Satomura made her professional wrestling debut for women's promotionGaea Japan on April 15, 1995, defeatingSonoko Kato.[2] On November 2, 1996, she and Kato defeated Sugar Sato andChikayo Nagashima to become the inauguralAAAW Tag Team Champions. Satomura would go on to win that title on two more occasions, teaming withAyako Hamada and Nagashima. She also won theAAAW Singles Championship twice, with her second reign ending at the hands ofAja Kong on April 3, 2005. Gaea Japan closed a week later on April 10, 2005, after staging its farewell show; in the main event, Satomura defeated her trainerChigusa Nagayo.
In 1996, Satomura started appearing forWorld Championship Wrestling (WCW) through Gaea Japan's working relationship with WCW which was attempting to establish a women's division. She participated in an eight-woman tournament for the inauguralWCW Women's World Championship; however, Satomura was eliminated in the first round by eventual winnerAkira Hokuto. When WCW introduced aWCW Women's Cruiserweight Championship, a second title for the women, she entered that tournament; however, Satomura was knocked out in the first round byToshie Uematsu, who went on to win the tournament. Satomura continued to make appearances for WCW until the business relationships between two promotions ended.
Following Gaea Japan's closure, Satomura formed the women's promotionSendai Girls' Pro Wrestling withJinsei Shinzaki. On September 23, 2009, she participated in the Splash J and Running G tournament along withKaoru and Tomoko Kuzumi. In the semi-final, Satomura's team defeated theDynamite Kansai (Makie Numao andYasuko Kuragaki), to advance to the final. In the final, they defeated the team of Hikari Fukuoka, Kanako Motoya and Sonoko Kato to win the Splash J and Running G tournament.[3]
In May 2012, Satomura made herChikara debut during the promotion's Aniversario.[7] That same year, She returned to Chikara, participating in the group's premiere tournament,King of Trios. In 2016, Satomura, along withCassandra Miyagi andDash Chisako won the King of Trios tournament. The trio was announced for the 2017 edition of the tournament.
On October 27, 2020, it was reported that Satomura had signed with WWE and would be an on-air talent and coach forNXT UK.[9] On the January 28 episode ofNXT UK, a video package aired hyping up Satomura's arrival to the brand.[10][11] On the February 11 episode ofNXT UK, She made her in-ring debut, where she defeatedIsla Dawn in an opening match.[12] Soon after, Satomura began a feud with NXT UK Women's ChampionKay Lee Ray, unsuccessfully challenging for the title on the March 3 episode ofNXT UK; however, she won the title on the June 10 episode ofNXT UK, became the first Japanese wrestler to hold theNXT UK Women's Championship, as well as in NXT UK overall.[13] She had her first successful title defense againstAmale on the July 15 episode ofNXT UK. She would retain againstStevie Turner on the August 20 episode ofNXT UK. She would successfully defend the championship againstBlair Davenport on the January 6 episode ofNXT UK andIsla Dawn on the March 24 episode ofNXT UK.
On the August 23, 2022, episode ofNXT 2.0, Satomura made her first appearance onNXT, an American promotion, where she confronted the NXT Women's ChampionMandy Rose. The two agreed to an unification match for their titles atWorlds Collide, with Blair Davenport being added to the match.[14] At the event, Rose won the match by pinning Davenport, ending Satomura's reign as NXT UK Women's Champion at 451 days (as recognized by WWE).[15] On the February 14 episode ofNXT, she made her return, teaming with the NXT Women's ChampionRoxanne Perez defeatingKatana Chance andKayden Carter. After the match, Satomura challenged Perez to a championship match, which Perez accepted.[16] The following week, the match was made official forNXT Roadblock, where Satomura would lose viaroll-up.[17] Satomura then congratulated Perez after the match, only for her (Perez) to collapse afterwards. This would be Satomura's last televised match in WWE before her retirement in 2025. She wrestled her final match with the company againstBayley for theWWE Women's Championship on July 27, 2024 which the WWE later uploaded on their official YouTube channel.[18]
On July 27, 2024, Satomura announced in a press conference that she would have her last match in the Spring, coinciding with her 30-year anniversary as an in-ring competitor.[19] In November, it was announced that she would have her retirement bout on April 29.[20] In February 2025, Satomura competed in her final bout in Europe, teaming with Rayne Leverkusen to defeatNina Samuels andMillie McKenzie at Final Sting, an event jointly promoted bySendai Girls' Pro Wrestling, ICHIBAN (UK),Progress Wrestling and HUSTLE Wrestling.[21] At the April 29 event, which was entitledSatomura Meiko The Final, Satomura wrestled her scheduled final match, teaming with apprenticeManami to defeatAja Kong andChihiro Hashimoto. Immediately after the bout, an impromptu match took place, where Satomura teamed with Kong against Hashimoto,Mika Iwata,Senka Akatsuki,Takumi Iroha, andYuna in atwo-on-five handicap match, which finished in a five-minute time limit draw.[22]
Satomura appeared in the 2000 documentaryGaea Girls made for theBBC byKim Longinotto and Jano Williams.[citation needed] Satomura also attempted the Sponge Bridge course onKinniku Banzuke.
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