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Momo Tani
is a Japanese professional wrestler currently competing in Pure-J where she is a former Daily Sports Women's Tag Team Champion. She is also the current and inaugural KSR Champion. Tani is best known for her tenure with Actwres girl'Z. Professional wrestling career Actwres girl'Z (2018–2021) Tani made her professional wrestling debut in Actwres girl'Z at ''AgZ Act 29'' on April 8, 2018, where she fell short to Tae Honma in singles competition. She shared a three-year tenure with the promotion, but has also worked as a freelancer besides. She went after two of the promotion's championships but came unsuccessful in both occasions. She first participated in the inaugural tournament of the AWG Single Championship in which she fell short to Natsumi Maki in the first rounds. She also competed in the inaugural tournament of the AWG Tag Team Championship in which she teamed up with Momo Kohgo and defeated Kaori Yoneyama and Noa Igarashi in the first rounds but fell short to SPi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kyoto
Kyoto (; Japanese: , ''Kyōto'' ), officially , is the capital city of Kyoto Prefecture in Japan. Located in the Kansai region on the island of Honshu, Kyoto forms a part of the Keihanshin metropolitan area along with Osaka and Kobe. , the city had a population of 1.46 million. The city is the cultural anchor of a substantially larger metropolitan area known as Greater Kyoto, a metropolitan statistical area (MSA) home to a census-estimated 3.8 million people. Kyoto is one of the oldest municipalities in Japan, having been chosen in 794 as the new seat of Japan's imperial court by Emperor Kanmu. The original city, named Heian-kyō, was arranged in accordance with traditional Chinese feng shui following the model of the ancient Chinese capital of Chang'an/Luoyang. The emperors of Japan ruled from Kyoto in the following eleven centuries until 1869. It was the scene of several key events of the Muromachi period, Sengoku period, and the Boshin War, such as the Ōnin War, the Ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mika Akino
, better known as Akino, (born October 24, 1973 in Tokyo, Japan) is a female Japanese ''joshi wrestler'', signed to Oz Academy. Billed from Honshū, she started late in the sport and didn't debut until the age of 24. Trained by Mariko Yoshida, she proved to have an innate ring presence and excelled at the sport. Professional wrestling career Early career Akino debuted in the newly formed federation Arison (then run by Aja Kong) as Mika Akino. In her first months she floated around and tagged with fellow rookie Ayako Hamada now and again. Her most notable match was for the Queen of Arsion Championship, against her mentor, Yoshida. This match is considered by some to be the quintessential rookie versus veteran match of the 1990s, and both women were praised for their performance. It wasn't long before Akino was repackaged as Akino, and placed in the stable called "Cazai", or Girls with Attitude. Fellow members included tag team partner Hamada, Ai Fujita, and Candy Okutsu. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haruka Umesaki
is a Japanese professional wrestler, who currently performs in World Wonder Ring Stardom as a freelancer, under the ring name Karma. She also works in World Woman Wrestling Diana, as well as appearing in such promotions as Pro Wrestling Wave, PURE-J and YMZ. Professional wrestling career World Women's Wrestling Diana (2019-present) Umesaki debuted for Diana in 2019. She is also known for competing in multiple promotions of the Japanese independent scene. At ''Seadlinnng Shin-Kiba 23rd NIGHT'' on March 23, 2020, she picked up a voctory over Honori Hana. At ''New Ice Ribbon #1078'', an event produced by Ice Ribbon on October 31, 2020, Umesaki unsuccessfully faced Suzu Suzuki for the ICE Cross Infinity Championship. At a house show promoted by Pure-J on June 13, 2021, she unsuccessfully challenged Akari for the Princess of Pro Wrestling Championship. At ''Oz Academy Complete Control'' on February 13, 2022, Umesaki teamed up with Kakeru Sekiguchi to defeat Mei Suruga and Momoka Han ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tsubasa Kuragaki
