IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship
| IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship | |||||||||||||||
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The IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship belt | |||||||||||||||
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| Promotion | New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) | ||||||||||||||
| Date established | February 6, 1986 | ||||||||||||||
| Current champion | Douki | ||||||||||||||
| Date won | October 6, 2025 | ||||||||||||||
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The IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship (IWGPジュニアヘビー級王座, IWGP juniahebī-kyū ōza) is a professional wrestling world junior heavyweight championship owned by the New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) promotion. "IWGP" is the acronym of NJPW's governing body, the International Wrestling Grand Prix (インターナショナル・レスリング・グラン・プリ, intānashonaru resuringu guran puri). Only wrestlers under the junior heavyweight weight-limit may hold the championship. NJPW currently controls two junior heavyweight championships: the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship and the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship. The weight-limit for the title is 100 kg (220 lb). The current champion is Douki, who is in his second reign.