Kyoko Kimura Participates in 2nd Annual Hana Kimura Memorial Show

Today marks the second year of the passing of Hana Kimura. She passed away at the age of 22 on May 23, 2020.

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— FITE (@FiteTV) May 17, 2022

Kyoko Kimura (Hana’s mother) came out of retirement to participate in the event. Her last match took place in 2017. She lost in a match against Jungle Kyona.

Kyoko Kimura retired in January of 2017, and has come out of retirement in 2022 for a special exhibition match against Jungle Kyona ???#??????? pic.twitter.com/S6viRTlGC5

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— ?…I SPREAD MY, WINGS AND FLY, NEVER COME DOWN…? (@IssitaMarie) May 23, 2022

Other results from the event were as follows:

• Kenoh def. Menso-re Oyaji
•  Tag Team Battle Royal: Sendai Girls (Mika Iwata & Chihiro Hashimoto) def. Munenori Sawa & Fuminori Abe, Yuko Miyamoto & Yuki Miyazaki, Masahiro Takanashi & Cherry, Super Delfin & Miyuki Takase, King Shisar & HUB, Hanako Nakamori & Tsubasa Kuragaki, DASH Chisako & Hiroyo Matsumoto, Koji Kanemoto & Ryo Mizunami and Speed Of Sounds (Banana Senga & Tsutomu Oosugi)
• Jungle Kyona def. Kyoko Kimura
• Gauntlet Match: Aja Kong, Kaori Yoneyama, & Saori Anou def. Sakura Hirota (cosplaying as Hana Kimura)
• Rina def. Sakura Hirota
• Syuri def. Veny (Asuka)

Prior to the show starting, Kyoko came out to address the crowd. KAIRI was on commentary and the crowd gave a moment of silence. A tribute video for Hana was also aired.