Oz Academy Openweight Championship | |||||||||||||||||||
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Promotion | Oz Academy | ||||||||||||||||||
Date established | October 23, 2006 [1] | ||||||||||||||||||
Current champion(s) | Ryo Mizunami | ||||||||||||||||||
Date won | October 27, 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||
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The Oz Academy Openweight Championship is a women's professional wrestling championship owned by the Oz Academy promotion. The reigning champion is referred to as the "Wizard of Oz". [1] The championship, which is situated at the top of Oz Academy's championship hierarchy, was introduced on March 10, 2007, when Aja Kong defeated Chikayo Nagashima in the finals of a tournament to become the inaugural champion. [2]
Aja Kong was the first champion in the title's history. [2] She also holds the records for most reigns, with three. [2] [5] [6] Akino holds the record for the longest reign, at 537 days, achieved on her first reign. Mio Shirai's only reign of four hours and two minutes [7] is the shortest in the title's history. Overall, there have been twenty-nine reigns shared among eighteen different wrestlers. Mio Momono is the current champion in her first reign.
No. | Overall reign number |
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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. | ||||
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Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | Defenses | ||||
1 | Aja Kong | March 10, 2007 | Queen Rebirth | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 309 | 1 [8] | Kong defeated Chikayo Nagashima in the finals of a five-woman tournament to become the inaugural champion. | [2] |
2 | Carlos Amano | January 13, 2008 | The Wizard of OZ 2008 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 364 | 2 [9] | [8] | |
3 | Mayumi Ozaki | January 11, 2009 | The Wizard of OZ 2009 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 42 | 2 [10] | [9] | |
4 | Dynamite Kansai | February 22, 2009 | The Country of OZ 2009 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 175 | 0 [5] | [11] | |
5 | Aja Kong | August 16, 2009 | Plum Hanasaku ~ Country of OZ 2009 | Tokyo, Japan | 2 | 36 | 0 [12] | [5] | |
6 | Manami Toyota | September 21, 2009 | OZ-Power is Everything - night 1 | Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan | 1 | 93 | 0 [13] | [12] | |
7 | Carlos Amano | December 23, 2009 | here is No Christmas in the Country of OZ! | Tokyo, Japan | 2 | 200 | 1 [14] | [13] | |
8 | Kaoru | July 11, 2010 | Summer Factor | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 273 | 4 [6] | [14] | |
— | Vacated | April 10, 2011 | — | — | — | — | — | The championship was vacated, when Kaoru suffered an injury and was unable to continue a three-way street fight against Aja Kong and Mayumi Ozaki, forcing the match to be ended in a no contest. | [6] |
9 | Aja Kong | April 10, 2011 | One Night in Heaven | Tokyo, Japan | 3 | 19 | 0 [15] | Kong defeated Mayumi Ozaki to win the vacant championship. | [6] |
10 | Ran Yu-Yu | April 29, 2011 | Heavenly Days in Osaka | Osaka, Japan | 1 | 86 | 0 [16] | [15] | |
11 | Dynamite Kansai | July 24, 2011 | Gravity | Tokyo, Japan | 2 | 28 | 0 [17] | [16] | |
12 | Mayumi Ozaki | August 21, 2011 | Plum Hanasaku ~ Country of OZ 2011 - night 2: 15th Anniversary ~ Yokohama Dreams Park | Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan | 2 | 217 | 0 [18] | This was a four-way elimination match, also involving Aja Kong and Shinobu Kandori. | [17] |
13 | Chikayo Nagashima | March 25, 2012 | A Kingdom of the Chaos | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 395 | 2 [19] | This was a Dress Up Wild Fight 30-minute Time of the Trial match. | [18] |
14 | Akino | April 24, 2013 | Wednesdays Showdown | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 537 | 7 [20] | [19] | |
15 | Tsubasa Kuragaki | October 13, 2014 | No Answer | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 216 | 2 [21] | [22] | |
