Sakura Hirota

Hirota made her professional wrestling debut at AJW Discover New Heroine, an event promoted by All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling on August 12, 1996 where she competed in a tag team tournament in which she paired up with her trainer Chigusa Nagayo, falling short to Aja Kong and Yoshiko Tamura in a first-round match.{{cite web|url=http://www.quebrada.net/videos/AJW3.html|title=Shukan Puroresu Video Vol. 24 Manatsu no Ya no Budokan (Budokan Midsummer Night) DISCOVER NEW HEROINE Commercial Tapes 8/12/96 & 8/13/96 Tokyo Nippon Budokan|work=quebrada.net|author=Quebrada|access-date=August 22, 2021}}

As a freelancer, Hirota is known for working with various promotions. At WAVE The Virgin Mary Reina De Reinas 2012, a cross-over event produced by Pro Wrestling Wave in partnership with Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide on November 27, 2012, Hirota scored a victory over Ran Yu-Yu.{{cite web|url=https://wp.bbm-mobile.com/sp2/Result/ResultShow.asp?s=025586|script-title=ja:WAVE＋AAAコラボ興行～The Virgin Mary～Reina de Reinas 2012 東京・後楽園ホール|work=bbm-mobile.com|author=Baseball Magazine|language=Japanese|date=November 27, 2012|access-date=August 23, 2021}} At JWP Recapture In Shinjuku, an event promoted by JWP Joshi Puroresu on October 25, 2015, she teamed up with Kazuki in a losing effort to Hanako Nakamori and Makoto.{{cite web|url=http://quebrada.rbmoviereviews.com/videos/jwp2015.html|title=JWP Nico Recapture in Shijuku 10/25/15 Tokyo Shinjuku Face|work=quebrada.net|author=Quebrada|date=October 25, 2015|access-date=August 23, 2021}} At Seadlinnng The Second Match ~ Up To You! from November 25, 2015, Hirota teamed up with Emi Sakura in a losing effort to Takako Inoue and Yumiko Hotta.{{cite web|url=http://www.purolove.com/joshi/seadlinnng/results15.php|title=SEAdLINNNG "UP TO YOU!", 25.11.2015 Tokyo Korakuen Hall|work=purolove.com|author=Purolove|date=November 25, 2015|access-date=August 23, 2021}} At the finals of the 2020 D-Oh Grand Prix of DDT Pro Wrestling from December 28, 2018, she fell short to Saki Akai.{{cite web|url=https://www.ddtpro.com/results/13340|script-title=ja:D王 GRAND PRIX 2020 the FINAL!!|work=ddtpro.com|author=DDT Pro Wrestling|title=DDT ProWrestling |language=Japanese|date=December 28, 2018|access-date=August 22, 2021}} At Hana Kimura Memorial Show, a show which portraited one year since the passing of Hana Kimura on May 23, 2021, Hirota competed in a 28-person All-Star Battle Royal which also involved Cima, Masato Tanaka, Yusuke Kodama, Jun Kasai, Jinsei Shinzaki and many others.{{cite web|url=https://www.f4wonline.com/japan/hana-kimura-memorial-show-live-results-kagetsu-others-action-342136|title=HANA KIMURA MEMORIAL SHOW LIVE RESULTS: KAGETSU, OTHERS IN ACTION|work=f4wonline.com|first=Parker|last=Klyn|date=May 22, 2021|access-date=May 23, 2021}}

She had her first match for Ice Ribbon at New Ice Ribbon #424 from October 28, 2012 she teamed up with Hamuko Hoshi to defeat Cherry and Meari Naito.{{cite web|url=https://iceribbon.com/event_detail.php?id=85|script-title=ja:◆2012年10月28日 開始時間 13時00分～ 2012横浜ﾘﾎﾞﾝIII 13時00分開始|work=iceribbon.com|author=Ice Ribbon|language=Japanese|date=October 28, 2012|access-date=August 23, 2021}} At New Ice Ribbon #696 on December 5, 2015, she unsuccessfully challenged Neko Nitta and Kyuri for the Triangle Ribbon Championship in a three-way match.{{cite web|url=https://iceribbon.com/event_detail.php?id=1454|script-title=ja:◆2015年1 月05日 開始時間 18時00分～ ／ 開場時刻 17時30分 アイスリボン696 18時00分開始|work=iceribbon.com|author=Ice Ribbon|language=Japanese|date=December 5, 2015|access-date=August 23, 2021}}

