mononymously known as Maria is a Japanese

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currently working as a freelancer and is best known for her tenure with the Japanese promotions

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and Marvelous That's Women Pro Wresting.

Professional wrestling career

Independent circuit (2018–present)

Beginning as a freelancer, Takeda is known for competing in multiple promotions of the Japanese independent scene. At ''

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Shin-Kiba 21th NIGHT'' on December 6, 2019, she teamed up with fellow La Fersa de Egoistas stable member

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to defeat

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and Yoshiko. At ''New Ice Ribbon #1013 ~ RibbonMania 2019'', an event promoted by

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on December 30, 2019, Kohgo competed in

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's retirement 44-person gauntlet match which ended in a time-limit draw and also involved notable opponents such as

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and many others. At ''Sendai Girls Road To GAEAism'', an event promoted by

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on January 10, 2021, she competed in a 14-woman gauntlet tag team match in which she teamed up with Hibiki, Masha Slamovich, Mei Hoshizuki, Mikoto Shindo,

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and

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as "Team Mervelous" to defeat Team Sendai (

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, Kanon, Manami,

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, Natsuho Kaneko and Yurika Oka).

Marvelous That's Women Wrestling (2018–present)

Takeda made her

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debut on December 24, 2018, at ''Marvelous Are You Ready?'' where she fell short to

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Pro Wrestling Wave (2019–2021)

Takeda also competed in

. She wrestled in one of the promotion's signature events, the 2019 edition of the Catch the Wave tournament, where she placed herself in the "Young Block", scoring a total of two points after going against Hiro'e,

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and Ibuki Hoshi. At ''Kariya WAVE'' on December 5, 2021, Takeda fell short to

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in a number one contender's tournament finals for the

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World Wonder Ring Stardom (2021–present)

Due to

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's close relationships with Marvelous, Takeda had the chance to work in several events promoted by Stardom. She made her first appearance at '' Stardom 10th Anniversary Grand Final Osaka Dream Cinderella'' on October 9, 2021 where she teamed up with

to defeat

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(

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and

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). At ''Osaka Super Wars'', the last event of the Stardom Super Wars trilogy which took place on December 18, 2021, she teamed up with

and Rin Kadokura as "Team Marvelous" and fell short to MaiHimePoi ( Maika,

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and Natsupoi) in a

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for the

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which was disputed as part of a ¥10 Million Unit Tournament semi-final match. At ''

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'' on March 11, 2022, she teamed up with Ai Houzan to defeat Cosmic Angels (

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and

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). On the second night of the ''

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'' from March 27, Maria competed in a 18-women Cinderella Rumble match won by

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and also featuring various wrestlers who competed at New Blood 1 such as

, Nanami,

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, Yuna Mizumori and others.

References

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