is a

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currently working as a freelancer and is best known for her time in

Pro Wrestling Wave , is a women's professional wrestling, or Joshi Puroresu, promotion created in 2007 after the dissolution and closure of JDStar. The company was formed by Mikiko Futagami, or Gami, former JDStar wrestler Yumi Ohka, and former JDStar booker Tatsu ...

Professional wrestling career

Independent circuit (2013-present)

Yamashita began working for other promotions such as

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, where at ''SEMex In Shinjuku Vol. 3'' on October 2, 2014, she fell short to

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. Another notable promotion for which she worked was

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, her best victory taking place at ''JWP Spring Hurricane In Osaka'' on April 26, 2015, where she defeated Rydeen Hagane to win both

JWP Junior Championship The JWP Junior Championship was a women's professional wrestling championship owned by the JWP Joshi Puroresu promotion. It was introduced on June 16, 1995, when Candy Okutsu defeated Hiromi Sugou and Hiromi Yagi in a three-way match to become the ...

and

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. On May 17, 2015, Yamashita competed for

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at ''OZ Academy Reincarnation'', event where she teamed up with

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and Sakura Hirota, falling short to

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and

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. She worked a couple of matches for

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, at ''AJPW Starting Over 2017'', where on November 6, she teamed up with Itsuki Aoki, first falling short to Fairy Nihonbashi and Saori Anou, but getting revenge in a second match against them pulling out a victory in less than 5 seconds. At ''

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Grow Together! 2021'' on March 17, Yamashita fell short to

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, failing to win the vacant

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Ice Ribbon (2014-present)

Yamashita also works for

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, making sporadic appearances such as at ''Ice Ribbon #1117'' from May 9, 2021, where she teamed up with fellow Rebel X Enemy stablemates Maika Ozaki and Ram Kaicho to defeat Banny Oikawa, Miku Aono and

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in a

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. At ''Ice Ribbon #1100 ~ RE:BORN 2021'' on February 20, she unsuccessfully challenged

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for the

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Pro Wrestling Wave (2013-2018)

Yamashita made her

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debut at

's ''WAVE GAMI Libre 6'', a

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from November 4, 2013, where she fell short to

. She continued to make notable appearances for the promotion such as at ''WAVE GAMI Libre - Lucky 7'' from December 30, 2013, where she participated in a 77-person rumble match, competing against other popular superstars such as

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and others. Yamashita took part in various notable tournaments of the

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. She started with '' Catch The Wave 2014 Young Block'', where she competed against

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, Sumire Natsu,

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, Fairy Nipponbashi and Shiori Akiba, scoring a total of five points. At the '' 2015 edition of seniors'', Yamashita entered last as chosen by

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and finished on the last position after competing against

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, Maika Iida, Cherry and

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. Her best result was at the '' 2018 edition''where she placed herself in the Block A, competing against

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and Miyuki Takase, winning it with a total of nine points, and defeating

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in the finals to win the tournament. She also competed in the '' 2014 Dual Shock Wave'' tournament where she teamed up with

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as Satsuma Kotsuji-gun, fighting

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and

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into a time-limit draw, succeeded by Yamashita falling short to Nakagawa in an overtime singles match. At the '' 2015 edition'', she teamed up with

as Fafrotskies, falling short to Haru☆kura (

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and

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) in a first-round match on October 2. At the '' 2016 edition'', she scored her best performance, teaming up with

as GReeeeN, defeating Chōjin Shitei Konbi (Mika Iida and

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) in the first-round match, fWo (Fairy Nipponbashi and Kyusei Sakura Hirota) in the second-round match, obtaining a bye victory in the semi-finals, and finally picking up the decisive victory against Redbull (

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and

) in the finals on October 10.

Game Changer Wrestling (2022–present)

At GCW Homecoming: Part 1, Yamashita defeated Alex Colon to win the GCW Ultraviolent Championship.

Championships and accomplishments

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(

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) *

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:* GCW Ultraviolent Championship (1 time, current) *

:* FantastICE Championship ( 1 time) *

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:* Newcomer Award (2020) *

( 1 time) *

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( 2 times, current) – with

(1) and Yoshiko (1) *

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( 1 time) :*

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( 1 time, current) - with Hanako Nakamori * Pro Wrestling Freedoms :* King of Freedom Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with

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*''

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'' ** Ranked No. 67 of the top 150 female wrestlers in the ''

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'' in 2022 **Ranked No. 313 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the ''

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'' in 2022 *

Regina Di WAVE Championship The is a women's professional wrestling Championship (professional wrestling), championship owned by the Pro Wrestling Wave professional wrestling promotion, promotion. The title is nicknamed and more commonly referred to as the . The championsh ...

( 1 time) :* Dual Shock Wave (2016) - :* Catch the Wave (2018) * Reina :*

Reina World Tag Team Championship The Reina World Tag Team Championship (''Campeonato Mundial en Parejas de Reina'' in Spanish; in Japanese) was a professional wrestling Tag team championship promoted by Reina Joshi Puroresu. The championship was created in September 2011 in Uni ...

(1 time) - with

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:* Beyond the Sea Tag Team Championship ( 1 time) - with Yoshiko

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Yamashita, Rina 1989 births Living people People from Kagoshima Prefecture Japanese female professional wrestlers 21st-century professional wrestlers Reina World Tag Team Champions Oz Academy Tag Team Champions Ironman Heavymetalweight Champions