Mayumi Ozaki

{{Infobox professional wrestler

|name = Mayumi Ozaki

|image = Mayumi Ozaki 2019.jpg

|caption = Ozaki in November 2019

|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1968|10|28|mf=y}}

|birth_place = Kawaguchi, Saitama Prefecture, Japan

|names = Mayumi Ozaki
Mayumi Saita{{cite web | url = http://www.ayakohamada.com/06Battle/2005index.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110915090209/http://www.ayakohamada.com/06Battle/2005index.html |title= 9月11日 M's STYLE|trans-title= M's STYLE, September 11th|location= 1st RING, Shinkiba|others=winner: Aja Kong&AKINO vs Mayumi Ozaki＆Ayako Hamada. Uraken/ebigatame, 23 min. 46 sec.|script-title=ja:2005|archive-date=2011-09-15 |year=2004 |access-date=2013-04-05 | work=AyakoHamada.com | language=ja}}{{cite web | url = http://www.ayakohamada.com/06Battle/2005index.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110915090209/http://www.ayakohamada.com/06Battle/2005index.html |title= 4月3日 GAEA 旗揚げ10周年記念興行|location= 横浜文化体育館 |others= ○浜田文子＆尾崎真弓＆A・コング（25分52秒APクロス > 体固め）×ダイナマイト・関西＆×GAMI＆AKINO |script-title=ja:2005 | archive-date=2011-09-15 |year=2004 | access-date=2013-04-05 | work=AyakoHamada.com | language=ja}}
Pure Wild
Queen of the Street Fight

|height = {{convert|1.55|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

|weight = {{convert|57|kg|lb|abbr=on}}

|trainer = Kotetsu Yamamoto

|debut = August 17, 1986

}}

{{nihongo|Mayumi Ozaki|尾崎魔弓|Ozaki Mayumi}} (born October 28, 1968) is a Japanese professional wrestler. She is currently working for Oz Academy.

Professional wrestling career

Ozaki debuted in a tag team match in August, 1986.

{{cite news

|url=http://www.nownews.com/2010/01/19/350-2560437.htm

|title=Sword Huan Spring / Ozaki Mogong AV battle!

|date=19 January 2010

|work=Nownews

|publisher=Eastern Television

|language=zh

|access-date=13 February 2010}}

In her career, she held the WWWA tag titles with Dynamite Kansai from April 11, 1993 to December 6, 1993 (both winning from and losing to Manami Toyota and Toshiyo Yamada of All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling, selected for "Wrestling Observer Newsletter's Match of the Year for 1993". They rematched in April 1993 and won at the Dreamslam II (and with it the titles); the first time a woman's match won the award. Their final match was at St. Battle Final in December. (AJW).

{{cite web

|url=http://www.cagesideseats.com/2016/3/2/11135720/this-day-in-wrestling-history-mar-2-flying-angel

|title=This Day in Wrestling History (Mar. 2): Flying Angel

|author=The Notorious Eddie Mac

|work=Cageside seats features - WWE

|publisher=Vox Media, Inc.

|date=2016-03-02

|access-date=2016-09-27}} She also held the UWA Junior and JWP Junior titles between 1988 and 1991, and teamed with Cutie Suzuki and Hikari Fukuoka to win the JWP Tag Titles a number of times between 1992 and 1995. She held the AAAW Tag Team Championship with Aja Kong, beating GAEA's Sugar Sato and Chikayo Nagashima on August 23, 1998 in Tokyo.

In 1995 Ozaki competed at the 1995 World War 3 on pay-per-view

It was the first World War 3 held and broadcast at the Norfolk Scope in Norfolk, Virginia.

{{cite web

|url= http://www.cagesideseats.com/2015/11/26/9781484/this-day-in-wrestling-history-november-26-the-thanksgiving-night-wars |title=This Day in Wrestling History (November 26): The Thanksgiving Night Wars

|author=The Notorious Eddie Mac

|work=Cageside seats features - WWE

|publisher=Vox Media, Inc.

|date=Nov 26, 2015

|access-date=2016-09-27}}

event where she teamed with Cutie Suzuki against Bull Nakano and Akira Hokuto where they lost. They also competed against the same team the very next night on WCW Monday Nitro which they also lost.

