Akane Fujita (wrestler)

Akane Fujita
Fujita in January 2020
Born	(1987-01-03) January 3, 1987 (age 37)[1] Matsuyama, Japan
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)	Akane Fujita
Billed height	164 cm (5 ft 5 in)[2]
Billed weight	63 kg (139 lb)
Trained by	Hikaru Shida
Debut	2013

Akane Fujita (藤田あかね, Fujita Akane) is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working as a freelancer and is best known for her tenure with the Japanese promotions Ice Ribbon and Pro Wrestling Wave.^[3]

Professional wrestling career

Ice Ribbon (2013-present)

Fujita spent most of her career competing in Ice Ribbon. She made her professional wrestling debut at New Ice Ribbon #469 on May 22, 2013, in an exhibition match in which she went in a time-limit draw against Kurumi.^[4] At New Ice Ribbon #960 on May 11, 2019, Fujita teamed up with Rina Yamashita to unsuccessfully challenge Azure Revolution (Maya Yukihi and Risa Sera) for the International Ribbon Tag Team Championship.^[5] At New Ice Ribbon #1013 RibbonMania on December 31, 2019, Fujita competed in Tequila Saya's retirement 45-person gauntlet match also involving notable opponents such as Cherry, Hamuko Hoshi, Kaori Yoneyama, Ken Ohka, Manami Toyota, Matsuya Uno, Syuri, Miyako Matsumoto and many others.^[6] At Ice Ribbon Risa Sera's 5th Produced Show on October 24, 2020, Fujita unsuccessfully challenged the title holder Risa Sera, Itsuki Aoki, Minoru Fujita, Takashi Sasaki, Takayuki Ueki, Toshiyuki Sakuda and Yuko Miyamoto in a hardcore match for the FantastICE Championship.^[7] At New Ice Ribbon #1142 on August 28, 2021, Fujita unsuccessfully challenged Tsukasa Fujimoto for the ICE Cross Infinity Championship.^[8]

Fujita took part in various cross-over events held by Ice Ribbon in partnership with various promotions. At Ice Ribbon Vs. Shinjuku 2-chome, an event produced alongside Wrestling of Darkness 666 on November 8, 2020, Fujita competed in two battle royal matches, one on the afternoon show where she faced the likes of Shinobu, Masashi Takeda, Maika Ozaki, Suzu Suzuki and others.^[9] On the evening show, in another battle royal where she met the same competitors. At Ice Ribbon & Actwres girl'Z Joint Show from November 16, 2020, she unsuccessfully challenged Miyuki Takase for the AgZ Championship.^[10]

Independent circuit (2013-present)

As a freelancer, Fujita is known to compete in various of the Japanese independent scene promotions. At JWP Joshi Puroresu's 2016 edition of the Tag League the Best tournament, she teamed up with Leon in a losing effort against Konami and Syuri in the first-round match.^[11] At Oz Academy Disorder on May 28, 2017, Fujita teamed up with Hamuko Hoshi in a losing effort against Aja Kong and Yoshiko.^[12] On the seventh night of Pro Wrestling Zero1's 2018 edition of the Fire Festival which took place on July 22, Fujita challenged Risa Sera, Yoshiko and Nanae Takahashi for the Blast Queen Championship.^[13] At SEAdLINNNG Yokohama Flash!, an event promoted by Seadlinnng on November 24, 2018, she teamed up with High Voltage stablemate Ryo Mizunami and Nanae Takahashi in a losing effort against Borderless (Rina Yamashita and Yoshiko).^[14] At BJW Pissari Festival, an event promoted by Big Japan Pro Wrestling on October 16, 2021, where she worked as a female talent, she fell short to Maya Yukihi.^[15] At GLEAT G PROWRESTLING Ver. 10, an event promoted by Gleat on November 26, 2021, she teamed up with Michiko Miyagi to defeat Thekla and Yappy.^[16]

Pro Wrestling Wave (2015-2020)

Fujita is also known for competing in Pro Wrestling Wave for which she made sporadic appearances. At WAVE Nagoya WAVE ~Kin Orca~ Vol. 11 on May 29, 2016, she competed in a two-count rule match in which she teamed up with Hiroe Nagahama and Asuka in a losing effort against Ayako Hamada, Yumi Ohka and Yuu Yamagata.^[17] At Catch the Wave 2017 ~ Scramble on May 3 she teamed up with Natsu Sumire to unsuccessfully challenge Yuki Miyazaki and Yumi Ohka for the Wave Tag Team Championship.^[18] She also competed in the Young Catch the Wave Block of 2016 where she went against Hiroe Nagahama, Sumire Natsu and Mari An scoring a total of two points.^[19]

World Wonder Ring Stardom (2022-present)

Fujita aligned herself with Suzu Suzuki, Risa Sera, Hiragi Kurumi and Mochi Miyagi in the Prominence stable at the end of 2021 after their contract with Ice Ribbon expired, leaving them to wander as freelance wrestlers. ^[20] Fujita and the rest of the stable made their first appearance in World Wonder Ring Stardom's first pay-per-view of 2022, the Stardom Nagoya Supreme Fight from January 29 where they picked a fight with the Donna Del Mondo stable.^[21]

