Mio Shirai

Quick Facts

Full Name	Mio Shirai
Occupation	Professional Wrestler
Date Of Birth	Feb 14, 1988(1988-02-14)
Age	36
Birthplace	Kamakura
Country	Japan
Birth City	Kanagawa Prefecture
Horoscope	Aquarius

Mio Shirai Biography

Mio Shirai is one of the most popular and richest Professional Wrestler who was born on February 14, 1988 in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Mio Shirai (Zi Mei Yang, Shirai Mio) is a former Japanese professional wrestler who is currently a professional wrestling referee. She began her career in March 2007 as a pro wrestler alongside her sister Io Shirai. The Shirais formed Triple Tails in June 2010 with Kana, a fellow freelancer. This stable is where they started working for Smash. The stable was closed down by Io in 2011, but Mio and Kana continued to work together as Triple Tails.S. Shirai was a freelancer up to January 2014. She signed a four-way deal with Ice Ribbon and Oz Academy, Pro Wrestling Wave, Union Pro Wrestling, and Pro Wrestling Wave. In September 2015, she retired from professional wrestling because of neck injuries. She then began working as a referee.

The Shirai sisters, along with Kana, formed Triple Tails, defeating Ayumi, Hikaru Shida, and Yoshiko Yamaura in their first match at a NEO Japan Ladies Pro Wrestling competition. The Shirais were awarded a shot at Tamura and Kurihara’s NEO Tag Team Championship, but they were defeated by the current champions. Triple Tails won again on August 29 when it defeated Hikaru Shida, Asami Kawasaki and Nagisa Nazaki in a six woman tag team match. Shirai, who was known as Kitzune Nanoko in the ring, made her AAA debut in Puebla (Mexico) on October 18, 2010. She teamed up with Alissa flash to defeat Cynthia Moreno and Esther Moreno. Both Shirais wore cat-like masks to Mexico. Shirai was renamed Kaguya on October 31st, and her debuting little sister Oyuki was given the ring title Oyuki. Kaguya, Oyuki and Yuriko teamed up with Yuriko for their first match. They were defeated by Cynthia Moreno and Gato Eveready in a six- person tag match. Kaguya, Oyuki and their AAA stay made them associates with the La Legion Extranjera stable (Foreign Legion). Kaguya, Oyuki and Mari Apache defeated Faby in a tag-team match on November 7. They then stole Faby’s AAA World Mixed Tag Team Championship belts and Mari’s AAA Reina de Reinas Championship buckles. In a six-woman tag match, Cynthia Moreno and the Apaches defeated Kaguya and Oyuki as well as Sexy Star. Kaguya Oyuki, Jennifer Blake and Moreno defeated the Apaches in a six-woman tag team match. This would be Oyuki and Kaguya’s last AAA appearance. The storyline with the Apaches was dropped without a conclusion. Triple Tails, a new unit of Pro Wrestling Wave, made its debut on December 19 against Cherry, Gami, and Tomoka Nakagawa at the six-woman tag team main show.

In 2008, Shirai appeared with fellow wrestlers Kayo Noumi and Takako Inoue in The Brute Educational Institution (野獣学園 , Yajū Gakuen) , a video with lesbian discipline and catfight themes, released by Attack Zone, a label of Attackers. In September 2012, Shirai released a gravure DVD titled Iroha Kitsune / Murasaki Kaminari Mio (いろは狐／紫雷美央 ) . On December 8, 2012, Shirai and Kana released another DVD with a similar theme, titled Sadistic Tails.

