is a

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retired

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 ...

, better known by the

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. Making her debut for

All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling , nicknamed Zenjo (全女: 全 meaning "All", 女 meaning "Woman") was a ''joshi puroresu'' (women's professional wrestling) professional wrestling promotion, promotion established in 1968 by Takashi Matsunaga and his brothers. The group held th ...

(AJW) in January 2004, Mizushima quickly affiliated herself with

Nanae Takahashi (born December 23, 1978) is a Japanese professional wrestler and the founder of Seadlinnng. She has wrestled for prominent Japanese promotions All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling and Pro Wrestling Sun, and is a two-time women's world champion in maj ...

, following her out of AJW in 2006 and to Pro Wrestling Sun and NEO Japan Ladies Pro Wrestling, with the two forming the Passion Red

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with

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in the process. After the folding of NEO, Mizushima began working exclusively for the

World Wonder Ring Stardom World Wonder Ring Stardom (スターダム女子プロレス), often referred to simply as Stardom (stylized as ST★RDOM), is a Japanese '' joshi puroresu'' or women's professional wrestling promotion based in Tokyo, Japan. Stardom was founded i ...

promotion, where she became a one-time holder of both the Artist of Stardom and

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s. She is also a former four-time holder of the

High Speed Championship The is a women's professional wrestling championship owned by the World Wonder Ring Stardom promotion. The title was originally created on May 5, 2009, in the NEO Japan Ladies Pro-Wrestling promotion, where Natsuki☆Taiyo defeated Ray to beco ...

, which has been owned by both NEO and Stardom. Mizushima was recognized as one of the top high-flyers in ''

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''. She retired from in-ring competition in June 2014 and afterwards began working for the

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promotion as a senior managing director and

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Professional wrestling career

All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling (2003–2004)

In 2003, Mizushima entered

(AJW) dojo, where she was trained by

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in not only

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, but also

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. On December 19, 2003, Mizushima made her MMA debut at an AJW event, losing to Mika "Hari Hari" Harigai at 2:10 in the first round, after being knocked out with

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. She has not participated in any mixed martial arts fights since. Mizushima's professional wrestling debut took place on January 3, 2004, when she faced Hiromi Takahashi at an AJW event in

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. Mizushima would leave AJW, which was battling severe financial difficulties, later that year.

Gatokunyan and Pro Wrestling Sun (2005–2008)

In May 2005, Mizushima joined the Gatokunyan promotion, where she began performing under the ring name "Natsuki☆Head". During late 2005 and early 2006, she also made several appearances for the new Ibuki promotion. On June 5, 2006, Natsuki☆Head won her first championship by defeating

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for

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, a title contested under the rules that a champion could be pinned or submitted anytime, anywhere, as long as there was a

present. She held the title for nine days, before losing it to Mecha Mummy. On June 25, Natsuki regained the title from Masahiro Mekanashi during a

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, but would lose it to

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later during the same match. On August 2, 2006,

announced that, with the backing of

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, she was forming a new promotion, named Pro Wrestling Sun, and named Natsuki☆Head as part of the promotion's roster. On September 24, Mizushima announced that she was changing her ring name to "Natsuki☆Taiyo". On December 31, Taiyo made her debut for NEO Japan Ladies Pro Wrestling, defeating

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for the

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, a title owned by the

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promotion. On February 21, 2007, Taiyo defeated

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and

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to win Pro Wrestling Sun's World-1 Women's Championship. She would hold the title for three months, before losing it to

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on May 27. Shortly afterwards, Taiyo was stripped of the Princess of Pro-Wrestling Championship, after she had not defended the title for three months. While working in Pro Wrestling Sun, Taiyo formed a

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with Nanae Takahashi, with whom she would also make semi-regular appearances for

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, with the two unsuccessfully challenging

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and

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for the

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on December 9, 2007.

