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Mika Iwata
is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working as a freelancer and is best known for her tenure with the Japanese promotions Sendai Girls' Pro Wrestling and Pro Wrestling Wave. Professional wrestling career Independent circuit (2015-present) As a freelancer, Iwata is known for competing in multiple promotions of the Japanese independent scene. At ''Seadlinnng Let's Go Now'' on May 18, 2016, she teamed up with Yuki Miyazaki in a losing effort against Yumiko Hotta and Cassandra Miyagi. At ''Pure-J Climax'' on December 17, 2017, she teamed up with Alex Lee as "Strong Style Rush" in a losing effort against Kazuki and Rydeen Hagane. At ''Oz Academy The Wizard Of OZ 2018 - Day 1'' on January 7, Iwata teamed up with Meiko Satomura to defeat Aoi Kizuki and Tsubasa Kuragaki. At ''TJPW The Sparkling Girl Will Fly To Hakata'', an event promoted by Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling on March 31, 2019, she teamed up with Hikari Noa in a losing effort against Aja Kong and Shoko Nakajima. At ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mika Iwata 2019
Mika is a given name, a nickname and a surname. Notable people and fictional characters with the name include: People known just as Mika * Mika (singer) (born 1983), Lebanese-born British singer-songwriter Michael Penniman, Jr. * Mika (footballer, born 1987), Portuguese football defender Michael da Conceição Figueiredo * Mika (footballer, born 1991), Portuguese football goalkeeper Michael Simões Domingues * Mika (Armenian singer), Michael Varosyan, who represented Armenia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015 * Mika X, (born 1962), New Zealand Maori performing artist Fictional characters * Mika, a character in the horror game '' Ao Oni'' Mika as a given name Male given name (primarily used in Finland) * Mika Aaltola (born 1969), Finnish political scientist and director of the Finnish Institute of International Affairs * Mika Aaltonen (born 1965), Finnish football player * Mika Brzezinski (born 1967), American talk-show host * Mika Chunuonsee (born 1989), Thai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tsubasa Kuragaki
is a Japanese professional wrestler better known by the ring name . For most of her career, Kuragaki has worked for JWP Joshi Puroresu, becoming a one-time JWP Junior and two-time JWP Openweight Champion as a singles wrestler. As a tag team wrestler, she is best known as one half of the "Harukura" tag team with Kayoko Haruyama, with whom she has held the Daily Sports Women's and JWP Tag Team Championships three times each. She quit JWP in October 2013 to become a freelancer. She is currently working most notably for Oz Academy, where she is a former one-time Oz Academy Openweight Champion and a one-time Oz Academy Tag Team Champion. Professional wrestling career Kuragaki was trained in professional wrestling at the JWP Joshi Puroresu dojo, where she trained alongside the likes of Azumi Hyuga, Carlos Amano, Kana Misaki and Ran Yu-Yu. She made her debut under her real name on January 8, 1995, facing Tomomi Kobayashi at Korakuen Hall. However, Kuragaki ended up quitting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hercules Senga
is a Japanese professional wrestler better known by his ring name . He currently wrestles as a freelancer in the Japanese independent circuit and as a regular in both Michinoku Pro Wrestling (Michinoku Pro) and Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW). Professional wrestling career Toryumon (2004–2006) After training in the Último Dragón Gym, Senga made his pro wrestling debut in Toryumon Mexico on December 11, 2004, under his real name. After some events, Senga changed his ring name to Banana Senga and became a member of the salsa-themed heel stable Los Salseros Japoneses (Takeshi Minamino, Pineapple Hanai and Mango Fukuda) along his classmate Passion Hasegawa. Michinoku Pro Wrestling (2006–present) In 2006, he was moved to Michinoku Pro Wrestling (Michinoku Pro), where he wrestled mainly in low-card matches. After the fall of Los Salseros, Senga was defeated by Ken45º and forced into his stable Ken Gundan, but the stable dissolved shortly after and Senga turned face, kee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masato Tanaka
