.jpg) Oka in May 2023 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | (2003-10-23)October 23, 2003 (age 22)[2] |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name | Yurika Oka |
| Billed height | 154 cm (5 ft 1 in)[1] |
| Billed weight | 54 kg (119 lb) |
| Trained by | Meiko Satomura Chihiro Hashimoto Dash Chisako |
| Debut | 2019 |
Yurika Oka (岡優里佳,Oka Yurika) is a Japaneseprofessional wrestler currently performing the JapanesepromotionSendai Girls' Pro Wrestling where she is a formerSendai Girls Junior Champion.[3][4]
Oka is best known for her tenure withSendai Girls' Pro Wrestling. She made her professional wrestling debut at ahouse show promoted on September 28, 2019, where she fell short to one of her coaches, Dash Chisako insingles competition. During her tenure with the company, she chased for various championships promoted by it. The first one was theSendai Girls Junior Championship, title which she won for the first time atBig Show 2021 In Niigata on June 27 by defeatingMei Hoshizuki.[5] Oka competed in one of the promotion's signature events, the Royal Tag Tournament, making her only appearance at the 2019 edition where she teamed up withJaguar Yokota and fell short toChikayo Nagashima andKaoru in the second rounds from November 12.[6] Another event in which she participated was the "Jaja Uma", a singles tournament in which she scored her best result at the 2021 edition where she defeated Madeline in the first rounds, Riko Kaiju in the semifinals but fell short toHaruka Umesaki in the finals which took place on January 9, 2022.[7]
She also took part in many match gimmicks. AtSendai Girls Step And Go! on January 9, 2021, she competed in abattle royal won byMika Iwata and also involving Chihiro Hashimoto, Dash Chisako,Hiroyo Matsumoto, Kanon,Manami, Mei Hoshizuki, Natsuho Kaneko andSakura Hirota.[8] AtSendai Girls Road To GAEAism on October 1, 2021, she competed in atag team gauntlet match in which she teamed up withChihiro Hashimoto,Dash Chisako, Kanon, Mika Iwata, Natsuho Kaneko as "Team Sendai" in a losing effort against "Team Marvelous" (Hibiki,Maria,Masha Slamovich, Mei Hoshizuki,Mikoto Shindo,Mio Momono andRin Kadokura).[9]
Due to partially working as a freelancer, Oka competed in several companies of theJapanese independent scene, mainly due to Sendai Girls' partnerships. AtWAVE NAMI 1, an event promoted byPro Wrestling Wave on September 1, 2021, she teamed up with Haruka Umesaki and Yako in a losing effort against Ozaki-gun (Maya Yukihi,Mayumi Ozaki andYumi Ohka).[10] AtGLEAT G PROWRESTLING Ver. 18, an event promoted byGleat on February 22, 2022, Oka teamed up with Dash Chisako to defeatMichiko Miyagi and Yukari Hosokawa.[11] AtSeadlinnng October Fist! on October 19, 2022, she competed in athree-way match won byKaori Yoneyama and also involvingKakeru Sekiguchi.[12] AtTenryu Project Tenryu Festival on February 12, 2023, Oka teamed up withKohei Sato to defeat Mika Iwata andSushi in amixed tag team match.[13]
Oka often competed in matches promoted byMarvelous That's Women Pro Wrestling. She made her first appearance atMarvelous Road To GAEAism on January 12, 2021, where she teamed up with Manami and Natsuho Kaneko to defeat Hibiki, Maria and Mikoto Shindo in asix-woman tag team match.[14] She participated in one of the promotion's signature events, a one-day tag team tournament from October 27, 2021, in which she teamed up with Ai Houzan and went into atime-limit draw againstNagisa Nozaki andTakumi Iroha, just to lose against them in a rematch later the same night.[15] Oka teamed up with Houzan in a league to determinate the next champions of the reactivatedAAAW Tag Team Championship. They scored a total of two points after drawing up againstRiko Kawahata andYuki Miyazaki, and then falling short toItsuki Aoki and Rin Kadokura.[16]
