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.
Martial Arts Japan Kickboxing Federation
Japan
Featherweight Title [58kg/127.9lb] (as of 2022-09-25)
* Bolded letters in the competitor's name indicate the surname/family name.
Watanabe Akira
1984-11-30
Tōkyō
Defeats Katsuragi Noboru to be recognized as the first champion by JKF; JKF splits into two groups in 85-04; recognition withdrawn by the group lead by the chairman Ishikawa Katsumasa; Watanabe continues to be recognized by the group lead by Todaka Kesaaki.
Kashima Ryū
1985-05-17
Tōkyō
Defeats Aoyama Takashi to be recognized as the second champion by the group of the JFK chairman Ishikawa Katsumasa; recognized as MAJKF Title from 85-11.
Katsuragi Osamu
1986-03-09
Tōkyō
Kashima is stripped of the title for exceeding the weight limit for the match.
Aoyama Takashi
1986-09-20
Tōkyō
Vacant in 86 when Aoyama jumps to AJKF where he is recognized as the champion.
Kojima Hiromitsu
1987-05-29
Tōkyō
Defeats Yamazaki Michiaki; vacant in 88(?).
Yamazaki Michiaki
1988-08-28
Tōkyō
Defeats Sugahara Seiji; vacates on 90-05-18.
Sugahara Tadayuki
1991-11-15
Defeats Kusunoki Misato; vacates in 93(?).
Matsuo Eiji
1993-05-21
Defeats Toki Toshiyuki.
Wonderman Muroto
1994-01-22
Vacates in 96(?).
Watanabe Eiki
1996-10-27
Vacates in 97(?).
Sunada Masahiko
1997-08-10
Vacates in 98(?).
Yamaguchi Genki
1998-12-26
Tōkyō
Defeats Kaz Kudo; vacates in 2001(?).
Yamada Takehiro
2002-04-28
Tōkyō
Defeats Hannibal Suzuki; vacates in 03 to move up to the super featherweight division.
Kobayashi Hideki
2003-11-24
Tōkyō
Defeats Nakamura Hiroto.
Ōtaka Ichirō
2004-11-21
Tōkyō
Shunta
2005-08-14
Tōkyō
Vacant in 08-08.
RIOT (Nagado Yūji)
2008-10-19
Tōkyō
Vacant in 10.
BOB
2010-10-10
Tōkyō
Defeats Junibayashi Minoru for the vacant title.
Junibayashi Minoru
2011-05-08
Tōkyō
Akimoto Hiroki
2012-07-15
Tōkyō
Defeats Fujisawa Daiki for the vacant title; vacates in 13(?).
Maki Pinsiam (Pinsiam Sor.Amnuaysirichoke)
2014-01-19
Tōkyō
Defeats Ryō Pegasus; vacates in 18-05.
Miyazaki Yūki
2018-05-20
Tōkyō
Defeats Ōno Takash for the vacant title; still champion as of 22-03-26; vacant in 22.
