A press conference was held by Tokyo Joshi Pro today for Nao Kakuta. She announced she will be graduating from TJPW and retire from pro wrestling at the end of July. It was a decision she had thought about for a while. Last year was when she made up her mind and had talks with Tetsuya Koda to finish up in 2024. Kakuta said when she discovered TJPW she was able to fall in love with wrestling even more and experienced so many things she never would have elsewhere. She has worked as a civil servant, a stage actress and a pro wrestler so now she has a new goal in life. She is going to take a break before taking her next step and moving on to accomplish that goal. She will reveal what that is when her plans surrounding it become more concrete.
There is a stage play she currently has a role in that may continue after she retires from wrestling but once that gig is finished she will not be taking any further jobs that put her in front of an audience or the public eye. When making this decision she thought about continuing her wrestling career on a part time basis but felt it would get in the way of her new goal. She made it clear that her graduation and retirement is not happening because of an injury.
Kakuta said her most memorable moments in TJPW were getting to wrestle Mizuki one on one and also winning the Princess Tag Team Titles. She believes she has done everything she could as a wrestler in TJPW. She has a few opponents in mind that she asked Koda to book her with for her last few months here. She has not decided on who her final opponent will be. Instead she is hopeful she gets to smile in the ring during the 10 bell salute for her retirement.
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