Manami Toyota

Manami Toyota (March 2, 1971) is a Japanese former professional wrestler best known for her work with the All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling (AJW) wrestling promotion. Following AJW's closure she has continued to work in other joshi promotions such as Gaea and NEO. Toyota is a member of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame. On March 17, 2017 Manami announced she will be retiring on November 3, 2017 with her final match at a special thirty-anniversary show in Japan.
== Career ==
==In wrestling==
*Finishing moves
**Japanese Ocean Bomb (Straight jacket reverse powerbomb)
**Japanese Ocean Cyclone Suplex (Straight jacket electric chair suplex pin) – Innovated
**Japanese Ocean Queen Bee Bomb (Cut-throat scoop brainbuster)
**Japanese Ocean Suplex (Double hammerlock bridging German suplex)
**Victory Star Drop (Top rope bodyscissors back flip into a back-to-back kneeling piledriver) – Innovated
*Signature moves
**Bridging underhook suplex
**Leg trap sunset flip powerbomb, sometimes from the top rope
**Manami Roll (Modified victory roll, as a Powerbomb counter)
**Missile dropkick, sometimes to an opponent on the outside
**Moonsault
**No-handed springboard somersault plancha
**Rolling leg-hook cradle
*Nicknames
**"Flying Angel"
==Championships and accomplishments==
*All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling
**AJW Championship (1 time)
**All Pacific Championship (2 times)
**IWA World Women's Championship (1 time)
**WWWA World Heavyweight Championship (4 times)
**WWWA World Tag Team Championship (3 times) – with Toshiyo Yamada (2), and Mima Shimoda (1)
**Japan Grand Prix (1990, 1995, 1998, 1999)
**Tag League the Best (1993) – with Akira Hokuto
**Tag League the Best (1994) – with Takako Inoue
**Tag League the Best (1996) – with Rie Tamada
**Tag League the Best (1999) – with Miho Wakizawa
**Tag League the Best (2001) – with Yumiko Hotta
*Gaea Japan
**AAAW Single Championship (1 time)
**AAAW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Carlos Amano
*JWP Joshi Puroresu
**JWP Openweight Championship (1 time)
**JWP Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Kaoru Ito
*Oz Academy
**Oz Academy Openweight Championship (1 time)
**Oz Academy Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Carlos Amano
*Universal Wrestling Association
**UWA World Women's Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Toshiyo Yamada
*World Woman Pro-Wrestling Diana
**WWWD World Single Championship (1 time)
*Wrestling Observer Newsletter
**5 Star Match (1992) vs. Toshiyo Yamada on August 15
** 5 Star Match (1993) with Toshiyo Yamada vs. Dynamite Kansai and Mayumi Ozaki on April 11
** 5 Star Match (1993) with Toshiyo Yamada vs. Dynamite Kansai and Mayumi Ozakii on December 6
** 5 Star Match (1994) vs. Aja Kong on November 20
** 5 Star Match (1995) vs. Aja Kong on March 26
** 5 Star Match (1995) vs. Kyoko Inoue on May 7
** 5 Star Match (1995) with Sakie Hasegawa vs. Kyoko Inoue and Takako Inoue on August 30
** 5 Star Match (1995) vs. Akira Hokuto on September 2
** Match of the Year (1993) with Toshiyo Yamada vs. Dynamite Kansai and Mayumi Ozaki on April 11
**Match of the Year (1995) vs. Kyoko Inoue on May 7, Tokyo, Japan
**Most Outstanding Wrestler (1995)
**Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame (Class of 2002)
==External links==
* Profile
* Profile
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