Meiko Satomura

Biography

Meiko Satomura (born November 17, 1979) is a Japanese retired professional wrestler. She is best known for her time in Japanese promotion Sendai Girls' Pro Wrestling, which she founded alongside Jinsei Shinzaki, as well as in American promotion WWE, and is considered a legend of 'joshi puroresu' due to her hard-hitting, traditionalist style of wrestling. Over the course of her 30 year career, she became a one-time AAAW Single Champion (in GAEA Japan), the inaugural and two-time Sendai Girls World Champion, one-time World of Stardom Champion, one-time KO-D Openweight Champion (in DDT), one-time PROGRESS World Women's Champion, and one-time WWE NXT UK Women's Champion. She retired on April 29, 2025 in Tokyo's Korakuen Hall.