(born December 1, 1965) is a retired
Japanese
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* Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan
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** Japanese diaspor ...
professional wrestler
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who is best known as one half of the tag team
Jumping Bomb Angels
The Jumping Bomb Angels were a female Japanese professional wrestling tag team. The members were Noriyo Tateno and Itzuki Yamazaki, Itsuki Yamazaki.
History Japan
Noriyo Tateno and Itsuki Yamazaki formed one of the most well-known teams on th ...
with
Itsuki Yamazaki
is a retired Japanese professional wrestler who is best known as one half of the tag team Jumping Bomb Angels with Noriyo Tateno. Debuting in 1981, she worked with All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling, the World Wrestling Federation, World Champion ...
. She worked in
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 ...
,
WWF and has been working in
Ladies Legend Pro-Wrestling
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History
Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling split in 1992 ...
since 1992, until her retirement in 2010.
Professional wrestling career
All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling
Tateno competed in
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 ...
in the 1980s. On August 10, 1982, she defeated
Chigusa Nagayo
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to win the
AJW Junior Championship
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The prize was contested among wrestlers with less than two years of e ...
, which she held until January 8, 1984 when she lost it to Nagayo. On February 28, 1984, she was defeated by future partner
Itsuki Yamazaki
is a retired Japanese professional wrestler who is best known as one half of the tag team Jumping Bomb Angels with Noriyo Tateno. Debuting in 1981, she worked with All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling, the World Wrestling Federation, World Champion ...
for the
AJW Championship
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.
Tateno also held the
All Pacific Championship
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in All Japan. She defeated
Bull Nakano
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for the title on November 13, 1989 and held it until April 30, 1990, when she was defeated by
Aja Kong
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.
The Jumping Bomb Angels
Tateno teamed with
Itsuki Yamazaki
is a retired Japanese professional wrestler who is best known as one half of the tag team Jumping Bomb Angels with Noriyo Tateno. Debuting in 1981, she worked with All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling, the World Wrestling Federation, World Champion ...
to form a tag team that initially competed in Japan. On January 5, 1986, The Angels defeated
Bull Nakano
is a Japanese retired professional wrestler and professional golfer better known as . She began competing in All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling (AJW) as a teenager under the ring name Bull Nakano. As a wrestler she was a villain, who often teamed w ...
and Condor Saito to win the vacant
WWWA World Tag Team Championship
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.
Then on March 20, 1986, The Crush Gals (
Lioness Asuka
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and
Chigusa Nagayo
is a Japanese professional wrestler best known for her mainstream popularity in the 1980s as a member of the tag team ''Crush Gals'' with long-time partner Lioness Asuka. She was the founder of the GAEA Women's Professional Wrestling organizatio ...
) defeated The Angels to capture the WWWA Tag Team titles.
[
The Angels entered the ]World Wrestling Federation
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in mid-1987 known as "The Jumping Bomb Angels". At the first ever Survivor Series
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, The Jumping Bomb Angels were the sole survivors in a women's Survivor Series match
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. During the match, they received large cheers from the audience and praise from commentators Gorilla Monsoon
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Monsoon is famous for his run as a villainous super-heavyw ...
and Jesse Ventura
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especially after they dropkicked Jimmy Hart
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off the turnbuckle at the match's climax.[ On January 24, 1988 at the inaugural ]Royal Rumble
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, they beat The Glamour Girls
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History Early career and training
Leilani Kai was trained by The Fabulous Moolah in 1975 right after she finished high school at ' ...
(Leilani Kai
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and Judy Martin) in a two-out-of-three falls match
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to win the WWF Women's Tag Team Championship
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. The Angels would reign for 136 days until June 8, 1988 when The Glamour Girls defeated The Angels to recapture the WWF Women's Tag Team Championship.
Ladies Legend Pro Wrestling
From 1992 until her retirement in 2010, Tateno competed in Ladies Legend Pro-Wrestling
Ladies Legend Pro-Wrestling, also known as LLPW and currently as LLPW-X, is a Japanese independent women's professional wrestling promotion founded in 1992 by Rumi Kazama and Shinobu Kandori.
History
Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling split in 1992 ...
.
Championships and accomplishments
* 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 Junior Championship
The AJW Junior Championship was a tertiary singles title in All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling. The title started in 1980 and was retired in April 2005 when the promotion closed.
The prize was contested among wrestlers with less than two years of e ...
( 1 time)
** All Pacific Championship
The All Pacific Championship was the secondary singles women's professional wrestling title in All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling or AJW. The belt was started as the Hawaiian Pacific Championship in 1977 and was renamed the All Pacific Championship ...
( 1 time)
** WWWA World Tag Team Championship
The World Women's Wrestling Association (WWWA) World Tag Team Championship was the top doubles championship in All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling (AJW) from 1970 until it closed in 2005. During those years the title was held by many of the most famo ...
( 1 time) - with Itsuki Yamazaki
is a retired Japanese professional wrestler who is best known as one half of the tag team Jumping Bomb Angels with Noriyo Tateno. Debuting in 1981, she worked with All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling, the World Wrestling Federation, World Champion ...
* Ladies Legend Pro-Wrestling
Ladies Legend Pro-Wrestling, also known as LLPW and currently as LLPW-X, is a Japanese independent women's professional wrestling promotion founded in 1992 by Rumi Kazama and Shinobu Kandori.
History
Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling split in 1992 ...
** LLPW Singles Championship (1 time)
** LLPW Six-Woman Tag Team Championship (2 times) - with Rumi Kazama and Yasha Kurenai (1) and Keiko Aono and Harley Saito (1)
** LLPW Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Eagle Sawai
* Ladies Professional Wrestling Association
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** LPWA Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Eagle Sawai
* World Wrestling Federation
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** WWF Women's Tag Team Championship
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( 1 time) - with Itsuki Yamazaki
References
External links
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Japanese female professional wrestlers
Living people
1965 births
Sportspeople from Tochigi Prefecture
20th-century Japanese women
21st-century Japanese women
20th-century professional wrestlers
21st-century professional wrestlers