Hikari Noa

Hikari Noa (乃蒼ヒカリ, Noa Hikari) is a Japanese professional wrestler currently signed to the Japanese professional wrestling promotion Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling where she is a former International Princess Champion.[3]

Hikari Noa
Noa in November 2021
Born (1998-02-18) February 18, 1998[1]
Hokkaido, Japan
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Hikari
Hikari Noa
Billed height153 cm (5 ft 0 in)[2]
Trained byMakoto Oishi
Debut2018

Professional wrestling career

Independent circuit (2018– present)

At CyberFight Festival 2021, a cross-over event promoted by TJPW in partnership with DDT Pro Wrestling and Pro Wrestling Noah on June 6, Noa teamed up with Mizuki and Yuki Arai in a losing effort against Saitama Itoh Respect Army (Maki Itoh, Yuki Kamifuku and Marika Kobashi).[4]

DDT Pro Wrestling (2018– present)

Due to Tokyo Joshi Pro-Wrestling being the sister promotion of DDT, Noa is known for her sporadic appearances in the latter federation. At DDT Street Wrestling In Tokyo Dome Returns on October 31, 2021, she competed in a gauntlet tag team match where she teamed up with Hyper Misao to face the teams of The 37KAMIINA (Konosuke Takeshita, Mao, Shunma Katsumata and Yuki Ueno), Brahman Brothers (Brahman Kei and Brahman Shu), Chris Brookes and Gorgeous Matsuno, 121000000 (Maki Ito and Miyu Yamashita), Pheromones (Danshoku Dino, Yuki Iino and Yumehito Imanari) and Tetsuya Endo, and Kazuki Hirata, Kazusada Higuchi, Kouzi and Shinya Aoki.[5]

Noa is also known for competing in various of DDT's signature events. As for the DDT Peter Pan branch of events, she made her first appearance at Wrestle Peter Pan 2021 on August 21 where she teamed up with Kuro-chan, Super Sasadango Machine and Tetsuhiro Kuroda in a losing effort against Atsushi Onita, Sanshiro Takagi, Akito and Maki Itoh as a result of an Electric Current Explosion eight-person Deathmatch.[6]

Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling (2018–present)

Noa made her professional wrestling debut at TJPW Tokyo Joshi Pro '18 , an event promoted by Tokyo Joshi Pro-Wrestling (TJPW) on January 4, 2018 where she teamed up with Raku as "Up Up Girls" in a losing effort against stablemates Pinano Pipipipi and Miu Watanabe in a tag team match.[7] At TJPW 10 Vs. 10 - Red And White Winning Match on April 3, 2020, Noa competed in a twenty-woman tag team gauntlet match in which she teamed up with Haruka Neko, Mina Shirakawa, Mirai Maiumi, Miu Watanabe, Miyu Yamashita, Mizuki, Rika Tatsumi, Yuki Aino and Yuki Kamifuku as "Team White" to defeat "Team Red" (Hyper Misao, Mahiro Kiryu, Maki Itoh, Nodoka Tenma, Pom Harajuku, Raku, Sena Shiori, Shoko Nakajima, Suzume and Yuna Manase).[8] on November 7, 2020, at TJPW's Wrestle Princess I, Noa unsuccessfully faced Yuki Kamifuku in the finals of a for the vacant International Princess Championship after she defeated Pom Harajuku and Mirai Maiumi in the previous phases.[9]

On May 4, 2021, Noa defeated Kamifuku to win the International Princess Championship.[10] On June 17, Noa had her first successful title defense by defeating Marika Kobashi.[11] On January 4, 2022, at TJPW's Tokyo Joshi Pro '22, Noa lost her title to Maki Itoh, ending her reign at 245 days.[12] On October 9, at Wrestle Princess IV, Noa alongside Nao Kakuta defeated Toyo Mates (Mahiro Kiryu and Yuki Kamifuku) to win the vacant Princess Tag Team Championship.[13]

Championships and accomplishments

References
  1. Saalbach, Axel. "Hikari Noa • General Information". wrestlingdata.com. Retrieved November 25, 2021.
  2. Kreikenbohm, Philip. "Hikari Noa/Career Data". cagematch.de (in German). Retrieved November 25, 2021.
  3. Internet Wrestling Database (IWD). "Hikari Noa Profile & Match Listing". profightdb.com. Retrieved November 25, 2021.
  4. Pro Wrestling Noah (June 6, 2021). 2021年06月06日 （日） CyberFight Festival 2021｜サイバーファイトフェスティバル2021. noah.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved June 6, 2021.
  5. DDT Pro Wrestling (October 31, 2021). "DDT ProWrestling" 路上プロレス in 東京ドーム RETURNS～500万円争奪 DDT TOKYO DOME CUP～. ddtpro.com (in Japanese). Retrieved December 26, 2021.
  6. DDT Pro-Wrestling (August 21, 2021). "WRESTLE PETER PAN 2021". ddtpro.com (in Japanese). Retrieved August 21, 2021.
  7. DDT Pro Wrestling (January 4, 2018). "DDT ProWrestling" 東京女子プロレス’18. ddtpro.com (in Japanese). Retrieved November 25, 2021.
  8. DDT Pro Wrestling (April 3, 2020). "DDT ProWrestling" ジンギスカン霧島 presents 紅白勝ち抜き戦. ddtpro.com (in Japanese). Retrieved November 25, 2021.
  9. DDT Pro Wrestling (November 7, 2020). "DDT ProWrestling" WRESTLE PRINCESS. ddtpro.com (in Japanese). Retrieved November 25, 2021.
  10. YES！ WONDERLAND 2021～僕らはまだ夢の途中～. DDT Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). May 4, 2021. Archived from the original on May 4, 2021. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
  11. Additional attack. DDT Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). June 17, 2021. Archived from the original on April 19, 2023. Retrieved August 19, 2023.
  12. 東京女子プロレス'22. DDT Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). January 4, 2022. Archived from the original on April 14, 2023. Retrieved August 19, 2023.
  13. Brown, Jeff (October 9, 2023). "TJPW Wrestle Princess IV Results and Review 10.9.23". Monthly Puroresu. Archived from the original on October 22, 2023. Retrieved October 24, 2023.
  14. WrestlingTravel (October 28, 2021). "Pro Wrestling Illustrated Women's 150 2021 List in Full". wrestlingtravel.com. Retrieved November 3, 2021.
  15. Wrestling-Titles (April 5, 2021). "International Princess Title". wrestling-titles.com. Retrieved November 25, 2021.
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