Hisako Uno Sasaki (born July 13, 1967) is a former professional wrestler better known as Akira Hokuto. She is married to wrestler Kensuke Sasaki. She was an incredibly tough wrestler, sustaining several severe injuries during her career. She is considered by some to be the best female wrestler in the history of All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling never to have won the WWWA World Heavyweight Championship. Image File history File links Power_Warrior. ... Kensuke Sasaki is a Japanese professional wrestler who currently wrestles for various promotions through his own agency, such as All Japan Pro Wrestling. ... is the 194th day of the year (195th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. ... All Japan Womens Pro-Wrestling (全日本女子プロレス, Zennihon Joshi Puroresu), nicknamed Zenjo (全女: 全 meaning All, 女 meaning Woman) is a joshi puroresu (womens professional wrestling) promotion established in 1968 by Takashi Matsunaga and his brothers. ... May 28 is the 148th day of the year (149th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar). ... April 7 is the 97th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (98th in leap years). ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... Meiko Satomura is a female professional wrestler. ... Ayako Hamada (full name Ayako Valentina Hamada Villareal) is a female professional wrestler of mixed Japanese and Mexican descent. ... Chigusa Nagayo(長与千種) is a female Professional Wrestler best known for her popularity in the 1980s for her tag team The Crush Gals with partner Lioness Asuka. ... is the 194th day of the year (195th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. ... ... Kensuke Sasaki is a Japanese professional wrestler who currently wrestles for various promotions through his own agency, such as All Japan Pro Wrestling. ... All Japan Womens Pro-Wrestling (全日本女子プロレス, Zennihon Joshi Puroresu), nicknamed Zenjo (全女: 全 meaning All, 女 meaning Woman) is a joshi puroresu (womens professional wrestling) promotion established in 1968 by Takashi Matsunaga and his brothers. ... The WWWA World Heavyweight Championship was the top singles championship in All Japan Womens Pro-Wrestling from 1970 until it closed in 2005. ...

Career

Born Hisako Uno, Hokuto became a professional wrestler in the wake of the enormous popularity of tag team the Crush Gals (Chigusa Nagayo and Lioness Asuka). Debuting for All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling (AJW) shortly before her eighteenth birthday, Hokuto immediately stood out from the crowd, winning AJW's Rookie of the Year award for 1985 ^[3]. The next year, she won the AJW Junior Championship, and participated in AJW's Match of the Year, paired with Yukari Omari in a losing effort against Chigusa Nagayo and Yumiko Hotta in the final of the annual Tag League Tournament. Chigusa Nagayo(長与千種) is a female Professional Wrestler best known for her popularity in the 1980s for her tag team The Crush Gals with partner Lioness Asuka. ... Lioness Asuka is a Japanese professional wrestler. ... All Japan Womens Pro-Wrestling (全日本女子プロレス, Zennihon Joshi Puroresu), nicknamed Zenjo (全女: 全 meaning All, 女 meaning Woman) is a joshi puroresu (womens professional wrestling) promotion established in 1968 by Takashi Matsunaga and his brothers. ...

In 1987, her star still rising, Hokuto won the AJW's top tag team belt, the WWWA World Tag Team Championship paired with Yumiko Hotta. Twelve days later, however, the two lost the titles to the Red Typhoons (Kazue Nagahori and Yumi Ogura) in a two out of three falls match. During the finish of the second fall, Hokuto took a tombstone piledriver off the top rope and broke her neck. Incredibly, she wrestled the entirety of the third fall holding her head in place with her hands. This gained Hokuto a reputation for toughness ^[3] . A professional wrestling tag-team consists of two or occasionally three wrestlers who are working together as a team. ... The World Womens Wrestling Association (WWWA) World Tag Team Championship was the top doubles championship in All Japan Womens Pro-Wrestling (AJW) from 1970 until it closed in 2005. ... In professional wrestling, a two out of three falls match, or a best of three falls match, is a series of matches (often between two wrestlers or two teams of wrestlers), in which wrestlers attempt to win the majority of matches. ... A piledriver is a professional wrestling driver move in which the wrestler grabs his/her opponent, turns him/her upside-down, and drops into a sitting or kneeling position, driving the opponents head into the mat. ...

