Following the name of the champion(s): Indicates the number of times the competitor has held that title at that point.
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Indicates a gap in the listing where title changes are not known.
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Title was held or changed hands no later than this. In these cases, it is known that a competitor held the title at a certain time but not when he/she won it.
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Order uncertain. Different titleholders may be known for the same year, for example, but it is not known who held the title before whom.
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Unofficial or disputable claims. These are usually matches that certainly took place, but where there is doubt that the competitor shown should be recognized as a true title holder. These listings are also italicized.
* Bolded letters in the competitor's name, if any, indicate the surname/family name.
Larry Bataan #
1950-08-07
Manila, PHI
Defeats Star Naven to win the Orient Title; may be retrospecitvely recognized as the first OPBF champion after defeating Akanuma Akiyoshi on 52-11-11 in Ōsaka, JPN..
Kaneko Shigeji
1953-12-06
Ōsaka, JPN
Officially recognized as the champion by the OPBF upon its inception on 54-10-27; vacates on 57-11-21.
Kobayashi Hisao
1958-03-30
Tōkyō, JPN
Defeats Leo Espinosa.
Army Wonder Boy
1961-02-01
Manila, PHI
Veeranid Charoenmuang
1961-12-12
Quezon City, PHI
Seki Mitsunori
1962-09-12
Tōkyō, JPN
Vacates on 68-03-29.
Saitō Katsuo
1968-06-12
Tōkyō, JPN
Defeats Francisco Balug.
Hubert Kang
1968-09-11
Tōkyō, JPN
Chiba Nobuo
1970-03-11
Tōkyō, JPN
Kim Hyun
1971-04-24
Seoul, KOR
Utagawa Zensuke
1973-01-16
Nagoya, JPN
Fel Clemente
1975-03-23
Tōkyō, JPN
Hwang Bok-soo
1976-05-16
Busan, KOR
Royal Kobayashi
1978-04-27
Tōkyō, JPN
Hwang Jung-han
1981-10-18
Seoul, KOR
Yuh Hwan-kil
1981-12-06
Seoul, KOR
Vacates in 83-08.
Davino Inocian
1983-08-07
Seoul, KOR
Defeats Bae Duk-hwan.
Oh Min-keun
1983-10-09
Seoul, KOR
Vacates in 84-03.
Chung Ki-tyoung
1984-06-06
Ulsan, KOR
Defeats Sul Inting; vacates in 85-11.
Hwang Jae-young
1986-01-20
Suwon, KOR
Defeats Momong Mana-ay.
Park Byung-soo
1987-09-27
Sangju, KOR
Park Chan-mok
1988-11-13
Chungju, KOR
Vacates in 89-10.
Jojo Cayson
1989-11-11
Cebu, PHI
Defeats Noce Lukman.
Park Young-kyun
1990-01-21
Seoul, KOR
Vacates in 91-03.
Cris Saguid
1991-06-11
INA
Defeats Robby Rahangmetang.
Asakawa Seiji
1992-07-19
Himeji, Hyogo, JPN
Vacates on 93-05-06.
Cris Saguid [2]
1993-09-11
PHI
Defeats Okky Abi Bakrin.
Harada Tsuyoshi
1994-04-26
Ōsaka, JPN
Vacates on 94-07-22.
Cris Saguid [3]
1994-09-30
Quezon City, PHI
Defeats Singnum Chuwatana.
Watanabe Yūji
1995-09-11
Tōkyō, JPN
Vacates on 96-05-13.
Samuel Duran
1996-06-06
KOR
Defeats Park Yong-woon.
Matsumoto Kōji
1996-11-05
Tōkyō, JPN
Vacates on 97-04-05.
Samuel Duran [2]
1997-05-17
Manila, PHI
Defeats Singnum Chuwatana.
Imaoka Takeo
1997-11-12
Tōkyō, JPN
Tony Wehbee
1999-10-11
Tōkyō, JPN
Panther Yanagida
2000-12-23
Fukuoka, JPN
Vacates on 01-08-15.
Koshimoto Takashi
2001-09-30
Munakata, Fukuoka, JPN
Defeats Donny Suratin; vacates in 05-11.
Enoki Hiroyuki
2006-01-21
Tōkyō, JPN
Defeats Dentaksin Noinai Sportschool; vacates on 08-08-29.
Hosono Satoshi
2008-10-18
Tōkyō, JPN
Defeats Makyō Sugita; vacates in 09-12.
Matsuda Naoki
2010-03-06
Tōkyō, JPN
Jonel Alibio
2010-11-06
Tōkyō, JPN
Ōsawa Hiroshige
2011-05-20
Ōsaka, JPN
Stripped of the title on 12-12-16.
Lee Ryol-li
2013-02-20
Tōkyō, JPN
Defeats Cirilo Espino.
Amagasa Hisashi
2013-10-14
Tōkyō, JPN
Also holds Japanese Title but vacates it on 13-11-29; vacates OPBF title in 14-12; loses his bids for WBA and WBO world super bantamweight titles on 14-12-31.
