Mia Yim

Mia Yim has the kind of biography I find compelling in pro wrestling: a Fontana kid who grinded through the independent circuit before reaching WWE, now performing as Michin. Reclaiming a word that means crazy in Korean as your ring name takes nerve and a sense of self I admire. Her 2016 BBC 100 Women recognition signals that her impact reaches beyond the ring, into representation and visibility. There is an earned authority in performers who climb the hard way, and I suspect that lived resilience is exactly what gives her work its credibility.

Name (English)

Mia Yim

Name (Japanese)

ミア・イム

Reading

みあ・いむ

Born

April 16, 1989 (age 37)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aries / Snake

Origin

Fontana, California, United States

Occupation

professional wrestler

High school

James Madison High School

University

Marymount University

Awards & achievements

• 2016 BBC 100 Women

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/jadetna/
• Xhttps://x.com/MiaYim
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mia%20Yim
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9F%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A4%E3%83%A0
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11341858

Tags

• California
• professional wrestler

Last updated

2026-06-17

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.