| Yuni | |
| Birth Date: | February 8, 2008[1] |
| Birth Place: | Osaka, Japan |
| Height: | 160 cm[2] |
| Weight: | 53 kg |
| Trainer: | Makoto Oishi |
| Debut: | 2016 |
is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working for the Japanese promotion DDT Pro-Wrestling. He is known for being one of the youngest debuting male wrestlers of all time, as well as one of the youngest recognized champions in professional wrestling.[3] [4]
Yuni (written in hiragana as) made his professional wrestling debut at the early age of 8, in DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT), at Osaka Octopus 2016 on December 4, where he teamed up with Shigehiro Irie and Yasu Urano, picking up a victory over New Wrestling Aidoru (Makoto Oishi, Mao and Shunma Katsumata). Over his debut, Yuni was compared to other early-starting wrestlers such as Ram Kaicho and Riho who also debuted under the age of ten.[5]
On March 20, 2017, at Judgement, Yuni teamed up with Jaguar Yokota, Keisuke Ishii and Masahiro Takanashi to defeat Toru Owashi, Kazuki Hirata, Antonio Honda and Ladybeard.[6] On August 5, at Beer Garden Fight, he fought Daiki Shimomura to a time limit draw in his first singles bout, a dark match with a 3-minute time limit.[7] Yuni is a former multiple-time Ironman Heavymetalweight Champion, having won the title for the first time at Who's Gonna Top?, on September 24, where he defeated his trainer Makoto Oishi for the belt, making him one of the youngest recognized champions in the Japanese independent scene.[8]
At on February 17, he participated in a Rumble rules match for the Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship won by Saki Akai and also involving other notable opponents, both male and female such as El Lindaman, Mina Shirakawa, Gorgeous Matsuno, Asuka, Gota Ihashi, Hoshitango and Yuka Sakazaki.[9]
On January 13, 2020, at Wrestle Tororokobu!, Yuni teamed with Tetsuya Endo in a losing effort to Disaster Box (Toru Owashi and Yuki Ueno), dropping the Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship to Ueno in the process.[10] He then went on a hiatus.
In July 2021, DDT unveiled their DDTeeeen!! brand, focused on younger wrestlers recruited through a talent scouting program.[11] Yuni wrestled for the brand as the masked El Unicorn, with his real identity being kept secret.[12] His first appearance as El Unicorn was on August 21, at Wrestle Peter Pan 2021, where he teamed with Harashima, Naomi Yoshimura, Raimu Imai and Yusuke Okada, and defeated the team of Ilusion, Mizuki Watase, Tamura, Yuji Okabayashi and Yuki Iino.
On March 21, 2023, in the pre-show of Judgement, El Unicorn had his DDTeeeen!! graduation match in which he teamed with Raimu Imai in a losing effort to Ilusion and Munetatsu Nakamura. After the match, he unmasked. The next day, during a press conference, he announced he would revert to his real name Yuni, written as .[13]
On April 9, 2023, at April Fool 2023, Yuni re-debuted in-ring by facing Yuki Ueno in a losing effort.[14]