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.
Defeats Yamada Manabu in 16-man tournament final to become the first King of Pancrasists.
Suzuki Minoru
1995-05-13
Chiba
Bas Rutten
1995-09-01
Tōkyō
Frank Shamrock defeats Suzuki Minoru on 96-01-28 in Yokohama to become provisional after Rutten is injured; Rutten defeats Shamrock on 96-05-16 in Tōkyō to unify titles; vacates in 96-12 due to girlfriend giving birth.
Funaki Masakatsu
1996-12-15
Tōkyō
Defeats Jason DeLucia in 4-man tournament final.
Kondō Yūki
1997-04-27
Tōkyō
Funaki Masakatsu [2]
1997-12-20
Yokohama
Guy Mezger
1998-04-26
Yokohama
Vacates title for Ultimate Fighting Championship.
Kondō Yūki [2]
1999-04-18
Yokohama
Defeats Semmy Schilt to win vacant title.
Semmy Schilt
1999-11-28
Osaka
Vacant; Schilt has not defended the title since 2000-09-24.
Josh Barnett
2003-08-31
Tōkyō
Defeats Kondō Yūki; has not defended the title since 03-12-31 but is still listed as champion on the Pancrase official website as of 21-07-18.
