Wrestler Profile

Rina Yamashita

Rina Yamashita is joshi's deathmatch queen — the beer-drinking, light-tube-swinging powerhouse who took women's hardcore wrestling global. Her Game Changer Wrestling run in America, including celebrated deathmatch wars against men and women alike, made her an international cult star.

A former Goddess of Stardom and multiple-promotion champion in traditional wrestling before embracing the extreme, she brings legitimate technique to the glass and barbed wire — the rare deathmatch specialist whose straight matches are equally acclaimed. Prominence membership connects her to joshi's hardcore sisterhood.

Loud, generous and seemingly unbreakable, Yamashita carries the deathmatch torch with a grin. WrestleRanks voters rank her on courage: the queen of the ultraviolet, crowned in light-tube glass.

Promotions

Rina Yamashita is associated with Independent (2025–2026) and Stardom (2025–2026).

PWI rankings history

Rina Yamashita has been ranked in PWI's annual women's rankings 4 times, first at No. 95 in 2021 and most recently at No. 183 in 2025. The highest placement is No. 67, reached in 2022.

Placements by year: 2021 (No. 95), 2022 (No. 67), 2023 (No. 84), 2025 (No. 183).

Compiled from the annual rankings published by Pro Wrestling Illustrated. See the 2025 edition.

Rina Yamashita in the WrestleRanks rankings

Rina Yamashita is tracked as a hard-hitting competitor on WrestleRanks. WrestleRanks standings are decided one week at a time, from fan voting and editor input. Read more about how our rankings work, or see the live, interactive profile with weekly rank history and voting on the Rina Yamashita ranking page.

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