Erika Shishido

Erika Shishido

Born: September 25, 1975
in Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
Japanese professional wrestler, better known by the stage name Aja Kong, and the founder of the ARSION all-women professional wrestling promotion. Shishido has won several championships in both singles and tag team divisions throughout her career, primarily while with All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling. Shishido was trained by AJW, and graduated as part of their class of 1986. She made her debut that summer, and immediately joined Dump Matsumoto's heel stable Gokuaku Domei ("Atrocious Alliance"), along with classmate and tag team partner Nobuko Kimura. After the stable dissolved in 1988 due to Matsumoto's retirement, Shishido and Kimura went their separate ways, but re-formed in 1990 as Jungle Jack. Now called Aja Kong and Bison Kimura, they entered a two-year feud against their former allies Bull Nakano and her heel stable Gokumon-to. During their partnership they won the WWWA World Tag Team Championship twice, and participated in some memorable matches. The most famous of these was a hair versus hair match on January 11, 1991, which was lost by Jungle Jack, resulting in both women being shaved bald.

Kong herself also pursued Nakano for the WWWA World Heavyweight Championship during the early 1990s. She failed in several attempts before finally achieving her goal on November 15, 1992, ending Nakano's three-year reign.

Kong made a notable wrestling appearance in the United States. She was the sole survivor of a women's elimination match at the World Wrestling Federation pay per view Survivor Series 1995 pinning all 4 members of her opposing team, including WWF Women's Champion, Alundra Blayze. Kong also appeared on two episodes of Monday Night Raw and was victorious in both bouts, including one vicious bout where she broke the nose of Chaparita Asari. Kong was being built up as a challenger for the WWF Women's Championship, which was held at the time by Alundra Blayze. Kong was scheduled to face Blayze at the Royal Rumble pay per view in 1996, but Blayze was fired before this match up could occur.

Presently, Aja wrestles for Mayumi Ozaki's promotion, Oz Academy. She has previously held the promotion's championship title and is currently leading the Jungle Jack 21 stable, which includes AKINO and Tomoka Nakagawa.

In December 2011, Kong took part in American promotion Chikara's JoshiMania weekend, losing to Sara Del Rey in the main event of night one on December 2. The following day, Kong defeated Ayako Hamada in the main event. On the third and final night of the tour, Kong teamed with Mio Shirai and Tsubasa Kuragaki to defeat Hanako Nakamori, Manami Toyota and Sawako Shimono in a six-woman tag team match.

Personal life

Shishido is half Japanese and half African-American. Her father served in the US military.

Movies for Erika Shishido...

