JWP Openweight Championship
KANA as the JWP Openweight Champion in 2013
Details
PromotionJWP Joshi Puroresu
Date establishedDecember 2, 1992[1]
Date retiredApril 2, 2017[2][3]
Statistics
First champion(s)Dynamite Kansai[1]
Most reignsArisa Nakajima and Azumi Hyuga
(4 reigns)
Longest reignKayoko Haruyama
(1st reign, 719 days)
Shortest reignKyoko Kimura
(25 days)
Oldest championMayumi Ozaki
(46 years, 292 days)[a]
Youngest championDynamite Kansai
(22 years, 363 days)[a]

The JWP Openweight Championship was a women's professional wrestling championship owned by the JWP Joshi Puroresu promotion. The championship, which was situated at the top of JWP's championship hierarchy, was introduced on December 2, 1992, when Dynamite Kansai defeated Cutie Suzuki in a tournament final to become the inaugural champion. At the time of JWP Joshi Puroresu's folding in April 2017, the JWP Openweight Championship was the oldest active title in all of joshi puroresu.[1][4]

Like most professional wrestling championships, the title was won as a result of a scripted match. There were thirty reigns shared among nineteen different wrestlers. The title was retired on April 2, 2017, when JWP Joshi Puroresu went out of business. That same day, Hanako Nakamori won the final match contested for the title, making her third successful defense against Tsubasa Kuragaki.[2][3]

Title history

On December 2, 1992, Dynamite Kansai became the inaugural JWP Openweight Champion by defeating Cutie Suzuki.[1] On October 15, 1995, Kansai would defeated Suzuki once again to win the title, which was previously vacated.[5] On November 28, 2004, after the championship was vacated once again, Azumi Hyuga won it by defeating Kayoko Haruyama in a tournament final.[5] On September 19, 2010, at JWP Revolution, the 15th champion Kaori Yoneyama successfully defended her title against Emi Sakura in a Hair vs. Hair match, forcing Sakura being shaved bald.[6] Sakura would later win the championship on October 28, 2012, after defeating Kayoko Haruyama.[7]

On April 2, 2017, at JWP's 25th Anniversary show, which was JWP's last show as JWP closed doors, the championship was deactivated with Hanako Nakamori being the last champion, with a final successful title defense against Tsubasa Kuragaki.[8][2][3]

Reigns

Over the championship's 24-year history, there have been 30 reigns between 19 champions and two vacancies. Dynamite Kansai was the inaugural champion, while Hanako Nakamori being the last. Arisa Nakajima and Azumi Hyuga share the record for most reigns at four. Kayoko Haruyama's first reign is the longest at 719 days, while Kyoko Kimura's reign is the shortest at 25 days. Mayumi Ozaki is the oldest champion at 46 years old, while Kansai is the youngest at 22 years old.[a]

