mononymously known by her

ring name A ring name is a type of stage name used by an athlete such as a professional wrestler, mixed martial artist, or boxer whose real name is considered unattractive, dull, difficult to pronounce or spell, amusing for the wrong reasons, or projecting ...

Hazuki is a

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professional wrestler Professional wrestling is a form of theater that revolves around staged wrestling matches. The mock combat is performed in a ring similar to the kind used in boxing, and the dramatic aspects of pro wrestling may be performed both in the ring or ...

currently working for the

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World Wonder Ring Stardom World Wonder Ring Stardom (スターダム女子プロレス), often referred to simply as Stardom (stylized as ST★RDOM), is a Japanese '' joshi puroresu'' or women's professional wrestling promotion based in Tokyo, Japan. Stardom was founded i ...

Professional Wrestling Career

World Wonder Ring Stardom

(2014-2019)

Hazuki passed the test to become a wrestler for Stardom on July 5, 2014. On July 6, 2014, she debuted in a losing effort against Koguma. On December 2015, she won the Rookie of Stardom tournament. On November 20, 2016, she changed her name to "HZK" and joined the Stardom unit

Queen's Quest is a professional wrestling stable, currently performing in the Japanese professional wrestling promotion, World Wonder Ring Stardom. The stable is led by Utami Hayashishita and also consists of AZM, Saya Kamitani, Lady C, Hina and Miyu Amasa ...

. The unit saw immediate success as Queen's Quest captured the

Artist of Stardom Championship The is a professional wrestling six-woman tag team championship owned by the World Wonder Ring Stardom promotion. The title was first announced during Stardom's year-end event on December 24, 2012, and two days later its name was revealed as the ...

on January 7, 2017, which was the first of Hazuki's four reigns. On April 15, 2018, at the 2018 Stardom Draft, she left Queen's Quest as she was drafted to Oedo Tai. On April 17, 2018, she changed her name from HZK to Hazuki. On December 24, 2018, she captured the

High Speed Championship The is a women's professional wrestling championship owned by the World Wonder Ring Stardom promotion. The title was originally created on May 5, 2009, in the NEO Japan Ladies Pro-Wrestling promotion, where Natsuki☆Taiyo defeated Ray to beco ...

by defeating Mary Apache. At

Stardom Cinderella Tournament 2019 The was the fifth annual professional wrestling single-elimination tournament promoted by World Wonder Ring Stardom in Tokyo, Japan. The event took place on April 29, 2019. Storylines The show featured fourteen Cinderella Tournament matches ...

, Hazuki defeated

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in the first rounds but fell short to Starlight Kid in the second rounds. On December 24, 2019 she retired from professional wrestling after a match against

Natsuko Tora (born January 30, 1991) is a Japanese professional wrestler currently signed to World Wonder Ring Stardom promotion. Tora is a two-time Artist of Stardom Champion as well as one-time Goddess of Stardom Champion. Professional wrestling career ...

Return (2021-present)

On August 29, 2021, on the eighth night of the Stardom 5 Star Grand Prix 2021, Hazuki made her professional wrestling return by confronting

Mayu Iwatani (born February 19, 1993) is a Japanese professional wrestler currently signed to World Wonder Ring Stardom. Since making her debut in January 2011, she became a two-time World of Stardom Champion, two-time Wonder of Stardom Champion, one-time ...

after her match with Lady C, taking issue on how outsiders have taken over the promotion during her absence. It was announced that she will be making her official in-ring return at Stardom 10th Anniversary Grand Final Osaka Dream Cinderella on October 9 where she would face Koguma. At the event, Hazuki succeeded in defeating Koguma, after the main event Hazuki came out and challenged

Utami Hayashishita (born September 14, 1998) is a Japanese professional wrestler currently signed to World Wonder Ring Stardom promotion, Since making her debut on August 12, 2018, she became a one-time World of Stardom Champion, two-time Goddesses of Stardom Ch ...

for the

World of Stardom Championship The is a women's world professional wrestling championship owned by the World Wonder Ring Stardom promotion. The title, which is situated at the top of Stardom's championship hierarchy, was introduced on June 26, 2011, and the inaugural champio ...

