is a Japanese retired

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best known for her tenures with

Pro Wrestling Wave , is a women's professional wrestling, or Joshi Puroresu, promotion created in 2007 after the dissolution and closure of JDStar. The company was formed by Mikiko Futagami, or Gami, former JDStar wrestler Yumi Ohka, and former JDStar booker Tatsu ...

and

Ice Ribbon is a ''joshi puroresu'' (women's professional wrestling) professional wrestling promotion, promotion established in 2006 by Emi Sakura, after her split with Gatokunyan. History Ice Ribbon was founded by Emi Sakura, a professional wrestler wh ...

Professional wrestling career

Independent circuit (2014–2020)

During her career, Nagahama often made freelance work by competing in various promotions from the Japanese independent scene. At ''

Oz Academy is a Japanese ''joshi puroresu'' or women's professional wrestling promotion founded by Mayumi Ozaki. The promotion's full official name is . In addition to the contracted members of the roster, Oz Academy has also employed some of the top freel ...

Saturday Night Fever'' on March 17, 2018, she teamed up with Mika Iida and

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in a losing effort against

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and

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as a result of a

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. On the third night of the ''

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Tour 2018 Cherry Blossom'' from April 18, she teamed up with

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to defeat

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and

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. At ''

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Yokohama Flash! 2019'' on February 9, she teamed up with

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in a losing effort against

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and

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. Due to one of

's business partnerships, Nagahama competed at a

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promoted by Marvelous That's Women Pro Wrestling on February 24, 2020, where she teamed up with Nagisa Nozaki, Sakura Hirota, Yuki Miyazaki and Yumi Ohka as "Team Wave" and went into a time-limit draw against Tem Marvelous (Hibiki,

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, Mikoto Shindo, Takumi Iroha and

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Ice Ribbon (2014–2020)

Due to

and

holding business partnerships, Nagahama competed many times in the latter promotion's events. She made her first appearance at ''New Ice Ribbon #603'' on November 8, 2014, where she fell short to

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in singles competition. At ''RibbonMania 2019'' on December 31, she competed in

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's retirement match, a

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in which the latter put herself against 44 opponents. Some of the most notable were Nagahama herself alongside

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, Banny Oikawa,

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, and many others. She took part into the ''2nd Kizuna Tournament'' of August 29, 2020, event in which she teamed up with

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and defeated Rina Yamashita and

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in the first rounds but fell short to

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and

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in the semifinals.

Pro Wrestling Wave (2014–2020)

Nagahama is probably best known for her time in

. She made her

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debut at ''WAVE Virgin Code'' on October 29, 2014, where she fell short to

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in singles competition. The only championship she has held in the promotion was the Wave Tag Team Championship which she succeeded in winning at ''Pro Wrestling Wave's 10th Anniversary'' event from August 12, 2017, where she teamed up with her "Big Rice Field" tag team partner Kaho Kobayashi to defeat Gokigen BBA (

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and

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) for the titles. Iida competed in various of the promotion's signature events such as the

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, in which she made her first appearance at the 2015 edition of the tournament in which she competed in the "Young Block Oh! Oh!" division, falling short to

in the first rounds. One year later she appeared for the first time in the big tournament, placing herself in the "Italian Red" block in which she scored a total of three points after going against

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and

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. She also competed in the Young Block Oh! Oh!, topping the first block with a total of six points after outmatching

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and Mari An, but eventually falling short to Yuka in the finals. At the 2017 edition, she placed herself in the A block where she scored a total of seven points after competing against

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and

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. At the 2018 edition she fought in the "Violence" block where she scored a total of five points after going against Ayako Hamada,

, Misaki Ohata,

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and

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. At the 2019 edition she competed under the shortened name of Hiro'e in the Young block which she topped with a total of six points after outmatching

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and

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. As for the

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, Nagahama made her first appearance at the 2016 edition of the tournament where she teamed up with Moeka Haruhi as "Happy!" and fell short to

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and

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in the first rounds. At the 2017 edition, Nagahama teamed up with Kaho Kobayashi as "Big Rice Field" and fell short to New-Tra (

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and

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) in the first rounds. Nagahama announced her retirement from in-ring competition in December 2019 due to health issues. She wrestled her last match at an event promoted specially for her farewell, the ''WAVE HIRO'e Retirement Last Longbeach'' on September 18, 2020, where she teamed up with

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to defeat Kaori Yoneyama and

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Championships and accomplishments

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( 1 time) – with

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( Young Block 2019) ** Catch the Wave Award (4 times) *** Best Bout Award (

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) *** Outstanding Performance Award (

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, 2017,

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)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Nagahama, Hiroe 1995 births Living people Japanese female professional wrestlers 21st-century female professional wrestlers People from Niigata Prefecture Sportspeople from Niigata Prefecture Wave Tag Team Champions