Key
No. Overall reign number
Reign Reign number for the specific champion
Days Number of days held
Defenses Number of successful defenses
No. Champion Championship change Reign statistics Notes Ref.
Date Event Location Reign Days Defenses
1 Dynamite Kansai December 2, 1992 House show Tokyo, Japan 1 655 3[9] Defeated Cutie Suzuki in a tournament final to become the inaugural champion. [1]
2 Devil Masami September 18, 1994 House show Yokohama, Japan 1 32 1[9] [5]
— Vacated October 20, 1994 — — — — — The championship was vacated due to undocumented reasons. [5]
3 Dynamite Kansai October 15, 1995 House show Tokyo, Japan 2 541 2[9] Defeated Cutie Suzuki in a tournament final to win the vacant championship. [5]
4 Hikari Fukuoka April 8, 1997 House show Tokyo, Japan 1 691 6[9] [5]
5 Azumi Hyuga February 28, 1999 House show Tokyo, Japan 1 298 3[9] [5]
6 Ran Yu-Yu December 23, 1999 House show Tokyo, Japan 1 525 1[9] [5]
7 Command Bolshoi August 6, 2000 House show Tokyo, Japan 1 196 0[9] [5]
8 Azumi Hyuga February 18, 2001 House show Tokyo, Japan 2 623 5[9] [5]
— Vacated November 3, 2002 — — — — — The championship was vacated due to undocumented reasons. [5]
9 Azumi Hyuga November 28, 2004 House show Tokyo, Japan 3 294 2[9] Defeated Kayoko Haruyama in a tournament final to win the vacant championship. [5]
10 Tsubasa Kuragaki September 18, 2005 House show Tokyo, Japan 1 252 1[10] [5]
11 Manami Toyota May 28, 2006 Mania–X Tokyo, Japan 1 113 3[11] [10]
12 Azumi Hyuga September 18, 2006 House show Tokyo, Japan 4 589 5[12] [11]
13 Kayoko Haruyama April 29, 2008 Mania–X Tokyo, Japan 1 719 8[13] [12]
14 Nanae Takahashi April 18, 2010 House show Tokyo, Japan 1 91 2[14] [13]
15 Kaori Yoneyama July 18, 2010 JWP–Pure–Slam Tokyo, Japan 1 259 10[15] [14]
16 Leon April 3, 2011 Mania–X Tokyo, Japan 1 84 1[16] This match was also contested for the High Speed Championship. [15]
17 Hailey Hatred June 25, 2011 Road to JWP 20th: Osaka Carnival Osaka, Japan 1 180 3[17] This match was also contested for the TLW World Women's and IMW Hybrid Fighting Championships. [16]
18 Tsubasa Kuragaki December 23, 2011 Climax 2011: Kaori Yoneyama Final Tokyo, Japan 2 121 0[18] [17]
19 Kayoko Haruyama April 22, 2012 JWP 20th Anniversary: Mania–X Tokyo, Japan 2 189 3[7] [18]
20 Emi Sakura October 28, 2012 Pure Wars Series Tokyo, Japan 1 57 1[19] [7]
21 Arisa Nakajima December 24, 2012 Climax 2012: JWP 20th Tokyo, Japan 1 237 3[20] [19]
22 Kana August 18, 2013 JWP–Pure Slam 2013 Tokyo, Japan 1 119 2[21] [20]
23 Arisa Nakajima December 15, 2013 Climax Tokyo, Japan 2 476 6[22] [21]
24 Kayoko Haruyama April 5, 2015 Mania–X Tokyo, Japan 3 97 1[23] [22]
25 Command Bolshoi July 11, 2015 Tropical☆Bari Bari Hurricane Tokyo, Japan 2 36 0[24] [23]
26 Mayumi Ozaki August 16, 2015 JWP–Pure Plum 2015 Tokyo, Japan 1 231 2[25] [24]
27 Arisa Nakajima April 3, 2016 Mania–X Tokyo, Japan 3 189 2[26] [25]
28 Kyoko Kimura October 9, 2016 Fly High in the 25th Anniversary Tokyo, Japan 1 25 2[27] [26]
29 Arisa Nakajima November 3, 2016 Pure Dream 2016 Tokyo, Japan 4 55 0[8] This was a Street Fight. [27]
30 Hanako Nakamori December 28, 2016 Climax Tokyo, Japan 1 95 3[2] [8]
— Deactivated April 2, 2017 JWP 25th Anniversary Tokyo, Japan — — — The championship was retired when JWP Joshi Puroresu goes out of business. [2][3]

Combined reigns

Two-time and inaugural champion Dynamite Kansai
Arisa Nakajima has held the title a record-equalling four times.
Rank Wrestler No. of
reigns 		Combined
defenses 		Combined
days
1 Azumi Hyuga 4 14 1,797
2 Dynamite Kansai 2 5 1,197
3 Kayoko Haruyama 3 12 1,005
4 Arisa Nakajima 4 11 957
5 Hikari Fukuoka 1 6 691
6 Ran Yu-Yu 1 1 525
7 Tsubasa Kuragaki 2 1 373
8 Kaori Yoneyama 1 10 259
9 Command Bolshoi 2 0 232
10 Mayumi Ozaki 1 2 231
11 Hailey Hatred 1 3 180
12 Kana 1 2 119
13 Manami Toyota 1 3 113
14 Hanako Nakamori 1 3 95
15 Nanae Takahashi 1 2 91
16 Leon 1 1 84
17 Emi Sakura 1 1 57
18 Devil Masami 1 1 32
19 Kyoko Kimura 1 2 25

Notes

  1. ^ a b c The date of birth of Command Bolshoi is unknown, therefore, this stat might be inaccurate.

References

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