[1][2][3] Yoshimura aspired to be a professional wrestler when she was at Seijo Gakuen High School because she admired the Crush Gals (Chigusa Nagayo and Lioness Asuka).

[4] In 1986, She auditioned for Professional Wrestling, but was turned away because she was too short at 153 cm.

[1] That year, she competed and placed third at the first Women's World Championships in Oslo, Norway, in the 44kg weight class.

[1][2] In 2009, she was inducted into the UWW (then FILA) Hall of Fame and has coached the Japanese women's national team since then.

[2][3][6] Among others, she has personally coached Yui Susaki since she was 13 years old, who won the gold medal in the 50kg weight class at the Tokyo Olympics.