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The Japan Grand Prix was an annual professional wrestling

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 tournament

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 held by the promotion

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 All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling

All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling

, nicknamed Zenjo was a joshi puroresu promotion established in 1968 by Takashi Matsunaga and his brothers. The group held their first card on June 4 of that year...

 (AJW) to determine the number one contender for the promotion's highest achievement, the WWWA World Heavyweight Championship

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The WWWA World Heavyweight Championship was the top singles championship in All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling from 1970 until it closed in 2005. It was also known in Pro Wrestling Illustrated and other London Publishing wrestling magazines as the All-Japan Women's International 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 Lioness Asuka is a Japanese professional wrestler from Tokyo. Along with long-time tag team partner Chigusa Nagayo she formed The Crush Gals, known for their mainstream popularity in the 1980s, and the most successful women's tag team of all time.-Career:... 1986 – Yukari Omori 1987 – Chigusa Nagayo Chigusa Nagayo is a retired Japanese female professional wrestler best known for her mainstream popularity in the 1980s as a member of the tag team The Crush Gals with long-time partner Lioness Asuka. She was the founder of the GAEA Women's Professional Wrestling organization . She briefly competed as alter-ego... 1988 – Bull Nakano 1989 – Mitsuko Nishiwaki 1990 – Manami Toyota Manami Toyota is a professional wrestler best known for her work with the All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling wrestling promotion. Following AJW's closure she has continued to work in other joshi promotions such as GAEA and NEO... 1991 – Kyoko Inoue Kyoko Inoue is a Japanese female professional wrestler. She has held the WWWA World Heavyweight Championship three times, and is the first woman to win a men's title in Japan. She is also the founder of the joshi promotion NEO Japan... 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 Nanae Takahashi Nanae Takahashi is a Japanese professional wrestler from Japan. She has wrestled for prominent Japanese promotions All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling and Pro Wrestling SUN, and has held multiple world championships...  (Junior division) 2001 – Momoe Nakanishi 2002 – Nanae Takahashi 2003 – Amazing Kong Kia Stevens Kia Michelle Stevens , better known by her ring names Amazing Kong, Awesome Kong and Kharma. She is signed with WWE, but has been inactive since May 2011 due to pregnancy... 2004 – Kumiko Maekawa

1985

The 1985 Japan Grand Prix was a 10-woman round-robin tournament

Round-robin tournament

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 concluding on June 25, 1985.

Wrestler:	Points:
Lioness Asuka Lioness Asuka is a Japanese professional wrestler from Tokyo. Along with long-time tag team partner Chigusa Nagayo she formed The Crush Gals, known for their mainstream popularity in the 1980s, and the most successful women's tag team of all time.-Career:...	7.0
Dump Matsumoto Kaoru Matsumoto Kaoru Matsumoto is a semi-retired Japanese professional wrestler, known by her ringname Dump Matsumoto, who competed in All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling as one of the leading female wrestlers during the 1980s. The longtime leader of the stable Gokuaku Domei—which included Crane Yu, Condor Saito and...	6.5
Chigusa Nagayo Chigusa Nagayo is a retired Japanese female professional wrestler best known for her mainstream popularity in the 1980s as a member of the tag team The Crush Gals with long-time partner Lioness Asuka. She was the founder of the GAEA Women's Professional Wrestling organization . She briefly competed as alter-ego...	6.5
Devil Masami	6.0
Yukari Omori	5.0
Jumbo Hori	4.5
Noriyo Tateno Noriyo Tateno is a retired Japanese professional wrestler who is best known as one half of the tag team Jumping Bomb Angels with Itsuki Yamazaki...	3.5
Crane Ya	2.5
Itsuki Yamazaki	2.0
Bull Nakano	1.5