TJPW Grand Princess '23
Title: TJPW Grand Princess '23
Character: Aja Kong
Released: March 18, 2023
Type: Movie
Tokyo Joshi Pro-Wrestling’s biggest show of the year, TJPW Grand Princess ’23, took place on March 19 at Ariake Colosseum.
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TJPW SUMMER SUN PRINCESS '22
Title: TJPW SUMMER SUN PRINCESS '22
Character: Aja Kong
Released: July 9, 2022
Type: Movie
■Match Lineup - Princess of Princess Championship <Champion> Shoko Nakajima vs Rika Tatsumi <Challenger> *The 10th champion’s 4th defending match - Princess Tag Team Championship <Champion Team> Yuka Sakazaki & Mizuki vs Saki Akai & Yuki Arai <Challenger Team> *The 9th champion’s 6th defending match - Special Singles Match Thunder Rosa vs Miyu Yamashita - International Princess Championship <Champion> Maki Itoh vs Alex Windsor <Challenger> The 7th champion’s 5th defending match - Riho & Arisu Endo vs Mei Suruga & Suzume - Hikaru Shida & Hikari Noa vs Yuki Kamifuku & Mahiro Kiryu - Ryo Mizunami vs Miu Watanabe - Ajakong & Yuki Aino & Raku & Pom Harajuku vs Hyper Misao & Nao Kakuta & Haruna Neko & Kaya Toribami - Moka Miyamoto vs Juria Nagano
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Yumiko Hotta Debut 35th Anniversary Show
Title: Yumiko Hotta Debut 35th Anniversary Show
Character: Aja Kong
Released: April 4, 2021
Type: Movie
Anniversary show in Tokyo, Japan
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OZ Academy Silver Bullet
Title: OZ Academy Silver Bullet
Character: Aja Kong
Released: April 4, 2021
Type: Movie
Oz Academy 2021.04.04 event in Korauken Hall, Tokyo
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AEW Women's Eliminator Tournament
Title: AEW Women's Eliminator Tournament
Character: Aja Kong
Released: February 10, 2021
Type: Movie
Special event hosted by All Elite Wrestling to determine the #1 Contender for the Women's World Championship match at Revolution 2021. The tournament used a regional format with the Jacksonville Regional at Daily's Place, while the Warabi Regional was held at Ice Ribbon Dojo in Warabi, Saitama, Japan.
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AEW Double or Nothing
Title: AEW Double or Nothing
Character: Aja Kong
Released: May 25, 2019
Type: Movie
Double or Nothing was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by All Elite Wrestling (AEW). This was the inaugural event under the AEW banner and took place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in the Las Vegas suburb of Paradise, Nevada on May 25, 2019.
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TJP Yes! Wonderland 2019: Opportunity Is There
Title: TJP Yes! Wonderland 2019: Opportunity Is There
Character: Aja Kong
Released: May 3, 2019
Type: Movie
Tokyo Joshi Pro presents Yes! Wonderland 2019 from Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.
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Ice Ribbon New Ice Ribbon #902 ~ Ryogoku KFC Ribbon
Title: Ice Ribbon New Ice Ribbon #902 ~ Ryogoku KFC Ribbon
Character: Aja Kong
Released: August 5, 2018
Type: Movie
As I mentioned at the top, this was a rough spot for them. It was a perfectly fine match but it had little chance of being better than the two matches that came before it as while both have a lot of spunk they aren't on the same level as Nakajima, Fujimoto, Sakura, etc. Yuuka in particular is still growing, seems like a bit of a stretch to put her in the main event of their biggest show but they must see a lot in her down the road. The emotion was there by the wrestlers and Sera has gotten a mean streak recently, but the transitions were shaky and I never brought into Yuuka having a chance of winning. Solid and fun, but that is about as far as it went.
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Sendai Girls Joshi Puroresu Big Show 2018 In Niigata
Title: Sendai Girls Joshi Puroresu Big Show 2018 In Niigata
Character: Aja Kong
Released: June 16, 2018
Type: Movie
Sendai Girls Joshi Puroresu Big Show 2018 In Niigata
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EVE Wrestle Queendom
Title: EVE Wrestle Queendom
Released: May 5, 2018
Type: Movie
