The is a

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championship owned by the

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(NJPW) promotion. The creation of the championship was announced by NJPW on April 27, 2023. The title is exclusively featured on NJPW's American

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program '' NJPW Strong Live'', which features a distinct roster of American and other foreign wrestlers. The inaugural champion was Willow Nightingale, who defeated Mercedes Moné in a tournament final at

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to win the championship. The current champion is Stephanie Vaquer who defeated Giulia at the second night of Stardom's Cinderella Tournament.

History

In 2022,

(NJPW) established a women's division. On July 29 of that year, the promotion created the

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, the first women's title in the company's history, which was first held by Kairi. The championship was created to be the top title of NJPW's women's division and was intended to be defended on NJPW events in Japan and on events promoted by NJPW's Japanese sister company

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(Stardom), a ''

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'' promotion. On April 27, 2023, NJPW announced the creation of the Strong Women's Championship, the top women's championship of the promotion's American subsidiary '' Strong Live''. The promotion additionally announced a four-woman

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to determine the inaugural champion to be held at

on May 21, in

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. The tournament will feature representatives from NJPW's partners All Elite Wrestling (AEW),

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(CMLL), and Stardom. The tournament participants are the former IWGP Women's Champion Mercedes Moné (NJPW),

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(Stardom), Stephanie Vaquer (CMLL), and Willow Nightingale (AEW). At Resurgence, Nightingale became the inaugural champion by defeating Moné in the finals.

Inaugural championship tournament (2023)

The first defense of the title was Nightingale's successful defence against

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on the 2nd June 2023 edition of '' AEW Rampage'' (taped on the May 31, 2023).

Reigns

As of , , there have been three reigns between three champions. Willow Nightingale was the inaugural champion. Stephanie Vaquer is the oldest champion at 30 years old, while Nightingale is the youngest at 29 years old. Giulia's reign is the longest at 249 days, while Nightingale's reign is the shortest at 45 days. Vaquer is the current champion in her first reign. She won the title by defeating Giulia during the second night of the Cinderella Tournament on March 10, 2024, in

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