16 | Akino | May 17, 2015 | Reincarnation - night 2 | Tokyo, Japan | 2 | 21 | 0 [23] | [21] | |
17 | Mio Shirai | June 7, 2015 | Focus - night 1 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | <1 | 0 | [23] | |
— | Vacated | June 7, 2015 | Ozabun Spin-off | Tokyo, Japan | — | — | — | Mio Shirai vacated the championship due to losing to Kaho Kobayashi in a non-title match. | [7] [24] |
18 | Sonoko Kato | August 23, 2015 | Plum Hanasaku ~ Country Of OZ 2015: Yokohama Dreams Park #3 | Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan | 1 | 245 | 5 [25] | Kato defeated Hiroyo Matsumoto in a Last Woman Standing match to win the vacant championship. The match started off as a six-woman elimination tag team match, where Kato, Akino and Tsubasa Kuragaki faced Matsumoto, Arisa Nakajima and Hikaru Shida. | [23] |
— | Vacated | April 24, 2016 | The Artist | Tokyo, Japan | — | — | — | Kato was stripped of the championship after her title defense against Hiroyo Matsumoto ended in a no contest. | [25] |
19 | Sonoko Kato | July 18, 2016 | Aja Kong 30th Anniversary ~ Summer Jumbo Kotobuki | Tokyo, Japan | 2 | 118 | 1 [26] | Kato defeated Mayumi Ozaki in a No Holds Barred Hardcore match to win the vacant championship. | [27] |
20 | Hiroyo Matsumoto | November 13, 2016 | OZ Academy 20th Anniversary ~ Yokohama Dreams Park DK | Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan | 1 | 350 | 3 [28] | [26] | |
21 | Yoshiko | October 29, 2017 | Yokohama Undersea Unexplored Expedition | Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan | 1 | 217 | 4 | [28] | |
22 | Hikaru Shida | June 3, 2018 | Rude in June | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 315 | 2 | [29] | |
23 | Mayumi Ozaki | April 14, 2019 | It is the Dawn of the Era | Tokyo, Japan | 3 | 721 | 4 | [30] | |
24 | Sonoko Kato | April 4, 2021 | OZ Academy Silver Bullet | Tokyo, Japan | 3 | 70 | 1 [31] | [32] | |
25 | Kaori Yoneyama | June 13, 2021 | OZ Academy The End Of Bright | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 35 | 1 | [33] | |
26 | Maya Yukihi | July 18, 2021 | OZ Academy Tournament 25th Fortress | Nagoya, Japan | 1 | <1 | 0 | [34] | |
— | Vacated | July 18, 2021 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
27 | Maya Yukihi | August 18, 2021 | OZ Academy Plum No Hanasaku OZ No Kuni ~ Mayumi Ozaki Debut 35th Anniversary | Tokyo, Japan | 2 | 228 | 1 | This was a four-way match, also involving Mayumi Ozaki, Saori Anou and Yumi Ohka. | [35] |
28 | Akino | April 3, 2022 | OZ Academy Battle Big Bonus In Korakuen | Tokyo, Japan | 3 | 644 | 6 | [36] | |
29 | Mio Momono | January 7, 2024 | OZ Academy The Wizard Of OZ 2024 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 112 | 0 | [37] | |
30 | Mayumi Ozaki | April 28, 2024 | OZ Academy Battle Big Bonus 2024 | Tokyo, Japan | 4 | 182 | 3 | This was a winner takes all match which was also contested for Ozaki's AAAW Single Championship. | [38] |
31 | Ryo Mizunami | October 27, 2024 | OZ Academy at Yokohama Budokan 2024 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 7+ | 0 | The winner of the Yokohama Budokan Tournament Kyoto Ranbu got to challenge for the title. | [39] |
As of November3, 2024.
† | Indicates the current champion |
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Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns | Combined defenses | Combined days |
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1 | Akino | 3 | 13 | 1,202 |
2 | Mayumi Ozaki † | 4 | 7 | 1,169+ |
3 | Carlos Amano | 2 | 3 | 564 |
4 | Sonoko Kato | 3 | 7 | 433 |
5 | Chikayo Nagashima | 1 | 2 | 395 |
6 | Aja Kong | 3 | 1 | 364 |
7 | Hiroyo Matsumoto | 1 | 3 | 350 |
8 | Hikaru Shida | 1 | 2 | 315 |
9 | Kaoru | 1 | 4 | 273 |
10 | Maya Yukihi | 2 | 1 | 228 |
11 | Yoshiko | 1 | 4 | 217 |
12 | Tsubasa Kuragaki | 1 | 2 | 216 |
13 | Dynamite Kansai | 2 | 0 | 203 |
14 | Mio Momono | 1 | 0 | 112 |
15 | Manami Toyota | 1 | 0 | 93 |
16 | Ran Yu-Yu | 1 | 0 | 86 |
17 | Kaori Yoneyama | 1 | 1 | 35 |
18 | Mio Shirai | 1 | 0 | <1 |
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