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Super Asia Championship
The Super Asia Championship belt
Details
PromotionGatoh Move Pro Wrestling
Date establishedAugust 5, 2017
Current champion(s)Emi Sakura
Date wonJune 5, 2023
Statistics
First champion(s)Riho
Most reignsAll titleholders
(1 reign)
Longest reignRiho
(620 days)
Shortest reignMinoru Fujita
(322 days)
Oldest championEmi Sakura
(46 years, 244 days)
Youngest championRiho
(20 years, 110 days)

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[edit]

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.[1]

In 2017, IWA Japan finally folded after ceasing their professional wrestling activities three years earlier.[2] 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" [ja] in the tournament final to become the inaugural champion.[3]

On June 4, 2019, Riho relinquished the title after her eighth defense against Mei Suruga.[4]

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.[5] Fujita defeated Akki to win the title.[6] 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.[7] Choun successfully defended the title three times before losing it to Akki on the January 29, 2022 episode of ChocoPro.[8] Akki then unified the titles when he faced and defeated Fujita on Day 2 of the 200th ChocoPro episode on February 13.[9]

Inaugural tournament[edit]

First round
August 13 		Semifinals
August 19 and 26 		Final
September 22
         
Sayaka Obihiro [a]
Aoi Kizuki Forfeit
Aoi Kizuki 7:23[12]
Riho Pin
Riho Pin
Saki 8:12[11]
Riho Pin
"Kotori" 12:29[14]
Aasa Maika Pin
Mitsuru Konno 8:46[11]
Aasa Maika 8:32[13]
"Kotori" Pin
Emi Sakura 11:31[11]
"Kotori" Pin

Reigns[edit]

Inaugural and longest reigning champion, Riho

As of May 2, 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.

Key
No. Overall reign number
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.
Date Event Location Reign Days Defenses
1 Riho September 22, 2017 Gatoh Move 5th Anniversary Show Tokyo, Japan 1 620 8 Defeated "Kotori" [ja] in the finals of an eight-woman single-elimination tournament to become the inaugural champion. [3]
— Vacated June 4, 2019 — — — — — The championship was vacated due to Riho leaving Gatoh Move. [4]
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. [6]
— 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. [7][15]
— Baliyan Akki January 29, 2022 ChocoPro 197 Tokyo, Japan — 15 0 [8][16]
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. [9]
4 Hagane Shinno March 12, 2023 ChocoPro 300
Day 2 		Tokyo, Japan 1 115 2 [17]
5 Emi Sakura July 5, 2023 Gatoh Move Tokyo, Japan 1 302+ 2 [18]

Combined reigns[edit]

As of May 2, 2024.

† Indicates the current champion
Rank Wrestler No. of
reigns		 Combined
defenses		 Combined
days		 Combined
days rec.
1 Riho 1 8 620
2 Baliyan Akki 1(2) 7 407 392
3 Minoru Fujita 1 2 322
4 Emi Sakura † 1 2 302+
5 Hagane Shinno 1 2 115
— Choun Shiryu — 3 84

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Obihiro was forced to withdraw from the tournament due to suffering from severe headaches.[10]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "International Wrestling Association Triple Crown Title". Wrestling-Titles.com.
  2. ^ IWAラストマッチ 涙の浅野社長の復活はあるのか. www.tokyo-sports.co.jp (in Japanese). Tokyo Sports. October 14, 2014. Archived from the original on October 20, 2014. Retrieved January 22, 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Gatoh Move Japan Tour #312 ~ 5th Anniversary". Cagematch.net.
  4. ^ a b 【試合詳細】6･4 我闘雲舞新木場大会 【スーパーアジア】里歩vs駿河メイ 【アジアドリームタッグ】水森由菜＆SAKIvs紺乃美鶴＆サワディー仮面 アントーニオ本多vsさくらえみvs志田光 (in Japanese). Battle-News.com.
  5. ^ Gatoh Move Pro Wrestling [@gatohmove] (March 23, 2021). "Main Event Super Asia Championship match 30mins time limit" (Tweet). Retrieved January 22, 2022 – via Twitter.
  6. ^ a b TDE Wrestling [@tde_gif] (March 28, 2021). "@Tgurentaifujit brings another belt to #PencilArmy!" (Tweet). Retrieved January 22, 2022 – via Twitter.
  7. ^ a b Sutter, Robbie (November 5, 2021). "#AndNEW: Chon Shiryu Becomes Interim Super Asia Champion". lastwordsonsports.com. Retrieved November 10, 2021.
  8. ^ a b ChocoPro 197 試合結果 / Results – 2022/1/29（土）. Gatoh Move Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). January 29, 2022. Retrieved January 29, 2022.
  9. ^ a b Kreikenbohm, Philip (February 13, 2022). "Gatoh Move ChocoPro #200 Day 2". cagematch.net. Retrieved February 13, 2022.
  10. ^ "帯広さやかが8・13市ヶ谷大会を欠場。希月はスーパーアジア初代王者決定トーナメント一回戦不戦勝に" (in Japanese). Gatoh Move Pro Wrestling.
  11. ^ a b c "Gatoh-Move Japan Tour・306 2017年8月13日 市ヶ谷チョコレート広場" (in Japanese). Gatoh Move Pro Wrestling.
  12. ^ "Gatoh-Move Japan Tour・307 2017年8月19日 市ヶ谷チョコレート広場" (in Japanese). Gatoh Move Pro Wrestling.
  13. ^ "Gatoh-Move Japan Tour・308 2017年8月26日 市ヶ谷チョコレート広場" (in Japanese). Gatoh Move Pro Wrestling.
  14. ^ "我闘雲舞5周年記念大会 〜みんなと一緒に6年目〜 2017年9月22日 新宿FACE" (in Japanese). Gatoh Move Pro Wrestling.
  15. ^ ChocoPro 170 試合結果 / Results – 2021/11/6（土）. Gatoh Move Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). November 6, 2021. Retrieved November 10, 2021.
  16. ^ Masked TODAY (January 29, 2022). 【チョコプロ】 ＜ChocoPro 197＞スーパーアジア暫定王者選手権はアッキが勝利. www.proresu-today.com (in Japanese). Retrieved January 29, 2022.
  17. ^ ChocoPro300 Day2 試合結果 / Results – 2023/3/12（日）. Gatoh Move Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). March 12, 2023. Retrieved March 12, 2023.
  18. ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip (June 5, 2023). "Gatoh Move". cagematch.net. Retrieved June 5, 2023.

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