Spark Joshi World Championship

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Spark Joshi World Championship
Details
Promotion Spark Joshi Puroresu of America
Date establishedJune 2023
Current champion(s) Starlight Kid
Date wonApril 7, 2024
Statistics
First champion(s) Miyu Yamashita [1]
Most reignsAll titleholders
(1 time)
Longest reign Billie Starkz
(179 days)
Shortest reign Sumie Sakai (<1 day)
Oldest champion Sumie Sakai
(52 years, 135 days)
Youngest champion Billie Starkz
(18 years, 363 days)
Lightest champion Starlight Kid (99 lbs)

The Spark Joshi World Championship is a women's professional wrestling world championship owned by the Spark Joshi Puroresu of America promotion. The title, which is situated at the top of Joshi Puroresu's championship hierarchy, was introduced on June 11, 2023, when Miyu Yamashita became the inaugural champion by defeating Rachael Ellering in a decision match. [1]

Contents

History

On June 11, 2023, during Spark Joshi's first event Ignite East, Miyu Yamashita defeated Rachael Ellering to become the inaugural champion. [1] The first defense of the title was Yamashita's successful defense against Delilah Doom on June 16, during Spark Joshi's second event Ignite West. [2]

Reigns

Current champion Starlight Kid STARDOM WORLD CLIMAX 2022 IMG 6830.jpg
Current champion Starlight Kid

As of April14, 2024, there have been a total of four reigns shared between four different champions. Miyu Yamashita was the inaugural champion after defeating Rachael Ellering at Ignite East on June 11, 2023, in Newark, New Jersey. Starlight Kid is the current champion in her first reign. She won the title by defeating Sumie Sakai at Spark Trailblaze 2024 on April 7, 2024, in Paulsboro, New Jersey.

Key
No.Overall reign number
ReignReign number for the specific champion
DaysNumber of days held
DefensesNumber of successful defenses
+Current reign is changing daily
No.ChampionChampionship changeReign statisticsNotesRef.
DateEventLocationReignDaysDefenses
1 Miyu Yamashita June 11, 2023Ignite East Newark, NJ 11221Defeated Rachael Ellering in a decision match to become the inaugural champion. [1]
2 Billie Starkz October 11, 2023Rising Heat West Carson, CA 11790 [3]
3 Sumie Sakai April 7, 2024Spark Trailblaze 2024 Paulsboro, NJ 1<10 [4]
4 Starlight Kid April 7, 2024Spark Trailblaze 2024 Paulsboro, NJ 17+0 [4]

Combined reigns

As of April14, 2024.

Indicates the current champion
RankWrestlerNo. of
reigns
Combined
defenses
Combined
days
1 Billie Starkz 10179
2 Miyu Yamashita 11122
3 Starlight Kid 107+
4 Sumie Sakai 10<1

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