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| Born | Ayako Valentina Hamada Villarreal[5] (1981-02-14)February 14, 1981 (age 44)[6] |
| Parent | Gran Hamada (father) |
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| Ring name(s) | Arisin Z[1] Ayako Hamada[1] Dokron Z[1] Ebekosan[2] Estrella Ayako Ohka[3] Hamada[1] Mexico Hamada[4] |
| Billed height | 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)[5] |
| Billed weight | 65 kg (143 lb)[5][6] |
| Billed from | Tokyo,Japan Mexico City, Mexico |
| Trained by | Aja Kong[1] Mariko Yoshida[7] Gran Hamada[1] Gran Apache[7] |
| Debut | August 9, 1998[5] |
Ayako Valentina Hamada Villarreal (アヤコ・バレンティナ・ハマダ・ビジャレアル,Ayako Barentina Hamada Bijarearu; ring name: 浜田 文子;[5] born February 14, 1981)[6] is aMexican Japaneseprofessional wrestler. During her 20-year career, Hamada wrestled for various promotions, includingAll Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling,Gaea Japan andPro Wrestling Wave in Japan,Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) andLucha Libre AAA Worldwide in Mexico andShimmer Women Athletes andTotal Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) in the United States. She is the daughter of Japanese professional wrestlerGran Hamada and the younger sister of fellow Mexican wrestlerXóchitl Hamada.[8]
Hamada has won several titles in women's pro wrestling, including theWWWA World Single Championship and theAAAW Single Championship during the early 2000s and theTNA Knockouts Tag Team Championship two times during her time with TNA. She is also a formerAAA Reina de Reinas Champion.
Hamada was born inMexico City, Mexico, as the daughter of Japanese professional wrestlerGran Hamada. Her elder sister is wrestlerXóchitl Hamada.
Ayako Hamada debuted at the age of seventeen against Candy Okutsu on August 9, 1998, for the JapaneseArsion promotion.[8] She received an immediate push and won her first title, theTwin Star of Arsion Championship with Mika Akino, on June 30, 1999, less than one year after her debut. She wonZION 2000 on September 17, 2000, and theQueen of Arsion Championship fromAja Kong on December 3, 2000.
After leaving Arsion in 2001,[8] she has won numerous women's titles in several Japanese and Mexican promotions, including theWWWA World Single Championship fromMomoe Nakanishi on May 11, 2003, and theAAAW Single Championship fromDynamite Kansai on January 11, 2004, just one week after she had lost the WWWA title toAmazing Kong. From 2005 to 2006 Hamada performed inHUSTLE under the names Arisin Z and Dokron Z, before becoming affiliated with the Kaoru Ito Dojo.[9]
Hamada was a regular forAAA in Mexico for most of 2007 and 2008. On November 30, 2007, she andMr. Niebla were involved in four-way mixed tag team match withBilly Boy andFaby Apache,Espiritu andLa Diabólica and Gran andMari Apache for the vacantWorld Mixed Tag Team Championship.[10] In November 2008, she left the promotion to joinMartha Villalobos's wrestling school, where she worked as a trainer.
On April 8, 2009, it was announced at a press conference that the April 19 Ito Dojo show would be Hamada's final match in Japan as she had signed withTotal Nonstop Action Wrestling.[11] On August 6, 2009,Jeremy Borash announced on hisTwitter page that Hamada would be starting with the company after theHard Justice pay-per-view.[12] On the August 27 edition ofImpact!, Hamada made her debut as aface, defeatingDaffney in aNo Disqualification match.[13] The following week onImpact! she andSojo Bolt were eliminated in the first round of theKnockouts Tag Team Championship tournament byTara andChristy Hemme, with Hamada afterwards hitting Bolt with the Hamada Driver.[14] On the September 24 edition ofImpact! she was assaulted byAlissa Flash while giving an interview. Flash proceeded to throw Hamada down some stairs, sparking a feud between the two.[15] On the October 15 edition ofImpact! Hamada defeated Flash in aFalls Count Anywhere match.[16] On the November 19 and December 3 editions ofImpact! Hamada beatTaylor Wilde and thenSarita, the Knockouts Tag Team Champions, with the Hamada Driver.[17][18]On the December 10 edition ofImpact!, Hamada was granted aTNA Global Championship shot byKevin Nash, who was in charge for the evening. The champion,Eric Young, claimed that his group of foreign wrestlers, named World Elite, had been eyeing Hamada for some time and that this would be her initiation match. Though Hamada dominated the match, Young was able to retain his title by pinning her with his feet on the ropes.