is a Japanese professional wrestler, best known for his appearances with Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling (FMW) in Japan where he was a one-time FMW Brass Knuckles Heavyweight Champion and a one-time WEW World Heavyweight Champion and in Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) in the United States where he was a one-time ECW World Heavyweight Champion. He is currently splitting his time wrestling for both Pro Wrestling Noah (Noah) and Pro Wrestling Zero1 (Zero1). He is overall a ten-time world champion in major professional wrestling promotions. Professional wrestling career Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling (1993–1999) Originally a trainee for George and Shunji Takano's Pro Wrestling Crusaders (Crusaders), Tanaka transferred to Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling (FMW), where he trained under Atsushi Onita. Tanaka debuted on July 23, 1993 in Saga City, facing Ricky Fuji. He quickly began moving up the card in FMW, widely regarded as the top hardcore professional wrestli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cima (wrestler)
(born November 15, 1977), better known by his ring name Cima ( ) (most often stylized as CIMA), is a Japanese professional wrestler who currently works for Gleat. He had previously worked for Oriental Wrestling Entertainment (OWE), where he had also served as the company's president. He also made appearances for All Elite Wrestling (AEW) in 2019 and 2020. Cima is best known for his work with Dragon Gate (DG), whom he worked for from the promotion's formation in 2004 up until 2018. In Dragon Gate, he held every available championship in the promotion, including the Open the Triangle Gate Championship a record 12 times. Professional wrestling career Toryumon and Dragon Gate (1997–2018) Nobuhiko Oshima, otherwise known as Cima, graduated from the first class of Último Dragón's Toryumon dojo. He quickly became the Toryumon wrestling promotion's biggest star. He first wrestled as Shiima Nobunaga (making a few appearances in WCW under that name), then as Shiima (stylized in a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Super Delfin
is a Japanese professional wrestler who currently runs Kaisen Puroresu and is also working as a wrestler there. He is better known by his stage name . Professional wrestling career New Japan Pro-Wrestling (1989, 1994) Hiroto Wakita joined New Japan Pro-Wrestling's dojo. He was affiliated with the Takeshi Puroresu Gundan, a Japanese take on the "Rock 'n Wrestling" concept espoused by the WWF at the time in the United States, using comedian and director Takeshi Kitano as the manager of Riki Choshu and others who had returned from All Japan Pro Wrestling. As fans were not receptive to the angle, Kitano and New Japan parted ways, which left Wakita and his fellow dojo students, the future Jado and Gedo, without a home. The three men began training almost on their own, with Wally Yamaguchi as their trainer. In 1994 he competed in the Best of the Super Juniors Tournament organised by New Japan Pro-Wrestling. He finished second by losing to Jyushin Thunder Liger in the finals. He att ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ram Kaicho
is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working as a freelancer and is best known for her tenure with the Japanese promotions Ice Ribbon and Wrestling of Darkness 666. Professional wrestling career Independent circuit (2006–2009) Ram debuted as a professional wrestler while being an elementary school pupil on February 18, 2006, at 666 1st Fan Appreciation Day: Welcome To 666, an event promoted by Wrestling of Darkness 666 where she teamed up with Kenji Sawaragi and Kyoko Kimura to defeat Minepyon, Naoshi Sano and Shinobu. Since her debut, Ram was one of the youngest female wrestlers of Japan and her gimmick has been portraited as a demonic possessed kid who was fighting significantly older opponents. Debuting as a comedy wrestler and going under the nickname of "President Ram", Ram was often billed as the daughter of The Undertaker, using to perform the latter's infamous chokeslam against larger opponents. She was even able to win the Ironman Heavymetalweight Champ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Royal (professional Wrestling)
In professional wrestling, a battle royal (sometimes battle royale; plural battles royal or battle royals) is a multi-competitor match type in which wrestlers are eliminated until one is left and declared the winner. Typical battles royal begin with a number of participants in the ring, who are then eliminated by going over the top rope and having both feet touch the venue floor. Variations Battlebowl In a two-ring variation on a battle royal, the wrestlers start in one ring and try to throw wrestlers into the second ring, after which they can be eliminated by being thrown out of that ring. The last remaining wrestler in the first ring can rest until only one wrestler is left in the second ring, after which they fight in both rings until one is eliminated and a winner is declared, in similar fashion to a double elimination tournament. The two-version was held in World Championship Wrestling's 1991 Starrcade event. Subsequent Battlebowl matches occurred under normal battle roy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hana Kimura
