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Manami Toyota (March 2, 1971) is a Japanese former professional wrestler best known for her work with the All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling (AJW) wrestling promotion. Following AJW's closure she has continued to work in other joshi promotions such as Gaea and NEO. Toyota is a member of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame. On March 17, 2017 Manami announced she will be retiring on November 3, 2017 with her final match at a special thirty-anniversary show in Japan.
Career[]
In wrestling[]
- Finishing moves
- Japanese Ocean Bomb (Straight jacket reverse powerbomb)
- Japanese Ocean Cyclone Suplex (Straight jacket electric chair suplex pin) – Innovated
- Japanese Ocean Queen Bee Bomb (Cut-throat scoop brainbuster)
- Japanese Ocean Suplex (Double hammerlock bridging German suplex)
- Victory Star Drop (Top rope bodyscissors back flip into a back-to-back kneeling piledriver) – Innovated
- Signature moves
- Bridging underhook suplex
- Leg trap sunset flip powerbomb, sometimes from the top rope
- Manami Roll (Modified victory roll, as a Powerbomb counter)
- Missile dropkick, sometimes to an opponent on the outside
- Moonsault
- No-handed springboard somersault plancha
- Rolling leg-hook cradle
- Nicknames
- "Flying Angel"
Championships and accomplishments[]
- All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling
- AJW Championship (1 time)
- All Pacific Championship (2 times)
- IWA World Women's Championship (1 time)
- WWWA World Heavyweight Championship (4 times)
- WWWA World Tag Team Championship (3 times) – with Toshiyo Yamada (2), and Mima Shimoda (1)
- Japan Grand Prix (1990, 1995, 1998, 1999)
- Tag League the Best (1993) – with Akira Hokuto
- Tag League the Best (1994) – with Takako Inoue
- Tag League the Best (1996) – with Rie Tamada
- Tag League the Best (1999) – with Miho Wakizawa
- Tag League the Best (2001) – with Yumiko Hotta
- Gaea Japan
- AAAW Single Championship (1 time)
- AAAW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Carlos Amano
- JWP Joshi Puroresu
- JWP Openweight Championship (1 time)
- JWP Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Kaoru Ito
- Oz Academy
- Oz Academy Openweight Championship (1 time)
- Oz Academy Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Carlos Amano
- Universal Wrestling Association
- UWA World Women's Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Toshiyo Yamada
- World Woman Pro-Wrestling Diana
- WWWD World Single Championship (1 time)
- Wrestling Observer Newsletter
- 5 Star Match (1992) vs. Toshiyo Yamada on August 15
- 5 Star Match (1993) with Toshiyo Yamada vs. Dynamite Kansai and Mayumi Ozaki on April 11
- 5 Star Match (1993) with Toshiyo Yamada vs. Dynamite Kansai and Mayumi Ozakii on December 6
- 5 Star Match (1994) vs. Aja Kong on November 20
- 5 Star Match (1995) vs. Aja Kong on March 26
- 5 Star Match (1995) vs. Kyoko Inoue on May 7
- 5 Star Match (1995) with Sakie Hasegawa vs. Kyoko Inoue and Takako Inoue on August 30
- 5 Star Match (1995) vs. Akira Hokuto on September 2
- Match of the Year (1993) with Toshiyo Yamada vs. Dynamite Kansai and Mayumi Ozaki on April 11
- Match of the Year (1995) vs. Kyoko Inoue on May 7, Tokyo, Japan
- Most Outstanding Wrestler (1995)
- Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame (Class of 2002)
