Yukiko Tomoe

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Yukiko Tomoe
Born (1935-11-01) November 1, 1935 (age 85)
Utsunomiya, Tochigi, Japan[1]
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Yukiko Tomoe
Billed height170 cm (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Debut1955[1][2]
Retired1970[1]

Yukiko Tomoe (巴 ゆき子, Tomoe Yukiko) (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.[3]

Yukiko Tomoe defeated The Fabulous Moolah for the NWA Women's title in Japan on March 10, 1968. She lost the title to Moolah less than a month later, on April 2, 1968.[4][5][6]

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  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Kreikenbohm, Philip. "Yukiko Tomoe". Cagematch.net. Retrieved June 22, 2021.
  2. ^ Saalbach, Axel. "Wrestlingdata.com - The World's Largest Wrestling Database".
  3. ^ James Phillips. "All Japan Women Hall of Fame". Japanese Womens Wrestling. Retrieved 2010-05-09.
  4. ^ Jump up to: 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.
  5. ^ Jump up to: 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.
  6. ^ Solomon, Brian (2010). WWE Legends. Simon and Schuster. p. 92. ISBN 978-1-4516-0450-4.
  7. ^ "American Girls' Wrestling Association International Girls' Title". wrestling-titles.com. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
  8. ^ Phillips, James. "All Japan Women Hall of Fame".
  9. ^ "View from the Rising Sun by Masanori Horie--The Dawn Of Joshi Puroresu".
  10. ^ "All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling Hall of Fame".
  11. ^ "NWA World Women's Title".

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