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Veny
Veny in August 2023
Personal information
Born (1998-10-27) October 27, 1998 (age 27)
Yokohama, Japan
Professional wrestling career
Ring names
  • Asuka[1]
  • Tiger Queen
  • Venomous Veny
  • Veny
Billed height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[2]
Billed weight67 kg (148 lb)[2]
Trained byAyako Hamada[2]
DebutAugust 9, 2015[2]

Veny (stylized in all caps, born October 27, 1998) is the ring-name of a Japanese professional wrestler currently working as a freelancer. She[a] is best known for being with other wrestling promotions such as Pro Wrestling Wave and Seadlinnng.[4] She is the first known transgender wrestler from Japan, having made her debut in 2015. She was formerly known as Asuka (朱崇花).

Professional wrestling career

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Pro Wrestling Wave (2015–present)

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Veny made her debut as a professional wrestler in Pro Wrestling Wave on August 9, 2015 in a losing effort to Yuu Yamagata.[5] She participated in the Catch the Wave tournament in 2016, competing in the Mandarin Orange block against Dash Chisako, Yuki Miyazaki and Hibiscus Mii, finishing with two points.[6] Veny competed at the Hana Kimura Produce HANA on August 7, 2016, where she teamed with Masato Inaba and Super Delfin to defeat Abdullah Kobayashi, Hayate and Kyoko Kimura in a six-person tag team match.[7] Veny participated in the Catch The Wave 2018 Tournament, competing in the Crazy Block against Rina Yamashita, Nagisa Nozaki, Ryo Mizunami, Yumi Ohka and Miyuki Takase, finishing with a total of three points, and receiving a technique award due to competing while injured.[8] Veny won the Wave Single Championship at Anivarsario Wave 2018 on August 19, where she defeated Takumi Iroha.[9]

On July 17, 2023, Veny won the annual Catch the Wave tournament.[10] She announced days later that she would be permanently changing her ring name to Veny.[11]

Independent circuit (2015–present)

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Veny participated in a 50-person gauntlet match at OZ Academy/Manami Toyota Produce Manami Toyota 30th Anniversary, Manami Toyota's retirement show produced by Oz Academy on November 3, 2017, where she was the 19th person to get eliminated.[12] She participated at Zero1 Dream Series: Sozo no Jin, an event promoted by Pro Wrestling Zero1 on March 4, 2018, where she teamed up with Takuya Sugawara to unsuccessfully challenge Masamune and Sugi for the NWA International Lightweight Tag Team Championship.[13] At Grow Together! 2021, an event promoted by Seadlinnng from March 17, Veny defeated Rina Yamashita to win the vacant Beyond the Sea Single Championship.[14] At Zero1 20th Anniversary Series: Believe 'Z' Road from February 7, Veny unsuccessfully challenged El Lindaman for both Zero1 World Junior Heavyweight Championship and Zero1 International Junior Heavyweight Championship.[15] Veny participated at Wrestle-1 Tour 2019 W-Impact, an event produced by Wrestle-1 on February 13, where she teamed up with Hana Kimura as FloÜrish to defeat Kaori Yoneyama and Miyuki Takase.[16]

DDT Pro-Wrestling (2019–2020)

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At Sweet Dreams 2019 on January 27, she won the Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship competing in a 8-man battle royal also involving Chinsuke Nakamura, Kazuki Hirata, Kazusada Higuchi, Keisuke Okuda, Kikutaro, Toru Owashi and Yuki Iino.[17] At the Ganbare Pro-Wrestling event Cliffhanger 2021 on February 21, Veny teamed up with Hagane Shinno and Shinichiro Tominaga to defeat Dreams Haru True (Keisuke Ishii, Kouki Iwasaki and Harukaze) for the GWC 6-Man Tag Team Championship.[18] At Heaven's Door 2020 on August 22, Veny defeated Hagane Shinno to win the Independent World Junior Heavyweight Championship.[19]

All Elite Wrestling (2021)

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On February 3, 2021, at Beach Break, she was announced as a participant in the AEW Women's World Championship Eliminator Tournament under the ring name Veny (stylized in all capital letters).[20][21] She lost to Emi Sakura in the first round which aired on February 15.[22] On February 28, 2021, she teamed up with Maki Itoh and Emi Sakura in a losing effort to Hikaru Shida, Mei Suruga and Rin Kadokura in a six-person tag team match.[23]

