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THE WRESTLING WORLD continues to mourn the loss of World Wonder Ring Stardom wrestler Hana Kimura, who tragically took her life after undergoing a severe amount of bullying over social media from fans of the Japanese reality television show Terrace House.

Hana’s legacy will live on through her mother , and her friends in the wrestling industry who continue to share stories about her. While only being 22 years old at the time of her death, Kimura touched the lives of fans who lived vicariously through the Tokyo Cyber Squad leader—who was known

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