Japan Grand Prix

This article is about the professional wrestling tournament. For the Formula One auto racing competition, see Japanese Grand Prix.

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 Hotta

1995 – 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	7.0
Dump Matsumoto	6.5
Chigusa Nagayo	6.5
Devil Masami	6.0
Yukari Omori	5.0
Jumbo Hori	4.5
Noriyo Tateno	3.5
Crane Yu	2.5
Itsuki Yamazaki	2.0
Bull Nakano	1.5

	Second-place tie-breaker					Final
						1	Lioness Asuka
	2	Dump Matsumoto					Dump Matsumoto
	3	Chigusa Nagayo

1986

The 1986 Japan Grand Prix was a 12-woman round-robin tournament concluding on June 22, 1986.

Wrestler:	Points:
Yukari Omori	9.0
Lioness Asuka	8.5
Chigusa Nagayo	8.5
Dump Matsumoto	8.5
Bull Nakano	6.5
Itsuki Yamazaki	6.5
Noriyo Tateno	5.5
?	4.5
?	3.5
?	2.5
?	2.0
Condor Saito	0.5

	Finals
	1	Chigusa Nagayo	Pin
	2	Yukari Omori	27:21

1987

The 1987 Japan Grand Prix was a 13-woman round-robin tournament concluding on June 28, 1987.^[1]

Wrestler:	Points:
Chigusa Nagayo	9.0
Dump Matsumoto	9.0
Yumiko Hotta	9.0
Lioness Asuka	7.5
?	7.0
?	7.0
?	6.5
Devil Masami	6.0
Bull Nakano	5.0
?	4.0
Condor Saito	3.0
Hisako Uno	2.0
?	2.0

	Second-place tie-breaker					Final
						1	Chigusa Nagayo
	2	Yumiko Hotta					Dump Matsumoto	12:26
	3	Dump Matsumoto	5:46

1988

The 1988 Japan Grand Prix was an 11-woman round-robin tournament concluding on June 26, 1988.^[1]

Wrestler:	Points:
Bull Nakano	7.5
Yumiko Hotta	7.5
Mitsuko Nishiwaki	7.5
?	6.0
Dynamite Queen	6.0
Hisako Uno	5.5
Mika Suzuki	5.0
Dynamite King	4.0
?	3.0
?	3.0
Dynamite Bar	0.0

	Second-place tie-breaker					Final
						1	Yumiko Hotta
	2	Bull Nakano					Bull Nakano	10:30
	3	Mitsuko Nishiwaki	10:37

1989

The 1989 Japan Grand Prix was a 19-woman single-elimination tournament held from June 25 to August 24, 1989.^[1]

First round

Second round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

Noriyo Tateno

Yumiko Hotta

Yumiko Hotta

Mika Takahashi

Yumiko Hotta

?

?

Mima Shimoda

Yumiko Hotta

Madusa Miceli

Kaoru Maeda

?

?

Miori Kamiya

Madusa Miceli

Erika Shishido

Erika Shishido

Madusa Miceli

Madusa Miceli

Mitsuko Nishiwaki

Bull Nakano

Suzuka Minami

Suzuka Minami

Etsuko Mita

Bull Nakano

Akira Hokuto

Akira Hokuto

Manami Toyota

Bull Nakano

Mitsuko Nishiwaki

Sakie Hasegawa

Toshiyo Yamada

Toshiyo Yamada

Mitsuko Nishiwaki

Bison Kimura

Mitsuko Nishiwaki

1990

The 1990 Japan Grand Prix was a seven-woman single-elimination tournament concluding on June 17, 1990.^[1]

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

Akira Hokuto

Manami Toyota

Manami Toyota

Madusa Miceli

Madusa Miceli

Noriyo Tateno

Manami Toyota

Yumiko Hotta

Yumiko Hotta

Grizzly Iwamoto

Yumiko Hotta

Mitsuko Nishiwaki

1991

The 1991 Japan Grand Prix was a 16-woman single-elimination tournament held from July 7 to August 18, 1991.^[1]

First round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

Mima Shimoda

Manami Toyota

Manami Toyota

Suzuka Minami

Takako Inoue

Suzuka Minami

Manami Toyota

Kyoko Inoue

Miori Kamiya

Toshiyo Yamada

Toshiyo Yamada

Kyoko Inoue

Kyoko Inoue

Debbie Malenko

Kyoko Inoue

Bison Kimura

Esther Moreno

Mariko Yoshida

Mariko Yoshida

Aja Kong

Yumiko Hotta

Aja Kong

Bison Kimura

Aja Kong

Akira Hokuto

Etsuko Mita

Akira Hokuto

Bison Kimura

Bison Kimura

Mika Takahashi

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.^[1][2]

Block A		Block B
Wrestler:	Points:	Wrestler:	Points:
Manami Toyota	9.0	Toshiyo Yamada	8.0
Aja Kong	8.0	Mariko Yoshida	7.0
Takako Inoue	6.0	Kyoko Inoue	7.0
Suzuka Minami	5.0	Akira Hokuto	4.5
Etsuko Mita	5.0	Sakie Hasegawa	4.0
Mima Shimoda	5.0	Yumiko Hotta	4.0
Bat Yoshinaga	4.0	Miori Kamiya	3.0
Tomoko Watanabe	3.0	Debbie Malenko	3.0
Cynthia Moreno	1.0	Terri Power	3.0
Bison Kimura	0.0	Kaoru Ito	1.5

