Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial artist
Kyoko Kimura
Kimura in March 2015
Born (1977-03-19 ) March 19, 1977 (age 47)
[1]
Yokohama ,
Kanagawa , Japan
[1] Spouse(s)
Isao Kobayashi
(
m. 2016)
Children
Hana Kimura
Ring name(s) Caribbean Kim Kyoko Kimura Mask de Sun
[2] Yanbaru Queen Na Billed height 1.64 m (5 ft 4+ 1 ⁄2 in)
[1] Billed weight 62 kg (137 lb)
[1] Debut July 20, 2003
[1] Retired January 22, 2017
[3]
Kyoko Kimura (
Japanese : 木村 響子 ,
Hepburn : Kimura Kyōko , born March 19, 1977)
[1] is a Japanese retired
professional wrestler and
mixed martial artist . Throughout her 14-year career, she competed in
Big Japan Pro Wrestling , Ibuki,
Ice Ribbon ,
JWP Joshi Puroresu ,
NEO Japan Ladies Pro-Wrestling and
World Wonder Ring Stardom , among other promotions. She is best known for her Jamaican flag shirt and puffed afro that at one point stood at roughly one foot tall. She is known for wrestling in
barbed wire deathmatches as well as her singles bouts. She retired from professional wrestling in January 2017.
Professional wrestling career
Independent circuit (2003-2017)
Kimura started her
professional wrestling career in the
JWP Joshi Puroresu promotion, making her debut on July 20, 2003.
[1] She remained with the promotion in a small role for over two years, before quitting in late 2005 and becoming a
freelancer .
[1] During the following years, Kimura made appearances for promotions such as Ibuki,
[4]
Oz Academy ,
[5] and
Pro Wrestling Wave ,
[6] while also making her debut in
death matches .
[1]
Kimura's first major role in professional wrestling came in the
NEO Japan Ladies Pro-Wrestling promotion, where, in 2008, she became the leader of the
villainous Revolucion Amandla
stable , which also included
Tomoka Nakagawa and Atsuko Emoto, with whom Kimura held the NEO Tag Team Championship.
[7]
[8]
[9] In October 2009, Revolucion Amandla also made a tour of
Mexico .
[10]
[11] Kimura remained a regular for NEO until the promotion folded in December 2010, with her stable being involved in major
storyline rivalries with Las Cachorras Orientales (
Etsuko Mita and
Mima Shimoda ) and Passion Red (
Kana ,
Nanae Takahashi and
Natsuki☆Taiyo ).
[12]
[13]
On May 4, Kimura teamed with
Command Bolshoi to defeat Rabbit Miu and
Tsukushi for JWP Joshi Puroresu's
vacant
Daily Sports Women's Tag Team and
JWP Tag Team Championships .
[14] On October 15, Kimura and Tomoka Nakagawa, the reformed Revolucion Amandla, won
Pro Wrestling Wave 's
2014 Dual Shock Wave tournament and the
Wave Tag Team Championship .
[15]
World Wonder Ring Stardom (2012-2017)
In May 2012, Kimura began working regularly for the
World Wonder Ring Stardom promotion, where she joined the villainous Kawasaki Katsushika Saikyou Densetsu Plus One stable.
[16] However, after losing a battle against Natsuki☆Taiyo for the leadership of the stable, Kimura quit the stable on August 5 and formed the new Kimura Monster-gun stable with
Hailey Hatred .
[17] From August 19 to September 30, Kimura took part in the first ever 5★Star GP, making it to the finals, before losing to
Yuzuki Aikawa .
[17]
[18]
[19] In September, Kimura also began working regularly for the
Ice Ribbon promotion, culminating on her and Sayaka Obihiro winning the
International Ribbon Tag Team and
Reina World Tag Team Championships on December 19, 2012, the latter title owned by the Reina X World promotion.
[20]
[21]
[22] On January 14, 2013, Kimura received her first shot at Stardom's top title, the
World of Stardom Championship , but was defeated by the defending champion, Nanae Takahashi.
