The Pure-J Openweight Championship ( Japanese : PURE-J認定無差別級王座 , Hepburn : PURE-J Nintei Musabetsu Kyūōza ) is a women's professional wrestling championship owned by the Pure-J promotion . The championship, which is situated at the top of Pure-J's championship hierarchy, was introduced on October 9, 2017, when Hanako Nakamori defeated Manami Katsu in the finals of a 12-woman tournament to become the inaugural champion. Like most professional wrestling championships, the title is won as a result of a scripted match.
25-421: There have been a total of fourteen reigns shared between seven different wrestlers. Risa Sera is the current champion in her first reign. As of November 29, 2024, there have been 13 reigns between seven champions. Hanako Nakamori was the inaugural champion, and holds the record for most reigns at five. Nakamori's third reign is the longest at 462 days, while Leon 's first reign is the shortest at 21 days. Leon
50-542: A fight with the Donna Del Mondo stable, subsequently starting a feud with them, especially against the unit's leader Giulia . On the first night of the World Climax 2022 on March 26, Suzuki teamed up with her Prominence stablemate Risa Sera to defeat Donna Del Mondo ( Maika and Thekla ). On the second night of the event from March 27, she teamed up with her stablemates Akane Fujita , Mochi Miyagi and Risa Sera in
75-620: A hardcore match, winning in a dominant fashion and continuing the Prominence/DDM feud. At Mid Summer Champions in Nagoya , the second event of the Stardom Mid Summer Champions series which took place on July 24, 2022, Sera teamed up with Suzuki and Hiragi Kurumi to defeat Cosmic Angels ( Mina Shirakawa , Unagi Sayaka & Hikari Shimizu ) and Queen's Quest ( Lady C , Hina & Miyu Amasaki ). She finished with 15 points in
100-465: A losing effort against Donna Del Mondo (Giulia, Himeka , Maika and Thekla). At New Blood 2 on May 13, Suzuki picked up a victory over Mai Sakurai . At Stardom in Showcase vol.1 on July 23, she teamed up with Risa Sera to face Giulia and Mai Sakurai in a hardcore match , winning in a dominant fashion and continuing the Prominence/DDM feud. Suzuki competed in the 2022 Grand Prix , earning 15 points in
125-577: A victory against Asahi. At Yokohama Bunka Gymnasium Final from August 9, 2020, Suzuki defeated Maya Yukihi to win the ICE Cross Infinity Championship . On January 23, 2021, Suzuki lost the ICE Cross Infinity Championship to Tsukasa Fujimoto . Suzuki's contract with Ice Ribbon expired at the end of 2021. At the end of 2021, Suzuki aligned herself with Mochi Miyagi , Risa Sera , Akane Fujita and Hiragi Kurumi in
150-558: Is a Japanese professional wrestler signed to World Wonder Ring Stardom where she is a member of Neo Genesis . She is best known for her time in Ice Ribbon and Pure-J , two Japanese professional wrestling promotions . Suzuki is a former one-time Goddesses of Stardom Champion and one-time Artist of Stardom Champion and the winner of the 2023 5 Star Grand Prix . Suzuki made her professional wrestling debut at Ice Ribbon 's RibbonMania 2018 on December 31, 2018, where she picked up
175-508: Is a Japanese professional wrestler and actress. She is currently a freelancer working in the deathmatch unit Prominence, who is best known for wrestling in Ice Ribbon . She is a four-time International Ribbon Tag Team Champion , while also being a former two-time ICE×∞ Champion . Sera was born in Sera, Hiroshima . After graduating high school, she moved to Tokyo and studied voice acting at Amusement Media Academy (AMG). In 2012, Sera took part in
200-502: Is the oldest champion at 40 years old, while Nakamori is the youngest at 28 years old. Risa Sera is the current champion in her first reign. She won the title by defeating Hanako Nakamori at PURE-J 7th Anniversary on August 11, 2024, in Tokyo , Japan . As of November 29, 2024. Risa Sera Risa Okuda ( 奥田 理紗 , Okuda Risa , born November 19, 1991) , better known by her ring name Risa Sera ( 世羅 りさ , Sera Risa ) ,
