is a Japanese

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signed to

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. Yamashita was trained by

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, and made her debut in August 2013 as one of the first members of DDT's all female Tokyo Joshi Pro sister promotion. Yamashita was pushed as the top star of Tokyo Joshi Pro, and became the first ever Tokyo Princess of Princess Champion on January 4, 2016. Yamashita has gone on to hold the title for a combined total of 1,065 days over the course of three title reigns, both records, and has come to be recognised as the promotion's ace.

Professional wrestling career

Tokyo Joshi Pro (2013–present)

Yamashita trained in

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and

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from a young age and originally had hopes of being an

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, and took part in many auditions for idol groups, though she struggled to get anywhere. She was eventually introduced to professional wrestler

, who asked if she would be interested in training to join

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's new sister promotion, Tokyo Joshi Pro. Yamashita accepted the offer and moved to

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at age 17 to begin training under Mikami shortly after. In TJP's early years, it was a small promotion that mainly ran shows alongside live music and other live performances. Despite being a small promotion, Yamashita was still being pushed as the future top star of the promotion, and when TJP finally started to run their own full shows, Yamashita took her position at the top of the card. She became known for her strong kicks and karate based offence, earning the nickname "Pink Striker". On January 4, 2016, at TJP's biggest show to date, Yamashita defeated longtime rival

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to become the first ever Tokyo Princess of Princess Champion. She held the title until September when she was defeated by Yuu. In August 2017, she received her first singles match against

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, but was defeated. On January 4, 2018, Yamashita got one more chance to win back the Tokyo Princess of Princess Championship, and defeated Reika Saiki to win the championship for a second time. Yamashita retained the title throughout 2018, defeating the likes of Yuna Manase,

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, Yuu, Maho Kurone and Rika Tatsumi. On January 4, 2019, she defeated

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to mark 1 year as champion, the longest in the titles history. At WWN Mercury Rising 2019, Yamashita defeated

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in a title vs title match to win the

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. On May 4, 2021, Yamashita defeated Rika Tatsumi to claim the Princess of Princess Championship for a third time. On November 13 Yamashita became the 14th Pro Wrestling EVE Champion defeating Alex Windsor for the Pro-Wrestling: EVE Championship on show 2 of WrestleQueendom 5 in London England.

Other ventures

Yamashita has appeared on two TV programs, the 2019 miniseries ''Prescription Police'' and the 2020 episode "Ekitai Rashku" of SWAT.

Championships and accomplishments

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( 3 times) *

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'' ** Ranked No. 12 of the top 150 female wrestlers in the ''

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( 3 times)

Footnotes

References

External links

Miyu Yamashita
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