Hana Kimura (September 3, 1997 - May 23, 2020) was a female Japanese professional wrestler.
Professional wrestling career
She was accepted in to the Wrestle-1 dojo after she passed a tryout that took place in December of 2015. At the same month she was announced as a round girl of the "Super Teriffic Cuties" as HANA. On March 30, 2016 she made her professional wrestling debut losing to her classemate Reika Saiki. She spent the rest of the year wrestling in different promotions such as WAVE, Sendai Girls.
In July she started to compete in JWP she received her first championship shot for the JWP and Daily Sports Women's Tag Team Championship with Hanako Nakamori losing to Arisa Nakajima and Tsukasa Fujimoto. After that, she participated in the tournament for the vacated JWP Junior Championship and Princess of Pro Wrestling Championship where she defeated Yuina Onasaka in the first round and later Yako Fujigasaki to become the new champion winning her first and second professional wrestling championship on September 18.
Two days later she started to compete in Stardom where she joined her mother's Oedo Tai unit. She teamed with her mother Kyoko Kimura and Kagetsu to win the Artist Of Stardom Championship defeating Io Shirai, Kairi Hojo and Mayu Iwatani on October 10. On November 12 it was announced that Kimura will be joining her rookie mates in Pro Wrestling A.C.E, where she would later join the main roster. On December 28 she lost the JWP Junior and Princess of Pro Wrestling Championship to Yako Fujigasaki. On January 7 Hana, Kyoko and Kagetsu lost the Artist Of Stardom Championship to HZK, Io Shirai and Momo Watanabe. Sixteen days later she defeated her mother in her retirement match. On June 21 Kimura and Kagetsu defeated Hiroyo Matsumoto and Jungle Kyona to win the Goddess of Stardom Championship. On March 9, Kimura made her debut for American promotion Ring of Honor (ROH), when she was announced as part of a tournament to crown the inaugural ROH Women of Honor Champion losing to Sumie Sakai in the first round.
Death
On May 23, 2020, it was reported that Kimura had died at the age of 22. Hours earlier, Kimura posted self-harm images and tweeted:
"Nearly 100 frank opinions every day. I couldn’t deny that I was hurt. I’m dead. Thank you for giving me a mother. It was a life I wanted to be loved. Thank you to everyone who supported me. I love it. I’m weak, I’m sorry. I don’t want to be a human anymore. It was a life I wanted to be loved. Thank you everyone, I love you. Bye."
In wrestling
- Finishing moves
- Ground manji-gatame
- Double armbar cobra twist
- Kamagatame (sickle hold / "muta lock")
- Big Boot
- Missile Kick
- Delayed Brainbuster
- Package Piledriver
- Nicknames
- Sexy and Dangerous
- Entrance music
- "La La La (Brazil 2014)" - Shakira ft. Carlinhos Brown
- "Oedo Ranbu" - Theme of Oedo Tai
- "Internet Friends"
- Tag teams and stables
- FloÜrish with ASUKA
- Oedo Tai with Act Yasukawa, Kyoko Kimura, Dragonita, Heidi Lovelace, Hudson Envy, Kris Wolf, Nikki Storm, Thunder Rosa, Star Fire, La Rosa Negra, Holidead, Kaitlin Diemond, Viper, Diosa Atenea, Kagetsu & Leah Vaughan
- Tokyo Cyber Squad with Jungle Kyona, Konami, Mary Apache, Natsumi, Rebel Kel, Bobbi Tyler, Ruaka, Rina, Death Yama-san, Zoe Lucas & Leyla Hirsch
Championships and accomplishments
- Japanese Women Pro-Wrestling Project
- JWP Junior Championship (1 time)
- Princess of Pro-Wrestling Championship (1 time)
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- PWI ranked her #60 in the 2018 PWI Top 100 Females
- PWI ranked her #61 in the 2019 PWI Top 100 Females
- World Wonder Ring Stardom
- Artist Of Stardom Championship (2 times) with Kyoko Kimura & Kagetsu, and Jungle Kyona & Konami
- Goddesses Of Stardom Championship (1 time) – with Kagetsu
- SENDAI Girls' Pro Wrestling
- Sendai Girls Tag Team Championship Challenger Decision Tournament (2017) with Meiko Satomura
