Queen of Arsion Championship

The Queen of Arsion Championship (Japanese: クイーン・オブ・アルシオン王座, Hepburn: Kuīn Obu Arushion Ōza) was a women's professional wrestling championship owned by the Hyper Visual Fighting Arsion promotion. Like most professional wrestling championships, the title was won as a result of a scripted match. The championship, which was situated at the top of Arsion's championship hierarchy, was introduced on December 18, 1998, when Mariko Yoshida defeated Candy Okutsu to become the inaugural champion.[1][2] The two contestants had earlier in the year won separate tournaments to qualify for the match.[5][6] During the next four and a half years, there were eight reigns shared among six different wrestlers. The title was retired on August 24, 2003, two months after the folding of Arsion, when Yoshida defeated Mima Shimoda to become the final champion.[1][2]

Queen of Arsion Championship
Mariko Yoshida, who held the Queen of Arsion Championship three times
Details
PromotionHyper Visual Fighting Arsion
Date establishedDecember 18, 1998[1][2]
Date retiredAugust 24, 2003[1]
Statistics
First champion(s)Mariko Yoshida
Final champion(s)Mariko Yoshida
Most reignsMariko Yoshida
(3 reigns)
Longest reignAja Kong
(485 days)
Shortest reignMariko Yoshida
(3rd reign, <1 day)
Oldest championLioness Asuka
(38 years, 120 days)
Youngest championAyako Hamada
(19 years, 293 days)
Heaviest championAja Kong
(103 kg (227 lb))[3]
Lightest championAyako Hamada
(62 kg (137 lb))[4]

Title history

On December 18, 1998, Mariko Yoshida became the first champion in the title history by defeating the winner of the Ars '98 tournament, Candy Okutsu.[1][2] On February 11, 2003, the championship was vacated after the previous titleholder Michiko Omukai left the promotion.[1][2] On April 29, Yoshida defeated Rie Tamada to win the vacant championship, marking it her second reign.[1][2] On August 24, after Yoshida won the championship for the third time, she immediately vacated it, and the title became deactivated with the promotion's closing.[1][2]

Reigns
The longest reigning champion, Aja Kong

Over the championship's four-year history, there have been eight reigns between six champions and one vacancy. Mariko Yoshida was the inaugural and final champion, who also holds the record for most reigns at three. Aja Kong's reign is the longest at 485 days, while Yoshida's third reign and the last in the title history is the shortest, lasted less than a day. Lioness Asuka is the oldest champion at 38 years old, while Ayako Hamada is the youngest at 19 years old.

Key
No. Overall reign number
Reign Reign number for the specific champion
Days Number of days held
Defenses Number of successful defenses
No. Champion Championship change Reign statistics Notes Ref.
Date Event Location Reign DaysDefenses
 1  Mariko Yoshida  December 18, 1998 N/A Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan  1  2314[7] Yoshida, winner of the Zion '98 tournament, defeated Candy Okutsu, winner of the Ars '98 tournament, in a decision match to become the inaugural champion. [1][2][8]
 2  Aja Kong  August 6, 1999 Carnival The Queens Tokyo, Japan  1  4857[7] [1][2][9]
 3  Ayako Hamada  December 3, 2000 Live event Tokyo, Japan  1  3575[7] <[1][2]
[10][11]
 4  Lioness Asuka  November 25, 2001 Carnival Arison Urayasu, Chiba, Japan  1  1675[7] [1][2]
[12][13]
 5  Michiko Omukai  May 11, 2002 Premium Starwars Tokyo, Japan  1  2762[14] [1][2]
[15][16][17]
— Vacated  February 11, 2003 — — — —— The championship was vacated after Michiko Omukai left Hyper Visual Fighting Arsion. [1][2]
 6  Mariko Yoshida  April 29, 2003 N/A Tokyo, Japan  2  540[14] Yoshida defeated Rie Tamada for the vacant championship. [1][2]
 7  Mima Shimoda  June 22, 2003 Starlet Tokyo, Japan  1  630[14] This was the final Hyper Visual Fighting Arsion event. [1][2][18][19]
 8  Mariko Yoshida  August 24, 2003 AtoZ Flag Raising Series ~ Attention Please - Day 7 Tokyo, Japan  3  <10[14] This was an eight-woman elimination tag team match, where Yoshida, Ai Fujita, Akino and Rie Tamada faced Mima Shimoda, Mirai, Sachie Abe and Yumiko Hotta. [1][2][20]
— Deactivated  August 24, 2003 — — — —— Mariko Yoshida retired the championship immediately after winning it. [1]

Combined reigns
Rank Wrestler No. of
reigns		 Combined
defenses		 Combined
days
1 Aja Kong17485
2 Ayako Hamada15357
3 Mariko Yoshida34285
4 Michiko Omukai12276
5 Lioness Asuka15167
6 Mima Shimoda1063

See also

References
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