Lioness Asuka

Details

• Real Name: Tomoko Kitamura
• Height: 5' 7"
• Weight: 171.96lbs (78kg)
• Age: 35
• Date of Birth: July 28 1963
• Promotions: AJW (1980 - 1989), Free (1994-)

Career Title History

• January 4 1981 - Won the vacant AJW Junior title, defeating Noriko Kawamaki. Title vacated in January 1982.
• July 19 1982 - Won the vacant AJW Singles title, defeating defeating Masked Yu. Lost the title on January 8 1983 to Dump Matsumoto.
• June 1 1983 - Won the AJW Singles title, defeating Dump Matsumoto. Title vacated on January 18 1984
• August 25 1984 - With Chigusa Nagayo (Crush Girls), defeated The Dynamite Girls (Jumbo Hori & Yukari Omori) to win the WWWA World Tag Team titles. Lost the titles on February 25 1985 to Crane Yu and Dump Matsumoto.
• May 16 1985 - With Chigusa Nagayo (Crush Girls), defeated Bull Nakano and Dump Matsumoto to win the vacant WWWA World Tag Team titles. Vacated the titles in December 1985 when Chigusa is injured.
• March 20 1986 - With Chigusa Nagayo (Crush Girls), defeated The Jumping Bomb Angels (Itsuki Yamazaki & Noriyo Tateno) to win the WWWA World Tag Team titles. Lost the titles on August 23 1986 to Bull Nakano and Dump Matsumoto. Kazue Nagahori defends half of the title on Asuka's behalf because she is injured.
• August 25 1988 - Won the WWWA World Singles title from an injured Chigusa Nagayo, but doesn't accept it.
• January 29 1989 - Won the WWWA World Singles title defeating Chigusa Nagayo. Retires as champion on July 19 1989.
• March 4 1989 - With Chigusa Nagayo (Crush Girls), defeated Mika Komatsu & Yumi Ogura to win the WWWA World Tag Team titles. Titles are vacated on May 6 1989 when Nagayo retires.
• May 6 1989 - Named the Unified Global Champion, defeating Madusa Micelli. Effectively vacated when Asuka retired on July 19 1989.
• September 20 1996 - Won the TWF (Jd') world title, defeating Lola Gonzales. Lost the title on October 22 1997 to Jaguar Yokota.
• August 15 1997 - With Eagle Sawai and Shark Tsuchiya, won the LLPW Six Woman Tag Team titles, defeating Yasha Kurenai, Mikiko Futagami and Carol Midori. Lost the titles on December 12 1997 to Noriyo Tateno, Rumi Kazama and Yasha Kurenai.
• January 11 1998 - Won the TWF (Jd') world title, defeating Jaguar Yokota. Lost the title on April 26 1998 to Kyoko Inoue.
• May 6 1998 - Won the TWF (Jd') world title, defeating Kyoko Inoue. Lost the title on August 2 1998 to Kyoko Inoue.
• September 15 1998 - With Eagle Sawai and Shark Tsuchiya, won the LLPW Six Woman Tag Team titles, defeating Noriyo Tateno, Rumi Kazama and Yasha Kurenai. Lost the titles on April 25 1999 to Keiko Aono, Noriyo Tateno & Harley Saito.
• January 24 1999 - Won the TWF (Jd') world title from Kyoko Inoue. Current holder
• July 29 2001 - With Mariko Yoshida, won the Twin Star of ARSION from Mima Shimoda and Etsuko Mita. Lost them on October 1 to Michiko Ohmukai and Ayako Hamada
• September 1 2001 - Won the NEO Singles and NWA Pacific titles from Misae Genki.
• October 25 2001 - Won the Queen of ARSION from Ayako Hamada. Lost it on May 11 2002 to Michiko Ohmukai.
• July 21 2002 - With GAMI won the Twin Star of ARSION from Michiko Ohmukai and Ai Fujita. Lost on December 17 2002 to Rie Tamada and Takako Inoue.

Grand Prix Record

• 1985 - Winner of the inaugral event. Defeated Dump Matsumoto in the final.
• 1986 - Finshed second. Pinned by Yukari Omori in the final.
• 1987 - Finished fourth behind Chigusa Nagayo, Dump Matsumoto and Yumiko Hotta.

Other Notes

• Was a member of the Crush Girls with Chigusa Nagayo.
• With Chigusa, won the AJW 'Tag League The Best' in 1985 and 1987.
• Initially retired in 1989, later returned and now works for Jd'.
• Asuka & Chigusa Nagayo vs. Dynamite Girls on August 27, 1983 was named as the 1983 AJW Match Of The Year.
• Asuka vs. Yukari Omori on April 15 was named as the 1987 AJW Match of the Year.
• Inducted into the All Japan Womens Hall of Fame on November 29, 1998

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