was a Japanese joshi puroresu professional wrestler. She worked for native companies in her country such as World Wonder Ring Stardom from 2016 to 2020, and Wrestle-1, in addition to having made appearances for foreign companies such as Ring of Honor, Pro-Wrestling: EVE, and some independent promotions in Mexico. Kimura was a second-generation wrestler; her mother Kyoko Kimura is a former professional wrestler. She was a cast member on the Fuji Television and Netflix reality television series '' Terrace House: Tokyo 2019–2020'' which is the fifth installment of the ''Terrace House'' franchise. Following a series of troubling tweets addressing online criticism directed at her from ''Terrace House'' viewers, she was found dead in her apartment in Tokyo on May 23, 2020. Her death had been ruled a suicide by December 2020. Professional wrestling career Early career Prior to her professional wrestling career, Kimura won the DDT Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship one time on A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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, among other promotions. She is best known for her Jamaican flag shirt and puffed afro that at one point stood at roughly one foot tall. She is known for wrestling in barbed wire deathmatches as well as her singles bouts. She retired from professional wrestling in January 2017. Professional wrestling career Kimura started her professional wrestling career in the JWP Joshi Puroresu promotion, making her debut on July 20, 2003. She remained with the promotion in a small role for over two years, before quitting in late 2005 and becoming a freelancer. During the following years, Kimura made appearances for promotions such as Ibuki, Oz Academy, and Pro Wrestling Wave, while also making her debut in death matches. Kimura's first major role in p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hana Kimura Memorial Show
The was a Japanese professional wrestling memorial show and pay-per-view and the first event promoted by Kyoko Kimura to commemorate the one year anniversary of the death of her daughter Hana Kimura, who committed suicide on May 23, 2020. The event took place on May 23, 2021 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan with a limited attendance due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Kagetsu and Hazuki, who both retired in 2019, made one-off in-ring returns at the event, participating in both the semi-main and main event matches. The event was presented internationally as a live pay-per-view via the FITE TV service, with Ring of Honor's Ian Riccaboni, Sumie Sakai, and World Famous CB serving as the English commentary team during the broadcast. Background On May 23, 2020, Hana Kimura committed suicide at age 22. Early that morning, Kimura posted self-harm images on Twitter and Instagram while sharing some of the hateful comments she received. In late 2020 and early 2021, the Tokyo Metropolita ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shoko Nakajima
is a Japanese female professional wrestler, who wrestles for Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling. She is also known for her appearances in Chikara, Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre, DDT Pro-Wrestling and All Elite Wrestling. Professional wrestling career Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling (2013–present) She made her ring debut with Miyu Yamashita against Chikage Kiba and Kanna as a dark match of "DDT World Expo-Progress and Harmony in pro wrestling" held at Ryogoku Kokugikan on August 17, where she was pinned by Kanna. Nakajima was part of the main event of Tokyo Joshi's first Korakuen Hall event, where she and Miyu Yamashita fought to become the inaugural Princess of Princess Champion. Taking place on January 4, 2016, Yamashita was able to pin Nakajima to claim the title. From September 9, 2017, to October 10, Nakajima teamed with Yuka Sakazaki to take part in a tournament to crown the inaugural Princess Tag Team Championship. In the tournament final, they defeated Maho Kurone and Ri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
