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AJW Tag Team Championship
The AJW Tag Team Championship was the secondary tag team championship (professional wrestling), title in the Professional wrestling in Japan, Japanese professional wrestling professional wrestling promotion, promotion All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling. The title was introduced in 1986 and was retired in April 2005 when the promotion closed. There have been a total of thirty-four reigns shared between twenty-seven teams consisting of forty-nine distinctive champions and eleven Glossary of professional wrestling terms, vacancies. Title history Combined reigns By team By wrestler See also * List of professional wrestling promotions in Japan * List of women's wrestling promotions * Professional wrestling in Japan References Footnotes All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling championships Women's professional wrestling tag team championships {{All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling
, nicknamed Zenjo (全女: 全 meaning "All", 女 meaning "Woman") was a ''joshi puroresu'' (women's professional wrestling) professional wrestling promotion, promotion established in 1968 by Takashi Matsunaga and his brothers. The group held their first card on June 4 of that year. For close to 33 years it had a TV program on Fuji Television, Fuji TV called ''Women's Professional Wrestling''. History The All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling Corporation, established in 1968, was the successor to the ''All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling Association'', which had been formed in August 1955, to oversee the plethora of women's wrestling promotions that had sprung up in Japan following a tour in November, 1954, by Mildred Burke and her World Women's Wrestling Association (WWWA). These promotions included the ''All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling Federation'', and the ''All Japan Women's Wrestling Club'', started in 1948, which was the first women's wrestling promotion in Japan. For a time the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yokohama
is the List of cities in Japan, second-largest city in Japan by population as well as by area, and the country's most populous Municipalities of Japan, municipality. It is the capital and most populous city in Kanagawa Prefecture, with a population of 3.7 million in 2023. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of Tokyo, in the Kantō region of the main island of Honshu. Yokohama is also the major economic, cultural, and commercial hub of the Greater Tokyo Area along the Keihin region, Keihin Industrial Zone. Yokohama was one of the cities to open for trade with the Western world, West following the 1859 end of the Sakoku, policy of seclusion and has since been known as a cosmopolitan port city, after Kobe opened in 1853. Yokohama is the home of many Japan's firsts in the Meiji (era), Meiji period, including the first foreign trading port and Chinatown (1859), European-style sport venues (1860s), English-language newspaper (1861), confectionery and beer manufacturing (1865), daily newspap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masuda, Shimane
is a Cities of Japan, city located in Shimane Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 43,885 in 21,249 households and a population density of 60 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . Geography Masuda is located on the western edge of Honshu, facing the Sea of Japan to the north and the Chugoku Mountains to the south and is bordered by Yamaguchi Prefecture to the west and Hiroshima Prefecture to the southwest. The city has the largest geographic area among municipalities in Shimane Prefecture. The urban center is on a narrow floodplain between the Takatsu River and the Masuda River. Parts of the southern region of the city are within the borders of the Nishi-Chugoku Sanchi Quasi-National Park. Neighboring municipalities Hiroshima Prefecture *Akiōta, Hiroshima, Akiōta *Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima, Hatsukaichi *Kitahiroshima, Hiroshima, Kitahiroshima Shimane Prefecture *Hamada, Shimane, Hamada *Tsuwano, Shimane, Tsuwano *Yoshika, Shimane, Yoshika Yama ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaoru Ito
is a Japanese Professional wrestling, professional wrestler and former mixed martial artist currently working as a freelancer and is best known for her tenure with the Japanese professional wrestling promotion, promotions All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling and JWP Joshi Puroresu. Professional wrestling career Japan (1989–present) As a freelancer, Ito is known for competing in multiple promotions of the List of professional wrestling promotions in Japan, Japanese independent scene. At a house show promoted by Ladies Legend Pro-Wrestling on January 8, 2006, she teamed up with Kumiko Maekawa to unsuccessfully challenge Eagle Sawai and Noriyo Tateno for the LLPW Tag Team Championship. At ''Ice Ribbon's Icon Hottoriho'' on August 14, 2006, Ito teamed up with Ayako Sato and Cherry (Japanese wrestler), Cherry to defeat Aoi Kizuki, Kyoko Kimura and Yuri Urai. Ito participated in the ''Dantai Taikou Flash Tournament'', an event promoted by Sendai Girls' Pro Wrestling on October 27, 2011, wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomoko Watanabe (wrestler)
is a Japanese Professional wrestling, professional wrestler currently signed to the Japanese professional wrestling promotion, promotion Marvelous That's Women Pro Wrestling. A veteran of the Japanese independent scene, Watanabe is known for her tenures with now-defunct promotions All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling and JWP Joshi Puroresu. Professional wrestling career All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling (1990–2005) During her fifteen-year tenure with the promotion, Watanabe chased for various championships promoted by it. She has held the AJW Championship on two separate occasions, the All Pacific Championship on three, AJW Tag Team Championship two times, once alongside Takako Inoue and once with Bat Yoshinaga, and the WWWA World Tag Team Championship five times, three of them with Kumiko Maekawa, one time with Kaoru Ito, Zap I under the gimmick of team "Zap", and once with Nanae Takahashi. Despite being an accomplished wrestler in the company, there have stil been many titles she ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Debbie Malenko
