is a

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currently working as a freelancer and is best known for her tenure with various promotions such as

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(DDT) and

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Professional wrestling career

DDT Pro-Wrestling (2004–2022)

In 2004, Cherry made her

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debut at ''Non-Fix 6/16 In Kitazawa Town Hall'', an event promoted by

on June 16, 2004, where she teamed up with

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to defeat Masahiro Takanashi and Showa-ko in an intergender tag team match. Cherry also took part in the

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series of events, appearing mostly in rumble rules matches. She marked her first appearance at Ryōgoku Peter Pan 2011 on July 24, where she took part in an Ironman rumble rules match also involving

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and others. At Ryōgoku Peter Pan 2013 on August 18, she teamed up with Masahiro Takanashi and Saki Akai to defeat Hiroshi Fukuda, Yoshiko and

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. At Ryōgoku Peter Pan 2016 on August 28, she competed in a rumble rules match for the Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship also involving Guanchulo, Joey Ryan, Reika Saiki, Kenso and others. At Ryōgoku Peter Pan 2017 on August 20, Cherry competed in a rumble rules match for the Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship also involving the winner Yuu,

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, Mizuki, Yuna Manase, Miyu Yamashita and others. She participated in signature events of DDT such as Into The Fight. The last event of the series in which she competed was Into The Fight 2017 on February 19, where she teamed up with Michael Nakazawa, Masahiro Takanashi and Tomomitsu Matsunaga in a losing effort against T2Hii (

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and Kazuki Hirata) and Saki Akai in a Loser Exiled Overseas eight-person tag team match. Another popular DDT event in which she took part was

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. Her first match in this event took place at DDT 8th Anniversary: Judgement 9 on March 27, 2005, where she fell short to Masahiro Takanashi. At Judgement 2016: DDT 19th Anniversary on March 21, she competed in a rumble rules battle royal for a chance to challenge anytime for the

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also involving

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, Ken Ohka,

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and others. At Judgement 2017: DDT 20th Anniversary on March 20, she teamed up with Aja Kong and Miyu Yamashita, losing against Saki Akai,

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and Shoko Nakajima in a six-woman tag team match. The last event in which she competed was Judgement 2018: DDT 21st Anniversary from March 25, where she teamed up with Tomomitsu Matsunaga, Hoshitango, Mad Paulie and Gota Ihashi to defeat Mizuki Watase, Rekka, Gran MilliMeters (Daiki Shimomura and Nobuhiro Shimatani) and Takato Nakano. On December 15, 2019, at the D-Oh Grand Prix 2020 event in Harajuku, Cherry unsuccessfully challenged Gorgeous Matsuno for the O-40 Championship.

Independent circuit (2005–present)

Cherry is known to have competed in many promotions during her career. She stepped in the squared circle for

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at '' Stardom Season 9 Goddesses In Stars'' on October 27, 2012, where she teamed up with Act Yasukawa and

in a losing effort to Kimura Monster-gun (

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and

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). She worked in a couple of matches for

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, one of them taking place at ''SHIMMER Volume 112'' on March 31, 2019, where she unsuccessfully challenged

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, Ashley Vox and

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in a

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. Cherry competed at the Hana Kimura Memorial Show, an event promoted by

to mark one year from the passing of her daughter Hana on May 23, 2021, where she participated in a 28-person All-Star battle royal also involving popular wrestlers such as Jun Kasai,

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, Gabai Jichan,

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and others.

Oz Academy (2007–2019)

Cherry made sporadic appearances in

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for a long period o time. She participated in a 50-women gauntlet match at ''OZ Academy/Manami Toyota Produce Manami Toyota 30th Anniversary'',

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's retirement show produced on November 3, 2017, where she went in a one-minute time-limit draw against

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. At ''OZ Academy Come Back To Shima!'' on May 26, 2019, she participated in a 13-woman battle royal also involving Mayumi Ozaki, Rina Yamashita, Sonoko Kato,

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and others. Her last match there took place at ''OZ Academy MIYAKO Again'' on November 4, 2019, where she fell short to

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Pro Wrestling Wave (2007–present)

Cherry is known for her long tenure with

. At ''WAVE The Virgin Mary Reina De Reinas 2012'', an event promoted during the relationship between the promotion and

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on November 27, she teamed up with Shuu Shibutani, losing to Makoto and Moeka Haruhi, Hikaru Shida and Nagisa Nozaki,

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and Yuu Yamagata, and Aya Yuuki and Sawako Shimono in a five-way match. She took part in the

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tournament, making her debut in the 2009 edition of the event, where she placed herself in the "Comical" block, scoring a total of three points after competing against Bullfight Sora, Gami and

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. At the 2010 edition, she took part of the "Rival" block, scoring a total of five points after competing against

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, Asami Kawasaki, Shuu Shibutani and Moeka Haruhi. At the 2011 edition, she placed herself in the "Visual" block, scoring a total of three points after competing against

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and

. At the 2012 edition, after placing herself in the "Black Dahlia" block, she scored four points after facing two new opponents,

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and Misaki Ohata. At the 2013 edition, she competed in the "Slender" block, gaining a total of six points after going against

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, Arisa Nakajima,

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and others.

Championships and accomplishments

** Fly To Everywhere World Championship ( 3 times) ** Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship ( 22 times) ** SGP Global Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time) *

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(

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) **WUW World Underground Wrestling Women's Championship (1 time) *

** Oz Academy Pioneer 3-Way Championship (2 times) *

** Wave Tag Team Championship (

) – with

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(1) and Shuu Shibutani (1) * Pure-J ** Daily Sports Women's Tag Team Championship (

) – with

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(1) and Kazuki (1) *

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** WWWD Queen Elizabeth Championship ( 1 time)

References

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