After a year of recovery, Hokuto returned with a new persona. She had bleached her hair blonde, and now called herself Akira Hokuto, after popular wrestler Akira Maeda ^[4]. Teaming with Suzuka Minami as the Marine Wolves, she won the WWWA Tag Team belts twice more. Akira Maeda is a Korean Japanese professional wrestler, also known as Kwik-kik-Lee for his time on the British Wrestling show World of Sport . ...

In 1990, Hokuto was booked to win the Japan Grand Prix, AJW's annual tournament to determine the number one contender to the top singles belt, the WWWA World Heavyweight Championship. Tragically, she once again suffered a severe injury. During a Grand Prix match against Manami Toyota, Hokuto performed a plancha and crashed her knee into the ringside metal barrier. She tore open her knee, and was rendered unable to walk; nevertheless, she once again exhibited her famous toughness. Crying, she tied a bandage around her leg, pulled herself back into the ring, and attempted to continue the match. It was clearly impossible, however, and she was removed from the tournament ^[3][4]. Hokuto returned to singles competition during the early 1990s. She won the All Pacific Championship in 1991 and 1992, and sustained many more injuries. She earned the nickname 'the Mummy' since she so often came to the ring wrapped in bandages. The Japan Grand Prix was an annual professional wrestling tournament held by the promotion All Japan Womens Pro-Wrestling (AJW) to determine the number one contender for the promotions highest achievement, the WWWA World Heavyweight Championship. ... The WWWA World Heavyweight Championship was the top singles championship in All Japan Womens Pro-Wrestling from 1970 until it closed in 2005. ... Manami Toyota(豊田真奈美) is a professional wrestler best known for her work with the All Japan Womens Pro-Wrestling wrestling promotion. ... Aerial techniques are used in professional wrestling to show off the speed and agility of a wrestler. ... For the band, see 1990s (band). ... The All Pacific Womens Championship was the secondary singles title in the wrestling promotion All Japan Womens Pro-Wrestling, or AJW. The belt was started as the Hawaiian Pacific Championship in 1977, and was renamed the All Pacific Championship in 1978. ...

The year 1993 is considered by many to be the best year of her career. She feuded with Shinobu Kandori of the LLPW promotion during the inter-promotional period, where the major promotions active in women's wrestling in Japan at the time combined to run shows with dream match-ups that attracted some of the largest cards in history. At Dreamslam I on April 2, 1993, Hokuto defeated Kandori in an incredibly grueling and bloody match. This match was given a perfect five-star rating by Dave Meltzer ^[5] and is considered by some to be the greatest women's match in history ^[4]. is the 92nd day of the year (93rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ... David Allen Meltzer (born October 24, 1961) is the editor of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter (WON), a newsletter for the world of professional wrestling and mixed martial arts. ...

Hokuto was subsequently defeated by Kandori in a tag match at Dreamslam II nine days later and in a singles match in December of that year.Also in 1993 she won the Japan Grand Prix and was granted another shot at the WWWA Championship, against champion Aja Kong on October 9. Unfortunately, Hokuto was again injured in August of that year, and requested that the match be made a non-title match, since she felt wrestling in her injured state would insult the prestige of the belt ^[3]. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... is the 282nd day of the year (283rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

Later that year, having married Mexican wrestler Máscara Magica, Hokuto moved to Mexico. She continued her career in her new home, adopting the persona Reina Jabuki. On July 30, 1994, she defeated La Diabolica for the CMLL World Women's Championship, and carried it for over two years. Later that year, having divorced her first husband and returned to Japan, she defeated Aja Kong in the final of the interpromotional V*Top Woman Tournament, an event which drew a gate of 42,500 to the Tokyo Dome ^[3]. is the 211th day of the year (212th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar). ... The CMLL World Womens Championship is the top title for female wrestlers in the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Tokyo Dome Baseball at the Tokyo Dome The Tokyo Dome and the amusement park Tokyo Dome City Attractions. ...

