Independent circuit (1996–2008) Watanabe is known for competing in various promotions from the
Japanese independent scene. She competed in two of the earliest events promoted by
Ice Ribbon, both held on September 9, 2006, respective the
Ice Ribbon The Fifth Ice Ribbon Part 2 and 3, where she first teamed up with
Cherry to defeat
Aoi Kizuki and
Kaori Yoneyama, and secondly with
Ayako Sato to defeat Kizuki and
Ray. At
Oz Academy Wizard on April 1, 2007, she teamed up with
Yuki Miyazaki in a losing effort against
Chikayo Nagashima and
Dynamite Kansai. She also took part in independent events such as ''
Jaguar Yokota's 30th Anniversary Convention'' from March 11, 2007, where she competed in a
32-person battle royal won by
Devil Masami and also involving popular wrestlers from the 1980s and 1990s like
Akino,
Carlos Amano,
Gami,
Mayumi Ozaki,
Sachie Abe,
Toshie Uematsu,
Yumiko Hotta and many others.
JWP Joshi Puroresu (1998–2008) Watanabe also competed in JWP. Her most notable works mainly focused on title matches, such as the one from
JWP Climax 2008 on December 28, where she teamed up with Keiko Aono to unsuccessfully challenge Ran Yu-Yu and Toshie Uematsu for both the
JWP Tag Team Championship and the
Daily Sports Women's Tag Team Championship.
All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling (1994–2005) Watanabe made her
professional wrestling debut in
All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling at ''AJW Japan Grand Prix '94'' on August 28, 1994, where she teamed up with Kumiko Maekawa and faced Rie Tamada and
Yoko Takahashi. During her eleven-year tenure with the promotion, Watanabe competed in various of the promotion's signarute events. As for the
Tag League the Best, she made her first appearance at the 2001 edition where she teamed up with Kumiko Maekawa and scored a total of five points after going against the teams of
Manami Toyota and
Yumiko Hotta,
Kaoru Ito and
Momoe Nakanishi, Las Cachorras Orientales (
Etsuko Mita and
Mima Shimoda), Kiss no Sekai (Kayo Noumi and
Miho Wakizawa) and
Nanae Takahashi and Tomoko Watanabe. At the 2002 edition she teamed up with Maekawa again, scoring a total of seven points after competing against Kiss no Sekai (Kayo Noumi and Momoe Nakanishi),
Takako Inoue and Tomoko Watanabe, Las Cachorras Orientales (Etsuko Mita and Mima Shimoda), Fang Suzuki and Nanae Takahashi,
Mariko Yoshida and Yumiko Hotta,
Megumi Yabushita and
Sumie Sakai, and Mika Nishio and Miyuki Fujii. Another event in which she took part was the
Japan Grand Prix, the promotion's greatest yearly tournament, in which she made her first appearance at the 1997 edition where she scored a total of five known points against Kaoru Ito, Manami Toyota, Kumiko Maekawa, Etsuko Mita, Mima Shimoda,
Tomoko Watanabe, Rie Tamada, Saya Endo, Tanny Mouse, Yoshiko Tamura and Mariko Yoshida. Her last appearance took place at the 2004 edition where she defeated Nanae Takahashi in the first rounds but fell short to Hikaru in the second ones. ==Championships and accomplishments==