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 indicate the surname/family name.
Shima Mitsuo
1971-11-05
Tōkyō
Defeats Higashi Noboru to be recognized as the first champion by the All Japan Kickboxing Association; wins WKBF/WTBF title on 72-08-20; vacates All Japan title on 73-01-24 to concentrate on the WKBF/WTBF title.
Okao Kunimitsu
1973-04-07
Tōkyō
Defeats Eguchi Kazuaki; vacant in 73 (sometime between 73-09-14 and 73-11-28).
Nagae Kunimasa
1974-01-03
Tōkyō
Defeats Uchiyama Yoshihiro.
Shima Mitsuo [2]
1975-01-03
Tōkyō
Nagae Kunimasa [2]
1976-07-09
Tōkyō
Kanazawa Ryūji
1978-01-04
Tōkyō
Vacates on 78-07-09.
Sakayori Akira
1978-07-22
Tōkyō
Defeats Hanai Gan; still champion as of 81-08-30; again billed as All Japan champion on 84-04-21 on the Watanabe Gym 15th anniversary card; retires on 85-06-07.
Aoyama Takashi
1987-07-15
MAJKF champion, recognized as the champion by the All Japan Kickboxing Federation after jumping from MAJKF; stripped of the title on 88-03-12 for exceeding the weight limit for the title defense.
Kagami Jun'ichi
1989-01-29
Tōkyō
Defeats Saitō Naohiro.
Shimizu Takahiro
1989-09-05
Vacates in 90-06 when Shimizu wins WKA World Super Bantamweight Title.
Tateshima Atsushi
1991-04-21
Defeats Tsubaki Munenori for the vacant title.
Maeda Kensaku
1992-07-18
Tateshima Atsushi [2]
1993-11-27
Tōkyō
Satō Takaya
1994-07-30
Nagoya
Tateshima Atsushi [3]
1995-07-30
Suzuki Hideaki
1996-03-24
Vacant in 96.
Sakuma Shin'ya
1997-04-29
Vacant in 98.
Masuda Hiromasa
1999-07-13
Tōkyō
Defeats Fujii Musashi for the vacant title; vacates in 2000-03; Endō Shinsuke becomes an interim champion on 01-01-04.
