is a
Japanese
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* Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan
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** Japanese diaspor ...
retired
professional wrestler
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. She was trained in not only professional wrestling, but also
kickboxing
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, by
Ikuto Hidaka
(born August 5, 1972) is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently performing for Pro Wrestling Noah (Noah). Hidaka was the regular partner of Minoru Fujita, with whom he has held the Zero1-Max International Lightweight Tag Team and Intercont ...
and Satoshi Kobayashi at the
Pro Wrestling Zero1
(stylized as Pro Wrestling ZERO1), formerly known as Pro Wrestling Zero-One and Pro Wrestling Zero1-Max (stylised in all capital letters) and often referred to simply as Zero1, is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion founded in 2001. I ...
Norainu Dojo and made her debut on April 24, 2012, against
Yuzuki Aikawa
is a Japanese gravure idol and retired professional wrestler. Starting her modeling career in 2003, Aikawa went on to become one of Japan's top gravure idols, earning the nickname "The Gravure Queen of the Next Generation" by appearing in variou ...
. She remained affiliated with Zero1 for her entire career, but, due to the low number of women's matches held by the promotion, spent most of her time working with 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 won the Rookie of Stardom tournament in December 2012 and her first professional wrestling title, the
Artist of Stardom Championship
The is a professional wrestling six-woman tag team championship owned by the World Wonder Ring Stardom promotion. The title was first announced during Stardom's year-end event on December 24, 2012, and two days later its name was revealed as the ...
, in June 2013. Yuhi retired from professional wrestling in March 2014, coinciding with her high school graduation.
Professional wrestling career
With a six-year sports background in
dancing
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and two years in
acrobatics
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, Yuhi enrolled in the Bukuro Gym in 2009 to begin training
kickboxing
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under Satoshi Kobayashi.
[ While there, she met ]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 ...
Ikuto Hidaka
(born August 5, 1972) is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently performing for Pro Wrestling Noah (Noah). Hidaka was the regular partner of Minoru Fujita, with whom he has held the Zero1-Max International Lightweight Tag Team and Intercont ...
, who was impressed by her, but did not have his own dojo at the time.[ In February 2011, Kobayashi left Bukuro Gym to form the Norainu Dojo in collaboration with ]professional wrestling promotion
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Pro Wrestling Zero1
(stylized as Pro Wrestling ZERO1), formerly known as Pro Wrestling Zero-One and Pro Wrestling Zero1-Max (stylised in all capital letters) and often referred to simply as Zero1, is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion founded in 2001. I ...
.[ Yuhi followed Kobayashi to Norainu Dojo, where she continued her kickboxing training, but also began training professional wrestling mainly under Hidaka, but also guest trainers like ]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 ...
and Natsuki☆Taiyo
is a Japanese retired professional wrestler, better known by the ring name . Making her debut for All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling (AJW) in January 2004, Mizushima quickly affiliated herself with Nanae Takahashi, following her out of AJW in 2006 a ...
, while also continuing her high school
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studies at Senior High School at Sakado, University of Tsukuba.
On January 21, 2012, Zero1 presented Yuhi to the public and announced she was almost ready to make her professional wrestling debut.[ It was announced that she would be performing under her real given name Yuhi, which is ]Japanese
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* Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan
* Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture
** Japanese diaspor ...
for "sunset"; by coincidence Hidaka had previously run a women's wrestling promotion named Pro Wrestling Sun.[ On April 14, Zero1 revealed that the promotion had recruited ]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 ...
representative and ''Tokyo Sports
is a Japanese daily sports newspaper founded in 1960.
See also
* Tokyo Sports Film Award
* Tokyo Sports Puroresu Awards
The are Japanese professional wrestling, or ''puroresu'', awards that have been handed out by the ''Tokyo Sports'' mag ...
