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NJPW Best of the Super Juniors

Winner

Date Won

Observations

Shiro Koshinaka
February 07, 1988
Shiro Koshinaka def. Hiroshi Hase to win the first ever Top of the Super Juniors Tournament.
Norio Honaga
April 30, 1991
Norio Honaga def. Jushin Liger to win the first ever Top of the Super Juniors Tournament and the Junior Heavyweight Champion.
Jushin Thunder Liger
April 30, 1992
Jushin Liger def. El Samurai to win the Top of the Super Juniors Tournament. The winner, Jushin Liger, became the first man to win the tournament while holding the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship.
Pegasus Kid
June 14, 1993
Pegasus Kid def. El Samurai in the finals to win the Top of the Super Juniors Tournament. Pegasus became the first gaijin wrestler to win the tournament.
Jushin Thunder Liger
June 13, 1994
Jushin Liger def. Super Delfin to win the Cup. The 1994 Best of the Super Juniors, the first tournament to be held under that name.
Wild Pegasus
July 13, 1995
Wild Pegasus (Formerly Pegasus Kid) def. Shinjiro Otani to win the Best of the Super Juniors.
Black Tiger II
June 12, 1996
Black Tiger II def. Jushin Liger in the finals to win the 1996 Best of the Super Juniors.
Samurai, El
June 05, 1997
El Samurai def. Koji Kanemoto in the finals to win the 1997 Best of the Super Juniors.
Koji Kanemoto
June 03, 1998
Kanemoto def. Dr. Wagner, Jr. in the finals to win the 1998 Best of the Super Juniors.
Kendo Kashin
June 08, 1999
Kendo Kashin def. Koji Kanemoto in the finals to win the 1999 Best of the Super Juniors.
Tatsuhito Takaiwa
June 09, 2000
Takaiwa def. Shinjiro Otani in the finals to win the 2000 edition of the Best of the Super Juniors.
Jushin Thunder Liger
June 04, 2001
Jushin Liger def. Minoru Tanaka in the finals to win the 2001 Best of the Super Juniors.
Koji Kanemoto
June 05, 2002
Kanemoto def. Minoru Tanaka in the finals to win the 2002 Best of the Super Juniors.
Masahito Kakihara
June 11, 2003
Kakihara def. Koji Kanemoto in the finals to win the 2003 Best of the Super Juniors.
Tiger Mask IV
June 13, 2004
Tiger Mask IV def. Koji Kanemoto in the finals to win the 2004 Best of the Super Juniors.
Tiger Mask IV
June 19, 2005
Tiger Mask IV def. Gedo in the finals to win the 2005 Best of the Super Juniors.
Minoru Tanaka
June 16, 2006
Minoru def. Tiger Mask IV in the finals to win the 2006 Best of the Super Juniors.
Milano Collection A.T.
June 17, 2007
Milano Collection AT def. Wataru Inoue in the finals to win the 2007 Best of the Super Juniors.
Wataru Inoue
June 15, 2008
Wataru Inoue def. Koji Kanemoto in the finals to win the 2008 Best of the Super Juniors.
Koji Kanemoto
June 14, 2009
Kanemoto def. Prince Devitt in the finals to win the 2009 Best of the Super Juniors.
Prince Devitt
June 13, 2010
Prince Devitt def. Kota Ibushi in the finals to win the 2010 Best of the Super Juniors.
Kota Ibushi
June 10, 2011
Kota Ibushi def. Ryusuke Taguchi in the finals to win the 2011 Best of the Super Juniors.
Ryusuke Taguchi
June 10, 2012
Ryusuke Taguchi def. Low Ki in the finals to win the 2012 Best of the Super Juniors.
Prince Devitt
June 09, 2013
Prince Devitt def. Alex Shelley in the finals to win the 2013 Best of the Super Juniors.
Ricochet
June 08, 2014
Ricochet def. Kushida in the finals to win the 2014 Best of the Super Juniors.
Kushida
June 07, 2015
KUSHIDA def Kyle O'Reilly in the finals to win the 2015 Best of the Super Juniors.
Great Baba
June 07, 2016
Ospreay def Taguchi in the finals to win the 2016 Best of the Super Juniors.
Kushida
June 03, 2017
Defeated Will Ospreay in the finals to become the 2017 Best of the Super Juniors.
Hiromu Takahashi
June 04, 2018
Defeated Taiji Ishimori in the finals to become the 2018 Best of the Super Juniors.