Pro Wrestling Wave | |
Acronym: | Wave |
Established: | August 2007 |
Style: | Joshi puroresu |
Location: | Nakano, Tokyo, Japan |
Founder: | Gami (booker) Yumi Ohka Tatsuya Takeshi (president) |
Owner: | Zabun Co., Ltd. |
Sister: | Osaka Joshi Pro-Wrestling |
, 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]
width:15%;" | Ring name[2] | width:15%;" | Real name | width:25%;" | Notes |
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Chie Ozora | Chiemi Shioya | Freelancer | |||
Haruka Umesaki | Freelancer | ||||
Freelancer | |||||
Honoka | |||||
Freelancer | |||||
Kohaku | |||||
Freelancer Wave Tag Team Champion | |||||
Mio Momono | Freelancer | ||||
Freelancer[3] | |||||
Ranmaru | Freelancer | ||||
Freelancer | |||||
Saki | |||||
Freelancer | |||||
Freelancer Wave Single Champion | |||||
Freelancer Wave Tag Team Champion | |||||
Tomoka Inaba | Freelancer | ||||
Veny | |||||
As of,
Championship | Current champion(s) | Reign | Date won | Days held | Location | Notes | ||
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Wave Single Championship | Saya Kamitani | 1 | November 4, 2024 | + | Tokyo, Japan | Defeated Yuki Miyazaki at WAVE 2024 Prime WAVE. | ||
Wave Tag Team Championship | SPiCEAP | 1 | November 4, 2024 | + | Tokyo, Japan | Defeated Calaminence (Risa Sera and Saki) at WAVE 2024 Prime WAVE. |
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 | + | 1 | Tokyo, Japan | Defeated Ayako Sato at Diana. |
Tournament | Last winner | Last held | Type | Created | Notes | |
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Catch the Wave | Miyuki Takase | 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 | Six-woman tag team | 2013 | An annual single-elimination tournament held in November. | ||
Zan-1 | Mika Iida | 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. |