. She also joined Mayu Iwatani's stable

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. At ''Kawasaki Super Wars'', the first event of the Stardom Super Wars trilogy which took place on November 3, 2021, Hazuki unsuccessfully challenged Hayashishita for the "red belt". At ''Tokyo Super Wars'' on November 27, she teamed up with her stablemates Mayu Iwatani and Hanan to defeat

Oedo Tai (Stylized OEDotai, also known as "Oedo Corps" in Japanese) is a villanous professional wrestling stable, currently performing in the Japanese professional wrestling promotion World Wonder Ring Stardom, and formerly in the Professional wrestling ...

(

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, Fukigen Death and Rina). At ''Osaka Super Wars'', the final event of the trilogy from December 18, Hazuki teamed up with Mayu Iwatani and Koguma and took part in a ¥10 Million Unit Tournament which was also contested for the

by first defeating

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(

Tam Nakano , is a Japanese professional wrestler signed to World Wonder Ring Stardom, where she competes under the ring name , and is the leader of the Cosmic Angels stable. Nakano is a former three-time Artist of Stardom Champion, as well as a former Won ...

Mina Shirakawa is a Japanese professional wrestler and idol, currently signed to the Japanese professional wrestling promotion World Wonder Ring Stardom, where she is the leader of Club Venus. She is a former Artist of Stardom and Future of Stardom Champion. ...

and

Unagi Sayaka , better known by her ring name , is a Japanese professional wrestler currently signed to World Wonder Ring Stardom and briefly working as a freelancer. She is best known for her time with Stardom, where she is a former Artist of Stardom Champion ...

) in the semi finals, and eventually falling short to the champions MaiHimePoi ( Maika, Natsupoi and

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) in the finals on the same night as a result of a Six-woman tag team

ladder match A ladder match is a type of match in professional wrestling, most commonly one in which an item (usually a title belt) is hung above the ring, and the winner is the contestant who climbs a ladder and retrieves the item. The ladder itself becom ...

. At Stardom Dream Queendom on December 29, 2021, Hazuki teamed up with

Momo Watanabe (born March 22, 2000) is a Japanese professional wrestler currently signed to the World Wonder Ring Stardom promotion. Since making her debut on November 16, 2014, she became a two-time Artist of Stardom Champion, one-time Goddess of Stardom Cha ...

in a losing effort against Mayu Iwatani and

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On January 9, 2022, Hazuki and Koguma defeated Alto Livello Kabaliwan ( Giulia &

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) to win

Goddess of Stardom Championship The is a professional wrestling tag team Championship (professional wrestling), championship owned by the World Wonder Ring Stardom professional wrestling promotion, promotion. Title history On August 2, 2011, Stardom held a press conference t ...

at Stardom in Korakuen Hall. At Stardom Nagoya Supreme Fight on January 29, they scored their first successfull defense against MaiHime (Maika and Himeka). At

Stardom Cinderella Journey was a professional wrestling event promoted by World Wonder Ring Stardom. It took place on February 23, 2022, with a limited attendance due in part to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic at the time. Storylines The event's press conference where the ...

on February 23, 2022, they defended the titles again against Mina Shirakawa and Unagi Sayaka. On the first night of the

Stardom World Climax 2022 The Stardom World Climax 2022 was a two-day professional wrestling event promoted by World Wonder Ring Stardom. The event took place on March 26 and 27, 2022, in Tokyo, Japan at the Ryōgoku Kokugikan, with a limited attendance due in part to the ...

of March 26, Hazuki and Koguma dropped the

to Black Desire (Momo Watanabe and

Starlight Kid is a Japanese professional wrestler currently signed to World Wonder Ring Stardom, where she is a former High Speed Champion. She became the first wrestler to wear her mask full-time in Stardom as part of her ''luchadora'' persona. Greatly infl ...