She married Kensuke Sasaki on October 1, 1995 ^[4]. On November 26, 1995, Hokuto made her U.S. debut at the WCW World War 3 pay-per-view event. She teamed with Bull Nakano and defeated the team of Cutie Suzuki and Mayumi Ozaki. The same teams competed in a match on Monday Night Nitro the following night, with Hokuto and Nakano winning again ^[6] is the 274th day of the year (275th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full 1995 Gregorian calendar). ... is the 330th day of the year (331st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full 1995 Gregorian calendar). ... The World War 3 match was World Championship Wrestlings answer to the World Wrestling Federations Royal Rumble. ... Bull Nakano (born January 8, 1968 as Keiko Nakano) is a former professional wrestler. ... Mayumi Ozaki(尾崎魔弓) is a Japanese female professional wrestler. ... WCW Monday Nitro logo, 1999-2001. ...

In 1996, she left AJW and joined Chigusa Nagayo's new promotion, GAEA Japan. Hokuto and several other GAEA wrestlers, including Chigusa Nagayo, KAORU, Meiko Satomura, and Sonoko Kato, came to America to compete in a tournament to crown the first WCW Women's Champion ^[7]. Hokuto compted in the first round of the tournament twice, using both the Akira Hokuto and Reina Jabuki gimmicks. As Reina Jabuki, she lost in the first round to Madusa Miceli. As Akira Hokuto, she won the tournament, defeating Madusa in the finals, held at WCW's Starrcade on December 29, 1996 in Nashville, Tennessee ^[8]. Hokuto later defeated Madusa at WCW's Great American Bash on June 15, 1997, a match where Madusa was forced to 'retire' due to a stipulation ^[9]. This was the last time Hokuto ever appeared in WCW and the Women's Championship was apparently dropped, as it was never defended or mentioned again. GAEA Japan is a Japenese Professional Wrestling Promotion for women. ... Meiko Satomura is a female professional wrestler. ... The WCW Womens Championship was a short-lived title for the womens division in World Championship Wrestling. ... Debra Ann Miceli (born February 6, 1963 in Milan, Italy) better known as Madusa (shorthand for MADe in the USA) or Alundra Blayze, is a former professional wrestler for WCW and WWF. She has also recently driven the Madusa monster truck for Clear Channel Communications on Monster Jam and will... Starrcade was the primary supercard of the NWA and World Championship Wrestling from 1983-2000. ... is the 363rd day of the year (364th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... Nickname: Location in Davidson County and the state of Tennessee Coordinates: , Country United States State Tennessee Counties Davidson County Founded: 1779 Incorporated: 1806 Government  - Mayor Bill Purcell (D) Area  - City  526. ... The Great American Bash was an annual summer PPV in the NWAs Jim Crockett Promotions and then in WCW. After WCW was sold to WWE, WWE took over the promotion of the event. ... is the 166th day of the year (167th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the band, see 1997 (band). ...

Hokuto became pregnant in early 1998 and gave birth to her first son, Kennosuke on November 6, 1998 ^[3]. Unlike most Japanese women wrestlers, who retire when they marry and start a family, she returned to the ring in 1999 and won GAEA's AAAW Tag Team Championship in 2000 with Mayumi Ozaki. The year 2000 also saw her induction into the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame in recognition of her skill and contributions. is the 310th day of the year (311th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... The AAAW Tag Team Championship was a title in the GAEA Japan promotion. ... The Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame (WON HOF for short) is a professional wrestling hall of fame that exists only on paper. ...

For her retirement match on April 7, 2002, Hokuto teamed up with Meiko Satomura to face Ayako Hamada and Chigusa Nagayo. Hokuto was wrestling with a broken rib, but, just as she had done so many times before, she defied the pain, and scored the pin on Hamada with the Northern Lights Bomb. In the post-match retirement ceremony, some of Hokuto's colleagues entered the ring, gave her flowers, hugged her, and bowed to her. She even slapped a few of them, including Satomura, and Sakura Hirota (Slapping is considered a way to transfer part of her fighting spirit). This was followed by a ten-gong salute before Hokuto was showered with streamers. She then walked up the walkway where she was met by husband Kensuke Sasaki and their son. April 7 is the 97th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (98th in leap years). ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... Ayako Hamada (full name Ayako Valentina Hamada Villareal) is a female professional wrestler of mixed Japanese and Mexican descent. ... Chigusa Nagayo(長与千種) is a female Professional Wrestler best known for her popularity in the 1980s for her tag team The Crush Gals with partner Lioness Asuka. ...

