Yukiko Tomoe | |
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Born | Utsunomiya, Tochigi, Japan | November 1, 1935
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | Yukiko Tomoe |
Billed height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) |
Debut | 1955 |
Retired | 1970 |
Yukiko Tomoe (巴 ゆき子, Tomoe Yukiko, born November 1, 1935) is a retired Japanese professional wrestler. She is a former holder of the now-defunct AJWP title and the NWA World Women's Championship. She has competed in both Japan and the United States.
Yukiko Tomoe defeated The Fabulous Moolah for the NWA World Women's Championship in Japan on March 10, 1968. She lost the title to Moolah less than a month later, on April 2, 1968.
Championships and accomplishments
- All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling
- AGWA International Girls' Championship (1 time)
- JWPA Japanese Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- AJW Hall of Fame
- National Wrestling Alliance
References
- ^ a b c d Kreikenbohm, Philip. "Yukiko Tomoe". Cagematch.net. Retrieved June 22, 2021.
- ^ Saalbach, Axel. "Wrestlingdata.com - The World's Largest Wrestling Database".
- ^ James Phillips. "All Japan Women Hall of Fame". Japanese Womens Wrestling. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2010-05-09.
- ^ a b Laprade, Pat; Murphy, Dan (2017). Sisterhood of the Squared Circle: The History and Rise of Women's Wrestling. ECW Press. p. 410. ISBN 978-1-77305-014-0.
- ^ a b Shoemaker, David (2013). The Squared Circle: Life, Death, and Professional Wrestling. Penguin Publishing Group. pp. 60–61. ISBN 978-1-101-60974-3.
- ^ Solomon, Brian (2010). WWE Legends. Simon and Schuster. p. 92. ISBN 978-1-4516-0450-4.
- ^ "American Girls' Wrestling Association International Girls' Title". wrestling-titles.com. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
- ^ Phillips, James. "All Japan Women Hall of Fame". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2010-04-12.
- ^ "View from the Rising Sun by Masanori Horie--The Dawn Of Joshi Puroresu".
- ^ "All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling Hall of Fame".
- ^ "NWA World Women's Title".
External links
- Yukiko Tomoe's profile at Cagematch.net