Yuu

Yuu in December 2022

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Chiba, Japan

**Yuu** (優宇, *Yū*) is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working as a freelancer for World Wonder Ring Stardom (Stardom) and is best known for her tenure with the Japanese professional wrestling promotions Tokyo Joshi Pro-Wrestling, DDT Pro-Wrestling, Sendai Girls' Pro Wrestling, Pro-Wrestling Wave and Seadlinnng.

## Professional wrestling career

### Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling (2016-2018)

Yuu made her professional wrestling debut for Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling at *TJPW Tokyo Joshi Pro '16* on January 4, 2016, where she picked up a victory over Nodoka-Oneesan. She won her first title at *TJPW Shinjuku Love Rin* on June 4, 2017, the Princess of Princess Championship by defeating Miyu Yamashita. She won the 2018 Tokyo Princess Cup by defeating Reika Saiki in a first-round match, Hyper Misao in a second-round, Nodoka-Oneesan in the semi-finals and Yuka Sakazaki in the finals on July 8, 2018.

### DDT Pro Wrestling (2016-2019)

Yuu is known for her tenure with DDT Pro Wrestling and marked sporadic appearances in signature events of the promotion. At *DDT Is Coming to America*, the first-ever event of DDT to take place into the United States, she participated in a Delayed battle royale for the Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship for a Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere contract also involving kazuki Hirata, Saki Akai, Kikutaro, Colt Cabana, Mizuki Watase and Makoto Oishi.

She worked several times in the Judgement events. At *Judgement 2016: DDT 19th Anniversary* on March 21, she participated in a 13-woman battle royal also involving Yuka Sakazaki, Ai Shimizu, Shoko Nakajima and other competitors. At *Judgement 2017: DDT 20th Anniversary* on March 20, Yuu teamed up with Mil Clown and Maki Itoh to defeat Reika Saiki, Rika Tatsumi and Azusa Takigawa in a six-woman tag team match.

She also competed in the Peter Pan branch of events. At *Ryōgoku Peter Pan 2016* on August 28, she teamed up with Hyper Misao and Shoko Nakajima in a losing effort to Akane Miura, Miyu Yamashita and Yuka Sakazaki. At *Ryōgoku Peter Pan 2017* on August 20, she won a Rumble rules match for the Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship also involving MIZUKI, her trainer Cherry, Yuna Manase, Maho Kurone and others.

### Japanese Independent circuit (2019-present)

Yuu is known for her time in various promotions in Japan. At *Seadlinnng Shin-Kiba 19th NIGHT*, an event which took place on November 7, 2019, she teamed up with Ayame Sasamura in a losing effort to Max Voltage (Miyuki Takase and Nanae Takahashi). She made an appearance in the *Sendai Girls Royal Tag Tournament 2019* where she teamed up with to defeat Meiko Satomura and Syuri in the first-round, Alex Lee and Charli Evans in the semi-finals, but fell short to DASH Chisako and Hiroyo Matsumoto in the finals on December 11, 2019. Yuu also works for Oz Academy, being a part of the *Beast Friend* stable. At *OZ Academy Plum Hanasaku*, an event from August 28, 2020, she teamed up with fellow stablemates Aja Kong, Kaori Yoneyama and Hiroyo Matsumoto who was the Blast Queen Champion, and helped her defend her title in a super plasma death tag team match against Mission K4 (Akino, Kaho Kobayashi, Kakeru Sekiguchi and Sonoko Kato).

### Pro Wrestling Wave (2019-present)

Yuu worked her first marches in Pro Wrestling Wave at the 2019 edition of Catch the Wave, where she placed herself in the "Power Block" and scored a total of two points after competing against Yuki Miyazaki, Ryo Mizunami and Miyuki Takase. She continued to make sporadic appearances for the promotion, such as at *WAVE Hakodate* event from September 16, 2019 where she participated in a 14-person battle royal also involving Hikaru Shida, Arisa Nakajima, Yumi Ohka and others.

### World Wonder Ring Stardom (2022-present)

Yuu kept attacking World Wonder Ring Stardom's president Rossy Ogawa and other wrestlers such as Saya Kamitani and Starlight Kid under a reaper mask costume for weeks between June and July, 2022. At the Stardom in Showcase vol.1, she revealed herself as the mysterious competitor while fighting in a Three-way casket match against Kamitani and Kid which she won. At Stardom in Showcase vol.2 on September 25, 2022, Yuu worked into a non-canon storyline where she, Nanae Takahashi and Yuna Manase who teamed up as two masked reapers, defeted Syuri, and Queen's Quest's Utami Hayashishita and Lady C who were billed as Rossy Ogawa's "Bodyguard Army". After the pay-per-view came to an end, Jazzy Gabert reached out via taped video in which she teased the formation of the Neo Stardom-gun unit alongside Takahashi, Yuu and Manase. At the 2022 edition of the Goddesses of Stardom Tag League, Yuu teamed up with Nanae Takahashi as "7Upp" and won the whole tournament by winning the "Blue Goddess Block" with a total of eleven points scored after competing against the teams of Fukuoka Double Crazy (Hazuki and Koguma), MaiHime (Maika and Himeka), The New Eras (MIRAI and Ami Sourei), BMI2000 (Natsuko Tora and Ruaka), 02 line (AZM and Miyu Amasaki), Kawild Venus (Mina Shirakawa/Waka Tsukiyama and Saki), and wing★gori (Hanan  and Saya Iida). Yuu and Takahashi defeated Utami Hayashishita and Saya Kamitani in the finals. On December 29, Yuu and Takahashi defeated Natsupoi and Tam Nakano to win the Goddess of Stardom Championship.

## In wrestling

* **Finishing moves**
	+ *Last Ride* (Elevated powerbomb)
	+ *Ittenyon* (Ground Headlock)
* **Signature moves**
	+ *Bear Bomb* (Avalanche spinning sitout powerbomb)
	+ Cannonball senton
	+ Cross Armbreaker
	+ *Ippon* (Harai Goshi)
	+ *John Yoo* (Running high-impact front dropkick, knocking the opponent into the turnbuckles)
	+ *Katahajime* (Half nelson choke)
	+ Lariat
	+ *Lightning McQueen* (Flying elbow drop to a cornored opponent)
	+ Oklahoma Stampede
	+ Reversed horizontal chop
	+ Running senton
	+ Swingging Sidebuster
* **Nicknames**
	+ "Dramatic Dream Fighter"
	+ "Dream Fighter"
	+ "Pon-chan"
	+ "Yuu-chan"
	+ "Yuu-san" (Japanese for "Ms. Yuu")
* **Entrance themes**
	+ "D.D.F"
	+ **"-ikusa-"** by Wagakki Band

## Championships and accomplishments

* **World Wonder Ring Stardom**
	+ Goddess of Stardom Championship (1 time) – with Nanae Takahashi
	+ Goddesses of Stardom Tag League (2022) – with Nanae Takahashi
* **Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling**
	+ Princess of Princess Championship (1 time)
	+ Tokyo Princess Cup (2018)
* **DDT Pro-Wrestling**
	+ Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship (2 times)
* **Oz Academy**
	+ Oz Academy Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Kaori Yoneyama
* **Pro-Wrestling EVE**
	+ Pro-Wrestling EVE International Championship (1 time, current)
* **Pure-J**
	+ Pure-J Openweight Championship (1 time, current)
* **Sendai Girls' Pro Wrestling**
	+ Sendai Girls Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Chihiro Hashimoto