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Kiyoko Ichiki
is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working as a feelancer and is best known for her time in the Japanese promotions JWP Joshi Puroresu, NEO Japan Ladies Pro-Wrestling and Big Japan Pro Wrestling. Professional wrestling career Independent circuit (1994–present) Ichiki made her professional wrestling debut at ''IWA Japan Opening Year '94 Final Battle'', an event promoted by the International Wrestling Association of Japan where she fell short to Cynthia Moreno. During her freelancing work, Ichiki made appearances for various promotions from the Japanese independent scene. Ichiki wrestled for All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling on August 13, 1996, at ''AJW Discover New Heroine'', where she competed in a battle royal won by Chiquita Azteca and also involving notable opponents such as Command Bolshoi, Etsuko Mita, Jaguar Yokota, Kaoru Ito, Mariko Yoshida, Tomoko Miyaguchi, Takako Inoue, Yumi Fukawa and others. She has had a brief tenure with Gaea Japan and pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiyoko Ichiki
is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working as a feelancer and is best known for her time in the Japanese promotions JWP Joshi Puroresu, NEO Japan Ladies Pro-Wrestling and Big Japan Pro Wrestling. Professional wrestling career Independent circuit (1994–present) Ichiki made her professional wrestling debut at ''IWA Japan Opening Year '94 Final Battle'', an event promoted by the International Wrestling Association of Japan where she fell short to Cynthia Moreno. During her freelancing work, Ichiki made appearances for various promotions from the Japanese independent scene. Ichiki wrestled for All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling on August 13, 1996, at ''AJW Discover New Heroine'', where she competed in a battle royal won by Chiquita Azteca and also involving notable opponents such as Command Bolshoi, Etsuko Mita, Jaguar Yokota, Kaoru Ito, Mariko Yoshida, Tomoko Miyaguchi, Takako Inoue, Yumi Fukawa and others. She has had a brief tenure with Gaea Japan and pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaguar Yokota
(born July 25, 1961) is a Japanese professional wrestler and later wrestling trainer, who wrestled under the name . She is widely considered one of the greatest female wrestlers of all time, and, during her heyday in the early 1980s, was considered one of the best wrestlers in the world, irrespective of gender. Career Yokota was born on July 25, 1961, in Tokyo, Japan. She spent the majority of her career as a headliner for the All Japan Women's promotion (AJW). It was highlighted by two title runs as the WWWA World Single Champion. All Japan Women's Pro Wrestling (1977–1986) Having been inspired to join AJW by 1970s stars, the Beauty Pair (Jackie Sato and Maki Ueda), Yokota debuted on June 28, 1977, in Tokyo at the age of 15, against Mayumi Takahashi. She won her first belt on January 4, 1980, when she became the AJW Junior Champion. Later that year, she won the WWWA World Tag Team Championship with Ayumi Hori, on December 17, having also become the first AJW Champi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tag Team Match
Many types of wrestling matches, sometimes called "concept" or " gimmick matches" in the jargon of the business, are performed in professional wrestling. Some gimmick matches are more common than others and are often used to advance or conclude a storyline. Throughout professional wrestling's decades long history, some gimmick matches have spawned many variations of the core concept. Singles match The singles match is the most common of all professional wrestling matches, which involves only two competitors competing for one fall. A victory is obtained by pinfall, submission, knockout, countout, or disqualification. Some of the most common variations on the singles match is to restrict the possible means for victory. Duchess of Queensbury Rules match A Duchess of Queensbury Rules match is a singles match contested under specific, often disclosed rules is replaced by a title usually meant to sound traditional for one combatant. A wrestler challenging another wrestler to a ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tsubasa Kuragaki
