is a Japanese retired

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best known for her tenure with various Japanese promotions, such as

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and Osaka Women's Pro Wrestling.

Professional wrestling career

Independent circuit (2004–2019)

Shimono made her

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debut at the age of sixteen at ''BJW Shopping Street Deathmatch In Rokukakubashi'', an event promoted by Big Japan Pro Wrestling on August 29, 2004, where she defeated Tanny Mouse. Her second ever match occurred six years later on March 21, 2010, at a

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promoted by Osaka Women's Pro-Wrestling where she fell short to Kagetsu. At ''NEO Christmas Special'', an event promoted by NEO Japan Ladies Pro-Wrestling on December 24, 2010, Shimono competed in a Christmas special battle royal won by Aya Yuuki and also involving Mima Shimoda, Sakura Hirota,

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, Takako Inoue, Yuki Miyazaki, Yoshiko Tamura and others. At ''New

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#645'' on May 4, 2015, she unsuccessfully challenged Hiragi Kurumi for the

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. At a

promoted by Sendai Girls' Pro Wrestling on May 21, 2016, Shimono teamed up with Aja Kong to defeat

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and Mika Iwata. Shimono often competed in men's promotions as joshi talent. At ''Osaka Pro Saturday Night Story'', an event promoted by

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on January 11, 2014, she defeated Ebessan and Kanjyuro Matsuyama in a

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. At ''NOAH SEMex In Shinjuku'', an event promoted by Pro Wrestling Noah on May 21, 2015, she fell short against

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. At ''BJW BJ-Style #7'', an event promoted by Big Japan Pro Wrestling on May 22, 2016, Shimono teamed up with Speed Of Sounds (Hercules Senga and Tsutomu Oosugi) to defeat

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, Takumi Tsukamoto and Toshiyuki Sakuda in a six-person intergender tag team match. At ''DDT Ganbare Pro-Wrestling "Osaka Beer Garden Wrestling 2016"'', an event promoted by DDT Pro Wrestling's branch Ganbare☆Pro-Wrestling on July 25, 2016, Shimono teamed up with Rina Yamashita to defeat Chikara and Masayuki Mitomi.

JWP Joshi Puroresu (2010–2017)

Shimono made sporadic appearances for

. She is known for competing in signature events of the promotion such as Tag League the Best, making her only appearance at the 2016 edition of the tournament where she teamed up with Kagetsu to defeat Command Bolshoi and Rabbit Miu in the first-rounds but fell short to Makoto and Hanako Nakamori in the

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Pro Wrestling Wave (2010–2019)

A promotion in which Shimono activated for almost a decade was

. She is known for competing in its signature events such as the Catch the Wave tournament, making her first appearance at the 2010 edition, placing herself in the "Young Block" and scoring a total of two points after going against

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, Io Shirai, Misaki Ohata and Senri Kuroki. She made her last appearance at the 2016 edition, placing herself in the"Silver Gray" Block and scoring no points after competing against Yoshiko, Ayako Hamada and Kagetsu. Another signature event in which she competed is the Dual Shock Wave, making her first appearance at the 2011 edition where she teamed up with Kagetsu only to fall short early in the first rounds against Ayako Hamada and

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. She made her last appearance at the 2016 edition of the event where she teamed up with Yuu Yamagata as "Daijo Thunder" and defeated Zettaizetsume (

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and Kaho Kobayashi) in the first rounds and fell short to Redbull ( Chihiro Hashimoto and Ryo Mizunami) in the second rounds. On November 27, 2012, Pro Wrestling Wave hosted an event in partnership with

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, the ''Virgin Mary Reina De Reinas 2012'' where Shimono teamed up with Aya Yuuki in a five-way tag team match won by Makoto and Moeka Haruhi and also involving the teams of Hikaru Shida and Nagisa Nozaki, Ryo Mizunami and Yuu Yamagata, and

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and Shuu Shibutani. She participated in a 77-peron battle royal at ''WAVE GAMI Libre - Lucky 7'' on December 30, 2013, match won by Gami and also involving various notable opponents such as Yapper Man #1, Yapper Man #2,

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, Danshoku Dino,

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, Syuri, Menso-re Oyaji and many others. At ''WAVE Osaka Rhapsody Vol. 23'' on January 15, 2014, Shimono teamed up with Kagetsu to unsuccessfully challenge Ayako Hamada and Yuu Yamagata for the Wave Tag Team Championship. At ''WAVE/OZ Academy OZABU Spin Off'', an event produced in partnership with Oz Academy on June 7, 2015, Shimono competed in a 19-person battle royal won by Hiroyo Matsumoto and also involving Chikayo Nagashima, Manami Toyota, Mio Shirai, Tsubasa Kuragaki, Tsukasa Fujimoto and others. Shimono retired from professional wrestling at ''WAVE Phase 2 OSAKA Reboot'' on April 28, 2019, show where she teamed up with Fairy Nihonbashi to defeat Hibiscus Mii and Kyusei Ninja Ranmaru.

Personal life

Shimono suffers from

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, an affliction which causes her distinctive bald head.

Championships and accomplishments

** JWP Junior Championship ( 1 time) *

** Catch the Wave Award (1 time) *** Outstanding Performance Award (

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) * Pure-J ** Princess of Pro Wrestling Championship ( 1 time)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Shimono, Sawako 1988 births Living people Japanese female professional wrestlers People from Kagoshima Prefecture 21st-century female professional wrestlers 21st-century Japanese professional wrestlers JWP Junior Champions Princess of Pro-Wrestling Champions