Kaoru (wrestler)
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Kaoru in March 2014
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| Birth name | Kaoru Maeda |
| Born |
February 9, 1969 Sasebo, Nagasaki |
| Residence | Tokyo |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Dara Infernal Kaoru Kaoru Kaoru Maeda |
| Billed height | 1.67 m (5 ft 5 1⁄2 in) |
| Billed weight | 63 kg (139 lb) |
| Trained by | Jaguar Yokota |
| Debut | August 8, 1986 |
Kaoru Maeda (前田 薫 Maeda Kaoru?, born February 9, 1969) is a Japanese professional wrestler better known by the ring name Kaoru (stylized in all capital letters). Billed as the "Original Hardcore Queen", Kaoru is known for her wrestling style, which combines high-flying with hardcore wrestling. Trained by the All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling (AJW) promotion, Maeda worked in both Japan and Mexico in the late 80s and early 90s, before making her breakthrough in the Gaea Japan promotion, where she most notably was a founding member of the D-Fix stable. After the folding of Gaea Japan in 2005, Maeda became a freelancer, though closely affiliating herself with the Oz Academy promotion. After returning from a three-year-long injury break in March 2014, Maeda resumed working as a freelancer, before signing with the new Marvelous promotion in January 2015.
Maeda received her training in professional wrestling at the All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling (AJW) dojo, where she was trained by Jaguar Yokota alongside the likes of Aja Kong, Dynamite Kansai and Mayumi Ozaki. She made her debut, working under her real name, on August 8, 1986, facing Megumi Kudo at an AJW event in Higashimurayama, Tokyo. On December 26, 1987, Maeda made it to the finals of a tournament for the vacant AJW Junior Championship, before being defeated by Suzuka Minami. The following year, she formed the Honey Wings tag team with Mika Takahashi. After the two made it to the finals of a tournament for the vacant AJW Tag Team Championship, where they were defeated by Erika Shishido and Nobuko Kimura on April 2, 1988, the Honey Wings came back on October 10 and defeated Shishido and Kimura in a rematch to become the new AJW Tag Team Champions. After a five-month reign, Maeda and Takahashi lost the title to Miori Kamiya and Reibun Amada on March 4, 1989. The Honey Wings would regain the title on June 1, 1990, by defeating the Sweet Hearts (Manami Toyota and Mima Shimoda). After another five-month reign, they lost the title to Etsuko Mita and Mima Shimoda on November 14, 1990. Shortly afterwards, Maeda left AJW.
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