is a

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professional wrestler Professional wrestling is a form of theater that revolves around staged wrestling matches. The mock combat is performed in a ring similar to the kind used in boxing, and the dramatic aspects of pro wrestling may be performed both in the ring or ...

and idol, currently signed to the

professional wrestling promotion

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, where she is the leader of

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. She is a former Artist of Stardom and Future of Stardom Champion.

Professional wrestling career

Independent circuit (2018–2020)

Shirakawa made her

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debut at ''BBJ Muscle Ring'' on August 5, 2018, the first-ever event of the Best Body Japan Pro-Wrestling promotion, where she teamed up with

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in a losing effort against

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and Hoshimi Muramatsu. She wrestled at several other events of the promotion such as the ''BBJ Muscle Ring 2'' from October 18, 2018, where she lost against Cherry, and ''BBJ Muscle Ring 3'' from December 26, 2018 where she lost to

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. She worked a match for

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, at

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from October 21, where she teamed up with

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and

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and lost to

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, Mizuki and

in a

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. Shirakawa worked most of her matches for

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, the first one occurring on the second night of ''TJP 5th Anniversary Shin-Kiba Tour'' from November 4, 2018, where she teamed up with

in a losing effort against

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and

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and Lady's Ring held their second joint show, Numero Dos, where the main event saw CMLL representative

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defeat Lady's Ring representative Mina Shirakawa in a best two-out-of-three falls match to win the reactivated

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on Jan 22, 2020.

World Wonder Ring Stardom (2020–present)

Shirakawa currently works for

. Her first match in the promotion was at Stardom Yokohama Cinderella from October 3, 2020, where she won against Hanan. Shirakawa would later team up with

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and

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to form the

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trio with whom she won the

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at ''Stardom Road To Osaka Dream Cinderella'' on December 16, 2020, by defeating Oedo Tai (

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and

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). Cosmic Angels feuded with

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at the beginning of 2021, and as a result, Shirakawa teamed up with

to unsuccessfully challenge

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and Maika for the

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at ''Stardom New Century 2021 In Shinjuku'' on March 14, 2021. At the '' Stardom 10th Anniversary'' from March 3, she competed in a 24-women Stardom All Star Rumble where she faced returning legends such as

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and

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. At ''

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'', Shirakawa fell short to

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in a singles match. On the first night of the ''

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'' from April 10, she fell short to

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in a Cinderella Tournament First-round match. At

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on July 4, 2021, Shirakawa defeated stablemate Unagi Sayaka in the finals of a tournament for the vacant

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. At the Stardom 5 Star Grand Prix 2021 tournament, Shirakawa fought in the "Red Stars" Block and scored a total of six points after going against Momo Watanabe,

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, Koguma,

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, Himeka, Fukigen Death, Giulia and Saki Kashima. At Stardom 10th Anniversary Grand Final Osaka Dream Cinderella on October 9, 2021, Shirakawa teamed up with

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in a losing effort against Marvelous (

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and

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). At the 2021 edition of the

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, Shirakawa teamed up with Tam Nakano as "Dream H" and fought in the "Blue Goddess Block" where they scored a total of three points after facing the teams of MOMOAZ ( AZM and Momo Watanabe),

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(Mayu Iwatani and Rin Kadokura), Kurotora Kaidou (Starlight Kid and Ruaka), Ponytail and Samurai Road (

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and Maika) and C Moon ( Lady C and

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). At Kawasaki Super Wars, the first event of the Stardom Super Wars trilogy which took place on November 3, 2021, Shirakawa defeated

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and Maika in a

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. At Tokyo Super Wars on November 27, she unsuccessfully challenged stablemate Tam Nakano for the

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, and at Osaka Super Wars, the last event of the trilogy which took place on December 18, Shirakawa teamed up with Unagi Sayaka and Tam Nakano in a losing effort against Mayu Iwatani,

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and Koguma in a

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as part of a ¥10 Million Unit tournament. At Stardom Dream Queendom on December 29, 2022, Shirakawa teamed up with Unagi Sayaka and Mai Sakurai to unsuccessfully challenge MaiHimePoi (Maika, Natsupoi and Himeka) for the

. At Stardom Nagoya Supreme Fight on January 29, 2022, Shirakawa fought Thekla for the vacant

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, coming out short. At

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on February 23, 2022, Shirakawa and Sayaka unsuccessfully challenged FWC (

and Koguma) for the

. On the first night of the

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from March 26, she teamed up with

and competed in a Six-woman tag team

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. On the second night from March 27, she participated in an 18-women Cinderella Rumble match won by

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and also involving wrestlers from outside of Stardom such as

, Aoi,

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and

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. At

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, Shirakawa fell short to Mirai in the first rounds of April 3.

Championships and accomplishments

*Best Body Japan Pro-Wrestling **BBW Women's Championship (1 time) * ''

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'' ** Ranked No. 123 of the top 150 female wrestlers in the ''

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'' in 2022 *

( 1 time) – with

and

(1 time)

References

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