Rie Tamada
Arsion License: #:4
Date of Birth: 03/16/1973
Place of Birth: Yuuki County, Japan
Height:158cm
Weight:60kg
Athletic Experience: Gymnastics 12yrs
Wrestling Nickname: Fighting Cheetah
Wrestling Stables: Re Dragon (Arsion with Gami) TakaFumi (tag team in AJW & Arsion with Yumi Fukawa)
Signature wrestling move: Dragon Suplex Hold
Finisher Move: Dragon Sleeper, Rolling Elbow, Missile Kick
Pro Wrestling Debut:10/04/1991 in AJW vs. Chikako Hasegawa
Promotions: AJW (1991-1997), ARSION (1997- company closure 2003) AtoZ (2004)
Titles:
August 10th 1992: Won the All Japan Junior title from Akemi Torisu.
March 17th 1995: Won the All Japan tag team titles with Mariko Yoshida, from Michiko Ohmukai Carol Midori.
December 4th 1995: Won the All Japan tag team titles with Yumi Fukawa.
November 21st 1996: Won the All Japan Singles title from Kumiko Maekawa.
December 7th 1998: With Hiromi Yagi , won the Twin Star of ARSION, defeating Tiger Dream and Ayako Hamada in the tournament final.
August 20th 2000: With GAMI, won the Twin Star of ARSION from Michiko Ohmukai and Mima Shimoda.
December 8th 2001: With GAMI, won the Twin Star of ARSION defeating Ai Fujita and Michiko Ohmukai.
December 17th 2002: With Takako Inoue won the Twin Star of ARSION.
Retirement: AtoZ 08/22/2004 In a tag team match at Kourakuen Hall. Her tag team partner was Aja Kong and the pair faced off against Manami Toyota and Takako Inoue.
Info:
Rie whose nickname is "Fighting Cheetah" was born on the 16th of March in 1973. As an AJW rookie Rie debuted against Chikako Hasegawa in 1991.
Rie went on to win the AJW Junior title in 1992. With her most memorable tag team partner of Yumi Fukawa Rie formed "TamaFuka". The pair were pushed as AJW's next big stars and teamed together in both Japan and Mexico. Together in 1997 they headed to new company Arsion. After Fukawa's retirement Rie continued on in tag team matchups with female wrestler "Gami" and is known for being a part of a group known as ReDragon in Arsion. As a tag wrestler Rie has been successful in gaining the "Twin Star of Arsion" tag titles with Gami.
Rie Tamada's final match was for AtoZ promotion on the 22nd of August 2004.
AtoZ Retirement Card
- Rie Tamada & Gami vs. Mirai & Bullfight Sora & Kana - Elimination Match
- Piko vs. Sachie Abe
- Yumiko Hotta & Leona vs. Mika Nishio & Momoe Nakanishi
- Rie Tamada, Kumiko Maekawa & Michiko Ohmukai vs. Mariko Yoshida, Akino & Gami
- Rie Tamada Retirement Ceremony
Since her retirement Rie has appeared a few times at ringside to support her friends during their retirements.
Rie Tamada had a baby in 2007.
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