Hiroe Nagahama (長浜浩江, Nagahama Hiroe) is a Japanese retired professional wrestler best known for her tenures with Pro Wrestling Wave and Ice Ribbon.[3]
| Hiroe Nagahama | |
|---|---|
| Born | November 4, 1995[1] Niigata, Japan |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Hiroe Nagahama HIRO'e |
| Billed height | 157 cm (5 ft 2 in)[2] |
| Billed weight | 60 kg (132 lb) |
| Trained by | Ayako Hamada Yumi Ohka |
| Debut | 2014 |
| Retired | 2020 |
Professional wrestling career
editIndependent circuit (2014–2020)
editDuring her career, Nagahama often made freelance work by competing in various promotions from the Japanese independent scene. At Oz Academy Saturday Night Fever on March 17, 2018, she teamed up with Mika Iida and Misaki Ohata in a losing effort against Aoi Kizuki, Sakura Hirota and Tsubasa Kuragaki as a result of a six-woman tag team match.[4] On the third night of the Wrestle-1 Tour 2018 Cherry Blossom from April 18, she teamed up with Asuka to defeat Hana Kimura and Natsumi Maki.[5] At Seadlinnng Yokohama Flash! 2019 on February 9, she teamed up with Mima Shimoda in a losing effort against Arisa Nakajima and Ayame Sasamura.[6] Due to one of Pro Wrestling Wave's business partnerships, Nagahama competed at a house show promoted by Marvelous That's Women Pro Wrestling on February 24, 2020, where she teamed up with Nagisa Nozaki, Sakura Hirota, Yuki Miyazaki and Yumi Ohka as "Team Wave" and went into a time-limit draw against Tem Marvelous (Hibiki, Kaoru, Mikoto Shindo, Takumi Iroha and Tomoko Watanabe).[7]
Ice Ribbon (2014–2020)
editDue to Pro Wrestling Wave and Ice Ribbon holding business partnerships, Nagahama competed many times in the latter promotion's events. She made her first appearance at New Ice Ribbon #603 on November 8, 2014, where she fell short to Maki Narumiya in singles competition.[8] At RibbonMania 2019 on December 31, she competed in Tequila Saya's retirement match, a gauntlet match in which the latter put herself against 44 opponents. Some of the most notable were Nagahama herself alongside Miku Aono, Banny Oikawa, Rina Shingaki, Ken Ohka, Manami Toyota, Risa Sera, Hiragi Kurumi, Syuri, Tae Honma, and many others.[9] She took part into the 2nd Kizuna Tournament of August 29, 2020, event in which she teamed up with Tsukasa Fujimoto and defeated Rina Yamashita and Satsuki Totoro in the first rounds but fell short to Maya Yukihi and Suzu Suzuki in the semifinals.[10]
Pro Wrestling Wave (2014–2020)
editNagahama is probably best known for her time in Pro Wrestling Wave. She made her professional wrestling debut at WAVE Virgin Code on October 29, 2014, where she fell short to Mio Shirai in singles competition.[11] The only championship she has held in the promotion was the Wave Tag Team Championship which she succeeded in winning at Pro Wrestling Wave's 10th Anniversary event from August 12, 2017, where she teamed up with her "Big Rice Field" tag team partner Kaho Kobayashi to defeat Gokigen BBA (Cherry and Kaori Yoneyama) for the titles.[12]
Iida competed in various of the promotion's signature events such as the Catch the Wave, in which she made her first appearance at the 2015 edition of the tournament in which she competed in the "Young Block Oh! Oh!" division, falling short to Maya Yukihi in the first rounds.[13] One year later she appeared for the first time in the big tournament, placing herself in the "Italian Red" block in which she scored a total of three points after going against Sareee, Yumi Ohka and Mayumi Ozaki.[14] She also competed in the Young Block Oh! Oh!, topping the first block with a total of six points after outmatching Akane Fujita, Sumire Natsu and Mari An, but eventually falling short to Yuka in the finals.[15] At the 2017 edition, she placed herself in the A block where she scored a total of seven points after competing against Misaki Ohata, Rina Yamashita and Moeka Haruhi.[16] At the 2018 edition she fought in the "Violence" block where she scored a total of five points after going against Ayako Hamada, Arisa Nakajima, Misaki Ohata, Mio Momono and Hikaru Shida.[17] At the 2019 edition she competed under the shortened name of Hiro'e in the Young block which she topped with a total of six points after outmatching Haruka Umesaki, Ibuki Hoshi and Maria.[18]
As for the Dual Shock Wave, Nagahama made her first appearance at the 2016 edition of the tournament where she teamed up with Moeka Haruhi as "Happy!" and fell short to Chihiro Hashimoto and Ryo Mizunami in the first rounds.[19] At the 2017 edition, Nagahama teamed up with Kaho Kobayashi as "Big Rice Field" and fell short to New-Tra (Rin Kadokura and Takumi Iroha) in the first rounds.[20]
Nagahama announced her retirement from in-ring competition in December 2019 due to health issues.[21] She wrestled her last match at an event promoted specially for her farewell, the WAVE HIRO'e Retirement Last Longbeach on September 18, 2020, where she teamed up with Nagisa Nozaki to defeat Kaori Yoneyama and Miyuki Takase.[22]
Championships and accomplishments
edit- Pro Wrestling Wave
- Wave Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Kaho Kobayashi
- Catch the Wave (Young Block 2019)
- Catch the Wave Award (4 times)
- Best Bout Award (2017) vs. Misaki Ohata on May 23[23]
- Outstanding Performance Award (2016, 2017, 2018)[24][23][25]
References
edit- ^ Saalbach, Axel. "Hiroe Nagahama • General Information". wrestlingdata.com. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
- ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip. "Hiroe Nagahama/Career Data". cagematch.de (in German). Retrieved March 3, 2023.
