| Hana Kimura Memorial Show 5 | |||
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Promotional poster featuringHana Kimura | |||
| Date | May 23, 2025 | ||
| City | Tokyo,Japan | ||
| Venue | Korakuen Hall | ||
| Attendance | 545[1] | ||
| Tagline | Hanabi | ||
| Hana Kimura Memorial Show chronology | |||
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TheHana Kimura Memorial Show 5 (木村花メモリアルマッチ『テリマカシ』,Kimura Hana Memoriaru Matchi "Hanabi" 5) was the fifthJapaneseprofessional wrestlingmemorial show andpay-per-view event promoted byKyoko Kimura to commemorate the five-year anniversary of the death of her daughterHana Kimura, who committedsuicide on May 23, 2020.[2][3] The event took place on May 23, 2025, atKorakuen Hall inTokyo, Japan. The event aired domestically onTriller TV.[4]
On May 23, 2020, Hana Kimura committed suicide at age 22.[5][6]Early that morning, Kimura postedself-harm images onTwitter andInstagram while sharing some of the hateful comments she received.[7][8][9][10] In late 2020 and early 2021, theTokyo Metropolitan Police arrested and charged multiple men for thecyberbullying that contributed to Hana's death.[11][12][13]
The event started with the singles confrontation between Yuna andTae Honma, solded with the victory of the latter. Next up,Kaori Yoneyama who wrestled under theDeath Yama-San gimmick from theTokyo Cyber Squad era won the traditionalBattle royal by last eliminatingShuji Ishikawa. Next up, the confrontation betweenAja Kong andSeigo Tachibana which was originally scheduled to take place under only one singles match spread to three short bouts, each going up to one minute and a half from which Kong emerged victorious by hitting Tachibana spinning backfists for the pinfall. In the sixth bout,Jaguar Yokota defeatedMenso-re Oyaji andShin Sakura Hirota in three-way competition. Next up,Miyuki Takase andMika Iwata wrestled the teams ofSareee andNatsupoi, andDash Chisako andHiroyo Matsumoto into a time-limit draw. In the semi main event,Konami andMinoru Suzuki picked up a victory overChihiro Hashimoto andShotaro Ashino in tag team competition.[14]
In the main event,Veny defeatedRina in singles competition.[15]
| No. | Results[16] | Stipulations | Times[1] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tae Honma defeated Yuna bysubmission | Singles match | 6:55 |
| 2 | Death Yama-San won by last eliminatingShuji Ishikawa[a] | 10-person Battle royal | 17:00 |
| 3 | Aja Kong defeatedSeigo Tachibana bypinfall | Singles match | 1:21 |
| 4 | Aja Kong defeatedSeigo Tachibana bypinfall | Singles match | 0:37 |
| 5 | Aja Kong defeatedSeigo Tachibana bypinfall | Singles match | 1:37 |
| 6 | Jaguar Yokota defeatedMenso-re Oyaji andShin Sakura Hirota bypinfall | Three-way match | 8:23 |
| 7 | Red Energy (Miyuki Takase andMika Iwata) vs.Sareee andNatsupoi vs. Reiwa Ultima Powers (Dash Chisako andHiroyo Matsumoto) ended in atime-limit draw | Three-way tag team match | 15:00 |
| 8 | Konami andMinoru Suzuki defeatedChihiro Hashimoto andShotaro Ashino bypinfall | Tag team match | 18:40 |
| 9 | Veny defeatedRina bypinfall | Singles match | 17:48 |