1986

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

Wrestler:	Points:
Yukari Omori	9.0
Lioness Asuka Lioness Asuka is a Japanese professional wrestler from Tokyo. Along with long-time tag team partner Chigusa Nagayo she formed The Crush Gals, known for their mainstream popularity in the 1980s, and the most successful women's tag team of all time.-Career:...	8.5
Chigusa Nagayo Chigusa Nagayo is a retired Japanese female professional wrestler best known for her mainstream popularity in the 1980s as a member of the tag team The Crush Gals with long-time partner Lioness Asuka. She was the founder of the GAEA Women's Professional Wrestling organization . She briefly competed as alter-ego...	8.5
Dump Matsumoto Kaoru Matsumoto Kaoru Matsumoto is a semi-retired Japanese professional wrestler, known by her ringname Dump Matsumoto, who competed in All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling as one of the leading female wrestlers during the 1980s. The longtime leader of the stable Gokuaku Domei—which included Crane Yu, Condor Saito and...	8.5
Bull Nakano	6.5
Itsuki Yamazaki	6.5
Noriyo Tateno Noriyo Tateno is a retired Japanese professional wrestler who is best known as one half of the tag team Jumping Bomb Angels with Itsuki Yamazaki...	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.

Wrestler:	Points:
Chigusa Nagayo Chigusa Nagayo is a retired Japanese female professional wrestler best known for her mainstream popularity in the 1980s as a member of the tag team The Crush Gals with long-time partner Lioness Asuka. She was the founder of the GAEA Women's Professional Wrestling organization . She briefly competed as alter-ego...	9.0
Dump Matsumoto Kaoru Matsumoto Kaoru Matsumoto is a semi-retired Japanese professional wrestler, known by her ringname Dump Matsumoto, who competed in All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling as one of the leading female wrestlers during the 1980s. The longtime leader of the stable Gokuaku Domei—which included Crane Yu, Condor Saito and...	9.0
Yumiko Hotta	9.0
Lioness Asuka Lioness Asuka is a Japanese professional wrestler from Tokyo. Along with long-time tag team partner Chigusa Nagayo she formed The Crush Gals, known for their mainstream popularity in the 1980s, and the most successful women's tag team of all time.-Career:...	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

1988

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

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

1989

The 1989 Japan Grand Prix was a 19-woman single-elimination tournament

Single-elimination tournament

A single-elimination tournament, also called a knockout, cup or sudden death tournament, is a type of elimination tournament where the loser of each match or bracket is immediately eliminated from winning the championship or first prize in the event...

