Bison Kimura
| Bison Kimura | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Nobuko Kimura |
| Born | March 9, 1967[1] Tokyo, Japan |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Bison Kimura Nobuko Kimura[2][3] |
| Billed height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[4] |
| Billed weight | 75 kg (165 lb)[4] |
| Trained by | Jaguar Yokota[5] AJW Dojo |
| Debut | 1986 |
| Retired | 1998 |
Nobuko Kimura (born March 9, 1967) is a retired Japanese professional wrestler better known by her ring name Bison Kimura who mainly worked for All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling during the late 1980s and 1990s. She also worked for Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling and Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre in Mexico.
Professional wrestling career
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Kimura made her wrestling debut in 1986 for All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling in her native Japan. She teamed up with Aja Kong during most of her career and won the WWWA World Tag Team Championship three times from 1990 to 1992.
She later teamed with Jaguar Yokota and Lioness Asuka.
In 1995, she worked in Mexico for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre where she participated in the vacated TWF World Women's Title. She defeated Xochitl Hamada in the quarter finals and Esther Moreno in the semi-finals. He lost to Lola Gonzalez in the Finals to become champion.[6]
She retired in 1998.
Championships and accomplishments
[edit]- All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling
- AJW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Aja Kong[7]
- All Pacific Championship (1 time)[8]
- WWWA World Tag Team Championship (3 times) – with Aja Kong (3)[9]
References
[edit]- ^ Saalbach, Axel. "Wrestlingdata.com - The World's Largest Wrestling Database".
- ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip. "Bison Kimura « Wrestlers Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database".
- ^ "The Best Tag Team League 1989". Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved 2017-07-25.
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
ozwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Triggs, James (July 29, 2009). "CvC: Jaguar Yokota for Greatest Women's Champion". Bleacher Report. Archived from the original on November 26, 2021. Retrieved October 20, 2023.
- ^ "Profile Card: Bison Kimura". LuchaDB.
- ^ "All Japan Tag Team Title". Wrestling-Titles.com. Retrieved August 3, 2015.
- ^ "All Pacific Title (Japan)". Wrestling-Titles.com. Retrieved August 3, 2015.
- ^ "WWWA World Tag Team Title". Wrestling-Titles.com. Retrieved August 3, 2015.