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, who is working for the Mexican

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(CMLL) and Japanese promotion

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. She is most well known for being half of Las Cachorras Orientales with Etsuko Mita.

Professional wrestling career

All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling (1987-1997)

Shimoda debuted on August 5, 1987, against her future Las Cachorras Orientales partner, Etsuko Mita. Early on in her career, Shimoda formed the "Tokyo Sweethearts" with

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. On October 8, 1989, Shimoda won the

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. On August 19, 1990, Shimoda competed in a kickboxing match against Aja Kong. She lost several teeth during the match in defeat. By 1991, the Tokyo Sweethearts had stopped teaming together regularly, however they would team off and on through the 1990s. In 1992, Shimoda formed Las Cachorras Orientales (LCO) with Etsuko Mita and Akira Hokuto. While Hokuto was an original member, she did not stay on long as a regular with the team. The team mostly wrestled in the undercard until they captured both the

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and the UWA World Women's Tag Team Championship in March 1994. The team held both sets of titles until January 8, 1995, when they lost their

to Hikari Fukuoka and

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. On September 2, 1995, they vacated their UWA World Women's Tag Team Championship after a successful defense against

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. On May 11, 1996, the Tokyo Sweethearts teamed up again to take on "Double Inoue" of

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and

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. The match went 52 minutes with Double Inoue getting the win. On June 22, 1996, the teams re-matched with the Tokyo Sweethearts winning the

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. They held the titles until January 20, 1997.

Late career (1997-present)

Shimoda left All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling with Mita in October 1997 as the promotion filed for bankruptcy for NEO Japan Ladies Pro-Wrestling. Between October 1997 and February 1998, the team made stops in

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and Gaea Japan while creating a rivalry with Kyoko Inoue and

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in NEO. The team also stopped in JWP later that year. The team became freelance in 1999. They wrestled multiple matches for Gaea Japan eventually joining the heel faction, SSU(Super Star Unit). The also started to appear in Arsion during Summer 1999, winning the Twin Stars of Arsion League in December 1999. They also returned to All Japan Women's during this time, capturing the WWWA Tag Titles on July 10, 1999. On June 18, 1997, the team captured the

for the first time by defeating Tomoko Watanabe and Kumiko Maekawa, finally capturing the titles after 5 years as a team. In 2003, Shimoda retired to work in a backstage role with AtoZ Pro-Wrestling. The retirement did not last long as by 2005, she was wrestling regularly again after AtoZ's closure. In 2006 Shimoda moved to Mexico and began working regularly for (CMLL) as well as making frequent trips to Japan to work with a number of Japanese women's promotions, often touring with other CMLL wrestlers. On November 1, 2009, LCO teamed for the final time as Mita retired. They teamed against Kyoko Inoue and

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. Mima continued to wrestle after.

Championships and accomplishments

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( 1 time) – with Etsuko Mita **

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(

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) – with Etsuko Mita * Arsion ** Queen of Arsion Championship ( 1 time) ** Twin Star of Arsion Championship (

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) – with Etsuko Mita (1), Michiko Omukai (1) *

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( 1 time) – with Etsuko Mita *NEO Japan Ladies' Pro Wrestling ** NWA Women's Pacific/NEO Single Championship ( 1 time) *''

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'' ** Joshi Puroresu Grand Prize (2000) – with Etsuko Mita *Universal Woman's Pro Wrestling Reina **

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( 1 time) – with Zeuxis *

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** UWA World Women's Tag Team Championship (

) – with Etsuko Mita *

** WWWD World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Kaoru * World Women's Wrestling Association **

( 7 times) – with Akira Hokuto (1),

(1),

(1) Etsuko Mita (4)

Luchas de Apuestas record

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Shimoda, Mima 1970 births 20th-century female professional wrestlers 20th-century Japanese professional wrestlers 21st-century female professional wrestlers 21st-century Japanese professional wrestlers Living people Japanese expatriate sportspeople in Mexico Japanese female professional wrestlers Masked wrestlers Professional wrestlers from Tokyo 1987 professional wrestling debuts JWP Tag Team Champions World Woman Pro-Wrestling Diana Tag Team Champions AJW Champions WWWA World Tag Team Champions Tag League the Best winners AJW Junior Champions AJW Tag Team Champions Queen of Arsion Champions Twin Star of Arsion Champions