Japan 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.

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

List of winners

Results

1985

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

Wrestler: Points:
Lioness Asuka7.0
Dump Matsumoto6.5
Chigusa Nagayo6.5
Devil Masami6.0
Yukari Omori5.0
Jumbo Hori4.5
Noriyo Tateno3.5
Crane Yu2.5
Itsuki Yamazaki2.0
Bull Nakano1.5
  Second-place tie-breaker     Final
                 
    Lioness Asuka  
  Dump Matsumoto       Dump Matsumoto  
  Chigusa Nagayo    

1986

The 1985 Japan Grand Prix was a 12-woman round-robin tournament concluding on June 22, 1986.

Wrestler: Points:
Yukari Omori9.0
Lioness Asuka8.5
Chigusa Nagayo8.5
Dump Matsumoto8.5
Bull Nakano6.5
Itsuki Yamazaki6.5
Noriyo Tateno5.5
?4.5
?3.5
?2.5
?2.0
Condor Saito0.5
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.

Wrestler: Points:
Chigusa Nagayo9.0
Dump Matsumoto9.0
Yumiko Hotta9.0
Lioness Asuka7.5
?7.0
?7.0
?6.5
Devil Masami6.0
Bull Nakano5.0
?4.0
Condor Saito3.0
Hisako Uno2.0
?2.0
  Second-place tie-breaker     Final
                 
    Chigusa Nagayo  
  Yumiko Hotta       Dump Matsumoto 12:26
  Dump Matsumoto 5:46  

1988

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

Wrestler: Points:
Bull Nakano7.5
Yumiko Hotta7.5
Mitsuko Nishiwaki7.5
?6.0
Dynamite Queen6.0
Hisako Uno5.5
Mika Suzuki5.0
Dynamite King4.0
?3.0
?3.0
Dynamite Bar0.0
  Second-place tie-breaker     Final
                 
    Yumiko Hotta  
  Bull Nakano       Bull Nakano 10:30
  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.

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.

  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.

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.

Block A Block B
Wrestler: Points: Wrestler: Points:
Manami Toyota9.0Toshiyo Yamada8.0
Aja Kong8.0Mariko Yoshida7.0
Takako Inoue6.0Kyoko Inoue7.0
Suzuka Minami5.0Akira Hokuto4.5
Etsuko Mita5.0Sakie Hasegawa4.0
Mima Shimoda5.0Yumiko Hotta4.0
Bat Yoshinaga4.0Miori Kamiya3.0
Tomoko Watanabe3.0Debbie Malenko3.0
Cynthia Moreno1.0Terri Power3.0
Bison Kimura0.0Kaoru Ito1.5
  Semifinal     Final
                 
    Manami Toyota  
  Aja Kong       Aja Kong 13:01
  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 Hokuto6.0Yumiko Hotta6.0
Harley Saito5.0Manami Toyota5.0
Toshiyo Yamada4.5Bat Yoshinaga5.0
Suzuka Minami3.0Hikari Fukuoka4.0
Sakie Hasegawa3.0Kyoko Inoue3.5
Takako Inoue3.0Mima Shimoda2.5
Etsuko Mita3.0Kaoru Ito2.0
Tomoko Watanabe0.5Saemi Numata0.0
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 Hotta13
Manami Toyota12
Sakie Hasegawa11
Toshiyo Yamada10
Mima Shimoda10
Takako Inoue10
Etsuko Mita10
Suzuka Minami8
Kaoru Ito6
Tomoko Watanabe0

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 Toyota11Yumiko Hotta12
Bison Kimura9Takako Inoue11
Reggie Bennett8Kyoko Inoue9
Kaoru Ito8Mariko Yoshida8
Mima Shimoda8Sakie Hasegawa6
Toshiyo Yamada8Etsuko Mita6
Rie Tamada2Tomoko Watanabe4
Chaparita Asari0Kumiko Maekawa0
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 Kong16
Reggie Bennett14
Yumiko Hotta14
Kyoko Inoue14
Mima Shimoda12
Toshiyo Yamada12
Takako Inoue10
Kaoru Ito10
Etsuko Mita8
Tomoko Watanabe8
Mariko Yoshida8
Chaparita Asari4

1997

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

Wrestler: Points:
Kaoru Ito18
Manami Toyota17
Kumiko Maekawa16
Etsuko Mita15
Mima Shimoda15
Tomoko Watanabe15
Rie Tamada10 †
Saa Endo7
Misae Genki5 †
Tanny Mouse4 †
Yoshiko Tamura4 †
Mariko Yoshida2
† 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 Toyota12Miho Wakizawa12
ZAP I (Kaoru Ito)12Emi Motokawa12
Yumiko Hotta12Momoe Nakawaki12
Takako Inoue10Nanae Takahashi11
Kumiko Maekeawa8Noriko Toyoda9
ZAP T (Tomoko Watanabe)6ZAP Nakahara5
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 Hotta11
Manami Toyota9
Kaoru Ito9
Momoe Nakanishi9
Takako Inoue8
Kumiko Maekawa8
Nanae Takahashi7
Tomoko Watanabe6
Miho Wakizawa5
Wrestler: Points:
Manami Toyota4
Kaoru Ito2
Momoe Nakanishi2
ItoNakanishiToyota
Ito XIto (1:32)Toyota (4:17)
Nakanishi Ito (1:32)X(1) Nakanishi (10:46)
(2) Toyota (2:08)
Toyota Toyota (4:17)(1) Nakanishi (10:46)
(2) Toyota (2:08)		X
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 Takahashi7
Momoe Nakanishi7
Kayoko Haruyama5
Miho Wakizawa5
Kayo Noumi4
Miyuki Fuji2
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 Nakanishi16
Kumiko Maekawa16
Kaoru Ito15
Manami Toyota13
Etsuko Mita13
Tomoko Watanabe12
Mima Shimoda12
Yumiko Hotta11
Miho Wakizawa10
Nanae Takahashi10
Kayo Noumi4
Miyuki Fuji0
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.

Wrestler: Points:
Nanae Takahashi10
Momoe Nakanishi10
Rie Tamada10
Kumiko Maekawa10
Yumiko Hotta9
Tomoko Watanabe9
Kayo Noumi8
Miyuki Gujii4
Kaoru Ito2
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  
Hikaru    
ZAP T (Tomoko Watanabe)    
    ZAP T  
    Amazing Kong    
Amazing Kong    
Makai Witch #2    
  Amazing Kong  
  Takako Inoue    

2004

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

  First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
                                     
  Hikaru    
    Sasori    
Saki Maemura    
Sasori  
    Hikaru    
    Misae Genki    
Misae Genki  
Nanae Takahashi    
    Hikaru  
    Kumiko Maekawa  
Takako Inoue    
Mayumi Ozaki    
    Takako Inoue  
    Kumiko Maekawa    
Amazing Kong    
Kumiko Maekawa    
  Kumiko Maekawa  
  Tomoko Watanabe    

See also

References
  • "AJW Japan Grand Prix 1980s". Wrestling Supercards and Tournaments. Retrieved 2008-07-19.
  • "AJW Japan Grand Prix 1990s". Wrestling Supercards and Tournaments. Retrieved 2008-07-19.
  • "AJW Japan Grand Prix 2000s". Wrestling Supercards and Tournaments. Retrieved 2008-07-19.
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