Kyoko Inoue
Japanese professional wrestler

Kyoko Inoue

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Japanese professional wrestler
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Female
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Birth:
22 April 1969(Nan'yō)
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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
  • "Ready to Fight?" by All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling
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Championships and accomplishments

  • All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling
  • 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
  • Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship (2 times)
  • JDStar
  • TWF World Women's Championship (2 times)
  • NEO Japan Ladies' Wrestling
  • 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
  • Joshi Puroresu Grand Prize (1996)
  • World Entertainment Wrestling
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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