1. Arisa Nakajima is a Japanese retired professional wrestler.
20 Facts About Arisa Nakajima
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Arisa Nakajima retired from professional wrestling in June 2009, but made her return to JWP in April 2012.
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Arisa Nakajima eventually went on to become a record four-time JWP Openweight Champion, while winning the JWP Tag Team and Daily Sports Women's Tag Team Championships twice, before quitting JWP in December 2016.
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Arisa Nakajima began training professional wrestling with the Major Girl's Fighting AtoZ promotion at the age of 16 in 2005 and made her debut on January 3,2006, facing fellow rookie Mika Mizunuma in Korakuen Hall.
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Finally, on Christmas Eve, Arisa Nakajima defeated Ice Ribbon representative Aoi Kizuki in the finals to become the new JWP Junior Champion.
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The year ended with JWP's fifth Junior All Star event, during which Arisa Nakajima teamed with Hanako Kobayashi and Hiroyo Matsumoto to defeat Okuda, Aoi Kizuki and Aya Yuki in a main event "Best of Juniors" match.
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The year ended with Arisa Nakajima being named the MVP of JWP's Junior division, while being given the Fighting Spirit award.
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On February 11,2008, Arisa Nakajima entered a tournament to determine the number one contender to the JWP Openweight Championship.
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On February 21,2009, Arisa Nakajima, teaming with Toujyuki Leon, received her first shot at the JWP Tag Team and Daily Sports Women's Tag Team Championships, but the two were defeated by the defending champions, Keito and Yumiko Hotta.
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Arisa Nakajima wrestled her return match on April 22,2012, at JWP's 20th anniversary event, where she teamed with her former Hysteric Babe partner Sachie Abe in a losing effort against the team of Hanako Nakamori and Misaki Ohata.
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Arisa Nakajima was the only JWP representative not eliminated from the match.
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Three days later, Arisa Nakajima was named JWP's MVP of 2012, while her and Bolshoi's tag team title match with Sakura and Yoneyama from August 19 was named the Match of the Year.
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Later in the semi-main event, Arisa Nakajima interfered in a WWWD Tag Team Championship match, helping Keiko Aono and Yumiko Hotta defeat Kaoru Ito and Tomoko Watanabe for the title, aligning herself with Hotta's Bousou-gun stable and turning heel for the first time in her career.
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On July 15, Arisa Nakajima first defeated Shuu Shibutani in her first round match and then Syuri in her semifinal match to advance to the finals of the 2013 Catch the Wave, where she was defeated by Misaki Ohata.
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Back in JWP, Arisa Nakajima entered a storyline, where Kana began professing her love for her, even naming Arisa Nakajima the next challenger to her JWP Openweight Championship.
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That same evening, Arisa Nakajima won her second JWP MVP award in a row, while her match with Kana that same day was named the 2013 Match of the Year.
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Meanwhile, Arisa Nakajima continued her rivalry with Kana, with the two forming a dysfunctional tag team for the 2014 Tag League the Best.
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In June 2015, Arisa Nakajima formed a tag team named Best Friends with Ice Ribbon wrestler Tsukasa Fujimoto, with the two stating that their goal was to become the top tag team in all of joshi puroresu.
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On October 3,2018, Arisa Nakajima participated in an eight-woman single-elimination tournament to crown the inaugural Beyond the Sea Single Champion, as she advanced to the finals where she was defeated by Takahashi on November 1.
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On July 13,2020, Arisa Nakajima lost the title to Yoshiko, ending her reign at 299 days with four successful title defenses.