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Yukari Lynch "the female Giant Baba", real name Yukari Kawamura Yukari Lynch made her debut in AJW at the young age of 14 in 1975 after being scouted by AJW for her height, (her billed height is 180cm but Weekly Asahi lists it as 185cm), and because of her unique look due to being half white. Because she was biracial, Yukari was made into a heel and would team with whichever foreigners were on tour with AJW but she was promoted in the press with Mach Fumiake and an early Beauty Pair as their villain before Black Pair formed. She didn't stick with wrestling long enough to become skilled, she was reportedly slow in the ring and relied on elbow strikes and kicks for off…
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Yusuf Turk (ユセフ・トルコ) Profession: Wrestler, Referee, Executive Real name: Yusuf Omar Professional names: Killer Mike Yusuf, Yusuf Turk Life: 5/23/1931-10/18/2013 Born: Toyohara (now Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk), Sakhalin Career: 1954-1973 Height/Weight: 173cm/90kg (5’8”/198lbs.) Signature moves: surfboard stretch, flying knee drop Promotions: Japan Wrestling Association, New Japan Pro-Wrestling Titles: none One of puroresu’s earliest comic wrestlers and then a referee and booker, Yusuf Turk was an important figure in the ascension of Antonio Inoki, even if his relationship with the promotion he helped found was a turbulent one. The half-Japanese son …
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