title: BJW Heavyweight Championship
text: # BJW Heavyweight Championship
  
  The BJW Heavyweight Championship was a title defended in the Japanese professional wrestling promotion Big Japan Pro Wrestling. It lasted from 2001 through 2004.
  
  ## Title history
  
  Key :
  
  | No. | Overall reign number |
  | - | - |
  | Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
  | Days | Number of days held |
  | (NLT) | Championship change took place "no later than" the date listed |
  | No. | Champion | Championship change | Championship change | Championship change | Reign statistics | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. |
  | No. | Champion | Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | Notes | Ref. |
  | 1 | Kamikaze | March 20, 2001 | Excite 2001 | Hakata, Japan | 1 | 292 | Defeated Zandig in a tournament final to become the inaugural champion. | |
  | 2 | Daikokubo Benkei | January 6, 2002 | New Year Great Series 2002 | Kawasaki, Japan | 1 | 224 | | |
  | 3 | Daisuke Sekimoto | August 18, 2002 | Harder Than Hardcore II | Yokohama, Japan | 1 | 36 | | |
  | 4 | Men's Teioh | September 23, 2002 | BJ Monster 2002 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 48 | | |
  | — | Vacated | November 10, 2002 | — | — | — | — | Vacated due to unknown circumstances. | |
  | 5 | Men's Teioh | March 30, 2003 | Harder Than Hardcore IV | Yokohama, Japan | 2 | 506 | Defeated Daisuke Sekimoto to win the vacant title. | |
  | 6 | Gran Hamada | August 17, 2004 | Summer Night BJ Osaka Live | Osaka, Japan | 1 | 19 | | |
  | 7 | Men's Teioh | September 5, 2004 | Men's World III: King Kong | Tokyo, Japan | 3 | | | |
  | — | Deactivated | 2004 (NLT) | — | — | — | — | | |
  
  ## Combined reigns
  
  | ¤ | The exact length of at least one title reign is uncertain, so the shortest possible length is used. |
  | - | - |
  | Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns | Combined days |
  | 1 | Men's Teioh | 3 | 555¤ |
  | 2 | Kamikaze | 1 | 292 |
  | 3 | Daikokubo Benkei | 1 | 224 |
  | 4 | Daisuke Sekimoto | 1 | 36 |
  | 5 | Gran Hamada | 1 | 19 |
  
  ## Footnotes
  
  * ↑ The exact date the championship was deactivated has not been confirmed, putting their title reign at between 1 day and 117 days.
  