Pro Wrestling Wave

Japanese women's professional wrestling promotion

Pro Wrestling Wave

Acronym| Wave
Founded| August 2007
Style| Joshi puroresu
Headquarters| Nakano, Tokyo, Japan
Founder(s)| Gami (booker)
Yumi Ohka
Tatsuya Takeshi (president)
Owner(s)| Zabun Co., Ltd.
Sister| Osaka Joshi Pro-Wrestling
Predecessor| JDStar

Pro Wrestling Wave (プロレスリングwave, Puroresuringu Wēbu) 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.[1]

## Roster

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### Wrestlers

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Ring name[2] | Real name  | Notes

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Chie Ozora | Chiemi Shioya  | Freelancer
Haruka Umesaki | Unknown | Freelancer
Hikari Shimizu | Unknown | Freelancer
Honoka | Unknown |
Itsuki Aoki | Aika Aoki | Freelancer
Kohaku | Unknown | Wave Single Champion
Nagisa Nozaki | Nagisa Nozaki |
Maika Ozaki | Maika Ozaki | Freelancer
Wave Tag Team Champion
Mio Momono | Unknown | Freelancer
Miyuki Takase | Unknown | Freelancer[3]
Ranmaru  | Unknown | Freelancer
Risa Sera | Risa Okuda | Freelancer
Saki | Saki Watanabe |
Sakura Hirota | Sakura Hirota | Freelancer
Saya Kamitani | Saya Kamitani | Freelancer
Tae Honma | Tae Honma | Freelancer
Wave Tag Team Champion
Tomoka Inaba | Unknown | Freelancer
Veny | Unknown |
Yuki Miyazaki | Yuki Miyazaki |
Yuko Sakurai | Unknown |
Yumi Ohka | Yumiko Abe |

### Staff

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* Atsushi Ishiguro (referee)
* Michiko Nonaka (Announcer)
* Kiri Yoshino (Announcer)
* Mikiko Futagami (executive producer)
* Toshie Uematsu (trainer)

## Notable alumni

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### Female

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* Akane Fujita
* Akari
* Aoi Kizuki
* Arisa Nakajima
* Asami Kawasaki
* Asuka
* Aya Yuki
* Ayako Hamada
* Ayako Sato
* Ayame Sasamura
* Ayumi Kurihara
* Bullfight Sora
* Cherry
* Chihiro Hashimoto
* Chikayo Nagashima
* Crea
* Dash Chisako
* Dynamite Kansai
* Fairy Nipponbashi
* Gami
* Hanako Nakamori
* Hibiki
* Hibiscus Mii
* Hikaru Shida
* Hiroe Nagahama
* Kagetsu
* Kana
* Kaho Kobayashi
* Kaori Yoneyama
* Kaoru Ito
* Kaoru Maeda
* Kayoko Haruyama
* Kazuki
* Kizuna Tanaka
* Kyoko Kimura
* Makoto
* Maika Ozaki
* Maria
* Maruko Nagasaki
* Matsuya Uno
* Mei Hoshizuki
* Melanie Cruise
* Mika Iida
* Mio Shirai
* Misa Kagura
* Misa Matsui
* Misaki Ohata
* Mochi Miyagi
* Moeka Haruhi
* Momo Tani
* Nao Komatsu
* Natsumi Maki
* Rabbit Miu
* Ran Yu-Yu
* Riara
* Riko Kawahata
* Rina Amikura
* Rina Shingaki
* Risa Sera
* Ryo Mizunami
* Sae
* Saki
* Sawako Shimono
* Sareee
* Sayaka Obihiro
* Senri Kuroki
* Shiori Akiba
* Shizuku Tsukata
* Shuu Shibutani
* Sumire Natsu
* Suzu Suzuki
* Syuri
* Tae Honma
* Takumi Iroha
* Tomoka Nakagawa
* Tomoko Watanabe
* Totoro Satsuki
* Tsubasa Kuragaki
* Tsukasa Fujimoto
* Waka Tsukiyama
* Yako Fujigasaki
* Yappy
* Yuko Sakurai
* Yurika Oka
* Yuu Yamagata

