{"id":25674,"date":"2018-09-10T00:30:51","date_gmt":"2018-09-10T04:30:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=25674"},"modified":"2019-06-04T20:00:27","modified_gmt":"2019-06-05T00:00:27","slug":"joshi-star-ray-passes-away-from-brain-tumor-at-age-36","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2018\/09\/10\/joshi-star-ray-passes-away-from-brain-tumor-at-age-36\/","title":{"rendered":"Joshi Star Ray Passes Away From Brain Tumor At Age 36"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just weeks removed <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/2018\/08\/27\/former-joshi-star-aliya-passes-away-from-cancer-at-age-45\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">from the loss of\u00a0<em>joshi\u00a0<\/em>star\u00a0<strong>Aliya&#8217;<\/strong><\/a>, the Japanese\u00a0<em>joshi\u00a0<\/em>received more tragic news last week with the passing of\u00a0<em>joshi\u00a0<\/em>wrestler\u00a0<strong>Ray<\/strong> from a brain tumor on August 30, 2018. She was only 36 years old.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">Ray\u304c\u5929\u56fd\u306b\u65c5\u7acb\u3061\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002\u3002<br \/>Leon\u3055\u3093\u3063\uff01\u3063\u3066\u4eba\u61d0\u3063\u3053\u3044\u7b11\u9854\u3092\u5411\u3051\u3066\u304f\u308bRay\u3061\u3083\u3093\u306e\u9854\u304c\u305a\u3063\u3068\u982d\u306b\u6d6e\u304b\u3093\u3067\u3044\u307e\u3059\u3002<br \/>\u4eca\u307e\u3067Ray\u306e\u7b11\u9854\u306b\u4f55\u5ea6\u3082\u6551\u308f\u308c\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002<br \/>\u75c5\u6c17\u306b\u306a\u3063\u3066\u81ea\u5206\u304c\u8f9b\u3044\u72b6\u614b\u306a\u306e\u306b\u3001\u79c1\u306e\u4e8b\u3092\u5fc3\u914d\u3057\u3066\u304f\u308c\u305fRay\u3061\u3083\u3093\u3002<br \/>\u672c\u5f53\u306b\u3001\u672c\u5f53\u306b\u3042\u308a\u304c\u3068\u3046\u3002<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PUREJ?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#PUREJ<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/e7SloSy7sx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/e7SloSy7sx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Leon (@leon3purej) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/leon3purej\/status\/1035471422976479232?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 31, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>A 15-year veteran of the squared circle, the Hong Kong native debuted in 2003 with\u00a0<strong>Gatokunyan<\/strong> after being trained by\u00a0<em>joshi\u00a0<\/em>legend <strong>Emi Sakura<\/strong>. She remained with\u00a0Gatokunyan until it folded in 2007, despite her trainer departing a year earlier to start up <strong>Ice Ribbon<\/strong>. While she would move to work with Ice Ribbon, she also found great success early on working with <strong>All Japan Women&#8217;s Pro Wrestling (AJW)<\/strong> great <strong>Mariko Yoshida<\/strong> in her <strong>IBUKI<\/strong> promotion through 2010.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-25683\" src=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/09\/vh4DUwK-e1536553839918.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"413\" height=\"550\"><\/p>\n<p>In 2011, she became a regular performer with\u00a0<strong>Japanese Women Pro-Wrestling Project (JWP)<\/strong> as well as regular appearances with <strong>Sendai Girls, REINA, Stardom, OZ Academy<\/strong> and every other\u00a0<em>joshi\u00a0<\/em>promotion in Japan. She was a favorite of former WWE\/ECW Superstar <strong>TAJIRI<\/strong>, whom Ray worked with first in his <strong>SMASH<\/strong> promotion from 2010 through 2012 (where she unmasked and worked as <strong>Lin Byron<\/strong>) and then with his new promotion, <strong>Wrestling New Classic (WNC)<\/strong>, from 2012 through 2014.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Leon &amp; Ray Vs  DASH Chisako &amp; Sendai Sachiko\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cIuffWdj7rU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Most remembered as a tag team specialist, she was a multi tag team champion alongside her most memorable partner, <strong>Leon<\/strong>, capturing the JWP, Daily Sports (another JWP title) and REINA Tag Team titles. She also won the Ice Ribbon tag team titles with her mentor, Sakura. But despite her reputation as a tag team wrestler, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=KiEw8RsJhSk\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">she also held her own as a singles competitor<\/a> &#8211; she won the CMLL-REINA International Junior Heavyweight title in 2011, and as Lin Byron captured the WNC Women&#8217;s Championship in 2013. Ray, alongside Leon, also made their way to the North American scene, working with <strong>SHIMMER<\/strong> on multiple occasions, as well as with <strong>CMLL<\/strong> in Mexico.