Until 1997, Ozaki usually wrestled in JWP Joshi Puroresu, but was also the leader of her own heel stable called the Oz Academy,

{{cite web

|url = http://www.oz-a.com/company.html

|title = organizational outlines

|access-date=July 1, 2012

| work=Oz Academy

| language=ja}}

which freelanced in other women's promotions in Japan, such as AJW and GAEA. In 1998 Ozaki became a true free agent, and began to promote her own shows using her Oz Academy wrestlers, looking for a niche in the fragmented women's puroresu scene. Ozaki made her mark mostly in tag team matches as she competed in four bouts that were among the greatest ever in women's tag team wrestling, having earned a 5-star rating each by the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.Ozaki visited the States to join tournament, and notably, the 2006 Queen of the Death Match Tournament. Barbed Wire Boards Match - Mayumi Ozaki b Sumie Sakai (quarters). A 2 Out of 3 Falls Log Cabin Match - Mayumi Ozaki b Sexxxy Eddy (semis); No Ropes Barbed Wire, Electrified Light Tubes Steel Cage Match - Mickie Knuckles b Maymi Ozaki (final) in Fans Bring the Weapons format. Ozaki ended up a finalist. {{cite web

|url= http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/results/iwamidsouth/_2006/

|title= IWA Mid South Wrestling – Queen of the Death Match Tournament at Plainfield, Indiana

|work= Results, IWA Mid-South – 2006

|editor= David Buckler, Online World of Wrestling

|publisher= Black Pants, Inc.

|date=2006-11-03

|access-date= 2016-09-27

}}

In December 2011, Ozaki took part in American promotion Chikara's JoshiMania weekend, teaming with Mio Shirai in a losing effort against the team of Cherry and Ayako Hamada on night one on December 2.{{cite web

|url=http://www.wrestleview.com/viewnews.php?id=1322936288

|title=December 2nd Chikara Joshi Mania Night #1 results

|last=Martin

|first=Adam

|date=2011-12-03

|access-date=2011-12-04

|work=WrestleView

|url-status=dead

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111206215953/http://www.wrestleview.com/viewnews.php?id=1322936288

|archive-date=2011-12-06

}}

The following day, Ozaki defeated Shirai in a singles match.{{cite web

|url=http://www.wrestleview.com/viewnews.php?id=1323027609

|title=December 3rd Chikara Joshi Mania Night #2 results

|last=Martin

|first=Adam

|date=2011-12-04

|access-date=2011-12-05

|work=WrestleView

|url-status=dead

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111206220003/http://www.wrestleview.com/viewnews.php?id=1323027609

|archive-date=2011-12-06

}}

On the third and final night of the tour, Ozaki defeated Kaori Yoneyama in another singles match.

{{cite web

|url=http://www.wrestleview.com/viewnews.php?id=1323099875

|title=Second report of Chikara JoshiMania Night #3

|last=Martin

|first=Adam

|date=2011-12-05

|access-date=2011-12-05

|work=WrestleView

|url-status=dead

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111206220026/http://www.wrestleview.com/viewnews.php?id=1323099875

