

The basics
Quick facts
Intro
Japanese professional wrestler
Gender:
Female
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Birth:
22 April 1969(Nan'yō)
The details
Biography
Introduction
Kyoko Inoue (井上 京子, Inoue Kyōko, born April 22, 1969) is a Japanese female professional wrestler. She has held the WWWA World Heavyweight Championship three times, and is the first woman to win a men's title in Japan. She is also the founder of the joshi promotion NEO Japan Ladies Pro Wrestling. After leaving NEO in May 2010, Inoue founded the World Woman Pro-Wrestling Diana promotion in January 2011. Kyoko Inoue was trained by famous Japanese wrestler, Jaguar Yokota.
In wrestling
- Finishing moves
- Niagara Driver (Sitout one shoulder powerbomb)
- Victoria Driver (Inverted Death Valley driver)
- Signature moves
- Backbreaker rack
- Cloverleaf-style giant swing
- Diving back elbow drop
- Lariat
- Overhead belly to belly suplex, sometimes from the top rope
- Springboard back elbow
- Standing scoop powerslam, sometimes from the top rope
- Torture Crab (Elevated Boston crab with a knee to the back)
- Entrance themes
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- "Ready to Fight?" by All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling
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Championships and accomplishments
- All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling
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- AJW Championship (1 time)
- All Pacific Championship (2 times)
- IWA World Women's Championship (2 times)
- WWWA World Heavyweight Championship (3 times)
- WWWA World Tag Team Championship (4 times) – with Takako Inoue
- Japan Grand Prix (1991)
- Tag League the Best (1991) – with Toshiyo Yamada
- Tag League the Best (1992) – with Aja Kong
- Tag League the Best (1995) – with Tomoko Watanabe
- Dramatic Dream Team
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- Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship (2 times)
- JDStar
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- TWF World Women's Championship (2 times)
- NEO Japan Ladies' Wrestling
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- NEO Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Hiroyo Matsumoto
- NWA Women's Pacific/NEO Single Championship (3 times)
- NEO Mid-Summer Tag Tournament 7 (2008) - with Hiroyo Matsumoto
- Tokyo Sports
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- Joshi Puroresu Grand Prize (1996)
- World Entertainment Wrestling
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- WEW 6-Man Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Kodo Fuyuki and Chocoball Mukai
- WEW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Hiromichi Fuyuki
- World Woman Pro-Wrestling Diana
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- WWWD Queen Championship / WWWD World Single Championship (2 times)
- WWWD World Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Tomoko Watanabe (1) and Yumiko Hotta (1)
- Queen Championship Tournament (2013)
- Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards
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- 5 Star Match (1992) vs. Manami Toyota on April 25
- 5 Star Match (1993) with Takako Inoue vs. Cutie Suzuki and Mayumi Ozaki on April 2
- 5 Star Match (1993) with Takako Inoue, Aja Kong, and Sakie Hasegawa vs. Dynamite Kansai, Mayumi Ozaki, Hikari Fukuoka, and Cutie Suzuki on July 31
- 5 Star Match (1993) with Toshiyo Yamada vs. Akira Hokuto and Manami Toyota on December 10
- 5 Star Match (1993) with Toshiyo Yamada vs. Akira Hokuto and Manami Toyota on December 10
- 5 Star Match (1994) with Takako Inoue vs. Manami Toyota and Toshiyo Yamada on October 9
- 5 Star Match (1995) vs. Manami Toyota on May 7
- 5 Star Match (1995) with Takako Inoue vs. Manami Toyota and Sakie Hasegawa on August 30
- Match of the Year (1995) vs. Manami Toyota on May 7
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- 東京スポーツ プロレス大賞. Tokyo Sports (in Japanese). Retrieved 2014-01-20.
- ^ 3月3日(日)ラゾーナ川崎プラザソル 試合結果. World Woman Pro-Wrestling Diana (in Japanese). March 4, 2013. Retrieved March 3, 2013.
- タイトル名称変更. World Woman Pro-Wrestling Diana (in Japanese). May 28, 2013. Retrieved August 4, 2013.
- 9/16(水)新宿大会 試合結果. World Woman Pro-Wrestling Diana (in Japanese). September 17, 2015. Retrieved September 17, 2015.
- 12/15(日) 新宿大会 試合結果. World Woman Pro-Wrestling Diana (in Japanese). December 15, 2013. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-09-27.
- 8/16(日)新宿大会 試合結果. World Woman Pro-Wrestling Diana (in Japanese). August 16, 2015. Retrieved August 16, 2015.
- ^ The Notorious Eddie Mac (2016-03-02). "This Day in Wrestling History (Mar. 2): Flying Angel". Retrieved 2016-09-27.