Japan Grand Prix
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- This is a professional wrestling tournament. For the Formula One auto racing competition, see Japanese Grand Prix.
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 Heavyweight 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.
[edit] List of Japan Grand Prix winners
| Year: | Entrants: | Date of Final: | Winner: | Opponent in Final: |
| 1985 | 10 | June 25 | Lioness Asuka | Dump Matsumoto |
| 1986 | 12 | June 22 | Yukari Omori | Chigusa Nagayo |
| 1987 | 13 | June 28 | Chigusa Nagayo | Dump Matsumoto |
| 1988 | 11 | June 26 | Bull Nakano | Yumiko Hotta |
| 1989 | 19 | August 24 | Mitsuko Nishiwaki | Madusa Miceli |
| 1990 | 7 | June 17 | Manami Toyota | Yumiko Hotta |
| 1991 | 16 | August 18 | Kyoko Inoue | Aja Kong |
| 1992 | 20 | August 30 | Aja Kong | Manami Toyota |
| 1993 | 16 | August 21 | Akira Hokuto | Yumiko Hotta |
| 1994 | 10 | August 28 | Yumiko Hotta | |
| 1995 | 16 | September 3 | Manami Toyota | Yumiko Hotta |
| 1996 | 12 | August 30 | Aja Kong | |
| 1997 | 12 | August 10 | Kaoru Ito | |
| 1998 | 12 | August 9 | Manami Toyota | Zap I (Tomoko Watanabe) |
| 1999 | 9 | August 15 | Manami Toyota | Yumiko Hotta |
| 2000 | 9 | August 20 | Kaoru Ito | Etsuko Mita |
| Junior Division | 6 | August 20 | Nanae Takahashi | Momoe Nakanishi |
| 2001 | 12 | August 17 | Momoe Nakanishi | Kumiko Maekawa |
| 2002 | 9 | July 9 | Nanae Takahashi | Momoe Nakanishi |
| 2003 | 10 | August 3 | Amazing Kong | Nanae Takahashi |
| 2004 | 10 | August 1 | Kumiko Maekawa | Hikaru |
