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Wave Single Championship

Professional wrestling women's championship

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The Wave Single Championship (WAVE認定シングル王座, Wēbu-nintei Shinguru Ōza) is a women's professional wrestling championship owned by the Pro Wrestling Wave promotion. The title is nicknamed and more commonly referred to as the Regina di Wave Championship (Regina di WAVE王座, Rejīna di Wēbu Ōza; Italian for "Queen of Wave"). The championship, which is situated at the top of Pro Wrestling Wave's championship hierarchy, was first announced on December 5, 2012. The inaugural champion was crowned on March 17, 2013, when Yumi Ohka defeated Kana in the finals of a five-woman tournament.

There have been a total of 25 reigns shared between 17 different wrestlers. Haruka Umesaki is the current champion in her first reign.

01History

On December 5, 2012, Pro Wrestling Wave's founder and booker Gami announced the creation of the Wave Single Championship. Prior to the announcement, Wave, which was founded in August 2007, had no singles championships; instead the annual Catch the Wave tournament served as the promotion's top singles achievement.

Regina di Wave tournament

Gami then announced that the inaugural champion would be determined in a four-woman single-elimination "Regina di Wave" tournament, which would include three former winners of Catch the Wave; Ayumi Kurihara (winner of the 2012 tournament), Kana (2011) and Yumi Ohka (2009), and the winner of a one-night Zan-1 tournament, a three-round tournament, which included a battle royal, a rock-paper-scissors round and a fan vote. Gami herself was also a former Catch the Wave winner from 2010, but decided not to put herself in the title tournament. On December 16, Misaki Ohata won the Zan-1 tournament to earn the fourth and final spot in the title tournament. On January 23, 2013, a random draw decided that in the first round of the tournament on February 17, Ayumi Kurihara would face Kana, while Misaki Ohata would face Yumi Ohka. The finals of the tournament were set to take place on March 17. On February 16, Wave announced that Kurihara had suffered a nasal and orbital floor fracture and would be forced to pull out of the tournament. She would be replaced by Mio Shirai, who had finished second in the Zan-1 tournament. In the following day's semifinal matches, Kana defeated Shirai, while Ohka defeated Ohata. However, it was announced that if Kurihara was able to return to the ring by March 17, she would get to wrestle Kana for a spot in the finals. On March 7, Kurihara announced that she was going to make her return for the match against Kana. In order to prevent Ohka from having the advantage of having to wrestle only one match on March 17, she was put in a non-tournament match against Gami. On March 17, Kana defeated Kurihara to hold on to her spot in the finals of the tournament. Later that same day, Ohka defeated Kana in the finals to win the tournament and become the inaugural Wave Single Champion.

Semifinal
(February 17, 2013)
Semifinals
(February 17, 2013
March 17, 2013)
Finals
(March 17, 2013)
      
Yumi Ohka Pin
Misaki Ohata 20:17
Yumi Ohka Pin
Kana 15:04
Ayumi Kurihara Sub
Kana 14:16
Kana Sub
Mio Shirai 11:26
Suzu Suzuki with the title in July 2022.
Suzu Suzuki with the title in July 2022.

02Reigns

As of September 18, 2026, there have been 25 reigns between 17 champions and two vacancies. Yumi Ohka was the inaugural. Ohaka's first reign was also the longest at 525 days, while Misaki Ohata's third reign aws the shortest, which lasted less than a day. Ohata also has the most reigns at three. Yuu Yamagata is the oldest champion at 39 years old, while Asuka is the youngest at 19 years old.

Haruka Umesaki is the current champion at her first reign. She defeated Itsuki Aoki on August 15, 2026 at WAVE Yumi Ohka 25th Anniversary in Tokyo, Japan.

