The AJW Junior Championship was a tertiary singles title in All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling. The title started in 1980 and was retired in April 2005 when the promotion closed.

The prize was originally contested among wrestlers under the age of 20, but in 1993, they changed it to wrestlers with less than two years of experience in professional wrestling. The first belt design was a brown belt that also represented the AJW Championship. Later, the Junior Championship became a golden belt with a turquoise strap.

Title history

Key
No.Overall reign number
ReignReign number for the specific champion
DaysNumber of days held
No.ChampionChampionship changeReign statisticsNotesRef.
DateEventLocationReignDays
1Rimi YokotaJanuary 4, 1980N/ATokyo, Japan1Yokota defeated Chino Sato to become the inaugural champion.
VacatedAugust 1980The championship was vacated for undocumented reasons.
2Tomoko KitamuraJanuary 4, 1981N/ATokyo, Japan1Kitamura defeated Noriko Kawakami to win the vacant championship.
VacatedJanuary 1982The championship was vacated for undocumented reasons.
3Chigusa NagayoMay 15, 1982N/AŌmiya, Satima, Japan187Nagayo defeated Itsuki Yamazaki to win the vacant championship.
4Noriyo TatenoAugust 10, 1982N/AFukushima, Japan1516
5Chigusa NagayoJanuary 8, 1984Live eventTokyo, Japan2<1
VacatedJanuary 8, 1984The championship was vacated for undocumented reasons.
6Yumi OguraMarch 17, 1984N/AKiryū, Gunma, Japan1180Ogura defeated Keiko Nakano to win the vacant championship.
7Keiko NakanoSeptember 13, 1984N/AToda, Saitama, Japan1
Vacated1985The championship was vacated for undocumented reasons.
8Yumi OguraApril 7, 1985N/ATokyo, Japan2249Ogura defeated Mika Komatsu in a tournament final to win the vacant championship.
VacatedDecember 12, 1985Yumi Ogura vacated the championship in order to train for the AJW Championship.
9Condor SaitoJanuary 4, 1986N/ATokyo, Japan175Saito defeated Kazue Nagahori to win the vacant championship.
10Hisako UnoMarch 20, 1986N/AOsaka, Japan170
11Yasuko IshiguroMay 29, 1986N/AŌmiya, Satima, Japan1220
VacatedJanuary 4, 1987The championship was vacated for undocumented reasons.
12Kyoko AsohFebruary 26, 1987N/AKawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan1227Asoh defeated Megumi Kudo to win the vacant championship.
VacatedOctober 11, 1987The championship was vacated upon Kyoko Asoh's retirement.
13Mika SuzukiDecember 26, 1987N/ATokyo, Japan1141Suzuki defeated Kaoru Maeda in a tournament final to win the vacant championship.
VacatedMay 15, 1988The championship was vacated for undocumented reasons.
14Toshiyo YamadaJuly 19, 1988N/ATokyo, Japan1Yamada defeated Miori Kamiya in a tournament final to win the vacant championship.
VacatedSeptember 1988The championship was vacated after Toshiyo Yamada suffered an injury.
15Reibun AmadaDecember 11, 1988N/ATokyo, Japan1Amada defeated Manami Toyota to win the vacant championship.
Vacated1989The championship was vacated for undocumented reasons.
16Mima ShimodaOctober 8, 1989N/ATokyo, Japan1Shimoda defeated Asayo Obata to win the vacant championship.
VacatedN/AThe championship was vacated for undocumented reasons.
17Yuki LeeMarch 20, 1992N/ATokyo, Japan12Lee defeated Akemi Torisu in a tournament final to win the vacant championship.
VacatedMarch 22, 1992The championship was vacated after Yuki Lee suffered an injury.
18Akemi TorisuApril 29, 1992N/AToda, Saitama, Japan1103Torisu defeated won a tournament to win the vacant championship.
19Rie TamadaAugust 10, 1992N/AOkazaki, Aichi, Japan136
20Kumiko MaekawaSeptember 15, 1992N/AJapan1269
21NumatchiJune 11, 1993N/AJapan1110
22Mizuki EndoSeptember 29, 1993AJW/LLPW Nagoya Super Whirlwing ~ Zenjo VS. LLPW Total Opposition War - Day 20Nagoya, Aichi, Japan160
23Chaparita AsariNovember 28, 1993N/AOsaka, Japan18
24Candy OkutsuDecember 6, 1993N/ATokyo, Japan1475
25Chaparita AsariMarch 26, 1995Wrestling Queendom VictoryYokohama, Kanagawa, Japan2
VacatedMay 1995The championship was vacated for undocumented reasons.
26Yoshiko TamuraJune 27, 1995Zenjo Movement - Day 40Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan1432Tamura defeated Misae Watanabe in a tournament final to win the vacant championship.
27Tomoko MiyaguchiSeptember 1, 1996The Rising Generation Queens CarnivalTokyo, Japan1
VacatedFebruary 1997The championship was vacated after Tomoko Miyaguchi suffered an injury.
28Momoe NakanishiMarch 23, 1997N/ASendai, Miyagi, Japan1Nakanishi defeated Nanae Takahashi to win the vacant championship.
VacatedDecember 1997The championship was vacated for undocumented reasons.
29Mika NishioSeptember 15, 2002JWP Shinjuku Valkyrie's Kiss vol. 2Tokyo, Japan198Nishio defeated Kaori Yoneyama and Rena Takase in a three-way round-robin tournament final to win the vacant championship.
30Rena TakaseDecember 22, 2002Real All-Womanism Dream Explosion ~ Kawasaki Part 2 ~Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan1
DeactivatedApril 2005The championship retired when AJW closed.

Combined reigns

One-time, last and longest reigning AJW Junior Champion Rena Takase
¤The exact length of a title reign is uncertain; the combined length may not be correct.
N/AThe exact length of a title reign is too uncertain to calculate.
RankWrestlerNo. of reignsCombined days
1Rena Takase1831 – 860¤
2Noriyo Tateno1516
3Candy Okutsu1475
4Yoshiko Tamura1432
5Yumi Ogura2429
6Tomoko Kitamura1362 – 392¤
7Kumiko Maekawa1269
8Momoe Nakanishi1253 – 283¤
9Kyoko Asoh1227
10Yasuko Ishiguro1220
11Rimi Yokota1210 – 240¤
12Tomoko Miyaguchi1153 – 180¤
13Mika Suzuki1141
14Numatchi1110
15Akemi Torisu1103
16Mika Nishio198
17Chigusa Nagayo287
18Condor Saito175
19Hisako Uno170
20Mizuki Endo160
21Chaparita Asari244 – 74¤
Toshiyo Yamada144 – 73¤
23Rie Tamada136
24Yuki Lee12
-Keiko Nakano1N/A
Mima Shimoda1N/A
Reibun Amada1N/A

Footnotes

See also