|archive-date=2011-12-06

}}

Championships and accomplishments

All Japan Pro Wrestling
AJPW TV Six-Man Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Suwama and Maya Yukihi
All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling
WWWA World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Dynamite Kansai{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestling-titles.com/jp/japan/zenjo/j-wwwa-t.html|title=WWWA World Tag Team Championship|date=1993-04-11|location=Osaka|access-date=2016-09-27}}
Gaea Japan/Marvelous That's Women Pro Wrestling
AAAW Single Championship (2 times, current){{efn|name=AAAW Single|Ozaki's first reign with the AAAW Single Championship was under the Gaea banner. Her second reign was at Marvelous.{{cite web|url=https://www.pwmania.com/marvelous-in-tokyo-results-august-7-2023-korakuen-hall|title=Marvelous in Tokyo Results – August 7, 2023 (Korakuen Hall)|work=PWMania.com|first=Ethan|last=Black|date=August 7, 2023|access-date=September 22, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230811203740/https://www.pwmania.com/marvelous-in-tokyo-results-august-7-2023-korakuen-hall|archive-date=August 11, 2023|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last1=|first1=|title=AAAW Singles Title (Japan)|url=https://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/gaea/aaaw-s.html|work=wrestling-titles.com|date=|accessdate=}}}}{{cite web|last1=|first1=|title=AAAW Singles Title (Japan)|url=https://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/gaea/aaaw-s.html|work=wrestling-titles.com|date=|accessdate=}}
AAAW Tag Team Championship (3 times){{cite web|url=http://oz-a.com/press/2008_11_06.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070518042631/http://www.oz-a.com/result/2007-03.html|archive-date =2007-05-18|title=Press Release: Actress Sayuri Kokusho to second Mayumi Ozaki at Shinjuku Face|access-date=2016-09-27|work=Oz Academy 史上最強! 女子プロレス軍団OZ Academy OZアカデミー参上!!|series=Interview with Mayumi Ozaki|language=ja}} – with Aja Kong (1), Akira Hokuto (1), and Kaoru (1)
Gaora Cup (2001)
Tag Team Tournament (1998) – with Chikayo Nagashima
Tag Team Tournament (2001) – with Kaoru
Guinness World Records

:* Oldest (female) pair to win a professional tag team wrestling championship (2023) – with Jaguar Yokota{{cite web|title=Oldest pair to win a professional tag team wrestling championship (female)|url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/751002-oldest-pair-to-win-a-professional-tag-team-wrestling-championship-female|work=Guinness World Records|access-date=August 26, 2023}}