 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 A		Block B
Wrestler:	Points:	Wrestler:	Points:
Manami Toyota Manami Toyota is a professional wrestler best known for her work with the All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling wrestling promotion. Following AJW's closure she has continued to work in other joshi promotions such as GAEA and NEO...	9.0 !! Toshiyo Yamada Toshiyo Yamada is a retired Japanese female professional wrestler. In the 1990s, Yamada wrestled for the All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling promotion .-Career:A year after her professional wrestling debut in 1987, Toshiyo Yamada was awarded the AJW Junior Championship. She then formed the tag team "Dream Orca" with...	8.0
Aja Kong	8.0 !! Mariko Yoshida Mariko Yoshida , is a Japanese professional wrestler best known for her work with the ARSION wrestling promotion, where she was also head trainer.-Professional wrestling career:...	7.0
Takako Inoue Takako Inoue is a Japanese professional wrestler. She wrestled primarily for the All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling promotion, and held several championships, primarily in tag team wrestling...	6.0 !! Kyoko Inoue Kyoko Inoue is a Japanese female professional wrestler. She has held the WWWA World Heavyweight Championship three times, and is the first woman to win a men's title in Japan. She is also the founder of the joshi promotion NEO Japan...	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 Terri Poch Terri Poch is an American bodybuilder and former professional wrestler, best known for her appearances with the World Wrestling Federation as Tori...	3.0
Bison 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 A		Block B
Wrestler:	Points:	Wrestler:	Points:
Akira Hokuto	6.0 !! Yumiko Hotta	6.0
Harley Saito	5.0 !! Manami Toyota Manami Toyota is a professional wrestler best known for her work with the All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling wrestling promotion. Following AJW's closure she has continued to work in other joshi promotions such as GAEA and NEO...	5.0
Toshiyo Yamada Toshiyo Yamada is a retired Japanese female professional wrestler. In the 1990s, Yamada wrestled for the All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling promotion .-Career:A year after her professional wrestling debut in 1987, Toshiyo Yamada was awarded the AJW Junior Championship. She then formed the tag team "Dream Orca" with...	4.5 !! Bat Yoshinaga	5.0
Suzuka Minami	3.0 !! Hikari Fukuoka	4.0
Sakie Hasegawa	3.0 !! Kyoko Inoue Kyoko Inoue is a Japanese female professional wrestler. She has held the WWWA World Heavyweight Championship three times, and is the first woman to win a men's title in Japan. She is also the founder of the joshi promotion NEO Japan...	3.5
Takako Inoue Takako Inoue is a Japanese professional wrestler. She wrestled primarily for the All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling promotion, and held several championships, primarily in tag team wrestling...	3.0 !! Mima Shimoda	2.5
Etsuko Mita	3.0 !! Kaoru Ito	2.0
Tomoko 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	13
Manami Toyota Manami Toyota is a professional wrestler best known for her work with the All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling wrestling promotion. Following AJW's closure she has continued to work in other joshi promotions such as GAEA and NEO...	12
Sakie Hasegawa	11
Toshiyo Yamada Toshiyo Yamada is a retired Japanese female professional wrestler. In the 1990s, Yamada wrestled for the All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling promotion .-Career:A year after her professional wrestling debut in 1987, Toshiyo Yamada was awarded the AJW Junior Championship. She then formed the tag team "Dream Orca" with...	10
Mima Shimoda	10
Takako Inoue Takako Inoue is a Japanese professional wrestler. She wrestled primarily for the All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling promotion, and held several championships, primarily in tag team wrestling...	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 Manami Toyota is a professional wrestler best known for her work with the All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling wrestling promotion. Following AJW's closure she has continued to work in other joshi promotions such as GAEA and NEO...	11 !! Yumiko Hotta	12
Bison Kimura	9 !! Takako Inoue Takako Inoue is a Japanese professional wrestler. She wrestled primarily for the All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling promotion, and held several championships, primarily in tag team wrestling...	11
Reggie Bennett	8 !! Kyoko Inoue Kyoko Inoue is a Japanese female professional wrestler. She has held the WWWA World Heavyweight Championship three times, and is the first woman to win a men's title in Japan. She is also the founder of the joshi promotion NEO Japan...	9
Kaoru Ito	8 !! Mariko Yoshida Mariko Yoshida , is a Japanese professional wrestler best known for her work with the ARSION wrestling promotion, where she was also head trainer.-Professional wrestling career:...	8
Mima Shimoda	8 !! Sakie Hasegawa	6
Toshiyo Yamada Toshiyo Yamada is a retired Japanese female professional wrestler. In the 1990s, Yamada wrestled for the All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling promotion .-Career:A year after her professional wrestling debut in 1987, Toshiyo Yamada was awarded the AJW Junior Championship. She then formed the tag team "Dream Orca" with...	8 !! Etsuko Mita	6
Rie Tamada	2 !! Tomoko Watanabe	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:
Aja Kong	16
Reggie Bennett	14
Yumiko Hotta	14
Kyoko Inoue Kyoko Inoue is a Japanese female professional wrestler. She has held the WWWA World Heavyweight Championship three times, and is the first woman to win a men's title in Japan. She is also the founder of the joshi promotion NEO Japan...	14
Mima Shimoda	12
Toshiyo Yamada Toshiyo Yamada is a retired Japanese female professional wrestler. In the 1990s, Yamada wrestled for the All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling promotion .-Career:A year after her professional wrestling debut in 1987, Toshiyo Yamada was awarded the AJW Junior Championship. She then formed the tag team "Dream Orca" with...	12
Takako Inoue Takako Inoue is a Japanese professional wrestler. She wrestled primarily for the All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling promotion, and held several championships, primarily in tag team wrestling...	10
Kaoru Ito	10
Etsuko Mita	8
Tomoko Watanabe	8
Mariko Yoshida Mariko Yoshida , is a Japanese professional wrestler best known for her work with the ARSION wrestling promotion, where she was also head trainer.-Professional wrestling career:...	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 Manami Toyota is a professional wrestler best known for her work with the All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling wrestling promotion. Following AJW's closure she has continued to work in other joshi promotions such as GAEA and NEO...	17
Kumiko Maekawa	16
Etsuko Mita	15
Mima Shimoda	15
Tomoko Watanabe	15
Rie Tamada	10 †
Saa Endo	7
Misae Genki	5 †
Tanny Mouse	4 †
Yoshiko Tamura	4 †
Mariko Yoshida Mariko Yoshida , is a Japanese professional wrestler best known for her work with the ARSION wrestling promotion, where she was also head trainer.-Professional wrestling career:...	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

