is a Japanese

professional wrestler Professional wrestling, often shortened to either pro wrestling or wrestling,The term "wrestling" is most often widely used to specifically refer to modern scripted professional wrestling, though it is also used to refer to real-life wrest ...

, currently working for ChocoPro. She also works for

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under the

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Mei Saint-Michel. Suruga is a former one time Asia Dream Tag Team Champion and one-time Princess Tag Team Champion.

Professional wrestling career

Gatoh Move Pro Wrestling (2018–present)

Suruga debuted as a

at ''Gatoh Move In Kitazawa Town Hall'', an event promoted by

Gatoh Move Pro Wrestling ChocoPro, first established as Bangkok Girls Pro Wrestling (BKK Pro), is a Thai-Japanese ''joshi puroresu'' (women's professional wrestling) Professional wrestling promotion, promotion founded in 2012 by Emi Sakura and Prachapoom "Pumi" Boonyatud. ...

on May 27, 2018, where she fell short to her trainer, Emi Sakura. At ''Gatoh Move ChocoPro #76'' on December 31, 2020, Suruga teamed up with Baliyan Akki as Best Bros to defeat Reset (Emi Sakura and

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) for the

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DDT Pro Wrestling (2018–present)

She participated at ''DDT Beer Garden Fight 2018'', an event promoted by

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(DDT) on August 1, 2018, where she teamed up with Emi Sakura and

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, falling short to NEO Biishiki-gun ( Masahiro Takanashi, Yoshiko and Sakisama). Suruga competed in another DDT event, titled

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''Produce ~ Follow Me'' on September 15, 2019, where she teamed up with

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and participated in an eight-team gauntlet tag team match competing against the eventual winners Hoshitango and

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, Mao and Yusuke Inokuma, Disaster Box (

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and

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and

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and Emi Sakura,

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and Shota, and Gorgeous Matsuno and

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Independent circuit (2018–present)

Suruga competed in the ''EVE SHE-1 ~ Ace Of EVE 2019'', a tournament promoted by Pro-Wrestling: EVE, in November 2019, where she placed herself in the Block C and competed against Jetta,

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, Rhia O'Reilly and Lulu Pencil, finishing with four points. At ''AJPW GROWIN' UP Vol.24'', an event produced by

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on February 26, 2020, Suruga teamed up with Black Menso～re under the

of Pink Menso～re to defeat

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and

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in an intergender tag team match.

Sendai Girls' Pro Wrestling (2018–2020)

Suruga is also known for her tenure with Sendai Girls' Pro Wrestling. On April 17, 2019, at a

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, she teamed up with

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and

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to defeat

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, Killer Kelly and Mikoto Shindo in a six-woman tag team match. One day earlier, on April 16, 2019, Suruga competed at another

where she teamed up with

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to defeat Kaoru and Mikoto Shindo. At ''Sendai Girls Joshi Puroresu Big Show In Sendai'' on October 13, 2019, Suruga competed in a 8-woman battle royal against the winner

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, Kaoru, Sakura Hirota, Alex Lee,

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and Aiger.

Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling (2020–present)

Suruga first appeared in Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling in a tag match with Moka Miyamoto at Wrestle Princess I before beginning to appear regularly under her Mei Saint-Michel gimmick in December 2020. Suruga won the "Futari wa Princess" Max Heart Tournament on March 6, 2021, teaming with Sakisama as NEO Biishiki-gun, defeating Maki Itoh and

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in the finals. At

's ''TJPW Still Incomplete'' on April 17, 2021, Suruga and Sakisama defeated Bakurestu Sisters (

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and Yuki Aino) to win the Princess Tag Team Championship. NEO Biishiki-gun lost the tag titles to the team of the Magical Sugar Rabbits (

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and Mizuki) at Wrestle Princess II on October 9, 2021.

All Elite Wrestling (2021)

On February 3, 2021, at Beach Break, Suruga was announced as a participant in the AEW Women's World Championship Eliminator Tournament. She lost to

in the first round which aired on February 15. On February 28, 2021, she teamed up with

and Rin Kadokura to defeat Veny, Maki Itoh and Emi Sakura in a six-person tag team match. In November and December 2021 Suruga returned to AEW, where she served primarily as a valet to Emi Sakura.

Championships and accomplishments

** Super Asia Championship ( 1 time, current) **

(

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) – with Baliyan Akki *

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** Ranked No. 93 of the top 150 female wrestlers in the ''

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'' in 2022 **Ranked No. 382 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the ''

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'' in 2021 *

:* Princess Tag Team Championship ( 1 time) – with Sakisama :*"Futari wa Princess" Max Heart Tournament (2021) – with Sakisama

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Suruga, Mei 1999 births Living people Japanese female professional wrestlers 21st-century female professional wrestlers 21st-century Japanese professional wrestlers Super Asia Champions Asia Dream Tag Team Champions Princess Tag Team Champions