Strong Style Pro-Wrestling (2021-2025)

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On July 27th, 2021, Veny would debut for Strong Style Pro-Wrestling with a Tiger Mask-inspired gimmick and mask, named Tiger Queen.[24] Through 2023, Tiger Queen would team with Haruka Umesaki in the Strong Style Women's Tag Team Title Tournament, eventually losing in the finals to Jaguar Yokota and Megumi Yabushita on December 7th. On March 13th, 2025, after teaming with Nagisa Nozaki in a losing effort against Jaguar Yokota and AZM, Tiger Queen would unmask on her way backstage, officially retiring the character.

Personal life

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Veny is the first known transgender professional wrestler from Japan. Firstly she came out as gay to her father at the age of 16 and later dropped out of high school to pursue a professional wrestling career.[25]

Championships and accomplishments

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Veny holding the Sendai Girls World Championship belt
Veny holding the Independent World Junior Heavyweight Championship belt

Notes

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  1. ^ Veny prefers she/her pronouns over they/them, and any "genderless" moniker is usually a translation error.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Sutter, Robbie (16 June 2020). "#PrideMonth ASUKA/VENY, the Genderless Artist". Last Word on Sports. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d Kreikenbohm, Philip. "VENY". Cagematch. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
  3. ^ @TransGraps (April 1, 2022). "I spoke to VENY about the subject of pronouns last night. She explained to me that she would prefer to be addressed with She/Her pronouns over They/Them and that the "Genderless" monicker is more a translation error, and not accurate representation of her" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  4. ^ Saalbach, Axel. "ASUKA/General Information". wrestlingdata.com. Retrieved April 11, 2021.
  5. ^ Da Taigerman (August 11, 2015). "RISULTATI: WAVE HAPPY ANNIVERSARY WAVE.8 EAST 09/08/2015". zonawrestling.net (in Italian). Retrieved April 11, 2021.
  6. ^ "Catch The Wave 2016: Matches". Cagematch. Retrieved December 16, 2021.
  7. ^ Kevin (August 21, 2016). "Hana Kimura Produce "HANA" on 8/7/16 Review". joshicity.com. Retrieved April 11, 2021.
  8. ^ "Catch the WAVE 2018～波女決勝戦～飯田美花引退「ごちそうさまでした！」". Pro Wrestling Wave (in Japanese). Archived from the original on August 21, 2018. Retrieved May 4, 2018.
  9. ^ Pro Wrestling Wave (August 19, 2018). "Anivarsario Wave". pro-w-wave.com (in Japanese). Archived from the original on November 12, 2018. Retrieved April 11, 2021.
  10. ^ a b 『CATCH THE WAVE 2023～決勝戦～』. Pro Wrestling Wave (in Japanese). July 17, 2023. Archived from the original on July 28, 2023. Retrieved July 28, 2023.
  11. ^ VENY [@asuka10272140] (September 3, 2023). "The name Asuka ended yesterday. Now only VENY" (Tweet). Retrieved October 4, 2023 – via Twitter.
  12. ^ The Wrestling Revolution (November 3, 2017). "Manami Toyota Retired Last Night". thewrestlingrevolution.com. Retrieved March 23, 2021.
  13. ^ Caveman Hero (March 16, 2018). "ZERO1 Dream Series ~ Sozo No Jin (3.4) - Review 12". aminoapps.com. Retrieved April 11, 2021.
  14. ^ Iversen, Stuart (March 18, 2021). "SEAdLINNNG Grow Together! (17/3/21) Review". ramblingsaboutwrestling.com. Retrieved April 11, 2021.
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  16. ^ TJ Folk (February 27, 2019). "WRESTLE-1 TOUR 2019 W-IMPACT (FEBRUARY 13) RESULTS & REVIEW". voicesofwrestling.com. Retrieved April 11, 2021.
