New Japan Pro Wrestling IWGP Heavyweight Championship (3 times) IWGP Third Belt Championship (1 time) IWGP Intercontinental Championship (5 times) IWGP Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Hiroshi Tanahashi IWGP U-30 Openweight Championship (1 time) NWF Heavyweight Championship (1 time) 10,000,000 Yen Tag Tournament (2004) – with Hiroyoshi Tenzan G1 Climax (2011) G1 Tag League (2006) – with Masahiro Chono National District Tournament (2006) – with Koji Kanemoto New Japan Cup (2014) Teisen Hall Cup Six Man Tag Team Tournament (2003) – with Hiro Saito and Tatsutoshi Goto Yuko Six Man Tag Team Tournament (2004) – with Blue Wolf and Katsuhiko Nakajima Heavyweight Tag MVP Award (2005) with Hiroshi Tanahashi New Wave Award (2003) Tag Team Best Bout (2004) with Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Katsuyori Shibata and Masahiro Chono on October 24[178] Technique Award (2004) Pro Wrestling Illustrated Most Popular Wrestler of the Year (2016) Ranked No. 5 of the best 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2015 Tokyo Sports Best Bout Award (2013) vs. Kota Ibushi on August 4 Best Bout Award (2014) vs. Kazuchika Okada on August 10 Rookie of the Year Award (2003) Technique Award (2012) Wrestling Observer Newsletter 5 Star Match (2015) vs. Kota Ibushi on January 4 5 Star Match (2015) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi on August 16 Most Charismatic (2014, 2015) Pro Wrestling Match of the Year (2015) vs. Kota Ibushi on January 4 Wrestler of the Year (2014) Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame (Class of 2015) WWE NXT NXT Championship (2 times) NXT Year-End Award (2 times) Male Competitor of the Year (2016) Overall Competitor of the Year (2016)