Shirai, working with a nose protector, returned to the ring on May 29 at a Pro Wrestling Wave event, losing to Syuri in her first round-robin match in the 2012 Catch the Wave tournament. On June 8, in her second match in the tournament, Shirai defeated Ayumi Kurihara, and in doing so also won DDT Pro- Wrestling’s Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship. Two days later, Shirai lost the title to Hiroyo Matsumoto in the first round of a tournament to determine the number one contender to the Oz Academy Openweight Championship. On June 22, Shirai returned to WNC, when she teamed with Makoto in a tag team match, where they defeated Kana and Syuri. In early July, Shirai and Kana took part in the 2012 Japan Expo in Paris, France. On July 30, Shirai regained the Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship by pinning Gorgeous Matsuno in a four- way tag team match. However, immediately afterwards Shirai was pinned for the title by the special guest referee of the match, Gentaro. On July 27 at a Pro Wrestling Wave event, White Tails and Black Dahlia wrestled to a draw in a five-on-five gauntlet match, from which Shirai was eliminated after wrestling Black Dahlia leader Misaki Ohata to a ten-minute time limit draw. Afterwards, Shirai agreed to join Black Dahlia at the request of Ohata, who was trying to bring down the average age of her group, but also wanted to remain a member of White Tails. The two groups then agreed that the stable which would manage to draw fewer people to their self-produced Wave event, which would take place August 7 and 8, would disband. Shirai performed on both the Black Dahlia and the White Tails event and afterwards remained with White Tails, which won the battle for attendance 201-191, forcing Black Dahlia to disband. Also in August, Shirai returned to Ice Ribbon. After remaining undefeated for the entire month, scoring singles victories over Riho and Hamuko Hoshi and a tag team victory over Hikaru Shida, Shirai was named the number one contender to Shida’s ICE×60 Championship, Ice Ribbon’s top title. On September 23 at Ribbon no Kishitachi 2012, Shirai defeated Shida to win the ICE×60 Championship, her first major joshi title. Following her win, Shirai turned down Miyako Matsumoto’s challenge for the title and stated that she instead wanted to defend it against Tsukasa Fujimoto, whom she dubbed “the face of Ice Ribbon”. On October 28 at 2012 Yokohama Ribbon III, Shirai defeated Fujimoto for her first successful defense of the ICE×60 Championship. On November 27, Shirai once again worked under her masked Kaguya persona, when she took part in the 2012 Reina de Reinas tournament, co-produced by Pro Wrestling Wave and AAA in Tokyo’s Korakuen Hall. After defeating Faby Apache in her opening match, Kaguya was defeated in the finals of the tournament by the reigning AAA Reina de Reinas Champion, Sexy Star. The following day, Shirai made her second successful defense of the ICE×60 Championship against Neko Nitta. After several months of inactivity, Shirai and Kana announced on December 5, a week following Kana’s departure from WNC, that they were restarting Triple Tails.S. The team’s return match took place on December 16 at a Pro Wrestling Wave event, where they were defeated by Hikaru Shida and Yumi Ohka. Also in December, Shirai was in the running for Tokyo Sports’ Joshi Puroresu Grand Prize, awarded to the joshi wrestler of the year, but was ultimately defeated in the voting process by Yuzuki Aikawa. On December 31 at RibbonMania 2012, Shirai lost the ICE×60 Championship to Maki Narumiya in her third defense, ending her reign at 99 days.

The Shirais entered Pro Wrestling Wave’s Captain’s Fall Six Person Tag Team Tournament on November 12, 2009. They teamed up with Gami but were defeated in the first round by Ryo Mizunami, Ran Yu-Yu and Toshie Uematsu. The trio won their way back into tournament by beating Misaki Ohata and Moeka Haruhi in a consolation match that took place later that day. The Shirais and Gami defeated Bullfight Sora Cherry, Kaoru, and Kaoru in semifinals. Next, Ayumi Kurihara and Kana defeated Shuu Shibutani in finals. The Shirais lost to Misaki Ohata, Moeka Haruhi in the TLW World Young Women’s Tag Team Championship on December 23. Mio entered the Catch the Wave 2010 tournament on June 9, 2010. Shirai was last in her block after two draws and two defeats and she did not progress to the tournament.

