Yuhi

Yuhi (夕陽) is a Japanese retired professional wrestler.

With a six-year sports background in dancing and two years in acrobatics, Yuhi enrolled in the Bukuro Gym in 2009 to begin training kickboxing under Satoshi Kobayashi.

While there, she met professional wrestler Ikuto Hidaka, who was impressed by her, but did not have his own dojo at the time.

In February 2011, Kobayashi left Bukuro Gym to form the Norainu Dojo in collaboration with professional wrestling promotion Pro Wrestling Zero1.

Yuhi followed Kobayashi to Norainu Dojo, where she continued her kickboxing training, but also began training professional wrestling mainly under Hidaka, but also guest trainers like Nanae Takahashi and Natsuki☆Taiyo, while also continuing her high school studies at Senior High School at Sakado, University of Tsukuba.

On April 14, Zero1 revealed that the promotion had recruited World Wonder Ring Stardom representative and Tokyo Sports' 2011 joshi wrestler of the year, Yuzuki Aikawa, to serve as Yuhi's debut opponent.

Ten days later, Yuhi made her debut at a Pro Wrestling Zero1 event in Tokyo's Korakuen Hall, losing to Aikawa.

On April 28, Yuhi was defeated by freelancer Hiroyo Matsumoto at a small outdoor event in her hometown of Asaka, Saitama.

She was trained in not only professional wrestling, but also kickboxing, by Ikuto Hidaka and Satoshi Kobayashi at the Pro Wrestling Zero1 Norainu Dojo and made her debut on April 24, 2012, against Yuzuki Aikawa.

She remained affiliated with Zero1 for her entire career, but, due to the low number of women's matches held by the promotion, spent most of her time working with the World Wonder Ring Stardom promotion, where she won the Rookie of Stardom tournament in December 2012 and her first professional wrestling title, the Artist of Stardom Championship, in June 2013.

On January 21, 2012, Zero1 presented Yuhi to the public and announced she was almost ready to make her professional wrestling debut.

It was announced that she would be performing under her real given name Yuhi, which is Japanese for "sunset"; by coincidence Hidaka had previously run a women's wrestling promotion named Pro Wrestling Sun.

On May 3, 2012, Yuhi made her first appearance outside of Zero1, when she made her debut for women's wrestling promotion World Wonder Ring Stardom, losing to Io Shirai in a singles match.

Yuhi and Hiroyo Matsumoto had a rematch at a larger Zero1 event in Korakuen Hall on May 16, where Matsumoto once again was victorious.

On May 20, Yuhi returned to Stardom, wrestling Arisa Hoshiki to a fifteen-minute time limit draw in a main event "draft match".

After the match, all of Stardom's stables; Io Shirai's Planet, Nanae Takahashi's Nanae Gundan, Natsuki☆Taiyo's Kawasaki Katsushika Saikyou Densetsu Plus One, and Yuzuki Aikawa's Zenryoku Joshi, entered the ring in an attempt to convince Yuhi to join them.

Eventually, Yuhi chose to join Zenryoku Joshi, which also included Kairi Hojo, Saki Kashima and Yoko Bito, and was two weeks later also joined by old associate Hiroyo Matsumoto.

Due to the complete lack of other female wrestlers in Zero1, this effectively made Stardom Yuhi's new home promotion, though she was still billed as a Zero1 Norainu Dojo representative.

On June 10, 2012, Yuhi won her first match, when she and Kairi Hojo defeated Eri Susa and Yuuri Haruka, though she did not score the deciding pinfall.

On July 8, Yuhi faced World of Stardom Champion Nanae Takahashi in a losing effort in a non-title match.

She finally picked up her first direct win on July 22 by pinning Yuuri Haruka in a Stardom Rumble to earn a spot in the upcoming 2012 5Star Grand Prix.

Yuhi entered the tournament on August 19, losing to Yoshiko in her first round-robin match.

She then continued the tournament, defeating Act Yasukawa on August 26, losing to Nanae Takahashi on September 2, wrestling Io Shirai to a fifteen-minute time limit draw on September 17, and losing to eventual tournament winner Yuzuki Aikawa on September 30, as a result, failing to advance from her block.

While the tournament was still ongoing, Yuhi took part in the independent Joshi 4 Hope IV event on October 7, defeating American wrestler Veda Scott in a singles match.

On October 20, Yuhi returned to Zero1, facing Oz Academy representative Aja Kong in a losing effort.

On October 27, Yuhi and Aikawa entered the 2012 Goddesses of Stardom Tag League, contested for the vacant Goddess of Stardom Championship.

In their first round-robin match, the team, billed as "Y Dash", defeated Eri Susa and Nozomi.

On November 6, Yuhi returned to Zero1 taking part in an all Stardom tag team match, where she and Kairi Hojo defeated Mayu Iwatani and Natsumi Showzuki.

Y Dash continued their Goddesses of Stardom Tag League on November 11 with a win over Thunder Rock (Io Shirai and Mayu Iwatani), but a loss to Kawasaki Katsushika Saikyou Densetsu (Natsuki☆Taiyo and Yoshiko) on November 25 meant that they narrowly failed to qualify for the finals of the tournament.

On December 9, Yuhi entered the second annual Rookie of Stardom tournament.

After defeating Zenryoku Joshi stablemate Kairi Hojo in her first round match, she won the tournament by defeating Act Yasukawa in the finals.

In a post-match victory speech, Yuhi made a challenge for the Goddess of Stardom Championship on December 24, but as Yuzuki Aikawa was already booked for the event, she chose Hiroyo Matsumoto, whom she referred to as her "older sister" and Zero1 training partner, as her new partner.

On December 24, Yuhi and Matsumoto were defeated in their title match by the defending champions, Natsuki☆Taiyo and Yoshiko.

Yuhi wrestled her first match of 2013 back in Zero1 on January 1, losing to Sendai Girls' Pro Wrestling representative Meiko Satomura in a singles match.

After Yuzuki Aikawa had announced her upcoming retirement from professional wrestling, she disbanded Zenryoku Joshi on January 14, 2013.

In her final match as a representative of the stable, Yuhi was defeated by Hailey Hatred in a singles match.

On January 25, Yuhi made her debut under a mask as "Sunset☆JK", losing to "Masked Hiroyon", the masked Hiroyo Matsumoto, at a Zero1 event.

On March 31, Yuhi teamed with Mayu Iwatani in a tag team match, where they were defeated by Kawasaki Katsushika Saikyou Densetsu representatives Natsuki☆Taiyo and Yoshiko.

After the match, Yuhi made a challenge for Taiyo's High Speed Championship, which was promptly accepted by the champion.

Yuhi retired from professional wrestling in March 2014, coinciding with her high school graduation.