is a retired Japanese

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best known for her time with the Japanese

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where she is a former Princess Tag Team Champion.

Professional wrestling career

Tokyo Joshi Pro-Wrestling (2015–2018)

Takigawa made her

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debut in

at ''TJPW You Grow Up'' on September 22, 2018, where she fell short to

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in a Singles match. During her time in the promotion, she was part of the Neo Biishiki-gun stable and chased after various championships promoted by it. She won the

Princess Tag Team Championship The is a women's professional wrestling world tag team championship promoted by the CyberFight promotion, defended on their Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling (TJPW) brand. The title was introduced on August 12, 2017. Like most professional wrestling c ...

alongside Sakisama at ''Let's Go! Go! If You Go! When You Go! If You Get Lost You Just Go to Nerima!'' on May 3, 2018 by defeating MiraClians (Shoko Nakajima and Yuka Sakazaki). At ''TJPW At This Time, Get Excited In Narimasu!'' on April 8, 2017, she unsuccessfully challenged Yuu for the

Princess of Princess Championship The is a women's professional wrestling championship owned by the Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling (TJPW). The title, which is situated at the top of TJPW's championship hierarchy, was introduced on October 12, 2015, and the inaugural champion was crown ...

. Takigawa wrestled her last match at ''TJPW 5th Anniversary Shin-Kiba Tour 2018 Autumn One'' on October 27, 2018, where she faced the likes of Hikari Noa,

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, Tetsuya Koda,

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and others in a best three-out-of-five falls 18-on-one handicap match.

DDT Pro-Wrestling (2016–2018)

Due to being a TJPW wrestler, Takigawa is known for competing in sister-promotion

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. She made appearances in several of the promotion's signature events such as the DDT Judgement, marking her first performance at Judgement 2016: DDT 19th Anniversary on March 21 where she participated in a 13-woman battle royal won by

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and also involving

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, Marika Kobashi,

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and others. At Judgement 2017: DDT 20th Anniversary on March 20, she teamed up with

and

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in a losing effort against Yuu, Mil Clown and

. Another branch of events in which Misao has worked is

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, making her first appearance at

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on August 20, where she competed in a Rumble rules match for the

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won by Yuu and also involving

, Mizuki, Maho Kurone and others. She has also made appearances in non-flaghsip events such as the ''DDT/Saki Akai Produce DDT Collection'' from March 14, 2018, where she competed in a GM for a day match won by

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and also involving notable male opponents of the roster such as Akito,

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and female, such as Yoshiko.

Championships and accomplishments

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** Tokyo Princess Tag Team Championship ( 1 time) – with Sakisama

References

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