The Japan Grand Prix was an annual professional wrestling tournament held by the promotion All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling (AJW) to determine the number one contender for the promotion's highest achievement, the WWWA World Single Championship. The tournament was held in the summer every year from 1985 to 2004. In 2005, AJW was closed for good, and the WWWA Championship was abandoned.

List of winners 1985 – Lioness Asuka 1986 – Yukari Omori 1987 – Chigusa Nagayo 1988 – Bull Nakano 1989 – Mitsuko Nishiwaki 1990 – Manami Toyota 1991 – Kyoko Inoue 1992 – Aja Kong 1993 – Akira Hokuto 1994 – Yumiko Hotta1995 – Manami Toyota 1996 – Aja Kong 1997 – Kaoru Ito 1998 – Manami Toyota 1999 – Manami Toyota 2000 – Kaoru Ito; Nanae Takahashi (Junior division) 2001 – Momoe Nakanishi 2002 – Nanae Takahashi 2003 – Amazing Kong 2004 – Kumiko Maekawa

Results

1985 The 1985 Japan Grand Prix was a 10-woman round-robin tournament concluding on June 25, 1985.

Wrestler:Points:Lioness Asuka 7.0Dump Matsumoto 6.5Chigusa Nagayo 6.5Devil Masami 6.0Yukari Omori 5.0Jumbo Hori 4.5Noriyo Tateno 3.5Crane Yu 2.5Itsuki Yamazaki 2.0Bull Nakano 1.5

1986 The 1986 Japan Grand Prix was a 12-woman round-robin tournament concluding on June 22, 1986. Wrestler:Points:Yukari Omori 9.0Lioness Asuka 8.5Chigusa Nagayo 8.5Dump Matsumoto 8.5Bull Nakano 6.5Itsuki Yamazaki 6.5Noriyo Tateno 5.5? 4.5? 3.5? 2.5? 2.0Condor Saito 0.5

1987 The 1987 Japan Grand Prix was a 13-woman round-robin tournament concluding on June 28, 1987. Wrestler:Points:Chigusa Nagayo 9.0Dump Matsumoto 9.0Yumiko Hotta 9.0Lioness Asuka 7.5? 7.0? 7.0? 6.5Devil Masami 6.0Bull Nakano 5.0? 4.0Condor Saito 3.0Hisako Uno 2.0? 2.0

1988 The 1988 Japan Grand Prix was an 11-woman round-robin tournament concluding on June 26, 1988. Wrestler:Points:Bull Nakano 7.5Yumiko Hotta 7.5Mitsuko Nishiwaki 7.5? 6.0Dynamite Queen 6.0Hisako Uno 5.5Mika Suzuki 5.0Dynamite King 4.0? 3.0? 3.0Dynamite Bar 0.0

1989 The 1989 Japan Grand Prix was a 19-woman single-elimination tournament held from June 25 to August 24, 1989.

1990 The 1990 Japan Grand Prix was a seven-woman single-elimination tournament concluding on June 17, 1990.

1991 The 1991 Japan Grand Prix was a 16-woman single-elimination tournament held from July 7 to August 18, 1991.

1992 The 1992 Japan Grand Prix was a round-robin tournament consisting of two 10-woman blocks, held from June 27 to August 30, 1992. Block ABlock BWrestler:Points:Wrestler:Points:Manami Toyota 9.0 Toshiyo Yamada 8.0Aja Kong 8.0 Mariko Yoshida 7.0Takako Inoue 6.0 Kyoko Inoue 7.0Suzuka Minami 5.0 Akira Hokuto 4.5Etsuko Mita 5.0 Sakie Hasegawa 4.0Mima Shimoda 5.0 Yumiko Hotta 4.0Bat Yoshinaga 4.0 Miori Kamiya 3.0Tomoko Watanabe 3.0 Debbie Malenko 3.0Cynthia Moreno 1.0 Terri Power 3.0Bison Kimura 0.0 Kaoru Ito 1.5

1993 The 1993 Japan Grand Prix was a round-robin tournament consisting of two eight-woman blocks, with the top two finishers from each block advancing to a single-elimination tournament. It was held from May 3 to August 21, 1993. Block ABlock BWrestler:Points:Wrestler:Points:Akira Hokuto 6.0 Yumiko Hotta 6.0Harley Saito 5.0 Manami Toyota 5.0Toshiyo Yamada 4.5 Bat Yoshinaga 5.0Suzuka Minami 3.0 Hikari Fukuoka 4.0Sakie Hasegawa 3.0 Kyoko Inoue 3.5Takako Inoue 3.0 Mima Shimoda 2.5Etsuko Mita 3.0 Kaoru Ito 2.0Tomoko Watanabe 0.5 Saemi Numata 0.0

1994 The 1994 Japan Grand Prix was a 10-woman round-robin tournament held from June 3 to August 28, 1994.

Wrestler:Points:Yumiko Hotta 13Manami Toyota 12Sakie Hasegawa 11Toshiyo Yamada 10Mima Shimoda 10Takako Inoue 10Etsuko Mita 10Suzuka Minami 8Kaoru Ito 6Tomoko Watanabe 0

1995 The 1995 Japan Grand Prix was a 16-woman round-robin tournament, consisting of two eight-woman blocks, concluding on September 3, 1995.