2011 ''joshi
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'' wrestler of the year, Yuzuki Aikawa
is a Japanese gravure idol and retired professional wrestler. Starting her modeling career in 2003, Aikawa went on to become one of Japan's top gravure idols, earning the nickname "The Gravure Queen of the Next Generation" by appearing in variou ...
, to serve as Yuhi's debut opponent.[ Ten days later, Yuhi made her debut at a Pro Wrestling Zero1 event in ]Tokyo
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's Korakuen Hall
is a famous sports arena in Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan, which has hosted many notable boxing, professional wrestling, kickboxing, mixed martial arts and Lethwei matches.
History
On April 16, 1962, the Korakuen Hall was officially opened with ...
, losing to Aikawa. On April 28, Yuhi was defeated by freelancer
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Hiroyo Matsumoto
(born November 6, 1985) is Japanese professional wrestler, currently working as a freelancer. Emi Sakura gave her the nickname of because Matsumoto broke a wall in the Ichigaya arena during her Ice Ribbon debut. She is best known with other w ...
at a small outdoor event in her hometown of Asaka, Saitama
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. On May 3, Yuhi made her first appearance outside of Zero1, when she made her debut for women's wrestling promotion World Wonder Ring Stardom, losing to Io Shirai
is a Japanese professional wrestler currently signed to WWE, where she performs on the Raw brand under the ring name Iyo Sky (stylized in all caps). She is a member of Damage CTRL and one-half of the current WWE Women's Tag Team Champions with ...
in a singles match. Yuhi and Hiroyo Matsumoto had a rematch at a larger Zero1 event in Korakuen Hall on May 16, where Matsumoto once again was victorious. On May 20, Yuhi returned to Stardom, wrestling Arisa Hoshiki to a fifteen-minute time limit draw in a main event "draft match".[ After the match, all of Stardom's ]stables
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; Io Shirai's Planet, Nanae Takahashi's Nanae Gundan, Natsuki☆Taiyo's Kawasaki Katsushika Saikyou Densetsu Plus One, and Yuzuki Aikawa's Zenryoku Joshi, entered the ring in an attempt to convince Yuhi to join them. Eventually, Yuhi chose to join Zenryoku Joshi, which also included Kairi Hojo
is a Japanese professional wrestler and actress currently working for New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) and World Wonder Ring Stardom under the ring name Kairi (stylized in all caps). Housako is also known for her work with WWE as . She is the c ...
, Saki Kashima and Yoko Bito
is a Japanese retired professional wrestler better known by the ring name . Bito initially made her in-ring debut in December 2010 for World Wonder Ring Stardom and quickly became one of the most popular wrestlers in the promotion, until announc ...
,[ and was two weeks later also joined by old associate Hiroyo Matsumoto.] Due to the complete lack of other female wrestlers in Zero1, this effectively made Stardom Yuhi's new home promotion, though she was still billed as a Zero1 Norainu Dojo representative.[
On June 10, 2012, Yuhi won her first match, when she and Kairi Hojo defeated Eri Susa and Yuuri Haruka, though she did not score the deciding pinfall.][ On July 8, Yuhi faced ]World of Stardom Champion
The is a women's world professional wrestling championship owned by the World Wonder Ring Stardom promotion. The title, which is situated at the top of Stardom's championship hierarchy, was introduced on June 26, 2011, and the inaugural champio ...
Nanae Takahashi in a losing effort in a non-title match.[ She finally picked up her first direct win on July 22 by pinning Yuuri Haruka in a ]Stardom Rumble
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to earn a spot in the upcoming 5★Star GP2012 tournament.[ Yuhi entered the tournament on August 19, losing to Yoshiko in her first round-robin match.] She then continued the tournament, defeating Act Yasukawa
, better known by the ring name , is a Japanese retired professional wrestler.
Making her pro wrestling debut in 2012, she wrestled exclusively for the joshi puroresu promotion Stardom. Yasukawa's career ultimately ended in December 2015, 10 mon ...
on August 26, losing to Nanae Takahashi on September 2, wrestling Io Shirai to a fifteen-minute time limit draw on September 17, and losing to eventual tournament winner Yuzuki Aikawa on September 30, as a result, failing to advance from her block.[ While the tournament was still ongoing, Yuhi took part in the ]independent
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* Independ ...