### Male

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* Isami Kodaka
* Takato Nakano
* Tank Nagai
* Yuko Miyamoto

## Championships

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As of August 17, 2025

Championship | Current champion(s) | Reign | Date won | Days held | Location | Notes

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Wave Single Championship |  | Kohaku | 1 | August 10, 2025  | 7+  | Tokyo, Japan | Defeated Saya Kamitani at WAVE 18th Anniversary ~ Carnival WAVE.
Wave Tag Team Championship |  | SPiCEAP
(Maika Ozaki and Tae Honma) | 2
(2, 2) | April 1, 2025  | 138+  | Tokyo, Japan | Defeated Captain Armstrong (Yuki Miyazaki and Yuko Sakurai) at WAVE PHASE2 Reboot 6th ~ NAMI 1.

### Other promoted

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Championship | Current champion(s) | Reign | Date won | Days held | Defenses | Location | Notes

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World Woman Pro-Wrestling Diana World Championship | Haruka Umesaki | 1 | April 29, 2023  | 841+  | 1  | Tokyo, Japan | Defeated Ayako Sato at Diana.

## Annual tournaments

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Tournament  | Last winner  | Last held  | Type  | Created  | Notes

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Catch the Wave | Miyuki Takase | July 1, 2021 | Openweight  | 2009  | An annual round-robin tournament held from early-May to early mid-July.
Dual Shock Wave | Sareee and Hibiki  | 2020  | Tag team  | 2011  | An annual tournament held from September to October. Originally a single-elimination tournament, in 2012 changed to round-robin format.
One Day 6-Person Tag Tournament  | Kuros
(Mio Shirai, Misaki Ohata and Tsukasa Fujimoto) | November 26, 2014 | Six-woman tag team  | 2013  | An annual single-elimination tournament held in November.
Zan-1  | Mika Iida | December 29, 2017 | Openweight  | 2012  | An annual tournament, which includes a battle royal, rock-paper-scissors tournament and a fan vote, to determine the number one contender to the Wave Single Championship.

## References

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1. ^ "Catch the Wave 2016＝Scramble＝". Pro Wrestling Wave (in Japanese). Retrieved May 3, 2016.[permanent dead link]
2. ^ "選手紹介". pro-w-wave.com (in Japanese).
3. ^ 株式会社Forest Connectionプレゼンツ『CATCH THE WAVE 2021～決勝戦～』. Pro Wrestling Wave (in Japanese). July 1, 2021. Retrieved July 7, 2021.

## External links

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* Japan portal

* Pro Wrestling Wave Official Website (in Japanese)

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Pro Wrestling Wave

Championships|

| Active|

* Wave Single Championship
* Wave Tag Team Championship

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Promoted|

* World Woman Pro-Wrestling Diana World Championship

Roster|

| Active|

* Hibiscus Mii
* Hikari Shimizu
* Itsuki Aoki
* Nagisa Nozaki
* Miyuki Takase
* Rin Kadokura
* Sakura Hirota
* Shizuku Tsukata
* Suzu Suzuki
* Yuki Miyazaki
* Yumi Ohka

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Alumni|

* Arisa Nakajima
* Asami Kawasaki
* Asuka
* Aya Yuki
* Ayako Hamada
* Ayumi Kurihara
* Bullfight Sora
* Cherry
* Chihiro Hashimoto
* Chikayo Nagashima
* Dash Chisako
* Dynamite Kansai
* Fairy Nipponbashi
* Gami
* Hanako Nakamori
* Hibiki
* Hibiscus Mii
* Hikaru Shida
* Hiroe Nagahama
* Isami Kodaka
* Kagetsu
* Kana
* Kaho Kobayashi
* Kaori Yoneyama
* Kaoru Maeda
* Kayoko Haruyama
* Kyoko Kimura
* Makoto
* Maria
* Maruko Nagasaki
* Matsuya Uno
* Melanie Cruise
* Mika Iida
* Mikiko Futagami
* Mio Shirai
* Misaki Ohata
* Moeka Haruhi
* Nao Komatsu
* Natsumi Maki
* Ran Yu-Yu
* Ryo Mizunami
* Saki
* Sawako Shimono
* Sareee
* Senri Kuroki
* Shiori Akiba
* Shuu Shibutani
* Sumire Natsu
* Syuri
* Takumi Iroha
* Tomoka Nakagawa
* Tsubasa Kuragaki
* Tsukasa Fujimoto
* Yako Fujigasaki
* Yuko Miyamoto
* Yumi Ohka
* Yuu Yamagata