Japan Women's Pro Wrestling
JWP Junior Championship (3 times){{cite web|url=http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/jwpw/uwa-wm-j.html|work=Women's Junior Title, Japan Woman Pro-Wrestling (1987 -1989) and UWA & JWPW (1989 - 1992)|title=Mayumi Ozaki, Champion, October 24, 1987.|date=1987-10-24|access-date=2016-09-27}}
UWA Junior Championship (1 time)
JWP Joshi Puroresu
JWP Openweight Championship (1 time)
JWP Tag Team Championship (3 times) – with Cutie Suzuki (2), and Hikari Fukuoka (1)
Marvelous That's Women Pro Wrestling
AAAW Single Championship (2 times, current){{efn|name=AAAW Single}}
Oz Academy
Oz Academy Openweight Championship (4 times)
Oz Academy Tag Team Championship (7 times, current) – with Jaguar Yokota (1, current), Kaoru (2), Maya Yukihi (1), Mio Shirai (1), Sakura Hirota (1) and Yumi Ohka (1)
Oz Academy Pioneer 3-Way Championship (1 time)
Oz Academy Openweight Title #1 Contendership League (2008){{cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=26&nr=4887|title=OZ Academy Openweight Title #1 Contendership League|work=Cagematch.net|accessdate=March 17, 2023}}
Oz Academy Openweight Title #1 Contendership Tournament (2019){{cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=26&nr=5798|title=OZ Academy Openweight Title #1 Contendership Tournament|work=Cagematch.net|accessdate=March 17, 2023}}
Best Wizard Award (13 times)
Best Bout Award (2013) vs. Chikayo Nagashima on September 15{{cite web|url=http://blog.livedoor.jp/ozacademy/archives/65737968.html|title= 2013 the Best Wizard by Audience Poll|date=January 14, 2014|access-date=January 19, 2014|work=Oz Academy|publisher=Livedoor|language=ja | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404024426/http://blog.livedoor.jp/ozacademy/archives/65737968.html | archive-date=April 4, 2023 | url-status=live}}
Best Bout Award (2017) {{small|with Maya Yukihi vs. Akino and Kaho Kobayashi on October 29}}{{cite web | url = https://ameblo.jp/nakamura-hiroyuki/entry-12342126257.html | title = OZアカデミー開幕戦超速報です！ | date=January 7, 2018 | accessdate=July 31, 2023 | publisher=Ameba | language=Japanese | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230730235126/https://ameblo.jp/nakamura-hiroyuki/entry-12342126257.html | archive-date=July 30, 2023 | url-status=live}}
Best Bout Award (2019) {{small|vs. Hiroyo Matsumoto in a barbed wire current blast bat death match on August 25}}{{cite web | url = https://oz-academy.com/archives/19238 | script-title=ja:【2019 Best Wizard, Best Bout ＆ハプニング賞】1位以外も含めた結果を発表！| date=January 7, 2020 | access-date=July 31, 2023 | work=Oz Academy | language=ja | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201128170059/https://oz-academy.com/archives/19238 | archive-date=November 28, 2020 | url-status=live}}
Best Bout Award (2020) {{small|vs. Saori Anou on August 28}}{{cite web | url = https://oz-academy.com/archives/21060 | script-title=ja:【1/10新宿】試合結果速報～ベストバウト、MVP、さらにタッグ戦の行方は!?| date=January 10, 2021 | access-date=July 31, 2023 | work=Oz Academy | language=ja | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220924225148/https://oz-academy.com/archives/21060 | archive-date=September 24, 2022 | url-status=live}}
Best Bout Award (2021) {{small|vs. Maya Yukihi, Saori Anou and Yumi Ohka on August 18}}{{cite web | url = https://oz-academy.com/archives/25285 | title = 【22.1.9新宿】試合結果～2021MVPは雪妃魔矢！全試合くじ引きで決定するも、火災報知器作動にて大会中断 | date=January 1, 2022 | accessdate=August 1, 2023 | work=Oz Academy | language=Japanese | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230130145643/https://oz-academy.com/archives/25285 | archive-date=January 30, 2023 | url-status=live}}
Best Bout Award (2022) {{small|vs. Akino on December 30}}{{cite web | url = https://oz-academy.com/archives/30481 | title = 【2023.1.8新宿】開幕戦全試合結果～全試合当日抽選の結末は!? | date=January 8, 2023 | accessdate=December 12, 2023 | publisher=Oz Academy | language=Japanese | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230527234211/https://oz-academy.com/archives/30481 | archive-date=May 27, 2023 | url-status=live}}
Best Bout Award (2023) {{small|with Kakeru and Saori Anou vs. Chigusa Nagayo, Mio Momono and Tomoko Watanabe on October 22}}{{cite web | url = https://oz-academy.com/archives/32594 | title = 【24.1.7新宿】全試合結果～OZの至宝マーベラスに流出！トーナメントは尾崎・加藤が罰ゲーム決定！| date=January 4, 2024 | accessdate=March 13, 2024 | publisher=Oz Academy | language=Japanese | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240107120110/https://oz-academy.com/archives/32594 | archive-date=January 7, 2024 | url-status=live}}
Best Bout Award (2024) {{small|vs. Maya Yukihi on August 18}}{{cite web | url = https://oz-academy.com/archives/34687 | title = 【25.1.5新宿】試合結果～安納サオリの無差別級挑戦が決定！| date=January 5, 2025| accessdate=January 6, 2025 | work=Oz Academy | language=Japanese | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250106004516/https://oz-academy.com/archives/34687 | archive-date=January 6, 2025 | url-status=live}}
Best Singles Match Award (2010) vs. Kaoru on August 22{{cite web |url=http://www.oz-a.com/m/2010_best.html|title=2010 the Best Wizard|access-date=February 12, 2012|work=Oz Academy|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201172949/http://oz-a.com/m/2010_best.html|archive-date=February 1, 2014|url-status=dead}}
Best Singles Match Award (2011) vs. Aja Kong on April 10{{cite web|url=http://www.oz-a.com/press/2012_01_17.html|title=2011 Best Wizard by Audience Poll|access-date=February 12, 2012|work=Oz Academy|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120501104006/http://www.oz-a.com/press/2012_01_17.html|archive-date=May 1, 2012|url-status=dead}}
Happening Award (2019) {{small|Ozaki's destroying the Openweight Championship}}
MVP Award (2011, 2019)
Pro Wrestling Wave
Catch the Wave Award
Best Performance Award (2016) {{small|shared with Atsushi Ishiguro}}{{cite web|url = http://pro-w-wave.com/archives/2491|script-title = ja:Catch the Wave 2016 波女決勝戦 | author = Wave |date = 2016-06-05 |access-date = 2016-06-06 |work = Pro Wrestling Wave |language = ja |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160608165412/http://pro-w-wave.com/archives/2491 |archive-date = 2016-06-08 |url-status = dead}}
Super Fireworks Pro Wrestling