Block ABlock BWrestler:Points:Wrestler:Points:Manami Toyota 11 Yumiko Hotta 12Bison Kimura 9 Takako Inoue 11Reggie Bennett 8 Kyoko Inoue 9Kaoru Ito 8 Mariko Yoshida 8Mima Shimoda 8 Sakie Hasegawa 6Toshiyo Yamada 8 Etsuko Mita 6Rie Tamada 2 Tomoko Watanabe 4Chaparita Asari 0 Kumiko Maekawa 0

1996 The 1996 Japan Grand Prix was a 12-woman round-robin tournament held from July 14 to August 30, 1996.

Wrestler:Points:Aja Kong 16Reggie Bennett 14Yumiko Hotta 14Kyoko Inoue 14Mima Shimoda 12Toshiyo Yamada 12Takako Inoue 10Kaoru Ito 10Etsuko Mita 8Tomoko Watanabe 8Mariko Yoshida 8Chaparita Asari 4

1997 The 1997 Japan Grand Prix was a 12-woman round-robin tournament concluding on August 10, 1997.

Wrestler:Points:Kaoru Ito 18Manami Toyota 17Kumiko Maekawa 16Etsuko Mita 15Mima Shimoda 15Tomoko Watanabe 15Rie Tamada 10 †Saya Endo 7Misae Genki 5 †Tanny Mouse 4 †Yoshiko Tamura 4 †Mariko Yoshida 2 † These scores are not the actual scores. These wrestlers had one match with the results unknown.

1998 The 1998 Japan Grand Prix was a round-robin tournament consisting of two six-woman blocks, with the top three finishers from the Main League and the top finisher from the Junior League advancing to a single-elimination tournament. It was held from June 14 to August 9, 1998. Main LeagueJunior LeagueWrestler:Points:Wrestler:Points:Manami Toyota 12 Miho Wakizawa 12Zap I 12 Emi Motokawa 12Yumiko Hotta 12 Momoe Nakawaki 12Takako Inoue 10 Nanae Takahashi 11Kumiko Maekeawa 8 Noriko Toyoda 9Zap T 6 ZAP Nakahara 5

1999 The 1999 Japan Grand Prix was a nine-woman round-robin tournament, with the second, third and fourth finishers advancing to a second round-robin. The winner of the second round-robin advanced to face the first-place finisher from the initial round-robin. The tournament was held from June 6 to August 15, 1999. Wrestler:Points:Yumiko Hotta 11Manami Toyota 9Kaoru Ito 9Momoe Nakanishi 9Takako Inoue 8Kumiko Maekawa 8Nanae Takahashi 7Tomoko Watanabe 6Miho Wakizawa 5

Wrestler:Points:Manami Toyota 4Kaoru Ito 2Momoe Nakanishi 2

Ito Nakanishi Toyota Ito Ito (1:32) Toyota (4:17) Nakanishi Ito (1:32) Nakanishi (10:46) Toyota (2:08) Toyota Toyota (4:17) Nakanishi (10:46) Toyota (2:08)

2000 The 2000 Japan Grand Prix was a nine-woman single-elimination tournament held from June 11 to August 20, 2000. Also a six-woman Junior Division round-robin tournament was held.

Main league

21st Century League Wrestler:Points:Nanae Takahashi 7Momoe Nakanishi 7Kayoko Haruyama 5Miho Wakizawa 5Kayo Noumi 4Miyuki Fuji 2

2001 The 2001 Japan Grand Prix was a 12-woman round-robin tournament held from June 1 to August 17, 2001.

Wrestler:Points:Momoe Nakanishi 16Kumiko Maekawa 16Kaoru Ito 15Manami Toyota 13Etsuko Mita 13Tomoko Watanabe 12Mima Shimoda 12Yumiko Hotta 11Miho Wakizawa 10Nanae Takahashi 10Kayo Noumi 4Miyuki Fuji 0

2002 The 2002 Japan Grand Prix was a nine-woman round-robin tournament held from May 25 to July 9, 2002. The top four finishers advanced to a single-elimination tournament.

Wrestler:Points:Nanae Takahashi 10Momoe Nakanishi 10Rie Tamada 10Kumiko Maekawa 10Yumiko Hotta 9Tomoko Watanabe 9Kayo Noumi 8Miyuki Gujii 4Kaoru Ito 2

2003 The 2003 Japan Grand Prix was a 10-woman single-elimination tournament held from July 20 to August 3, 2003.

2004 The 2004 Japan Grand Prix was a 10-woman single-elimination tournament held on August 1, 2004.

See also All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling Tag League the Best G1 Climax Champion Carnival Global League

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