We're opening the show with War Games. There was a real intensity before the match got started as both teams surrounded the cage and brawled with one another a bit before being separated. Set a good tone of hatred early on. Emi Sakura is in first for the babyfaces and Blue Nikita for the heels. Nikita went for early pinfalls, which bothered me. I hate the idea that a wrestler wouldn't know the rules of a match they're in, especially on a big show like this. Heels attacked Emi from outside the cage, real dastardly stuff. Emi is a great face in peril. Heels win the coin toss which they did in real time, very old school. There was fun back and forth as the rest of the women came in. Emi was especially good throughout. Evans and Hayter looked quite good on the heel side, taking good bumps and having well timed cutoffs of the babyfaces. Laura Di Matteo has improved quite a bit, her offensive bursts were on point. Addy Starr, who had previously been retired, was good in peril and resorted
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Sendai Girls Joshi Puroresu Big Show In Osaka
Title: Sendai Girls Joshi Puroresu Big Show In Osaka
Character: Aja Kong
Released: December 2, 2017
Type: Movie
Satomura scored a direct win over the Sendai Girls World Champion, and tried to issue a challenge to the champion before Hamada stopped her. Hamada suggested a match between herself and Satomura to determine the next challenger. Aja Kong said she wanted to challenge whoever comes out on top in the next World Championship match.
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Oz Academy
Title: Oz Academy
Character: Aja Kong
Released: October 15, 2017
Type: Movie
While working in the Gaea Japan promotion in mid-90s, Ozaki formed the villainous Oz Academy stable with Chikayo Nagashima, Rieko Amano and Sugar Sato, eventually opening a training school under the same name. Oz Academy eventually started promoting sporadic independent events, featuring members of the stable and Ozaki's trainees, with the first event held on June 21, 1998 Written
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AAA: Lucha Libre World Cup 2016 (Day Two)
Title: AAA: Lucha Libre World Cup 2016 (Day Two)
Character: Aja Kong
Released: June 9, 2016
Type: Movie
Day Two of the Lucha Libre World Cup
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AAA: Lucha Libre World Cup 2016 (Day One)
Title: AAA: Lucha Libre World Cup 2016 (Day One)
Character: Aja Kong
Released: June 9, 2016
Type: Movie
Day 1 of the Lucha Libre World Cup
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SHIMMER Volume 74
Title: SHIMMER Volume 74
Character: Aja Kong
Released: April 12, 2015
Type: Movie
SHIMMER returns for Volume 74, featuring an eight woman tag team match featuring some of the biggest names in the sport.
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Bull Nakano Retirement Show
Title: Bull Nakano Retirement Show
Character: Aja Kong
Released: January 8, 2012
Type: Movie
Bull Nakano Retirement Show 2012.01.8 Tokyo Dome City Hall
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Happily Ever After
Title: Happily Ever After
Character: Kumamoto (adult)
Released: October 27, 2007
Type: Movie
Director Yukihiko Tsutsumi wrings laughs out of an unlikely topic -- domestic violence -- in this dark comedy about noodle-shop waitress Yukie Morita (Miki Nakatani), who puts up with the fiery temper, gambling and cruelty of her shiftless, ex-gangster boyfriend (Hiroshi Abe). But as flashbacks reveal, there's a reason behind Yukie's unconditional love for her man. Yûko Natori and Mayumi Sada also star.
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Title: Sendai Girls on GAORA TV
Character: Aja Kong
Released: August 5, 2006
Type: TV
GAORA TV broadcasts of Sendai Girls' Pro Wrestling
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Title: GARO
Character: Driver
Released: October 7, 2005
Type: TV
"Where there is light, shadows lurk and fear reigns. But by the blade of Knights, Mankind was given hope." The Makai fight a secret war against the demon forces known as Horrors, evil creatures that manifest themselves through darkness to devour Humanity. On the frontlines are the Makai Knights, given the task of watching over a district and eliminating any Horrors that manifest there. GARO follows the tales of the Knights bearing the title of ‘Golden Knight Garo’, and their duty to vanquish the Horrors and protect Humanity from the darkness.
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Hana and Alice
Title: Hana and Alice
Character: Erica Murofushi
Released: March 13, 2004
Type: Movie
Two teenage best pals attracted to the same boy end up scrambling his life after he walks into a door and is knocked unconscious.
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Title: OZ Academy on GAORA TV
Character: Aja Kong
Released: August 1, 1998
Type: TV
GAORA TV broadcasts of OZ Academy
