is a Japanese

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currently working for the Japanese promotion

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where she is the current International Princess Champion in her first reign.

Professional wrestling career

Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling (2018–present)

Watanabe is best known for her time in

. She made her

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debut on January 4, 2018 at ''TJPW Tokyo Joshi Pro '18'' where she teamed up with Pinano Pipipipi as the "Up Up Girls" to defeat stablemates

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and Raku. Watanabe is known for being part of Up Up Girls Kakko Kari which is a popular idol group in

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. Watanabe soon began pursuing for different championships. At ''5th Anniversary Shinkiba Tour 2018'' on November 4, she unsuccessfully participated in a 12-woman gauntlet battle royal for both the Princess of Princess Championship and the Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship won by

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and also involving

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, Reika Saiki,

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, Yuna Manase and others. On the same night, Watanabe teamed up with Hikari Noa and

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to defeat Hinano,

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and Yuka Sakazaki. At ''Wrestle Princess III'' on October 9, 2022, Watanabe defeated Alex Windsor to win the International Princess Championship.

DDT Pro Wrestling (2018–present)

Due to TJPW being under the same CyberFight flagship, Watanabe has competed in various of DDT Pro Wrestling's events. She made her first appearance at ''DDT Tokyo Idol Festival 2018'' on August 3, where she teamed up with her Up Up Girls stablemates Hikari Noa, Pinano Pipipipi, Raku, and Danshoku Dino to defeat Hyper Misao, Makoto Oishi, Yuki Kamifuku, Akari Saho, Aya Kajishima, Mayu Yoshikawa and Sanshiro Takagi. Watanabe also participated in some of DDT's signature events such as DDT Judgement, making her first appearance at the Judgement 2019: DDT 22nd Anniversary on February 17, where she teamed up with Hikari Noa and Natsumi Maki in a losing effort against Bakurestu Sisters (Nodoka Tenma, Yuki Aino) and Yuna Manase as a result of a six-man tag team match, six-woman tag team match. At ''DDT Street Pro Wrestling In Tokyo Idol Festival 2019'' on August 2, Watanabe competed in another battle royal for the Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship won by Momomi Wagatsuma who dethroned the previous champion Yukio Sakaguchi. The match also involved other notable opponents such as Yukio Naya and other idols like Natsumi Misake and Rise Shiokawa. Another signature event in which Watanabe competed was the DDT Ultimate Party, making her first appearance at the Ultimate Party 2019 edition from November 3, where she teamed up with Rika Tatsumi as "Hakuchuumu" and defeated Neo Biishiki-gun (Misao and Saki Akai, Sakisama) to win the Princess Tag Team Championship.

Pro Wrestling Noah (2021)

At CyberFight Festival 2021, a cross over event promoted by all DDT, TJPW and Pro Wrestling Noah on June 6, 2021, Watanabe teamed up with Rika Tatsumi and unsuccessfully fought Shoko Nakajima and Hyper Misao, and Bakuretsu Sisters (Nodoka Tenma and Yuki Aino).

Championships and accomplishments

*''Pro Wrestling Illustrated'' **Ranked No. 57 of the top 150 female singles wrestlers in the ''PWI Women's 150'' in 2022 *

**Princess Tag Team Championship (Princess Tag Team Championship#Title history, 1 time) – with Rika Tatsumi **International Princess Championship (International Princess Championship#Title history, 1 time, current) **Futari No Princess Max Heart Tournament (2022) – with Rika Tatsumi

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Watanabe, Miu 1999 births Living people Japanese female professional wrestlers 21st-century professional wrestlers People from Saitama Prefecture Sportspeople from Saitama Prefecture