Yoko Yamada (山田 よう子, yamada yōko, real name pronounced the same but written 山田 洋子, born on (1979-05-25)May 25, 1979) is a Japanese female arm wrestler, professional wrestler, mixed martial artist and occasional ring girl.
[6] In 2001, Yamada got the third place in the JAWA All-Japan Championships in the women's right hand 50 kg category.
[9] Yamada placed fourth in the 50 kg category in both left and right arm classes at the WAF World Championship 2003 held in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
[12] Also in 2004, Yamada was third place in both left and right hand 50 kg women's divisions at the WAF World Championships held in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
[17][18] Yamada was unable to participate in the 2006 World Championship since the minimum weight was raised to 50 kg.
[26][27] Debuting in Shooto, Yamada continued her winning streak by defeating Mayuko Kasaki via submission (guillotine choke) in the first round at G-Shooto Plus 05 on February 24, 2006 (2006-02-24).
[28][29] At G-Shooto Japan 05 on May 6, 2006 (2006-05-06) Yamada defeated Azusa Anzai in only ten seconds with an armbar submission, earning her fourth consecutive win.
[32][33] Almost two years later, Yamada got another win when she knocked out Nana Ichikawa in the first minute of their bout at Deep Glove 2 on June 15, 2008 (2008-06-15).
[38][39] Yamada debuted in pro-wrestling with S Ovation's and Mariko Yoshida's promotion Ibuki on July 2, 2006 (2006-07-02).