Japanese female professional wrestler (born 1969)
Kyoko Inoue (井上 京子 ,Inoue Kyōko , born April 22, 1969) [ 1] is a Japanese femaleprofessional wrestler currently signed toWorld Woman Pro-Wrestling Diana .[ 5] She has held theWWWA World Single Championship three times, and is the first woman to win a men's title inJapan .
Inoue is the founder ofNEO Japan Ladies Pro-Wrestling . After leaving NEO in May 2010, Inoue founded World Woman Pro-Wrestling Diana in January 2011.
Professional wrestling career [ edit ] Early career (1988–1994)[ edit ] Inoue was trained by famous Japanese wrestler,Jaguar Yokota . Inoue made her debut on October 11, 1988. From 1991 to 1992 she worked forCMLL in Mexico.
World Wrestling Federation (1994; 1995)[ edit ] On May 11, 1994, Inoue made her first appearance onWorld Wrestling Federation (WWF) during alive event in Japan, where she unsuccessfully challengedAlundra Blayze for theWWF Women's Championship .[ 6] On November 19, 1995, atSurvivor Series , Inoue joined the team of Blayze in the traditionalSurvivor Series elimination match . Blayze's team lost, asAja Kong remained the sole survivor of the opposing team. On the November 27th episode ofMonday Night Raw , Inoue alongside Blayze lost to Kong and Tomoko Watanabe.[ 7]
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On March 26, 1995, as part ofAJW 's Wrestling QueendomVictory event, Inoue challengedBull Nakano for herWWF Women's Championship - who had held it sinceBig Egg Wrestling Universe in November 1994.[ 8] [ 9] Nakano retained at the 17:05 mark ahead of her anticipated title match with Alundra Blayze atWrestlemania XI (it would instead happen on the April 3rd edition ofRaw ).
Inoue facingUnagi Sayaka at a Diana event in April 2023 Inoue in January 2020 She has worked for many women's promotions in Japan.
Championships and accomplishments [ edit ] TWF World Women's Championship (2 times)[ 1] ^a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o プロフィール .World Woman Pro-Wrestling Diana (in Japanese). 11 August 2012. Archived fromthe original on March 4, 2013. RetrievedMarch 3, 2013 .^ "Kyoko Inoue" .World Woman Pro-Wrestling Diana . 24 February 2021.Archived from the original on June 10, 2023. RetrievedOctober 14, 2023 .^ Molinaro, John (2002).Marek, Jeff ;Meltzer, Dave (eds.).Top 100 Pro Wrestlers of All Time . Toronto, Ontario: Winding Stair Press. p. 167.ISBN 1-55366-305-5 . ^ Triggs, James (July 29, 2009)."CvC: Jaguar Yokota for Greatest Women's Champion" .Bleacher Report .Archived from the original on November 26, 2021. RetrievedOctober 20, 2023 . ^ 選手紹介 .World Woman Pro-Wrestling Diana (in Japanese). 8 May 2023. RetrievedOctober 14, 2023 .^ "WWF Mania Tour Tag 4: Sapporo Mania" .Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database . RetrievedFebruary 19, 2022 .^ "What the World Was Watching: Monday Night RAW – November 27, 1995" .Scott's Blog of Doom . June 8, 2018. RetrievedFebruary 19, 2022 .^ "Joshi Spotlight- AJW Wrestling Queendom- VICTORY - Scott's Blog of Doom!" . 18 November 2019.^ https://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=38454 [bare URL ] ^ 東京スポーツ プロレス大賞 .Tokyo Sports (in Japanese). Retrieved2014-01-20 .^ 12/15(日) 新宿大会 試合結果 .World Woman Pro-Wrestling Diana (in Japanese). December 15, 2013. Archived fromthe original on 2013-12-15. Retrieved2016-09-27 .^ "8/16(日)新宿大会 試合結果" .World Woman Pro-Wrestling Diana (in Japanese). August 16, 2015. Archived fromthe original on April 7, 2016. RetrievedAugust 16, 2015 .^a b 3月3日(日)ラゾーナ川崎プラザソル 試合結果 .World Woman Pro-Wrestling Diana (in Japanese). March 4, 2013. RetrievedMarch 3, 2013 .^ タイトル名称変更 .World Woman Pro-Wrestling Diana (in Japanese). May 28, 2013. RetrievedAugust 4, 2013 .^ 9/16(水)新宿大会 試合結果 .World Woman Pro-Wrestling Diana (in Japanese). September 17, 2015. RetrievedSeptember 17, 2015 .
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