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Aya Sakura had been living a life unrelated to professional wrestling until 2020. At the time, she was attending the JAE (Japan Action Enterprise) training school and working as a portrait model in Tokyo.
>"I was helping out as an assistant to a photographer I often worked with, and I received an invitation to a shoot for a flyer for a certain organization. It was my first time watching professional wrestling, and I was impressed by the techniques and sounds of the defending wrestlers, and how thoroughly they practiced. I was also surprised to see a line at the concession stand. I had a brief stint as an underground idol, but... the management went bust after six months (wry smile), and even though people came to watch, it was rare for them to come to the merchandise stand. I was really shocked to learn that professional wrestling is a culture where you watch a match, buy a portrait, and then talk to the wrestlers - it's all part of the set, and I thought that culture was great."
Before moving to Tokyo, Sakura worked in Osaka for about three years at a cafe bar run by an entertainment agency, and it was there that an incident occurred.
