is a Japanese ''
joshi puroresu
is the predominant style of professional wrestling that has developed in Japan. The term comes from the Japanese pronunciation of , which is shortened to puroresu. The term became popular among English-speaking fans due to Hisaharu Tanabe's ac ...
'' or
women's professional wrestling
Professional wrestling is a dramatic enactment of wrestling as a spectator sport. As is the norm for this sport, women's professional wrestling is organized by wrestling federations called promotions. Some promotions are exclusively for women ...
promotion
Promotion may refer to:
Marketing
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founded by
Mayumi Ozaki
(born October 28, 1968) is a Japanese professional wrestler. She is currently working for Oz Academy.
Career
Ozaki debuted in a tag team match in August, 1986.
In her career, she held the WWWA tag titles with Dynamite Kansai from April 11, 19 ...
. The promotion's full official name is .
In addition to the contracted members of the roster, Oz Academy has also employed some of the top
freelancer
''Freelance'' (sometimes spelled ''free-lance'' or ''free lance''), ''freelancer'', or ''freelance worker'', are terms commonly used for a person who is self-employed and not necessarily committed to a particular employer long-term. Freelance w ...
s in all of ''joshi puroresu'', including
Ayumi Kurihara
(born July 13, 1984) is a retired '' joshi puroresu '' wrestler.
Professional wrestling career
Kurihara entered training with the women's pro wrestling promotion AtoZ and then transferred to M's Style, where she learned the craft from well-kn ...
,
Hiroyo Matsumoto
(born November 6, 1985) is Japanese professional wrestler, currently working as a freelancer. Emi Sakura gave her the nickname of because Matsumoto broke a wall in the Ichigaya arena during her Ice Ribbon debut. She is best known with other w ...
,
Manami Toyota
is a retired professional wrestler, best known for her work with the All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling (AJW) promotion. She is considered to be one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time.
Following AJW's closure, she continued to work ...
and
Tomoka Nakagawa
is a Japanese retired professional wrestler. After being trained by Taka Michinoku, she started her career in his Kaientai Dojo promotion in September 2004. After leaving Kaientai Dojo in 2007, Nakagawa briefly joined Ibuki, where she underwent ...
. The promotion has a television deal with Gaora.
History
While working in the
Gaea Japan
Gaea Japan (trademarked as GAEA Japan) was a Japanese women's professional wrestling promotion. GAEA's name comes from the Greek mythological goddess of the Earth, Gaea or Gaia.
History
GAEA was founded in 1995 by Chigusa Nagayo, a professional wr ...
promotion in mid-90s, Ozaki formed the
villainous Oz Academy
stable
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with
Chikayo Nagashima
is a Japanese professional wrestler. She started her career in 1995, working for the Gaea Japan promotion, where she became a one-time AAAW Single Champion and a record five-time AAAW Tag Team Champion. She was also notably one of the four fou ...
,
Rieko Amano
is a Japanese retired professional wrestler better known by the ring name . Amano made her debut for JWP Joshi Puroresu in December 1994 and early on began also making appearances for the Gaea Japan promotion, where she most notably became one o ...
and Sugar Sato, eventually opening a
training school under the same name.
Oz Academy eventually started promoting sporadic
independent events
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, featuring members of the stable and Ozaki's trainees, with the first event held on June 21, 1998.
[ Following the folding of Gaea Japan in 2005, Ozaki turned Oz Academy into a full promotion with a full schedule of approximately one to two events per month, while also recruiting veteran wrestlers ]Aja Kong
is a Japanese professional wrestler better known by her ring name . She is the founder of the Arsion all-women professional wrestling promotion and has won several championships in both singles and tag team divisions throughout her career, prima ...
, Dynamite Kansai
is a retired Japanese female professional wrestler, better known by the ring name .
Career
Chieko Suzuki was born on December 4, 1969, and was raised in Kyoto, Japan. In 1986 she auditioned for All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling (AJW), but wa ...
and Sonoko Kato
is a Japanese professional wrestler. She made her debut in April 1995, working for Gaea Japan, where she became one half of the inaugural AAAW Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions. After becoming a two-time winner of the High Spurt 600 Tourn ...
to serve as the backbone of the promotion. Oz Academy remained without championships for nearly nine years, before introducing the Oz Academy Openweight Championship
The Oz Academy Openweight Championship is a women's professional wrestling championship owned by the Oz Academy promotion. The reigning champion is referred to as the " Wizard of Oz". The championship, which is situated at the top of Oz Academy's ...
in March 2007 and the Oz Academy Tag Team Championship
The Oz Academy Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling tag team championship owned by the Oz Academy professional wrestling promotion. The championship was introduced on July 13, 2008, when Carlos Amano and Dynamite Kansai defeated Chik ...
in July 2008.
