Yuma Aoyagi

Yuma Aoyagi (青柳 優馬, Aoyagi Yūma, born November 2, 1995) is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working for All Japan Pro Wrestling, where he is part of the stable Nextream.

Yuma Aoyagi
Yuma in 2018
Born (1995-11-02) November 2, 1995[1]
Matsumoto, Nagano, Japan[1]
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Yuma Aoyagi
Billed height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Billed weight90 kg (200 lb)[1]
Trained byAtsushi Aoki
DebutDecember 14, 2014[1]

Professional wrestling career

All Japan Pro Wrestling (2014-present)

In 2014, Yuma Aoyagi joined All Japan Pro Wrestling's dojo system. He made his debut on December 14 losing to Kento Miyahara. Aoyagi debuted in blue short tights reminiscent of Jun Akiyama's original debut color. It was later revealed that the tights were Akiyama’s as he gave them to the young rookie as a gift for his hard work. On July 7, 2015, Aoyagi picked up his first win by defeating Naoya Nomura. At the World's Strongest Tag Determination League 2015 Aoyagi and Naoya Nomura finished with 2 points by only defeating Kenso and Osamu Nishimura.

On January 3, 2016, after Yohei Nakajima defeated Naoya Nomura for the Gaora TV Championship, Aoyagi came out and challenged Nakajima for the Gaora TV title. On January 18, Aoyagi had a match against Daisuke Sekimoto at Big Japan Wrestling (BJW)'s D-Rize. On February 12, Aoyagi lost to Yohei Nakajima and failed to win the Gaora TV Championship.

On July 20, at the New Japan Pro Wrestling's Super J-Cup, Aoyagi lost to Suzuki-gun's Taichi at the first round. On May 4, AJPW president Jun Akiyama made a surprise appearance for Wrestle-1, facing off with Keiji Mutoh with the two agreeing to a tag team match against each other on August 11. On August 11, Wrestle-1 presented an interpromotional six-man tag team match, which saw AJPW president Jun Akiyama take on former AJPW president Keiji Mutoh. In the match, the AJPW trio of Akiyama, Naoya Nomura and Yuma Aoyagi were victorious over the Wrestle-1 trio of Mutoh, Koji Doi and Kumagoro.

After the Pro Wrestling Love PPV, Aoyagi formed a team with Nomura. On September 19, Aoyagi and Nomura lost to Kento Miyahara and Jake Lee. After the match Miyahara and Lee invited them to join Nextream which they accepted. On November 11, it was announced that Aoyagi and Nomura would participate in the World's Strongest Tag Determination League at Block B. From November 12 to November 17, Aoyagi participated at the 2016 Jr. Tag Battle of Glory with the reigning World Junior Heavyweight Champion Soma Takao. Aoyagi and Takao finished the tournament with 5 points, advancing to the finals. In the finals, Aoyagi and Takao lost to Aoki and Sato. In the World's Strongest Tag Determination League, Aoyagi and Nomura tied in fourth place with two points with their only win being over Super Tiger and Sato.[2]

On January 3, 2017 Aoyagi unsuccessfully challenged Keisuke Ishii for the World Junior Heavyweight Championship.[3] From February 17 to February 26, Aoyagi participated in the 2017 Jr. Battle of Glory where he finished in last place of his block with 3 points where he scored a win over Yohei Nakajima and went to a draw with Atsushi Maruyama.[4] On June 18, Aoyagi with Lee and Miyahara won the Nemuro Dining Room Cup 6 Man Tag Tournament defeating Ultimo Dragon, Jun Akiyama and Takao Omori in the finals to win his first tournament in the process. On September 30, 2017, Aoyagi and Naoya Nomura defeated Black Tiger VII and Taka Michinoku to win the All Asia Tag Team Championship.[5]

Personal life

Aoyagi's younger brother Atsuki is also a wrestler.[6] They are not related to older wrestler and former karateka Masashi Aoyagi, though Masashi has teamed with Yuma in a few tag team matches.

Championships and accomplishments

References
  1. "全日本プロレス". All-japan.co.jp. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
  2. "PUROLOVE.com". Purolove.com. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
  3. "PUROLOVE.com". Purolove.com. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
  4. "PUROLOVE.com". Purolove.com. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
  5. 9.30前橋大会[観衆]352人. All Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). 2017-09-30. Retrieved 2017-09-30.
  6. https://twitter.com/alljapan_eng/status/1079696750032629761?s=21
  7. "Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) 500 for 2017". The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved September 8, 2017.
  8. 【プロレス大賞】全日・青柳優馬が“滑り込みセーフ”で新人賞. Tokyo Sports (in Japanese). December 14, 2017. Retrieved December 13, 2017.
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