Miyuki Takase
Takase in April 2023
BornSeptember 8[1]
Osaka, Japan
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)HOPE
Miyuki Takase
Queen of Hearts[2]
Billed height158 cm (5 ft 2 in)[3]
Trained byMisaki Ohata
Ryo Mizunami
Debut2017

Miyuki Takase (高瀬みゆき, Takase Miyuki, born September 8) is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working as a freelancer and is best known for her tenure with the Japanese promotions Pro Wrestling Wave and Pure-J.[4]

Professional wrestling career

Independent circuit (2017–present)

Takase made her professional wrestling debut at AgZ Act 14 ~ New Year Revival, an event promoted by Actwres girl'Z on January 15, 2017, where she fell short to Cherry.[5]

At JWP Fly High In The 25th Anniversary, an event promoted by JWP Joshi Puroresu on March 20, 2017, she fell short to Yako Fujigasaki.[6] At Ice Ribbon New Ice Ribbon #1007 on November 17, 2019, she teamed up with maya Yukihi and defeated Akane Fujita and Himeka.[7] At OZ Have A Great Year!, an event promoted by Oz Academy on December 13, 2020, she teamed up with Ami Miura in a losing effort against Mission K4 (Kaho Kobayashi and Kakeru Sekiguchi).[8] At Seadlinnng 2021 Opening Match on January 11, Takase teamed up with Nanae Takahashi to defeat "Max Voltage" stablemates Itsuki Aoki and Ryo Mizunami in an intern-stable feud.[9] At Hana Kimura Memorial Show, an event produced by Kyoko Kimura on May 23, 2021, to commemorate one year since the passing of her daughter Hana Kimura, Takase competed in a 28-person All-Star Battle Royal also involving notable opponents such as Hagane Shinnou, Yuko Miyamoto, Yuko Miyamoto, Fuminori Abe, Jun Kasai, Jinsei Shinzaki, Cima, Masato Tanaka and many others.[10]

All Japan Pro Wrestling (2017)

Takase worked for a brief period of time in All Japan Pro Wrestling as female talent. She marked her first appearance at AJPW GROWIN' UP Vol.3 on June 7, 2017, where she teamed up with Saori Anou to defeat Hikari Shimizu and Natsumi Maki.[11] At AJPW GROWIN' UP Vol.5 on August 3, 2017, she teamed up with Saki in a losing effort against Sumire Natsu and Saori Anou.[12]

Pro Wrestling Wave (2017–present)

Takase is known for competing in the promotion's signature events such as the Catch the Wave tournament, making her first appearance at the 2017 edition where she placed herself in the Block A, scoring a total of one point after competing against Rina Yamashita, Nagisa Nozaki, Ryo Mizunami, Yumi Ohka and Asuka.[13] At the 2021 edition she fought in the "Power Block" against Ryo Mizunami, Yuu and Yuki Miyazaki and scored two points.[14] She scored her best result at the 2020 edition which she won after fighting in the "Potential Block" where she scrored a total of two points after competing against Mio Momono, Sakura Hirota and Tomoka Inaba.[15] She then defeated Kaori Yoneyama in the semi-finals and Rin Kadokura in the finals from July 1.

Pure-J (2017–present)

Takase is also known for working in Pure-J. At PURE-J Pure Slam Vol. 4 on September 29, 2019, she teamed up with Leon to unsuccessfully challenge Makoto and Moeka Haruhi for the Daily Sports Women's Tag Team Championship.[16]

Championships and accomplishments

Takase is a former three-time World Woman Pro-Wrestling Diana Tag Team Champion
... and a one-time Daily Sports Women's Tag Team Champion

References

  1. ^ Joshi City. "Profiles - Miyuki Takase". joshicity.com. Retrieved October 12, 2021.
  2. ^ Ross, Jamie (September 1, 2023). "Sukeban, New NYC-Based Joshi Promotion Set to Hold First Event on September 21st, Full Roster Revealed". WrestlePurists. Archived from the original on September 5, 2023. Retrieved September 9, 2023.
  3. ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip. "Miyuki Takase/Career Data". cagematch.de (in German). Retrieved October 12, 2021.
  4. ^ Saalbach, Axel. "Miyuki Takase • General Information". wrestlingdata.com. Retrieved October 12, 2021.
  5. ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip (January 15, 2017). "AgZ Act 14 ~ New Year Revival". cagematch.de (in German). Retrieved October 12, 2021.
  6. ^ Quebrada (March 20, 2017). "JWP Fly high in the 25th anniversary DVD 3/20/17 Itabashi Green Hall". quebrada.net. Retrieved October 12, 2021.
  7. ^ Ice Ribbon (November 17, 2019). ◆2019年11月17日 開始時間 18時00分～ ／ 開場時刻 17時00分 駅近さかいで楽市楽座 presents さかいでプロレス☆フェスティバル～アイスリボン坂出大会～. iceribbon.com (in Japanese). Retrieved October 12, 2021.
  8. ^ Oz Academy (December 13, 2020). OZアカデミー女子プロレス大阪大会～Have a great year！～. oz-academy.com (in Japanese). Retrieved October 12, 2021.
  9. ^ Seadlinnng (January 11, 2021). 2021年1月11日東京・後楽園ホール 11:30 START 10:45 OPEN「SEAdLINNNG〜2021年開幕戦!〜」. seadlinnng.com (in Japanese). Retrieved October 12, 2021.
  10. ^ Klyn, Parker (May 22, 2021). "HANA KIMURA MEMORIAL SHOW LIVE RESULTS: KAGETSU, OTHERS IN ACTION". f4wonline.com. Retrieved May 23, 2021.
  11. ^ Purolove (June 7, 2017). "AJPW "GROWIN' UP VOL. 3", 07.06.2017 Shin-Kiba 1st RING". purolove.com. Retrieved October 12, 2021.
  12. ^ Daly, Wayne (August 3, 2017). "AJPW Results: Growin' Up Vol. 5 – Tokyo, Japan (8/3)". wrestling-news.net. Retrieved October 12, 2021.
  13. ^ "Saturday Night Fever '18 Apr．". Pro Wrestling Wave (in Japanese). Archived from the original on August 22, 2018. Retrieved April 21, 2018.
  14. ^ "WAVE: «Catch the Wave 2019» In search of a queen". Súper Luchas. May 16, 2019. Retrieved October 30, 2020.
  15. ^ a b 株式会社Forest Connectionプレゼンツ『CATCH THE WAVE 2021～開幕戦～』. Pro Wrestling Wave (in Japanese). June 1, 2021. Retrieved July 7, 2021.
  16. ^ Pure-J (September 29, 2019). 【試合結果】９月２９日(日)浅草花やしき内 浅草花劇場 17時半. pure-j.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved October 12, 2021.
  17. ^ Lambert, Jeremy (December 18, 2023). "DPW 2nd Anniversary Results (12/16): Three New Champions Crowned". Fightful. Retrieved December 19, 2023.
  18. ^ "PWI Ratings for Miyuki Takase". The Internet Wrestling Database. Archived from the original on April 4, 2023. Retrieved June 30, 2023.
  19. ^ "Catch the WAVE 2018～波女決勝戦～飯田美花引退「ごちそうさまでした！」". Pro Wrestling Wave (in Japanese). Archived from the original on August 21, 2018. Retrieved May 4, 2018.
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