Toshiyo Yamada

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Toshiyo Yamada
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Ring name(s)
Billed height	168 cm
Billed weight	70 kg
Born	February 27, 1970 Saitama, Saitama
Trained by	Jaguar Yokota
Debut	July 27, 1987

Toshiyo Yamada (born February 27, 1970) is a Japanese female professional wrestler. In the 1990s, Yamada wrestled for the All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling promotion (AJW).

[edit] Career

A year after her professional wrestling debut in 1987, Toshiyo Yamada was awarded the All Japan Junior Championship. She then formed the tag team Dream Orca with Etsuko Mita. The team won the All Japan Tag Team Championship in June 1989, but was forced to vacate the titles in March 1990, when Yamada injured her neck. She was told she would never wrestle again, but she worked hard and was able to revive her career.

After her return, she toured Mexico with Kyoko Inoue, and later won the WWWA World Tag Team Championship twice with Manami Toyota. In the mid-1990s, she left All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling for the new promotion GAEA Japan.

As of 2006, she is semi-retired.

[edit] Championships and accomplishments

• All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling

• WWWA World Tag Team Champion (2 times) - with Manami Toyota (2)
• AJW Tag Team Champion (1 time) - with Etsuko Mita
• AJW Junior Champion (1 time)

• Wrestling Observer Newsletter

• 1993 Match of the Year (with Manami Toyota vs. Dynamite Kansai and Mayumi Ozaki)