  17. ^ Daly, Wayne (January 28, 2019). "DDT Results: Sweet Dreams! 2019 – Tokyo, Japan (1/27)". wrestling-news.net. Retrieved March 31, 2021.[dead link]
  18. ^ DDT Pro-Wrestling (February 21, 2021). "DDT ProWrestling" クリフハンガー2021. ddtpro.com (in Japanese). Retrieved February 23, 2021.
  19. ^ Captain Lou (August 29, 2020). "Captain Lou's Review: Ganbare Pro Heaven's Door 2020 (8/22/2020)". happywrestlingland.com. Retrieved April 11, 2021.
  20. ^ All Elite Wrestling [@AEW] (February 3, 2021). "This February the #AEW Women's World Championship eliminator tournament begins! Here are your participants in this competition" (Tweet). Retrieved February 3, 2021 – via Twitter.
  21. ^ 朱崇花 VENY [@asuka10272140] (February 4, 2021). "VENY will finally start. #AEW" (Tweet). Retrieved February 16, 2021 – via Twitter.
  22. ^ Powell, Jason (February 15, 2021). "2/15 AEW Women's Championship Eliminator tournament results: Powell's live review of Yuka Sakazaki vs. Mei Suruga, Veny vs. Emi Sakura, Maki Itoh vs. Ryo Mizunami, and Aja Kong vs. Rin Kadokura in first round matches". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved February 15, 2021.
  23. ^ Boone, Matt (March 1, 2021). "AEW On Bleacher Report Results (2/28/2021): Women's World Championship Eliminator Tournament". ewrestling.com. Retrieved April 11, 2021.
  24. ^ "Strong Style Pro Wrestling will be held at Korakuen Hall on July 29th, and the Tiger Queen, who inherited the genes of the original Tiger Mask, will be born!". miruhon.net. June 17, 2021. Retrieved December 30, 2025.
  25. ^ Stephanie (2017-12-27). "Transgender Japanese wrestler shares her story". Diva Dirt. Retrieved 2023-08-05.
  26. ^ "Independent World Junior Heavyweight Title (Japan)". Wrestling-Titles.com. Retrieved November 9, 2019.
  27. ^ "Ironman Heavymetalweight Title (Japan)". Wrestling-Titles.com. Retrieved 2019-10-14.
  28. ^ "Ultimate Party 2019～DDTグループ大集合！～". DDT Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). November 3, 2019. Retrieved November 4, 2019.
  29. ^ "KO-D (King Of DDT) Tag Team Title". wrestling-titles.com. October 25, 2020. Retrieved May 22, 2022.
  30. ^ Dilta, Abhishek (September 16, 2022). "PWI 500 2022 List Rankings Full List Male And Female Wrestlers". thesportsgrail.com. Retrieved October 1, 2022.
  31. ^ Ross, Patrick (October 19, 2023). "Full 2023 PWI Women's 250 list revealed". aiptcomics.com. Retrieved October 19, 2023.
  32. ^ Mattias (October 17, 2024). "PWI 250 La liste complète de 2024". catch-newz.com. Retrieved December 31, 2025.
  33. ^ Ross, Patrick (November 11, 2025). "Full 2025 PWI Women's 250 list revealed". aiptcomics.com. Retrieved December 31, 2025.
  34. ^ "Regina Di WAVE Championship". cagematch.net. Retrieved 2019-10-14.
  35. ^ "Catch the WAVE 2018～波女決勝戦～飯田美花引退「ごちそうさまでした！」". Pro Wrestling Wave (in Japanese). Archived from the original on August 21, 2018. Retrieved May 4, 2018.
  36. ^ "SEAdLINNNG Grow Together!". www.cagematch.net. Retrieved March 17, 2021.
  37. ^ Seadlinnng (May 26, 2021). 2021年5月26日（水）※開催時間変更となりました「SEAdLINNNG～SHINKIBA NIGHT!～」. seadlinnng.com. Retrieved May 27, 2021.
  38. ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip (December 4, 2022). "Sendai Girls Big Show In Osaka". cagematch.net. Retrieved December 4, 2022.
  39. ^ "Sendai Girls' World Tag Team Title". wrestling-titles.com. October 4, 2020. Retrieved May 22, 2021.
  40. ^ Richards, Alex (August 30, 2020). "#AndNEW: ASUKA/Veny Wins Diana Championship". Last Word on Pro Wrestling. Retrieved February 22, 2021.
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