is a female

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retired

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best known for her popularity in the 1990s and 2000s. She was one of the members of the first class of wrestlers trained by

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when Nagayo formed the

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promotion. Uematsu finished her career in 2012, working for the

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promotion. After her retirement, Uematsu continued working as a trainer for Pro Wrestling Wave.

Career

Toshie Uematsu debuted at the age of 21 on April 15, 1995 at Memorial First Gong, the first show of the

joshi puroresu promotion. In 1997, several GAEA wrestlers, including Uematsu, appeared in

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(WCW). Uematsu was entered in the inaugural tournament for the newly created women's cruiserweight title. She won the tournament, defeating

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on April 7, 1997 in Hunstville, Alabama to become the first holder of the

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. Uematsu lost the belt to

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on July 19, 1997 and the belt was abandoned soon afterwards. On February 17, 2004, Uematsu and her partner,

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won the

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for the first time when they beat

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and

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by countout (in Japan, a title can change hands on a countout). Uematsu and Yu-Yu were a cunning combo, winning most of their matches by countout after luring their opponents as far away from the ring as they could. They won the belts for the second time on April 3, 2005, defeating

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and

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. The championship was retired one week later when the GAEA promotion closed; Uematsu and Yu-Yu lost to Sugar Sato and Chikayo Nagashima in a non-title match on the final card. Uematsu has stayed busy since, wrestling as a free-lancer for several joshi promotions. Uematsu returned to the

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on March 12, 2011, when she defeated Madison Eagles at an event promoted by the Chikara promotion. The following day she was defeated by

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at another Chikara event. Uematsu returned to Chikara on December 2, 2011, to take part in the special ''JoshiMania'' weekend, losing to

on night one. The following day, Uematsu teamed with GAMI to defeat Cherry and Sawako Shimono in a tag team match. On the third and final night of the tour, Uematsu teamed with

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(Kobald, Kodama and Obariyon) to defeat Cherry and The Colony (Fire Ant, Green Ant and Soldier Ant) in an eight-person tag team match. On April 30, 2012, Uematsu wrestled her retirement match at a

event, where she and Ran Yu-Yu defeated

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and

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in a tag team match. Uematsu made a one-night return to the ring on December 30, 2013, taking part in Gami's retirement match, a 70-person

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. Uematsu made another return on March 22, 2014, when she took part in

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's return match at an event produced by

Championships and accomplishments

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( 4 times) *

(

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) - with

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( 3 time) - with Ran Yu-Yu (2) and Kazuki (1) :*

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( 5 times) - with Ran Yu-Yu (4) and Kazuki (1) :* JWP Tag League the Best (

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) - with Ran Yu-Yu *M's Style :*One Day Tag Tournament (2005) – with Ran Yu-Yu *''

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'' **Joshi Tag Team Award (2006, 2008) with Ran Yu-Yu **Joshi Technique Award (2005, 2006, 2008) *

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( 1 time) - with Ran Yu-Yu *

( 1 time) :* WCW Women's Cruiserweight Championship Tournament (1997)

References

External links

Toshie Uematsu's blog (in Japanese)
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