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Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

ese former professional wrestler, perhaps best known for her brief stint as Tiger Dream, the female version of Tiger Mask

Tiger Mask

is a Japanese manga series written by Ikki Kajiwara and illustrated by Naoki Tsuji. The series was first published in Kodansha's Bokura Magazine from 1968 to 1969 and was later published in Weekly Shōnen Magazine from 1970 to 1971...

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Career

Candy Okutsu made her professional wrestling debut on August 4, 1992, at the age of 17, for the JWP Project. During her tenure there, she would go on to win the Junior Championship twice until she retired in 1997 due to an injury.

She made her comeback on February 18, 1998, and joined ARSION. Soon after her return, she was given then gimmick of Tiger Dream, the first female version of Tiger Mask

Tiger Mask

is a Japanese manga series written by Ikki Kajiwara and illustrated by Naoki Tsuji. The series was first published in Kodansha's Bokura Magazine from 1968 to 1969 and was later published in Weekly Shōnen Magazine from 1970 to 1971...

. Okutsu retired from professional wrestling for the final time on January 5, 2001.

In wrestling

• Finishing moves
  • Bridging tiger suplex – as Tiger Dream
  • Okutsu performs three moonsault
    Moonsault
    A moonsault, moonsault press, or back flip splash is a professional wrestling aerial technique. Much of its popularity in American wrestling is attributed to The Great Muta, despite it being used in North America by "Leaping" Lanny Poffo years before Muta came from Japan.In a standard moonsault,...
    
    s in succession, one from each of the three turnbuckles in ascending order (the last one being a Mero-sault)
  • Rolling German suplexes (up to 5 in succession)-She would either roll the opponent, or flip over them between each suplex

• Favorite moves
  • Lariat
  • Powerbomb
    Powerbomb
    A powerbomb is a professional wrestling throw in which an opponent is lifted up and then slammed back-first down to the mat. The standard powerbomb sees an opponent first placed in a standing headscissors position...
    
    
  • Swan Dive headbutt
  • Tiger Bomb (Double underhook powerbomb)
  • Tiger run into reverse Cross Body- Sometimes to the outside.

• As Tiger Dream
  • Tiger feint kick
  • Tiger Wall Flip

Championships and accomplishments

• All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling
  All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling
  , nicknamed Zenjo was a joshi puroresu promotion established in 1968 by Takashi Matsunaga and his brothers. The group held their first card on June 4 of that year...
  
  
• AJW Junior Championship
  AJW Junior Championship
  The AJW Junior Championship was a secondary singles title in the Japanese professional wrestling promotion All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling. The title started in 1980 and was retired in April 2005 when the promotion closed.-Title history:...
  
   (1 time)

• JWP Project
• JWP Junior Championship (2 times)

External links

• championships taken from Wrestling-Titles.com