Yuki Arai | |
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![]() Arai in July 2024 | |
Born | [1] Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan | May 7, 1998
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | Yuki Arai |
Billed height | 164 cm (5 ft 5 in) [2] |
Trained by | Miyu Yamashita |
Debut | 2018 |
Yuki Arai (荒井優希, Arai Yuki) is a Japanese professional wrestler and idol best known for her time in the Japanese promotion Tokyo Joshi Pro-Wrestling. She is also a member of the Japanese idol group SKE48. [3]
Arai made her professional wrestling debut in DDT Pro-Wrestling at DDT Live! Maji Manji #21 on October 28, 2018, where she competed in a gauntlet battle royal to defend the Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship she won three weeks days earlier at a house show against her SKE48 senior Kaori Matsumura. The match was won by Maki Itoh and also involved various other opponents including Cherry, Emi Sakura, Mizuki, Saki Akai, and Yuki Kamifuku. [4] Arai resumed her professional wrestling career following a two-and-a-half-year hiatus, primarily competing in the sister promotion Tokyo Joshi Pro-Wrestling. Arai made her return to DDT at Never Mind 2022 on December 29. She reunited with her "Reiwa Ban AA Cannon" tag team partner Saki Akai, and together they were victorious over Saori Anou and Riko Kawahata. [5]
Arai's first appearance in Tokyo Joshi Pro-Wrestling was at Yes! Wonderland 2021 on May 4, where she and Miu Watanabe were defeated by Arisu Endo and Maki Itoh. [6] During her tenure with the promotion, she sought to obtain various championship titles. At Tokyo Joshi 2021 Autumn on December 4, she participated in a battle royal to determine the number one contender for the International Princess Championship won by Maki Itoh. [7] At Grand Princess '22 on March 19, she unsuccessfully challenged Itoh for the same title. [8] Arai achieved her first Princess Tag Team Championship victory by forming a partnership with Saki Akai and prevailing over Magical Sugar Rabbits (Mizuki and Yuka Sakazaki) at Summer Sun Princess '22 on July 9. [9] They lost the titles at Tokyo Joshi Pro '23 on January 4 to Wasteland War Party (Heidi Howitzer and Max the Impaler). [10]
As a brand of the CyberFight promotion, TJPW participated in cross-over events held between the three promotions owned by CyberFight: DDT, TJPW and Pro Wrestling Noah. At CyberFight Festival 2021, held on June 6, she joined forces with Hikari Noa and Mizuki in a losing effort against Maki Itoh, Marika Kobashi and Yuki Kamifuku. [11]
At the Keiji Muto Grand Final Pro-Wrestling "Last-Love" event on February 21, 2023, Arai teamed up with Mizuki, Maki Itoh and Miu Watanabe in a losing effort to Yuka Sakazaki, Miyu Yamashita, Shoko Nakajima and Rika Tatsumi. [12]
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