''Joshi 4 Hope IV'' event on October 7, defeating American
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** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America
** American ancestry, pe ...
wrestler Veda Scott
Veda Scott is an American professional wrestler. She has wrestled for various American promotions, including Ring of Honor (ROH), Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), Shimmer Women Athletes, and Absolute Intense Wrestling (AIW). She has also wre ...
in a singles match. On October 20, Yuhi returned to Zero1, facing Oz Academy
is a Japanese ''joshi puroresu'' or women's professional wrestling promotion founded by Mayumi Ozaki. The promotion's full official name is . In addition to the contracted members of the roster, Oz Academy has also employed some of the top freel ...
representative Aja Kong
is a Japanese professional wrestler better known by her ring name . She is the founder of the Arsion all-women professional wrestling promotion and has won several championships in both singles and tag team divisions throughout her career, prima ...
in a losing effort. On October 27, Yuhi and Aikawa entered the 2012 Goddesses of Stardom Tag League, contested for the vacant
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Goddess of Stardom Championship
The is a professional wrestling tag team Championship (professional wrestling), championship owned by the World Wonder Ring Stardom professional wrestling promotion, promotion.
Title history
On August 2, 2011, Stardom held a press conference t ...
. In their first round-robin match, the team, billed as "Y Dash", defeated Eri Susa and Nozomi. On November 6, Yuhi returned to Zero1 taking part in an all Stardom tag team match, where she and Kairi Hojo defeated Mayu Iwatani
(born February 19, 1993) is a Japanese professional wrestler currently signed to World Wonder Ring Stardom. Since making her debut in January 2011, she became a two-time World of Stardom Champion, two-time Wonder of Stardom Champion, one-time ...
and Natsumi Showzuki. Y Dash continued their Goddesses of Stardom Tag League on November 11 with a win over Thunder Rock (Io Shirai and Mayu Iwatani),[ but a loss to Kawasaki Katsushika Saikyou Densetsu (Natsuki☆Taiyo and Yoshiko) on November 25 meant that they narrowly failed to qualify for the finals of the tournament.][
On December 9, Yuhi entered the second annual Rookie of Stardom tournament. After defeating Zenryoku Joshi stablemate Kairi Hojo in her first round match, she won the tournament by defeating Act Yasukawa in the finals.] In a post-match victory speech, Yuhi made a challenge for the Goddess of Stardom Championship on December 24, but as Yuzuki Aikawa was already booked for the event, she chose Hiroyo Matsumoto, whom she referred to as her "older sister" and Zero1 training partner, as her new partner.[ On December 24, Yuhi and Matsumoto were defeated in their title match by the defending champions, Natsuki☆Taiyo and Yoshiko.][ Yuhi wrestled her first match of 2013 back in Zero1 on January 1, losing to ]Sendai Girls' Pro Wrestling
, often called , is a Japanese women's professional wrestling promotion. It is based in the city of Sendai, Miyagi in the Tohoku region.
History
Sendai Girls' Pro Wrestling was founded in 2005 by Meiko Satomura, a female professional wrestler ...
representative Meiko Satomura
Meiko Satomura (里村 明衣子, Satomura Meiko, born November 11, 1979) is a Japanese professional wrestler. She is currently signed to the American promotion WWE performing on the NXT brand and the Japanese promotion Sendai Girls' Pro Wrestlin ...
in a singles match. After Yuzuki Aikawa had announced her upcoming retirement from professional wrestling, she disbanded Zenryoku Joshi on January 14, 2013. In her final match as a representative of the stable, Yuhi was defeated by Hailey Hatred
Angel Katherine Reece (born November 4, 1983) is a retired American professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Hailey Hatred. Originally debuting in July 2002, Hatred worked for several years for various promotions in both the United S ...