Hirota has a tenure with Oz Academy. At Heart on Wave on September 23, 2014 she teamed up with Mayumi Ozaki as "Ozakura Princess" defeated Aja Kong and Tsubasa Kuragaki in the finals of a five tag team tournament to win the vacant Oz Academy Tag Team Championship.{{cite web | url = http://www.oz-a.com/result/2014-09-23.html | title = 2014/09/23(火) 12:00～ 「 Heart on wave 」 | accessdate=October 1, 2014 | work=Oz Academy | language=Japanese}} At WAVE/OZ Academy OZABU Spin Off, a cross-over event promoted by both Oz Academy and Pro Wrestling Wave on June 7, 2015, she competed in a 19-person battle royal also involving Tsubasa Kuragaki, Mio Shirai, Kaori Yoneyama, Manami Toyota and others.{{cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=130680|title=WAVE/OZ Academy OZABU Spin Off|work=cagematch.net|first=Philip|last=Kreikenbohm|language=German|date=June 7, 2015|access-date=August 22, 2021}}

Hirota is also known for her tenure with Sendai Girls' Pro Wrestling. At house show hosted by the promotion on January 20, 2019, she participated in a 15-woman battle royal also involving notable opponents such as Alex Lee, Kaoru Maeda, Meiko Satomura, Sareee and others.{{cite web|url=http://sendaigirls.jp/result/?calender_y=2019&calender_m=01|script-title=ja:宮城 区文化センター大会(2019年1月) 2019年01月20日(日曜日) 14:00試合開始(13:30開場) 宮城野区文化センター 295人(超満員札止め)|work=sendaigirls.jp|author=Sendai Girls World Championship|language=Japanese|date=January 20, 2019|access-date=August 22, 2021}} At another house show from March 11, 2019 she unsuccessfully challenged Chihiro Hashimoto for the Sendai Girls World Championship.{{cite web|url=http://sendaigirls.jp/result/14302/|script-title=ja:新宿FACE大会(2019年3月) 2019年03月11日(月曜日) 19:00開始（18:30開場）新宿FACE 360人|work=sendaigirls.jp|author=Sendai Girls World Championship|language=Japanese|date=March 11, 2019|access-date=August 22, 2021}}

Hirota is known for competing in various of the promotion's signature events. One of them is Catch the Wave, making her first appearance at the 2014 edition of the event where she placed herself in the "Adeyaka" block and scoring a total of six points after competing against Yumi Ohka, Tsukasa Fujimoto, Tomoka Nakagawa, Kyoko Kimura, Shuu Shibutani and Yuu Yamagata.{{cite web|url=http://catch-the-wave.pro-w-wave.com/ |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140328224116/http://catch-the-wave.pro-w-wave.com/ |title=Catch The Wave Championship 2014 |archivedate=March 28, 2014 |accessdate=April 7, 2014 |work=Pro Wrestling Wave |language=Japanese |url-status=dead }} One year later at the 2014 edition of the tournament, she scored three victories and six losses after competing against the likes of Kana, Hikaru Shida, Mika Iida, Cherry, Ryo Mizunami, Misaki Ohata, Kaho Kobayashi and Rina Yamashita.{{cite web | url = http://pro-w-wave.com/2015_battle/0315/over.html | title = Virgin Killer | accessdate=March 19, 2015 |work=pro-w-wave.com| author=Pro Wrestling Wave | language=Japanese}}

As for the Dual Shock Wave, she made her first appearance at the 2014 edition in which she competed against teams such as Fairy Family (Dynamite Kansai and Fairy Nipponbashi) and Merazoma (Melanie Cruise and Moeka Haruhi), she teamed up with Mika Iida as "Sakuragohan" and made it to the finals from October 15 where they also dropped the Wave Tag Team Championship to Revolucion Amandla (Kyoko Kimura and Tomoka Nakagawa).{{cite web | url = http://dual-shock.pro-w-wave.com/20141015/index.html | title = Dual Shock Wave 2014 Weekday Wave vol-80 | accessdate = October 17, 2014 | work = Pro Wrestling Wave | language = Japanese | archive-date = October 8, 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141008071716/http://dual-shock.pro-w-wave.com/20141015/index.html | url-status = dead }} At the 2017 edition of the event she teamed up with Saki as "Pyonzu, Zu" and fell short to Natsu & Natsuri (Natsumi Maki and Sumire Natsu).{{cite web | url = http://pro-w-wave.com/archives/7886 | script-title=ja:Wave9・14ニコプロで公開記者会見 | date=September 14, 2017 | accessdate=September 14, 2017 | work=Pro Wrestling Wave | language=Japanese}}