Passion Red (2008–2010)

In April 2008, Taiyo and Nanae Takahashi left Pro Wrestling Sun and formed the Passion Red

with

on the Japanese independent circuit. The stable made appearances for several promotions, including

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(BJW),

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, JWP,

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and NEO Japan Ladies Pro Wrestling, which effectively became its home promotion. Passion Red also promoted five independent events of its own. Passion Red made its debut for NEO on August 24, 2008, when Taiyo and Kana were defeated in a tag team match by

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and

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. In their first six-woman tag team match on October 26, Taiyo, Kana and Takahashi defeated the trio of

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, Toshie Uematsu and

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. While feuding with the NEO originals led by Tamura, Passion Red also got involved with rival group Revolucion Amandla of Atsuko Emoto, Kyoko Kimura and

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. On December 31 at ''Grand Final '08'', Taiyo and Kana faced

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and Yoshiko Tamura in a match to determine the number one contenders to the NEO Tag Team Championship. At the end of the match, after a botched ''Taiyo-chan☆Bomb'', Taiyo legitimately knocked Kurihara out with a kick to the face and then pinned her for the win with the ''Iguchi Bomb''. The Passion Red duo received their shot at the NEO Tag Team Championship on February 21, 2009, but were defeated by the defending champions, Atsuko Emoto and Kyoko Kimura. On April 19, Passion Red and Revolucion Amandla wrestled to a 30-minute time limit draw in a six-woman tag team match. On May 5, Taiyo defeated Ray to become the first NEO High Speed Champion. The chemistry between Taiyo and Ray led to the two forming a tag team for July's Mid Summer Tag Tournament VIII. Though the team was eliminated from the tournament in the first round by

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and Nanae Takahashi, the partnership eventually led to Ray joining Passion Red under the ring name Passion Ray. During 2009, Passion Red was also joined by Kazumi Shimouna and

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. On July 25, Taiyo made her first High Speed Championship defense, defeating

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, and followed that up by successfully defending the title against Fuka on August 29. On September 20, Taiyo lost the NEO High Speed Championship to

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in her third defense. On November 22, Taiyo and Passion Ray received a shot at their fellow Passion Red members' Kana's and Nanae Takahashi's NEO Tag Team Championship, but were unable to become the new champions. On December 31, Taiyo faced male wrestler

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in a losing effort. On February 14, 2010, Taiyo regained the NEO High Speed Championship from Yoneyama at a JWP event. On March 19, she successfully defended the title against Tomoka Nakagawa at Passion Red's fourth independent event. On May 3, she defended the title against

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at an Ice Ribbon event. On June 5, Taiyo made her final appearance for NEO, which would fold at the end of the year. On November 27, Taiyo lost the NEO High Speed Championship to

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at Passion Red's fifth independent event.

World Wonder Ring Stardom (2010–2014)

On September 7, 2010, at a press conference, where Nanae Takahashi unveiled her new

promotion, Taiyo was announced as part of the promotion's roster. The promotion's debut event on January 23, 2011, saw Taiyo team up with

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in the opening tag team match, where they were defeated by the team of Iris and Nanae Takahashi. Later that same event, Taiyo worked under a mask and the ring name Passion Nakki, facing nine-year-old Haruka in a three-minute exhibition match. The following month, Taiyo formed the tag team Kawasaki Katsushika Saikyou Densetsu with the recently debuted Yoshiko, the two defeating Iris and

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in their first match together. Taiyo's and Yoshiko's win streak was ended on May 29, when they were defeated by Nanae Takahashi and Yoko Bito. Also in May,

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Yuu Yamagata aligned herself with Taiyo and Yoshiko, forming the stable Trouble Maker 2. On July 24, Taiyo defeated JWP representative Leon to regain the former NEO High Speed Championship, which was then, as a result, adopted by Stardom as one of its championships. On October 10, Taiyo and Yoshiko entered the Goddesses of Stardom Tag League. On October 27, Taiyo represented Stardom in

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's Joshi Puroresu Dantai Taikou Flash tournament, a

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, where different ''

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'' promotions battled each other. In their first round match, Team Stardom (Taiyo,

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, Saki Kashima, Yoko Bito and Yoshiko) defeated Team Reina (Aki Kanbayashi, Aoi Ishibashi,

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, Yumiko Hotta and Zeuxis). The semifinals of the tournament were contested in six-woman tag team format and saw Team Stardom (Taiyo, Bito and Nanae Takahashi) defeat Team Diana (

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and Sareee). However, in the finals, the Stardom duo of Takahashi and Yoshiko were defeated by Team Sendai's Kagetsu and

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. On November 12, Taiyo unsuccessfully challenged Nanae Takahashi for the

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. When the Goddesses of Stardom Tag League concluded on November 27, Taiyo and Yoshiko finished with two wins and one loss, making it to the finals of the tournament, where they were defeated by Yuzuki Aikawa and Yoko Bito, whom they had defeated earlier in the tournament. In February 2012, the recently debuted