[19] The following week Hamada and her new tag team partnerAwesome Kong defeated Sarita and Wilde and theBeautiful People (Madison Rayne andVelvet Sky) in a three-way non-title tag team match.[20] On the December 31 edition ofImpact! Hamada defeated Madison Rayne andRoxxi on her way to the finals of a #1 contender's tournament, where she was defeated byODB, after going through a table brought out by Awesome Kong.[21] The following Monday on the live three-hour edition ofImpact! Hamada and Kong defeated Sarita and Wilde to win the Knockouts Tag Team Championship.[22] On March 1 Hamada's tag team partner Awesome Kong was reportedly released from TNA Wrestling, while the team still held the Knockouts Tag Team Championship.[23] On the March 8 Monday night edition ofImpact! Hamada and Kong were stripped of the titles after allegedly failing to defend them in 30 days,[24] even though in fact the team defended the titles just 21 days prior against Madison Rayne and Velvet Sky.[25]
After being off television for four months, Hamada returned on July 27 at the tapings of the August 5 edition ofImpact!, teaming with Taylor Wilde to defeat The Beautiful People (Velvet Sky andLacey Von Erich) to win the TNA Knockouts Tag Team Championship for the second time.[26][27] In October 2010 Hamada returned to Japan and shortly afterwards requested her release from TNA.[28] After months of inactivity in TNA, it was reported on December 6 that the promotion had agreed to release Hamada and vacate her Knockouts Tag Team Championship.[29]
On November 8, 2009, Hamada made her debut under her full name for Chicago-based all female wrestling promotionShimmer Women Athletes, defeatingMercedes Martinez in a match taped forVolume 27 and losing toSara Del Rey in a match taped forVolume 28.[30] On February 5, 2010, Shimmer announced that Hamada would be returning to the company on April 11 for the tapings of Volumes31 and32.[31] OnVolume 31 she defeatedDaizee Haze and onVolume 32 she was defeated in the main event byCheerleader Melissa.[32] Hamada returned to Shimmer on September 11, 2010, defeatingTomoka Nakagawa in a match taped forVolume 33.[33] Later that day onVolume 34 she was defeated byJessie McKay in a three-way match, which also included Sara Del Rey.[34] The following day Hamada defeatedShimmer Tag Team ChampionNicole Matthews onVolume 35[35] and then took part in an elimination tag team match onVolume 36, where she,Ayumi Kurihara, Cheerleader Melissa andSerena Deeb defeated Daizee Haze,Madison Eagles, Sara Del Rey and Tomoka Nakagawa.[36] On March 26, 2011, Hamada took part in the tapings of Volumes37 and38, during which she defeated Jessie McKay and Ayumi Kurihara, respectively, in singles matches.[37] The following day, after pinningShimmer Champion Madison Eagles onVolume 39 in a tag team match, where she teamed with Cheerleader Melissa and Eagles with Sara Del Rey, Hamada was granted a shot at the Shimmer Championship.[37] Later that day, at the tapings ofVolume 40, Hamada was unsuccessful in her attempt to win the title.[38]
On August 26, 2011, it was announced that Hamada would return to the promotion on their tapings for Volumes41 to44 on October 1 and 2.[39] On October 1 at the tapings ofVolume 41, Hamada and Ayumi Kurihara defeated Daizee Haze and Tomoka Nakagawa to win the Shimmer Tag Team Championship.[40] Hamada and Kurihara made their first title defense later that same day onVolume 42, defeating the Knight Dynasty (Britani andSaraya Knight).[40] The following day the duo made successful defenses against the teams of Madison Eagles andSara Del Rey, and theCanadian NINJAs (Nicole Matthews andPortia Perez).[41] The team made their fourth defense of the title at aJoshi 4 Hope event in Tokyo on February 22, 2012, defeating former championsHiroyo Matsumoto andMisaki Ohata. This was the first time the Shimmer Tag Team Championship was defended outside North America.[42] Hamada returned to Shimmer on March 17, when she and Kurihara successfully defended the Shimmer Tag Team Championship against Regeneration X (Allison Danger andLeva Bates) onVolume 45.[43] Hamada's and Kurihara's sixth successful title defense took place later that same day onVolume 46, when they defeatedHailey Hatred and Kalamity.[43] The following day onVolume 47, Hamada and Kurihara successfully defended the title against the team ofLeon andRay.[44] Later that day onVolume 48, Hamada and Kurihara lost the title toCourtney Rush and Sara Del Rey in a four-way elimination match, which also included the Canadian NINJAs and Regeneration X.[44] Hamada returned to Shimmer on October 27, 2012, when she defeated Kalamity onVolume 49 andKana onVolume 50.[45][46] The following day on Volumes51 and52, Hamada defeatedPortia Perez andAthena, respectively, to finish her weekend with a clean record of four wins out of four matches.[47][48] On April 6, 2013, Hamada took part in Shimmer's first internet pay-per-view,Volume 53, where she was defeated by Athena.[49]
