"The Jade Flower" Hitomi Sakai

HOMETOWN: Nashville, Tennessee (originally Osaka, Japan)

HAIR COLOR: Dark Brown

EYE COLOR: Brown

ENTRANCE THEME: "Time to Rock & Roll" by Lil' Kim

ALLIES: Megumi Takasugi (as The Rising Sun Express)

FAN ALIGNMENT: face

HEIGHT: 5'3"

WEIGHT: 109 pounds

AGE: 19

RIVALS: Star; The Starlight Express

OFFENSIVE

Level 1:
1 = knife-edged chop (1)
2 = forearm shiver (1)
3 = quick right hand (1)
4 = spinning roundhouse kick (2) ch b
5 = flying headscissors (2)
6 = flying spin wheel kick (2) ag

Level 2:
1 = tiger driver (2) pw
2 = springboard forearm (2)
3 = spinning backfist (2)
4 = "into the ropes" c
5 = Aurora Driver (3)
6 = scissors kick (3)

Level 3:
1 = tornado DDT (2) ch c
2 = springboard spinning heel kick (3)
3 = "out of the ring" c
4 = “deathjump”
5 = ROCK N' ROLL (+2) tag
6 = AURORA THUNDER-DRIVER (+3)

Into the ropes = B
Into the turnbuckle = B
Out of the ring = B
Deathjump = A

DEFENSIVE

Level 1:
1 = dazed (1) tag
2 = dazed (1) tag
3 = dazed (1) tag
4 = HITOMI (2)
5 = hurt (2)
6 = hurt (2)

Level 2:
1 = down (3)
2 = HITOMI (2)
3 = dazed (1)
4 = hurt (2) tag
5 = hurt (2) tag
6 = hurt (2) tag

Level 3:
1 = down (3) tag
2 = down (3) tag lv
3 = PIN 7 (4)
4 = hurt (2)
5 = hurt (2)
6 = hurt (2)

Agility = -3
Power = +2
Cage = 6
Disqualification = 5

CHARACTER NOTES:

In Japan, women's wrestling gets more coverage and respect than anywhere else in the world. As a result, it's much harder to make it there than it is elsewhere. The training is rigerous and many ladies wash out after only a few weeks or months. That is precisely what happened to Hitomi Sakai.

Moving to America to pursue her in ring career, "The Jade Flower," as she is called for her beautifully delicate features, looked to the independant promotions in and around Nashville, Tennessee. One of the larger indy circuits was featuring some young Japanese talent, and among them was a talented youngster named Megumi Takasugi. The two ladies became fast friends and started training together, with Megumi showing Hitomi much of what she missed after washing out in Japan's wrestling dojos.

Working with Megumi, studying old tapes of some great American tag teams, and going through training at the UWE Madhouse, Hitomi is finally ready to go for the gold. Together with Megumi, under the name The Rising Sun Express, chosen in honor of a legendary tag team that inspired them to tag up, they have the potential to be the best tag team in UWE.

SIGNATURE MOVES:

• AURORA DRIVER: a powerbomb variation, more dependant on momentum than strength, where the opponent taken up for a belly-to-back suplex, then spun off into a sit-out powerbomb.

• ROCK N' ROLL: a running double dropkick, named in homage to the team that inspired The Rising Sun Express to become a tag team.

• AURORA THUNDER-DRIVER: a top-rope version of the Aurora Driver.