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joined Taiyo and Yoshiko as the third member of Trouble Maker 2, effectively replacing Yuu Yamagata, whose Stardom appearances became more irregular. On March 20, 2012, Taiyo and Yoshiko received another shot at the

, but were again defeated by Aikawa and Bito. Five days later, Taiyo made her first successful defense of the High Speed Championship, defeating Io Shirai. On May 3, Kyoko Kimura turned on Miho Wakizawa and joined Taiyo, Yoshiko and Yasukawa as the fourth member of their newly renamed stable, Kawasaki Katsushika Saikyou Densetsu Plus One, often shortened to Kawakatsu-gun. On June 10, Saki Kashima turned on Yuzuki Aikawa's Zenryoku Joshi stable and became the fifth member of Kawakatsu-gun. On June 24, Taiyo led Kashima, Yasukawa and Yoshiko to a win over

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, Yoko Bito, Yuhi and Yuzuki Aikawa of Zenryoku Joshi in an eight-woman battle of the stables. However, the following month Kawakatsu-gun broke up into two camps, when Yoshiko sided with Kyoko Kimura in her disagreement with Taiyo. On July 22, Taiyo and Act Yasukawa were defeated in a tag team match by Kimura and Yoshiko, with Kimura pinning Taiyo for the win. On August 5, Taiyo defeated Kimura in a grudge match to retain her spot as the leader of Kawakatsu-gun, which led to Kimura quitting the stable. From August 19 to September 30, Taiyo took part in the 5★Star GP2012

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, where she opened up with wins over Kairi Hojo and Miho Wakizawa, before losing to Kyoko Kimura on September 2. Taiyo then wrestled Saki Kashima to a draw and finished her tournament with a win over Dark Angel, which took her to the top of her block. However, later in the day, Kyoko Kimura defeated Kawakatsu-gun member Saki Kashima to overtake Taiyo in the standings, eliminating her from the finals of the tournament. On October 21, Taiyo made her second successful defense of the High Speed Championship against stablemate Saki Kashima. On October 27, Taiyo and Yoshiko entered the 2012 Goddesses of Stardom Tag League, suffering an upset loss against the team of Io Shirai and Mayu Iwatani in their opening round-robin match. They, however, bounced back with wins over Eri Susa and Nozomi, and Yuhi and Yuzuki Aikawa to win their block. On November 25, Taiyo and Yoshiko defeated Kairi Hojo and Natsumi Showzuki to win the 2012 Goddesses of Stardom Tag League and the

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Goddess of Stardom Championship. Taiyo and Yoshiko made their first successful title defense on December 24 against Zenryoku Joshi representatives Hiroyo Matsumoto and Yuhi. On December 31, Taiyo and Nanae Takahashi reformed Passion Red for a special appearance at Ice Ribbon's ''RibbonMania 2012'' event, where they defeated Muscle Venus (

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and Tsukasa Fujimoto) in a tag team match. On January 14, 2013, Taiyo and Kawakatsu-gun stablemates Act Yasukawa and Saki Kashima first defeated Nanae Gundan (Miho Wakizawa,

and Yui Yokoo) in the first round and then Team Shimmer (

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and

) in the finals to become the inaugural

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, making Taiyo a triple champion in the promotion. Six days later, Taiyo and Yoshiko defeated Thunder Rock (Io Shirai and Mayu Iwatani) to make their second successful defense of the Goddess of Stardom Championship. This was followed by their third successful defense against Nanamiho (Miho Wakizawa and Nanae Takahashi) on February 10. On March 3, Taiyo made her third successful defense of the High Speed Championship, when she wrestled freelancer Kaori Yoneyama to a thirty-minute time limit draw. On March 17, Taiyo and Yoshiko lost the Goddess of Stardom Championship to Kimura Monster-gun representatives

