| Gaora TV Championship | |||||||||||||||||||
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 Current design of the championship (2012 – present) | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Promotion | All Japan Pro Wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date established | October 7, 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Current champion | Shotaro Ashino | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date won | September 23, 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||
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TheGaora TV Championship (GAORA TV チャンピオンシップ,Gaora Tī Bui Chanpionshippu) is aprofessional wrestlingchampionship owned by theAll Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW)promotion. On August 28, 2012, AJPW andGaora TV announced that AJPW would introduce a new championship called the Gaora TV Championship. A tournament for the title took place from September 8 to October 7, withSeiya Sanada becoming the inaugural champion.
There have been a total of 31 reigns shared between 24 different champions. The current title holder isShotaro Ashino who is in his first reign.
| First Round (September 8) | Semifinals (October 7) | Final (October 7) | ||||||||||||
| Ryota Hama | 06:21 | |||||||||||||
| Yasufumi Nakanoue | W | |||||||||||||
| Yasufumi Nakanoue | W | |||||||||||||
| Kazushi Miyamoto | 07:10 | |||||||||||||
| Kazushi Miyamoto | W | |||||||||||||
| Manabu Soya | 06:01 | |||||||||||||
| Yasufumi Nakanoue | 10:54 | |||||||||||||
| Seiya Sanada | W | |||||||||||||
| Masayuki Kono | 12:02 | |||||||||||||
| Tomoaki Honma | W | |||||||||||||
| Tomoaki Honma | 12:30 | |||||||||||||
| Seiya Sanada | W | |||||||||||||
| Seiya Sanada | W | |||||||||||||
| Yuji Okabayashi | 16:04 | |||||||||||||
| No. | Overall reign number |
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| Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
| Days | Number of days held |
| Defenses | Number of successful defenses |
| + | Current reign is changing daily |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | ||||||
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| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | Defenses | ||||||
| All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) | |||||||||||
| 1 | Seiya Sanada | October 7, 2012 | 40th Anniversary Tour 2012 | Bunkyo, Tokyo,Japan | 1 | 232 | 7 | Sanada defeatedYasufumi Nakanoue in the final of an eight-man tournament to become the inaugural champion. | [1] | ||
| 2 | René Duprée | May 27, 2013 | Rising Sun in the Maritimes Tour | Cocagne, New Brunswick,Canada | 1 | 107 | 21 | [2] | |||
| — | Vacated | September 11, 2013 | — | — | — | — | — | Duprée returned the title to All Japan, after leaving the promotion forWrestle-1. | [3] | ||
| 3 | Sushi | November 24, 2013 | 2013 Ōdō Renaissance | Nagano, Nagano,Japan | 1 | 174 | 1 | Sushi defeatedKeisuke Ishii in the final of a four-man tournament to win the vacant title. | [4] | ||
| 4 | Kotaro Suzuki | May 17, 2014 | 2014 Super Power Series | Yokohama, Kanagawa,Japan | 1 | 211 | 4 | [5] | |||
| 5 | Kenso | December 14, 2014 | Kyohei Wada Referee 40th Anniversary & 60th Birthday Commemorative Tournament | Bunkyo, Tokyo,Japan | 1 | 172 | 3 | [6] | |||
| 6 | Sushi | June 4, 2015 | 2015 Dynamite Series | Bunkyo, Tokyo,Japan | 2 | 72 | 0 | [7] | |||
| — | Vacated | August 15, 2015 | — | — | — | — | — | The title was vacated due to Sushi being sidelined with a fractured jaw. | [8] | ||
| 7 | Yohei Nakajima | August 16, 2015 | 2015 Summer Explosion | Kobe, Hyōgo,Japan | 1 | 298 | 3 | Nakajima defeated Billyken Kid to win the vacant title. | [9] | ||
| 8 | Kazuhiro Tamura | June 9, 2016 | Charity Puroresu Isesaki 69 | Isesaki, Gunma,Japan | 1 | 6 | 0 | [10] | |||
| 9 | Yohei Nakajima | June 15, 2016 | 2016 Dynamite Series | Bunkyo, Tokyo,Japan | 2 | 29 | 0 | [11] | |||
| 10 | Takeshi Minamino | July 14, 2016 | 2016 Summer Action Series | Bunkyo, Tokyo,Japan | 1 | 28 | 0 | [12] | |||
| 11 | Yohei Nakajima | August 11, 2016 | 2016 Summer Explosion | Ueda, Nagano,Japan | 3 | 9 | 0 | [13] | |||