225-956: The 2022 Catch the Wave tournament. She competed in Future Block qualifier block, in which she scored six points and advanced to the Winners Block. In her Winner Block, Suzuki scored four points, which allowed to advance to the finals. On July 17, Suzuki won the tournament and became the Wave Single Champion by defeating Miyuki Takase in the finals. On August 14, Suzuki lost the Wave Single Championship to Hikaru Shida . Suzuki made her first appearance in World Wonder Ring Stardom at its first pay-per-view of 2022, Nagoya Supreme Fight , on January 29, where Prominence picked
250-566: The International Ribbon Tag Team Champions . Until the next year, they successfully retained the championship for nine times. The team was dissolved as Narumiya left Ice Ribbon by March 31, 2015. They were defeated in a hardcore tag match against Isami Kodaka and Yuko Miyamoto in their last match, then Sera challenged Narumiya to a hardcore tag match. They had the match on May 4 and Sera's team were defeated. Sera demanded an even harder rematch with light tubes, but this
275-581: The Prominence stable after their contract with Ice Ribbon expired, leaving them to wander as freelance wrestlers. On April 24, 2023, Suzuki announced that she was leaving Prominence. Suzuki made her Pro Wrestling Wave debut on July 1, 2020 in a tag team match in which she and Haruka Umesaki defeated Ayumi Hayashi and Crea . Suzuki returned to Wave on February 13, 2022 in a tag team match where she and Risa Sera defeated Hibiscus Mii and Yuki Miyazaki . In May through July of 2022, Suzuki competed in
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#1732904986666300-690: The Prominence stable at the end of 2021 after their contract with Ice Ribbon expired, leaving them to wander as freelance wrestlers. Sera and the rest of the stable made their first appearance in World Wonder Ring Stardom 's first pay-per-view of 2022, the Stardom Nagoya Supreme Fight from January 29 where they picked a fight with the Donna Del Mondo stable. On the first night of the Stardom World Climax 2022 from March 26, Sera teamed up with her Prominence stablemate Suzu Suzuki to defeat Donna Del Mondo 's ( Maika and Thekla ). On
325-625: The Triangle Blue block of the Triangle Derby I . On March 4, Prominence won the tournament by defeating Abarenbo GE in the finals. At All Star Grand Queendom on April 23, Prominence lost the Artist of Stardom Championship to REStart . On April 30, Suzuki teamed up with Mei Seira in a draw against Queen's Quest ( AZM and Saya Kamitani ). Following this, Suzuki and Seira would continue to frequently team with each other and later started to go by
350-484: The "Blue Block" of the 2022 Grand Prix after competing against Tam Nakano , Himeka, Maika, AZM , Utami Hayashishita , Koguma , Syuri , Saki Kashima , Saki , Mai Sakurai, Momo Kohgo and Unagi Sayaka. At Stardom Dream Queendom 2 on December 29, 2022, Suzuki teamed up with Suzu Suzuki and Hiragi Kurumi and defeated Oedo Tai (Starlight Kid, Momo Watanabe and Saki Kashima) to win the Artist of Stardom Championship . At
375-571: The 2023 edition of the Triangle Derby , Sera will team up with Suzuki and Kurumi and compete in the "Triangle Blue" where they will face the teams of Rebel&Enemy ( Ram Kaicho , Maika Ozaki and Maya Yukihi ), Lollipop (Waka Tsukiyama, Yuko Sakurai and Rina Amikura), Classmates (Hazuki, Koguma and Saya Iida), MaiHime with C (Maika, Himeka and Lady C), Abarenbo GE (Syuri, Mirai and Ami Sourei), and Oedo Tai (Natsuko Tora, Momo Watanabe and Saki Kashima). Suzu Suzuki Suzu Suzuki ( 鈴季すず , Suzuki Suzu , born September 16, 2002)
400-498: The Blue Stars block, which was enough to reach the finals of her block on October 1, where she lost to Giulia. At Dream Queendom 2 on December 29, Suzuki teamed up with Risa Sera and Hiragi Kurumi and defeated Oedo Tai (Starlight Kid, Momo Watanabe and Saki Kashima ) to win the Artist of Stardom Championship . In January through March of 2023, Suzuki teamed up with Prominence stablemates Hiragi Kurumi and Risa Sera to compete in