- ^ InternetWrestling Database (IWD). "Hiroe Nagahama/Profile & Match Listing". profightdb.com. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
- ^ Dark Angelita (March 28, 2018). "Oz Academy: "Saturday Night Fever" Yoshiko se aferra a su título". superluchas.com (in Spanish). Retrieved March 4, 2023.
- ^ Dark Angel (April 20, 2018). "W-1: "Wrestle-1 Tour 2018 Cherry Blossom" 3 titles in dispute". superluchas.com. Retrieved March 4, 2023.
- ^ Seadlinnng (February 9, 2019). 2019年2月9日(土) 17:30 START /17:00OPEN ｢SEAdLINNNG～YOKOHAMA FLASH 2019！｣ 横浜ラジアントホール 観衆：251人. seadlinng.com (in Japanese). Retrieved March 4, 2023.
- ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip (February 24, 2020). "Events/Marvelous". cagematch.de (in German). Retrieved March 3, 2023.
- ^ Ice Ribbon (November 8, 2014). ◆2014年11月08日 開始時間 18時00分～ ／ 開場時刻 17時30分 アイスリボン603. iceribbon.com (in Japanese). Retrieved March 4, 2023.
- ^ Dark Angel (January 14, 2020). "Ice Ribbon: "Ribbonmania 2019" Tequila Saya's farewell". superluchas.com. Retrieved March 4, 2023.
- ^ Daly, Wayne (August 29, 2020). "Ice Ribbon Results: New Ice Ribbon #1066 ~ Ice In Wonderland 2020 – Tokyo, Japan (8/29)". wrestling-news.net. Retrieved March 4, 2023.
- ^ Quebrada. "Virgin Code 10/29/14 Korakuen Hall". quebrada.net. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
- ^ Dark Angel (August 17, 2017). "WAVE: Results "Carnival Wave ~Never Ending Story"". superluchas.com. Retrieved March 4, 2023.
- ^ Young Oh! Oh! 18. Pro Wrestling Wave (in Japanese). Retrieved May 31, 2015.
- ^ 世志琥 ３２人参加リーグ戦で白星発進「まあ私の完勝ってことで」. Tokyo Sports (in Japanese). April 10, 2016. Archived from the original on April 13, 2016. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
- ^ "Young Oh! Oh! 25". Pro Wrestling Wave (in Japanese). Retrieved January 18, 2016.
- ^ catch the Wave 2017記者会見. Pro Wrestling Wave (in Japanese). Archived from the original on April 10, 2017. Retrieved April 10, 2017.
- ^ "Sunday WAVE vol.35". Pro Wrestling Wave (in Japanese). Archived from the original on August 22, 2018. Retrieved April 22, 2018.
- ^ "WAVE: «Catch the Wave 2019» In search of a queen". Súper Luchas. May 16, 2019. Retrieved October 30, 2020.
- ^ "9･6 Wave新木場大会 水波＆大畠vs山縣＆下野 文子＆まる子 稔vs後藤". Battle News (in Japanese). September 7, 2016. Retrieved September 9, 2016.
- ^ Wave9・14ニコプロで公開記者会見. Pro Wrestling Wave (in Japanese). September 14, 2017. Retrieved September 14, 2017.
- ^ Richards, Alex (December 26, 2019). "HIRO'e Announces Retirement". lastwordonsports.com. Retrieved March 4, 2023.
- ^ Dark Angel (September 22, 2020). "WAVE: "HIRO'e Retirement" HIRO'e says goodbye to wrestling". superluchas.com. Retrieved March 4, 2023.
- ^ a b "【試合結果】6･4 WAVE後楽園ホール大会 山下りなvs門倉凛 大畠美咲vsSareee". battle-news.com (in Japanese). Archived from the original on April 7, 2023. Retrieved July 28, 2023.
- ^ "6･6 WAVE後楽園ホール大会 世志琥vs水波綾 藤本つかさvs山下りな 浜田文子＆山縣優vsフェアリー日本橋＆カサンドラ宮城". battle-news.com (in Japanese). Archived from the original on April 4, 2023. Retrieved July 28, 2023.
- ^ "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.