in a singles match.[ On January 25, Yuhi made her debut under a ]mask
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as "Sunset☆JK", losing to "Masked Hiroyon", the masked Hiroyo Matsumoto, at a Zero1 event. On March 31, Yuhi teamed with Mayu Iwatani in a tag team match, where they were defeated by Kawasaki Katsushika Saikyou Densetsu representatives Natsuki☆Taiyo and Yoshiko. After the match, Yuhi made a challenge for Taiyo's 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 was promptly accepted by the champion. On April 14, Yuhi earner a big win by pinning Yuzuki Aikawa at the end of a seventeen-woman gauntlet match
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.[ The following day, Yuhi wrestled her one-year anniversary match back in Zero1, where she was defeated by veteran wrestler ]Manami Toyota
is a retired professional wrestler, best known for her work with the All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling (AJW) promotion. She is considered to be one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time.
Following AJW's closure, she continued to work ...
. On April 29 at '' Ryōgoku Cinderella'', Yuhi unsuccessfully challenged Natsuki☆Taiyo for the High Speed Championship.
Yuhi was then set to go against Wonder of Stardom Champion
The is a women's professional wrestling championship owned by the World Wonder Ring Stardom promotion. The title, which in Stardom's championship hierarchy is situated as the secondary title behind the World of Stardom Championship, was introduc ...
Dark Angel in a special non-title singles match, however, after she managed to pin Dark Angel in a tag team match on May 26, the champion agreed to put her title on the line in their upcoming match. Yuhi received her title shot on June 2, but was defeated by Dark Angel.[ On June 23, Yuhi teamed with Kairi Hojo and ]Kaori Yoneyama
is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently working as a freelancer on the Japanese independent circuit. Yoneyama started her career in 1999, working with the JWP Joshi Puroresu promotion. During the following years, she became a one-time J ...
to defeat the Kimura Monster-gun (Christina Von Eerie
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, Hailey Hatred and Kyoko Kimura
is a retired Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial artist. Throughout her 14-year career, she competed in Big Japan Pro Wrestling, Ibuki, Ice Ribbon, JWP Joshi Puroresu, NEO Japan Ladies Pro-Wrestling and World Wonder Ring Stardom, am ...
) in a decision match to win the vacant Artist of Stardom Championship
The is a professional wrestling six-woman tag team championship owned by the World Wonder Ring Stardom promotion. The title was first announced during Stardom's year-end event on December 24, 2012, and two days later its name was revealed as the ...
, her first professional wrestling title.[ The three made their first successful title defense on August 17 against Kawasaki Katsushika Saikyou Densetsu (Act Yasukawa, Natsuki☆Taiyo and Yoshiko).][ In August, Yuhi also began making appearances for Sendai Girls' Pro Wrestling, making her debut on August 30, when she, ]Hikaru Shida
is a Japanese professional wrestler, martial artist, actress, and model, currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where she is a former and the longest-reigning AEW Women's World Champion. On February 25, 2021, she became the longest reign ...
, Kagetsu and Sareee were defeated in an eight-woman tag team match by Aja Kong, Ayako Hamada
is a Mexican professional wrestler. During her 20-year career, Hamada wrestled for various promotions, including All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling, Gaea Japan and Pro Wrestling Wave in Japan, Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) and Lucha Libre ...
, Dynamite Kansai
is a retired Japanese female professional wrestler, better known by the ring name .
Career
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and Manami Toyota. On September 6, Yuhi wrestled her first match against her trainer Ikuto Hidaka, which she lost via submission. From August 25 to September 23, Yuhi took part in 5★Star GP2013, where she finished with a record of two wins, one draw and two losses, failing to qualify for the finals. On October 14, Yuhi, Hojo and Yoneyama, now known collectively as " Chibis", made their second successful defense of the Artist of Stardom Championship against Hiroyo Matsumoto, Mayu Iwatani and Miho Wakizawa. On October 17, Yuhi took part in a big generational eight-on-eight elimination match promoted by Sendai Girls' Pro Wrestling
, often called , is a Japanese women's professional wrestling promotion. It is based in the city of Sendai, Miyagi in the Tohoku region.