Mayumi Ozaki has always been a focal point of Oz Academy events and storylines, with different variations of her original Oz Academy stable trying to dominate and keep themselves on top of the promotion. The stable has gone under many different names, including D-Fix, Ozaki-gun, Ozaki-gundan, and currently, Seikigun. At the end of each year, Oz Academy allows its fans to vote on different awards, including MVP of the Year, Singles Match of the Year and Tag Team Match of the Year, which are then presented to the winners at the "Best Wizard" award ceremony. Oz Academy is based in Shinjuku, Tokyo
is a special ward in Tokyo, Japan. It is a major commercial and administrative centre, housing the northern half of the busiest railway station in the world ( Shinjuku Station) and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building, the administration ...
and holds most of its events in Shinjuku Face
is an event hall located on the 7th floor of the Humax Pavilion Shinjuku complex, 1-20-1 Kabukicho, Tokyo, Japan. It mainly hosts mixed martial arts, boxing and professional wrestling
Professional wrestling is a form of theater that revolv ...
.[ The promotion itself considers the formation of the stable in 1996 as its starting point and celebrated its 20th anniversary on November 13, 2016.
]
Roster
Wrestlers
Non-wrestlers
Notable alumni
Notable guests
* Akane Fujita
* Aoi Kizuki
is a Japanese retired professional wrestler best known for her tenure with various Japanese promotions such as Ice Ribbon, JWP Joshi Puroresu and Oz Academy.
Professional wrestling career Independent circuit (2005–2018)
Kizuki made her pr ...
* Hikari Shimizu
is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working as a freelancer and is best known for her tenure with the Japanese promotions Actwres girl'Z and Pro Wrestling Wave.
Professional wrestling career Independent circuit (2017-present)
As a fre ...
* Mika Iwata
is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working as a freelancer and is best known for her tenure with the Japanese promotions Sendai Girls' Pro Wrestling and Pro Wrestling Wave.
Professional wrestling career Independent circuit (2015-pre ...
* 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 ...
* Mochi Miyagi
is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working as a freelancer. She previously had tenures with the Japanese promotions Ice Ribbon and Pro Wrestling Wave.
Professional wrestling career Independent circuit (2010–present)
As a freelance ...
* Ram Kaicho
is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working as a freelancer and is best known for her tenure with the Japanese promotions Ice Ribbon and Wrestling of Darkness 666.
Professional wrestling career Independent circuit (2006–2009)
Ra ...
* Sawako Shimono
is a Japanese retired professional wrestler best known for her tenure with various Japanese promotions such as Pro Wrestling Wave, JWP Joshi Puroresu and Osaka Women's Pro Wrestling.
Professional wrestling career Independent circuit (2004–2 ...
* Tae Honma
is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working as a freelancer and is best known for her tenure with the Japanese promotions Ice Ribbon and Actwres girl'Z.
Professional wrestling career Independent circuit (2015-present)
As a freelancer, ...
* Tequila Saya
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* Totoro Satsuki
is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working as a freelancer best known for her tenure with the Japanese promotions Actwres girl'Z and Ice Ribbon.
Professional wrestling career Independent circuit (2017–present)
As a freelancer, ...
* Yako Fujigasaki
is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working as a freelancer and is best known for her tenure with the Japanese promotions JWP Joshi Puroresu and Pure-J.
Professional wrestling career Independent circuit (2013–present)
As a freelanc ...
Championships
Oz Academy Pioneer Championship
The is a is a women's professional wrestling
Professional wrestling is a dramatic enactment of wrestling as a spectator sport. As is the norm for this sport, women's professional wrestling is organized by wrestling federations called promotions. Some promotions are exclusively for women ...
championship
In sport, a championship is a competition in which the aim is to decide which individual or team is the champion.
Championship systems
Various forms of competition can be referred to by the term championship.
Title match system
In this system ...
created and promoted by Oz Academy. The main characteristic of the title is that it can only be contested in three-way matches. There have been a total of four reigns shared between four different champions. The current champion is Momoka Hanazono who is in her first reign.
Title history
References
External links
*
Official blog
{{Women's professional wrestling
Oz Academy
1998 establishments in Japan
Japanese promotions teams and stables
Japanese women's professional wrestling promotions
Shinjuku
Sports competitions in Tokyo
Women's wrestling teams and stables