Today at Pro Wrestling WAVE‘s Phase 1 Final at the legendary Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan, joshi veteran Misaki Ohata officially retired from pro wrestling following a 12-year career in the sport. In her final match, she defeated former tag partner Ryo Mizunami for the Regina Di WAVE Championship for her third and final time and immediately vacated the title.
The champ is here. The champ is gone. Congratulations to @misakiohata for winning the Regina di Wave title in her final match. Best wishes to all that lies ahead in life after wrestling. #wavepro pic.twitter.com/T68J75GZXQ
— Xyon McKell (@xyonmckell) December 29, 2018
Misaki Ohata began wrestling in 2006, a student of former All Japan Women’s (AJW) Champion Mariko Yoshida and Japanese Women Pro Wrestling (JWP)/PURE-J veteran Leon. She originally began as a star with the promotion IBUKI, before freelancing with such promotions as Sendai Girls, OZ Academy and Ice Ribbon. In 2007, she would also start working with the promotion she would become most synonymous with, Pro Wrestling WAVE.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NG6OYiTQWrE
In 2010, she would travel to the US and begin working for SHIMMER as well, where she engaged in battles with Sara Del Rey, Cheerleader Melissa, and Mercedes Martinez. The following year, she returned in a team with 2018 Mae Young Classic standout Hiroyo Matsumoto to capture the SHIMMER Tag Team titles.
Congrats to former SHIMMER Tag Team Champion Misaki Ohata on a great career in pro wrestling! Her retirement match took place today in Japan. pic.twitter.com/H3mxM6qiZ9
— SHIMMER Wrestling (@SHIMMERwomen) December 30, 2018
But her real bread and butter would remain her work in the joshi scene of Japan, where she was a 3x champion in Pro Wrestling WAVE, as well as a JWP Princess of Princesses Champion and JWP Junior Champion. She was also a tag team specialist, capturing the WAVE Tag Team titles on three occasions with three partners (Ryo Mizunami, Mio Shirai and Tsukasa Fujimoto). With Ryo, she also captured the Ice Ribbon Tag Team titles as well.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4IuA1E-lBo
