Yamato Nadeshiko, "the Ideal."

Age: 24
Height: 5"4
Weight: 136lbs
Nationality: Japanese
Alignment: Face

Preferred Matches: Prostyle matches, though Nadeshiko will occasionally consent to take a match outside the ring.

Preferred Moves: Power moves, throws, slams, and the occasional submission

BIO:

Yamato Nadeshiko (real name known only to her friends and family) grew up in a small town on the outskirts of Tokyo. Her family ran a local inn, and most of her youth was spent helping her parents run their small business. Because their small town was home to several local shrines, it was steeped in traditionalist, which was played up by the fact that it was also something of a tourist attraction. Because of this, as a girl, Nadeshiko was taught to be demure "proper," and was made to learn traditional pursuits like horseback riding, calligraphy and archery.

But Nadeshiko longed for a life beyond the archaic walls and traditions of her town. She grew up watching wrestling on TV, and longed to fight in the ring herself. So it was that, as a teenager, she took the money she had been saving, left town and went to Tokyo to train at one of the many wrestling academies there. A few years later, she started her wrestling career, and in a nod to her upbringing, entered under the ring personal of "Nadeshiko Yamato," the Ideal woman, and entered with a straightforward, no nonsense look as a nod to one of her heroines, Chigusa Nagayo.

While Nadeshiko had a decent solo career as a wrestler, she really made a name for herself as part of a tag team. It was only by random chance that she had been paired up with Rainbow Mika, among exuberant, over the top high flyer whose bravado (and much more flashy and suggestive outfits) was at odds with Nadeshiko's stern, demure persona. At first, the two women did not get along, but it soon became apparent that even though their personalities clashed, their skills and wrestling styles complemented one another almost perfectly. Before long, the two developed a healthy respect for one another, a respect that soon turned into friendship as the two formed a near unbeatable tag team.

In the years since the last Street Fighter tournament, Nadeshiko has followed Mika to the AFW, partly to find more matches and continue doing what she loves...and in part because someone has to look after her erratic tag team partner...