Syuri

Syuri Kondo (近藤 朱里), better known simply as Syuri (朱里), is a Japanese professional wrestler, shoot boxer, kickboxer and mixed martial artist.

She is currently signed to World Wonder Ring Stardom, where she is the leader of God's Eye and the current Artist of Stardom Champion (with Ami Sohrei and Mirai) in her second reign.

Syuri started her professional wrestling career in Hustle, where she performed under the ring name KG (Karate Girl).

Syuri later worked for Hustle's two follow-up promotions; Smash, where she was the final Smash Diva Champion, and Wrestling New Classic (WNC), where she was a two-time WNC Women's Champion.

On October 26, 2008, Syuri made her professional wrestling debut for Hustle in a match where she, working under the ring name KG (short for Karate Girl), teamed with HG and RG to defeat Big C, Onigumo and Piranha Monster.

Syuri joined Tajiri's Hustle Union Army stable, formed a tag team with stablemate Banzai Chie, and started an intergender rivalry with Rey Ohara.

Coming from a karate background, Syuri made her shoot boxing debut in 2009 in Krush as a kickboxer.

Syuri remained with the promotion until it ceased its operations in late 2009.

When the Smash was formed in December 2009, Syuri was named as a part of the new roster.

While in Hustle, Syuri had wrestled almost exclusively against male wrestlers as a novelty due to the lack of other female wrestlers in the promotion.

But in Smash, Syuri was poised to become a more serious female wrestler.

Syuri, now working under the ring name Syuri, made her Smash debut at the promotion's inaugural event on March 26, 2010, losing to Meiko Satomura.

Following a match on May 29, Syuri had a heated confrontation and backstage brawl with Kana, who announced her arrival to Smash earlier and was sitting in the audience.

This led to the main event of Smash's June 25 show, where Syuri defeated Kana in a fourteen-minute-long match, ending a three-match losing streak.

However, Kana defeated Syuri in a rematch on July 24 in just three minutes via submission.

For the next several events, Syuri wrestled against female workers from other independent promotions, who were looking for regular spots on the Smash roster.

On September 24, Syuri was defeated in a hardcore match by freelancer Kaoru, after which Kana entered the ring, pushed Kaoru away, and helped Syuri backstage.

On November 22, Syuri and Kana teamed together to defeat Ice Ribbon's Emi Sakura and JWP Joshi Puroresu's Kaori Yoneyama.

As a result, Syuri was granted a shot at Yoneyama's JWP Openweight Championship at Happening Eve on December 24, but Syuri was unsuccessful in her attempt to win what would have been her first title.

Syuri's streak of big matches and her growing popularity among fans eventually led to fellow Smash Seikigun member Lin Byron growing jealous of her, turning heel, and leaving the group to start a rivalry with Syuri.

This was followed by Byron picking up back-to-back tag team victories over Syuri on January 29 and 30, leading to a singles match on February 25, where Syuri was victorious.

On March 21, 2011, Syuri made her debut for Ice Ribbon, losing to Hikaru Shida.

The match eventually led to a partnership between Syuri and Shida.

After defeating Chii Tomiya and Makoto on April 16, Syuri and Shida went on to unsuccessfully challenge Emi Sakura and Ray for the International Ribbon Tag Team Championship on May 5.

The partnership also carried over to Smash, where Syuri and Shida defeated Io Shirai and Mio Shirai on May 3.

On May 14, Syuri, Tajiri and Hajime Ohara, traveled to Mexico to represent Smash at Toryumon's DragonMania VI event.

Syuri teamed with Lluvia and Marcela to defeat La Comandante, Dalys la Caribeña and Mima Shimoda in a six-woman tag team match.

Upon returning to Japan, Syuri avenged her Ice Ribbon loss by defeating Hikaru Shida on June 9 in the first round of a tournament to determine the inaugural Smash Diva Champion.

On August 11, Syuri was eliminated from the tournament in the semifinals by Kana, who would go on to become the inaugural champion.

On October 28, Lin Byron made her return to Smash after a four-month break, and reignited her rivalry with Syuri.

Syuri debuted in Stardom in 2013 and is a former one-time World of Stardom Champion, one-time SWA World Champion and one-time Goddesses of Stardom Champion.

Syuri is also the winner of the 2021 5 Star Grand Prix.

After WNC folded in June 2014, Syuri remained affiliated with its sister promotion Reina Joshi Puroresu until March 2016, becoming a one-time Reina World Women's Champion and a one-time Reina World Tag Team Champion.

Syuri also worked for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) through their working relationship with Reina, where she is a former CMLL World Women's Champion and CMLL-Reina International Champion.

Over the following six years, Syuri amassed a record of 13 wins and one loss, while also becoming the inaugural Krush Women's Flyweight Champion in March 2014.

In April 2016, Syuri transitioned to mixed martial arts by joining Pancrase, where she was the inaugural Strawweight Queen of Pancrase.

In September 2017, Syuri made her Ultimate Fighting Championship debut.

Kondo was born to a Filipino mother and a Japanese father in Ebina, Kanagawa.

She started practicing karate in primary school, winning numerous titles, and also excelled in track and field sports in junior high school and tennis in high school.

After graduation, she worked as a model for fashion magazines and as a movie extra, before passing an audition held by professional wrestling promotion Hustle.