Saki Akai (赤井沙希, Akai Saki) is a Japanese retired professional wrestler, idol, model, and tarento, currently working for the Japanese professional wrestling promotion DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT) and its sister joshi promotion Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling (TJPW).
[14] She is a former multiple time Ironman Heavymetalweight Champion, last time winning it at DDT New Year Special 2020 on January 3, in a gauntlet battle royal also involving the champion, Omochi, Antonio Honda, Gorgeous Matsuno, Kazuki Hirata, Keigo Nakamura, Mizuki Watase, Toru Owashi and Yuki Iino.
At TJPW Still Incomplete on April 17, 2021, Akai won the Princess Tag Team Championship alongside Mei Suruga as Neo Biishiki-gun after defeating Bakuretsu Sisters (Nodoka Tenma and Yuki Aino).
Dating back to May, Akai has been on her retirement tour and that concluded with a six-person tag that featured herself and fellow members of Eruption, Yukio Sakaguchi and Hideki Okatani taking on Naomichi Marufuji, Miyu Yamashita and Kazusada Higuchi and her team losing.
After the bout concluded, she received a retirement ceremony where various superstars such as Hiroshi Tanahashi, Togi Makabe, Genichiro Tenryu and Shinsuke Nakamura reached out via video to pay homage for her career.
[19] She appeared in several movies such as the 2018 film Lady Ninja:Blue Shadow, in which she played the role of Konatsu Kujo,[20] and Gianto Monster Mono (2016) in which portrayed Lisa.