Mio Shirai Net Worth

Mio Shirai is one of the richest Professional Wrestler from Japan. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Mio Shirai 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Shirai, along with her younger sister, made her professional wrestling debut March 4, 2007. The two adopted the ring names Mio Shirai and Io Shirai (“Shirai” is Japanese for “Purple Thunder”) respectively. Although both sisters kept their private lives secret at first, Io’s real identity was revealed by Japanese authorities as Masami Odate (Da Guian Chang Mei, Odate Masami). Mio, however, has managed to keep her true name secret. The Shirai sisters teamed up with Toshie Uematsu in their debut match to take on the trio of Erika Urai, NozomiTakesako, and Yuri Urai. The Shirai sisters started their careers as freelancers and represented Team Makehen (a stable of wrestlers trained under Tomohiko Haimoto) in several independent promotions in their first year.

Mio and Io were the first to make their debuts in Japan’s All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) on October 19, 2008. They defeated Mikado and Kyoko Kimura in a match. The Shirais made numerous appearances in Pro Wrestling Zero, a large promotion that is not often known for female wrestling. The Shirai sisters defeated Moeka Haruhi (and Tomoka Nakagawa) in a tournament final on April 29 to win their first championship. They became the first TLW (Totally Lethal Wrestling), World Young Women’s Tag Team Champions. The championship, despite its name, was promoted and owned by Pro Wrestling Wave. The Ice Ribbon promotion was promoted by Pro Wrestling Wave.

On January 29, 2011, the Shirais made their debuts for Smash, when the Triple Tails stable attacked Yusuke Kodama and Makoto after their matches, with the trio being both times chased out of the ring by Tajiri. On February 13, Triple Tails produced its first own event, where the Shirai sisters wrestled male tag team Momo no Seishun Tag (Atsushi Kotoge and Daisuke Harada) in a losing effort. On February 25, the Shirais made their Smash in-ring debuts at Smash.14, where they teamed with Kana to defeat Ken Ohka, Tajiri and Yoshiaki Yago in an intergender six-person tag team match. In March, Triple Tails took part in Osaka Pro Wrestling’s Spring Samba Series, going undefeated in six- person tag team matches for the duration of the tour. On April 30 at Smash.16, Triple Tails was defeated in a six-woman tag team match by Makoto, Serena and Syuri. On May 3 at Smash.17, the Shirai sisters were defeated in a tag team match by Hikaru Shida and Syuri. Triple Tails’ second event took place on May 8 and saw Mio, Io and Kana defeat Akino, Kagetsu and Syuri in a main event six-woman tag team match. In June, Mio began wrestling regularly for Union Pro Wrestling, starting a feud with male wrestler Ken Ohka. On July 10, Shirai defeated Ohka to win the SGP Global Junior Heavyweight Championship, afterwards declaring herself Ohka’s master.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Mio Shirai height 5 ft 5 im Mio weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Mio Shirai Dating?

According to our records, Mio Shirai married to Tank Nagai. As of December 1, 2023, Mio Shirai’s is not dating anyone.

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On December 15, 2015, it was announced that Shirai would start working as a referee under the ring name Mio, written in Roman script and stylized in all capital letters. She made her debut in the role at Ice Ribbon’s RibbonMania 2015 on December 31. In January 2016, Shirai began refereeing matches also for both Oz Academy and Pro Wrestling Wave. On August 16, it was announced that Shirai was officially joining Ice Ribbon’s staff on September 1. In addition to continuing to work as a referee for the promotion, she would also take over the Puroresu Circle training duties.

Facts & Trivia

Mio Ranked on the list of most popular Professional Wrestler. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Japan. Mio Shirai celebrates birthday on February 14 of every year.

