1. Hikaru Shida is a Japanese professional wrestler, martial artist, actress, and model.
38 Facts About Hikaru Shida
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Hikaru Shida is signed to All Elite Wrestling, where she is a former three-time AEW Women's World Champion, with her first reign being the longest in the title's history.
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Hikaru Shida wrestles for AEW's sister promotion Ring of Honor, and for Japanese promotions Oz Academy and Pro Wrestling Wave.
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Hikaru Shida has held the Wave Single Championship twice, the Oz Academy Tag Team Championship, and the Sendai Girls Tag Team Championship.
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Hikaru Shida joined AEW as one of its original female wrestlers in April 2019 and is a three-time AEW Women's World Champion.
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Hikaru Shida holds the record for the title's longest reign at 372 days, which she accomplished during her first reign.
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In 2009, Hikaru Shida was cast in the leading role in a film titled Three Count, set in the world of professional wrestling and starring veteran professional wrestlers Emi Sakura, Kyoko Inoue and Yoshiko Tamura.
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Hikaru Shida made her debut for Ice Ribbon on July 20,2008, losing to Kazumi Shimouma.
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In March 2009, Hikaru Shida finally started picking up victories more regularly, starting a partnership, and later a feud, with Makoto.
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On September 13,2009, Hikaru Shida ventured into the world of mixed martial arts, when she took part in a grappling match at the Jewels promotion's 5th Ring event.
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Hikaru Shida lost the match, after submitting to Ayaka Hamasaki's armlock in 38 seconds.
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On January 8,2012, Hikaru Shida main evented Bull Nakano's retirement show, losing to World Wonder Ring Stardom wrestler and Wonder of Stardom Champion Yuzuki Aikawa.
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On May 5 at Golden Ribbon 2012, Hikaru Shida was defeated by Kana in a non-title singles match.
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On September 25, Hikaru Shida entered Pro Wrestling Wave's 2012 Dual Shock Wave tournament as Yumi Ohka's partner.
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Hikaru Shida continued using the shinai in her matches for the next month.
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From May 15 to June 28, Hikaru Shida took part in Pro Wrestling Wave's 2013 Catch the Wave tournament, finishing with a record of two wins, two draws and two losses and failing to advance from her round-robin block.
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Back in Ice Ribbon, Hikaru Shida earned a big win on July 14 by defeating Syuri, who was making her first appearance for the promotion in over two years and with whom she had wrestled to a time limit draw during the 2013 Catch the Wave.
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Four days later, Hikaru Shida lost the Wave Tag Team Championship, when she and Ohka were defeated by Nakagawa and Gami.
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Hikaru Shida teamed with Hiroshi Fukuda and Yoshiko in a six-person tag team match, where they were defeated by Akai, Cherry and Masa Takanashi.
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Hikaru Shida eliminated Bolshoi from the match, before being eliminated herself by Toyota.
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Later that same day on Volume 59, Hikaru Shida was defeated by Nicole Matthews, after being hit with her own shinai.
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Hikaru Shida finished her weekend and first American visit, losing to Madison Eagles on Volume 61 in a three-way match, which included Kana.
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Hikaru Shida worked her first event as a freelancer on April 1,2014, for Miyako Matsumoto's Gake no Fuchi Puroresu.
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From May 5 to June 22, Hikaru Shida took part in the round-robin portion of the 2014 Catch the Wave tournament, finishing with a record of four wins and two draws and winning her block.
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On July 27, Hikaru Shida first defeated Tomoka Nakagawa in the semifinals and then Misaki Ohata in the finals to win the 2014 Catch the Wave.
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Three days later, Hikaru Shida made her first successful defense of the Wave Single Championship against Mika Iida.
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Four days later, Hikaru Shida lost the Wave Single Championship to Ayako Hamada.
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Also in July, Hikaru Shida made it to the semifinals of the 2015 Catch the Wave tournament, but was defeated there by Mika Iida.
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In February 2017, Hikaru Shida ended her freelancing days by signing with the Makai company, which presents shows combining music, theater and wrestling.
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Hikaru Shida had worked for the company since October 2014, performing under the name Tsuruhime.
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At Bash at the Beach, Hikaru Shida teamed with Kris Statlander, defeating Brandi Rhodes and Melanie Cruise.
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Hikaru Shida had her first title defense at Fyter Fest against Penelope Ford.
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At Dynamite: Holiday Bash, Hikaru Shida faced Hayter for the championship in a losing effort.
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Hikaru Shida lost the title to Saraya at All In in a four-way match involving Storm and Baker, in which Saraya pinned Storm to end Shida's second reign at 25 days as the shortest reign in the title's history.
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Hikaru Shida made her Ring of Honor debut on the March 14,2024, episode of Ring of Honor Wrestling, where she answered ROH Women's World Champion Athena's open challenge for her title at Supercard of Honor.
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From June 20 to 22,2014, Hikaru Shida was a part of stage acting group Mizuiro Kakumei, working three performances in Tokyo.
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Hikaru Shida made her video game debut as a playable character in AEW Fight Forever.
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Hikaru Shida is an avid cosplayer and she incorporates aspects of her cosplay attire into her wrestling gear.