Cruiserweight (professional wrestling)

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 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 Manami Toyota is a professional wrestler best known for her work with the All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling wrestling promotion. Following AJW's closure she has continued to work in other joshi promotions such as GAEA and NEO...	12 !! Miho Wakizawa	12
	12 !! Emi Motokawa	12
Yumiko Hotta	12 !! Momoe Nakawaki	12
Takako Inoue Takako Inoue is a Japanese professional wrestler. She wrestled primarily for the All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling promotion, and held several championships, primarily in tag team wrestling...	10 !! Nanae Takahashi Nanae Takahashi Nanae Takahashi is a Japanese professional wrestler from Japan. She has wrestled for prominent Japanese promotions All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling and Pro Wrestling SUN, and has held multiple world championships...	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:
Yumiko Hotta	11
Manami Toyota Manami Toyota is a professional wrestler best known for her work with the All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling wrestling promotion. Following AJW's closure she has continued to work in other joshi promotions such as GAEA and NEO...	9
Kaoru Ito	9
Momoe Nakanishi	9
Takako Inoue Takako Inoue is a Japanese professional wrestler. She wrestled primarily for the All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling promotion, and held several championships, primarily in tag team wrestling...	8
Kumiko Maekawa	8
Nanae Takahashi Nanae Takahashi Nanae Takahashi is a Japanese professional wrestler from Japan. She has wrestled for prominent Japanese promotions All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling and Pro Wrestling SUN, and has held multiple world championships...	7
Tomoko Watanabe	6
Miho Wakizawa	5

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

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

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
Junior Division

Wrestler:	Points:
Nanae Takahashi Nanae Takahashi Nanae Takahashi is a Japanese professional wrestler from Japan. She has wrestled for prominent Japanese promotions All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling and Pro Wrestling SUN, and has held multiple world championships...	7
Momoe Nakanishi	7
Kayoko Haruyama	5
Miho Wakizawa	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:
Momoe Nakanishi	16
Kumiko Maekawa	16
Kaoru Ito	15
Manami Toyota Manami Toyota is a professional wrestler best known for her work with the All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling wrestling promotion. Following AJW's closure she has continued to work in other joshi promotions such as GAEA and NEO...	13
Etsuko Mita	13
Tomoko Watanabe	12
Mima Shimoda	12
Yumiko Hotta	11
Miho Wakizawa	10
Nanae Takahashi Nanae Takahashi Nanae Takahashi is a Japanese professional wrestler from Japan. She has wrestled for prominent Japanese promotions All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling and Pro Wrestling SUN, and has held multiple world championships...	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.

Wrestler:	Points:
Nanae Takahashi Nanae Takahashi Nanae Takahashi is a Japanese professional wrestler from Japan. She has wrestled for prominent Japanese promotions All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling and Pro Wrestling SUN, and has held multiple world championships...	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

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.