Acronym | Oz |
---|---|
Founded | June 21, 1998 [1] |
Style |
Joshi puroresu Hardcore wrestling |
Headquarters | Shinjuku, Tokyo [1] |
Founder(s) | Mayumi Ozaki [1] |
Website |
oz-academy |
Oz Academy (OZアカデミー, OZ Akademī) is a Japanese joshi puroresu or women's professional wrestling promotion founded by Mayumi Ozaki. The promotion's full official name is Oz Academy Women's Professional Wrestling (OZアカデミー女子プロレス, OZ Akademī Joshi Puroresu). [1] In addition to the contracted members of the roster, Oz Academy has also employed some of the top freelancers in all of joshi puroresu, including Ayumi Kurihara, Hiroyo Matsumoto, Manami Toyota and Tomoka Nakagawa. The promotion has a television deal with Gaora. [2]
While working in the Gaea Japan promotion in mid-90s, Ozaki formed the villainous Oz Academy stable with Chikayo Nagashima, Rieko Amano and Sugar Sato, eventually opening a training school under the same name. [3] Oz Academy eventually started promoting sporadic independent events, featuring members of the stable and Ozaki's trainees, with the first event held on June 21, 1998. [1] 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, Dynamite Kansai and Sonoko Kato to serve as the backbone of the promotion. [1] [4] [5] Oz Academy remained without championships for nearly nine years, before introducing the Oz Academy Openweight Championship in March 2007 and the Oz Academy Tag Team Championship in July 2008. [6] [7]
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, [8] Ozaki-gun, [9] Ozaki-gundan, [10] and currently, Seikigun. [11] 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. [12] Oz Academy is based in Shinjuku, Tokyo and holds most of its events in Shinjuku Face. [1] [4] The promotion itself considers the formation of the stable in 1996 as its starting point and celebrated its 20th anniversary on November 13, 2016. [13]
Ring name | Real name | Unit | Notes |
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Aja Kong [14] | Erika Shishido | Beast Friend | |
Akino [15] | Mika Akino | Mission K4 | Oz Academy Pioneer 3-Way Champion |
Hiroyo Matsumoto [16] | Unknown | Beast Friend | Freelancer |
Itsuki Aoki [17] | Aika Aoki | Unaffiliated | |
Chihiro Hashimoto | Chihiro Hashimoto | Unaffiliated | Freelancer Sendai Girls' Pro Wrestling |
Jaguar Yokota | Rimi Yokota | Unaffiliated | Freelancer Oz Academy Tag Team Champion |
Kakeru Sekiguchi [18] | Unknown | Mission K4 | Actwres girl'Z |
Kaori Yoneyama [19] | Kaori Yoneyama | Beast Friend | Freelancer Owner of YMZ Pro Wrestling |
Kaho Kobayashi [20] | Kaho Kobayashi | Mission K4 | Freelancer |
Maya Yukihi [21] | Unknown | Seiki-gun | Freelancer |
Mayumi Ozaki [22] | Mayumi Ozaki | Seiki-gun | Owner Oz Academy Tag Team Champion |
Mio Momono | Mio Momono | Unaffiliated | Freelancer Oz Academy Openweight Champion |
Ram Kaicho | Ram Kaicho | Unaffiliated | |
Rina Yamashita [23] | Unknown | Unaffiliated | Freelancer |
Sakura Hirota [24] | Unknown | Unaffiliated | Pro Wrestling Wave |
Saori Anou [25] | Unknown | Seiki-gun | Freelancer |
Sonoko Kato [26] | Sonoko Kato | Mission K4 | |
Tsubasa Kuragaki [27] | Yasuko Kuragaki | Unaffiliated | Freelancer |
Yumi Ohka [28] | Yumiko Abe | Seiki-gun | Pro Wrestling Wave |
Yuu [29] | Unknown | Beast Friend | Freelancer |
Ring name | Real name | Notes |
---|---|---|