). One night later, Hazuki would fall short to Watanabe in a singles match. At the

Stardom Cinderella Tournament 2022 The was the eighth annual professional wrestling single-elimination tournament promoted by World Wonder Ring Stardom in Tokyo and Osaka. The event took place between April 3 and April 29, 2022, with a limited attendance due in part to the ongoi ...

, Hazuki made it to the semifinals where she fell short to Koguma. At

Stardom Golden Week Fight Tour was a professional wrestling event promoted by World Wonder Ring Stardom. The event took place on May 5, 2022, in Fukuoka, Japan at the Fukuoka Convention Center, with a limited attendance due in part to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic at the time ...

on May 5, 2022, Hazuki and Koguma recaptured the

from Momo Watanabe and Starlight Kid. At

Stardom Flashing Champions was a professional wrestling List of major World Wonder Ring Stardom events, event promoted by World Wonder Ring Stardom. The event took place on May 28, 2022, in Tokyo, Japan at the Ota City General Gymnasium, with a limited attendance due in pa ...

, Hazuki and Koguna successfully defended the titles against Giulia and Thekla. At Stardom Fight in the Top on June 26, 2022, Hazuki teamed up with Mayu Iwatani and Koguma to defeat (Utami Hayashishita, AZM and

Saya Kamitani (born November 28, 1996) is a Japanese professional wrestler and former idol, currently signed to World Wonder Ring Stardom promotion. She is the current Wonder of Stardom Champion in her first reign. Kamitani is also a former one-time Goddes ...

) in a six-woman tag team steel cage match. At ''Mid Summer Champions in Tokyo'', the first event of the

Stardom Mid Summer Champions was a series of professional wrestling List of major World Wonder Ring Stardom events, events promoted by World Wonder Ring Stardom. The events took place on July 9 and 24, 2022, in Tokyo, Japan at the Tachikawa Stage Garden, and in Nagoya, Japan ...

which took place on July 9, 2022, Hazuki teamed up with Mayu Iwatani, Koguma and

Saya Iida (born May 19, 1997) is a Japanese professional wrestler currently signed to World Wonder Ring Stardom promotion. She is a former one-time Future of Stardom Champion. Professional wrestling career World Wonder Ring Stardom (2019–present) ...

in a losing effort against Oedo Tai (

, Ruaka, Rina and Fukigen Death). At ''Mid Summer Champions in Nagoya'' on July 24, Hazuki and Koguma defended the Goddess of Stardom Championship against

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(

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and Mirai). At Stardom in Showcase vol.1 on July 23, 2022, Hazuki participated in a Nagoya rumble match won by Gokigen Death. At Stardom 5 Star Grand Prix 2022, Hazuki fought in the "Blue Goddess" block where she scored a total of 14 points after competing against Giulia, Mirai, Mayu Iwatani, Suzu Suzuki, Saya Kamitani, Natsupoi, Momo Watanabe, Ami Sourei, Mina Shirakawa, Saya Iida and Hanan. At Stardom x Stardom: Nagoya Midsummer Encounter on August 21, 2022, Hazuki and Koguma dropped the Goddess of Stardom titles to

and Natsupoi.

New Japan Pro Wrestling (2019)

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and

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promoted show

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, she achieved her goal by having a match in the

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. She worked with Jenny Rose and

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to defeat

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, Stella Grey and

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Championships and Accomplishments

*''

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'' ** Ranked No. 101 of the top 150 female wrestlers in the ''

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'' in 2022 *

( 1 time) **

(

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) – with Koguma **

( 4 times) – with

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(1), Io Shirai & AZM (2), Io Shirai &

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(1) **

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(2021) – with Koguma **Rookie of Stardom Tournament (2015) **Stardom Year-End Award (2 times) ***Best Match Award (2018) *** Best Tag Team Award (2021) –

References

{{Authority control 1997 births Living people Japanese female professional wrestlers People from Fukuoka Prefecture Sportspeople from Fukuoka Prefecture 21st-century professional wrestlers Artist of Stardom Champions Goddess of Stardom Champions High Speed Champions