Mima Shimoda
On December 11, 2013, it was announced that Kaoru would be returning to the ring and wrestling her first match in three years on March 22, 2014, at an independent event produced by Chigusa Nagayo. In her return match, Kaoru teamed Dump Matsumoto and Yoshiko in a six-woman tag team match, where they were defeated by Nagayo, Kagetsu and Takumi Iroha. Later in the main event, Kaoru teamed with Ayako Hamada and Takako Inoue to defeat Meiko Satomura, Shinobu Kandori and Toshie Uematsu, pinning Uematsu for the win. On April 6, Kaoru returned to Pro Wrestling Wave, teaming with Yumi Ohka to defeat Kyoko Kimura and Shuu Shibutani in a main event tag team match. On April 25, Kaoru made her debut for Wrestling New Classic (WNC), the follow-up promotion to Smash, teaming with Crazy Mary in a tag team match, where they were defeated by Kyoko Kimura and Syuri. Four days later, Kaoru made her debut for the World Woman Pro-Wrestling Diana promotion, forming a new stable with Mima Shimoda and Takako Inoue and starting a three-way war with Yumiko Hotta's Bousou-gun and Kyoko Inoue's Seikigun stables. On May 6, Kaoru made her debut for Osaka Joshi Pro Wrestling, defeating Fairy Nipponbashi. On August 17, Kaoru returned to JWP Joshi Puroresu, where she teamed with Mima Shimoda to unsuccessfully challenge Command Bolshoi and Kyoko Kimura for the Daily Sports Women's Tag Team and JWP Tag Team Championships. On October 26, Kaoru and Shimoda defeated Kyoko Inoue and Tomoko Watanabe to win Diana's WWWD World Tag Team Championship. They lost the title to Jaguar Yokota and Sareee in their first defense on December 23.