History
Sendai Girls' Pro Wrestling was founded in 2005 by Meiko Satomura, a female professional wrestler ...
, where she, Hikaru Shida, Kagetsu, Manami Katsu
is a Japanese professional wrestler. She was trained by the JWP Joshi Puroresu promotion and made her debut in April 2011. In December 2011, Katsu won the Souseiseki Cup and a year later the JWP Junior and Princess of Pro-Wrestling Championship ...
, Sareee, Syuri
is a Japanese professional wrestler, shoot boxer, kickboxer and mixed martial artist, better known simply as . Syuri formerly competed in Ultimate Fighting Championship. Syuri is currently working for World Wonder Ring Stardom, where she is the ...
, Takumi Iroha and Yoshiko defeated Aja Kong, Command Bolshoi
is a retired Japanese professional wrestler. She debuted for Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling (JWP) in November 1991 and worked for its follow-up promotion JWP Joshi Puroresu from 1992 until its folding in 2017, also serving as its final president. D ...
, Dump Matsumoto
, better known by her ring name , is a semi-retired Japanese professional wrestler. She came to prominence as one of the leading female wrestlers in All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling during the 1980s. The longtime leader of the stable Gokuaku Domei ...
, Dynamite Kansai, Kyoko Inoue
is a Japanese female professional wrestler. She has held the WWWA World Single Championship three times, and is the first woman to win a men's title in Japan.
Inoue performed in the World Wrestling Federation at Survivor Series 1995 in an all ...
, Manami Toyota, Meiko Satomura and Takako Inoue
is a Japanese professional wrestler. She wrestled primarily for the All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling promotion, and held several championships, primarily in tag team wrestling. She was well known as one-half of the tag team Double Inoue, which ...
. Yuhi eliminated Toyota, Takako Inoue and Kansai from the match, before being eliminated herself by Kong. On October 20, Yuhi and Yoneyama entered the 2013 Goddesses of Stardom Tag Tournament, but were eliminated in their first round match by Act Yasukawa and Kyoko Kimura.[ On November 4 at Stardom's 100th event, Chibis lost the Artist of Stardom Championship to the Kimura Monster-gun (]Alpha Female
Marie Kristin Gabert (June 4, 1982) is a German professional wrestler and former professional powerlifter, strongwoman, bodybuilder, and mixed martial artist under the names Alpha Female and Jazzy Gabert. She is best known on the independent scene ...
, The Female Predator "Amazon" and Kyoko Kimura) in their third title defense.[ On December 8, Yuhi pinned Kaori Yoneyama in a "Best of High Speed" tag team main event and afterwards challenged her to a match for the High Speed Championship.][ Yuhi received her title shot on December 23, but was defeated by Yoneyama.][ On February 9, 2014, Chibis received a rematch for the Artist of Stardom Championship, but were defeated by the defending champions, Tawashis (Hiroyo Matsumoto, Mayu Iwatani and Miho Wakizawa).]
On February 11, Yuhi announced at a Zero1 event that she would be retiring from professional wrestling, wanting to find a new career after her high school graduation. She then announced a retirement tour, which would see her make debuts for Ice Ribbon
is a ''joshi puroresu'' (women's professional wrestling) professional wrestling promotion, promotion established in 2006 by Emi Sakura, after her split with Gatokunyan.
History
Ice Ribbon was founded by Emi Sakura, a professional wrestler wh ...
, JWP Joshi Puroresu
, also known as or simply JWP, was a Japanese ''joshi puroresu'' (women's professional wrestling) promotion, founded in 1992 as a splinter promotion of Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling. Celebrating its 25th anniversary at the time of its folding in 2 ...