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ayako Hamada and Ayumi Kurihara vs. Leon and Ray Highlights\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9KXNnhSq2rA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In 2015, she underwent a routine MRI following a concussion that discovered a brain tumor. In February of 2016, it was discovered to be a Stage III tumor, and due to it&#8217;s sensitive location (it was attached to the nerves), it was sadly, inoperable. She underwent treatments for the past few years, but this past May she was rushed in for emergency surgery for hydrocephalus (water on the brain). Her battle ended on Thursday August 30.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u60b2\u3057\u3044\u304a\u77e5\u3089\u305b\u3067\u3059\u3002<br \/>Ray\u306f\u672c\u5f53\u306b\u3088\u304f\u9811\u5f35\u3063\u3066\u3044\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002<\/p>\n<p>\u5929\u56fd\u3067\u3086\u3063\u304f\u308a\u4f11\u3093\u3067\u304f\u3060\u3055\u3044\u3002<br \/>\u5fc3\u3088\u308a\u3054\u51a5\u798f\u3092\u304a\u7948\u308a\u3057\u307e\u3059\u3002\u3002<\/p>\n<p>\u25c7\u30d5\u30ea\u30fc\u30e9\u30f3\u30b9\u30d7\u30ed\u30ec\u30b9\u30e9\u30fcRay\u3054\u901d\u53bb\u306e\u304a\u77e5\u3089\u305b<\/p>\n<p>2016\u5e742\u6708\u3088\u308a\u60aa\u6027\u8133\u816b\u760d\u306e\u70ba\u3001\u95d8\u75c5\u3057\u3066\u3044\u305fRay\uff08\u672c\u540d\u3001\u5e74\u9f62\u975e\u516c\u958b\uff09\u304c2018\u5e748\u670830\u65e514\u664218\u5206\u306b\u6c38\u7720\u3044\u305f\u3057\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lYRmZJCDkp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/lYRmZJCDkp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \u30b3\u30de\u30f3\u30c9\u30dc\u30ea\u30b7\u30e7\u30a4 (@piko3purej) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/piko3purej\/status\/1035422293483118593?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 31, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/SHIMMERwomen\/status\/1035403106782248960<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/HudsonEnvy\/status\/1035466935067205632<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just weeks removed from the loss of\u00a0joshi\u00a0star\u00a0Aliya&#8217;, the Japanese\u00a0joshi\u00a0received more tragic news last week with the passing of\u00a0joshi\u00a0wrestler\u00a0Ray from a brain tumor on August 30, 2018. She was only 36 years old. Ray\u304c\u5929\u56fd\u306b\u65c5\u7acb\u3061\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002\u3002Leon\u3055\u3093\u3063\uff01\u3063\u3066\u4eba\u61d0\u3063\u3053\u3044\u7b11\u9854\u3092\u5411\u3051\u3066\u304f\u308bRay\u3061\u3083\u3093\u306e\u9854\u304c\u305a\u3063\u3068\u982d\u306b\u6d6e\u304b\u3093\u3067\u3044\u307e\u3059\u3002\u4eca\u307e\u3067Ray\u306e\u7b11\u9854\u306b\u4f55\u5ea6\u3082\u6551\u308f\u308c\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002\u75c5\u6c17\u306b\u306a\u3063\u3066\u81ea\u5206\u304c\u8f9b\u3044\u72b6\u614b\u306a\u306e\u306b\u3001\u79c1\u306e\u4e8b\u3092\u5fc3\u914d\u3057\u3066\u304f\u308c\u305fRay\u3061\u3083\u3093\u3002\u672c\u5f53\u306b\u3001\u672c\u5f53\u306b\u3042\u308a\u304c\u3068\u3046\u3002#PUREJ pic.twitter.com\/e7SloSy7sx &mdash; Leon (@leon3purej) August 31, 2018 A 15-year veteran of the squared circle, the Hong Kong native debuted in 2003 with\u00a0Gatokunyan [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":649,"featured_media":25675,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2,547,13,5302,317],"tags":[2897,3423,673],"class_list":["post-25674","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-in-memorium","category-international","category-joshi","category-women","tag-joshi","tag-ray","tag-shimmer"],"modified_by":"Alex Richards, LWOF Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25674","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/649"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25674"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25674\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25675"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}