Mio | Unknown [30] | Referee |
Police | Unknown [31] | Manager of Seikigun |
Ring Ana Nakamura | Hiroyuki Nakamura [32] | Ring announcer |
Sayuri Kokushō | Sayuri Koda | Occasional manager of Seikigun |
Sachiko Ito | Sachiko Ito [33] | Referee |
Ring name | Real name | Notes |
---|---|---|
Alex Lee | Irena Janjic | |
Aoi Kizuki | Aoi Kizuki | |
Ayumi Kurihara | Ayumi Kurihara [34] | Retired on August 4, 2013 |
Carlos Amano | Rieko Amano [35] | Retired on August 17, 2014 |
Cherry | Unknown | |
Chikayo Nagashima | Chikayo Nagashima [36] | Resigned on August 23, 2015 |
Devil Masami | Masami Yoshida [37] | Retired on December 30, 2008 |
Dynamite Kansai | Chieko Suzuki [38] | Retired on December 11, 2016 [39] |
Kurumi | Hiragi Kurumi | |
Hiren | Yurie Kaneko [40] | Retired on November 8, 2011 |
Kaori Nakayama | Kaori Nakayama [41] | Retired on October 23, 2002 |
Kaoru | Kaoru Maeda [42] | |
Kaoru Ito | Kaoru Ito | |
Manami Toyota | Manami Toyota [43] | Retired on November 3, 2017. [44] [45] |
Mika Nishio | Mika Nishio [46] | Retired from wrestling in April 2006, continued working as a manager until March 20, 2016, when she retired due to pregnancy [47] [48] |
Nao Komatsu | Nao Komatsu [49] | Injured on December 9, 2012 |
Ran Yu-Yu | Tomoko Miyaguchi [50] | Retired on December 9, 2012 |
Rie | Rie Nakamura | |
Sakura Hirota | Sakura Hirota | |
Sugar Sato | Toshie Sato [51] | Retired on June 26, 2005 |
Takako Inoue | Takako Inoue [52] | |
Tomoka Nakagawa | Tomoka Nakagawa [53] | Retired on December 4, 2014 |
Championship | Current champion(s) | Reign | Date won | Days held | Location | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Oz Academy Openweight Championship | Mayumi Ozaki | 4 | April 28, 2024 | 27+ | Tokyo, Japan | Defeated Mio Momono at OZ Academy Battle Big Bonus 2024 in a match also contested for Ozaki's AAAW Single Championship. | |
Oz Academy Tag Team Championship |
|
Ryo Mizunami and Sonoko Kato |
2 (2, 7) |
May 12, 2024 | 13+ | Tokyo, Japan | Defeated Age 115 ( Jaguar Yokota and Mayumi Ozaki) at OZ Academy Paradise Lost. |
Oz Academy Pioneer 3-Way Championship | Masked Hanahana | 2 | April 28, 2024 | 27+ | Tokyo, Japan | Defeated Akino and Leon at OZ Academy Battle Big Bonus 2024'. |
Oz Academy Pioneer 3-Way Championship | |||||||||||||||||||
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Details | |||||||||||||||||||
Promotion | Oz Academy | ||||||||||||||||||
Date established | April 3, 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||
Current champion(s) | Masked Hanahana | ||||||||||||||||||
Date won | April 28, 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||
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The Oz Academy Pioneer Championship (OZアカデミー認定パイオニア3WAY選手権王座, Ozu Akademī Nintei Paionia Surīwei Ōza) is a women's professional wrestling championship 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 eight reigns shared between five different champions. The current champion is Masked Hanahana who is in her second reign. [54]
No. | Overall reign number |
---|---|
Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
Days | Number of days held |
Defenses | Number of successful defenses |
+ | Current reign is changing daily |
No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | Defenses | ||||