:* Blast Queen Championship (1 time)

Wrestling Observer Newsletter

:*Match of the Year (1993) with Dynamite Kansai vs. Manami Toyota and Toshiyo Yamada on April 11

Notes

Publications

=Books=

{{cite book

|title=悪役 (ザ・ヒール) ― 私はハードに生きたいの |trans-title= A heel - hard and strong

|last=Ozaki |first=Mayumi

|publisher= Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha

|language=ja

|year=1990 |id={{ASIN|4408100919|country=jp}} }}

{{cite book |title=悪玉―憎まれる生き方 |trans-title= Rogue - life as a baddie

last=Ozaki |first=Mayumi

|publisher=Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha

|isbn=9784883382903

|language=ja |year=2003 }}

{{cite book

|title= リングから見えた殺意――女子プロレスラー・鬼剣魔矢の推理|trans-title=Ringside detective Maya Kitsurugi, a female professional wrestler (mystery)

|last=Ozaki |first=Mayumi

|publisher=Shodensha

|isbn=9784396615024

|language=ja

|year=2014}}

{{cite book

|url= https://ndlopac.ndl.go.jp/F/?func=full-set-set&set_number=098712&set_entry=000001&format=999

|title= 1993年の女子プロレス |trans-title=Women's Professional Wrestling, 1993 (includes interview with Mayumi Ozaki)

|last=Yanagisawa |first= Ken

|publisher=Futabasha |work= Futaba Paperbacks|number= ya-32-01

|language=ja

|year=2016 }}

=Magazines=

{{cite magazine

|url=https://ndlopac.ndl.go.jp/F/?func=full-set-set&set_number=098712&set_entry=000016&format=999

|title=対談堺屋太一×尾崎魔弓日本の復興と女子プロレス

|trans-title=Interview with Mayumi Ozaki - the Great Earthquake and Women's Puroresu

|series=Path to lead away from the Great Earthquake of North East Japan

|author1= {{nihongo|堺屋太一|Sakaiya Taichi}}

|author2= Mayumi Ozaki

|publisher= Daisanbunmei-sha INC.

|magazine= Daisan Bunmei magazine

|volume=621 |number= 3

|language=ja

|pages=38–41

|year= 2011}}

=Manga=

{{cite book

|title=ヒールのテキスト|trans-title=Text for Heels

|last=Ozaki |first=Mayumi |others=Toru Shinohara, cartoonist

|publisher=リイド社

|isbn=9784845804955

|work=SPコミックス |volume=1

|language=ja

|year=1992 }}

{{cite book

|title=ヒールのテキスト|trans-title=Text for Heels

|last=Ozaki |first=Mayumi |others=Toru Shinohara, cartoonist

|publisher=リイド社

|isbn=9784845804962

|work=SPコミックス |volume=2

|language=ja

|year=1992 }}

{{cite book

|title=ヒールのテキスト|trans-title=Text for Heels

|last=Ozaki |first=Mayumi |others=Toru Shinohara, cartoonist

|publisher=リイド社

|isbn=978-4845804979

|work=SPコミックス |volume=3

|language=ja

|year=1992 }}

=Videos=

{{cite video

|people = Mayumi Ozaki (player), KAORU (player), JWP (sponsor), WOWOW (video), Quest (producer)

