FRONTIER Martial-Arts wrestling (1989 - 2002)
Frontier Martial-Arts wrestling (referred commonly as FMW) was a wrestling promotion in Japan run by former wrestler Atsushi Onita. One of the distinguishing features of FMW were there talented Women's Wrestling Division featuring Combat Toyoda, Shark Tsuchiya and Megumi Kudo.
The FMW Women's Championship began in 1990 with Combat Toyoda becoming the first title holder of the WWA belt on November 5th, 1990.
The FMW Women's Title Reigns were as follows:
| WRESTLER | NOTES |
| 1. Combat Toyoda | Nov 5th, 1990 Beat Beastie |
| 2. Megumi Kudo | Mar 28th 1991 |
| 3. Combat Toyoda | Aug 17th 1991 reclaimed title for her 2nd reign. |
| 4. Miwa Sato | Oct 14th, 1991 |
| 5. Shark Tsuchiya | March 25th, 1992 |
| 6. Megumi Kudo | May 24th, 1992 |
| 7. Combat Toyoda | July 24th, 1993 |
| 8. Crusher Maedomari | Vacated title Feb 1994 |
| 9. Megumi Kudo | Feb 25th 1994. Defeated Leilani Kai to become the first FMW Women's Independent Champion & win the vacant WWA Women's title. |
| 10. Combat Toyoda | June 19th, 1994 |
| 11. Yukie Nabeno | August 28th, 1994. Vacated Dec 12th 1994 due to injury. |
| 12. Bad Nurse Nakamura | March 30th, 1995. Defeated Megumi Kudo for the vacant title. |
| 13. Megumi Kudo | May 5th, 1995 |
| 14. Shark Tsuchiya | Nov 20th, 1995. |
| 15. Combat Toyoda | Dec 10th, 1995. |
| 16. Megumi Kudo | May 5th, 1996. |
| 17. Shark Tsuchiya | March 21st, 1997. |
| 18. Megumi Kudo | April 29th, 1997. Vacated on June 13th, 1997 due to retirement. |
| 19. Shark Tsuchiya | Sept 28th, 1997. Defeated Aja Kong for the vacant title. Both titles were retired shortly after. |
Combat Toyoda
Megumi Kudo
Wrestling Name: Megumi Kudo Real Name: Megumi Takayama Nickname: Kudome Height: 162cm Weight: 60kg D.O.B: September 20th, 1969 Wrestling Debut: August 8th, 1986 for AJW Titles: WWA Women's Champion (6 times) Independent World's Women's Champion (4 times) Retired: April 29th, 1997 against Shark Tsuchiya. Signature Moves: Kudome Valentine (Back to Back double underhook sit down piledriver) Thunder Fire Powerbomb, Ganso Bomb, Dragon Sleeper, Dragon Suplex Hold, Hip Attack.
Megumi Kudo's last match at Korakuen Hall before her retirement was a match against Mayumi Ozaki. (JWP's top hardcore female wrestler) The pair wrestled in a Barbwire Double Hell Death Match on April 18, 1997. Taking ridiculously brutal bumps Kudo finally won with the Kudo Driver.
Megumi Kudo in her retirement match challenged for the FMW Independent and WWA Women's Titles against long time arch enemy Shark Tsuchiya. The match was a Exploding Barbed wire Double Hell Death Match. Kudo participated in a match that included her being set on fire with a fire ball. Go Ito having to put the fire out on Kudo's body with his bare hands. Kudo managed to cover Shark for the victory after both wrestlers hit the exploding barb wire. Kudo won the FMW Independent and WWA Women's Title. Megumi Kudo then handed Kaori Nakayama the title belts and asked Nakayama to carry the women's division on for her.
Megumi Kudo's Retirement Ceremony took place at Korakuen Hall on June 13, 1997 with the entire FMW roster around the ring.
In real life Megumi Kudo married fellow FMW wrestler Hido (Badboy Hido of Big Japan wrestling).
Shark Tsuchiya
Crusher Maedomari
Kaori nakayama
Other Wrestling Name: Gang Star Height: 150cm Weight: 52kg D.O.B: March 3rd, 1978 Wrestling Debut: July 19th, 1994 against Mayumi Shimizu at the age of 16 Promotions: FMW, WMF, WEW, Oz Academy (1999) GAEA Titles: WEW 6 Man Tag Team Championship Titles Wrestling Moves: Moonsault
Kaori was billed in FMW as their future star to take over the reigns from Megumi Kudo. When Kudo retired in 1997 she handed Kaori Nakayama the title belts and asked Nakayama to carry the women's division on for her.
Nakayama's father was a local wrestling promoter in Osaka and her mother Miyoko Hoshino was a two time All Japan Women's Champion.
Debuting in 1994
Kaori spent her first year of wrestling as a heel in Shark
Tsuchiya's group, she then switched to be Megumi Kudo's tag partner and side
kick. Although built to take over the reigns of the women's division from
Kudo on her retirement Kaori who was short (less than 5 feet high) and light in statue was not a
believable star to beat the much bigger promotions major heel Shark
Tsuchiya. 
Kaori suffered an injury in 1998 that saw her out of wrestling for the majority of the year, the timing so soon after Kudo's retirement spelt doom for the women's division in FMW. When Kaori returned to FMW on November 20, 1998 in a 3 team tag she was pinned by Team No Respect's manager in the match. In March 1999 FMW came to an agreement GAEA and teamed Kaori with GAEA star Sugar Sato. On April 4th 1999, Kaori wrestled on GAEA's 4th Anniversary show being used in an elimination match she lost in 6 minutes to Sakura Hirota. GAEA and FMW's relationship were to last only 2 months more before FMW decided to end the relationship with GAEA and instead sign Emi Motokawa to be used as Kaori's opponent for shows.
In June 2000 Kaori was put into a team with Jado & Gedo (male wrestlers) which resulted in Kaori winning her only title, the WEW 6 Man Tag Team Championship Titles. Kaori pinned Fuyuki for the title on September 17, 2000 defeating the team of Kodo Fuyuki, Mr. Gannosuke, and Shinjuku Shark.
In 2002 Kaori joined Hayabusa's new promotion "Wrestling Marvelous Future" (WMF) on the understanding that she intended retiring at the end of the year. Along with fellow FMW wrestler Miss Mongel, Kaori wrestled on the WMF debut show on the 28th August 2002.
Kaori retired on the 23rd October 2002. Her final match was against Shark Tsuchiya who had wrestled her both as her long time partner and rival. The pair had a bloody match before Nakayama lost.
Aki Kanbayashai / miss Mongol
Bad Nurse nakamura / RIE
Miwa Sato
Yukie Nabeno
Height: 155cm Weight: 65kg D.O.B: February 2nd, 1970 Wrestling Debut: for FMW Titles: WWA Women's Champion held for 4 months in 1995 before having to vacate the title due to a knee injury.
Emi Motokawa
Height: 156cm Weight: 56kg D.O.B: Oct 4th, 1976 Wrestling Debut: August 17th, 1996 against Kyoko Ichiki for IWA Japan. Promotions: IWA, FMW, LLPW, J'D, JWP, WEW, AJW,WMF, Titles: 2nd AWF Women's title Title won 31 August 1997, AJW Singles title Jan 24th, 1998 defeating Momoe Nakanishi.
Emi Motokawa was one of two women
working for the independent wrestling company IWA Japan. From there
she joined several wmen's organisations before settling into FMW. Emi
suffered a number of injuries over the years including ribs, an elbow
dislocation and neck injuries.
Yoko Ikeda
