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retired

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best known for her tenure with the Japanese promotions

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, Arsion and

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Professional wrestling career

Independent circuit (1991-2013)

Futagami made her

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debut at ''Seishin Kaikan The Premium'', an event promoted by the Japanese independent scene on July 13, 1991 where she fell short to Hikari Fukuoka as a result of a singles match. As a freelancer, she is known for competing in various promotions. On the fifteenth night of

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's 2002 Japan Grand Prix from July 6, Futagami teamed up with Mika Akino in a losing effort against Kayo Noumi and

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. At ''Battle Zone 6-7'', an event promoted by

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on June 7, 2002, she teamed up with Bionic J,

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and

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in a losing effort against Ai Fujita, baby A, Mariko Yoshida, Michiko Omukai and Rie Tamada. At ''

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30th Anniversary Convention'', an event promoted by the Japanese independent scene on March 11, 2007, Futagami competed in a 32-woman battle royal won by

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and also involving Mariko Yoshida, Yuki Miyazaki, Sachie Abe and many others. At ''Sendai Girls Dantai Taikou Flash Tournament'', an event promoted by

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on November 15, 2011, she teamed up with Toshie Uematsu,

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, and Moeka Haruhi as "Team Wave" in a losing effort against Team JWP (

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, Kayoko Haruyama, Kaori Yoneyama,

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, and

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) in a first-round match. At a

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promoted by

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on April 25, 2012, Futagami teamed up with The Winger and

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in a losing effort against

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and

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. At ''New

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#518'' on December 11, 2013, she teamed up with

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to defeat

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and Rutsuko Yamaguchi. At ''BJW Osaka Surprise 12 ~ Thanksgiving Day'', an event promoted by

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on November 23, 2013, Futagami teamed up with Team Heavy Metal ( Madoka and Shinya Ishikawa) in a losing effort against Strong BJ (

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and

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) and Yumi Ohka. At ''DDT Never Mind 2013'', an event promoted by DDT Pro Wrestling on December 23, Futagami teamed up with

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and

in a losing effort against Kudo,

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and

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Osaka Pro Wrestling (2009-2013)

Futagami worked for

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as joshi talent. At ''Osaka Pro Spring Samba Series'' on March 21, 2011, she teamed up with Black Buffalo and

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to defeat Ebessan, Ultimate Spider Jr. and Yutaka in a

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. She made her last appearance in the company on December 27, 2013 at ''Osaka Pro 4th Kanjyouro Matsuyama Produce Day'' where she defeated

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in a singles match.

Oz Academy (2005-2013)

Futagami is also known for competing in

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. At ''OZ Academy Rule Of Rose'' on November 4, 2011, she teamed up with

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and

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to defeat Ozaki-gun (

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, Hiren and

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). She made her last appearance for the company on December 8, 2013 where she wrestled

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in a

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Pro Wrestling Wave (2007-2017)

Futagami is one of the founders of

alongside Tatsuya Takeshi and Yumi Ohka, and has competed in the promotion for a long period of time. She is known for competing in the promotion's signature events such as the

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tournament in which she made her first appearance on the inaugural edition of 2009 where she placed herself in the "Comical" Block, scoring a total of tying-three points alongside Bullfight Sora,

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and

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before wrestling them again in a

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to determine the advancing wrestler won by Sora. She scored her best result at the 2010 edition of the event, winning after competing in the "Visual Technical" Block where she scored a total of four points after fighting

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and

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. She re-entered the tournament after winning a loser revival battle royal by toppling Asami Kawasaki, Cherry,

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, Kana and

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, and then by defeating Yumi Ohka in the

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and capitalizing by picking a win over

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in the finals. Another branch of events in which she worked is the Dual Shock Wave, making her first appearance in the 2011 edition where she teamed up with

, defeating Mio Shirai and Misaki Ohata in the first round,

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and Yumi Ohka in the quarter-finals, but falling short to Ayumi Kurihara and Kana in the semi-finals. At ''Wave's 5th Anniversary'' on August 26, 2012, Futagami competed in a 28-person battle royal also involving

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, Sakura Hirota,

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, Kyusei Ninja Ranmaru and others. At ''WAVE The Virgin Mary Reina De Reinas 2012'', a cross-over event produced by Wave in partnership with

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on November 27, 2012, she and her "Yoko Hatanaka" tag partner Tomoka Nakagawa failed to defend the Wave Tag Team Championship against Makkurokorosuke (Misaki Ohata and

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). Futagami retired from professional wrestling on December 30, 2013 after winning a 77-person battle royal at ''WAVE GAMI Libre - Lucky 7'' which involved lots of notable opponents such as

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, Danshoku Dino,

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, Ray,

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and many others.

Short-lived return to professional wrestling (2015-2017)

Futagami came out of retirement to compete in several more matches. The first of them took place at ''WAVE Summer Fiesta 2015 ~ Ultra Show'' on August 28 where she competed in a 11-person battle royal also involving Fairy Nihonbashi, Hiroe Nagahama, Mika Iida and others. She competed in her last known match at ''

's Retirement Show'' from November 3, 2017 promoted by

where she tagged with Sakura Hirota in a 2-on-1 handicap match against Toyota herself which ended in a time-limit draw. Futagami has been inactive as a wrestler ever since.

Championships and accomplishments

* Arsion ** Twin Star of Arsion Championship ( 4 times) – with Rie Tamada (2) and

(2) **Twin Stars of Arsion League (2001) – with Rie Tamada **Zion Tournament (2001) *Guts World ProWrestling ** GWC 6-Man Tag Team Championship ( 1 time, inaugural) – with Guts Ishijima and Minami *

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**TWF World Women's Tag Team Championship (3 times) – with Fang Suzuki (1) and Drake Morimatsu (2) *

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( 1 time) – with

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**LLPW 6-Woman Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Carol Midori and Yasha Kurenai *

** Wave Tag Team Championship (

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) – with

(2010)

References

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