Shinobu Echigo

Raised in a family that runs a kendo school, Echigo has practiced kendo herself since childhood. She joins New Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling at roughly the same time as Hikaru Ogawa. Not long after her arrival, Echigo takes over from Kayo Ozawa as dorm prefect. She and Chizuru Nagahara win the IWWF Asia Tag Team Champions after it is vacated by the previous title-holders Mighty Yukiko and Bomber Kishima. During the JWI fiasco, not only does Echigo loudly condemn the very idea of defecting to JWI, but she moreover makes it a point to punish returning defectors with extra dorm chores after JWI ...