is a Japanese people, Japanese Professional wrestling, professional wrestler better known by the ring name . For most of her career, Kuragaki has worked for JWP Joshi Puroresu, becoming a one-time JWP Junior Championship, JWP Junior and two-time JWP Openweight Championship, JWP Openweight Champion as a singles wrestler. As a tag team wrestler, she is best known as one half of the "Harukura" tag team with Kayoko Haruyama, with whom she has held the Daily Sports Women's Tag Team Championship, Daily Sports Women's and JWP Tag Team Championships three times each. She quit JWP in October 2013 to become a freelancer. She is currently working most notably for Oz Academy, where she is a former one-time Oz Academy Openweight Champion and a one-time Oz Academy Tag Team Champion. Professional wrestling career Kuragaki was trained in professional wrestling at the JWP Joshi Puroresu dojo, where she trained alongside the likes of Azumi Hyuga, Carlos Amano, Kana Misaki and Ran Yu-Yu. She made h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miyako Matsumoto
is a Japanese professional wrestler and actress. She is best known for her work in the Ice Ribbon promotion, where she is a former two-time ICE×60, three-time Triangle Ribbon Champion and a two-time International Ribbon Tag Team Champion, making her the promotion's second Triple Crown Champion. She also wrestles regularly for Oz Academy and Reina Joshi Puroresu and has also promoted her own shows under the Gake no Fuchi Puroresu banner. Early life After graduating from Nihon University's College of Art, Matsumoto embarked on a career as an actress, most notably working on the television series ''Muscle Venus'', forming an idol group with fellow cast members Hikaru Shida, Hina Kozuki, Ichiko Mayu, Sachiko Koga, Tomoyo Morihisa, Tsukasa Fujimoto, Yuki Ueda and Yuri Natsume. In 2008, the ''Muscle Venus'' group, excluding Kozuki and Natsume, was cast in a film titled ''Three Count'', set in the world of professional wrestling and also starring veteran professional wrestlers E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Veny
Veny (stylized in all caps, born October 27, 1998) is the ring-name of a Japanese professional wrestler currently working as a freelancer. She is best known for being with other wrestling promotions such as Pro Wrestling Wave and Seadlinnng. She is the first known transgender wrestler from Japan, having made her debut in 2015. She was formerly known as . Professional wrestling career Pro Wrestling Wave (2015–present) Veny made her debut as a professional wrestler in Pro Wrestling Wave on August 9, 2015 in a losing effort to Yuu Yamagata. She participated in the Catch the Wave tournament in 2016, competing in the Mandarin Orange block against Dash Chisako, Yuki Miyazaki and Hibiscus Mii, finishing with two points. Veny competed at the Hana Kimura Produce HANA on August 7, 2016, where she teamed with Masato Inaba and Super Delfin to defeat Abdullah Kobayashi, Hayate and Kyoko Kimura in a six-person tag team match. Veny participated in the Catch The Wave 2018 Tour ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akane Fujita
is a Japanese voice actress from Shizuoka Prefecture. She is affiliated with Ken Production. After passing an audition in 2011, she made her debut as a voice actress in 2012, and she played her first main role in 2016. She is known for her roles as Sagiri Izumi in ''Eromanga Sensei'', Sistine Fibel in ''Akashic Records of Bastard Magic Instructor'', and Celia Claire in '' Seirei Gensouki: Spirit Chronicles''. Life and career Fujita had an interest in voice acting since at least her junior high school years, since she had regularly been watching anime, and she had friends who were anime and voice actor fans. According to her, one reason she decided to become a voice actor was because she "wanted to do something that was fun". During her high school years, she was a part of her school's broadcasting club. As a third-year student, she participated in a national broadcasting competition sponsored by NHK. In 2011, she decided to participate in an audition organized by the agency Ken P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuki Miyazaki
is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working for the Japanese professional wrestling promotion Pro Wrestling Wave. Professional wrestling career Independent circuit (1995-present) Miyazaki made her professional wrestling debut on January 8, 1995, at a house show promoted by Japanese Women Pro-Wrestling Project, where she fought Tomoko Kuzumi in a time-limit draw. She participated in a 50-women gauntlet match at ''OZ Academy/Manami Toyota Produce Manami Toyota 30th Anniversary'', Manami Toyota's retirement show produced by Oz Academy on November 3, 2017, where she was the 12th woman to get pinned. She participated at Dynamite Kansai's retirement show too, at ''OZ Academy/Dynamite Kansai Produce Farewell Dynamite Kansai'' from December 11, 2016, where she teamed up with Kaori Yoneyama and Aoi Kizuki to defeat Bachiko, Reika and Command Bolshoi in a six-woman tag team match. She is known for her tenure with Seadlinnng, promotion for which she wrestled at events such as '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wave Single Championship