425-527: The Ice Ribbon dojo under the ring name Risa Sera , defeated by Hamuko Hoshi . A half of her co-actors quit wrestling early, but she, 235 and Rutsuko Yamaguchi (retired in 2014 due to knee injury) remained to be on the roster. On January 4, 2014, Sera teamed up with Maki Narumiya and named their tag team ".STAP". They defeated Tsukushi and Hiragi Kurumi at the Korakuen Hall event on March 30 to become
450-426: The audition for "Taiyo kara Plancha" ( 太陽からプランチャ ), a movie collaboration with Ice Ribbon, and she won the main role on the condition that she had to actually make her wrestling debut with other winners of the audition, which made Ice Ribbon's recruiting project likewise in "Muscle Venus." Until then, she used her real name Risa Okuda. Sera was trained by Tsukasa Fujimoto and made her debut on November 10, 2012, at
475-500: The championship against Yuka. Sera was defeated by Tsukasa Fujimoto at korakuen Hall event on July 3 and lost the title, but the title went vacant by the result of the November 3 event, and on December 31, Sera won the tournament for the championship, defeating Fujimoto in the finals, and regained the title. Sera held the title for a full year, losing it to Hiiragi Kurumi in her eighth defense on December 31, 2017. On December 1, 2021, it
500-539: The finals. At Nagoya Golden Fight on October 9, Suzuki, Maika and Megan Bayne teamed up to challenge the Baribari Bombers for the Artist of Stardom Championship. During the match, there were several instances of miscommunication between Suzuki and Maika, which led to the Baribari Bombers winning. In an after-match promo , Maika blamed Suzuki for the loss and promised to defeat Suzuki, which effectively meant
525-446: The promotion compromise on the matter. On November 14, 2015, Sera formed a new tag team with Maya Yukihi , and named the team "Azure Revolution". On March 21, Sera challenged Hamuko Hoshi for the ICE Cross Infinity Championship , and defeated Hoshi by a diving double knee drop to win her first title as a single player. On May 3, Sera headlined Ice Ribbon's 10th anniversary event at Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium to successfully defend
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#1732904986666550-499: The second night of the event from March 27, she teamed up with her stablemates Akane Fujita, Mochi Miyagi and Suzu Suzuki in a losing effort against Donna Del Mondo's team of Giulia, Himeka , Maika & Thekla. At Stardom Flashing Champions on May 28, 2022, Sera unsuccessfully challenged Syuri for the World of Stardom Championship . At Stardom in Showcase vol.1 on July 23, she teamed up with Suzu Suzuki to face Giulia and Mai Sakurai in
575-423: The team name Crazy Star. At Flashing Champions 2023 on May 27, Crazy Star teamed up with Maika to defeat Neo Stardom Army ( Nanae Takahashi and Yuna Mizumori ) and Hanako. Following this, Suzuki would continue to frequently team up with various members of Donna Del Mondo in tag team matches, especially Maika. In July through September, Suzuki competed in and won the 2023 5Star Grand Prix by defeating Maika in
600-543: Was announced that Sera, along with Suzu Suzuki , Mochi Miyagi, Akane Fujita , and Kurumi Hiiragi were departing the company to start a freelance deathmatch unit called Prominence. Prominence had their first appearance as a unit in Gake no Fuchi's show on January 4, 2022. Following that it was announced that Wrestle Universe would partner with Prominence to stream shows the unit produced. Sera aligned herself with Suzu Suzuki , Hiragi Kurumi , Akane Fujita and Mochi Miyagi in
625-628: Was declined by management of Ice Ribbon, because it would be deviating from the main concept of the promotion. Sera declared that she would boycott the next Korakuen Hall event on June 24, but eventually she held her own event there after Ice Ribbon's event for just one match called "Human Hair Death Match" ( 人毛デスマッチ ) and made peace with Narumiya after being defeated again. Since then, Sera held two "Death Match" events collaborating with Ice Ribbon. They were made of fun matches by Ice Ribbon's wrestlers and really hardcore matches including ladders, barbed wires and light tubes by Sera, so practically she made
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