru Suzuki. 1st reign. Length: 9/3/2006-8/26/2007. Successful defenses: 5.
36-Kensuke Sasaki. 1st reign. Length: 8/26/2007-4/29/2008. Successful defenses: 2.
37-Suwama. 1st reign. Length: 4/29/2008-9/28/2008. Successful defenses: 2.
38-The Great Muta. 3rd reign. Length: 8/28/2008-3/14/2009. Successful defenses: 1.
39-Yoshihiro Takayama. 1st reign. Length: 3-14/2009-9/26/2009. Successful defenses: 2.
40-Satoshi Kojima. 2nd reign. Length: 9/26/2009-3/21/2010. Successful defenses: 21.
41-Ryota Hama. 1st reign. Length: 3/21/2010-5/2/2010. Successful defenses: None.
42-Minoru Suzuki. 2nd reign. Length: 5/2/2010-8/29/2010. Successful defenses: 1.
43-Suwama. 2nd reign. Length: 8/29/2010-10/23/2011. Successful defenses: 5.
44-Jun Akiyama. 1st reign. Length: 10/23/2011-8/26/2012. Successful defenses: 4.
45-Masakatsu Funaki. 1st reign. Length: 8/26/2012-3/17/2013. Successful defenses: 4.
46-Suwama. 3rd reign. Length: 3/17/2013-10/27/2013. Successful defenses: 2.
47-Akebono. 1st reign. Length: 10/27/2013-5/30/2014. Successful defenses: 4. Vacated title on 5/30/2014 due to health issues.
48-Takao Omori. 1st reign. Length: 6/15/2014-6/29/2014. Successful defenses: None.
49-Suwama. 4th reign. Length: 6/29/2014-7/27/2014. Successful defenses: None.
50-Joe Doering. 1st reign. Length: 7/27/2014-1/3/2015. Successful defenses: 3.
51-Go Shiozaki. 1st reign. Length: 1/3/2015-5/21/2015. Successful defenses: 2.
52-Akebono. 2nd reign. Length: 5/21/2015-11/1/2015. Successful defenses: 2.
53-Jun Akiyama. 2nd reign. Length: 11/1/2015-1/2/2016. Successful defenses: None.
54-Suwama. 5th reign. Length: 1/2/2016-1/12/2016. Successful defenses: None. Vacated title on 1/12/2016 due to injury.
55-Kento Miyahara. 1st reign. Length: 2/12/2016-5/21/2017. Successful defenses: 8.
56-Shuji Ishikawa.1st reign. Length: 5/21/2017-8/27/2017. Successful defenses: 2.
57-Kento Miyahara. 2nd reign. Length: 8/27/2017-10/9/2017. Successful defenses: None.
58-Suwama. 6th reign. Length: 10/9/2017-10/21/2017. Successful defenses: None.
59-Joe Doering. 2nd reign. Length: 10/21/2017-3/25/2018. Successful defenses: 3.
60-Kento Miyahara. 3rd reign. Length: 3/25/2018-7/29/2018. Successful defenses: 2.
61-Zeus. 1st reign. Length: 7/29/2018-10/21/2018. Successful defenses: 1.
62-Kento Miyahara. 4th reign. Length: 10/21/2018-3/23/2020. Successful defenses: 10.
63-Suwama. 7th reign. Length: 3/23/2020-6/20/2021. Successful defenses: 7. Vacated title on 6/20/2021 due to illness.
64-Jake Lee. 1st reign. Length: 6/26/2021-12/28/2021. Successful defenses: 3. Won title in 3-way match. Vacated title on 12/28/2021 due to injury.
65-Kento Miyahara. 5th reign. Length: 1/23/2022-6/19/2022. Successful defenses: 4.
66-Jake Lee. 2nd reign. Length: 6/19/2022-7/14/2022. Successful defenses: None.
67-Suwama. 8th reign. Length: 7/14/2022-9/18/2022. Successful defenses: None.
68-Kento Miyahara. 6th reign. Length: 9/18/2022-2/19/2023. Successful defenses: 4.
69-Yuji Nagata. 1st reign. Length: 2/19/2023-7/2/2023. Successful defenses: 3.
70-Yuma Aoyagi. 1st reign. Length: 7/2/2023-11/5/2023. Successful defenses: 5.
71-Katsuhiko Nakajima. 1st reign. Length: 11/5/2023-3/30/2024. Successful defenses: 4.
72-Yuma Anzai. 1st reign. Length: 3/30/2024-8/17/2024. Successful defenses: 5.
73-Yuma Aoyagi. 2nd reign. Length: 8/17/2024-11/4/2024. Successful defenses: 2.
74-Davey Boy Smith Jr. 1st reign. Length: 11/4/2024-Present (Current Champion). Successful defenses: None. Next defense: TBA.