On February 14, her 27th birthday, Shirai presented the second M.I.O event in Shinjuku Face, which saw her lose to her sister Io in a main event singles match. This marked the first time in three years that the two sisters had wrestled in the same match. Two days later, Shirai held a press conference, where she announced that she would be retiring from professional wrestling due to issues with her neck, wrestling her final match at the fifth M.I.O event on September 20. On March 1, Shirai lost the Union FTE World Championship to Cherry in her third defense. In early 2015, Shirai and Misaki Ohata received two shots at the Wave Tag Team Championship, but were both times defeated by the defending champions, Las Aventureras (Ayako Hamada and Yuu Yamagata). A third title match between the two teams took place on March 15 and saw Shirai and Ohata become the new champions. Immediately afterwards, Shirai announced she was cashing in her Zan1 shot at the Wave Single Championship, held by Hamada, but was defeated in that title match. Six days later, Shirai won another tag team title, when she and Tsukushi defeated .STAP (Maki Narumiya and Risa Sera) to win the International Ribbon Tag Team Championship. Shirai and Ohata made their first successful title defense on April 19 against Kaho Kobayashi and Tsukasa Fujimoto. On May 9, the third M.I.O event featured Shirai retiring her Kaguya character, following a time-limit draw with Ayako Hamada. On June 7, Shirai defeated Akino with help from her Seikigun stablemates to win the Oz Academy Openweight Championship for the first time. After the match, Shirai confronted Akino’s MK4 stable and proclaimed that she would relinquish the title if she ever lost to any member of the stable. Later that same day, Shirai faced Oz Academy Tag Team Champion and MK4 member Kaho Kobayashi in a non-title match at an event co-produced by Oz Academy and Pro Wrestling Wave. Following outside interference from Tomoka Nakagawa, Shirai was pinned by Kobayashi and, as a result, relinquished the Oz Academy Openweight Championship, ending her reign at only four hours and two minutes. On June 17, Shirai won yet another title, when she defeated Hibiscus Mii to regain the Union FTE World Championship. The fourth M.I.O event took place on June 19 and saw Shirai lose to Arisa Nakajima in the main event. On June 24, Shirai and Tsukushi made their first successful defense of the International Ribbon Tag Team Championship against the Lovely Butchers (Hamuko Hoshi and Mochi Miyagi) as part of Ice Ribbon’s ninth anniversary week. On July 4, they made their second successful defense against Orange Happies (Aoi Kizuki and Kayoko Haruyama) with Shirai pinning ICE×∞ Champion Kizuki for the win, setting up a future double title match for both the ICE×∞ and Union FTE World Championship. On July 19, Shirai and Mayumi Ozaki defeated Kagetsu and Kaho Kobayashi to win the Oz Academy Tag Team Championship, meaning that Shirai now simultaneously held titles in all four promotions she was signed to. On July 26, Shirai returned to Stardom to wrestle what was billed as the Shirai sisters’ final match together, where Mio and Io defeated Hiroyo Matsumoto and Mayu Iwatani.

Top Facts about Mio Shirai

1. Mio Shirai is a retired Japanese professional wrestler and referee.
2. She was born on February 14, 1988 in Osaka, Japan.
3. Shirai began her wrestling career in 2007 with Ice Ribbon promotion.
4. She is the younger sister of former WWE NXT Women’s Champion Kairi Sane.
5. Shirai retired from wrestling in 2015 due to injuries.
6. In addition to wrestling, she has also worked as a referee for various promotions.
7. Shirai has won several championships during her wrestling career.
8. She is known for her technical skills and high-flying moves in the ring.
9. Shirai has been praised for breaking down barriers for women in Japanese wrestling.
10. She continues to be involved in the industry as a trainer and commentator.

Why did Mio Shirai retire?

S. Shirai remained a freelancer until January 2014, when she signed a four-way contract with Ice Ribbon, Oz Academy, Pro Wrestling Wave and Union Pro Wrestling. She retired from professional wrestling due to neck injuries in September 2015 at the age of 27, after which she started working as a referee.

Who is Io Shirai partner?

On November 20, Shirai and her new partner, now revealed as the former Reo Hazuki and renamed “HZK”, were joined by Momo Watanabe , who turned on Mayu Iwatani during a tag team match. The Shirai led new stable was later dubbed “Queen’s Quest”.

How old is Io Shirai?

32 years (May 8, 1990)

What is Io Shirai real name?

Masami Odate

How old is Dakota Kai?

34 years (May 6, 1988)