|year = 2009

|title = Mayumi Ozaki vs KAORU, October 20, 1994 (Sapporo Teisen Hall)

|work = JWP History of Fierce Battle - tag team match, AJW vs GAEA Japan

|url = https://ndlopac.ndl.go.jp/F/?func=full-set-set&set_number=098712&set_entry=000020&format=999

| format = color, stereo, standard

| medium = DVD 244 minutes

| language =ja

| access-date = 2016-09-27

| id = SPD-4110

| isbn = 978-4-86308-193-2

}}

{{cite video

|people = Mayumi Ozaki (player), Cutie Suzuki (player), Dynamite Kansai (player), JWP Women's Professional Wrestling (sponsor), WOWOW/FIGHTING TV Samurai (video), RING STARS (image)

|year = 2012

|title = Dynamite Kansai vs Mayumi Ozaki, August 10 and Mayumi Ozaki vs Cutie Suzuki, October 15, 1996 (Korakuen Hall)

|work = Lineage - Queens of JWP Open Weight - JWP 20th anniversary

|volume = 1

|url = https://ndlopac.ndl.go.jp/F/?func=full-set-set&set_number=098712&set_entry=000015&format=999

| medium = DVD 240 minutes

| language =ja

| publisher = Quest

| location = Tokyo, Japan

| access-date = 2016-09-27

| id = SPD-4115

| isbn = 978-4-86308-389-9

}}

{{cite video

|people = Mayumi Ozaki (player), Kyoko Inoue (player), Takako Inoue (player), Cutie Suzuki (player), Jet Link (producer)

|year = 2014

|title = Kyoko Inoue, Takako Inoue vs Mayumi Ozaki, Cutie Suzuki

|work = All Star Dreamslam - 25th anniversary, All Japan Women’s pro wrestling. April 2nd, 1993, Yokohama.

|url= https://ndlopac.ndl.go.jp/F/?func=full-set-set&set_number=098712&set_entry=000010&format=999

|volume = disk 3 |number= 1

| format = color, monoral, standard

| medium = DVD 395 minutes

| language =ja

| publisher = Pony Canyon

| location = Kanagawa, Japan

| access-date = 2016-09-27

| id = PCBE-63500

}}

{{cite video

|people = Yumiko Hotta (player), Manami Toyota (player), Sakie Hasegawa (player), Mayumi Ozaki (player), Plum Mariko (player), Hikari Fukuoka (player), Jet Link (producer)

|url = https://ndlopac.ndl.go.jp/F/?func=full-set-set&set_number=098712&set_entry=000007&format=999

|title = High tension triple impact - Yumiko Hotta, Manami Toyota, Sakie Hasegawa vs Mayumi Ozaki, Plum Mariko, Hikari Fukuoka.

|work = Legacy of queens, 25th Anniversary match - All Japan Women Pro-Wrestling. August 25, 1993 at Budokan

|location = Tokyo

|publisher = Pony Canyon

|year = 2015

|language = ja

|medium = 2 DVD, 345 minutes

|series = AJW Legendary DVD

|format = color, monoral, standard

|volume = 3

|number = disc 2

|id = PCBE-53971

|access-date = 2016-09-27

}}

{{cite video

|people = Dynamite Kansai (player), Mayumi Ozaki (player), Inoue (player), Rumi Kazama (player), Toshiyo Mamada (player), Mausmi Toyota (player), Jet Link (producer)

|year = 2015

|url = https://ndlopac.ndl.go.jp/F/?func=full-set-set&set_number=098712&set_entry=000006&format=999

|location = Tokyo

|publisher = Pony Canyon

|work = Super women story final, 25th Anniversary match - All Japan Women Pro-Wrestling, December 6, 1993 at Kokugikan

|title = WWWA World tag match championship at Kokugikan - full voltage - Dynamite Kansai, Mayumi Ozaki vs Toshie Yamada, Manami Toyota

|medium = 2 DVD, 300 minutes

|access-date= 2016-09-27

| language = ja

| series = AJW Legendary DVD

| volume = 5 |number= disc 2

| format = color, monoral, standard