Championships and accomplishments

• Ice Ribbon
  • FantastICE Championship (1 time, current)^[22]
  • Triangle Ribbon Championship (1 time)^[23]
  • Kizuna Tournament (2019) – with Asahi^{[citation needed]}
• Other titles
  • WUW World Underground Wrestling Women's Championship (1 time)

References

1. Saalbach, Axel. "Akane Fujita • General Information". wrestlingdata.com. Retrieved December 24, 2021.
2. Kreikenbohm, Philip. "Akane Fujita/Career Data". cagematch.de (in German). Retrieved December 24, 2021.
3. Internet Wrestling Database (IWD). "Akane Fujita Profile & Match Listing". profightdb.com. Retrieved December 24, 2021.
4. Ice Ribbon (May 22, 2013). ◆2013年05月22日 開始時間 19時30分～ アイスリボン469 19時30分開始. iceribbon.com (in Japanese). Retrieved December 24, 2021.
5. Ice Ribbon (May 11, 2019). ◆2019年05月11日 開始時間 17時30分～ ／ 開場時刻 16時30分 アイスリボン 府中まちなかプロレス. iceribbon.com (in Japanese). Retrieved December 24, 2021.
6. Ice Ribbon (December 31, 2019). ◆2019年12月31日 開始時間 11時30分～ ／ 開場時刻 10時45分 RIBBONMANIA2019. iceribbon.com (in Japanese). Retrieved December 25, 2021.
7. Ice Ribbon (October 24, 2020). ◆2020年10月24日 開始時間 12時00分～ ／ 開場時刻 11時30分 世羅りさプロデュース興行第5弾「激核闘清」. iceribbon.com (in Japanese). Retrieved December 25, 2021.
8. Ice Ribbon (August 28, 2021). ◆2021年08月28日 開始時間 11時30分～ ／ 開場時刻 10時45分 アイスリボン後楽園大会｢不思議の国のアイス2021｣. iceribbon.com (in Japanese). Retrieved December 25, 2021.
9. Ice Ribbon (November 8, 2020). ◆2020年11月08日 開始時間 13時00分～ ／ 開場時刻 12時45分 アイスリボン vs 新宿二丁目女子プロレス 1部(13時00分開始). iceribbon.com (in Japanese). Retrieved December 25, 2021.
10. Ice Ribbon (November 16, 2020). ◆2020年11月16日 開始時間 19時00分～ ／ 開場時刻 18時00分 アイスリボン＆Actwres girl'Z合同興行. iceribbon.com (in Japanese). Retrieved December 25, 2021.
11. 情報. JWP Joshi Puroresu (in Japanese). Archived from the original on January 31, 2016. Retrieved February 1, 2016.
12. Oz Academy (May 28, 2017). ■2017年5月28日（日)18:00試合開始 東京 ＫＦＣホール大会 全対戦カード決定. oz-academy.com (in Japanese). Archived from the original on December 25, 2021. Retrieved December 25, 2021.
13. Pro Wrestling Zero1 (July 22, 2018). 超花火麺屋のりおプレゼンツ 「第18回 ZERO1真夏の祭典火祭り2018＆なにわ超花火」. z-1.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved August 24, 2021.
14. Seadlinnng (November 24, 2018). 「SEAdLINNNG～YOKOHAMA FLASH！2018」★11月24日（土）神奈川・ラジアントホール 観衆270人. seadlinnng.com (in Japanese). Retrieved December 25, 2021.
15. Big Japan Pro Wrestling (October 16, 2021). 岡林裕二･高知凱旋「ピッサリ祭り～Okyaku Night Fever!!～」高知･サテライト南国特設会場大会. bjw.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved December 25, 2021.
16. Daly, Wayne (November 26, 2021). "GLEAT Results: G Pro Wrestling Ver. 10 – Tokyo, Japan (11/26)". wrestling-news.net. Retrieved December 25, 2021.
17. Kreikenbohm, Philip (May 29, 2016). "WAVE Nagoya WAVE ~Kin Orca~ Vol. 11". cagematch.net. Retrieved December 25, 2021.
18. Purolove (May 3, 2017). "WAVE "CATCH THE WAVE 2017 ~ SCRAMBLE", 03.05.2017 Tokyo Korakuen Hall". purolove.com. Retrieved December 25, 2021.
19. "Sunday Wave vol.29". Pro Wrestling Wave (in Japanese). Archived from the original on March 14, 2016. Retrieved March 14, 2016.
20. Richards, Alex (December 1, 2021). "Top Ice Ribbon Stars Departing The Company". lastwordonsports.com. Retrieved February 4, 2022.
21. Richards, Alex (January 29, 2022). "Prominence Debut in Stardom, Cinderella Dates & New SWA Champion". lastwordonsports.com. Retrieved January 29, 2022.
22. Ice Ribbon. FantastICE Championship History (in Japanese). Retrieved December 31, 2021.
23. Ice Ribbon. Triangle Ribbon Championship History (in Japanese). Retrieved December 24, 2021.

External links

• Akane Fujita's profile at Cagematch.net