 Misao in July 2022 | |
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| Born | (1990-01-03)January 3, 1990 (age 35)[2] |
| Professional wrestling career | |
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| Billed height | 164 cm (5 ft 5 in)[1] |
| Debut | 2015 |
Hyper Misao (ハイパーミサヲ,Haipā Misao) is a Japaneseprofessional wrestler working for the JapanesepromotionsTokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling andDDT Pro-Wrestling.[3]
Misao became interested inprofessional wrestling when she encountered aDDT Pro-Wrestling street event which had entered a handmade goods festival she was attending.[4] She made her debut atTJPW Shinjuku Dash on February 28, 2015, where she teamed up with Mizuho in a losing effort against Chikage Kiba and Kanna as a result of atag team match.[5] During her time in the promotion, she was part of the Neo Biishiki-gun stable and chased after various championships promoted by it. AtTJPW Yes! Wonderland 2022 on May 3, she unsuccessfully challenged Shoko Nakajima for thePrincess of Princess Championship.[6] AtTJPW Spring Tour '22 on April 17, 2022, Misao participated in a20-on-1 handicap match in which she, alongside Arisu Endo, Haruna Neko,Hikari Noa,Maki Itoh,Yuki Kamifuku,Yuki Arai and others defeatedMarika Kobashi.[7] While in a brief abroad excursion, she competed inPro-Wrestling: EVE'sWrestle Queendom 5 from November 13, 2022, where she teamed up withSession Moth Martina to unsuccessfully challenge The Uprising (Rhia O'Reilly and Skye Smitson) for thePro-Wrestling: EVE Tag Team Championship.[8] On May 25, 2023, Misao produced the showHYPE!,[9] the sequel to which was held the following year on April 19, 2024.
Due to being a TJPW wrestler, Misao is known for competing in sister-promotion DDT Pro-Wrestling. She made appearances in several of the promotion's signature events such as theDDT Judgement, marking her first performance atJudgement 2016: DDT 19th Anniversary on March 21 where she participated in a13-woman battle royal won byYuka Sakazaki and also involvingRika Tatsumi,Ai Shimizu, Marika Kobashi,Miyu Yamashita,Azusa Takigawa and others.[10] Another branch of events in which Misao has worked isDDT Peter Pan, making her first appearance atRyōgoku Peter Pan 2016 on August 28, where she teamed up withYuu andShoko Nakajima in a losing effort against Miyu Yamashita, Yuka Sakazaki and Akane Miura.[11] Misao is also known for competing in various other events promoted by DDT. AtDDT Street Wrestling InTokyo Dome Returns from October 31, 2021, she participated in anempty arena gauntlet match won byThe37Kamiina (Konosuke Takeshita,Mao,Shunma Katsumata andYuki Ueno), and also involving the teams of herself and Hikari Noa, theBrahman Brothers (Brahman Kei and Brahman Shu),Chris Brookes andGorgeous Matsuno, 121000000 (Maki Itoh and Miyu Yamashita), Pheromones (Danshoku Dino,Yuki Iino andYumehito Imanari),Tetsuya Endo andKazuki Hirata, andKazusada Higuchi, Kouzi andShinya Aoki.[12] AtDDT Sauna Over Flowers on February 15, 2022, Misao teamed up with Mecha Mummy to defeat Romance Dawn (Shota andSoma Takao),Akito and Kazuki Hirata,Antonio Honda and Yoshihiko, Kazusada Higuchi andYuki Ishida, andNaomi Yoshimura andYukio Naya in a tag team gauntlet match.[13]
Due to TJPW being a promotion patroned by theCyberFight company, Misao competed several times in cross-over events held between the three promotions owned by it, those being TJPW, DDT andPro Wrestling Noah. She first competed in theCyberFight Festival 2021 from June 6, where she teamed up with Shoko Nakajima as "Kyōraku Kyōmei" to defeat Hakuchūmu (Rika Tatsumi andMiu Watanabe), and Bakuretsu Sisters (Nodoka Tenma andYuki Aino) in athree-way tag team match.[14] On eyear later atCyberFight Festival 2022 from June 12, she teamed up with Yuki Aino,Yuuri, Pom Harajuku and Haruna Neko in a losing effort againstNao Kakuta, Mahiro Kiryu,Moka Miyamoto, Arisu Endo and Kaya Toribami.[15]
Misao's character is that of asuperhero who claims to be "protecting love and peace" in TJPW, and uses underhanded tactics to get ahead in her matches. She typically carriescold spray which she uses to incapacitate her opponents. Her character was inspired by Western comic books, and she has compared it toCatwoman as portrayed inBatman Returns. During her time in Neo Biishiki-gun, she started to use alifting double underhook facebuster calledVanitas as her finisher.[4]
