JWP Openweight Championship

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 1, 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]

JWP Openweight Championship
Arisa Nakajima, record four-time JWP Openweight Champion
Details
Promotion	JWP Joshi Puroresu
Date established	December 1, 1992[1]
Date retired	April 2, 2017[2][3]
Statistics First champion(s) Dynamite Kansai[1] Most reigns Arisa Nakajima and Azumi Hyuga (4 reigns) Longest reign Kayoko Haruyama (719 days) Shortest reign Kyoko Kimura (25 days) Oldest champion Mayumi Ozaki (46 years, 292 days) Youngest champion Dynamite Kansai (22 years, 363 days)

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]

Reigns

Dynamite Kansai was the first champion in the title's history and Hanako Nakamori the final.[1][2][3] Arisa Nakajima and Azumi Hyuga share the record for most reigns, with four each.[5] Kayoko Haruyama's first reign holds the record for the longest reign, at 719 days, while Kyoko Kimura's only reign holds the record for the shortest reign at 25 days.[5] Overall, there were thirty reigns shared among nineteen different wrestlers.

Title history

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 1, 1992	JWP House Show	Tokyo	1	656	3[6]	Kansai defeated Cutie Suzuki in a tournament final to become the inaugural champion.	[1]
2	Devil Masami	September 18, 1994	JWP House Show	Yokohama	1	32	1[6]		[5]
—	Vacated	October 20, 1994	—	—	—	—	—		[5]
3	Dynamite Kansai	October 15, 1995	JWP House Show	Tokyo	2	541	2[6]	Kansai defeated Cutie Suzuki in a tournament final to win the vacant title.	[5]
4	Hikari Fukuoka	April 8, 1997	JWP House Show	Tokyo	1	691	6[6]		[5]
5	Azumi Hyuga	February 28, 1999	JWP House Show	Tokyo	1	298	3[6]		[5]
6	Ran YuYu	December 23, 1999	JWP House Show	Tokyo	1	525	1[6]		[5]
7	Command Bolshoi	August 6, 2000	JWP House Show	Tokyo	1	196	0[6]		[5]
8	Azumi Hyuga	February 18, 2001	JWP House Show	Tokyo	2	623	5[6]		[5]
—	Vacated	November 3, 2002	—	—	—	—	—		[5]
9	Azumi Hyuga	November 28, 2004	JWP House Show	Tokyo	3	294	2[6]	Hyuga defeated Kayoko Haruyama in a tournament final to win the vacant title.	[5]
10	Tsubasa Kuragaki	September 18, 2005	JWP House Show	Tokyo	1	252	1[7]		[5]
11	Manami Toyota	May 28, 2006	JWP–Mania–X 2006	Tokyo	1	113	3[8]		[7]
12	Azumi Hyuga	September 18, 2006	JWP House Show	Tokyo	4	589	5[9]		[8]
13	Kayoko Haruyama	April 29, 2008	JWP–Mania–X 2008	Tokyo	1	719	8[10]		[9]
14	Nanae Takahashi	April 18, 2010	JWP House Show	Tokyo	1	91	2[11]		[10]
15	Kaori Yoneyama	July 18, 2010	JWP–Pure–Slam	Tokyo	1	259	10[12]	This was a Title vs. Hair match.	[11]
16	Leon	April 3, 2011	JWP–Maniax 2011	Tokyo	1	84	1[13]	This match was also contested for the High Speed Championship.	[12]
17	Hailey Hatred	June 25, 2011	Road to JWP 20th: Osaka Carnival	Osaka	1	180	3[14]	This match was also contested for the TLW World Women's and IMW Hybrid Fighting Championships.	[13]
18	Tsubasa Kuragaki	December 23, 2011	JWP–Climax 2011: Kaori Yoneyama Final	Tokyo	2	121	0[15]		[14]
19	Kayoko Haruyama	April 22, 2012	JWP 20th Anniversary: Maniax 2012	Tokyo	2	189	3[16]		[15]
20	Emi Sakura	October 28, 2012	Pure Wars Series	Tokyo	1	57	1[17]		[16]
21	Arisa Nakajima	December 24, 2012	Climax 2012: JWP 20th	Tokyo	1	237	3[18]		[17]
22	Kana	August 18, 2013	JWP–Pure Slam 2013	Tokyo	1	119	2[19]		[18]
23	Arisa Nakajima	December 15, 2013	JWP–Climax 2013	Tokyo	2	476	6[20]		[19]
24	Kayoko Haruyama	April 5, 2015	JWP–Maniax 2015	Tokyo	3	97	1[21]		[20]
25	Command Bolshoi	July 11, 2015	Tropical☆Bari Bari Hurricane	Tokyo	2	36	0[22]		[21]
26	Mayumi Ozaki	August 16, 2015	JWP–Pure Plum 2015	Tokyo	1	231	2[23]		[22]
27	Arisa Nakajima	April 3, 2016	JWP–Maniax 2016	Tokyo	3	189	2[24]		[23]
28	Kyoko Kimura	October 9, 2016	Fly High in the 25th Anniversary	Tokyo	1	25	2[25]		[24]
29	Arisa Nakajima	November 3, 2016	Pure Dream 2016	Tokyo	4	55	0[26]		[25]
30	Hanako Nakamori	December 28, 2016	JWP–Climax 2016	Tokyo	1	95	3[2]		[26]
—	Deactivated	April 2, 2017	JWP 25th Anniversary	Tokyo	—	—	—	Title retired when JWP Joshi Puroresu goes out of business.	[2][3]

Combined reigns

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 YuYu	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

See also

• ICE×∞ Championship
• Oz Academy Openweight Championship
• Wave Single Championship
• World of Stardom Championship

References

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External links

• JWP's official website
• JWP Openweight Championship history at Wrestling-Titles.com