Oz Academy Openweight Championship

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]

Oz Academy Openweight Championship
Current design of the championship (2019 – present)
Details
PromotionOz Academy
Date establishedOctober 23, 2006[1]
Current champion(s)Akino
Date wonApril 3, 2022
Statistics
First champion(s)Aja Kong[2]
Most reignsAja Kong, Sonoko Kato and Akino
(3 reigns)[2][3][4]
Longest reignAkino
(537 days)
Shortest reignMio Shirai
(4 hours, 2 minutes)
Oldest championAkino
(48 years, 161 days)
Youngest championYoshiko
(24 years, 95 days)
Heaviest championAja Kong
(103 kg (227 lb)))[5]
Lightest championChikayo Nagashima
(52 kg (115 lb)))[6]

Like most professional wrestling championships, the title is won as a result of a scripted match. There have been twenty-six reigns shared among seventeen different wrestlers.

Reigns

Aja Kong was the first champion in the title's history.[2] She also holds the records for most reigns, with three.[2][3][4] 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-eight reigns shared among seventeen different wrestlers. Akino is the current champion in her third reign.

Title history
Key
No. Overall reign number
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.
Date Event Location Reign DaysDefenses
1 Aja Kong March 10, 2007 Queen Rebirth Tokyo, Japan 1 3091[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 3642[9] [8]
3 Mayumi Ozaki January 11, 2009 The Wizard of OZ 2009 Tokyo, Japan 1 422[10] [9]
4 Dynamite Kansai February 22, 2009 The Country of OZ 2009 Tokyo, Japan 1 1750[3] [11]
5 Aja Kong August 16, 2009 Plum Hanasaku ~ Country of OZ 2009 Tokyo, Japan 2 360[12] [3]
6 Manami Toyota September 21, 2009 OZ-Power is Everything - night 1 Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan 1 930[13] [12]
7 Carlos Amano December 23, 2009 here is No Christmas in the Country of OZ! Tokyo, Japan 2 2001[14] [13]
8 Kaoru July 11, 2010 Summer Factor Tokyo, Japan 1 2734[4] [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. [4]
9 Aja Kong April 10, 2011 One Night in Heaven Tokyo, Japan 3 190[15] Kong defeated Mayumi Ozaki to win the vacant championship. [4]
10 Ran Yu-Yu April 29, 2011 Heavenly Days in Osaka Osaka, Japan 1 860[16] [15]
11 Dynamite Kansai July 24, 2011 Gravity Tokyo, Japan 2 280[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 2170[18] This was an 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 3952[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 5377[20] [19]
15 Tsubasa Kuragaki October 13, 2014 No Answer Tokyo, Japan 1 2162[21] [22]
16 Akino May 17, 2015 Reincarnation - night 2 Tokyo, Japan 2 210[23] [21]
17 Mio Shirai June 7, 2015 Focus - night 1 Tokyo, Japan 1 <10 [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 2455[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 1181[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 3503[28] [26]
21 Yoshiko October 29, 2017 Yokohama Undersea Unexplored Expedition Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan 1 2174 [28]
22 Hikaru Shida June 3, 2018 Rude in June Tokyo, Japan 1 3152 [29]
23 Mayumi Ozaki April 14, 2019 It is the Dawn of the Era Tokyo, Japan 3 7214 [30]
24 Sonoko Kato April 4, 2021 OZ Academy Silver Bullet Tokyo, Japan 3 701[31] [32]
25 Kaori Yoneyama June 13, 2021 OZ Academy The End Of Bright Tokyo, Japan 1 351 [33]
26 Maya Yukihi July 18, 2021 OZ Academy Tournament 25th Fortress Nagoya, Japan 1 <10 [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 2281 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 3 570+6 [36]

Combined reigns

As of October 25, 2023.

Record tying three-time champion Akino, who is also the longest combined-reigning champion at 1,128+ days.
† Indicates the current champion
Rank Wrestler No. of
reigns		 Combined
defenses		 Combined
days
1 Akino †3131,128+
2 Mayumi Ozaki36980
3 Carlos Amano23564
4 Sonoko Kato37433
5 Chikayo Nagashima12395
6 Aja Kong31364
7 Hiroyo Matsumoto13350
8 Hikaru Shida12315
9 Kaoru14273
10 Maya Yukihi21228
11 Yoshiko14217
12 Tsubasa Kuragaki12216
13 Dynamite Kansai20203
14 Manami Toyota1093
15 Ran Yu-Yu1086
16 Kaori Yoneyama1135
17 Mio Shirai10<1

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