is a Japanese people, Japanese Professional wrestling, professional wrestler better known by the ring name . For most of her career, Kuragaki has worked for JWP Joshi Puroresu, becoming a one-time JWP Junior Championship, JWP Junior and two-time JWP Openweight Championship, JWP Openweight Champion as a singles wrestler. As a tag team wrestler, she is best known as one half of the "Harukura" tag team with Kayoko Haruyama, with whom she has held the Daily Sports Women's Tag Team Championship, Daily Sports Women's and JWP Tag Team Championships three times each. She quit JWP in October 2013 to become a freelancer. She is currently working most notably for Oz Academy, where she is a former one-time Oz Academy Openweight Champion and a one-time Oz Academy Tag Team Champion. Professional wrestling career Kuragaki was trained in professional wrestling at the JWP Joshi Puroresu dojo, where she trained alongside the likes of Azumi Hyuga, Carlos Amano, Kana Misaki and Ran Yu-Yu. She made h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaori Yoneyama
is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently working as a freelancer on the Japanese independent circuit. Yoneyama started her career in 1999, working with the JWP Joshi Puroresu promotion. During the following years, she became a one-time JWP Openweight Champion, a one-time JWP Junior Champion, a five-time JWP Tag Team Champion, a one-time Pure-J Openweight Champion and a three-time Daily Sports Women's Tag Team Champion. Notable titles she has held outside of JWP include All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling's AJW Championship and AJW Tag Team Championship, Ice Ribbon's International Ribbon Tag Team Championship and NEO Japan Ladies Pro Wrestling's High Speed Championship. In July 2011, Yoneyama announced that she would be ending her twelve-year career the following December. After a retirement tour, which took Yoneyama not only across the Japanese independent circuit, but also to the United States, she announced during her retirement ceremony that she had changed her mind ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Azumi Hyuga
better known by her ring name Azumi Hyuga is a Japanese retired professional wrestler best known for her tenure with various Japanese promotions such as All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling, JWP Joshi Puroresu and NEO Japan Ladies Pro-Wrestling. Professional wrestling career Independent circuit (1995-2009) As a freelancer, Kuzumi is known for competing in multiple promotions of the Japanese independent scene. On the fourth night of the ''Starlet'' tournament of Arsion which took place on April 6, 2003, Kuzumi teamed up with Baby-A and Mariko Yoshida in a losing effort against Bionic J, Gami and Police Woman as a result of a best two out of three falls six-woman tag team match. At ''JDStar Fighting Beauty ~ Dreamer ~'' on December 17, 2005, Kuzumi defeated Kana. At ''NEO Be Happy Again ~ 10th Anniversary'', an event promoted by NEO Japan Ladies Pro-Wrestling on January 6, 2008, she participated in a 30-person battle royal won by Mima Shimoda and also involving Etsuko Mita, Munenori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kayoko Haruyama
is a retired Japanese professional wrestler. Having made her debut in January 1998, Haruyama worked for the JWP Joshi Puroresu promotion her entire career, becoming not only one of the promotion's most accomplished singles wrestlers, with one JWP Junior Championship reign and three JWP Openweight Championship reigns behind her, but also a three-time Daily Sports Women's Tag Team Champion and a five-time JWP Tag Team Champion, most notably teaming with Tsubasa Kuragaki as the tag team "Harukura". Haruyama's accomplishments outside of JWP include reigns as the AJW Champion and AJW Tag Team Champion and winning the 2006 Neo Japan Cup. She ended her 18-year career in December 2015. Professional wrestling career JWP Joshi Puroresu (1998–2015) Haruyama made her professional wrestling debut for the JWP Joshi Puroresu promotion on January 23, 1998, facing Erika Watanabe at Korakuen Hall. Later that year, Haruyama won the Souseiseki Cup, JWP's tournament for rookies. Haruyama follow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sonoko Kato
is a Japanese professional wrestler. She made her debut in April 1995, working for Gaea Japan, where she became one half of the inaugural AAAW Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions. After becoming a two-time winner of the High Spurt 600 Tournament, Kato's career came to a halt following multiple injuries. After being sidelined for five years, Kato returned to the ring in October 2006, following the folding of Gaea Japan, and found a new home in the Oz Academy promotion, where she is a former two-time Oz Academy Openweight Champion and a four-time Oz Academy Tag Team Champion. Kato has also wrestled in the US for World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and in Mexico for Lucha Libre AAA World Wide (AAA). Professional wrestling career Gaea Japan (1994–2005) Kato had an excessive sports history in her childhood, practising track and field and volleyball in elementary school, handball in junior high school and javelin in high school, before deciding to follow her childhood dream ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WCW Women's Cruiserweight Championship