Key
No. Overall reign number
Reign Reign number for the specific champion
Days Number of days held
Defenses Number of successful defenses
<1 Reign lasted less than a day
+ Current reign is changing daily
No. Champion Championship change Reign statistics Notes Ref.
Date Event Location Reign DaysDefenses
1 Yumi Ohka March 17, 2013 Sunday Wave Vol. 14 Tokyo, Japan 1 5257 Ohka defeated Kana in the finals of a five-woman tournament to become the inaugural champion.
2 Hikaru Shida August 24, 2014 Happy Anniversary Wave: Seven Tokyo, Japan 1 1714
3 Ayako Hamada February 11, 2015 Second Virgin Tokyo, Japan 1 3194
4 Yuu Yamagata December 27, 2015 Thanksgiving Wave Tokyo, Japan 1 3684
5 Ryo Mizunami December 29, 2016 Thanksgiving Wave 16 Tokyo, Japan 1 1854
6 Rina Yamashita July 2, 2017 Be Exciting! Tokyo, Japan 1 992
7 Misaki Ohata October 9, 2017 Saint October Tokyo, Japan 1 815
8 Yumi Ohka December 29, 2017 Thanksgiving WAVE '17 Tokyo, Japan 2 222
9 Misaki Ohata January 20, 2018 Saturday Night Fever January Tokyo, Japan 2 1592
10 Takumi Iroha June 28, 2018 Weekday Wave Vol. 116: Height Max! Tokyo, Japan 1 520
11 Asuka August 19, 2018 Anivarsario WAVE 2018 Tokyo, Japan 1 1182
12 Ryo Mizunami December 15, 2018 Dai Shiwazu Nishi 18 Vol. 2 Tokyo, Japan 2 140
13 Misaki Ohata December 29, 2018 Phase 1 Final: Kick Out, Misaki Ohata Retirement, Beautifully Bloom Tokyo, Japan 3 <10
, Vacated December 29, 2018 Phase 1 Final: Kick Out, Misaki Ohata Retirement, Beautifully Bloom Tokyo, Japan , , , The championship was vacated due to Ohata retiring from professional wrestling.
14 Takumi Iroha July 15, 2019 Catch The Wave 2019 Final Tokyo, Japan 2 1675 Iroha defeated Nagisa Nozaki and Ryo Mizunami in the finals of Catch the WAVE tournament to win the vacant championship.
15 Nagisa Nozaki December 29, 2019 Thanksgiving Wave Tokyo, Japan 1 3645
16 Sakura Hirota December 27, 2020 Thanksgiving Wave: Byebye 2020 Tokyo, Japan 1 2383
17 Nagisa Nozaki August 22, 2021 Summer Wars 14th Summer Tokyo, Japan 2 3294
, Vacated July 17, 2022 Catch The Wave 2022 Final Tokyo, Japan , , , Nozaki vacated the title due to suffering a legitimate injury.
18 Suzu Suzuki July 17, 2022 Catch the Wave 2022 Final Tokyo, Japan 1 280 Suzuki was initially scheduled to face Nagisa Nozaki for the championship in the 2022 Catch the Wave Tournament finals, but due to the latter relinquishing the title after suffering a legitimate injury, Suzuki faced Miyuki Takase whom she defeated to win the vacant title and subsequently the tournament finals.
19 Hikaru Shida August 14, 2022 Wave 15th Anniversary ~ Carnival Wave Tokyo, Japan 2 4135
20 Veny October 1, 2023 WAVE PHASE2 Reboot 4th ~ NAMI 1 Tokyo, Japan 2 840 Veny was previously known as Asuka.
21 Yuki Miyazaki December 24, 2023 WAVE Carnival Wave ~ Christmas Deluxe Kawasaki, Japan 1 3166
22 Saya Kamitani November 4, 2024 WAVE 2024 Prime WAVE Tokyo, Japan 1 2794
23 Kohaku August 10, 2025 WAVE 18th Anniversary ~ Carnival WAVE Tokyo, Japan 1 842
24 Itsuki Aoki November 2, 2025 WAVE Prime Wave 2025 Tokyo, Japan 1 2862
25 Haruka Umesaki August 15, 2026 WAVE Yumi Ohka 25th Anniversary Tokyo, Japan 1 34+0
Two-time champion Veny
Two-time champion Veny

03Combined reigns

As of September 18, 2026

Indicates the current champions
Rank Wrestler No. of
reigns
Combined
defenses
Combined
days
1 Nagisa Nozaki29693
2 Hikaru Shida29584
3 Yumi Ohka28547
4 Yuu Yamagata14368
5 Ayako Hamada14319
6 Yuki Miyazaki16316
7 Itsuki Aoki12286
8 Saya Kamitani14279
9 Misaki Ohata37240
10 Sakura Hirota13238
11 Takumi Iroha25219
12 Asuka/Veny22202
13 Ryo Mizunami24199
14 Rina Yamashita1299
15 Kohaku1284
16 Haruka Umesaki1034+
17 Suzu Suzuki1028
Record tying two-time and longest combined reigning champion, Nagisa Nozaki
Record tying two-time and longest combined reigning champion, Nagisa Nozaki
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