On January 9, 2010, Hamada made her debut forJersey All Pro Wrestling's Women's Division in a match, where she defeatedRachel Summerlyn.[50] Later in the night she challenged Sara Del Rey to a match for theWomen's Championship and Del Rey agreed to face her at any time and anywhere.[50]
In December 2011, Hamada took part in American promotionChikara'sJoshiMania weekend, teaming with Cherry to defeatMayumi Ozaki andMio Shirai in her night one match on December 2.[51] The following day, Hamada was defeated by Aja Kong in the main event.[52] On the third and final night of the tour, Hamada was defeated in another main event, this time by Sara Del Rey.[53]
After returning to Japan from theUnited States in 2011, Hamada began working forPro Wrestling Wave, where she aligned herself with thevillainous Black Dahliastable.[54] On July 2, 2012, Hamada signed a contract to officially make Wave her new home promotion.[55] On October 6, 2013, Hamada and her Las Aventureras tag team partner Yuu Yamagata won the2013 Dual Shock Wave tournament.[56] On October 30, Hamada and Yamagata defeated the Classic Gals (Cherry andShuu Shibutani) to win theWave Tag Team Championship, Hamada's first title in Wave.[57] After a reign of 270 days, the longest in the title's history, Hamada and Yamagata lost the title to Yankii Nichokenju (Isami Kodaka and Yuko Miyamoto) on July 27, 2014.[58] They regained the title from Revolucion Amandla (Kyoko Kimura and Tomoka Nakagawa) on October 29.[59] On February 11, 2015, Hamada became a double champion, when she defeatedHikaru Shida for theWave Single Championship.[60] On March 15, Hamada and Yamagata lost the Wave Tag Team Championship to Mio Shirai and Misaki Ohata.[61] On October 30, Hamada and Yamagata won the Wave Tag Team Championship for the third time, when they defeatedKayoko Haruyama andTsubasa Kuragaki in the finals of the2015 Dual Shock Wave tournament.[62] On December 27, Hamada lost the Wave Single Championship to her tag team partner Yuu Yamagata.[63] On August 7, 2016, Hamada and Yamagata lost the Wave Tag Team Championship to Misaki Ohata and Ryo Mizunami.[64]
On March 19, 2017, Hamada returned to Mexico and AAA, defeatingTaya to win theAAA Reina de Reinas Championship, 18 years after her sisterXóchitl became the inaugural champion.[65][66] Taya regained the title by defeating her during a live event on April 21, 2017; at 33 days, Hamada's reign is the shortest in the title's history.[67]
After a year, Hamada came out of retirement in July 2019. Her first match back was held on July 21 for Pro Wrestling Mexico, teaming withChik Tormenta, defeatingTaya Valkyrie andStar Fire.[68]
On August 3, 2019, atTriplemanía XXVII, Hamada made her return to AAA, where she participated in aTables, Ladders, and Chairs match for the vacant Reina de Reinas Championship, which was won byTessa Blanchard.[69][70]
Hamada is fluent in both Japanese and Spanish.[71]
Via her sisterXóchitl Hamada's marriages, she is sister-in-law to wrestlersPentagón Black andSilver King.
Hamada was arrested on May 13, 2018, for possession of methamphetamine. Her arrest resulted in Pro Wrestling Wave terminating her contract andSendai Girls' Pro Wrestling stripping her of the Sendai Girls World Championship. On July 18, 2018, she was given an 18-month prison sentence,suspended for three years. The same day, Hamada announced her retirement from pro wrestling, hoping to find work as an interpreter.[71][72] However she returned to wrestling the following year.
| Winner (wager) | Loser (wager) | Location | Event | Date | Notes |
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| Ayako Hamada (hair) | Xóchitl Hamada (hair) | Tokyo, Japan | Live event | December 24, 2000 |
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