1 | Masked Hanahana | April 3, 2022 | Battle Big Bonus In Korakuen | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 119 | 0 | Hanahana defeated Kaori Yoneyama and Yumi Ohka in a three-way match to become the inaugural champion. | [55] |
2 | Akino | July 31, 2022 | Battle Big Bonus In Nagoya | Nagoya, Japan | 1 | 49 | 0 | This was a three-way match also involving Momoka Hanazono. | [56] |
3 | Kaori Yoneyama | September 18, 2022 | Bad Moon Rising At Osaka | Osaka, Japan | 1 | 28 | 0 | This was a three-way match also involving Tsubasa Kuragaki. | [57] |
4 | Momoka Hanazono | October 16, 2022 | Battle Big Bonus In Okinawa | Naha, Japan | 1 | 189 | 2 | This was a three-way match also involving Masked Hanahana. | [58] |
5 | Kaori Yoneyama | April 23, 2023 | OZ Academy Battle Big Bonus In Korakuen | Tokyo, Japan | 2 | 98 | 0 | This was a three-way match also involving Kohaku. | [59] |
6 | Itsuki Aoki | July 30, 2023 | OZ Academy Battle Big Bonus In Nagoya | Nagoya, Japan | 1 | 153 | 2 | This was a three-way match also involving Kakeru. | [60] |
7 | Akino | December 30, 2023 | OZ Academy Pray For Me | Tokyo, Japan | 2 | 120 | 0 | This was a three-way match also involving Ram Kaicho. | [61] |
8 | Masked Hanahana | April 28, 2024 | OZ Academy Battle Big Bonus 2024 | Tokyo, Japan | 2 | 27+ | 0 | This was a three-way match also involving Leon. | [62] |
As of May 25, 2024.
† | Indicates the current champion |
---|
Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns |
Combined defenses |
Combined days |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Momoka Hanazono | 1 | 2 | 189 |
2 | Akino | 2 | 0 | 169 |
3 | Itsuki Aoki | 1 | 2 | 153 |
4 | Masked Hanahana † | 2 | 0 | 146+ |
5 | Kaori Yoneyama | 2 | 0 | 126 |
Acronym | Oz |
---|---|
Founded | June 21, 1998 [1] |
Style |
Joshi puroresu Hardcore wrestling |
Headquarters | Shinjuku, Tokyo [1] |
Founder(s) | Mayumi Ozaki [1] |
Website |
oz-academy |
Oz Academy (OZアカデミー, OZ Akademī) is a Japanese joshi puroresu or women's professional wrestling promotion founded by Mayumi Ozaki. The promotion's full official name is Oz Academy Women's Professional Wrestling (OZアカデミー女子プロレス, OZ Akademī Joshi Puroresu). [1] In addition to the contracted members of the roster, Oz Academy has also employed some of the top freelancers in all of joshi puroresu, including Ayumi Kurihara, Hiroyo Matsumoto, Manami Toyota and Tomoka Nakagawa. The promotion has a television deal with Gaora. [2]
While working in the Gaea Japan promotion in mid-90s, Ozaki formed the villainous Oz Academy stable with Chikayo Nagashima, Rieko Amano and Sugar Sato, eventually opening a training school under the same name. [3] Oz Academy eventually started promoting sporadic independent events, featuring members of the stable and Ozaki's trainees, with the first event held on June 21, 1998. [1] 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, Dynamite Kansai and Sonoko Kato to serve as the backbone of the promotion. [1] [4] [5] Oz Academy remained without championships for nearly nine years, before introducing the Oz Academy Openweight Championship in March 2007 and the Oz Academy Tag Team Championship in July 2008. [6] [7]
