, better known by her

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Hazuki, is a

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professional wrestler Professional wrestling, often shortened to either pro wrestling or wrestling,The term "wrestling" is most often widely used to specifically refer to modern scripted professional wrestling, though it is also used to refer to real-life wrest ...

. She works for the

World Wonder Ring Stardom , is a Japanese ''joshi puroresu'' or women's professional wrestling professional wrestling promotion, promotion based in Nakano, Tokyo, Japan. Stardom was founded in September 2010 by former All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling (AJW) co-producer Ross ...

. Hazuki is a former four-time

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, two-time

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and one-time High Speed Champion. Hazuki is one of the winners of the

2021 Goddesses of Stardom Tag League The is a professional wrestling round-robin tag team tournament held annually by the Japanese professional wrestling promotion World Wonder Ring Stardom. It was created in 2011. The Goddesses of Stardom Tag League are held under a multi-point ...

Professional wrestling career

World Wonder Ring Stardom (2014-2019)

2014–2015

Hazuki passed the test to become a wrestler for Stardom on July 5, 2014. On July 6, 2014, she debuted in a losing effort against

Koguma is a Japanese professional wrestler. She currently works for World Wonder Ring Stardom. Koguma is a former two-time Goddesses of Stardom Champion, one-time Artist of Stardom Champion, and one-time High Speed Champion. Koguma is one of the wi ...

. At Mask Fiesta 2014 on October 26, Hazuki, performing under the name Shinba, teamed up with

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to defeat Mystique and

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. In December 2014, she won the Rookie of Stardom Tournament.

Queen's Quest (2016-2018)

On November 20, 2016, she changed her name to HZK and joined

Queen's Quest was a professional wrestling stable which mainly performed in the Japanese professional wrestling promotion World Wonder Ring Stardom and the Professional wrestling in Japan, Japanese independent scene between 2016 and 2024. History Formation ...

after a 15-month hiatus. Hazuki won the

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at New Years Stars 2017 on January 7, 2017 with

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and

Momo Watanabe (born March 22, 2000) is a Japanese professional wrestler. She is signed to World Wonder Ring Stardom, where she is a member of H.A.T.E. Since Watanabe made her Stardom debut on November 16, 2014, she became a three-time Artist of Stardom Cha ...

by defeating

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(

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and

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). The Artist of Stardom Championship was vacated on April 9 due to Watanabe being sidelined with an injury, ending their reign after 92 days. Hazuki won the Artist of Stardom Championship again at Grows Up Stars 2017 on April 15, this time with AZM and Io Shirai, by defeating Oedo Tai (Hana Kimura, Kagetsu and

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). Hazuki, AZM and Shirai lost the Artist of Stardom Championship to Hiromi Mimura,

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and

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at Golden Week Stars 2017 on May 6, ending their reign after 21 days. Hazuki won the Artist of Stardom Championship for a third time, again with AZM and Io Shirai, at Shining Stars 2017 on June 4 by defeating Hiromi Mimura, Kairi Hojo and Konami. Hazuki, AZM and Shirai lost the Artist of Stardom Championship to Team Jungle (

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and

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) on June 17, ending their reign after 13 days.

Oedo Tai (2018-2019)

On April 15, 2018, at the 2018 Stardom Draft, she left Queen's Quest as she was drafted to

. On April 17, 2018, she changed her name from HZK to Hazuki. Hazuki competed in the 2018 5 Star Grand Prix. She scored a total of nine points, which was enough to tie with

Mayu Iwatani (born February 19, 1993) is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently signed to Dream Star Fighting Marigold, where she is the current Marigold Super Fly Champion in her first reign. She is best known for her tenure with World Wonder Ring Sta ...

for the lead of their block. However, Hazuki did not advance to the finals due to losing to Iwatani in their block match. On December 24, 2018, she captured the

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by defeating

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. She lost the title on July 20, 2019, to

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in a

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that also involved AZM, ending her reign at 208 days. At

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, Hazuki defeated

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in the first rounds but fell short to

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in the second rounds. On November 24, Hazuki announced her retirement from professional wrestling. Hazuki's final match took place on December 24, in which she lost to

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New Japan Pro Wrestling (2019)

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(NJPW) and

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(ROH) promoted the

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event, where she achieved her goal by having a match in the

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. She worked with Jenny Rose and

to defeat

, Stella Grey and

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World Wonder Ring Stardom (2021-present)

On August 29, 2021, Hazuki made her

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return by confronting

after Iwatani's match with Lady C, taking issue with how outsiders have taken over

during Hazuki's absence. It was announced that Hazuki would be making her official in-ring return at Osaka Dream Cinderella on October 9, where she would face

