1. Yoshiko Tamura is a Japanese retired professional wrestler.
20 Facts About Yoshiko Tamura
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All in all, Yoshiko Tamura held the NEO Single and NWA Women's Pacific Championships for 2,074 days and successfully defended them 38 times.
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Yoshiko Tamura was trained at the All Japan Women's Pro Wrestling dojo and made her debut on September 15,1994, in a match against Kaoru Kanayama.
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Yoshiko Tamura won her first championship on June 27,1995, defeating Misae Watanabe for the vacant AJW Junior Championship.
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Meanwhile, Yoshiko Tamura made appearances for several independent promotions, including Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling, Hyper Visual Fighting Arsion and Oz Academy.
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On July 19,1997, Yoshiko Tamura made a guest appearance for Gaea Japan, defeating Toshie Uematsu for the WCW Women's Cruiserweight Championship, a title recognized by American promotion World Championship Wrestling.
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In NEO, Yoshiko Tamura reinvented herself as "Yoshiko Tamura-sama", adopting the character of an arrogant villain.
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On February 11,2001, Yoshiko Tamura lost the titles to Mima Shimoda in her fourth defense, ending her reign at 171 days.
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However, the following month, Yoshiko Tamura defeated Mima Shimoda to win the 2002 NEO Japan Cup, which earned her another title shot on June 8, where Yoshiko Tamura defeated Mita to win the NEO Single and NWA Women's Pacific Championships for the third time.
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On February 2,2003, Yoshiko Tamura lost the titles to Inoue in her first defense, a Two Out of Three Falls match.
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Yoshiko Tamura would hold the titles for all of 2006, successfully defending it against Mima Shimoda, Ran Yu-Yu, Toshie Uematsu, Kyoko Inoue, Hikaru, Kayoko Haruyama, Chikayo Nagashima, Kyoko Kimura, Mariko Yoshida and Azumi Hyuga.
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On June 24,2006, Yoshiko Tamura returned to the United States to compete in ChickFight V in San Francisco, California.
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Yoshiko Tamura's domination continued well into 2007, with successful NEO Single and NWA Women's Pacific Championship defenses against Ayako Hamada, Emi Sakura and Vanessa the Mountain.
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Finally, on September 17,2007, Yoshiko Tamura lost the NEO Single and NWA Women's Pacific Championships to former tag team partner Haruka Matsuo.
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In February 2009, Yoshiko Tamura found a new tag team partner in Ayumi Kurihara.
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Finally, Fuka accepted Yoshiko Tamura's offer to become her partner for the tournament.
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Yoshiko Tamura successfully defended the titles in NEO against Emi Sakura and Aya Yuki to ensure that she would head to her final night in professional wrestling as the champion.
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Yoshiko Tamura made her acting debut in the 2009 film Three Count, where she played the role of a professional wrestling trainer, working alongside Emi Sakura, Kyoko Inoue and Hikaru Shida.
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On January 1,2011, Yoshiko Tamura received a diploma in aromatherapy, after passing Japan Aromacoordinator Association's authorization test.
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Yoshiko Tamura has her own aromatherapy clinic, named Aroma Optimal Corner, in Edogawa, Tokyo.