Ayako Hamada Ayako Valentina Hamada Villareal ( February 14 , 1981 ) is a female professional wrestler of mixed Japan ese and Mexican descent . 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 , while also working from 2009 to 2010 for the American promotion Total Nonstop Action Wrestling , where she was a two – time TNA Knockout Tag Team Champion . She is a second generation wrestler , as her father is Gran Hamada . Her older sister Xóchitl Hamada is also a professional wrestler . Professional Wrestling Carrer . Japan and Mexico . Ayako Hamada , who was born and raised in Mexico , debuted at the age of seventeen against Candy Okutsu on August 9 , 1998 for the Japanese Arsion promotion . She received an immediate push and won her first title , the Twin Star of Arsion Championship with Mika Akino , on June 30 , 1999 , less than one year after her debut . She won the Queen of Arsion Championship from Aja Kong on December 3 , 2000 . After leaving Arsion in 2001 , she has won numerous women ' s titles in several Japanese and Mexican promotions , including the WWWA World Championship from Momoe Nakanishi on May 11 , 2003 and the AAAW Single 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 . 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 and Faby Apache , Espiritu and La Diabólica and Gran and Mari Apache for the vacant World Mixed Tag Team Championship . In November 2008 , she left the promotion to join Martha Villalobos ' s wrestling school , where she worked as a trainer . After returning to Japan from the United States in 2011 , Hamada began working regularly for the Pro Wrestling Wave promotion , where she aligned herself with the villainous Black Dahlia stable . On July 2 , 2012 , Hamada signed a contract to officially make Wave her new home promotion . On October 6 , 2013 , Hamada and her Las Aventureras tag team partner Yuu Yamagata won the 2013 Dual Shock Wave tournament . On October 30 , Hamada and Yamagata defeated the Classic Gals ( Cherry and Shuu Shibutani ) to win the Wave Tag Team Championship , Hamada ' s first title in Wave . Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ( 2009 - 2010 ) . On April 8 , 2009 , it was announced at a press conference that the April 19 Ito Dojo show would be Hamada ' s final match in Japan as she had signed with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling . 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 . On the August 27 edition of Impact ! , Hamada made her debut as a face defeating Daffney in a No Disqualification match . The following week on Impact ! she and Sojo Bolt were eliminated in the first round of the Knockouts Tag Team Championship tournament by Tara and Christy Hemme , with Hamada afterwards hitting Bolt with the Hamada Driver . 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 . On the October 15 edition of Impact ! Hamada defeated Flash in a Falls Count Anywhere match . On the November 19 and December 3 editions of Impact ! Hamada beat Taylor Wilde and then Sarita , the Knockouts Tag Team Champions , with the Hamada Driver . 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 . The following week Hamada and her new tag team partner Awesome Kong defeated Sarita and Wilde and the Beautiful People ( Madison Rayne and Velvet Sky ) in a three - way non - title tag team match . On the December 31 edition of Impact ! Hamada defeated Madison Rayne and Roxxi on her way to the finals of a # 1 contender ' s tournament , where she was defeated by ODB , after going through a table brought out by Awesome Kong . The following Monday on the live three hour edition of Impact ! Hamada and Kong defeated Sarita and Wilde to win the Knockouts Tag Team Championship . On March 1 Hamada ' s tag team partner Awesome Kong was reportedly released from TNA Wrestling , while the team still held the Knockouts Tag Team Championship . On the March 8 Monday night edition of Impact ! Hamada and Kong were stripped of the titles after allegedly failing to defend them in 30 days , even though in fact the team defended the titles just 21 days prior against Madison Rayne and Velvet Sky . After being off television for four months , Hamada returned on July 27 at the tapings of the August 5 edition of Impact ! , teaming with Taylor Wilde to defeat The Beautiful People ( Velvet Sky and Lacey Von Erich ) to