Staff|

* Atsushi Ishiguro
* Gami
* Michiko Nonaka
* Kiri Yoshino
* Mikiko Futagami
* Toshie Uematsu

Annual tournaments|

* Catch the Wave
* Dual Shock Wave
* One Day 6-Person Tag Tournament
* Zan-1

Partnerships|

| Active|

* Marvelous That's Women Pro Wrestling
* Zabun, Co., Ltd.
* Fighting TV Samurai
* Osaka Joshi Pro-Wrestling
* World Woman Pro-Wrestling Diana
* All Elite Wrestling

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Former|

* JDStar

Category

* v
* t
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All Elite Wrestling

Programming|

| Pay-per-view events|

* Revolution
* Dynasty
* Double or Nothing
* All In
* Forbidden Door
* All Out
* WrestleDream
* Full Gear
* Worlds End

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Television|

* Dynamite
* episodes
* specials
* Collision
* episodes
* Television specials

Former|

* All Access
* Battle of the Belts
* Dark
* episodes
* Dark: Elevation
* episodes
* Rampage
* episodes

Championships|

| Men's|

* World (reigns)
* Unified
* Continental
* International
* TNT (reigns)
* World Tag Team (reigns)
* World Trios

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Women's|

* Women's World
* TBS

Former|

* FTW

Accomplishments|

* Awards
* Casino matches
* Dynamite Diamond Ring
* Tournaments
* Owen Hart Cup
* Continental Classic

Personnel|

* Tony Khan
* Shahid Khan
* The Elite
* Kenny Omega
* The Young Bucks
* Current roster
* Alumni

Affiliates/partnerships|

| Sister promotion|

* Ring of Honor
* roster
* alumni

|

Current partners|

* Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
* CyberFight
* DDT Pro-Wrestling
* Pro Wrestling Noah
* Tokyo Joshi Pro-Wrestling
* New Japan Pro-Wrestling
* Revolution Pro Wrestling
* World Wonder Ring Stardom

Former partners|

* Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide
* National Wrestling Alliance
* Oriental Wrestling Entertainment
* Pro Wrestling Wave
* Total Nonstop Action Wrestling

See also|

* AEW Plus
* All In (2018)
* Daily's Place
* Fight Forever
* Starrcast
* Universal Studios Soundstage 21
* Wednesday Night Wars

Category: All Elite Wrestling

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Active promotions

Major promotions|

* All Japan Pro Wrestling
* CyberFight
* DDT Pro-Wrestling
* Pro Wrestling Noah
* Dragongate
* New Japan Pro-Wrestling

Women's|

* CyberFight
* Tokyo Joshi Pro-Wrestling
* World Wonder Ring Stardom

Independent promotions|

* Active Advance Pro Wrestling
* Big Japan Pro Wrestling
* Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling-Explosion
* Dradition
* Ganbare☆Pro-Wrestling
* Gleat
* Lidet UWF
* G Prowrestling
* Kyushu Pro-Wrestling
* Michinoku Pro Wrestling
* Osaka Pro Wrestling
* Pro-Wrestling Basara
* Pro Wrestling Freedoms
* Pro Wrestling Land's End
* Pro-Wrestling Shi-En
* Pro Wrestling Zero1
* Professional Wrestling Just Tap Out
* Strong Style Pro-Wrestling
* Tenryu Project
* Tokyo Gurentai
* Wrestling of Darkness 666

