| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1970-12-23)December 23, 1970 (age 54)[1] |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Mima-chan Mima Shimoda |
| Billed height | 1.66 m (5 ft5+1⁄2 in)[1] |
| Billed weight | 65 kg (143 lb)[1] |
| Trained by | |
| Debut | August 5, 1987[1] |
Mima Shimoda (下田 美馬,Shimoda Mima; born on December 23, 1970, inTokyo, Japan) is a Japaneseprofessional wrestler, who is working for the Mexicanprofessional wrestling promotionConsejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) and Japanese promotionWorld Woman Pro-Wrestling Diana. She is most well known for being half ofLas Cachorras Orientales withEtsuko Mita.
Shimoda debuted on August 5, 1987, against her futureLas Cachorras Orientales partner,Etsuko Mita. Early on in her career, Shimoda formed the "Tokyo Sweethearts" withManami Toyota.
On October 8, 1989, Shimoda won theAJW Junior Championship.[3]
On August 19, 1990, Shimoda competed in a kickboxing match againstAja Kong. She lost several teeth during the match in defeat.
By 1991, the Tokyo Sweethearts had stopped teaming together regularly, however they would team off and on through the 1990s.
In 1992, Shimoda formedLas Cachorras Orientales (LCO) withEtsuko Mita andAkira Hokuto. While Hokuto was an original member, she did not stay on long as a regular with the team. The team mostly wrestled in the undercard until they captured both theJWP Tag Team Championship and theUWA World Women's Tag Team Championship in March 1994. The team held both sets of titles until January 8, 1995, when they lost theirJWP Tag Team Championship to Hikari Fukuoka andMayumi Ozaki. On September 2, 1995, they vacated theirUWA World Women's Tag Team Championship after a successful defense againstLioness Asuka andJaguar Yokota.
On May 11, 1996, the Tokyo Sweethearts teamed up again to take on "Double Inoue" ofKyoko Inoue andTakako Inoue. The match went 52 minutes with Double Inoue getting the win. On June 22, 1996, the teams re-matched with the Tokyo Sweethearts winning theWWWA World Tag Team Championship. They held the titles until January 20, 1997.
Shimoda left All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling with Mita in October 1997 as the promotion filed for bankruptcy forNEO Japan Ladies Pro-Wrestling. Between October 1997 and February 1998, the team made stops inLadies Legend Pro-Wrestling,JDStar andGaea Japan while creating a rivalry with Kyoko Inoue andMisae Genki in NEO. The team also stopped in JWP later that year.
The team became freelance in 1999. They wrestled multiple matches forGaea Japan eventually joining the heel faction, SSU(Super Star Unit). The also started to appear in Arsion during Summer 1999, winning the Twin Stars of Arsion League in December 1999. They also returned to All Japan Women's during this time, capturing the WWWA Tag Titles on July 10, 1999.[4]
On June 18, 1997, the team captured theWWWA World Tag Team Championship for the first time by defeating Tomoko Watanabe and Kumiko Maekawa, finally capturing the titles after 5 years as a team.[4]
In 2003, Shimoda retired to work in a backstage role with AtoZ Pro-Wrestling. The retirement did not last long as by 2005, she was wrestling regularly again after AtoZ's closure.
In 2006 Shimoda moved to Mexico and began working regularly forConsejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) as well as making frequent trips to Japan to work with a number of Japanese women's promotions, often touring with other CMLL wrestlers.[1]
On November 1, 2009, LCO teamed for the final time as Mita retired.[5] They teamed against Kyoko Inoue andNanae Takahashi. Mima continued to wrestle after.
| Winner (wager) | Loser (wager) | Location | Event | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mima Shimoda (hair) | Roza Azteca (mask) | Toluca, Mexico State | Live event | November 19, 2010 |
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