The is a women's professional wrestling championship owned by the Pro Wrestling Wave promotion. The title is nicknamed and more commonly referred to as the . The championship, which is situated at the top of Pro Wrestling Wave's championship hierarchy, was first announced on December 5, 2012. The inaugural champion was crowned on March 17, 2013, when Yumi Ohka defeated Kana in the finals of a five-woman tournament. Like most professional wrestling championships, the title is won as a result of a scripted match. There have been nineteen reigns shared among twelve wrestlers. Hikaru Shida is the current champion in her second reign. History On December 5, 2012, Pro Wrestling Wave's founder and booker Gami announced the creation of the Wave Single Championship. Prior to the announcement, Wave, which was founded in August 2007, had no singles championships; instead the annual Catch the Wave tournament served as the promotion's top singles achievement. Regina di Wave tournament ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Royal (professional Wrestling)
In professional wrestling, a battle royal (sometimes battle royale; plural battles royal or battle royals) is a multi-competitor Professional wrestling match types, match type in which wrestlers are eliminated until one is left and declared the winner. Typical battles royal begin with a number of participants in the Wrestling ring, ring, who are then eliminated by going over the top rope and having both feet touch the venue floor. Variations Battlebowl In a two-ring variation on a battle royal, the wrestlers start in one ring and try to throw wrestlers into the second ring, after which they can be eliminated by being thrown out of that ring. The last remaining wrestler in the first ring can rest until only one wrestler is left in the second ring, after which they fight in both rings until one is eliminated and a winner is declared, in similar fashion to a double elimination tournament. The two-version was held in World Championship Wrestling's 1991 Starrcade (1991), Starrcade eve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pro Wrestling Wave
, is a women's professional wrestling, or Joshi Puroresu, promotion created in 2007 after the dissolution and closure of JDStar. The company was formed by Mikiko Futagami, or Gami, former JDStar wrestler Yumi Ohka, and former JDStar booker Tatsuya Takeshi, who assumed the role of President for the new company. The company has had a very slow growth and grassroots rise, and is one of the few women's promotions in Japan to do shows on weekdays. 2010 was the biggest year for Wave, which saw them run Tokyo's Korakuen Hall for the first time, along with their first television broadcast by Samurai! TV, which was also a first. Prior to the show, Wave's shows were (and still are) primarily sold as DVDs. Gami wrestled her retirement match on December 30, 2013, but remains with the promotion behind the scenes, running it through Zabun, Co., Ltd. On May 3, 2016, Wave announced it was launching its own internet streaming site, Wave Network, the following month. Roster Wrestlers S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miyuki Takase
is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working as a freelancer and is best known for her tenure with the Japanese promotions Pro Wrestling Wave and Pure-J. Professional wrestling career Independent circuit (2017-present) Takase made her professional wrestling debut at ''AgZ Act 14 ~ New Year Revival'', an event promoted by Actwres girl'Z on January 15, 2017, where she fell short to Cherry. At ''JWP Fly High In The 25th Anniversary'', an event promoted by JWP Joshi Puroresu on March 20, 2017, she fell short to Yako Fujigasaki. At ''Ice Ribbon New Ice Ribbon #1007'' on November 17, 2019, she teamed up with maya Yukihi and defeated Akane Fujita and Himeka. At ''OZ Have A Great Year!'', an event promoted by Oz Academy on December 13, 2020, she teamed up with Ami Miura in a losing effort against Mission K4 (Kaho Kobayashi and Kakeru Sekiguchi). At ''Seadlinnng 2021 Opening Match'' on January 11, Takase teamed up with Nanae Takahashi to defeat "Max Voltage" stablemates Itsuki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
