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The AJW Junior Championship was a secondary singles title

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in the Japanese

Professional wrestling in Japan

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All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling

, nicknamed Zenjo was a joshi puroresu promotion established in 1968 by Takashi Matsunaga and his brothers. The group held their first card on June 4 of that year...

. The title started in 1980 and was retired in April 2005 when the promotion closed.

Title history

Wrestlers:	Times:	Date:	Place:	Notes:
Rimi Yokota Jaguar Yokota is a Japanese professional wrestler and later wrestling trainer, who wrestled under the name . She is widely considered one of the greatest female wrestlers of all time, and, during her heyday in the early 1980s, was considered one of the best wrestlers in the world, irrespective of...	1	January 4, 1980	Tokyo Tokyo , ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...	Defeated Chino Sato to become the first champion.
Title vacated in August 1980.
Tomoko Kitamura Lioness Asuka is a Japanese professional wrestler from Tokyo. Along with long-time tag team partner Chigusa Nagayo she formed The Crush Gals, known for their mainstream popularity in the 1980s, and the most successful women's tag team of all time.-Career:...	1	January 4, 1981	Tokyo	Defeated Noriko Kawakami.
Title vacated in January 1982.
Chigusa Nagayo Chigusa Nagayo is a retired Japanese female professional wrestler best known for her mainstream popularity in the 1980s as a member of the tag team The Crush Gals with long-time partner Lioness Asuka. She was the founder of the GAEA Women's Professional Wrestling organization . She briefly competed as alter-ego...	1	May 15, 1982	Ōmiya Omiya-ku, Saitama is a ward of Saitama city, Saitama Prefecture, Japan. It is in the Greater Tokyo Area and about 25 km north of central Tokyo. Ōmiya-ku is surrounded by Nishi-ku , Kita-ku , Minuma-ku , Urawa-ku , Chūō-ku , and Sakura-ku of Saitama city.Ōmiya-ku is the most active commercial and business centre in... , Saitama Saitama Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of the island of Honshu. The capital is the city of Saitama.This prefecture is part of the Greater Tokyo Area, and most of Saitama's cities can be described as suburbs of Tokyo, to which a large amount of residents commute each day.- History...	Defeated Itsuki Yamazaki.
Noriyo Tateno Noriyo Tateno is a retired Japanese professional wrestler who is best known as one half of the tag team Jumping Bomb Angels with Itsuki Yamazaki...	1	August 10, 1982	Fukushima Fukushima, Fukushima is the capital city of Fukushima Prefecture in the Tōhoku Region of Japan. As of May 2011 the city has an estimated population of 290,064 and an area of 746.43 km².It lies about 250 km north of Tokyo and 80 km south of Sendai.-History:... , Fukushima Fukushima Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku region on the island of Honshu. The capital is the city of Fukushima.-History:Until the Meiji Restoration, the area of Fukushima prefecture was known as Mutsu Province....
Chigusa Nagayo	2	January 8, 1984	Tokyo
Title vacated on January 8, 1984.
Yumi Ogura	1	March 17, 1984	Kiryū Kiryu, Gunma is a city in Gunma, Japan, near the cities of Ōta and Ashikaga. Incorporated on March 1, 1921, Kiryū is considered both a city and part of the Greater Tokyo Metropolitan Area, although it is still widely thought of as a rural area... , Gunma Gunma Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the northwest corner of the Kantō region on Honshu island. Its capital is Maebashi.- History :The remains of a Paleolithic man were found at Iwajuku, Gunma Prefecture, in the early 20th century and there is a public museum there.Japan was without horses until...	Defeated Keiko Nakano.
Keiko Nakano	1	September 13, 1984	Toda Toda, Saitama is a city located in Saitama, Japan. The city is located beside the Arakawa river which separates it from Tokyo. The Sasame river also flows through the city before joining the Arakawa.-History:... , Saitama
Title vacated in 1985.
Yumi Ogura	2	April 7, 1985	Tokyo	Defeated Mika Komatsu in a tournament final.
Ogura vacated the title on December 12, 1985, in order to challenge for the AJW Championship AJW Championship The AJW Championship was a secondary belt contested in the Japanese women's professional wrestling promotion All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling . The first champion, in 1980, was Rimi Yokota. During the title's history, no one held the belt more than two times. The belt was abandoned in 2005, after... .
Condor Saito	1	January 4, 1986	Tokyo, Japan	Defeated Kazue Nagahori.
Hisako Uno	1	March 20, 1986	Osaka Osaka is a city in the Kansai region of Japan's main island of Honshu, a designated city under the Local Autonomy Law, the capital city of Osaka Prefecture and also the biggest part of Keihanshin area, which is represented by three major cities of Japan, Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe...