Women's|

* 2point5 Joshi Pro Wrestling
* Actwres girl'Z
* ChocoPro
* Dream Star Fighting Marigold
* Ice Ribbon
* Ladies Legend Pro-Wrestling
* Marvelous That's Women Pro Wrestling
* Oz Academy
* Pro Wrestling Wave
* Pure-J
* Reina Joshi Puroresu
* Seadlinnng
* Sendai Girls' Pro Wrestling
* World Woman Pro-Wrestling Diana

Governing bodies and
interpromotional alliances|

| Legitimate|

* Asia-Pacific Federation of Wrestling
* United Japan Pro-Wrestling
* United Wrestling Network

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Storyline|

* AWA
* International Wrestling Grand Prix
* Global Honored Crown
* New Wrestling Alliance
* Pacific Wrestling Federation

Defunct promotions

Major promotions|

* Fighting Network Rings
* Hustle
* Inoki Genome Federation
* International Wrestling Enterprise
* Japan Pro Wrestling Alliance
* UWF International
* Wrestle-1

Women's|

* All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling
* Gaea Japan
* Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling

Independent promotions|

* Apache Pro-Wrestling Army
* Battlarts
* Diamond Ring
* Fighting of World Japan Pro Wrestling
* IWA Japan
* Japan Pro-Wrestling
* Kingdom
* Pro Wrestling Fujiwara Gumi
* Smash
* Super World of Sports
* Tokyo Pro Wrestling
* Toryumon Japan
* Universal Lucha Libre
* Universal Wrestling Federation
* W*ING
* WAR
* Wrestling New Classic

Women's|

* Arsion
* JDStar
* JWP Joshi Puroresu
* NEO Japan Ladies Pro-Wrestling
* WNC-Reina

Governing bodies and
interpromotional alliances|

* AWA Superstars of Wrestling
* Global Professional Wrestling Alliance

* Attendance records
* Professional wrestling at the Tokyo Dome
* Puroresu
* Rikidōzan

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Women's professional wrestling

Women's wrestling
promotions|

| Active|

* 2point5 Joshi Pro-Wrestling
* Actwres girl'Z
* Bellatrix Female Warriors
* ChocoPro
* Dream Star Fighting Marigold
* Femmes Fatales
* Ice Ribbon
* Ladies Legend Pro-Wrestling
* Lucha Libre Femenil
* Marvelous That's Women Pro Wrestling
* Oz Academy
* Pro Wrestling Wave
* Pro-Wrestling: EVE
* Seadlinnng
* Sendai Girls' Pro Wrestling
* Shine Wrestling
* Sukeban
* Tokyo Joshi Pro-Wrestling
* Women Superstars United
* Women of Wrestling
* Women's Wrestling Army
* World Woman Pro-Wrestling Diana
* World Wonder Ring Stardom

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Defunct|

* All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling
* Arsion
* ChickFight
* Gaea Japan
* Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling
* JDStar
* JWP Joshi Puroresu
* Ladies Major League Wrestling
* Ladies Professional Wrestling Association
* Naked Women's Wrestling League
* NEO Japan Ladies Pro-Wrestling
* Powerful Women of Wrestling
* Pro Wrestling Women's Alliance
* Rise Wrestling
* Shimmer Women Athletes
* World Women's Wrestling
* Wrestlicious

Women within other promotions|

* Nitro Girls
* TNA Knockouts
* Women in WWE
* championships
* Women of Honor

Accomplishments|

* Women's World Championship
* Women's World Tag Team Championship
* Women's Wrestling Hall of Fame

Media|

* ...All the Marbles
* GLOW: The Story of the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling
* Lipstick and Dynamite, Piss and Vinegar: The First Ladies of Wrestling
* Netflix's GLOW
* Pushed to the Limit
* Queen of the Ring
* Silver
* Sisterhood of the Squared Circle

Related|

* Fighting Cholitas
* Intergender wrestling
* Ring girl

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