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| Founded | April 24, 2023 |
|---|---|
| Style | Professional wrestling Joshi Puroresu |
| Headquarters | Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States |
| Founder(s) | "Chibi C.B." C.B. Liffer Francis Jay |
| Website | sparkjoshi |
Spark Joshi Puroresu of America (SJPA) Entertainment (styled Spark Joshi) [lower-alpha 1] is an American independent women's professional wrestling promotion, founded on April 24, 2023, by female filmmaker and Hollywood event director, "Chibi C.B." C.B. Liffer, and producer, Francis Jay. [1]
On April 24, 2023, Spark Joshi released an official press upon their first event "Ignite East" on June 11 in Newark, New Jersey, describing themselves as the "first organization based in the United States (based in Santa Fe, New Mexico) dedicated to importing the culture and creative approach of Japanese women's pro wrestling or joshi puroresu ". [1]
On June 11, Spark Joshi held their first event Ignite East, where Miyu Yamashita became the inaugural Spark Joshi World Champion after defeating Rachael Ellering. [2] On June 16, at Ignite West, Ram Kaicho defeated Saki to become the first Spark Joshi Pacific Champion. [3] On October 14, at Rising Heat East, Saki became the first Spark Joshi Atlantic Champion after defeating Maya Yukihi. [4]
On January 2024, Spark Joshi established their own dojo in Orlando, Florida, assigning Sumie Sakai as the head trainer. [5]
| Championship | Current champion(s) | Reign | Date won | Days held [6] | Location | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spark Joshi World Championship |  | Starlight Kid | 1 | April 7, 2024 | 7+ | Paulsboro, New Jersey | Defeated Sumie Sakai at SPARK Trailblaze. [7] |
| Spark Joshi Pacific Championship |  | Ram Kaicho | 1 | June 16, 2023 | 303+ | West Covina, California | Defeated Saki at Ignite West to become the inaugural champion. [3] |
| Spark Joshi Atlantic Championship |  | Saki | 1 | October 14, 2023 | 183+ | Orlando, Florida | Defeated Maya Yukihi at Rising Heat East to become the inaugural champion. [4] |
Sumie Sakai is a Japanese professional wrestler and former mixed martial artist. She is best known for her extensive tenure in Ring of Honor, where she was the inaugural and longest reigning Women of Honor Champion.
The Rikidozan Memorial Show was a professional wrestling event held in 1996, and again in 2000, as a tribute to "the father of puroresu," Rikidozan. Both shows were considered major events in Japan and had involvement from virtually every major wrestling promotion at the time. The first show was held in Yokohama, Japan at the Yokohama Arena on June 30, 1996, with 16,000 in attendance. The show featured interpromotional matches of wrestlers from All Japan Pro Wrestling, Big Japan Pro Wrestling, Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling, IWA Kakutoshijuku, International Wrestling Association, Japan Pro Shooting, Kitao Dojo, Michinoku Pro, New Japan Pro-Wrestling, Professional Wrestling Fujiwara Gumi, Samurai Project, UWFi, Wrestle Association R and joshi promotions GAEA Japan, JWP Joshi Puroresu and Ladies Legend Pro-Wrestling. In the main event, Genichiro Tenryu (WAR) and Tatsumi Fujinami (NJPW) defeated Koki Kitihara (WAR) and Riki Choshu (NJPW) in a tag team match. On the undercard, Keiji Mutoh & Kensuke Sasaki defeated Shinya Hashimoto & Junji Hirata and a "PWFG vs. UWFI" match between Yoshiaki Fujiwara and Yoji Anjoh resulted in a double-countout.
Kaori Yoneyama is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently working as a freelancer on the Japanese independent circuit. Yoneyama started her career in 1999, working with the JWP Joshi Puroresu promotion. During the following years, she became a one-time JWP Openweight Champion, a one-time JWP Junior Champion, a five-time JWP Tag Team Champion, a one-time Pure-J Openweight Champion and a three-time Daily Sports Women's Tag Team Champion. Notable titles she has held outside of JWP include All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling's AJW Championship and AJW Tag Team Championship, Ice Ribbon's International Ribbon Tag Team Championship and NEO Japan Ladies Pro Wrestling's High Speed Championship. In July 2011, Yoneyama announced that she would be ending her twelve-year career the following December. After a retirement tour, which took Yoneyama not only across the Japanese independent circuit, but also to the United States, she announced during her retirement ceremony that she had changed her mind and decided to continue her career. In January 2013, Yoneyama quit JWP to become a freelancer, working for promotions such as Gatoh Move Pro Wrestling, Oz Academy, Union Pro Wrestling and World Wonder Ring Stardom.
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The Princess Tag Team Championship is a women's professional wrestling world tag team championship promoted by the CyberFight promotion, defended on their Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling (TJPW) brand. The title was introduced on August 12, 2017. Like most professional wrestling championships, the title is won as a result of a scripted match. The current champions are Daisy Monkey, who are in their first reign both as a team and individually. They defeated Ryo Mizunami and Yuki Aino at Grand Princess '24 on March 31, 2024 in Tokyo, Japan.
Saki Akai is a Japanese retired professional wrestler, idol, model, and tarento, currently working for the Japanese professional wrestling promotion DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT) and its sister joshi promotion Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling (TJPW). Her father is former professional boxer Hidekazu Akai.
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The Spark Joshi Pacific Championship is a women's professional wrestling championship owned by the Spark Joshi Puroresu of America promotion. The title, which in Spark Joshi's championship hierarchy is situated as the secondary title behind the Spark Joshi World Championship, was introduced on June 16, 2023, when Ram Kaicho became the inaugural champion by defeating Saki in a decision match.
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