, Osaka Joshi Pro Wrestling and 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 ...
. Yuhi first made her debut for Pro Wrestling Wave on February 19, losing to Ayako Hamada in a main event singles match. As part of her road to retirement, Yuhi was also given some of the biggest singles matches of her career, losing to JWP Openweight Champion Arisa Nakajima
is a Japanese professional wrestler. Trained by the Major Girl's Fighting AtoZ promotion, Nakajima made her debut in January 2006, but when the promotion folded the following May, she transferred over to JWP Joshi Puroresu, where she became a tw ...
at Zero1's March 9 event, and to Kana
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in a 41-minute match at a special one-match Norainu Dojo event on March 13. Three days later, Yuhi wrestled her final Stardom match, unsuccessfully challenging Act Yasukawa for the Wonder of Stardom Championship.[ On March 19, Yuhi wrestled her final Pro Wrestling Wave match, a six-woman tag team main event, where she, Rina Yamashita and Sawako Shimono were defeated by Wave Single Champion ]Yumi Ohka
, better known by her ring name , is a Japanese professional wrestler. Originally trained by the now defunct JDStar promotion, Ohka now works for Oz Academy and Pro Wrestling Wave. She is a former two-time Wave Single Champion, while also being ...
and Wave Tag Team Champions
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Ayako Hamada and Yuu Yamagata. The following day, Yuhi made her first and only appearance for JWP Joshi Puroresu, teaming with Rina Yamashita in a tag team match, where they were defeated by Manami Katsu and Sawako Shimono. On March 21, Yuhi also made her first and only appearance for Osaka Joshi Pro Wrestling, teaming with Manami Toyota and Mima Shimoda
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in a six-woman tag team match, where they defeated Hibiscus Mii, Hikaru Shida and Kyusei Ninja Ranmaru. On March 26, Yuhi made her debut for Ice Ribbon, teaming with Risa Sera
, better known by her ring name , is a Japanese professional wrestler and actress. She is currently a freelancer working in the deathmatch unit Prominence, who is best known for wrestling in Ice Ribbon. She is a four-time International Ribbon Ta ...
in a tag team main event, where they were defeated by Tsukasa Fujimoto
is a Japanese professional wrestler and actress, who is currently wrestling for Ice Ribbon, where she also works behind the scenes as the co-head trainer.
She is a record seven-time ICE×∞ Champion, six-time International Ribbon Tag Team C ...
and Tsukushi. On March 30, Yuhi returned to her home promotion for her final Zero1 event, where she was defeated by Meiko Satomura. The following day, Norainu Dojo presented Yuhi's retirement show at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring
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, during which she wrestled three times; first as Sunset☆JK, teaming with Masked Hiroyon to defeat Mika Iida and Misaki Ohata
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in a tag team match and then losing to Natsuki☆Taiyo in what was advertised as her retirement match. However, afterwards Yuhi agreed to one final tag team match, where she and Taiyo were defeated by Yoshiko and Hiroyo Matsumoto, who pinned Yuhi to end her professional wrestling career.[
]
Championships and accomplishments
* 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 ...
** Artist of Stardom Championship
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( 1 time) – with Kairi Hojo
is a Japanese professional wrestler and actress currently working for New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) and World Wonder Ring Stardom under the ring name Kairi (stylized in all caps). Housako is also known for her work with WWE as . She is the c ...
and Kaori Yoneyama
is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently working as a freelancer on the Japanese independent circuit. Yoneyama started her career in 1999, working with the JWP Joshi Puroresu promotion. During the following years, she became a one-time J ...
[
** Rookie of Stardom (2012)][
** 5★Star GP Award (1 time)
*** 5★Star GP Outstanding Performance Award (2013)][
]
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Yuhi (Wrestler)
1995 births
Japanese female professional wrestlers
Living people
Sportspeople from Saitama Prefecture
Masked wrestlers
21st-century professional wrestlers
Artist of Stardom Champions