. At the event, Hazuki succeeded in defeating Koguma, and after the main event, Hazuki came out and challenged

Utami Hayashishita is a Japanese professional wrestler. She is signed to Dream Star Fighting Marigold where she is the current Marigold World Champion. She is best known for her time in World Wonder Ring Stardom, where she is the former leader of Queen's Quest. ...

for the

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STARS (2021-2025)

Hazuki also joined Mayu Iwatani's stable,

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. At Kawasaki Super Wars on November 3, Hazuki unsuccessfully challenged Hayashishita for the World of Stardom Championship. At Osaka Super Wars on December 18, Hazuki teamed up with Mayu Iwatani and Koguma and took part in a ¥10 Million Unit tournament, which was also for the

. They reached the finals, where they lost to the Artist of Stardom champions, MaiHimePoi, in a six-woman tag team

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On January 9, 2022, Hazuki and Koguma defeated Alto Livello Kabaliwan to win the

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. At

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on January 29, Hazuki and Koguma scored their first successful defense against MaiHime. At Cinderella Journey on February 23, Hazuki and Koguma defended the titles again against Pink Kabuki. On the first night of the World Climax 2022 on March 26, Hazuki and Koguma lost the Goddesses of Stardom Championship to Black Desire. At the

2022 Cinderella Tournament The was the eighth annual professional wrestling single-elimination tournament promoted by World Wonder Ring Stardom in Tokyo and Osaka. The event took place between April 3 and April 29, 2022, with a limited attendance due in part to the ongoi ...

, Hazuki made it to the semifinals where she lost to Koguma. At Golden Week Fight Tour on May 5, Hazuki and Koguma recaptured the Goddesses of Stardom Championship from Black Desire. At Flashing Champions, Hazuki and Koguma successfully defended the Goddesses of Stardom Championship against Mafia Bella. At Fight in the Top on June 26, Hazuki teamed up with Mayu Iwatani and Koguma to defeat

(Utami Hayashishita, AZM and

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) in one of Stardom's first steel cage matches. At Mid Summer Champions in Nagoya on July 24, Hazuki and Koguma defended the Goddesses of Stardom Championship against

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. In the

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, Hazuki fought in the Blue Goddess block, where she scored a total of 14 points. At Stardom x Stardom: Nagoya Midsummer Encounter on August 21, Hazuki and Koguma lost the Goddesses of Stardom titles to meltear. On March 4, 2023, at Triangle Derby I, Hazuki challenged Saya Kamitani for the

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, but was unsuccessful. On May 11, 2025, Hazuki and Koguma announced official departure from STARS, having to leave due to Iwatani’s Departure from the group and wanting to take FWC Worldwide

Return to NJPW (2022–present)

On November 20, 2022, Hazuki participated in the first NJPW and Stardom collaboration

Historic X-Over Historic X-Over (pronounced: Historic Crossover) was a professional wrestling event co-promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) and World Wonder Ring Stardom (Stardom). It took place on November 20, 2022, at the Ariake Arena in Tokyo, Japan. Pr ...

, participating in a 15-woman Stardom Rambo match, which was won by Mairi. On April 8, 2023, at

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, Hazuki challenged the IWGP Women's Champion

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for the title in a

that also involved AZM, but was unsuccessful.

Personal life

Hazuki grew up as a

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fan, naming the likes of

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Kelly Kelly Barbara Jean Blank Coba (née Blank; January 15, 1987), known professionally as Barbie Blank and by her ring name Kelly Kelly, is an American model and former professional wrestler. She is signed to WWE under a legends contract. Blank has a ...

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, and

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among of her favorite wrestlers.

Championships and accomplishments

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( 1 time) – with Koguma *''

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'' ** Ranked No. 5 in the ''

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'' in 2022 – with

** Ranked No. 101 in the ''

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'' in 2022 *''

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'' ** Spark Joshi World Championship ( 1 time, current) *

(

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) – with

and AZM (2), Io Shirai and

(1), Io Shirai and

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(1) **

( 3 times) – with

( 1 time) **

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(

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) – with Koguma ** Moneyball Tournament (2022) – with Koguma and

** Stardom Rookie of the Year (

2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...

) ** 5★Star GP Awards *** Red Stars Best Match Award (

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) *** Technique Award (

2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

) *** Red Stars Best Match Award (

2024 The year saw the list of ongoing armed conflicts, continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Myanmar civil war (2021–present), Myanmar civil war, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudane ...

) **

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*** Best Match Award (2018) *** Best Tag Team Award (2021) *** Best Unit Award (2022)

References

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