Sareee

Sari Fujimura (藤村 沙里, Fujimura Sari, born March 31, 1996), known by her ring name Sareee is a Japanese professional wrestler currently signed to WWE.[2]

Sareee
Sareee in January 2020
Birth nameSari Fujimura (藤村 沙里, Fujimura Sari)
Born (1996-03-31) March 31, 1996[1]
Itabashi-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Sareee
Billed height158 cm (5 ft 2 in)[1]
Billed weight60 kg (132 lb)[1]
Trained byKyoko Hamaguchi
Kaoru Ito
Kyoko Inoue
DebutApril 17, 2011

Fujimura was trained by Kyoko Inoue and made her debut in April 2011 at the age of 15. Sareee worked for Diana for 6 years, before transferring to Seadlinnng in February 2017. After leaving Seadlinnng in September, she returned to Diana, where she competed until January 2020.

Career

World Woman Pro-Wrestling Diana (2011–2017)

Fujimura initially wanted to join NEO Japan Ladies Pro-Wrestling, but NEO fell apart on the year Fujimura graduated Middle-School and was able to join as a professional. Kyoko Inoue scouted and trained Fujimura after NEO promotion members separated in 2010 and was in midst of launching DIANA.[3] While training under Inoue, she also took some extra training in Animal Hamaguchi's dojo under Kyoko Hamaguchi.[3] She was originally set to make her debut on Diana's debut show on March 21, 2011, however, due to the effects of the Great East Japan Earthquake and the Fukushima nuclear accident, Diana's first show in Fukushima was cancelled and her debut was postponed until April. She made her debut on April 14, 2011, losing to Meiko Satomura.[4] On May 10, she was selected to face Joshi puroresu legend Aja Kong one on one at Kawasaki City Gymnasium. Despite losing, she kicked out of Kong's vertical drop brainbuster finisher, garnering a large reaction from the crowd.[5] On September 4, she gained her first indirect victory, teaming with Kyoko Inoue to beat Kong and Andrea Mother at a Hikaru produced show.[6] She finally achieved her first singles victory on April 20, 2012, beating Nana Kawasa.[7] On January 28, 2013, she got her first title shot, teaming with Inoue in a loss to Kaoru Ito and Tomoko Watanbe for the vacant Diana Tag Team Championship.[8] On April 20, 2014, she won her first championship, beating Manami Katsu for the JWP Junior Championship and Princess of Pro-Wrestling Championship.[9] She made one successful defence against Kaho Kobayashi, before dropping the belt to Rabbit Miu on August 17.[10][11] On October 5, she competed in the biggest match of her career to that point, challenging Manami Toyota for the Diana World Championship. After a 20 minute match, Sareee was defeated.[12] On December 23, she and Jaguar Yokota won the Diana Tag Team Championship, beating Kaoru and Mima Shimoda.[13] Sareee and Yokota held the titles until February 2015, when Sareee announced she would be going on an indefinite hiatus due to poor health. She continued competing until April, when she and Yokota successfully defended the belts against Command Bolshoi and Eri, after which, she became inactive and the championships were vacated.[14] After two months away, Sareee returned to the ring on June 28 at Jaguar Yokota's 38th Anniversary Show, teaming with Manami Toyota and Kaoru Ito in a loss to Yumiko Hotta, Mima Shimoda and Meiko Tanaka.[15] On September 16, Sareee had a chance to win the Diana Tag Team Championship back with new partner Meiko Tanaka, but the two were unsuccessful and the vacant titles were won by Dash Chisako and Sendai Sachiko.[16] Despite losing, Sareee and Tanaka became a regular team, and on December 25 defeated Kaho Kobayashi and Rina Yamashita to win Pro Wrestling Wave's Young Oh! Oh! Tag Team Tournament.[17] Two days later at Diana's 40th dojo show, she won a one night tournament, beating Mima Shimoda in the final.[18] On May 5, she main evented Diana's Korakuen Hall show, losing to Seadlinnng's Yoshiko in her 5th anniversary match.[19] The following month, she entered Wave's Catch the Wave tournament, but was eliminated in the quarter final by Tsukasa Fujimoto.[20]

Seadlinnng (2017)

After 6 years with Diana, Sareee announced she would leave the promotion and transfer to Seadlinnng on February 1, 2017.[21] Sareee debuted for Sead on March 16, 2017, losing to Yoshiko.[22] After seven months she announced she would leave the promotion in September.[23]

Return to Diana (2018–2020)

Immediately after leaving Seadlinnng, Sareee announced she would return to Diana on September 18, 2017.[24] Sareee returned to Diana on October 20, 2017, losing to Kaoru Ito.[25] During the match, she sustained a clavicle injury, and was expected to miss over a year of competition due to the injury.[26] After just 3 months, Sareee returned to the ring on January 28, 2018, teaming with Ito in a loss to Kyoko Inoue and Manami Katsu.[27] Throughout early 2018, Sareee began her ascent to the main event of Diana, and challenged Kyoko Inoue for the Diana World Championship in the main event of the Diana 7th Anniversary Memorial Show on May 5, 2018.[28] Despite losing, Sareee immediately demanded a rematch, which Inoue granted and was set up for July. In the rematch on July 22 in Kawasaki, Sareee defeated Kyoko Inoue to win the Diana World Championship for the first time.[29] In her first defence on December 20, Sareee lost the title to Aja Kong.[30] On January 6, 2019, she challenged and lost to Chihiro Hashimoto for the Sendai Girls World Championship.[31] On February 11, she lost to Aja Kong in their rematch.[32] On May 12 in Korakuen Hall, she finally defeated Kong in their third match to become a two time Diana World Champion.[33] Later in the month, she called out Hashimoto to put both of their championships up in a double title match. Hashimoto agreed, and the match took place on June 8, 2019, with Sareee winning and claiming both the Diana World Championship and Sendai Girls World Championship.[34] Sareee made her first successful defence on July 7, beating Dash Chisako in Korakuen Hall.[35] Sareee lost the Sendai Championship on October 13 to Hashimoto, ending her reign at 127 days.[36]

On January 4, 2020, Sareee lost her Diana Championship to Ayako Sato, ending her second reign at 237 days. Sareee announced she will leave Diana in February, as she heading to the United States.[37]

WWE (2020–present)

On February 22, 2020, during a Diana show, Sareee confirmed that she had signed with WWE.[2] Her move to the United States was delayed by the coronavirus outbreak, causing a change in her move schedule.[38] Because of the coronavirus pandemic, Sareee was granted permission from WWE to continue wrestling in Japan until she can move to the United States.

Championships and accomplishments
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