Sumie Sakai
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| Born |
November 24, 1971 Suzuka, Mie, Japan |
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| Residence | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) |
Sumie Sakai Yellow Michinoku Ranger |
| Billed height | 1.55 m (5 ft 1 in) |
| Billed weight | 54 kg (119 lb) |
| Billed from |
Osaka Tokyo Yokkaichi |
| Trained by |
Japan Jaguar Yokota Lioness Asuka Cooga Bison Kimura United States Steve Bradley Killer Kowalski Slyck Wagner Brown Bill Scott |
| Debut | April 20, 1997 |
Sumie Sakai (坂井澄江 Sakai Sumie?, born November 24, 1971) is a Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial artist. She currently resides in the United States, appearing with professional wrestling promotions in the northeastern United States such as Women's Extreme Wrestling and Chikara.
As a young woman, Sakai practiced judo. From 1995 to 1997, she halted her practice of judo to work with senior citizens at the Kasugamachi Care Center in Kanazawa, Ishikawa.
Sakai became involved in wrestling when her friend and fellow judo practitioner, Megumi Yabushita, invited her to join the wrestling industry. Sakai trained under Jaguar Yokota and made her debut on April 20, 1997 with the Yoshimoto Ladies Pro Wrestling promotion, facing Yabushita in the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. She went on to form a tag team with Yabushita named Yabusaka (ヤブサカ?).
Later in 1997, Sakai began wrestling for Yokota's JDStar promotion, where she won both the JDStar Junior Championship and the JDStar Queen of the Ring Championship. She also won the Women's Championship of the affiliated American Wrestling Federation and the Tag Team Championship of the affiliated Trans-World Wrestling Federation. In 1999, she suffered a broken leg while wrestling Lioness Asuka. While rehabilitating, Sakai became enamored of American professional wrestling, and resolved to one day wrestle in the United States.
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