Japan Grand Prix Explained

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

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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

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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:
	7.0
	6.5
	6.5
	6.0
Yukari Omori	5.0
Jumbo Hori	4.5
	3.5
Crane Yu	2.5
	2.0
	1.5

1986

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

Wrestler:	Points:
Yukari Omori	9.0
	8.5
	8.5
	8.5
	6.5
	6.5
	5.5
?	4.5
?	3.5
?	2.5
?	2.0
Condor Saito	0.5

1987

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

Wrestler:	Points:
	9.0
	9.0
	9.0
	7.5
?	7.0
?	7.0
?	6.5
	6.0
	5.0
?	4.0
Condor Saito	3.0
	2.0
?	2.0

1988

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

Wrestler:	Points:
	7.5
	7.5
Mitsuko Nishiwaki	7.5
?	6.0
Dynamite Queen	6.0
	5.5
Mika Suzuki	5.0
Dynamite King	4.0
?	3.0
?	3.0
Dynamite Bar	0.0

1989

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

1990

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

1991

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

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:
	9.0		8.0
	8.0		7.0
	6.0		7.0
Suzuka Minami	5.0		4.5
	5.0	Sakie Hasegawa	4.0
	5.0		4.0
Bat Yoshinaga	4.0	Miori Kamiya	3.0
	3.0		3.0
Cynthia Moreno	1.0		3.0
Bison Kimura	0.0		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 A		Block B
Wrestler:	Points:	Wrestler:	Points:
	6.0		6.0
Harley Saito	5.0		5.0
	4.5	Bat Yoshinaga	5.0
Suzuka Minami	3.0	Hikari Fukuoka	4.0
Sakie Hasegawa	3.0		3.5
	3.0		2.5
	3.0		2.0
	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:
	13
	12
Sakie Hasegawa	11
	10
	10
	10
	10
Suzuka Minami	8
	6
	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:
	11		12
Bison Kimura	9		11
	8		9
	8		8
	8	Sakie Hasegawa	6
	8		6
Rie Tamada	2		4
Chaparita 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:
	16
	14
	14
	14
	12
	12
	10
	10
	8
	8
	8
Chaparita Asari	4

1997

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

Wrestler:	Points:
	18
	17
Kumiko Maekawa	16
	15
	15
	15
Rie Tamada	10 †
Saya Endo	7
	5 †
	4 †
	4 †
	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:
	12		12
	12		12
	12	Momoe Nakawaki	12
	10		11
Kumiko Maekeawa	8	Noriko Toyoda	9
	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:
	11
	9
	9
	9
	8
Kumiko Maekawa	8
	7
	6
	5

Wrestler:	Points:
	4
	2
	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:
	7
	7
	5
	5
Kayo Noumi	4
Miyuki 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:
	16
Kumiko Maekawa	16
	15
	13
	13
	12
	12
	11
	10
	10
Kayo Noumi	4
Miyuki 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.^[3]

Wrestler:	Points:
	10
	10
Rie Tamada	10
Kumiko Maekawa	10
	9
	9
Kayo Noumi	8
Miyuki Gujii	4
	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

References

• Web site: AJW Japan Grand Prix 1980s . Wrestling Supercards and Tournaments . 2008-07-19.
• Web site: AJW Japan Grand Prix 1990s . Wrestling Supercards and Tournaments . 2008-07-19.
• Web site: AJW Japan Grand Prix 2000s . Wrestling Supercards and Tournaments . 2008-07-19.

Notes and References

1. Web site: AJW All Japan Women´s Pro-Wrestling (1987 – 1992). wwfoldschool.com. WWF Old School. February 9, 2023.
2. Web site: THAT WAS THE YEAR THAT WAS: 1992 (PART 47 / AUGUST 15). voicesofwrestling.com. Liam. Byrne. October 28, 2020. February 9, 2023.
3. Web site: AJW ALL JAPAN WOMEN'S PRO-WRESTLING 2002. quebrada.net. Quebrada. January 17, 2023.