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ARSION Starlet 98
Title: ARSION Starlet 98
Character: Aja Kong
Released: April 17, 1998
Type: Movie
ARSION presents Starlet 98 from Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.
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ARSION The Grand Opening Virgin
Title: ARSION The Grand Opening Virgin
Character: Aja Kong
Released: February 18, 1998
Type: Movie
ARISON Wrestling, a Japanese all-women's wrestling promotion, holds their first show from Fukuoka, Japan.
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WWE Survivor Series 1995
Title: WWE Survivor Series 1995
Character: Aja Kong
Released: November 19, 1995
Type: Movie
Survivor Series (1995) was the ninth annual Survivor Series pay-per-view. It was sponsored by the Milton Bradley Company. It took place on November 19, 1995 at the US Air Arena in Landover, Maryland, and was the first Survivor Series program not to take place on either Thanksgiving Eve or Thanksgiving night. The main event was a No DQ match for the WWF Championship. Diesel defended the title against Bret Hart. The undercard featured Shawn Michaels, Ahmed Johnson, British Bulldog and Sycho Sid versus Yokozuna, Owen Hart, Razor Ramon and Dean Douglas in a four-on-four elimination match. The Darkside (The Undertaker, Savio Vega, Fatu and Henry Godwinn) versus The Royals (King Mabel, Jerry Lawler, Isaac Yankem and Hunter Hearst Helmsley) in a four-on-four elimination match. Goldust versus Bam Bam Bigelow and Bertha Faye, Aja Kong, Tomoko Watanabe and Lioness Asuka versus Alundra Blayze, Kyoko Inoue, Sakie Hasegawa and Chaparita Asari in a four-on-four elimination match.
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AJW Destiny
Title: AJW Destiny
Character: Aja Kong
Released: September 2, 1995
Type: Movie
AJW Destiny was a wrestling event held at the Tokyo Budokan on Sept 2, 1995.
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AJW Zenjo Queendom 1995
Title: AJW Zenjo Queendom 1995
Character: Aja Kong
Released: February 26, 1995
Type: Movie
Name of the event: AJW Zenjo Queendom 1995 - Day 1 Date: 1995.02.25 Promotion: All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling Type: Event Location: Tokyo, Japan Arena: Korakuen Hall Attendance: ca. 2.250
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AJW Big Egg Wrestling Universe
Title: AJW Big Egg Wrestling Universe
Released: November 20, 1994
Type: Movie
The Big Egg Wrestling Universe was a professional wrestling event held by All Japan Women’s Pro-Wrestling (AJW) inside the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan on November 20, 1994 and was attended by 32,500 fans. However, some sources claim the event was attended by over 42,000 fans. The event featured representatives from joshi promotions GAEA Japan (GAEA), JWP Joshi Puroresu (JWP) and Ladies Legend Pro-Wrestling (LLPW), as well as puroresu promotions Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling (MPW) and American wrestling promotion the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). In addition to female wrestlers, the event also featured matches with male wrestlers, midget wrestling, female amateur wrestlers, female kickboxers and female shootboxers. The event lasted lasted ten hours and was promoted as the biggest card in the history of women’s wrestling, featuring 23 matches of various styles.
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Ring! Ring! Ring! The Champion Belt of Tears
Title: Ring! Ring! Ring! The Champion Belt of Tears
Released: May 8, 1993
Type: Movie
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AJW Dream Slam 1
Title: AJW Dream Slam 1
Character: Aja Kong
Released: April 2, 1993
Type: Movie
In celebration of its 25th anniversary as a promotion, All Japan Women's Pro Wrestling (AJW) invited women from JWP, LLPW, and FMW to compete in a night full of inter-promotional battles to the chorus of 16,500 fans inside the Yokohama Arena.
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Title: WWE Raw
Character: Aja Kong
Released: January 11, 1993
Type: TV
A regularly scheduled, live, year-round program featuring some of the biggest WWE Superstars.
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The Devils Of The Ring
Title: The Devils Of The Ring
Character: Aja Kong
Released: January 1, 1991
Type: Movie
French Documentary focusing on All Japan Woman's Pro Wrestling. Showing the touring along with interviews with the wrestlers. Mainly focusing on Bull Nakano, Aja Kong, Manami Toyota, and Debbie Malenko