Manami Toyota

Manami Toyota

Birth : 1971-03-02, Masuda, Shimane Prefecture, Japan

History

is a retired professional wrestler, best known for her work with the All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling (AJW) promotion. Following AJW's closure, she continued to work in other joshi promotions such as Gaea and NEO. Toyota is a member of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame. Dave Meltzer has called Toyota "one of the greatest wrestlers of all-time, regardless of gender On July 25, 2010, it was announced that Toyota would make her first wrestling appearance in the United States, wrestling for the Chikara promotion in September.On September 18, 2010, in Baltimore, Maryland, Toyota defeated Daizee Haze in her first match on American soil.[4] The following day in Brooklyn, New York, Toyota and Mike Quackenbush defeated the Bruderschaft des Kreuzes (Claudio Castagnoli and Sara Del Rey) in a tag team match.On February 10, 2011, Chikara announced that Toyota would be returning to the promotion in April to take part in the 2011 King of Trios tournament, where she would team up with Jigsaw and Mike Quackenbush. On April 15, Toyota, Jigsaw and Quackenbush defeated Amazing Red, Joel Maximo and Wil Maximo in their first round match in the 2011 King of Trios. The following day, Toyota, Jigsaw and Quackenbush were eliminated from the tournament by Team Michinoku Pro (Dick Togo, Great Sasuke and Jinsei Shinzaki). On April 17, the final day of the tournament, Toyota defeated Madison Eagles in a singles match.Toyota returned to Chikara on December 2, 2011, to take part in the special JoshiMania weekend, defeating Toshie Uematsu on On March 17, 2017, Toyota announced that she would retire from professional wrestling on November 3 with her final match at a special thirty-anniversary show in Japan.Toyota's retirement event featured a series of one-minute time limit matches, which Toyota finished with a record of 12 wins, 29 draws and 10 losses. Toyota then had her retirement match with no time limit against her hand-picked successor, Tsukasa Fujimoto, which she won with the Japanese Ocean Cyclone Suplex. However, Toyota demanded a rematch and went on to defeat Fujimoto again with the Japanese Ocean Queen Bee Bomb. Toyota and Fujimoto then had a third match, where Fujimoto was victorious with Toyota's own Japanese Ocean Cyclone Suplex, bringing Toyota's thirty-year career to an end

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Oz Academy
Manami Toyota
While working in the Gaea Japan promotion in mid-90s, Ozaki formed the villainous Oz Academy stable with Chikayo Nagashima, Rieko Amano and Sugar Sato, eventually opening a training school under the same name. Oz Academy eventually started promoting sporadic independent events, featuring members of the stable and Ozaki's trainees, with the first event held on June 21, 1998 Written
Stardom Year-End Climax 2014
Stardom Year-End Climax 2014 took place at the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. The event took place on December 23, 2014.
CHIKARA: King of Trios - Night Three
1. Semi-Final Match 1 2. Semi-Final Match 2 3. Saturyne vs. Ophidian 4. Tag Team Gauntlet (10 Teams) 5. Colt Cabana, Swamp Monster, Darkness Crabtree & Yohnel Sanders vs. 3.0, Ebessan & Takoyakida 6. Commando Boishoi & Tsubasa Kuragaki vs. Kaori Yoneyama & Manami Toyota 7. Jigsaw vs. Tadasuke 8. Finals
Bull Nakano Retirement Show
Bull Nakano Retirement Show 2012.01.8 Tokyo Dome City Hall
CHIKARA King Of Trios 2011 - Night 3
King of Trios climaxes! The Rey de Voladores is decided in one of the most outstanding bouts in CHIKARA history! In addition, Night 3 also features the annual Tag Team Gauntlet and three spectacular singles matches as Osaka Pro's Ultimate Spider, Jr. wrestles Jigsaw, the legendary Manami Toyota meets Madison Eagles, and Eddie Kingston fights Dragon Gate star Akira Tozawa!
CHIKARA Through Savage Progress Cuts the Jungle Line
Japanese legend Manami Toyota makes the second appearance of her U.S. debut weekend teaming with Mike Quackenbush against the BDK's Claudio Castagnoli and Manami Toyota, UltraMantis Black looks to recruit Hallowicked for his Torneo Cibernetico team, Frightmare defends the CHIKARA Young Lions Cup against the BDK's Pinkie Sanchez, and more.
NJPW & WCW Collision In Korea
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Collision in Korea was the largest professional wrestling pay-per-view event ever that was jointly produced by World Championship Wrestling and New Japan Pro Wrestling. It took place over a period of two days on April 28 and 29, 1995, but did not air in North America until August 4, 1995, when WCW broadcast a selection of matches from the show on pay-per-view. The event was the first PPV from a North American wrestling promotion to be held in North Korea. The main event was Ric Flair versus Antonio Inoki. Other aired matches include The Steiner Brothers vs Hiroshi Hase & Kensuke Sasaki, Tadao Yasuda vs Road Warrior Hawk, Shinya Hashimoto defending the IWGP Heavyweight Belt vs Scott Norton, and several other matches.
AJW Zenjo Queendom 1995
Name of the event: AJW Zenjo Queendom 1995 - Day 1 Date: 1995.02.25 Promotion: All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling Type: Event Location: Tokyo, Japan Arena: Korakuen Hall Attendance: ca. 2.250
AJW Big Egg Wrestling Universe
The Big Egg Wrestling Universe was a professional wrestling event held by All Japan Women’s Pro-Wrestling (AJW) inside the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan on November 20, 1994 and was attended by 32,500 fans. However, some sources claim the event was attended by over 42,000 fans. The event featured representatives from joshi promotions GAEA Japan (GAEA), JWP Joshi Puroresu (JWP) and Ladies Legend Pro-Wrestling (LLPW), as well as puroresu promotions Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling (MPW) and American wrestling promotion the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). In addition to female wrestlers, the event also featured matches with male wrestlers, midget wrestling, female amateur wrestlers, female kickboxers and female shootboxers. The event lasted lasted ten hours and was promoted as the biggest card in the history of women’s wrestling, featuring 23 matches of various styles.
Ring! Ring! Ring! The Champion Belt of Tears
AJW Dream Slam 1
In celebration of its 25th anniversary as a promotion, All Japan Women's Pro Wrestling (AJW) invited women from JWP, LLPW, and FMW to compete in a night full of inter-promotional battles to the chorus of 16,500 fans inside the Yokohama Arena.
The Devils Of The Ring
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French Documentary focusing on All Japan Woman's Pro Wrestling. Showing the touring along with interviews with the wrestlers. Mainly focusing on Bull Nakano, Aja Kong, Manami Toyota, and Debbie Malenko
AJW Kakuto Settlement Marine Wolves vs. Fire Jets
All Japan Title Match: Manami Toyota vs. Etsuko Mita WWWA World Tag Title Match: Marine Wolves vs. Fire Jets
AJW Kakuto Being 2 ~Tag Generation Wars
All Japan Tag Title Match: Manami Toyota & Mima Shimoda vs. Toshiyo Yamada & Etsuko Mita Yumiko Hotta & Akira Hokuto vs. Mitsuko Nishiwaki & Suzuka Minami