| Yoshiko Tamura | |
|---|---|
 Tamura in March 2010 | |
| Birth name | Yoshiko Tamura |
| Born | February 6, 1976[1] Edogawa, Tokyo[1] |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Etsuko Tamura[2] Yoshiko Tamura |
| Billed height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)[1] |
| Billed weight | 70 kg (154 lb)[1] |
| Trained by | Jaguar Yokota[3] |
| Debut | September 15, 1994[1] |
| Retired | December 31, 2010[4] |
Yoshiko Tamura (田村 欣子, Tamura Yoshiko, born February 6, 1976)[1] is a Japanese retired professional wrestler. Tamura was trained by the All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling (AJW) promotion, made her debut in September 1994 and worked for the promotion for three years, winning the AJW Junior Championship, before taking part in a mass exodus led by Kyoko Inoue and following her to the newly founded NEO Japan Ladies Pro-Wrestling promotion. Recognized as the "Ace" of NEO,[5] Tamura performed with the promotion from its first event to the last, in the process becoming its most accomplished wrestler, winning the NEO Single and NWA Women's Pacific Championships a record seven times and the NEO Tag Team Championship three times. All in all, Tamura held the NEO Single and NWA Women's Pacific Championships for 2,074 days and successfully defended them 38 times. After being inducted into the NEO Hall of Fame, Tamura ended her sixteen-year career on December 31, 2010, retiring at the end of NEO's final event.
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- ^ 2009年10月24日(土). NEO Japan Ladies Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). Archived from the original on November 30, 2010. Retrieved March 18, 2012.
- ^ 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.
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