Yuma Maruya

Myrtle Blakeley Marie-José Sanada (née Akerman) (born 20 April 1969), best known by her ring name Yuma Maruya, is a Magisterian retired professional wrestler, best known for her work with the Danger And Violence Extreme (DAVE) promotion where she was a former ten-time Women's World Champion during it's run. She is widely considered to be one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time.

Following DAVE's closure, she continued to work in the Ultimate Women's Revolution promotion meanwhile working as a backstage personality for Mushashibo's - her husband - Pride Glory Honor Wrestling (PGHW) before retiring from in-ring competition in 2016.

Early life
Akerman was born on 20 April 1969 in Vallejo, Salisbury to Japanese immigrants. In her childhood, Akerman practiced both taekwondo and kendo, reaching third-dan in the latter.

Magisterian Women's Wrestling (1986-1993)
Yuma Maruya made her professional wrestling debut in 1986, at the age of 17. Her big break came in her second year, on the first Reign Supreme show, where she beat Marilyn Stardust in a match that nearly stole the card from the more established veterans. Maruya later won her first ever championship in 1990, when she defeated Aud Valkyrie for the MWW National title. She defended the title for a whopping thirteen times before losing the belt in 1991, where she lost against Eri Sato to lose the belt. After losing the belt, she would go on to be one of MWW's biggest stars and later winning the MWW World championship before leaving MWW in 1993.

Supreme Wrestling Federation (1993-1994)
She had a brief run with the Supreme Wrestling Federation, winning the SWF Women's title once before leaving in 1994, after a dispute against Marcellin Jordan over her character.

Danger And Violence Extreme (1994-2007)
After leaving the SWF after a one-year run, she joined Danger And Violence Extreme - where in 1994 was in a major change after Phil Vibert took over - being one of the first ever signings for the newly formed women's division. At first, she was new into the hardcore style of wrestling but when after she competed in a deathmatch against Megumi Kudo in a FMW-DAVE interpromotional show, she immediately became over with the fans after both women went to a 60-minute time limit draw. Vibert noticed how Maruya got over with the fans, that he gave her the a big push then later becoming their first ever Women's World Champion, she was part of two groups in DAVE: first in a five-person group called the 'Extreme 5', consisting of Mushashibo, Inukai, Tatsuko, Caulfield, and Maruya, which Vibert exploited their talent to achieve DAVE's later future success, and second in a three-person group called 'The Extreme Angels' consisting of Maruya, Stardust, and York, which was a parody of Charlie's Angels. She would stay with the company up until it's closure in 2007

Ultimate Women's Revolution (2007-2009; 2016)
After DAVE closed in 2007, she joined the Ultimate Women's Revolution promotion where she would wrestle her final matches as a full-time wrestler before quietly leaving in 2009. She would return to the company in 2016, where she would face Sara Marie York in her retirement match, which she won.

Pride Glory Honor Wrestling (2009-present)
After leaving the UWR, she joined her husband's company Pride Glory Honor Wrestling working as a colour commentator. In 2021, she was appointed by Shuji Inukai as Executive Vice President with Anne Stardust and Sara Marie York, and became the majority shareholder of PGHW.

Personal life
Maruya admitted to have slept with Mushashibo before they were married in 2004, and eventually became pregnant with triplets (Natalie, Alexandria, Dylan) after being impregnated by him in 1997. Her daughters, Natalie, Alexandria, and Dylan started wrestling in 2015.

Other media
In 1996, Maruya was featured in her only gravure spread on the Playboy magazine. Maruya was featured in the DAVE video game series from DAVE Evolution to the company's final game, DAVE Double or Nothing 3: The Danger Zone. She made her video game return in the DAVE Masters Edition game.

Championships and accomplishments

 * Danger And Violence Extreme
 * DAVE Women's World Championship (10 times)
 * Queen of Hardcore (1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2004, 2005)
 * Magisterian Women's Wrestling
 * MWW World Championship (3 times)
 * MWW National Championship (1 time)
 * MWW Dynamic Duo Championship (1 time) - with Corrine White (1)
 * Third Triple Crown Champion
 * Supreme Wrestling Federation
 * SWF Women's Championship (1 time)
 * Ultimate Women's Revolution
 * UWR Women's Excellence Championship (2 times)
 * UWR Iron Woman Championship (1 time)
 * UWR Hardcore Championship (4 times)
 * Master Sports
 * Match of the Year (1996) vs. Megumi Kudo (FMW-DAVE World War 3)
 * Match of the Year (1998) vs. Sara Marie York (ThunderStruck 1998)
 * Match of the Year (2000) vs. Chloe Bourel (The Extreme Double Header, Day 2 2000)
 * Match of the Year (2001) vs. Anne Stardust (The Alternate Showcase 2001)
 * Female Wrestler of the Year (1994, 1995, 1996, 2000)
 * Magisterian Sports Observer
 * Match of the Year (1995) vs. ARASHI (Cold Day in Hell 1995)
 * Wrestler of the Year (1997, 1998)
 * Storyline of the Year (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003) (w/ Yoshimi Mushashibo)
 * Magisterian Sports Observer Hall of Fame (Class of 2016)