Jaguar Yokota

Jaguar Yokota
Yokota in April 2023
Birth nameRimi Yokota[1]
Born (1961-07-25) July 25, 1961 (age 63)[2]
Arakawa, Tokyo, Japan[2]
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)
  • Jaguar Y
  • Jaguar Yokota
  • Monster Y
  • Rimi Yokota
Billed height159 cm (5 ft 3 in)[2][3]
Billed weight58 kg (128 lb)[2]
Trained byAll Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling
DebutJune 28, 1977[2]

Rimi Yokota (横田 利美, Yokota Rimi) (born July 25, 1961) is a Japanese professional wrestler and later wrestling trainer, who wrestled under the name Jaguar Yokota (ジャガー横田). She is currently signed to World Woman Pro-Wrestling Diana, where she is the leader of the CRYSIS stable.[4] Yokota is widely considered one of the greatest female wrestlers of all time, and during her heyday in the early 1980s, was considered one of the best wrestlers in the world, irrespective of gender.[1][5]

  1. ^ a b Molinaro, John (2002). Marek, Jeff; Meltzer, Dave (eds.). Top 100 Pro Wrestlers of All Time. Toronto, Ontario: Winding Stair Press. pp. 166–167. ISBN 1-55366-305-5.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Jaguar Yokota". World Woman Pro-Wrestling Diana. 24 February 2021. Archived from the original on May 31, 2023. Retrieved October 14, 2023.
  3. ^ "The 50 Greatest Women Wrestlers of All-Time". Pro Wrestling Illustrated Presents: The Women of Wrestling. 1 (1). Kappa Publishing: 12. 1996.
  4. ^ 選手紹介. World Woman Pro-Wrestling Diana (in Japanese). 8 May 2023. Retrieved October 14, 2023.
  5. ^ Triggs, James (July 29, 2009). "CvC: Jaguar Yokota for Greatest Women's Champion". Bleacher Report. Archived from the original on November 26, 2021. Retrieved October 20, 2023.