Kyōko Kimura
Acting
Biography
Kyōko Kimura (born March 19, 1977) is a Japanese retired professional wrestler and mixed martial artist. Throughout her 14-year career, she competed in Big Japan Pro-Wrestling (BJW), Ibuki, Ice Ribbon, JWP Joshi Puroresu, NEO Japan Ladies Pro-Wrestling and World Wonder Ring Stardom, among other promotions. She is best known for her Jamaican flag shirt and puffed afro that, at one point, stood roughly one foot tall, as well as her adeptness for deathmatches. She retired from professional wrestling in January 2017. Her daughter, Hana, was also an acclaimed wrestler until her sudden passing in 2020; Kimura has since focused on anti-bullying campaigning with the Japanese media and government, and holds an annual memorial event at Tokyo's Korakuen Hall in honor of Hana.
Known For
Samurai TV broadcasts of World Wonder Ring Stardom
Stardom on Samurai! TV
Sendai Girls' Pro Wrestling was founded in 2005 by Meiko Satomura, a female professional wrestler who achieved success in the 2000s with the women's promotion GAEA Japan, and Jinsei Shinzaki, a male professional wrestler who is also the president of Michinoku Pro Wrestling. On July 9, 2006, the new promotion held its first show in front of 2,498 fans at Sendai's Sun Plaza, and has been running consistently ever since.
Sendai Girls' Pro-Wrestling
Samurai! TV broadcasts of Ice Ribbon
Ice Ribbon on Samurai! TV
Stardom closes out their year with Year-End Climax.
Stardom Year-End Climax 2015
What is Stardom's Cinderella Tournament? The Cinderella Tournament is an annual one night tournament held by Stardom every spring since 2015. What is the format of the tournament? This is a single elimination 4 round tournament. Matches in the first 3 rounds have time limits. The exact time limit varies from round to round. The final match has no time limit. Victory is possible via pinfall, submission, time limit draw, count out or over the top rope eliminations. Like all Stardom matches, disqualifications are unlikely since referees tend to let the action go as far as possible. In case of a draw, both wrestlers are knocked out of the tournament.
Stardom Cinderella Tournament
Stardom and Sendai Girls battle from Korakuen Hall.
Stardom Goddesses Of Stardom 2015 - Night 4: Stardom Vs. Sendai Girls
Stardom Year-End Climax 2014 took place at the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. The event took place on December 23, 2014.
Stardom Year-End Climax 2014
SHIMMER returns for Volume 74, featuring an eight woman tag team match featuring some of the biggest names in the sport.
SHIMMER Volume 74
Marvelous That's Women Pro Wrestling (女子プロレスのマーベラス, Joshi puroresu no māberasu) often abbreviated simply as Marvelous is a Japanese joshi puroresu or women's professional wrestling promotion based in Chiba, Japan. It was founded by Chigusa Nagayo in 2014.
Marvelous That's Women Pro Wrestling
Ice Ribbon 10th Anniversary Show
Ice Ribbon Presents 10th Anniversary Show
Japanese Women Pro-Wrestling Project