Shinobu Kandori (神取 忍, Kandori Shinobu?, born October 30, 1964) is a retired Japanese wrestler and now politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Yokohama, Kanagawa, she ran unsuccessfully for House of Councillors in 2004 but was allowed to join the house in 2006 when Heizo Takenaka, a member of the house, resigned.
As a professional wrestler she worked for several women's promotions from the 1980s to the 2000s, including Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling and its offshoot, Ladies' Legend Pro-Wrestling (LLPW), of which she became the president in 2002. She held several championships, including the LLPW Singles Championship in 1993 and 1997, and the WWWA World Heavyweight Championship in 1998.
During her career, Kandori also had some hardcore matches. On March 14, 1997, Kandori had a bloody deathmatch, where the ring ropes were replaced with barbed wire, against Megumi Kudo in FMW.
Played in the 1999 Takashi Miike's worst movie exercise, the direct-to-video film Silver.
[edit] In wrestling
[edit] Championships and accomplishments
- Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling
- Pacific Coast Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Rumi Kazama
- UWA World Women's Championship
- Ladies' Legend Pro-Wrestling
- LLPW Singles Championship (2 times)
- LLPW Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Takako Inoue
- Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards
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Japan