After retirement

While retired from active competition, Hokuto has stayed busy raising her family, helping her husband Kensuke run his Kensuke Office promotion, and making occasional appearances on Japanese radio and television. Hokuto gave birth to her second son, Shinnosuke in March, 2003. In addition to their two biological children, Hokuto and Kensuke have formed a very strong, almost parental bond with Kensuke's protege Katsuhiko Nakajima. She has also made occasional wrestling-related appearances, including serving as the figurehead chief executive officer of Hawaii Championship Wrestling for a period of time during a Japan vs. Hawaii feud and becoming the first woman to appear in a match in All Japan Pro Wrestling, against Kendo Ka Shin, a match that Hokuto won in just 3 minutes with the aid of outside interference ^[4]. Kensuke Sasaki is a Japanese professional wrestler who currently wrestles for various promotions through his own agency, such as All Japan Pro Wrestling. ... Katsuhiko Nakajima , born March 11, 1988) is a Japanese professional wrestler, represented as a freelancer by Kensuke Office, owned by his mentor Kensuke Sasaki. ... A Chief Executive Officer (CEO), or Chief Executive, is the highest-ranking corporate officer, administrator, corporate administrator, executive, or executive officer, in charge of total management of a corporation, company, organization or agency. ... This is a list of professional wrestlers that wrestle in the Hawaii Championship Wrestling. ... Official language(s) English, Hawaiian Capital Honolulu Largest city Honolulu Area  Ranked 43rd  - Total 10,931 sq mi (29,311 km²)  - Width n/a miles (n/a km)  - Length 1,522 miles (2,450 km)  - % water 41. ... All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) (全日本プロレス, zen nihon puroresu) is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion established in 1972. ...

Kensuke Sasaki and Akira Hokuto were voted one of Japan's leading celebrity couples in 2006 ^[2]. Hokuto has also assisted her husband in various publicity and charitable activities in his position as Japan's Friendship Ambassador to Fiji for the year 2007 ^[10][11].

Finishing/Signature Moves

• Northern Lights Bomb (Scoop brainbuster)
• Dangerous Queen (DQ) Bomb
• Strangle Hold Gamma
• Spin kick
• Missile dropkick

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Previous Managers

• Sonny Onoo

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Championships and Accomplishments

• All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling

• AJW Junior Champion (1 time)
• All Pacific Champion (2 times)
• Japan Grand Prix (1993)
• WWWA World Tag Team Champion (4 times) - with Yumiko Hotta (1), Suzuka Minami (2), Mima Shimoda (1)

• Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre

• CMLL World Women's Champion (1 time)

• GAEA Japan

• AAAW Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Mayumi Ozaki

• World Championship Wrestling

• WCW Women's Champion (1 time)

• Wrestling Observer Newsletter

• member of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame (inducted in 2000)

• Inventor of the Northern Lights Bomb finishing move.

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Notable matches

Singles:

• 08/19/90 vs. Manami Toyota
• 01/04/91 vs. Bull Nakano
• 11/26/92 vs. Kyoko Inoue
• 04/02/93 vs. Shinobu Kandori
• 08/21/93 vs. Manami Toyota

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• 08/15/92 w/Toshiyo Yamada vs. Aja Kong/Bull Nakano
• 09/05/93 w/Suzuka Minami vs. Takako Inoue/Yumiko Hotta
• 12/10/93 w/Manami Toyota vs. Kyoko Inoue/Toshiyo Yamada (League Match)
• 12/10/93 w/Manami Toyota vs. Kyoko Inoue/Toshiyo Yamada (Finals)
• 03/27/94 w/Shinobu Kandori vs. Aja Kong/Bull Nakano

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Entrance Music

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References

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External links

• Biography of Hisako Uno Sasaki by Brian Westcott