1. Kyoko Kimura is a Japanese retired professional wrestler and mixed martial artist.
16 Facts About Kyoko Kimura
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Kyoko Kimura is best known for her Jamaican flag shirt and puffed afro that at one point stood at roughly one foot tall.
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Kyoko Kimura is known for wrestling in barbed wire deathmatches as well as her singles bouts.
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Kyoko Kimura remained with the promotion in a small role for over two years, before quitting in late 2005 and becoming a freelancer.
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Kyoko Kimura remained a regular for NEO until the promotion folded in December 2010, with her stable being involved in major storyline rivalries with Las Cachorras Orientales and Passion Red.
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In May 2012, Kyoko Kimura began working regularly for the World Wonder Ring Stardom promotion, where she joined the villainous Kawasaki Katsushika Saikyou Densetsu Plus One stable.
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In September, Kyoko Kimura began working regularly for the Ice Ribbon promotion, culminating on her and Sayaka Obihiro winning the International Ribbon Tag Team and Reina World Tag Team Championships on December 19,2012, the latter title owned by the Reina X World promotion.
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On January 14,2013, Kyoko Kimura received her first shot at Stardom's top title, the World of Stardom Championship, but was defeated by the defending champion, Nanae Takahashi.
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On January 26,2014, Kyoko Kimura became the first two-time Goddesses of Stardom Champion, when she won title alongside Alpha Female.
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On January 18,2015, Kyoko Kimura formed a new version of Monster-gun, named Oedo Tai, with Act Yasukawa, Dragonita, Heidi Lovelace, Hudson Envy and Kris Wolf.
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Kyoko Kimura went on to win a championship with her daughter, when the two, along with Kagetsu, won the Artist of Stardom Championship on October 2,2016.
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Kyoko Kimura held her retirement event, entitled "Last Afro", on January 22,2017, in Korakuen Hall.
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In what was advertised as her retirement match, Kyoko Kimura teamed with her daughter Hana and husband Isao in a six-person tag team match, where they were defeated by Aja Kong, Meiko Satomura and Minoru Suzuki with Satomura pinning her for the win.
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In 2016, Kyoko Kimura married professional wrestler and mixed martial artist Isao Kobayashi, better known simply as Isao.
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Kyoko Kimura's daughter Hana was a professional wrestler until her death in 2020.
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Kyoko Kimura won the fight by TKO after Yabushita suffered an ankle injury in the first round.