1. In 2009, Shuri Okuda quit Sendai Girls' and affiliated herself with Team Makehen under the new ring name Basara.
13 Facts About Shuri Okuda
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Shuri Okuda first became interested in professional wrestling, when her elementary school class made a field trip to an All Japan Pro Wrestling event, where she met Taka Michinoku.
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On October 2,2005, Shuri Okuda took part in an audition held by Meiko Satomura, and, after passing it, was admitted to the first training class of Satomura's new Sendai Girls' Pro Wrestling promotion, and began training under her in Sendai the following December.
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Sendai Girls' co-founder Jinsei Shinzaki, remembering past wrestlers like Jaguar Yokota and Lioness Asuka, decided that Shuri Okuda should be given the name of an animal and, as a result, she was renamed Tyrannosaurus Shuri Okuda.
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Under her new name, Shuri Okuda started an interpromotional storyline rivalry with JWP's top junior wrestler, Arisa Nakajima.
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Two days later, Shuri Okuda appeared at JWP's 5th Junior All Star event, teaming with Aoi Kizuki and Aya Yuki in a six-woman tag team main event, where they were defeated by Arisa Nakajima, Hanako Kobayashi and Hiroyo Matsumoto.
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On February 23,2008, Shuri Okuda main evented another Sendai Girls' event, losing to Aja Kong in a rematch of their Oz Academy encounter.
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On February 20,2009, Shuri Okuda made an appearance at a Team Makehen event, announcing that she had joined the independent group, as a member of which her independent bookings were handled by its founder Tomohiko Hashimoto.
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Shuri Okuda collaborated with the Ringstars professional wrestling magazine to start a contest for its readers to come up with a new ring name for her.
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Shuri Okuda underwent surgery on April 8,2011, and was sidelined from in-ring action for the entire year.
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On March 7,2012, Shuri Okuda announced that she would wrestle her return match on March 25 at an event held by the Apache Pro-Wrestling Army promotion.
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Shuri Okuda underwent two knee surgeries, first in August 2012 and the second in April 2013.
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On May 24,2015, Shuri Okuda returned to the ring, wrestling her first match in nearly three years at an event co-produced by Apache Pro-Wrestling Army and Doutonbori Pro Wrestling, where she, Hasegawa and Mede Tiger Mask defeated Mister Furyu, Mister UO and Super Delfin.