| 12 | Billy Ken Kid [ja] | August 20, 2016 | 2016 Summer Explosion | Kobe, Hyōgo,Japan | 1 | 30 | 1 | [14] | |||
| 13 | Yohei Nakajima | September 19, 2016 | Korakuen Hall Taikai | Bunkyo, Tokyo,Japan | 4 | 69 | 1 | [15] | |||
| 14 | Jiro Kuroshio | November 27, 2016 | Zen Nihon Puroresu in Ryōgoku Kokugikan | Sumida, Tokyo,Japan | 1 | 80 | 0 | [16] | |||
| — | Vacated | February 15, 2017 | — | — | — | — | — | Kuroshio returned the title to AJPW after being sidelined with a knee injury. | [17] | ||
| 15 | Jun Akiyama | March 12, 2017 | Yume Ryoku! 2017 Dream Power Series | Bunkyo, Tokyo,Japan | 1 | 490 | 10 | Akiyama defeatedKenso to win the vacant title. | [18] | ||
| 16 | Tajiri | July 15, 2018 | 2018 Summer Action Series | Tokyo,Japan | 1 | 316 | 6 | ||||
| 17 | Yoshitatsu | May 27, 2019 | 2019 Super Power Series | Gifu,Japan | 1 | 587 | 9 | ||||
| 18 | Jun Kasai | January 3, 2021 | New Year Wars | Tokyo,Japan | 1 | 74 | 1 | This was a Tables, Ladders and Chairs match | [19] | ||
| 19 | Shuji Ishikawa | March 18, 2021 | Special Box Office Blood Fight: Jun Kasai vs. Shuji Ishikawa ~ Crazy Monkey vs. Giant | Tokyo,Japan | 1 | 227 | 3 | This was aGlass Board, Barbed Wire Board, Tables, Ladders & Chairs + α Deathmatch. | [20] | ||
| 20 | Shigehiro Irie | October 31, 2021 | Raising An Army Memorial Series 2021 | Tokyo,Japan | 1 | 218 | 2 | [21] | |||
| 21 | Izanagi | June 6, 2022 | AJPW Dynamite Series 2022 | Tokyo,Japan | 1 | 13 | 0 | [22] | |||
| 22 | Toshizo | June 19, 2022 | AJPW Champions 50th Anniversary | Tokyo,Japan | 1 | 217 | 3 | This was afour-way ladder match also involvingYusuke Kodama andBlack Menso-re. | [23] | ||
| 23 | Minoru Tanaka | January 22, 2023 | AJPW New Year Giant Series 2023 | Tokyo,Japan | 1 | 345 | 3 | [24] | |||
| 24 | Black Menso-re | January 2, 2024 | AJPW New Year Giant Series 2024 | Tokyo,Japan | 5 | 12 | 0 | Menso-re was previously known as Yohei Nakajima. | [25] | ||
| 25 | Seigo Tachibana | January 14, 2024 | AJPW New Year Giant Series 2024 - Night 3 | Tokyo,Japan | 1 | 162 | 3 | [26] | |||
| 26 | Fuminori Abe | June 24, 2024 | AJPW Dynamite Series 2024 - Night 1 | Tokyo,Japan | 1 | 120 | 2 | [27] | |||
| 27 | Seigo Tachibana | October 22, 2024 | AJPW Raising An Army Memorial Series 2024 - Night 4 | Tokyo,Japan | 2 | 47 | 2 | [28] | |||
| 28 | Yuko Miyamoto | December 8, 2024 | AJPW Real World Tag League 2024 - Night 11 | Tokyo,Japan | 1 | 189 | 4 | [29] | |||
| 29 | Takashi | June 15, 2025 | AJPW Super Power Series 2025 - Night 3 | Kyoto,Japan | 1 | 100 | 2 | [30] | |||
| 30 | Kuroshio Tokyo Japan | September 23, 2025 | AJPW Giant Dream 2025 | Tokyo,Japan | 2 | 35 | 0 | This was abattle royal also involving Aizawa No. 1,Hokuto Omori,Kikutaro,Kumaarashi,Naruki Doi,Seigo Tachibana andSenor Saito. Kuroshio was previously known as Jiro Kuroshio. | [31] | ||
| 31 | Shotaro Ashino | October 28, 2025 | AJPW Hokkaido Dynamite Series 2025 | Tokyo,Japan | 1 | 26+ | 1 | [32] | |||
As of November 23, 2025.
| † | Indicates the current champion |
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| Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns | Combined defenses | Combined days |
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| 1 | Yoshitatsu | 1 | 9 | 587 |
| 2 | Jun Akiyama | 1 | 10 | 490 |
| 3 | Yohei Nakajima/Black Menso-re | 5 | 4 | 417 |
| 4 | Minoru Tanaka | 1 | 3 | 345 |
| 5 | Tajiri | 1 | 6 | 316 |
| 6 | Sushi | 2 | 1 | 246 |
| 7 | Seiya Sanada | 1 | 7 | 232 |
| 8 | Shuji Ishikawa | 1 | 2 | 227 |
| 9 | Shigehiro Irie | 1 | 2 | 218 |
| 10 | Toshizo | 1 | 3 | 217 |
| 11 | Kotaro Suzuki | 1 | 4 | 211 |
| 12 | Seigo Tachibana | 2 | 5 | 209 |
| 13 | Yuko Miyamoto | 1 | 4 | 189 |
| 14 | Kenso | 1 | 3 | 172 |
| 15 | Fuminori Abe | 1 | 2 | 120 |
| 16 | Jiro Kuroshio/Kuroshio Tokyo Japan | 2 | 0 | 115 |
| 17 | René Duprée | 1 | 21 | 107 |
| 18 | Takashi | 1 | 2 | 100 |
| 19 | Jun Kasai | 1 | 1 | 74 |
| 20 | Billy Ken Kid | 1 | 1 | 30 |
| 21 | Takeshi Minamino | 1 | 0 | 28 |
| 22 | Shotaro Ashino † | 1 | 1 | 26+ |
| 23 | Izanagi | 1 | 0 | 13 |
| 24 | Kazuhiro Tamura | 1 | 0 | 6 |