The World Championship Wrestling (WCW) Women's Cruiserweight Championship was a singles women's professional wrestling championship in World Championship Wrestling for smaller women. It was created as a joint venture between WCW and GAEA Japan. The weight limit for the women's cruiserweight division was 130 lb (as announced on WCW television). The first champion was crowned in a four-woman tournament that began on an episode of ''WCW Monday Nitro'' on March 31, 1997 and concluded on April 7, 1997. Since the tournament final was only shown on ''WCW Main Event'', and the results were never mentioned on WCW television again, it is speculated that the title was created solely to be used by the GAEA promotion in Japan. In fact, the title was defended and changed hands twice in Japan before being abandoned in early 1998. Inaugural championship tournament Reigns See also *WCW Women's Championship *WCW Cruiserweight Championship World Championship Wrestling, Inc. (WCW) was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaea Japan
Gaea Japan (trademarked as GAEA Japan) was a Japanese women's professional wrestling promotion. GAEA's name comes from the Greek mythological goddess of the Earth, Gaea or Gaia. History GAEA was founded in 1995 by Chigusa Nagayo, a professional wrestler who achieved huge success in the 1980s with her tag team partner, Lioness Asuka, as the Crush Gals. GAEA's formation was first announced at a press conference held on August 24, 1994. Present at the event were charter members Nagayo, KAORU, and Bomber Hikaru. GAEA's first rookie auditions were also held on this occasion. Their rookie class included Meiko Satomura, Toshie Uematsu, Chikayo Nagashima, Sonoko Kato, Sugar Sato, Maiko Narita, Chihiro Nakano, and Makie Numao. On April 15, 1995, the new promotion held its first show. It was at Tokyo's Korakuen Hall and was called ''Memorial First Gong''. The event was a sellout and received good press. From this point on, GAEA held monthly shows at Korakuen and also occasionally went ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yumi Fukawa
is a Japanese actress, tarento and retired professional wrestler. She is best known for her wrestling career, where she competed in both All Japan Women's Pro Wrestling (AJW) and Hyper Visual Fighting Arsion under her maiden name. Professional wrestling career All Japan Women's Pro Wrestling (1993–1997) Fukawa was an amateur wrestler during her high school years and applied to join the All Japan Women's Pro Wrestling dojo upon graduation in 1992 at the age of 17. She passed the tryout and was accepted, joining as the smallest wrestler on the entire roster at just barely 5 feet tall. Fukawa made her in ring debut at Korakuen Hall on November 12, 1993. In only her second professional match, however, Fukawa fractured her right clavicle and was forced to miss the rest of 1993 and all of 1994. She did however remain active during her absence, working for AJW as a referee and continuing to hone her wrestling skills in the dojo. Fukawa returned to the ring on January 13, 1995, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takako Inoue
is a Japanese professional wrestler. She wrestled primarily for the All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling promotion, and held several championships, primarily in tag team wrestling. She was well known as one-half of the tag team Double Inoue, which she formed with fellow wrestler Kyoko Inoue (no relation). Professional wrestling career All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling (1988–1999) She was born November 7, 1969, in Toride, Ibaraki. A magazine model at the time, she possessed an athletic background in track and field and amateur wrestling. She failed her first audition for All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling (AJW) but trained with Mayumi Ozaki. While she failed her first AJW audition, she passed the second screening for the music group, Onyanko Club. Ozaki passed her audition for Japan Women's Pro Wrestling and invited Takako to join, but she declined. She then passed her AJW audition and joined in October, 1987, where she was trained by Jaguar Yokota. Takako made her debut on October ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
