Manami Toyota

is a Japanese retired professional wrestler, best known for her work with All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling (AJW). She is widely considered to be one of the greatest female professional wrestlers of all time.

Professional wrestling career All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling (1987–2002) Manami Toyota made her professional wrestling debut on August 5, 1987, at the age of 16, in a singles match against Sachiko Nakamura. Toyota's retirement event featured a series of one-minute time limit matches, which Toyota finished with a record of 12 wins, 29 draws and 10 losses. Toyota then had her retirement match with no time limit against her hand-picked successor, Tsukasa Fujimoto, which she won with the Japanese Ocean Cyclone Suplex. However, Toyota demanded a rematch and went on to defeat Fujimoto again with the Japanese Ocean Queen Bee Bomb. Toyota and Fujimoto then had a third match, where Fujimoto was victorious with Toyota's own Japanese Ocean Cyclone Suplex, bringing Toyota's thirty-year career to an end.

Chikara (2010–2012)

On July 25, 2010, it was announced that Toyota would make her first wrestling appearance in the United States, wrestling for the Chikara promotion in September. On September 18, 2010, in Baltimore, Maryland, Toyota defeated Daizee Haze in her first match on American soil. The following day in Brooklyn, New York, Toyota and Mike Quackenbush defeated the Bruderschaft des Kreuzes (Claudio Castagnoli and Sara Del Rey) in a tag team match. On February 10, 2011, Chikara announced that Toyota would be returning to the promotion in April to take part in the 2011 King of Trios tournament, where she would team up with Jigsaw and Mike Quackenbush. On April 15, Toyota, Jigsaw and Quackenbush defeated Amazing Red, Joel Maximo and Wil Maximo in their first round match in the 2011 King of Trios. The following day, Toyota, Jigsaw and Quackenbush were eliminated from the tournament by Team Michinoku Pro (Dick Togo, Great Sasuke and Jinsei Shinzaki). On April 17, the final day of the tournament, Toyota defeated Madison Eagles in a singles match. She was also presented with the Diva Dirt Legacy Award, honoring her career. On the third and final night of the tour, Toyota, Hanako Nakamori and Sawako Shimono were defeated by Aja Kong, Mio Shirai and Tsubasa Kuragaki in a six-woman tag team match. On September 14, 2012, Toyota made yet another return to Chikara to team with Jigsaw and Mike Quackenbush in the 2012 King of Trios, with the three defeating combatAnt, deviAnt and Soldier Ant in their first round match. The following day, the team was eliminated from the tournament, after losing to Team Sendai Girls (Dash Chisako, Meiko Satomura and Sendai Sachiko). On the third and final day of the tournament, Toyota teamed with Kaori Yoneyama in a tag team match, where they were defeated by Command Bolshoi and Tsubasa Kuragaki. Back in Japan, Toyota produced her 25th anniversary event on September 22, during which she wrestled in all five matches.

Championships and accomplishments All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling AJW Championship (1 time) All Pacific Championship (2 times) IWA World Women's Championship (1 time) WWWA World Single Championship (4 times) WWWA World Tag Team Championship (3 times) – with Mima Shimoda (1) and Toshiyo Yamada (2) Japan Grand Prix (1990, 1995, 1998, 1999) Tag League the Best (1993) – with Akira Hokuto Tag League the Best (1994) – with Takako Inoue Tag League the Best (1996) – with Rie Tamada Tag League the Best (1999) – with Miho Wakizawa Tag League the Best (2001) – with Yumiko Hotta Gaea Japan AAAW Single Championship (1 time) AAAW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Carlos Amano Ice Ribbon Triangle Ribbon Championship (1 time) Ice Ribbon Year-End Award (1 time) Enemy Award (2017) JWP Joshi Puroresu JWP Openweight Championship (1 time) JWP Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Kaoru Ito Oz Academy Oz Academy Openweight Championship (1 time) Oz Academy Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Carlos Amano Pro Wrestling Illustrated Stanley Weston Award (2022) Universal Wrestling Association UWA World Women's Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Toshiyo Yamada World Woman Pro-Wrestling Diana WWWD World Championship (1 time) Wrestling Observer Newsletter Match of the Year (1993) with Toshiyo Yamada vs. Dynamite Kansai and Mayumi Ozaki on April 11 Match of the Year (1995) vs. Kyoko Inoue on May 7, Tokyo, Japan Most Outstanding Wrestler (1995) Readers' Favorite Wrestler (1995) Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame (Class of 2002)

Luchas de Apuestas record

Winner (wager)Loser (wager)LocationEventDateNotesManami Toyota (hair) Toshiyo Yamada (hair) Korakuen Hall - Tokyo, Japan AJW Mid Summer Typhoon