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Tomoko Kitamura (北村 智子, Kitamura Tomoko, born July 28, 1963) is a Japanese retired professional wrestler better known by her ring name Lioness Asuka (ライオネス 飛鳥, Raionesu Asuka).
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Lioness Asuka (July 28, 1963) is a professional wrestler from Tokyo, Japan. Along with long-time tag team partner Chigusa Nagayo she formed The Crush Gals, known for their mainstream popularity in the 1980s, and the most successful women's tag team of all time.
Born Tomoko Kitamura on July 28, 1963, Asuka joined All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling (AJW) in 1980, and had her professional debut on May 10 of that year. She was an immediate success, winning her first title, the AJW Junior Championship, the following year, and the AJW Singles Championship in 1982. In 1983 she formed a tag team, called the Crush Gals, with Chigusa Nagayo. The Crush Gals were huge stars for the (AJW), in the mid-1980s. They feuded with Dump Matsumoto and the Jumping Bomb Angels. Thanks to their fame, AJW's weekly television broadcast consistently brought in ratings over 12.0. Their fame also carried over into other media, including recording top ten singles.
In the late 1980s, the Crush Gals broke up, and Asuka began a lengthy feud with Nagayo, which culminated in her achievement of the WWWA World Heavyweight Championship in 1989. She retired later that year, but came out of retirement in 1994 and formed the Rideen Array, a faction consisting of fellow freelance wrestlers Jaguar Yokota and Bison Kimura. She subsequently wrestled for many of the new women's promotions that arose at that time, such as Jd' and Arsion. In 1998, she made a significant move when she joined GAEA Japan, the promotion run by her former partner, Nagayo. Asuka began her GAEA career as a top heel, feuding with Nagayo, and, in one storyline, winning control of the organization from her and eventually creating the Super Star Unit (SSU), a faction composed of veteran stars such as Akira Hokuto, Aja Kong, and Las Cachorras Orientales, among others. However, near the end of 1999, Nagayo and Asuka united against a common rival, the Mayumi Ozaki-led faction Team Nostradamus, and, the next spring, reformed the Crush Gals. The storyline was huge news in Japan, and GAEA's April 4, 2000 show, featuring the debut of the reunited team, now called CRUSH 2000, was the biggest in the promotion's history.
•Finishing moves
•K Driller (Reverse piledriver)
•LSD II (Leg hook sitout suplex slam)
•LSD III (Cut-throat leg hook sitout suplex slam)
•Towerhacker Bomb (Backbreaker rack dropped into a sitout powerbomb) – Innovated
•Signature moves
•All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling
•AJW Championship (2 times)
•AJW Junior Championship (1 time)
•Unified Global Championship (1 time)
•WWWA World Championship (1 time)
•WWWA Tag Team Championship (4 times) – with Chigusa Nagayo
Lioness Asuka is a professional wrestler from Tokyo, Japan, who formed the most successful women's tag team of all time with Chigusa Nagayo. She won several titles in AJW, GAEA, and other promotions, and was inducted into the AJW Hall of Fame in 1998.
Jan 11, 2023 · Chigusa reverses an Irish whip and dropkicks Asuka against the ropes. Asuka ducks a big kick and dumps Chigusa to ringside. Chigusa comes back in and the two women grapple to the mat. she gets a ropebreak to free herself from an armbar and then does a knuckle-lock test of strength with Asuka.
AJW Wrestlemarinepiad I - The Day the Music Died :WWWA World Title Match :Lioness Asuka (c) vs. Madusa Miceli Special Guest Referee : Nick Bockwinkel /06.05....
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Lioness Asuka. Tomoko Kitamura. Roles: Singles Wrestler (1980 - 2005) Tag Team Wrestler (1980 - 2005) Beginning of in-ring career: 10.05.1980. End of in-ring career: 03.04.2005.
Learn about Lioness Asuka, a legendary Japanese wrestler who held multiple championships and won several awards. See her biography, achievements, matches, signature moves and more.
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Lioness Asuka. Tomoko Kitamura (born July 28, 1963) is a retired Japanese Professional Wrestler best known for her work in All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling as Lioness Asuka. She debuted in 1980 and made an immediate impact, winning the AJW Junior Title within her first year.
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