高橋奈苗
On October 11, 2008, Fuka made her debut for Dragon Gate, defeating "Hollywood" Stalker Ichikawa in back-to-back intergender singles matches. As a freelancer, Fuka also made appearances for several "joshi" promotions, including Ibuki, Ice Ribbon, JWP Joshi Puroresu, and Sendai Girls' Pro Wrestling. Fuka celebrated her fifth anniversary in professional wrestling on February 22, 2009, with "Fuka Matsuri 7", which saw her and Nanae Takahashi defeat Haruka Matsuo and Yoshiko Tamura in the main event tag team match.