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Shinobu Kandori
Born	(1964-10-30) October 30, 1964 (age 54) Yokohama, Japan
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)	Shinobu Kandori
Billed height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Billed weight	75 kg (165 lb)
Debut	1986

Shinobu Kandori

Medal record
Representing  Japan
Women's judo
World Championships
	1984 Vienna	-66 kg

Shinobu Kandori (神取 忍, Kandori Shinobu, born October 30, 1964) is a retired Japanese wrestler and now politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Yokohama, Kanagawa, she ran unsuccessfully for House of Councillors in 2004 but was allowed to join the house in 2006 when Heizo Takenaka, a member of the house, resigned.

As a professional wrestler she worked for several women's promotions from the 1980s to the 2000s, including Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling and its offshoot, Ladies' Legend Pro-Wrestling (LLPW), of which she became the president in 2002. She held several championships, including the LLPW Singles Championship in 1993 and 1997, and the WWWA World Single Championship in 1998.

During her career, Kandori also had some hardcore matches. On March 14, 1997, Kandori had a bloody deathmatch, where the ring ropes were replaced with barbed wire, against Megumi Kudo in FMW.

Professional wrestling career

Ladies Legend Pro Wrestling (1993–present)

Kandori made her debut for Ladies Legend Pro-Wrestling on January 15, 1993 by teaming up with Mikiko Futagami and losing to Eagle Sawai and Harley Saito. For the first couple of months, Kandori would mostly compete in tag team matches with Rumi Kazama, Miki Handa and Harley Saito. On August 29, Kandori defeated Harley Saito in the semi final of the LLPW Singles Championship Tournament and went on to defeat Eagle Sawai in the finals to become the LLPW Singles Champion. Kandori defended the championship twice against Eagle Sawai and eventually lost it to Noriyo Tateno on September 23, 1994. Kandori continued to wrestle for LLPW for the next few years with nothing of any note happening until June 20, 1996, when she teamed up with Karula and Rumi Kazama to lose to Carol Midori, Mikiko Futagami and Yasha Kurenai for the vacant LLPW Tag Team Championship. On November 8, 1997, Kandori defeated Eagle Sawai for her second LLPW Single Championship. On March 21, 1998, Kandori defeated Yumiko Hotta to become the WWWA World Single Champion and held the title for almost a year before losing it back to Hotta on March 10, 1999. Later in the year, Kandori lost the LLPW Single Championship to Harley Saito. In 2002, Kandori became the president of Ladies Legend Pro Wrestling. On January 25, 2004, Kandori and Takako Inoue defeated Amazing Kong and Eagle Sawai to become the LLPW Tag Team Champions and lost the titles on May 30 to Eiger and Sayuri Okino.

Mixed martial arts career

A former judoka, Kandori made her debut in the mixed martial arts as part of the Ultimate L-1 Tournament promoted by LLPW in 1995. She first faced kickboxer Liz Africano in the first round and defeated her with ease, taking her down and locking a rear naked choke on her overwhelmed opponent. Kandori then advanced to the second round, where she fought wrestler Fieni Klee. Although Klee sprawled to a takedown attempt and locked a guillotine choke, Shinobu was able to escape and take her back, winning by rear naked choke again. At the finals, Kandori's last opponent would be multiple judo medalist Svetlana Goundarenko, who outweighed Kandori by 100 lbs. Goundarenko pressed Shinobu against the fence to avoid her striking and attempted a hip throw, but Kandori blocked it. After a brief punch combo by Kandori, however, Svetlana finally took Shinobu down and overpowered her, locking a neck crank and making Kandori tap out.

In 1998, Kandori fought a rematch against Goundarenko, again in a LLPW event. Cornered by former sumo champion Koji Kitao, Shinobu showed an improved submission defense, while her opponent fought more cautiously. Goundarenko threw Shinobu with ura nage and tried to smother her from the back, but the pro wrestler escaped. Then, blocking a hip throw and a kata guruma attempt, Kandori took her back and closed a guillotine choke, forcing Goundarenko into submission for the win. Judging from visual proof, the fight is widely believed to be a work.^[1]

Kandori was expected to face Gabi Garcia on December 31, 2016, at Rizin Fighting Federation's year-end show in Saitama, Japan.^[2] However, a rib injury forced her to pull out of the fight. She was replaced by Yumiko Hotta.^[3] Kandori was set to face Garcia again on December 31, 2017, but this time the fight was canceled due to Garcia missing weight by 28 pounds (13 kg).^[4]

Championships and accomplishments

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  All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling
  
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    WWWA World Single Championship (1 time)
  
  


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  Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling
  
  
  
  • Pacific Coast Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Rumi Kazama
  
  
  • UWA World Women's Championship
  
  
  
  


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  Ladies Legend Pro-Wrestling
  
  
  
  • LLPW Singles Championship (2 times)
  
  
  • LLPW Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Takako Inoue
    
  
  
  
  


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  Tokyo Sports
  
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    Joshi Puroresu Grand Prize (1995, 1998)^[5]
    
  
  


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  Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards
  
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    5 Star Match (1993) vs. Akira Hokuto on April 2
    
  
  

Mixed martial arts record

Notes

References

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  政治家情報 〜神取 忍〜. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Retrieved 2007-11-10.
  

External links

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  Official website in Japanese.