International Princess Championship | |||||||||||||||||||
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Promotion | Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||
Date established | July 16, 2019 [2] | ||||||||||||||||||
Current champion(s) | Yuki Arai | ||||||||||||||||||
Date won | January 4, 2024 [1] | ||||||||||||||||||
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The International Princess Championship ( Japanese: インターナショナル・プリンセス王座, Hepburn: Intānashonaru Purinsesu Ōza) is a women's professional wrestling championship owned by the Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling (TJPW). The title was introduced on July 16, 2019, [2] and the inaugural champion was crowned on August 25, 2019, when Natsumi Maki defeated Gisele Shaw. [3]
On August 25, 2019, Natsumi Maki was crowned the inaugural champion by defeating Gisele Shaw at Brand New Wrestling 3: Stronger Than Anyone!. [4] On September 16, 2019, Maki dropped the title to Yuna Manase after sustaining an injury. [5] On October 7, 2020, then-champion Thunder Rosa relinquished the championship as she was unable to travel to Japan due to COVID-19 restrictions. [6] A new champion was crowned on November 7, at Wrestle Princess, where Yuki Kamifuku won the vacant title by defeating Hikari Noa in the finals of an eight-woman single-elimination tournament. [7]
On March 18, 2023, Rika Tatsumi defeated the previous champion Miu Watanabe to win the title, thus becoming TJPW's first Grand Slam Champion. [8]
First round TJPW Fall Tour '20 ~ WOMM (Wrestling of My Mind) ~ (October 10 and 17) | Semifinals Wrestle Princess (November 7) | Finals Wrestle Princess | ||||||||||||
Mahiro Kiryu | 8:42 [9] | |||||||||||||
Mirai Maiumi | Sub | |||||||||||||
Mirai Maiumi | 9:44 [11] | |||||||||||||
Hikari Noa | Pin | |||||||||||||
Hikari Noa | Pin | |||||||||||||
Pom Harajuku | 7:40 [10] | |||||||||||||
Hikari Noa | 7:56 [11] | |||||||||||||
Yuki Kamifuku | Pin | |||||||||||||
Raku | 10:25 [9] | |||||||||||||
Shoko Nakajima | Pin | |||||||||||||
Shoko Nakajima | 9:44 [11] | |||||||||||||
Yuki Kamifuku | Pin | |||||||||||||
Suzume | 7:40 [10] | |||||||||||||
Yuki Kamifuku | Pin |
As of April 30, 2024, there have been 12 reigns between 11 champions and one vacancy. Natsumi Maki was the inaugural champion. Maki Itoh holds the record for most reigns at two. Thunder Rosa has the longest reign at 276 days, while Natsumi Maki has the shortest at 22 days. Rosa is the oldest champion at 33 years old, while Hikari Noa is the youngest at 23 years old.
Yuki Arai is the current champion in their first reign. She defeated Max the Impaler at TJPW Tokyo Joshi Pro '24. [12]
No. | Overall reign number |
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Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
Days | Number of days held |
Defenses | Number of successful defenses |
+ | Current reign is changing daily |
No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | ||||
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Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | Defenses | ||||
1 | Natsumi Maki | August 25, 2019 | Brand New Wrestling 3: Stronger Than Anyone! | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 22 | 0 [13] | Defeated Gisele Shaw in a decision match to become inaugural champion. | [3] |
2 | Yuna Manase | September 16, 2019 | KFC 2Days: Desert Moon | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 33 | 0 [14] | Natsumi Maki suffered an injury during the match, so Manase pinned her to win. | [13] |
3 | Maki Itoh | October 19, 2019 | My life; let's enjoy!! | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 78 | 2 [15] | [14] | |
4 | Thunder Rosa | January 5, 2020 | New Year Dish Pro Wrestling | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 276 | 0 [16] | [17] | |
— | Vacated | October 7, 2020 | — | — | — | — | — | Thunder Rosa relinquished the championship as she was unable to travel to Japan due to COVID-19 restrictions. | [6] |
5 | Yuki Kamifuku | November 7, 2020 | Wrestle Princess I | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 178 | 3 | Kamifuku defeated Hikari Noa in the finals of an eight-woman single-elimination tournament to win the vacant championship. | [7] |
6 | Hikari Noa | May 4, 2021 | Yes! Wonderland 2021: We Are Still in the Middle of Our Dreams | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 245 | 4 | [18] | |
7 | Maki Itoh | January 4, 2022 | Tokyo Joshi Pro '22 | Tokyo, Japan | 2 | 186 | 4 | [19] | |
8 | Alex Windsor | July 9, 2022 | TJPW Summer Sun Princess '22 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 92 | 1 | [20] | |
9 | Miu Watanabe | October 9, 2022 | Wrestle Princess III | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 160 | 3 | [21] | |
10 | Rika Tatsumi | March 18, 2023 | Grand Princess '23 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 205 | 4 | [22] | |
11 | Max the Impaler | October 9, 2023 | Wrestle Princess IV | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 87 | 3 | This was also for Max's NWA World Women's Television Championship. | [23] |
11 | Yuki Arai | January 4, 2024 | TJPW Tokyo Joshi Pro '24 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 117+ | 2 | [1] |
As of April 30, 2024.
† | Indicates the current champion |
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Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns |
Combined defenses |
Combined days |
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1 | Thunder Rosa | 1 | 0 | 276 |
2 | Maki Itoh | 2 | 6 | 264 |
3 | Hikari Noa | 1 | 4 | 246 |
4 | Rika Tatsumi | 1 | 4 | 205 |
5 | Yuki Kamifuku | 1 | 3 | 178 |
6 | Miu Watanabe | 1 | 3 | 160 |
7 | Yuki Arai † | 1 | 2 | 117+ |
8 | Alex Windsor | 1 | 1 | 92 |
9 | Max the Impaler | 1 | 3 | 87 |
10 | Yuna Manase | 1 | 0 | 33 |
11 | Natsumi Maki | 1 | 0 | 22 |