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Sugiura) better known by her

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is a

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. She is best known for her tenure with the

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Pro Wrestling Wave is a women's professional wrestling, or Joshi Puroresu, promotion created in 2007 after the dissolution and closure of JDStar. The company was formed by Mikiko Futagami, or Mikiko Futagami, Gami, former JDStar wrestler Yumi Ohka, and former JDS ...

where she is a former Wave Tag Team Champion.

Professional wrestling career

Independent circuit (2016–present)

Kadokura made her

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debut in

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, competing at the ''SEAdLINNNG Let's Go Now'' event from May 18, 2016, where she teamed up with

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in a losing effort to

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and Meiko Tanaka in a

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. At a

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hosted by

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on November 8, 2017, she unsuccessfully chellanged

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in a singles match. Kadokura worked for the Marvelous That's Women Pro Wrestling promotion multiple times, having her most notable performance at a

from August 26, 2017, where she teamed up with

and

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in a losing effort to

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and

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Sendai Girls' Pro Wrestling (2016–present)

Another promotion for which she worked is

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. A notable match in which she competed took place on August 19, 2018 at a promotion's

where she teamed up with

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, falling short to Riot Crown (

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and Kaoru). At ''Sendai Girls Road To GAEAism'', from January 10, 2021, she competed in a 14-person gauntlet match where she teamed up with Hibiki,

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, Mei Hoshizuki, Mikoto Shindo and Mio Momono as Team Marvelous, scoring a victory against Team Sendai Girls (

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, Natsuho Kaneko and

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World Wonder Ring Stardom (2017; 2020–2021)

She worked in a couple of matches for

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, first one taking place at a

from October 1, 2017, where alongside

, she defeated Team Jungle (

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and

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). She returned after a three-year hiatus on September 28, 2020 at ''Stardom 5Star Special'', where she teamed up again with her NEW-TRA tag partner

and Mei Hoshizuki, picking up a victory against Queen's Quest ( AZM,

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and

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). At ''

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'' from March 3, 2021, she participated in a 24-women Stardom All-Star rumble won by

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which portraited the return of many legends from the past such as

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, Yoko Bito and

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Pro Wrestling Wave (2016–present)

Kadokura made several appearances in

's signature events such as

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, working her first matches at the 2017 edition, placing herself in the Other Than Block and scoring a total of seven points after going against

, Mochi Miyagi and Saki, and then losing to

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in the semi-finals. At the 2019 edition of the event which was also for the vacant

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, she placed herself in the Technical Block and scoring a total of two points after facing

, Mika Iwata and Sakura Hirota. She also competed in Dual Shock Wave, a one-night tag-team tournament which took place on September 17, 2017, where she teamed up with

as NEW-TRA to defeat Boss To Mammy (Mio Momono and

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All Elite Wrestling (2021)

Kadokura made her debut in

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(AEW) on February 15, 2021, taking part in an AEW Women's World Championship Eliminator Tournament which culminated at

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, unsuccessfully facing

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in a first round match. On February 28, 2021, she teamed up with

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and

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to defeat Veny, Maki Itoh and

in a six-person tag team match.

Personal life

It was reported (and later confirmed in an in-ring statement) that Rin Kadokura had married

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and

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's eldest son Kennosuke in April 2022. In that same in-ring statement, Kadokura announced that while she was indeed married, she was both continuing her wrestling career as well as continuing to perform under her current ring name. Their daughter was born in August 9, 2023, in

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Championships and accomplishments

* Marvelous That's Women Pro Wrestling **

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( 1 time) – with

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** Wave Tag Team Championship (

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) – with Itsuki Aoki (1) and

(1) ** Catch the Wave Award (1 time) *** Fighting Spirit Award (

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) * Sendai Girls' Pro Wrestling **

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(1 time) – with Mio Momono (1)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kadokura, Rin 1993 births Living people Professional wrestlers from Chiba Prefecture Japanese female professional wrestlers AAAW Tag Team Champions Wave Tag Team Champions Dual Shock Wave winners Sendai Girls Tag Team Champions