| Intro | Japanese professional wrestler |
| Is |
Athlete Wrestler |
| From | Japan |
| Type | Sports |
| Gender | female |
| Birth | 27 February 1970, Saitama Prefecture, Japan |
| Age: | 50 years |
Toshiyo Yamada (山田 敏代, Yamada Toshiyo, born February 27, 1970) is a retired Japanese female professional wrestler. In the 1990s, Yamada wrestled for the All Japan Women’s Pro-Wrestling promotion (AJW).
Career
A year after her professional wrestling debut in 1987, Toshiyo Yamada was awarded the AJW Junior Championship. She then formed the tag team “Dream Orca” with Etsuko Mita. The team won the All Japan Tag Team Championship in June 1989, but was forced to vacate the titles in March 1990, when Yamada injured her neck. She was told she would never wrestle again, but she worked hard and was able to revive her career. After her return, she toured Mexico with Kyoko Inoue, and later won the WWWA World Tag Team Championship twice with Manami Toyota. On April 2, 1993, she main evented AJW All-Star Dreamslam teaming with Manami Toyota and together they defeated the FMW duo of Combat Toyoda and Megumi Kudo. In the mid-1990s, she left All Japan Women’s Pro-Wrestling for the new promotion GAEA Japan. In 2004, she retired due to a serious back injury.
In wrestling
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Finishing moves
- Reverse Gory bomb
Championships and accomplishments
- All Japan Women’s Pro-Wrestling
- Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards