What wrestler besides Kairi Hojo and 岩谷 麻優 is known as part of the three best wrestlers in the world?
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Mayu Iwatani Mayu Iwatani (岩谷 麻由 , Iwatani Mayu , ring name: 岩谷 麻優) (born February 19, 1993) is a Japanese professional wrestler. Since making her debut in January 2011, she has worked for the World Wonder Ring Stardom promotion, becoming a one-time World of Stardom Champion, two-time Wonder of Stardom Champion, one-time High Speed Champion, one-time Goddess of Stardom Champion and a three-time Artist of Stardom Champion, while also having won the 2015 and 2016 Cinderella Tournaments. Iwatani is the only wrestler remaining in Stardom, who has been with the promotion since its inception. Dave Meltzer of the "Wrestling Observer Newsletter" has called Iwatani and her fellow Stardom workers Io Shirai and Kairi Hojo "three of the best wrestlers in the world".
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Kairi Hojo Kaori Housako (宝迫 香織 , Hōsako Kaori , born September 23, 1988) is a Japanese professional wrestler and actress, currently signed to WWE and assigned to its developmental branch NXT under the ring name Kairi Sane (カイリ・セイン , Kairi Sein ) .
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Rikidōzan Mitsuhiro Momota (Japanese: 百田 光浩 , Hepburn: Momota Mitsuhiro ) (born Kim Sin-rak; Hangul: 김신락 ; Hanja: 金信洛 ; November 14, 1924 – December 15, 1963), better known as Rikidōzan (力道山 , Hangul: 역도산 ; RR: "Yeokdosan " ), was a Korean-Japanese professional wrestler, known as the "Father of Puroresu" and one of the most influential men in professional wrestling history. Initially, he had moved from his native country Korea to mainland Japan to become a sumo wrestler. He was credited with bringing the sport of professional wrestling to Japan at a time when the Japanese needed a local hero to emulate and was lauded as a national hero. He was murdered by a member of the Yakuza in 1963.
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Cutie Suzuki Yumi Harashima (原嶋 由美 , Harashima Yumi ) (born October 22, 1969, as Yumi Suzuki (鈴木 由美 , Suzuki Yumi ) ), better known by her ring name Cutie Suzuki (キューティー鈴木 , Kyūtī Suzuki ) is a retired Japanese professional wrestler who mostly wrestled for JWP Joshi Puroresu. In 1990 she was featured in an all female wrestling game based on her titled "Cutie Suzuki no Ringside Angel". Outside of wrestling she also took on numerous acting roles.
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Jaguar Yokota Rimi Yokota (横田 利美 , Yokota Rimi ) (born July 25, 1961) is a Japanese professional wrestler and later wrestling trainer, who wrestled under the name Jaguar Yokota (ジャガー横田 ) . She is widely considered one of the greatest female wrestlers of all time, and, during her heyday in the early 1980s, was considered one of the best wrestlers in the world, irrespective of gender.
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Kazuki Hashimoto Kazuki Hashimoto (橋本 和樹 , Hashimoto Kazuki , born May 25, 1990) is a Japanese professional wrestler trained by and signed to Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW), where he is a former Yokohama Shopping Street Six Man Tag Team Champion and also won Kaientai Dojo's 2010 K-Metal League.
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Shuji Ishikawa Shuji Ishikawa (石川 修司 , Ishikawa Shūji , born September 25, 1975) is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently working for promotions such as All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW), DDT Pro-Wrestling and Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW) as a freelancer. Ishikawa is a former Triple Crown Heavyweight Champion, KO-D Openweight Champion, BJW Deathmatch Heavyweight Champion and BJW World Strong Heavyweight Champion as well as the winner of the 2017 Champion Carnival.
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Tsuyoshi Kikuchi Tsuyoshi Kikuchi (菊地 毅 , Kikuchi Tsuyoshi ) (born November 21, 1964) is a professional wrestler currently working as a freelancer. He has previously worked for All Japan Pro Wrestling and Pro Wrestling NOAH. Kikuchi idolized and patterned his style after the Dynamite Kid.
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Mio Shirai Mio Shirai (紫雷 美央 , Shirai Mio , born February 14, 1988) is a Japanese former professional wrestler and current professional wrestling referee. She started her career in March 2007, working alongside her sister Io Shirai on the Japanese independent circuit for promotions such as Ice Ribbon, JWP Joshi Puroresu and Pro Wrestling Wave. In June 2010, the Shirais came together with fellow freelancer Kana to form the Triple Tails stable as part of which they began working most notably for Smash. After Io left the stable the following year, Mio and Kana continued working together as the tag team Triple Tails.S. Shirai remained a freelancer until January 2014, when she signed a four-way contract with Ice Ribbon, Oz Academy, Pro Wrestling Wave and Union Pro Wrestling. She retired from professional wrestling due to neck injuries in September 2015 at the age of 27, after which she started working as a referee.
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Best of the Super Juniors The Best of the Super Juniors (often abbreviated BOSJ) is an annual professional wrestling tournament held by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), typically in May or June. Originally known as Top of the Super Juniors, the first tournament was held in 1988 with annual tournaments taking place since 1991. The wrestlers in the tournament are typically junior heavyweight wrestlers from promotions all over the world. NJPW has held 28 Super Juniors tournaments. Two wrestlers have won the tournament three times, Jushin Thunder Liger and Koji Kanemoto, while only one wrestler has won the tournament in two consecutive years as Tiger Mask IV won the tournament in both 2004 and 2005. Kanemoto holds the record for the most finals appearances, having wrestled eight finals between 1997 and 2009. Liger has participated in the most tournaments as he has wrestled in all tournaments except the 1995 and 2000 tournaments. His participation in the 2017 tournament marked his 26th and last Super Junior tournament.
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Io Shirai Masami Odate (大館 昌美 , Ōdate Masami , born May 8, 1990) is a Japanese professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Io Shirai (紫雷 イオ , Shirai Io ) .
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Hokutōriki Hideki Hokutōriki Hideki (born October 31, 1977 as Hideki Kimura) is a former sumo wrestler, from Tochigi, Japan. He reached the top "makuuchi" division in 2002 and was runner-up in three tournaments. He had four special prizes in his career and a gold star for defeating "yokozuna." The highest rank he reached was "sekiwake." He retired in May 2011 and is an elder of the Japan Sumo Association and a coach at Hakkaku stable.
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Dash Chisako Chisako Jumonji (十文字 知佐子 , Jūmonji Chisako , born August 24, 1988) is a Japanese professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Dash Chisako (DASH・チサコ , DASH Chisako ) . She was trained by Meiko Satomura and has worked for her Sendai Girls' Pro Wrestling promotion since her debut in July 2006. For the first ten years of her career, Chisako was part of a tag team with her younger sister Sachiko, who worked under the ring name Sendai Sachiko, with the two winning the Sendai Girls World Tag Team Championship, Ice Ribbon's International Ribbon Tag Team Championship, JWP Joshi Puroresu's JWP and Daily Sports Women's Tag Team Championships and World Woman Pro-Wrestling Diana's WWWD World Tag Team Championship as well as JWP's 2013 Tag League the Best tournament. Sachiko retired from professional wrestling in January 2016, forcing Chisako to start a singles career. Chisako has also wrestled in the United States for the Chikara promotion, where she won the 2016 King of Trios tournament as part of Team Sendai Girls.
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Etsuko Mita Etsuko Mita (三田英津子 , Mita Etsuko , born May 28, 1969) is a retired Japanese professional wrestler. She formed a successful tag team with her partner Mima Shimoda as "Las Cachorras Orientales" (Spanish for "The Oriental Bitches"; which was originally a trio with Akira Hokuto) and Toshiyo Yamada as Dream Orca. She is credited as the innovator of the Death Valley Driver. Mita retired on November 1, 2009, defeating former tag team partner Makoto in her final singles match and teaming with Mima Shimoda in a loss against Kyoko Inoue and Nanae Takahashi in her final tag team match.
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TripleSEM TripleSEM was a professional wrestling major show event produced in cooperation between Pro Wrestling Noah and AAA on September 3, 2007, held in Tokyo, Japan and shown live on Gaora TV. The show is so far the only joint NOAH/AAA promoted show, but as the companies still work together there is potential for further joint shows in the future. The show was held under NOAH's "Pro Wrestling SEM" banner, a subdivision of NOAH dedicated to training younger wrestlers. The main event saw "Los Hell Brothers" (Charly Manson, Chessman and Cibernético) (representing AAA) wrestle to a no contest against Mushiking Terry, Naomichi Marufuji and Ricky Marvin (representing SEM/NOAH).
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Takako Inoue Takako Inoue (井上 貴子 , Inoue Takako ) is a Japanese professional wrestler. She wrestled primarily for the All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling promotion, and held several championships, primarily in tag team wrestling. She was well known as one-half of the tag team Double Inoue, which she formed with fellow wrestler Kyoko Inoue (no relation).
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Shinya Hashimoto Shinya Hashimoto (橋本 真也 , Hashimoto Shin'ya , July 3, 1965 – July 11, 2005) was a Japanese professional wrestler. Along with Masahiro Chono and Keiji Mutoh, Hashimoto was dubbed one of the "Three Musketeers" that began competing in New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) in the mid-1980s and dominated the promotion in the 1990s.
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Universo 2000 Andrés Reyes González (born April 18, 1963) is a Mexican professional wrestler, or luchador, who is best known under the ring name Universo 2000. Reyes made his professional wrestling debut in 1985 and has worked for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA), International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG) and is currently active on the Mexican independent circuit. Reyes is a part of a wrestling family that includes his brothers Carmelo (Who wrestles as Cien Caras) and Jesús (Máscara Año 2000) as well as his nephew that wrestle under the name Máscara Año 2000, Jr. Together with his brothers he forms a group called "Los Hermanos Dinamita ", also known as "Los Capos" when they team up with Apolo Dantés. Reyes is the only three-time CMLL World Heavyweight Champion in the history of the championship. He was originally an "Enmascarado", a masked wrestler, but lost his mask in a match against El Canek on September 17, 2004.
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Kazuo Sakurada Kazuo Sakurada (桜田 一男 , Sakurada Kazuo ) , better known as Mr. Sakurada and as the Japanese version of Kendo Nagasaki (ケンドー・ナガサキ ) , is a retired Japanese professional wrestler. He is best known, under various monikers, for his work in Stampede Wrestling, National Wrestling Alliance, and World Championship Wrestling. Sakurada is also highly regarded by Bret Hart as one of his most significant trainers alongside Katsui Adachi ( Mr. Hito), who he taught with extensively in Stu Hart's "Dungeon."
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Yuji Hino Yusuke Hino (日野 裕介 , Hino Yūsuke , born January 27, 1985) is a Japanese professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Yuji Hino (火野 裕士 , Hino Yūji ) . Hino was trained by Taka Michinoku and made his debut for his Kaientai Dojo promotion in November 2003, becoming a four-time Strongest-K Champion and a four-time Strongest-K Tag Team Champion, before leaving the promotion in October 2015. He has also wrestled extensively for DDT Pro-Wrestling, where he is a former one-time KO-D Openweight Champion, a two-time KO-D Tag Team Champion and a two-time KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champion. He is currently a freelancer, working most notably for Wrestle-1, where he is a former Wrestle-1 Champion and Wrestle-1 Tag Team Champion.
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World of Stardom Championship The World of Stardom Championship (ワールド・オブ・スターダム選手権 , Wārudo Obu Sutādamu Senshuken ) is a women's professional wrestling championship owned by the World Wonder Ring Stardom promotion. The title, which is situated at the top of Stardom's championship hierarchy, was introduced on June 26, 2011, and the inaugural champion was crowned on July 24, 2011, when Nanae Takahashi defeated Yoko Bito in the finals of a four-woman tournament. The title is often referred to simply as the "Red Belt", a name famously used by All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling (AJW) to refer to its WWWA World Single Championship (of which Takahashi had been the last titleholder back in 2006). The title belt was crafted by American company Top Rope Belts, with a conscious decision to imitate the AJW title belt in terms of its color, with Stardom president Rossy Ogawa referring to the promotion's heyday as the "Golden Age of "Joshi Puroresu"". The title has also been defended in Mexico and France.
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Mariko Yoshida Mariko Morita (盛田 万里子 , Morita Mariko , born February 15, 1970) is a Japanese professional wrestler better known by the ring name Mariko Yoshida (吉田 万里子 , Yoshida Mariko ) . She is best known for her work with the ARSION professional wrestling promotion, where she was also head trainer.