	Semifinal					Final
						1	Manami Toyota
	2	Aja Kong					Aja Kong	13:01
	3	Toshiyo Yamada	17:07

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 A		Block B
Wrestler:	Points:	Wrestler:	Points:
Akira Hokuto	6.0	Yumiko Hotta	6.0
Harley Saito	5.0	Manami Toyota	5.0
Toshiyo Yamada	4.5	Bat Yoshinaga	5.0
Suzuka Minami	3.0	Hikari Fukuoka	4.0
Sakie Hasegawa	3.0	Kyoko Inoue	3.5
Takako Inoue	3.0	Mima Shimoda	2.5
Etsuko Mita	3.0	Kaoru Ito	2.0
Tomoko Watanabe	0.5	Saemi Numata	0.0

	Semifinals					Final
	A1	Akira Hokuto
	B2	Manami Toyota
						A1	Akira Hokuto
						B1	Yumiko Hotta	19:52
	B1	Yumiko Hotta
	A2	Harley Saito

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	13
Manami Toyota	12
Sakie Hasegawa	11
Toshiyo Yamada	10
Mima Shimoda	10
Takako Inoue	10
Etsuko Mita	10
Suzuka Minami	8
Kaoru Ito	6
Tomoko 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 A		Block B
Wrestler:	Points:	Wrestler:	Points:
Manami Toyota	11	Yumiko Hotta	12
Bison Kimura	9	Takako Inoue	11
Reggie Bennett	8	Kyoko Inoue	9
Kaoru Ito	8	Mariko Yoshida	8
Mima Shimoda	8	Sakie Hasegawa	6
Toshiyo Yamada	8	Etsuko Mita	6
Rie Tamada	2	Tomoko Watanabe	4
Chaparita Asari	0	Kumiko Maekawa	0

	Finals
	A1	Manami Toyota	Pin
	B1	Yumiko Hotta	23:39

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

1997

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

Wrestler:	Points:
Kaoru Ito	18
Manami Toyota	17
Kumiko Maekawa	16
Etsuko Mita	15
Mima Shimoda	15
Tomoko Watanabe	15
Rie Tamada	10 †
Saya Endo	7
Misae 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 League		Junior League
Wrestler:	Points:	Wrestler:	Points:
Manami Toyota	12	Miho Wakizawa	12
Zap I	12	Emi Motokawa	12
Yumiko Hotta	12	Momoe Nakawaki	12
Takako Inoue	10	Nanae Takahashi	11
Kumiko Maekeawa	8	Noriko Toyoda	9
Zap T	6	ZAP Nakahara	5

	Semifinals					Final
	J1	Miho Wakizawa	Pin
	M2	ZAP I	13:26
						M2	ZAP I	Pin
						M1	Manami Toyota	23:47
	M1	Manami Toyota	Pin
	M3	Yumiko Hotta	20:31

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	11
Manami Toyota	9
Kaoru Ito	9
Momoe Nakanishi	9
Takako Inoue	8
Kumiko Maekawa	8
Nanae Takahashi	7
Tomoko Watanabe	6
Miho Wakizawa	5

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

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

	Final
	1	Yumiko Hotta	Pin
	2	Manami Toyota	18:45

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

First round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

Reggie Bennett

Kaoru Ito

Kaoru Ito

Tomoko Watanabe

Kumiko Maekawa

Tomoko Watanabe

Kaoru Ito

Etsuko Mita

Etsuko Mita

Nanae Takahashi

Etsuko Mita

Mima Shimoda

Yumiko Hotta

Manami Toyota

Manami Toyota

Yumiko Hotta

21st Century League

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

	Final
	1	Momoe Nakanishi
	2	Nanae Takahashi	7:44

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

	Final
	1	Kumiko Maekawa	Pin
	2	Momoe Nakanishi	12:28

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.^[3]

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

	Semifinals					Final
	1	Nanae Takahashi	Pin
	4	Kumiko Maekawa	6:57
						1	Nanae Takahashi	Sub
						2	Momoe Nakanishi	6:20
	2	Momoe Nakanishi	Pin
	3	Yumiko Hotta	5:53

2003

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

First round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

Sasori

Kumiko Maekawa

Kumiko Maekawa

Emi Sakura

Sasori

Nanae Takahashi

Kayo Noumi

Nanae Takahashi

Nanae Takahashi

Amazing Kong

Amazing Kong

Amazing Kong

Takako Inoue

Makai Witch #2

Amazing Kong

ZAP T

Hikaru

Zap T

2004

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

First round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

Hikaru

Saki Maemura

Sasori

Sasori

Hikaru

Misae Genki

Misae Genki

Nanae Takahashi

Hikaru

Kumiko Maekawa

Kumiko Maekawa

Amazing Kong

Tomoko Watanabe

Kumiko Maekawa

Kumiko Maekawa

Takako Inoue

Takako Inoue

6

Mayumi Ozaki

See also

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