Hikari Noa

Hikari Noa
Noa in November 2021
Born	(1998-02-18) February 18, 1998 (age 26)[1] Hokkaido, Japan
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)	Hikari Hikari Noa
Billed height	153 cm (5 ft 0 in)[2]
Trained by	Makoto Oishi
Debut	2018
Retired	2024

Hikari Noa (乃蒼ヒカリ, Noa Hikari) is a Japanese professional wrestler, formerly with Japanese professional wrestling promotion Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling, where she was an International Princess Champion and a Princess Tag Team Champion.^[3]

Professional wrestling career

Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling (2018–2024)

Noa made her professional wrestling debut at TJPW Tokyo Joshi Pro '18 , an event promoted by Tokyo Joshi Pro-Wrestling (TJPW) on January 4, 2018 where she teamed up with Raku as "Up Up Girls" in a losing effort against stablemates Pinano Pipipipi and Miu Watanabe in a tag team match.^[4] At TJPW 10 Vs. 10 - Red And White Winning Match on April 3, 2020, Noa competed in a twenty-woman tag team gauntlet match in which she teamed up with Haruka Neko, Mina Shirakawa, Mirai Maiumi, Miu Watanabe, Miyu Yamashita, Mizuki, Rika Tatsumi, Yuki Aino and Yuki Kamifuku as "Team White" to defeat "Team Red" (Hyper Misao, Mahiro Kiryu, Maki Itoh, Nodoka Tenma, Pom Harajuku, Raku, Sena Shiori, Shoko Nakajima, Suzume and Yuna Manase).^[5] on November 7, 2020, at TJPW's Wrestle Princess I, Noa unsuccessfully faced Yuki Kamifuku in the finals for the vacant International Princess Championship after she defeated Pom Harajuku and Mirai Maiumi in the previous phases.^[6]

On May 4, 2021, Noa defeated Kamifuku to win the International Princess Championship.^[7] On June 17, Noa had her first successful title defense by defeating Marika Kobashi.^[8] On January 4, 2022, at TJPW's Tokyo Joshi Pro '22, Noa lost her title to Maki Itoh, ending her reign at 245 days.^[9] On October 9, at Wrestle Princess IV, Noa alongside Nao Kakuta defeated Toyo Mates (Mahiro Kiryu and Yuki Kamifuku) to win the vacant Princess Tag Team Championship.^[10] On December 30th, it was announced on a press conference that Noa would be taking time off due to an illness and relinquished the championships. On February 20th, DDT announced that Noa would be taking time off indefinitely. This ultimately lead to her sudden departure from TJPW, and the Up Up Girls group she was in, on May 19, 2024.^[11]

DDT Pro Wrestling (2018–2024)

Due to Tokyo Joshi Pro-Wrestling being the sister promotion of DDT, Noa is known for her sporadic appearances in the latter federation. At DDT Street Wrestling In Tokyo Dome Returns on October 31, 2021, she competed in a gauntlet tag team match where she teamed up with Hyper Misao to face the teams of The37Kamiina (Konosuke Takeshita, Mao, Shunma Katsumata and Yuki Ueno), Brahman Brothers (Brahman Kei and Brahman Shu), Chris Brookes and Gorgeous Matsuno, 121000000 (Maki Ito and Miyu Yamashita), Pheromones (Danshoku Dino, Yuki Iino and Yumehito Imanari) and Tetsuya Endo, and Kazuki Hirata, Kazusada Higuchi, Kouzi and Shinya Aoki.^[12]

Noa is also known for competing in various of DDT's signature events. As for the DDT Peter Pan branch of events, she made her first appearance at Wrestle Peter Pan 2021 on August 21 where she teamed up with Kuro-chan, Super Sasadango Machine and Tetsuhiro Kuroda in a losing effort against Atsushi Onita, Sanshiro Takagi, Akito and Maki Itoh as a result of an Electric Current Explosion eight-person Deathmatch.^[13]

Independent circuit (2019–2024)

At CyberFight Festival 2021, a cross-over event promoted by TJPW in partnership with DDT Pro Wrestling and Pro Wrestling Noah on June 6, Noa teamed up with Mizuki and Yuki Arai in a losing effort against Saitama Itoh Respect Army (Maki Itoh, Yuki Kamifuku and Marika Kobashi).^[14]

Championships and accomplishments

• Pro Wrestling Illustrated
  • Ranked No. 109 of the top 150 female singles wrestlers in the PWI Women's 150 in 2021^[15]
  • Ranked No. 88 of the top 100 tag teams in the PWI Tag Team 100 of 2023 with Nao Kakuta^[16]
• Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling
  • International Princess Championship (1 time)^[7][17]
  • Princess Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Nao Kakuta^[10]

References

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2. Kreikenbohm, Philip. "Hikari Noa/Career Data". cagematch.de (in German). Retrieved November 25, 2021.
3. Internet Wrestling Database (IWD). "Hikari Noa Profile & Match Listing". profightdb.com. Retrieved November 25, 2021.
4. DDT Pro Wrestling (January 4, 2018). "DDT ProWrestling" 東京女子プロレス’18. ddtpro.com (in Japanese). Retrieved November 25, 2021.
5. DDT Pro Wrestling (April 3, 2020). "DDT ProWrestling" ジンギスカン霧島 presents 紅白勝ち抜き戦. ddtpro.com (in Japanese). Retrieved November 25, 2021.
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10. Brown, Jeff (October 9, 2023). "TJPW Wrestle Princess IV Results and Review 10.9.23". Monthly Puroresu. Archived from the original on October 22, 2023. Retrieved October 24, 2023.
11. DDT Pro Wrestling (May 19, 2024). "DDT ProWrestling" 乃蒼ヒカリに関するお知らせ. ddtpro.com (in Japanese). Retrieved May 19, 2024.
12. DDT Pro Wrestling (October 31, 2021). "DDT ProWrestling" 路上プロレス in 東京ドーム RETURNS～500万円争奪 DDT TOKYO DOME CUP～. ddtpro.com (in Japanese). Retrieved December 26, 2021.
13. DDT Pro-Wrestling (August 21, 2021). "WRESTLE PETER PAN 2021". ddtpro.com (in Japanese). Retrieved August 21, 2021.
14. Pro Wrestling Noah (June 6, 2021). 2021年06月06日 （日） CyberFight Festival 2021｜サイバーファイトフェスティバル2021. noah.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved June 6, 2021.
15. WrestlingTravel (October 28, 2021). "Pro Wrestling Illustrated Women's 150 2021 List in Full". wrestlingtravel.com. Retrieved November 3, 2021.
16. "PWI Tag Team 100 2023 Full List". wrestlingtravel.com. Wrestling Travel. 22 November 2023. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
17. Wrestling-Titles (April 5, 2021). "International Princess Title". wrestling-titles.com. Retrieved November 25, 2021.