Rina Yamashita

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Rina Yamashita
Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Rina Yamashita
Billed height165 cm (5 ft 5 in)[2]
Billed weight77 kg (170 lb)
Trained bySawako Shimono
Debut2013[3]

Rina Yamashita (山下リナ, Yamashita Rina) is a

professional wrestler currently working as a freelancer and is best known for her time in Pro Wrestling Wave.[4]

Professional wrestling career

Independent circuit (2013–present)

Pro Wrestling Wave (2013–2018)

Yamashita made her professional wrestling debut at Pro Wrestling Wave's WAVE GAMI Libre 6, a house show from November 4, 2013, where she fell short to Kana.[5] She continued to make notable appearances for the promotion such as at WAVE GAMI Libre - Lucky 7 from December 30, 2013, where she participated in a 77-person rumble match, competing against other popular superstars such as Danshoku Dino, Isami Kodaka, Minoru Suzuki, Sanshiro Takagi and others.[6]

Yamashita took part in various notable tournaments of the

singles match.[10] At the 2015 edition, she teamed up with Kaho Kobayashi as Fafrotskies, falling short to Haru☆kura (Kayoko Haruyama and Tsubasa Kuragaki) in a first-round match on October 2.[11] At the 2016 edition, she scored her best performance, teaming up with Dynamite Kansai as GReeeeN, defeating Chōjin Shitei Konbi (Mika Iida and Yuki Miyazaki) in the first-round match,[12] fWo (Fairy Nipponbashi and Kyusei Sakura Hirota) in the second-round match,[13] obtaining a bye victory in the semi-finals, and finally picking up the decisive victory against Redbull (Chihiro Hashimoto and Ryo Mizunami) in the finals on October 10.[14]

Various promotions (2014–present)

Yamashita began working for other promotions such as

Asuka, failing to win the vacant Beyond the Sea Single Championship.[19]

Ice Ribbon (2014–present)

Yamashita also works for

six-man tag team match.[20] At Ice Ribbon #1100 ~ RE:BORN 2021 on February 20, she unsuccessfully challenged Tsukasa Fujimoto for the ICE Cross Infinity Championship.[21]

Game Changer Wrestling (2022–present)

At GCW Homecoming: Part 1 on 13 August 2022, Yamashita defeated Alex Colon to win the GCW Ultraviolent Championship.[22]

Championships and accomplishments

Yamashita is a former one-time Daily Sports Women's Tag Team Champion
... and a Game Changer Ultraviolent Champion
  • DDT Pro Wrestling
  • Reina

References

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  2. ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip. "Rina Yamashita/Career Data". cagematch.de (in German). Retrieved May 12, 2021.
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  4. ^ Internet Wrestling Database (IWD). "Rina Yamashita Profile & Match Listing". profightdb.com. Retrieved March 3, 2021.
  5. ^ Purolove (November 4, 2013). ""GAMI LIBRE 6", 04.11.2013 Osaka BODYMAKER COLOSSEUM #2". purolove.com. Retrieved May 12, 2021.
  6. ^ Quebrada (December 30, 2013). "WAVE GAMI*Libre LUCKY 7 GAMI Retirement Match DVD 12/30/13 Korakuen Hall". quebrada.net. Retrieved May 12, 2021.
  7. ^ Pro Wrestling Wave. "いきなりフライデーナイト！vol.2". pro-w-wave.com (in Japanese). Retrieved June 29, 2014.
  8. ^ "8時だョ！全員集合！～Sakurasaku 3.6～". Pro Wrestling Wave (in Japanese). Retrieved April 5, 2015.
  9. ^ "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.
  10. ^ "小林香萌が飛鳥プロジェクトとWaveのダブル所属になることを発表！Dual Shock Wave 2014の組み合わせが決定！". Battle News (in Japanese). September 17, 2014. Retrieved September 16, 2014.
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