Ayako Hamada
Ring name(s)	Ayako Hamada[1] Arisin Z[1] Dokron Z[1] Hamada[1]
Billed height	5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)[2]
Billed weight	143 lb (65 kg; 10.2 st)[2]
Born	February 14, 1981 (1981-02-14) (age 28)[2] Mexico City, Mexico[2]
Billed from	Tokyo, Japan (TNA)
Trained by	Aja Kong[1] Mariko Yoshida[3] Gran Hamada[1] Gran Apache[3]
Debut	August 9, 1998[1]
Website	AyakoHamada.com

Ayako Valentina Hamada Villareal (浜田 文子, Hamada Ayako^?)^[1] (born February 14, 1981)^[2] is a female professional wrestler of mixed Japanese and Mexican descent, currently wrestling in the United States for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling as Hamada. She is best known for winning several notable titles in Japanese women's pro wrestling, including both the WWWA World Heavyweight Championship and AAAW Singles Championship in the early 2000s. She is a second generation wrestler, as her father is Gran Hamada.^[4] Her older sister Xóchitl Hamada is also a professional wrestler.

Contents 1 Career 1.1 Japan and Mexico 1.2 Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2009–present) 1.3 Shimmer Women Athletes (2009–present) 2 In wrestling 3 Championships and accomplishments 3.1 Lucha de Apuesta record 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Career

[edit] Japan and Mexico

Ayako Hamada debuted at the age of seventeen against Candy Okutsu on August 9, 1998 for the ARSION promotion.^[4] She received an immediate push and won her first title, the Twinstar of ARSION tag belts with Mika Akino, on June 30, 1999, less than one year after her debut. She won the QUEEN of ARSION from Aja Kong on December 3, 2000.

After leaving ARSION in 2001,^[4] she has won numerous women's titles in several Japanese and Mexican promotions, including the WWWA World Heavyweight Championship from Momoe Nakanishi on May 11, 2003 and the AAAW Singles Championship from Dynamite Kansai on January 11, 2004, just one week after she had lost the WWWA title to Amazing Kong. From 2005 to 2006 Hamada performed in HUSTLE under the names Arisin Z and Dokron Z, before becoming affiliated with the Kaoru Ito Dojo^[5].

Hamada was a regular for AAA in Mexico, for most of 2007 and 2008. On November 30, 2007, she and Mr. Niebla were involved in four-way mixed tag team match with Billy Boy & Fabi Apache, Espiritu & La Diabólica and Gran & Mari Apache for the vacant AAA World Mixed Tag Team Championship.^[6] In November 2008, she left the promotion to join Martha Villalobos's wrestling school, where she worked as a trainer.

[edit] Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2009–present)

On April 8, 2009, it was announced at a press conference that the April 19 Ito Dojo show would be Ayako Hamada's final match in Japan as she had signed with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling.^[7] On August 6, 2009, Jeremy Borash announced on his Twitter page that Hamada would be starting with the company after the Hard Justice pay-per-view.^[8] On the August 27 edition of Impact! Hamada made her debut as a face defeating Daffney in a No Disqualification match.^[9] The following week on Impact! she and Sojo Bolt were eliminated in the first round of the Knockout Tag Team Championship tournament by Tara and Christy Hemme, with Hamada afterwards hitting Bolt with the Hamada Driver.^[10] On the September 24 edition of Impact! she was assaulted by Alissa Flash while giving an interview. Flash proceeded to throw Hamada down some stairs, sparking a feud between the two.^[11] On the October 15 edition of Impact! Hamada defeated Flash in a Falls Count Anywhere match.^[12] On the November 19 and December 3 editions of Impact! Hamada beat Taylor Wilde and then Sarita, the Knockout Tag Team Champions, with the Hamada Driver.^[13][14] On the December 10 edition of Impact!, Hamada was granted a TNA Global Championship shot by Kevin Nash, who was in charge for the evening. The champion, Eric Young, claimed that his group of foreign wrestlers, named World Elite, had been eyeing Hamada for some time and that this would be her initiation match. Though Hamada dominated the match, Young was able to retain his title by pinning her with his feet on the ropes.^[15]

[edit] Shimmer Women Athletes (2009–present)

On November 8, 2009, Hamada made her debut under her full name for Chicago based all female wrestling promotion Shimmer Women Athletes, defeating Mercedes Martinez in a match taped for Volume 27 and losing to Sara Del Rey in a match taped for Volume 28.^[16]

[edit] In wrestling

• Finishing moves
  • AP Cross (Fisherman driver)^[1]
  • Hama-Chan Cutter (Elevated cutter) – adopted from her father^[2]
  • Hamada Driver (Sitout scoop slam piledriver)^[17] – TNA
  • La Ayakita (Wrist-lock with neckscissors)^[2]
  • La Ayakita 2000 (Catapult transitioned into an Indian deathlock surfboard)^[2]

• Signature moves
  • High angle belly to back suplex^[18]
  • Jumping DDT^[19]
  • Moonsault,^[1] sometimes while springboarding to the outside^[3]
  • Running somersault senton onto a standing opponent^[12]
  • Sitout powerbomb^[1]
  • Spinning heel kick^[2][12]
  • Superkick^[19]

[edit] Championships and accomplishments

• All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling

• WWWA World Heavyweight Championship (2 times)^[20]

• ARSION

• Twinstar of ARSION (2 times) – with Mika Akino (1), Michiko Omukai (1)^[21]
• Skyhigh of ARSION (1 time)^[3]
• QUEEN of ARSION (1 time)^[3]
• P*MIX Grand Prix (2000) – with Gran Hamada

• GAEA Japan

• AAAW Singles Championship (1 time)^[22]
• AAAW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Meiko Satomura^[23]

• Grupo Internacional Revolucion

• IWRG Women's Championship (1 time)^[24]

• NEO Japan

• NEO Japan Tag Team Championship (1 time) – Kaoru Itoh^[25]

• Universal Wrestling Association

• UWA World Women's Championship (1 time)^[26]

• World Wrestling Association

• WWA World Women's Championship (1 time)^[27][28]

[edit] Lucha de Apuesta record

Wager	Winner	Loser	Location	Date	Notes
Hair	Ayako Hamada	Xóchitl Hamada	Tokyo, Japan	02000-12-24 December 24, 2000

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official site, mostly in Japanese
• AAA Profile (In Spanish)

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Persondata
NAME	Hamada, Ayako
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Villareal, Ayako Valentina Hamada (full name)
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Japanese professional wrestler
DATE OF BIRTH	February 14, 1981
PLACE OF BIRTH	Mexico City
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH