Yuzuki Aikawa
| Yuzuki Aikawa | |
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Aikawa in April 2013
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| Born |
May 16, 1983 Niihama, Ehime |
| Other names | Yuzupon |
| Occupation | Gravure idol |
| Years active | 2003–present |
| Website | Yuzupon blog |
| Modeling information | |
| Height | 1.57 m (5 ft 2 in) |
| Hair color | Brown |
| Eye color | Brown |
| Manager | Platinum Production |
| Yuzuki Aikawa | |
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Aikawa in March 2013
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| Birth name | Yuzuki Aikawa |
| Born |
May 16, 1983 Niihama, Ehime |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Yuzuki Aikawa Yuzupon Mask |
| Billed height | 1.58 m (5 ft 2 in) |
| Billed weight | 50 kg (110 lb) |
| Trained by |
Fuka Nosawa Rongai |
| Debut | October 31, 2010 |
| Retired | April 29, 2013 |
Yuzuki Aikawa (愛川 ゆず季 Aikawa Yuzuki?, born May 16, 1983) is a Japanese gravure idol and retired professional wrestler. Starting her modeling career in 2003, Aikawa went on to become one of Japan's top gravure idols, earning the nickname "The Gravure Queen of the Next Generation" by appearing in various men's magazines, advertising campaigns, films, television programs and video games. In 2010, Aikawa transitioned into professional wrestling, joining the newly founded World Wonder Ring Stardom promotion, becoming its public face and the inaugural holder of the Wonder of Stardom and Goddess of Stardom Championships. Aikawa's first year in professional wrestling ended with the Tokyo Sports magazine naming her the 2011 female wrestler of the year. A year later, having successfully defended the Wonder of Stardom Championship throughout the year, while also winning the inaugural 5★Star GP, Aikawa became the first wrestler to win the award two times in a row. Aikawa also produced six of her own independent wrestling events under the banner of Yuzupon Matsuri, in the vein of her trainer Fuka Kakimoto's old Fuka Matsuri events. Aikawa retired from professional wrestling on April 29, 2013. She was never defeated for either of her championships, being stripped of the Goddess of Stardom Championship in October 2012, after her partner Yoko Bito was injured, and relinquishing the Wonder of Stardom Championship a month prior to her final match.
Aikawa began her modeling career in 2003, appearing mainly in men's magazines, eventually being dubbed the "gravure queen of the next generation". In 2005, Aikawa won the Nittelegenic competition to become an official model for Nippon Television. Aikawa also voiced the character of Yuzu in the 2005 video game Yakuza. The following year, Aikawa was chosen as the race queen for the Super GT series, while also forming the Ooparts duo with fellow gravure idol Hitomi Aizawa, with whom she went on to release the album Himitsu no Bomber. In 2008, Aikawa became part of an idol group named Bakunyu Sentai Pai Ranger, a parody version of Super Sentai, which released both a film and an album. In late 2009, Aikawa accepted a challenge made by Tokyo Broadcasting System television program Gakeppuchi to get 20,000,000 hits on her blog in three months or retire from the entertainment industry. Aikawa opened her new GREE blog on September 25 and reached her twenty millionth view just three weeks later on October 17. In 2011, Aikawa appeared in a commercial for PlayStation 3. She also appeared in Monobright's 2011 music video for their song Wonder World. During late 2011, Aikawa appeared as Itsuka Makihara in the Welcome to the El-Palacio television drama. During the first week of July 2013, Aikawa hosted WWE's Japanese tour for the J Sports channel. As part of the job, she was also featured on WWE.com. In April 2014, Aikawa began hosting the Stardom☆Cafe program for Fighting TV Samurai, alongside her younger sister Mizuki, who entered the tarento scene with her debut appearance.
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