The Tohoku Junior Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling

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 championship

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 contested in Michinoku Pro Wrestling

Michinoku Pro Wrestling

Michinoku Pro Wrestling is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion, founded by The Great Sasuke in 1993. Michinoku Pro was the first independent wrestling promotion in Japan to not base its operations in Tokyo, but rather in Morioka, Iwate...

, where it is the primary singles title, and is strictly for junior heavyweights

Cruiserweight (professional wrestling)

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. It was created on August 25, 2002 when Dick Togo defeated Tiger Mask IV

Tiger Mask IV

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 in a round-robin tournament

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Title history

Wrestler:	Times:	Date:	Location:	Notes:
Dick Togo	1	August 25, 2002	Sendai, Japan
Atlantis Atlantis (wrestler) Atlantis is a Mexican Luchador Enmascarado currently working for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre where he performs as a Technico . Atlantis has held a large number of professional wrestling championships over the years, both in Mexico and in Japan...	1	August 26, 2003	Sapporo, Japan
The Great Sasuke Masanori Murakawa , , is a Japanese professional wrestler who is best known by his stage name The Great Sasuke, as well as a former Iwate Prefectural Assembly legislator. He has wrestled in Japan and in the United States in various wrestling promotions...	1	March 28, 2004	Sendai, Japan
TAKA Michinoku Takao Yoshida , better known by his ring name TAKA Michinoku , is a professional wrestler who has wrestled all over the world as well he was a former Mixed Martial Artist...	1	February 19, 2005	Iwate, Japan Iwate, Iwate is a town located in Iwate District, Iwate, Japan, 40° latitude.As of 2003, the town has an estimated population of 18,264. The total area is 360.55 km²....
Vacated		March 7, 2006
KAGETORA Fumiyuki Hashimoto , known by his stage name Kagetora , is a Japanese professional wrestler who works for Dragon Gate. He wrestles in independent wrestling leagues all around Japan and has wrestled in the United States for Chikara and Pro Wrestling Guerrilla...	1	March 19, 2006	Yahaba, Japan Yahaba, Iwate is a town located in Shiwa District, Iwate, Japan.As of 2003, the town has an estimated population of 26,842 and a population density of 398.96 persons per km². The total area is 67.28 km².-External links:*...
Vacated		March 19, 2006	Yahaba, Japan
Takeshi Minamino	1	April 23, 2006	Sendai, Japan
Super Delfin Hiroto Wakita Hiroto Wakita is a Japanese professional wrestler who currently runs Okinawa Pro Wrestling and is also working as a wrestler there. He is better known by his stage name Super Delfin.-New Japan Pro Wrestling:...	1	May 21, 2006	Osaka, Japan Osaka is a city in the Kansai region of Japan's main island of Honshu, a designated city under the Local Autonomy Law, the capital city of Osaka Prefecture and also the biggest part of Keihanshin area, which is represented by three major cities of Japan, Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe...
The Great Sasuke	2	October 8, 2006	Morioka, Japan Morioka, Iwate is the capital city of Iwate Prefecture, Japan.As of 2005, the city has an estimated population of 300,740 and a population density of 588.11 persons per km². The total area is 489.15 km²....
GAINA	1	November 19, 2006	Niigata, Japan Niigata, Niigata is the capital and the most populous city of Niigata Prefecture, Japan. It lies on the northwest coast of Honshu, the largest island of Japan, and faces the Sea of Japan and Sado Island....

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Takuya Sugi

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|Fujita "Jr" Hayato || 1 || December 12, 2008 || Tokyo, Japan

Tokyo

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|Kenou || 1 || September 5, 2009 || Yahaba, Japan ||
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|The Great Sasuke

Masanori Murakawa

, , is a Japanese professional wrestler who is best known by his stage name The Great Sasuke, as well as a former Iwate Prefectural Assembly legislator. He has wrestled in Japan and in the United States in various wrestling promotions...

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|Rui Hyugaji || 1 || May 8, 2011 || Yahaba, Japan ||
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|Kenou || 2 || November 5, 2011 || Yahaba, Japan ||
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List of reigns by length

As of , .

Wrestler	Days Held	Date Won	Date Lost
Kenou	428	September 5, 2009	November 7,2010
Yoshitsune Takuya Sugi Takuya Sugi is a Japanese professional wrestler from Shizuoka. He currently wrestles as a freelancer in the Japanese independent circuit; he uses many aliases, most commonly Yoshitsune and El Blazer...	399	November 9, 2007	December 12, 2008
TAKA Michinoku	381	February 19, 2005	March 7, 2006
Dick Togo	367	August 25, 2002	August 26, 2003
GAINA	356	November 19, 2006	November 9, 2007
The Great Sasuke	338	March 28, 2004	February 19, 2005
Fujita "Jr" Hayato	267	December 12, 2008	September 5, 2009
Atlantis Atlantis (wrestler) Atlantis is a Mexican Luchador Enmascarado currently working for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre where he performs as a Technico . Atlantis has held a large number of professional wrestling championships over the years, both in Mexico and in Japan...	214	August 26, 2003	March 28, 2004
The Great Sasuke	182	November 7, 2010	May, 2011
Rui Hyugaji	181	May 8, 2011	November 5, 2011
Super Delfin	140	May 21, 2006	October 8, 2006
The Great Sasuke	42	October 8, 2006	November 19, 2006
Takeshi Minaminno	28	April 23, 2006	May 21, 2006
Kenou	+	November 5, 2011	Current champion
KAGETORA Fumiyuki Hashimoto , known by his stage name Kagetora , is a Japanese professional wrestler who works for Dragon Gate. He wrestles in independent wrestling leagues all around Japan and has wrestled in the United States for Chikara and Pro Wrestling Guerrilla...	0	March 19, 2006	March 19, 2006