Yasuko Ishiguro	1	May 29, 1986	Ōmiya, Saitama
Title vacated on January 4, 1987.
Kyoko Asoh	1	February 26, 1987	Kawasaki Kawasaki, Kanagawa is a city located in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, between Tokyo and Yokohama. It is the 9th most populated city in Japan and one of the main cities forming the Greater Tokyo Area and Keihin Industrial Area.... , Kanagawa Kanagawa Prefecture is a prefecture located in the southern Kantō region of Japan. The capital is Yokohama. Kanagawa is part of the Greater Tokyo Area.-History:The prefecture has some archaeological sites going back to the Jōmon period...	Defeated Megumi Kudo Megumi Kudo Megumi Takayama, better known under her stage and maiden name , and by her nickname Kudome, is a Japanese entertainment personality, and was a professional wrestler who worked most of her career for Frontier Martial Arts Wrestling.... .
Title vacated on October 11, 1987 when Asoh retired.
Mika Suzuki	1	December 26, 1987	Tokyo	Defeated Kaoru Maeda in a tournament final.
Title vacated in 1988.
Toshiyo Yamada Toshiyo Yamada is a retired Japanese female professional wrestler. In the 1990s, Yamada wrestled for the All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling promotion .-Career:A year after her professional wrestling debut in 1987, Toshiyo Yamada was awarded the AJW Junior Championship. She then formed the tag team "Dream Orca" with...	1	July 19, 1988	Tokyo	Defeated Miori Kamiya in a tournament final.
Title vacated in 1988 due to injury.
Reibun Amada	1	December 11, 1988	Tokyo	Defeated Manami Toyota Manami Toyota is a professional wrestler best known for her work with the All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling wrestling promotion. Following AJW's closure she has continued to work in other joshi promotions such as GAEA and NEO... .
Title vacated in 1989.
Mima Shimoda	1	October 8, 1989	Tokyo	Defeated Asayo Obata.
Title later vacated.
Yuki Lee	1	March 20, 1992	Tokyo	Defeated Akemi Torisu in a tournament final.
Title vacated on March 22, 1992 due to injury.
Akemi Torisu	1	April 29, 1992	Toda, Saitama	Won a tournament.
Rie Tamada	1	August 10, 1992	Okazaki Okazaki, Aichi is a city located in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. As of August 2011, the city had an estimated population of 373,339 and a population density of 964 persons per km². The total area was 387.24 km².-Geography:... , Aichi Aichi Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region. The region of Aichi is also known as the Tōkai region. The capital is Nagoya. It is the focus of the Chūkyō Metropolitan Area.- History :...
Kumiko Maekawa	1	September 15, 1992
Saemi Numata	1	June 11, 1993
Mizuki Endo Mizuki Endo is a Japanese art critic, organizer, and curator specializing in contemporary art.Endo established three alternative art spaces in Asia; Art Space Tetra , Future Prospects Art Space and Playroom...	1	September 29, 1993	Nagoya, Aichi
Chaparita Asari	1	November 28, 1993	Osaka
Candy Okutsu Candy Okutsu , , is a Japanese former professional wrestler, perhaps best known for her brief stint as Tiger Dream, the female version of Tiger Mask.-Career:...	1	December 6, 1993	Tokyo
Chaparita Asari	2	March 26, 1995	Yokohama Yokohama is the capital city of Kanagawa Prefecture and the second largest city in Japan by population after Tokyo and most populous municipality of Japan. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of Tokyo, in the Kantō region of the main island of Honshu... , Kanagawa
Title vacated in May 1995.
Yoshiko Tamura	1	June 27, 1995	Sapporo, Hokkaidō Hokkaido , formerly known as Ezo, Yezo, Yeso, or Yesso, is Japan's second largest island; it is also the largest and northernmost of Japan's 47 prefectural-level subdivisions. The Tsugaru Strait separates Hokkaido from Honshu, although the two islands are connected by the underwater railway Seikan Tunnel...	Defeated Misae Watanabe.
Tomoko Miyaguchi	1	September 1, 1996	Tokyo
Title vacated in February 1997 due to injury.
Momoe Nakanishi	1	March 23, 1997	Sendai, Miyagi Miyagi Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan in the Tōhoku Region on Honshu island. The capital is Sendai.- History :Miyagi Prefecture was formerly part of the province of Mutsu. Mutsu Province, on northern Honshu, was one of the last provinces to be formed as land was taken from the indigenous Emishi, and became the...	Defeated Nanae Takahashi Nanae Takahashi Nanae Takahashi is a Japanese professional wrestler from Japan. She has wrestled for prominent Japanese promotions All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling and Pro Wrestling SUN, and has held multiple world championships... .
Title vacated in December 1997.
Mika Nishio	1	September 15, 2002	Tokyo	Defeated Kaori Yoneyama and Rena Takase in a three-way round-robin tournament final.
Reina Takase	1	December 22, 2002	Kawasaki, Kanagawa
Title retired in April 2005 when AJW closed.

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