Deborah Killian (born March 10, 1971), known under the ring name Debbie Malenko, is an American Professional wrestling, professional wrestler. She is best known for her work in ''Professional wrestling in Japan#Female wrestling, joshi puroresu'' organizations such as All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling. Professional wrestling career Early career (1990) Malenko was trained by Boris Malenko in her home state of Florida. In 1990 she made her debut in Florida working for Professional Wrestling Federation. All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling (1991-1993) Malenko signed with All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling in 1991. She feuded with Kyoko Inoue. On August 31, 1991 Malenko lost to Inoue for the vacated IWA World Women's Championship. On January 5, 1992, Malenko and Sakie Hasegawa won the AJW Tag Team Championship defeating Mariko Yoshida and Takako Inoue. They dropped the titles back to Yoshida and Inoue. Also in 1992 they worked in various Japanese promotions and in Mexico for Consejo Mu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fuji TV
JOCX-DTV (channel 8), branded as or , is a Japanese television station that serves the Kantō region as the flagship (broadcasting), flagship station of the Fuji News Network (FNN) and the Fuji Network System (FNS). The station is owned-and-operated by , itself a subsidiary of , a certified broadcasting holding company under the Japanese Broadcasting Act, and affiliated with the Fujisankei Communications Group. It is headquartered in the Fuji Broadcasting Center in Odaiba, Minato, Tokyo and is one of ''five private broadcasters based in Tokyo''. Fuji Television also operates three premium television stations, known as "Fuji Television One" ("Fuji Television 739"—sports/variety, including all Tokyo Yakult Swallows home games), "Fuji Television Two" ("Fuji Television 721"—drama/anime, including all Saitama Seibu Lions home games), and "Fuji Television Next" ("Fuji Television CSHD"—live premium shows) ( "Fuji Television OneTwoNext"), all available in High-definition televi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esther Moreno
María Esther Moreno León (born February 20, 1969) is a Mexican '' luchadora'', or female professional wrestler best known under the ring name Esther Moreno. In AAA she is a former 2 time AAA Reina de Reinas Champion. Professional wrestling career In the early 1990s Esther and her sister Cynthia Moreno travelled to Japan to wrestle for All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling. On April 21, 1991 the Moreno sisters defeated Etsuko Mita and Mima Shimoda to win the AJW Tag Team Championship, making them the first Mexican team to hold a championship in Japan. They would hold the titles until August 2, 1991 where they lost the title to Takako Inoue and Mariko Yoshida. Personal life Esther Moreno is a member of an extended wrestling family founded by her father Alfonso Moreno who was both a wrestler and a wrestling promoter and her mother who took over promoting wrestling in Arena Azteca Budokan in Nezahualcoyotl, Mexico State after Alfonso Moreno died. Esther's sisters Rossy Alda and Cy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mima Shimoda
is a Japanese professional wrestler, who is working for the Mexican professional wrestling promotion (CMLL) and Japanese promotion World Woman Pro-Wrestling Diana. She is most well known for being half of Las Cachorras Orientales with Etsuko Mita. Professional wrestling career All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling (1987-1997) Shimoda debuted on August 5, 1987, against her future Las Cachorras Orientales partner, Etsuko Mita. Early on in her career, Shimoda formed the "Tokyo Sweethearts" with Manami Toyota. On October 8, 1989, Shimoda won the AJW Junior Championship. On August 19, 1990, Shimoda competed in a kickboxing match against Aja Kong. She lost several teeth during the match in defeat. By 1991, the Tokyo Sweethearts had stopped teaming together regularly, however they would team off and on through the 1990s. In 1992, Shimoda formed Las Cachorras Orientales (LCO) with Etsuko Mita and Akira Hokuto. While Hokuto was an original member, she did not stay on long as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manami Toyota
is a Japanese retired professional wrestler, best known for her work with All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling (AJW). She is widely considered to be one of the greatest female professional wrestlers of all time. Following AJW's closure, Toyota continued to work in other '' joshi'' promotions such as GAEA Japan and NEO Japan Ladies Pro-Wrestling. Professional wrestling career All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling (1987–2002) Manami Toyota made her professional wrestling debut on August 5, 1987, at the age of 16, in a singles match against Sachiko Nakamura. Her big break came in her second year, on the first Wrestlemarinpiad show at Yokohama Arena, on May 6, 1989. Teaming with Mima Shimoda as the Tokyo Sweethearts, she defeated Etsuko Mita and Toshiyo Yamada in a match that nearly stole the card from the more established veterans. The bout had all the basic ingredients that made Toyota a star, including flashy moves, fast and frequent tags, double-team moves, and a long series of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toshiyo Yamada
is a retired Japanese female professional wrestler. In the 1990s, Yamada wrestled for the All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling promotion (AJW). Professional wrestling career All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling Early Career and Dream Orca (1987–1992) Toshiyo Yamada part of the 1987 All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling (AJW)'s rookie class which also featured Manami Toyota, Etsuko Mita and Mima Shimoda. Yamada debuted on July 27, 1987 against Chiaki Ichikawa. On June 21, 1987, Yamada earned a silver medal in the 70 kg class at the All Japan Wrestling Championship. Yamada later won the 1987 All Japan Women's Rookie of the Year tournament. On July 19, 1988, she captured the AJW Junior Championship in a tournament final against Miori Kamiya. By August 1988, she formed "Dream Orca" with Etsuko Mita. On August 25, 1988, she successfully defended her AJW Junior Championship against Sachiko Nakamura. During September and October 1988, she teamed up with Manami Toyota to compete in Tag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
