Yumiko Abe, better known by her ring name Yumi Ohka, is a Japanese professional wrestler.
32 Facts About Yumi Ohka
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Yumi Ohka is a former two-time Wave Single Champion, while being a former Oz Academy Tag Team Champion and Wave Tag Team Champion.
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Yumi Ohka graduated from the program on March 23,2003.
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Yumi Ohka's first wrestling character saw her proclaim herself as an idol, which included her singing her own entrance themes and occasionally holding performances in the middle of JDStar events.
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On June 26,2005, Yumi Ohka achieved her first major singles accomplishment, when she defeated Kei Akiyama to win JDStar's 2005 Jupiter League.
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Three days later, Yumi Ohka defeated Toshie Uematsu to win Dramatic Dream Team's Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship.
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On September 23,2005, Ohka wrestled at an Ibuki event, where she and Kyoko Kimura faced Atsuko Emoto and Ayumi Kurihara in a Two Out of Three Falls match, during which she broke the anterior cruciate ligament in her left knee.
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Yumi Ohka underwent an immediate surgery on her meniscus and on February 16,2006, underwent a surgery to repair the ACL.
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On January 27,2008, Yumi Ohka took part in a high-profile match, which saw freelancer Manami Toyota make a special appearance and defeat her in a singles match.
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Later that same day, Ohka defeated Ayumi Kurihara to win the 2009 Catch the Wave.
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On February 13,2010, Yumi Ohka wrestled in Wave's 100th match, where she and Kana defeated Hiroyo Matsumoto and Shuu Shibutani.
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On May 30, Yumi Ohka entered the 2010 Catch the Wave, looking to successfully defend her crown.
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However, the following day, Yumi Ohka was defeated in her semifinal match by Gami.
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Yumi Ohka entered the tournament with Black Dahlia's newest member Ayako Hamada, with the forming the tag team billed as "Negras Dahlia".
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On September 23, Yumi Ohka made her debut for Ice Ribbon at Ribbon no Kishitachi 2012, where she represented Pro Wrestling Wave in a six-woman tag team Two Out of Three Falls Wave vs Ice Ribbon match, where she, Gami and Ryo Mizunami defeated Hamuko Hoshi, Maki Narumiya and Tsukasa Fujimoto, with Yumi Ohka pinning Narumiya for the win.
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Two days later, Yumi Ohka entered the 2012 Dual Shock Wave tournament with Ice Ribbon's Hikaru Shida, whom she chose as her partner after Misaki Ohata had picked Shida's regular tag team partner Tsukasa Fujimoto as her own partner.
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From September 1 to October 6, Yumi Ohka took part in the 2013 Dual Shock Wave tournament, where she teamed with Kana under the team name Giann's.
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On October 30, Yumi Ohka made her third successful defense of the Wave Single Championship against Tomoka Nakagawa, avenging a loss suffered during the 2013 Dual Shock Wave.
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Yumi Ohka made her fifth successful defense of the Wave Single Championship on January 26,2014, when she wrestled Misaki Ohata to a thirty-minute time limit draw.
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From May 5 to June 22, Yumi Ohka took part in the round-robin portion of the 2014 Catch the Wave tournament, winning her block with a record of three wins, two draws and one loss, suffered against Tsukasa Fujimoto.
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On September 23, Yumi Ohka entered the 2014 Dual Shock Wave, teaming with Ice Ribbon's Tsukasa Fujimoto, playing off the two's management roles in their respective home promotions.
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On July 20,2015, Yumi Ohka became the first two-time winner of Catch the Wave by defeating Mika Iida in the finals of the 2015 version of the tournament.
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Yumi Ohka was eliminated from the match by the eventual winner, Chikayo Nagashima.
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On December 13,2015, Yumi Ohka received her first ever shot at the Oz Academy Openweight Championship, but was defeated by the defending champion, Sonoko Kato.
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On October 1,2011, Yumi Ohka made her American debut for the Shimmer Women Athletes promotion in Berwyn, Illinois, losing to Sara Del Rey as part of Volume 41.
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Later that same day on Volume 42, Yumi Ohka defeated Courtney Rush.
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On October 27,2012, Yumi Ohka returned to the United States and Shimmer Women Athletes, defeating Christina Von Eerie as part of Volume 49.
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Later that same night on Volume 50, Yumi Ohka was defeated by Kellie Skater.
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Later that same night on Volume 52, Yumi Ohka defeated fellow Wave worker Ryo Mizunami in her final match of the weekend.
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Yumi Ohka made her third trip to Shimmer in April 2014, defeating Athena at the tapings of Volume 63 on April 12 and unsuccessfully challenging Cheerleader Melissa for the Shimmer Championship later that same night on Volume 64.
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Yumi Ohka returned to Shimmer on April 11,2015, losing to Madison Eagles on Volume 72.
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Yumi Ohka teamed up with Melanie Cruise throughout the run and on Volume 85, the two unsuccessfully challenged Evie and Heidi Lovelace for the Shimmer Tag Team Championship.