win the TNA Knockouts Tag Team Championship for the second time . In October 2010 Hamada returned to Japan and shortly afterwards requested her release from TNA . After months of inactivity in TNA , it was reported on December 6 that the promotion had agreed to release Hamada and vacate her Knockouts Tag Team Championship . SHIMMER Women ' s 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 . On February 5 , 2010 , Shimmer announced that Hamada would be returning to the company on April 11 for the tapings of Volumes 31 and 32 . On Volume 31 she defeated Daizee Haze and on Volume 32 she was defeated in the main event by Cheerleader Melissa . Hamada returned to Shimmer on September 11 , 2010 , defeating Tomoka Nakagawa in a match taped for Volume 33 . Later that day on Volume 34 she was defeated by Jessie McKay in a three – way match , which also included Sara Del Rey . The following day Hamada defeated Shimmer Tag Team Champion Nicole Matthews on Volume 35 and then took part in an elimination tag team match on Volume 36 , where she , Ayumi Kurihara , Cheerleader Melissa and Serena Deeb defeated Daizee Haze , Madison Eagles , Sara Del Rey and Tomoka Nakagawa . On March 26 , 2011 , Hamada took part in the tapings of Volumes 37 and 38 , during which she defeated Jessie McKay and Ayumi Kurihara , respectively , in singles matches . The following day , after pinning Shimmer Champion Madison Eagles on Volume 39 in a tag team match , where she teamed with Cheerleader Melissa and Eagles with Sara Del Rey , Hamada was granted a shot at the Shimmer Championship . Later that day , at the tapings of Volume 40 , Hamada was unsuccessful in her attempt to win the title . On August 26 , 2011 , it was announced that Hamada would return to the promotion on their tapings for Volumes 41 to 44 on October 1 and 2 . On October 1 at the tapings of Volume 41 , Hamada and Ayumi Kurihara defeated Daizee Haze and Tomoka Nakagawa to win the Shimmer Tag Team Championship . Hamada and Kurihara made their first title defense later that same day on Volume 42 , defeating the Knight Dynasty ( Britani and Saraya Knight ) . The following day the duo made successful defenses against the teams of Madison Eagles and Sara Del Rey , and the Canadian NINJAs ( Nicole Matthews and Portia Perez ) . The team made their fourth defense of the title at a Joshi 4 Hope event in Tokyo on February 22 , 2012 , defeating former champions Hiroyo Matsumoto and Misaki Ohata . This was the first time the Shimmer Tag Team Championship was defended outside North America . Hamada returned to Shimmer on March 17 , when she and Kurihara successfully defended the Shimmer Tag Team Championship against Regeneration X ( Allison Danger and Leva Bates ) on Volume 45 . Hamada ' s and Kurihara ' s sixth successful title defense took place later that same day on Volume 46 , when they defeated Hailey Hatred and Kalamity . The following day on Volume 47 , Hamada and Kurihara successfully defended the title against the team of Leon and Ray . Later that day on Volume 48 , Hamada and Kurihara lost the title to Courtney Rush and Sara Del Rey in a four - way elimination match , which also included the Canadian NINJAs and Regeneration X . Hamada returned to Shimmer on October 27 , 2012 , when she defeated Kalamity on Volume 49 and Kana on Volume 50 . The following day on Volumes 51 and 52 , Hamada defeated Portia Perez and Athena , respectively , to finish her weekend with a clean record of four wins out of four matches . On April 6 , 2013 , Hamada took part in Shimmer ' s first internet pay - per - view , Volume 53 , where she was defeated by Athena . Other promotions ( 2010 - Present ) . On January 9 , 2010 , Hamada made her debut for Jersey All Pro Wrestling ' s Women ' s Division in a match , where she defeated Rachel Summerlyn . Later in the night she challenged Sara Del Rey to a match for the Women ' s Championship and Del Rey agreed to face her at any time and anywhere . In December 2011 , Hamada took part in American promotion Chikara ' s JoshiMania weekend , teaming with Cherry to defeat Mayumi Ozaki and Mio Shirai in her night one match on December 2 . The following day , Hamada was defeated by Aja Kong in the main event . On the third and final night of the tour , Hamada was defeated in another main event , this time by Sara Del Rey .