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and Kyoko Kimura in their fourth title defense. On April 29 at '' Ryōgoku Cinderella'', Taiyo made her fourth successful defense of the High Speed Championship against Yuhi. On May 9, Kawasaki Katsushika Saikyou Densetsu was stripped of the Artist of Stardom Championship, after both Kashima and Yasukawa had been sidelined with injuries. On June 2, Taiyo lost the High Speed Championship to Kaori Yoneyama in her fifth defense, ending her third reign at 679 days. On July 15, Taiyo and Yoshiko attempted to regain the vacant Goddess of Stardom Championship in a one-night tournament. After defeating Thunder Rock, the two made it to the finals of the tournament, where they were defeated by Nanamiho. On August 17, Taiyo also attempted to regain the Artist of Stardom Championship with stablemates Act Yasukawa and Yoshiko, but the three were defeated by the defending champions, Kairi Hojo, Kaori Yoneyama and Yuhi. At the conclusion of the event, Yasukawa turned on Taiyo and Yoshiko and jumped to Kimura Monster-gun. From August 25 to September 23, Taiyo took part in 5★Star GP2013, where she finished with a record of two wins, one draw and two losses, with a loss against Nanae Takahashi on the final day costing her a spot in the finals. In November, Taiyo and Yoshiko became the only team to have taken part in all three Goddesses of Stardom Tag tournaments. The two made it to the semifinals of the tournament, before losing to Kimura Monster-gun representatives

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and The Female Predator "Amazon". On December 29, Taiyo won the High Speed Championship for the fourth time, regaining the title from Yoneyama. Following the main event of the evening, Taiyo challenged World of Stardom Champion Io Shirai. On January 12, 2014, Taiyo celebrated her tenth anniversary in professional wrestling by reuniting with Nanae Takahashi in a tag team main event, where they defeated Mayu Iwatani and Yoshiko. On January 26 at Stardom's third anniversary event, Taiyo unsuccessfully challenged Shirai for the World of Stardom Championship. Following the match, Taiyo announced she would be retiring from professional wrestling on June 1. On February 2, Taiyo defeated Kaori Yoneyama in a rematch to make her first successful defense of the High Speed Championship. On March 16, Taiyo was defeated by Yoshiko in the final match between the longtime tag team partners. Taiyo continued making successful defenses of the High Speed Championship, defeating Mayu Iwatani on April 6 and Kaori Yoneyama in a

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on April 29. Later in the event, Taiyo offered to make her final defense of the title against World of Stardom Champion Io Shirai, noting that she had also made her first ever defense of the title against her in July 2009. On May 3, Taiyo and Yoshiko teamed up for what was billed as Kawasaki Katsushika Saikyou Densetsu's final match together, where they defeated Shirai and Nanae Takahashi. Three days later, Taiyo lost the High Speed Championship to Shirai. After announcing her retirement, Taiyo began making farewell appearances for several other promotions, including Gatoh Move Pro Wrestling, Ice Ribbon, JWP Joshi Puroresu, and Sendai Girls' Pro Wrestling, while also working independent events produced by

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and Ray. On May 24, Passion Red reunited for their sixth self-produced event, during which Taiyo wrestled three times, including in an exhibition tag team match with her idol

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, who had retired in 2005, and in a tag team main event, where she and Nanae Takahashi defeated

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and Meiko Satomura. On June 1, Taiyo was defeated by Nanae Takahashi in her retirement match.

Seadlinnng (2015–present)

Following Nanae Takahashi's departure from Stardom, she held a press conference on June 12, 2015, to announce "", a new professional wrestling production company with Mizushima serving as its senior managing director. Mizushima, billed as "Natsuki Taiyo" (without the star in her ring name), also began working for Seadlinnng as a referee, making her debut in the role at the promotion's first event on August 26.

Other media

In 2011, Mizushima had a minor acting role in the ''

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, where she appeared alongside fellow Stardom wrestlers Nanae Takahashi, Yoshiko and Yuzuki Aikawa.

Championships and accomplishments

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**Best Bout Award (2007) with

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and Azumi Hyuga on April 15 *NEO Japan Ladies Pro Wrestling ** NEO High Speed Championship (

) **Junior All Star MVP Award (2006) *

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**World-1 Women's Championship (1 time) *

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( 1 time) – with

and Saki Kashima **

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(

) **Artist of Stardom Championship Tournament (2013) **

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(2012) – with Yoshiko **5★Star GP Award (2 times) ***5★Star GP Best Bout Award (2013) vs. Nanae Takahashi on September 23 ***5★Star GP Technique Award (2012) **Stardom Year-End Award (3 times) ***Best Bout Award (2011) vs.

on November 12 ***Best Tag Award (2012) with Yoshiko ***Technique Award (2013)

Mixed martial arts record

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References

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