Meiko Satomura- All You Need To Know About Her – Bio, Net Worth, 3 Other Facts

Meiko Satomura is a skilled professional wrestler of Japanese origin. She is one of the most popular wrestlers from Japan and is considered one of the greatest wrestlers in history. She was trained by Chigusa Nagayo who is considered the greatest wrestler of all time and whom she defeated later in her career.

With over twenty-four years of experience, Meiko remains active in the sports and has learned her experience to upcoming wrestlers by creating the Sendai Girls’ Pro Wrestling. She is also a guest trainer at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando.

Meiko Satomura Biography

Meiko was born in Niigata on the 17th of November 1979. She became interested in sports quite early and began her training. She began her judo training at age 3 and helped establish a women’s judo club in her junior high school where she also won the prefectural competition.

By the time she turned 15, she began her professional career. Her debut was on the 15th of April 1995 in a female promotion by Gaea Japan where she defeated Sonoko Kato. In November 1996, she teamed up with Sonoko Kato to defeat Chikayo Nagashima and Sugar Sato and became the inaugural AAAW Tag Team Champions. Meiko won this title again twice teaming up with different wrestlers. She also won the AAAW Singles Championship twice. Gaea Japan closed officially in 2005 with Meiko defeating her trainer- Chigusa Nagayo in the final closing show.

The Gaea Japan had a smooth working relationship with the World Championship Wrestling (WCW) who was then trying to establish a women’s division. Meiko began to appear in the WCW in 1996. She participated in two of their women’s inaugural tournaments but was eliminated in the first round on her two occasions.

In 2005, Meiko founded the Sendai Girls’ Pro Wrestling with Jinsel Shinzaki. They had a tournament in 2009 called Splash J & Running G tournament. Meiko’s team which had her, Tomoko Kuzumi and Kaoru went ahead to win the tournament.

She made another debut in Chikara in 2012 where she was a part of the group’s premier tournament titled King of Trios. She won the tournament in 2016 alongside Dash Chisako and Cassspandra Miyagi. In 2018, she competed in the 2nd Mae Young Classic tournament. Although she defeated Lacey Lane, Killer Kelly, and Mercedes Martinez, she got eliminated in the semifinals after she was defeated by Toni Storm.

What is the net worth of Meiko Satomura? 

According to statistics, professional wrestlers earn about $500,000 annually or more annually depending on how many tournaments in which they participate, how many wins they have and the value of their endorsement.

Meiko is almost a household name in female professional wrestling considering how successful her career has been. Despite all her successes, she has remained tight-lipped about her earnings so it’s hard to predict how much she is presently worth.

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Facts About The Wrestler

1. Her accolades and recognitions.

Meiko is considered a Living Legend despite her age. She held the record of the youngest female professional wrestler debuting at age 15. In 2000, she was part of a documentary made for BBC by Kim Longinotto and Jano Williams titled ” Gaea Girls”. She was awarded the “Women’s pro-Wrestling Award” by the Tokyo Sports Newspaper Establishment/ Pro-Wrestling in 2013 and the Grand Prix Award in another Ceremony in 2014.

Meiko has learned her voice and wealth of knowledge to wrestlers all over the world by training and also being a judge on some shows like the KHB East Japan Broadcasting “Furusato CM Award” for seven seasons. In March 2018, Meiko was selected as the main of the big match in Wolverhampton, England. In August 2018, Meiko became the first female champion in the indiscriminate class of the DDT’s KOD (King of DDT).

2. Personal life

Meiko will turn 40 in 2019 but seem to still be very focused on her career which she started at age 15. She has invested herself in it without the distraction of a relationship over the years. The professional wrestler has also not been forthcoming about her sexual orientation. It is uncertain if she is trying to protect her loved ones by not discussing them or she isn’t discussing them because they are not existent. Silence they say is golden.

3. Height and Weight

For a wrestler, Meiko Satomura is not the tallest or most built person one would meet. She has a height of 5 feet 2 inches (157cm) tall and a bodyweight of 68kg.

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