, better know by her

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, is a

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, working as a

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and is best known for her tenure with the

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ese

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. She also works as a coach and trained various wrestlers such as

Natsumi Maki , better known by her ring name , is a Japanese people, Japanese professional wrestler and singer. She is currently signed to World Wonder Ring Stardom where she is the assumed defacto leader of Cosmic Angels, along with Saori Anou. Natsupoi is a ...

Tam Nakano , better known by her ring name is a Japanese singer, former idol, dancer, and retired professional wrestler. She is best known for her time in World Wonder Ring Stardom, where she was the leader of the Cosmic Angels stable. Nakano began her ca ...

and

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Professional wrestling career

Independent circuit (2014–present)

Suzuki is known for briefly competing in various promotions. At

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, an event promoted by

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for its four brands,

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, Pro Wrestling Noah,

and Ganbare☆Pro-Wrestling on July 6, 2021, Suzuki participated in a 15-person rumble rules match also involving

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Muhammad Yone , better known by his ring name , is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently working for Pro Wrestling Noah, where he is a multi-time GHC Tag Team Champion, a one time GHC Openweight Hardcore Champion and winner of the Global Tag League in ...

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and others.

DDT Pro Wrestling (2017–present)

Suzuki usually works for the Ganbare☆Pro-Wrestling branch of

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, but made appearances in the signature events of the promotions such as the

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. At

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on August 20, she participated in a Rumble rules match for the

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also involving

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, Yuu,

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and others. She made another appearance at Wrestle Peter Pan 2019 from July 15 during the relationship between

and

, event where she teamed up with

and Himawari Unagi in a losing effort to Rika Tatsumi and The Bakuretsu Sisters (Nodoka Tenma and Yuki Aino). Another notable event where she competed is the

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. At Ultimate Party 2019 on November 3, she teamed up with Super Sasadango Machine, Jiro "Ikemen" Kuroshio,

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and

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falling short to Danshoku Dino, Asuka,

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, Mizuki and Trans-Am★Hiroshi in a Ten-person tag team match for the KO-D 10-Man Tag Team Championship. At ''DDT Ganbare Pro Battle Runner'' on January 17, 2021, she teamed up with Kuuga and

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to unsuccessfully challenge The Halfee ( Katsuzaki Shunosuke, Moehiko Harumisawa and Shu Sakurai) for the GWC 6-Man Tag Team Championship.

Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling (2017–2022)

Suzuki's most notable work of her career took place in

. After resigning from Actwres girl'Z, she made her debut in the

on March 12, 2017, at ''TJPW At This Time, Get Excited In Nerima!'' where she picked up a victory over Nodoka-Oneesan. At ''TJPW If You Get Lost You Just Go To Shin-Kiba!'' on February 18, 2018, she unsuccessfully challenged

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for the Princess of Princess Championship. On November 4, 2018, at ''TJPW 5th Anniversary'', Suzuki competed in a 12-woman gauntlet battel royal for the

and for the no.1 contendership for the Princess of Princess Championship won by Maki Itoh and also involving Miuzuki, Reika Saiki,

and others. Her most notable victory took place at TJPW KFC 2Days '19 ~Desert Moon~ on September 16, 2019, where she defeated her own student

for the International Princess Championship.

World Wonder Ring Stardom

(2014–2015)

Suzuki made her

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debut at

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's ''Season 15 New Year Stars 2014'' event from January 12, where she fell short to

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. She continued making sporadic appearances, such as on the second night of the ''Stardom Grow Up Stars 2014'' on March 30, where she competed in a 14-woman battle royal also involving

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and others. Suzuki resigned from the promotion on March 8, 2015, to start working for other

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(2021–2022)

At Stardom's 10th Anniversary on March 3, 2021, Suzuki made a one-time return, participating in a 24-women Stardom All Star Rumble featuring wrestlers from the promotion's past such as

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, Emi Sakura,

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, Yoko Bito and others. At

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on September 25, 2022, Manase worked into a non-canon storyline where she and

teamed up as two masked reapers with Yuu and defeated

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, and

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and Lady C who were billed as Rossy Ogawa's "Bodyguard Army". After the

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came to an end,

reached out via taped video in which she teased the formation of the Neo Stardom Army unit alongside Takahashi, Yuu and Manase.

Championships and accomplishments

( 1 time) *

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(

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) – with Totoro Satsuki *Kitsune Women's Wrestling **Kitsune World Championship (1 time) *''

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'' ** Ranked No. 215 of the top 250 female wrestlers in the '' PWI Women's 250'' in 2024 *

** International Princess Championship ( 1 time)

References

External links

{{DEFAULTSORT:Manase, Yuna 1987 births Living people Professional wrestlers from Chiba Prefecture Japanese female professional wrestlers 21st-century female professional wrestlers 21st-century Japanese professional wrestlers International Ribbon Tag Team Champions International Princess Champions Ironman Heavymetalweight Champions