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, [8] Ozaki-gun, [9] Ozaki-gundan, [10] and currently, Seikigun. [11] 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. [12] Oz Academy is based in Shinjuku, Tokyo and holds most of its events in Shinjuku Face. [1] [4] The promotion itself considers the formation of the stable in 1996 as its starting point and celebrated its 20th anniversary on November 13, 2016. [13]
Ring name | Real name | Unit | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Aja Kong [14] | Erika Shishido | Beast Friend | |
Akino [15] | Mika Akino | Mission K4 | Oz Academy Pioneer 3-Way Champion |
Hiroyo Matsumoto [16] | Unknown | Beast Friend | Freelancer |
Itsuki Aoki [17] | Aika Aoki | Unaffiliated | |
Chihiro Hashimoto | Chihiro Hashimoto | Unaffiliated | Freelancer Sendai Girls' Pro Wrestling |
Jaguar Yokota | Rimi Yokota | Unaffiliated | Freelancer Oz Academy Tag Team Champion |
Kakeru Sekiguchi [18] | Unknown | Mission K4 | Actwres girl'Z |
Kaori Yoneyama [19] | Kaori Yoneyama | Beast Friend | Freelancer Owner of YMZ Pro Wrestling |
Kaho Kobayashi [20] | Kaho Kobayashi | Mission K4 | Freelancer |
Maya Yukihi [21] | Unknown | Seiki-gun | Freelancer |
Mayumi Ozaki [22] | Mayumi Ozaki | Seiki-gun | Owner Oz Academy Tag Team Champion |
Mio Momono | Mio Momono | Unaffiliated | Freelancer Oz Academy Openweight Champion |
Ram Kaicho | Ram Kaicho | Unaffiliated | |
Rina Yamashita [23] | Unknown | Unaffiliated | Freelancer |
Sakura Hirota [24] | Unknown | Unaffiliated | Pro Wrestling Wave |
Saori Anou [25] | Unknown | Seiki-gun | Freelancer |
Sonoko Kato [26] | Sonoko Kato | Mission K4 | |
Tsubasa Kuragaki [27] | Yasuko Kuragaki | Unaffiliated | Freelancer |
Yumi Ohka [28] | Yumiko Abe | Seiki-gun | Pro Wrestling Wave |
Yuu [29] | Unknown | Beast Friend | Freelancer |
Ring name | Real name | Notes |
---|---|---|
Mio | Unknown [30] | Referee |
Police | Unknown [31] | Manager of Seikigun |
Ring Ana Nakamura | Hiroyuki Nakamura [32] | Ring announcer |
Sayuri Kokushō | Sayuri Koda | Occasional manager of Seikigun |
Sachiko Ito | Sachiko Ito [33] | Referee |
Ring name | Real name | Notes |
---|---|---|
Alex Lee | Irena Janjic | |
Aoi Kizuki | Aoi Kizuki | |
Ayumi Kurihara | Ayumi Kurihara [34] | Retired on August 4, 2013 |
Carlos Amano | Rieko Amano [35] | Retired on August 17, 2014 |
Cherry | Unknown | |
Chikayo Nagashima | Chikayo Nagashima [36] | Resigned on August 23, 2015 |
Devil Masami | Masami Yoshida [37] | Retired on December 30, 2008 |
Dynamite Kansai | Chieko Suzuki [38] | Retired on December 11, 2016 [39] |
Kurumi | Hiragi Kurumi | |
Hiren | Yurie Kaneko [40] | Retired on November 8, 2011 |
Kaori Nakayama | Kaori Nakayama [41] | Retired on October 23, 2002 |
Kaoru | Kaoru Maeda [42] | |
Kaoru Ito | Kaoru Ito | |
Manami Toyota | Manami Toyota [43] | Retired on November 3, 2017. [44] [45] |
Mika Nishio | Mika Nishio [46] | Retired from wrestling in April 2006, continued working as a manager until March 20, 2016, when she retired due to pregnancy [47] [48] |
Nao Komatsu | Nao Komatsu [49] | Injured on December 9, 2012 |
Ran Yu-Yu | Tomoko Miyaguchi [50] | Retired on December 9, 2012 |
Rie | Rie Nakamura | |
Sakura Hirota | Sakura Hirota | |
Sugar Sato | Toshie Sato [51] | Retired on June 26, 2005 |
Takako Inoue | Takako Inoue [52] | |
Tomoka Nakagawa | Tomoka Nakagawa [53] | Retired on December 4, 2014 |