On June 2, 2025, Hirota and Pro Wrestling Wave announced that Hirota would leave the company, and would start to become more involved in Japanese politics. She registered as a member of the Japan Innovation Party, a center-right populist party, to run for the House of Councillors' Aichi at-large district in the 2025 elections.{{Cite web |last=Hirota |first=Shin Sakura |date=2025-06-02 |title=ご報告です - 広田さくらの咲く咲くラ |url=https://blog.spora.jp/sakurahirota/2025/06/02/post-360/ |access-date=2025-06-03 |website=広田さくらの咲く咲くラ - Just another SPORA ブログサイト site |language=ja}}

Hirota is a mother of twins, a boy and a girl. She once brought them at DDT All Out Day on July 29, 2019 since she did not find any babysitter for them.{{cite web|url=https://www.ddtpro.com/universe/videos/6667|script-title=ja:闘うビアガーデン 2019 ～ALL OUT DAY～|work=ddtpro.com|author=DDT Pro Wrestling|title=DDT ProWrestling |date=July 29, 2019|access-date=August 22, 2021}} She previously stated that she was once a supporter of the Sports and Peace Party, which was ran by Antonio Inoki.

• Gaea Japan
• One Night Tag Team Tournament (2004) – with Chigusa Nagayo
• Oz Academy
• Oz Academy Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Mayumi Ozaki{{cite web|url=https://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/oz/oz-t.html|title=OZ Academy Tag Team Title|work=wrestling-titles.com|author=Wrestling Titles|date=August 18, 2021|access-date=August 22, 2021}}
• Best Wizard Award (1 time)
• MVP Award (2014){{cite web | url = http://ameblo.jp/n-ozacademy/entry-11976614867.html | title = Best Wizard | date=January 13, 2015 | accessdate=January 15, 2015 | work=Oz Academy | publisher=Ameba | language=Japanese | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230406170247/https://ameblo.jp/n-ozacademy/entry-11976614867.html | archive-date=April 6, 2023 | url-status=live}}
• Pro Wrestling Wave
• Wave Single Championship (1 time)
• Wave Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Yuki Miyazaki (1) and Mika Iida (1)
• Catch the Wave Award (5 times)
• Best Bout Award (2014) {{small|vs. Kyoko Kimura on May 13}}{{cite web | url = http://catch-the-wave.pro-w-wave.com/2014/0727/over.html | title = 「Catch the Wave 2014～波女決定決勝トーナメント～」 | accessdate = July 28, 2014 | work = Pro Wrestling Wave | language = Japanese |url-status=dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140811165213/http://catch-the-wave.pro-w-wave.com/2014/0727/over.html | archive-date = August 11, 2014 }}
• Best Performance Award (2018) {{small|shared with Yuki Miyazaki}}{{cite web | url=http://pro-w-wave.com/archives/9768 | title=Catch the WAVE 2018～波女決勝戦～飯田美花引退「ごちそうさまでした！」 | accessdate=May 4, 2018 | work=Pro Wrestling Wave | language=Japanese | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180821192121/http://pro-w-wave.com/archives/9768 | archive-date=August 21, 2018 | url-status=dead }}
• Best Performance Award (2024) {{small|with Kohaku vs. Honoka and Yuki Miyazaki on June 16}}{{cite web | url = https://pro-w-wave.com/blog/article.html?page=1359 | script-title=ja:『CATCH THE WAVE 2024～決勝戦～』|date=July 14, 2024| accessdate=July 29, 2024| work=Pro Wrestling Wave | language=Japanese |url-status=live| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240716055148/https://www.pro-w-wave.com/blog/article.html?page=1359 |archive-date=July 16, 2024}}
• Fighting Spirit Award (2014)
• Technique Award (2014)
• World Woman Pro-Wrestling Diana
• WWWD Queen Elizabeth Championship (5 times)
• WWWD Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Yumi Ohka

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