# JWP Openweight Championship

The JWP Openweight Championship was a women's professional wrestling championship owned by the JWP Joshi Puroresu promotion. The championship, which was situated at the top of JWP's championship hierarchy, was introduced on December 2, 1992, when Dynamite Kansai defeated Cutie Suzuki in a tournament final to become the inaugural champion. At the time of JWP Joshi Puroresu's folding in April 2017, the JWP Openweight Championship was the oldest active title in all of joshi puroresu.
Like most professional wrestling championships, the title was won as a result of a scripted match. There were thirty reigns shared among nineteen different wrestlers. The title was retired on April 2, 2017, when JWP Joshi Puroresu went out of business. That same day, Hanako Nakamori won the final match contested for the title, making her third successful defense against Tsubasa Kuragaki.

## Title history

On December 2, 1992, Dynamite Kansai became the inaugural JWP Openweight Champion by defeating Cutie Suzuki. On October 15, 1995, Kansai would defeated Suzuki once again to win the title, which was previously vacated. On November 28, 2004, after the championship was vacated once again, Azumi Hyuga won it by defeating Kayoko Haruyama in a tournament final. On September 19, 2010, at JWP Revolution, the 15th champion Kaori Yoneyama successfully defended her title against Emi Sakura in a Hair vs. Hair match, forcing Sakura being shaved bald. Sakura would later win the championship on October 28, 2012, after defeating Kayoko Haruyama.
On April 2, 2017, at JWP's 25th Anniversary show, which was JWP's last show as JWP closed doors, the championship was deactivated with Hanako Nakamori being the last champion, with a final successful title defense against Tsubasa Kuragaki.