[23]
[24]
[25] On March 17, Kimura and Hatred defeated Kawasaki Katsushika Saikyou Densetsu (Natsuki☆Taiyo and
Yoshiko ) to win the
Goddess of Stardom Championship .
[26] The following November, Kimura teamed with two other Monster-gun stablemates,
Alpha Female and The Female Predator "Amazon", to win the
Artist of Stardom Championship .
[27] During November, Kimura also teamed with
Act Yasukawa to win the 2013
Goddesses of Stardom Tag League .
[27] On January 26, 2014, Kimura became the first two-time Goddess of Stardom Champion, when she won title alongside Alpha Female.
[28] On January 18, 2015, Kimura formed a new version of Monster-gun, named
Oedo Tai , with
Act Yasukawa , Dragonita,
Heidi Lovelace , Hudson Envy and
Kris Wolf .
[29]
On April 11, 2015, Kimura made her American debut for
Shimmer Women Athletes .
[30]
On August 7, 2016, Kimura defeated her daughter
Hana in the first match between the two. Following the match, she announced she would be holding her retirement event on January 22, 2017.
[31] Kimura went on to win a championship with her daughter, when the two, along with Kagetsu, won the Artist of Stardom Championship on October 2, 2016.
[32] Kimura held her retirement event, entitled "Last Afro", on January 22, 2017, in
Korakuen Hall . In what was advertised as her retirement match, Kimura teamed with her daughter
Hana and husband Isao in a six-person tag team match, where they were defeated by
Aja Kong ,
Meiko Satomura and
Minoru Suzuki with Satomura pinning her for the win. Afterwards, Kimura wrestled one more bonus match against her daughter, refereed by her husband.
Hana pinned Kyoko with a
big boot to end her career.
[3]
Personal life
Kyoko's daughter
Hana Kimura in 2019
In 2016, Kimura married professional wrestler and mixed martial artist Isao Kobayashi, better known simply as Isao.
[3]
[33] Her daughter
Hana was also a professional wrestler until her death in 2020.
Championships and accomplishments
Mixed martial arts career
Kimura made her mixed martial arts debut against
Megumi Yabushita at Pancrase Impressive Tour 11 on November 12, 2011 (2011-11-12 ) .
[44] She won the fight by TKO (doctor stoppage) after Yabushita suffered an ankle injury in the first round.
[45]
Kimura next faced Mizuho Sato at Pancrase Progress Tour 1 on January 28, 2012 (2012-01-28 ) .
[46] The match ended in a unanimous draw.
[47]
On April 1, 2012 (2012-04-01 ) , Kimura faced South Korean Kim Sung Eun at Pancrase Progress Tour 4 , winning the match via TKO in 61 seconds.
[48]
On May 20, 2012 (2012-05-20 ) , Kimura suffered her first MMA loss when she was submitted by
Rin Nakai at Pancrase Progress Tour 6 .
[49]
Mixed martial arts record
Professional record breakdown
4 matches
2 wins
1 loss
By knockout
2
0
By submission
0
1
Draws
1
Res.
Record
Opponent
Method
Event
Date
Round
Time
Location
Notes
Loss
2-1-1
Rin Nakai
Submission (armbar)
Pancrase Progress Tour 6
May 20, 2012
1
4:32
Okinawa ,
Okinawa ,
Japan
Win
2-0-1
Kim Sung Eun
TKO (punches)
Pancrase Progress Tour 4
April 1, 2012
1
1:01
Ariake, Tokyo ,
Japan
Draw
1-0-1
Mizuho Sato
Draw (unanimous)
Pancrase Progress Tour 1
January 28, 2012
2
5:00
Ariake, Tokyo ,
Japan
Win
1-0-0
Megumi Yabushita
TKO (doctor stoppage)
Pancrase: Impressive Tour 11
November 12, 2011
1
5:00
Kabukicho, Tokyo ,
Japan
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