World Woman Pro-Wrestling Diana World Championship

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World Woman Pro-Wrestling Diana World Championship
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Ayako Sato with the title belt in August 2019
Details
Promotion World Woman Pro-Wrestling Diana
Date establishedApril 29, 2013 [1]
Current champion(s) Ayame Sasamura
Date wonNovember 10, 2024
Statistics
First champion(s) Kyoko Inoue [1]
Most reigns Kyoko Inoue
(4 reigns)
Longest reign Kyoko Inoue
(3rd reign, 511 days)
Shortest reign Asuka
(42 days)
Oldest champion Kyoko Inoue
(51 years, 361 days)
Youngest champion Haruka Umesaki
(22 years, 81 days)
Heaviest champion Kaoru Ito and Kyoko Inoue
(238 lbs)
Lightest champion Haruka Umesaki
(119 lbs)

The World Woman Pro-Wrestling Diana World Championship (often known as the WWWD Certified World Singles Championship) is a women's professional wrestling championship promoted by the Japanese professional wrestling promotions World Woman Pro-Wrestling Diana. [2] During its existence, the title has been promoted by various other promotions such as Pro Wrestling Wave on World Wonder Ring Stardom while held by certain wrestlers who were part of other promotions World.

Contents

Like most professional wrestling championships, the title is won as a result of a scripted match. There have been a total of 19 reigns and one vacancy shared between 12 different champions. The current title holder is Ayame Sasamura who is in her first reign.

Title History

On April 29, 2013, Kyoko Inoue, the founder of Diana, became the inaugural champion by defeating Jaime D during the main event of Diana's second anniversary show. [1] On November 20, 2021, Inoue who was in her fourth reign vacated the championship after sustaining an injury. [3] On January 23, 2022, Nagisa Nozaki defeated a former titleholder Ayako Sato to win the vacant championship. [4]

Reigns

As of December22, 2024, there have been 19 reigns between 12 champions and one vacancy. Kyoko Inoue was the inaugural champion. She also holds the record for most reigns at four. Inoue the oldest champion at 51 years old, while Haruka Umesaki is the youngest at 22. Inoue's third reign is the longest at 511 days, while Asuka's reign is the shortest at 42 days.

Ayame Sasamura is the current champion in her first reign. She won the title by defeating Maika Ozaki on November 10, 2024, in Kawasaki, Japan.

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 Kyoko Inoue April 29, 2013Diana 2nd Anniversary ~ Danger Zone Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan 12443 [5] Defeated Jaime D to become the inaugural champion. [1] [6]
2 Mask de Sun December 29, 2013Diana Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan 1980 [7] [5]
3 Manami Toyota April 6, 2014Diana Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan 12611 [8] [7]
4 Kaoru Ito December 23, 2014Kawasaki Legend Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan 12672 [9] [8]
5 Kyoko Inoue September 16, 2015Diana Tokyo, Japan 24240 [10] [9]
6 Kaoru Ito November 13, 2016Diana Tokyo, Japan 21051 [11] [10]
7 Kyoko Inoue February 26, 2017Diana Tokyo, Japan 35111 [12] [11]
8 Sareee July 22, 2018River's Edge Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan 11510 [13] [12]
9 Aja Kong December 20, 2018Diana Tokyo, Japan 11431 [14] [13]
10 Sareee May 12, 2019Diana 8th Anniversary Tokyo, Japan 22371 [15] [16]
11 Ayako Sato January 4, 2020Diana Yokohama, Japan 12390 [17] [18]
12 Asuka August 30, 2020Diana Tokyo, Japan 1420 [19] [20]
13 Ayako Sato October 11, 2020Diana Tokyo, Japan 21891 [21] [19]
14 Kyoko Inoue April 18, 2021Diana 10th Anniversary Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan 42161 [22] [21] [23]
— Vacated November 20, 2021————— Kyoko Inoue vacated the championship after sustained an injury. [3]
15 Nagisa Nozaki January 23, 2022Diana Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan 1961 [24] Defeated Ayako Sato to win the vacant championship. [4]
16 Ayako Sato April 29, 2022Korakuen Hall Vol. 1 Tokyo, Japan 33653 [25] [26]
17 Haruka Umesaki April 29, 2023Diana Tokyo, Japan 14745 [27] [28]
18 Maika Ozaki August 15, 2024Diana Kawasaki, Japan 1872 [27]
19 Ayame Sasamura November 10, 2024Diana Kawasaki, Japan 142+2 [29]

Combined reigns

Current champion, Ayame Sasamura 20220710ayame.jpg
Current champion, Ayame Sasamura

As of December22, 2024.

†Indicates the current champion
RankWrestlerNo. of
reigns		Combined
defenses		Combined
days
1 Kyoko Inoue 451,395
2 Ayako Sato 34794
3 Haruka Umesaki 15474
4 Sareee 21388
5 Kaoru Ito 23372
6 Manami Toyota 11261
7 Aja Kong 11143
8 Mask de Sun 1098
9 Nagisa Nozaki 1196
10 Maika Ozaki 1287
11 Ayame Sasamura †1242+
12 Asuka 1042

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