Super Asia Championship
| Super Asia Championship | |||||||||||||||
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 The Super Asia Championship belt | |||||||||||||||
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| Promotion | Gatoh Move Pro Wrestling | ||||||||||||||
| Date established | August 5, 2017 | ||||||||||||||
| Current champion(s) | Emi Sakura | ||||||||||||||
| Date won | June 5, 2023 | ||||||||||||||
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The Super Asia Championship (Japanese: スーパーアジア王座, Hepburn: Sūpā Ajia Ōza) is a title defended in the joshi puroresu (Japanese women's professional wrestling) promotion Gatoh Move Pro Wrestling. There have been a total of five recognized reigns and two interim reigns shared between six different wrestlers. The current champion is Emi Sakura who in her first reign.
History
On November 16, 2013, at an International Wrestling Association Japan (IWA Japan) house show, Gatoh Move Pro Wrestling founder Emi Sakura defeated Kyonin Shihan to unify the vacant IWA World Heavyweight Championship, the AWF World Women's Championship and the IWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship into the IWA Triple Crown Championship (IWA三冠統一王座, IWA Sankan Tōitsu Ōza). This triple crown title was then brought to Gatoh Move to serve as its main singles title.
In 2017, IWA Japan finally folded after ceasing their professional wrestling activities three years earlier. The IWA belts were then returned and Sakura announced the creation of the Super Asia Championship, a new title with a new lineage, as well as an eight-women single-elimination tournament that would crown the first champion. On September 22, at Gatoh Move's 5th Anniversary Show, Riho defeated "Kotori" in the tournament final to become the inaugural champion.
On June 4, 2019, Riho relinquished the title after her eighth defense against Mei Suruga.
On the March 22, 2021 episode of ChocoPro, Emi Sakura announced a singles match between Minoru Fujita and Baliyan Akki for the vacant Super Asia Championship which would take place on Day 2 of the 100th episode of ChocoPro on March 28. Fujita defeated Akki to win the title. On the November 6 episode of ChocoPro, a four-way match was held to crown an interim champion while Fujita was recovering from COVID-19 complications. The match saw Choun Shiryu win against Baliyan Akki, Yuna Mizumori and Masahiro Takanashi. Choun successfully defended the title three times before losing it to Akki on the January 29, 2022 episode of ChocoPro. Akki then unified the titles when he faced and defeated Fujita on Day 2 of the 200th ChocoPro episode on February 13.
Inaugural tournament
| First round August 13 | Semifinals August 19 and 26 | Final September 22 | ||||||||||||
| Sayaka Obihiro | ||||||||||||||
| Aoi Kizuki | Forfeit | |||||||||||||
| Aoi Kizuki | 7:23 | |||||||||||||
| Riho | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Riho | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Saki | 8:12 | |||||||||||||
| Riho | Pin | |||||||||||||
| "Kotori" | 12:29 | |||||||||||||
| Aasa Maika | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Mitsuru Konno | 8:46 | |||||||||||||
| Aasa Maika | 8:32 | |||||||||||||
| "Kotori" | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Emi Sakura | 11:31 | |||||||||||||
| "Kotori" | Pin | |||||||||||||
Reigns
As of January 31, 2024, there have been four reigns between four champions, one vacancy and two interim champions. Riho was the inaugural champion. Riho's reign is the longest at 620 days, while Minoru Fujita's reign is the shortest at 322 days. Fujita is the oldest champion at 43 years old, while Riho is the youngest at 20 years old.
Hagane Shinno is the current champion in his first reign. He won the title by defeating Baliyan Akki on the second day of ChocoPro 300 on March 12, 2023 in Tokyo, Japan.
| 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 | Riho | September 22, 2017 | Gatoh Move 5th Anniversary Show | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 620 | 8 | Defeated "Kotori" in the finals of an eight-woman single-elimination tournament to become the inaugural champion. | |
| — | Vacated | June 4, 2019 | — | — | — | — | — | The championship was vacated due to Riho leaving Gatoh Move. | |
| 2 | Minoru Fujita | March 28, 2021 | ChocoPro 100 Day 2 |
Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 322 | 2 | Defeated Baliyan Akki in a singles match to win the vacant championship. | |
| — | Choun Shiryu | November 6, 2021 | ChocoPro 170 | Tokyo, Japan | — | 84 | 3 | Due to Minoru Fujita being unable to defend the title after suffering from COVID-19 complications, an interim champion was crowned until Fujita could return. Choun Shiryu defeated Baliyan Akki, Yuna Mizumori and Masahiro Takanashi in a four-way match to become the interim champion. | |
| — | Baliyan Akki | January 29, 2022 | ChocoPro 197 | Tokyo, Japan | — | 15 | 0 | ||
| 3 | Baliyan Akki | February 13, 2022 | ChocoPro 200 Day 2 |
Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 392 | 7 | This was a Last Man Standing match against lineal champion Minoru Fujita to unify the title. | |
| 4 | Hagane Shinno | March 12, 2023 | ChocoPro 300 Day 2 |
Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 115 | 2 | ||
| 5 | Emi Sakura | July 5, 2023 | Gatoh Move | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 210+ | 2 | ||
Combined reigns
As of January 31, 2024.
| † | Indicates the current champion |
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| Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns |
Combined defenses |
Combined days |
Combined days rec. |
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| 1 | Riho | 1 | 8 | 620 | |
| 2 | Baliyan Akki | 1(2) | 7 | 407 | 392 |
| 3 | Minoru Fujita | 1 | 2 | 322 | |
| 4 | Emi Sakura † | 1 | 2 | 210+ | |
| 5 | Hagane Shinno | 1 | 2 | 115 | |
| — | Choun Shiryu | — | 3 | 84 | |