Hikaru Shida
Japanese professional wrestler and actress
Hikaru Shida (志田 光, Shida Hikaru; born June 11, 1988) is a Japanese professional wrestler, martial artist, actress, and model. As a wrestler, she has been signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) since April 2019. She also wrestles for AEW's sister promotion Ring of Honor (ROH) and for the Japanese promotions Oz Academy and Pro Wrestling Wave.
Shida started her professional wrestling career in 2008, when she joined the Ice Ribbon promotion, after taking part in a film titled Three Count, set in the world of professional wrestling. She remained with the promotion until 2014, becoming a one-time ICE×60 Champion and five-time International Ribbon Tag Team Champion. Shida has also held the Wave Single Championship twice, the Oz Academy Tag Team Championship, and the Sendai Girls Tag Team Championship. She joined AEW as one of its original female wrestlers in April 2019 where she is a one-time AEW TBS Champion and a three-time AEW Women's World Champion; her first reign is the longest in the championship’s history at 372 days, her second reign is also shortest in the championship’s history, at 25 days.
Early life
In her childhood, Shida practiced both judo and kendo, reaching third-dan in the latter. She later embarked on a career as an actress, most notably working on the television series Muscle Venus, forming an idol group with fellow cast members Hina Kozuki, Ichiko Mayu, Miyako Matsumoto, Sachiko Koga, Tomoyo Morihisa, Tsukasa Fujimoto, Yuki Ueda and Yuri Natsume. In 2009, Shida was cast in the leading role in a film titled Three Count, set in the world of professional wrestling and also starring veteran professional wrestlers Emi Sakura, Kyoko Inoue and Yoshiko Tamura.
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