is a Japanese retired

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best known for her tenure with the Japanese promotions

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and

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Professional wrestling career

Independent circuit (2016-2019)

As a freelancer, Saya was known for competing in various of the Japanese independent scene promotions. At ''WAVE Young OH! OH! The Final ~ Young All Stars Thanksgiving'', an event promoted by

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on December 15, 2016, Saya participated in a nine-person battle royal also involving Asuka, Maika Ozaki,

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, Mochi Miyagi and others. At ''SKIP Beat Kawaguchi Vol. 3'', an event promoted by

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on May 7, 2017, Saya teamed up with Maruko Nagasaki in a losing effort against Azure Revolution (Maya Yukihi and Risa Sera). At

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's retirement show, an event promoted by

on November 3, 2017, Saya participated in a

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in which Toyota faced 50 people. She was the first one to defeat the latter. At ''ZERO1/Super Fireworks Hiroshima'', an event produced by

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on November 18, 2018, she unsuccessfully challenged Risa Sera, Hide Kubota and Taru for the Blast Queen Championship. Saya also participated in freelance shows, such as ''Gake No Fuchi Joshi Pro Wrestling'' on December 24, 2019, where she teamed up with

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founder

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to pick up a victory over

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and

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in a intergender tag team match.

Ice Ribbon (2016-2019)

Saya worked most of her short-term career for

. She made her professional wrestling debut at ''New Ice Ribbon #708'', an event promoted on February 13, 2016, going into a time-limit draw against Yuuka as a result of an

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. She is known for teaming up with Giulia as Burning Raw. At ''New Ice Ribbon #971'' on July 15, 2019, they defeated Azure Revolution (

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and

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) to win the

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. At ''New Ice Ribbon #1013 RibbonMania'' on December 31, 2019, Saya had her last match in the promotion, a retirement 45-person gauntlet match also involving notable opponents such as Akane Fujita,

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, Hamuko Hoshi, Banny Oikawa,

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, Ken Ohka, Itsuki Aoki, Matsuya Uno,

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, Yuki Mashiro, Kyuri and many others.

(2021)

Since her retirement, she has appeared in some matches held by the ''P's Party'' branch of Ice Ribbon. The most recent took place on November 17, 2021, where she competed in a 16-person gauntlet match won by Rina Yamashita and also involving Tsukushi Haruka, Totoro Satsuki, Chie Ozora and others.

Big Japan Pro Wrestling (2016-2019)

Saya worked as a female talent in several events promoted by

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. At ''BJW Beer Garden Match'' on October 22, 2019, she teamed up with Suzu Suzuki in a losing effort against Ayumi Hayashi and Tsukasa Fujimoto.

Championships and accomplishments

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( 1 time) **

( 1 time) – with Giulia **Ice Ribbon Year-End Award (2 times) ***Rookie Award (2018) ***Special Award (2019)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Saya, Tequila 1984 births Living people Japanese female professional wrestlers 21st-century female professional wrestlers 21st-century Japanese professional wrestlers Professional wrestlers from Hokkaido International Ribbon Tag Team Champions Triangle Ribbon Champions