Yumiko Hotta

Yumiko Hotta is the kind of wrestler who makes you feel every single chop through the TV screen, and that's not an accident — she brought genuine karate credibility into the ring at a time when All Japan Women's was producing some of the most intense women's matches on the planet. Born in Kobe in 1967, she came up through that legendary dojo system and carved out a reputation as one of the stiffest strikers in the business, the sort of performer who didn't need smoke and mirrors because the hits were real enough. She never got the crossover mainstream spotlight that some of her contemporaries did, but inside the world of puroresu she was absolutely respected. There's something I find genuinely compelling about athletes who let their craft do all the talking — no glitzy persona, just show up and hit hard. Hotta was that, era after era.

Yumiko Hotta is a Japanese professional wrestler and karateka born on January 10, 1967, in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture. She is active on social media through Instagram and X. Further details regarding her career timeline, agency, and personal life are not publicly disclosed.

Name (English)

Yumiko Hotta

Name (Japanese)

堀田祐美子

Reading

ほった ゆみこ

Born

January 10, 1967 (age 59)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Goat (未)

Origin

Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan

Occupation

Professional Wrestler / Karateka

Motto

Private

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/yumiko_hotta/
• Xhttps://x.com/yumiko_hotta
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A0%80%E7%94%B0%E7%A5%90%E7%BE%8E%E5%AD%90

Tags

• From Hyogo Prefecture
• Professional Wrestler
• Karateka

Last updated

2026-06-02

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.