Toshiyo Yamada

Career

In the 1990s, Yamada wrestled for the All Japan Women"s Pro-Wrestling promotion (AJW). A year after her professional wrestling debut in 1987, Toshiyo Yamada was awarded the AJW Junior Championship. She then formed the tag team "Dream Orca" with Etsuko Mita.

She was told she would never wrestle again, but she worked hard and was able to revive her career.

In the mid-1990s, she left All Japan Women"s Pro-Wrestling for the new promotion GAEA Japan. In 2004, she retired due to a serious back injury.

All Japan Women"s Pro-Wrestling

AJW Junior Championship (1 time)

AJW Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Etsuko Mita

WWWA World Tag Team Championship (2 times) - with Manami Toyota

Tag League the Best (1991) – with Kyoko Inoue

Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards

5 Star Match (1992) versus Manami Toyota on August 15

5 Star Match (1993) with Manami Toyota versus

Dynamite Kansai and Mayumi Ozaki on April 11, Dream Slam II, Osaka

5 Star Match (1993) with Manami Toyota versus

Dynamite Kansai and Mayumi Ozaki on December 6

Match of the Year (1993) with Manami Toyota versus Dynamite Kansai and Mayumi Ozaki on April 11, Dream Slam II, Osaka.

Achievements

• 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. After her return, she toured Mexico with Kyoko Inoue, and later won the WWWA World Tag Team Championship twice with Manami Toyota.