Ayako Hamada

Infobox Wrestler
name=Ayako Hamada
names=Ayako Hamada
Arisin Z


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height=162 cm (5 ft 4 in) cite web| url=http://www.ayakohamada.com/04profile/aya-prfj.html |title=Official Site|accessdate=2007-06-11]
weight=65 kg (143 lb)
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birth_date=Birth date and age|1981|2|14
birth_place=Mexico City cite web| url=http://bodyslamming.com/other/ayakohamada.html |title=Profile of Ayako Hamada at Bodyslamming.com |accessdate=2007-06-11]
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trainer=Aja Kong
Mariko Yoshida
Gran Hamada
Gran Apache
debut=August 9, 1998 (against Candy Okutsu)
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nihongo|Ayako Hamada|浜田 文子|Hamada Ayako, (full name Ayako Valentina Hamada Villareal) is a female professional wrestler of mixed Japanese and Mexican descent. She is best known for winning several notable titles in Japanese women's pro wrestling, including both the WWWA World Heavyweight Championship and AAAW Singles Championship in the early 2000s. She is a second generation wrestler, as her father is Gran Hamada. cite web| url=http://homepages.which.net/~james.phillips/hamada.htm |title=James Phillips' Profile |accessdate=2007-06-11] . Her older sister Xochitl Hamada is also a professional wrestler.cite web| url=http://www.luchawiki.org/index.php?title=Ayako_Hamada |title=Luchawiki Entry |accessdate=2007-06-11]

Career

Ayako Hamada debuted at the age of seventeen against Candy Okutsu on August 9, 1998 for the ARSION promotion. She received an immediate push and won her first title, the Twinstar of ARSION tag belts with Mika Akino, on June 30, 1999, less than one year after her debut. She won the QUEEN of ARSION from Aja Kong on December 3, 2000.

After leaving ARSION in 2001, she has won numerous women's titles in several Japanese and Mexican promotions , including the WWWA World Heavyweight Championship from Momoe Nakanishi on May 11, 2003 and the AAAW Singles Championship from Dynamite Kansai on January 11, 2004, just one week after she had lost the WWWA title to Amazing Kong. She has also appeared in HUSTLE under the name Arisin Z.

Hamada is currently affiliated with the Kaoru Ito dojo [cite web| url=http://www.geocities.jp/ito_doujo/ayako.plo.html |title=Ayako Hamada's Profile at the Ito Dojo website |accessdate=2007-06-11] and works regularly for AAA in Mexico.

In wrestling

*Finishing and signature moves:*"Hama-Chan Cutter" (Elevated cutter) - Adopted from her father:*"A.P. Cross" (Fisherman driver):*"La Ayakita" (Neck scissors / Wrist-lock combination to a kneeling opponent):*"La Ayakita II" (Hamada catapults the opponent into a vertical surfboard stretch):*Springboard moonsault from off of the top rope:*Sitout powerbomb:*Moonsault, sometimes to the outside

Championships and Accomplishments

*All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling:*WWWA World Heavyweight Championship (2 times)

*ARSION:*Twinstar of ARSION (2 times) - with Mika Akino(1) and Michiko Omukai (1):*Skyhigh of ARSION (1 time):*QUEEN of ARSION (1 time)

*GAEA Japan:*AAAW Singles Championship (1 time):*AAAW Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Meiko Satomura

*Grupo Internacional Revolucion:*IWRG Women's Championship (1 time)

*Universal Wrestling Association:*UWA World Women's Championship (1 time)

*World Wrestling Association:*WWA World Women's Championship (1 time)

References

External links

* [http://www.ayakohamada.com Official site, mostly in Japanese]
* [http://luchalibreaaa.com/estrellas-aaa/ayako-hamada.html AAA Profile (In Spanish)]
* [http://www.luchawiki.org/index.php?title=Ayako_Hamada Luchawiki entry on Ayako Hamada]
* [http://homepages.which.net/~james.phillips/hamada.htm/ James Phillips' Ayako Hamada page (not updated since 2004)]

Persondata
NAME=Hamada, Ayako
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=Villareal, Ayako Valentina Hamada (full name)
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Japanese professional wrestler
DATE OF BIRTH=February 14, 1981
PLACE OF BIRTH=Mexico City
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