## Reigns

Over the championship's 24-year history, there have been 30 reigns between 19 champions and two vacancies. Dynamite Kansai was the inaugural champion, while Hanako Nakamori being the last. Arisa Nakajima and Azumi Hyuga share the record for most reigns at four. Kayoko Haruyama's first reign is the longest at 719 days, while Kyoko Kimura's reign is the shortest at 25 days. Mayumi Ozaki is the oldest champion at 46 years old, while Kansai is the youngest at 22 years old.
Key :
| No. | Overall reign number |
| Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
| Days | Number of days held |
| Defenses | Number of successful defenses |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Championship change | Championship change | Reign statistics | Reign statistics | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. |
| No. | Champion | Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | Defenses | Notes | Ref. |
| 1 | Dynamite Kansai | December 2, 1992 | House show | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 655 | 3 | Defeated Cutie Suzuki in a tournament final to become the inaugural champion. | |
| 2 | Devil Masami | September 18, 1994 | House show | Yokohama, Japan | 1 | 32 | 1 | | |
| — | Vacated | October 20, 1994 | — | — | — | — | — | The championship was vacated due to undocumented reasons. | |
| 3 | Dynamite Kansai | October 15, 1995 | House show | Tokyo, Japan | 2 | 541 | 2 | Defeated Cutie Suzuki in a tournament final to win the vacant championship. | |
| 4 | Hikari Fukuoka | April 8, 1997 | House show | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 691 | 6 | | |
| 5 | Azumi Hyuga | February 28, 1999 | House show | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 298 | 3 | | |
| 6 | Ran Yu-Yu | December 23, 1999 | House show | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 525 | 1 | | |
| 7 | Command Bolshoi | August 6, 2000 | House show | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 196 | 0 | | |
| 8 | Azumi Hyuga | February 18, 2001 | House show | Tokyo, Japan | 2 | 623 | 5 | | |
| — | Vacated | November 3, 2002 | — | — | — | — | — | The championship was vacated due to undocumented reasons. | |
| 9 | Azumi Hyuga | November 28, 2004 | House show | Tokyo, Japan | 3 | 294 | 2 | Defeated Kayoko Haruyama in a tournament final to win the vacant championship. | |
| 10 | Tsubasa Kuragaki | September 18, 2005 | House show | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 252 | 1 | | |
| 11 | Manami Toyota | May 28, 2006 | Mania–X | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 113 | 3 | | |
| 12 | Azumi Hyuga | September 18, 2006 | House show | Tokyo, Japan | 4 | 589 | 5 | | |
| 13 | Kayoko Haruyama | April 29, 2008 | Mania–X | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 719 | 8 | | |
| 14 | Nanae Takahashi | April 18, 2010 | House show | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 91 | 2 | | |
| 15 | Kaori Yoneyama | July 18, 2010 | JWP–Pure–Slam | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 259 | 10 | | |
| 16 | Leon | April 3, 2011 | Mania–X | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 84 | 1 | This match was also contested for the High Speed Championship. | |
| 17 | Hailey Hatred | June 25, 2011 | Road to JWP 20th: Osaka Carnival | Osaka, Japan | 1 | 180 | 3 | This match was also contested for the TLW World Women's and IMW Hybrid Fighting Championships. | |
| 18 | Tsubasa Kuragaki | December 23, 2011 | Climax 2011: Kaori Yoneyama Final | Tokyo, Japan | 2 | 121 | 0 | | |
| 19 | Kayoko Haruyama | April 22, 2012 | JWP 20th Anniversary: Mania–X | Tokyo, Japan | 2 | 189 | 3 | | |
| 20 | Emi Sakura | October 28, 2012 | Pure Wars Series | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 57 | 1 | | |
| 21 | Arisa Nakajima | December 24, 2012 | Climax 2012: JWP 20th | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 237 | 3 | | |
| 22 | Kana | August 18, 2013 | JWP–Pure Slam 2013 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 119 | 2 | | |
| 23 | Arisa Nakajima | December 15, 2013 | Climax | Tokyo, Japan | 2 | 476 | 6 | | |
| 24 | Kayoko Haruyama | April 5, 2015 | Mania–X | Tokyo, Japan | 3 | 97 | 1 | | |
| 25 | Command Bolshoi | July 11, 2015 | Tropical☆Bari Bari Hurricane | Tokyo, Japan | 2 | 36 | 0 | | |
| 26 | Mayumi Ozaki | August 16, 2015 | JWP–Pure Plum 2015 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 231 | 2 | | |
| 27 | Arisa Nakajima | April 3, 2016 | Mania–X | Tokyo, Japan | 3 | 189 | 2 | | |
| 28 | Kyoko Kimura | October 9, 2016 | Fly High in the 25th Anniversary | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 25 | 2 | | |
| 29 | Arisa Nakajima | November 3, 2016 | Pure Dream 2016 | Tokyo, Japan | 4 | 55 | 0 | This was a Street Fight. | |
| 30 | Hanako Nakamori | December 28, 2016 | Climax | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 95 | 3 | | |
| — | Deactivated | April 2, 2017 | JWP 25th Anniversary | Tokyo, Japan | — | — | — | The championship was retired when JWP Joshi Puroresu goes out of business. | |

## Combined reigns

| Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns | Combined defenses | Combined days |
| 1 | Azumi Hyuga | 4 | 14 | 1,797 |
| 2 | Dynamite Kansai | 2 | 5 | 1,197 |
| 3 | Kayoko Haruyama | 3 | 12 | 1,005 |
| 4 | Arisa Nakajima | 4 | 11 | 957 |
| 5 | Hikari Fukuoka | 1 | 6 | 691 |
| 6 | Ran Yu-Yu | 1 | 1 | 525 |
| 7 | Tsubasa Kuragaki | 2 | 1 | 373 |
| 8 | Kaori Yoneyama | 1 | 10 | 259 |
| 9 | Command Bolshoi | 2 | 0 | 232 |
| 10 | Mayumi Ozaki | 1 | 2 | 231 |
| 11 | Hailey Hatred | 1 | 3 | 180 |
| 12 | Kana | 1 | 2 | 119 |
| 13 | Manami Toyota | 1 | 3 | 113 |
| 14 | Hanako Nakamori | 1 | 3 | 95 |
| 15 | Nanae Takahashi | 1 | 2 | 91 |
| 16 | Leon | 1 | 1 | 84 |
| 17 | Emi Sakura | 1 | 1 | 57 |
| 18 | Devil Masami | 1 | 1 | 32 |
| 19 | Kyoko Kimura | 1 | 2 | 25 |