At 153 cm, Hikari Noa stood shorter than most under the Tokyo Joshi Pro-Wrestling spotlight. Yet from her debut on January 4, 2018—tagging with Raku as “Up Up Girls” against Pinano Pipipipi and Miu Watanabe—to her abrupt May 2024 farewell, Noa burned as bright as any giant under the ring lights.
The Early Matches & Gauntlet Guts
Noa’s first steps in the ring were a footnote: two lost falls in a rookie tag. But by April 3, 2020, she was one of twenty warriors in a gauntlet tug-of-war—Team White vs. Team Red—each pinfall a drumbeat pounding in the crowd’s chest. There, shoulder‑to‑shoulder with Haruka Neko, Mina Shirakawa and others, she proved she belonged in that electric chaos.
Princess Crown & 245-Day Reign
On November 7, 2020, Noa tasted the International Princess crown only to falter in the finals. Yet like a parched poet craving another drink, she returned May 4, 2021—and this time sewed victory into her veins, toppling Yuki Kamifuku for the gold. She defended it against Marika Kobashi on June 17, an armbar that snapped like last call at a dive bar before finally relinquishing her jewels to Maki Itoh on January 4, 2022 after a 245-day reign.
Tag Team Triumph & Unfinished Verse
October 9, 2022 saw Noa and Nao Kakuta rise as Princess Tag Team Champions, a tandem that clicked like a broken metronome finally finding its beat. But illness pulled her from the canvas by year’s end, leading to a silent exit on May 19, 2024 that felt less like a bow and more like a slammed door.
The Backrow
In a bar, Noa would be the kid in the corner scribbling sonnets on napkins—small hands, steady heart, refusing to melt into the haze. Each forearm smash was a whiskey buzz, each flying crossbody a desperate verse hurled at an indifferent sky. She may have left the ring, but her echo lingers—proof that greatness isn’t measured in height, but in how loudly you burn before the lights go out.