Championship | Current champion(s) | Reign | Date won | Days held | Location | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Oz Academy Openweight Championship | Mayumi Ozaki | 4 | April 28, 2024 | 27+ | Tokyo, Japan | Defeated Mio Momono at OZ Academy Battle Big Bonus 2024 in a match also contested for Ozaki's AAAW Single Championship. | |
Oz Academy Tag Team Championship |
|
Ryo Mizunami and Sonoko Kato |
2 (2, 7) |
May 12, 2024 | 13+ | Tokyo, Japan | Defeated Age 115 ( Jaguar Yokota and Mayumi Ozaki) at OZ Academy Paradise Lost. |
Oz Academy Pioneer 3-Way Championship | Masked Hanahana | 2 | April 28, 2024 | 27+ | Tokyo, Japan | Defeated Akino and Leon at OZ Academy Battle Big Bonus 2024'. |
Oz Academy Pioneer 3-Way Championship | |||||||||||||||||||
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Details | |||||||||||||||||||
Promotion | Oz Academy | ||||||||||||||||||
Date established | April 3, 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||
Current champion(s) | Masked Hanahana | ||||||||||||||||||
Date won | April 28, 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||
|
The Oz Academy Pioneer Championship (OZアカデミー認定パイオニア3WAY選手権王座, Ozu Akademī Nintei Paionia Surīwei Ōza) is a women's professional wrestling championship 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 eight reigns shared between five different champions. The current champion is Masked Hanahana who is in her second reign. [54]
No. | Overall reign number |
---|---|
Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
Days | Number of days held |
Defenses | Number of successful defenses |
+ | Current reign is changing daily |
No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | Defenses | ||||
1 | Masked Hanahana | April 3, 2022 | Battle Big Bonus In Korakuen | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 119 | 0 | Hanahana defeated Kaori Yoneyama and Yumi Ohka in a three-way match to become the inaugural champion. | [55] |
2 | Akino | July 31, 2022 | Battle Big Bonus In Nagoya | Nagoya, Japan | 1 | 49 | 0 | This was a three-way match also involving Momoka Hanazono. | [56] |
3 | Kaori Yoneyama | September 18, 2022 | Bad Moon Rising At Osaka | Osaka, Japan | 1 | 28 | 0 | This was a three-way match also involving Tsubasa Kuragaki. | [57] |
4 | Momoka Hanazono | October 16, 2022 | Battle Big Bonus In Okinawa | Naha, Japan | 1 | 189 | 2 | This was a three-way match also involving Masked Hanahana. | [58] |
5 | Kaori Yoneyama | April 23, 2023 | OZ Academy Battle Big Bonus In Korakuen | Tokyo, Japan | 2 | 98 | 0 | This was a three-way match also involving Kohaku. | [59] |
6 | Itsuki Aoki | July 30, 2023 | OZ Academy Battle Big Bonus In Nagoya | Nagoya, Japan | 1 | 153 | 2 | This was a three-way match also involving Kakeru. | [60] |
7 | Akino | December 30, 2023 | OZ Academy Pray For Me | Tokyo, Japan | 2 | 120 | 0 | This was a three-way match also involving Ram Kaicho. | [61] |
8 | Masked Hanahana | April 28, 2024 | OZ Academy Battle Big Bonus 2024 | Tokyo, Japan | 2 | 27+ | 0 | This was a three-way match also involving Leon. | [62] |
As of May 25, 2024.
† | Indicates the current champion |
---|
Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns |
Combined defenses |
Combined days |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Momoka Hanazono | 1 | 2 | 189 |
2 | Akino | 2 | 0 | 169 |
3 | Itsuki Aoki | 1 | 2 | 153 |
4 | Masked Hanahana † | 2 | 0 | 146+ |
5 | Kaori Yoneyama | 2 | 0 | 126 |