Yoshiko Tamura
Tamura in March 2010
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| Birth name | Yoshiko Tamura |
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| Born |
February 6, 1976 Edogawa, Tokyo |
| Residence | Edogawa, Tokyo |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Etsuko Tamura Yoshiko Tamura |
| Billed height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) |
| Billed weight | 70 kg (150 lb) |
| Trained by | AJW dojo |
| Debut | September 15, 1994 |
| Retired | December 31, 2010 |
Yoshiko Tamura (田村 欣子 Tamura Yoshiko?, born February 6, 1976) is a Japanese retired professional wrestler. Tamura was trained by the All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling (AJW) promotion, made her debut in September 1994 and worked for the promotion for three years, winning the AJW Junior Championship, before taking part in a mass exodus led by Kyoko Inoue and following her to the newly founded NEO Japan Ladies Pro Wrestling promotion. Recognized as the "Ace" of NEO, Tamura performed with the promotion from its first event to the last, in the process becoming its most accomplished wrestler, winning the NEO Single and NWA Women's Pacific Championships a record seven times and the NEO Tag Team Championship three times. All in all, Tamura held the NEO Single and NWA Women's Pacific Championships for 2,074 days and successfully defended them 38 times. After being inducted into the NEO Hall of Fame, Tamura ended her sixteen-year career on December 31, 2010, retiring at the end of NEO's final event.
Tamura was trained at the All Japan Women's Pro Wrestling (AJW) dojo and made her debut on September 15, 1994, in a match against Kaoru Kanayama. Tamura won her first championship on June 27, 1995, defeating Misae Watanabe for the vacant AJW Junior Championship. After a fourteen-month reign, Tamura lost the title to Tomoko Miyaguchi on September 1, 1996. The following year, Tamura, along with several key wrestlers in AJW, took part in a mass exodus led by Kyoko Inoue, and left the promotion, which was struggling with financial difficulties.
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