FITE has announced that they will be airing a memorial named MATANE to celebrate the life of Hana Kimura. It will be available on May 22.
The official preview from FITE reads as follows:
“On May 23rd live on FITE is Hana Kimura Memorial “MATANE”. The event will honor the one-year anniversary of the untimely passing Hana Kimura. The memorial evening features wrestlers such as Super Delfin, HUB, Yuko Miyamoto, Munenori, Sawa, Kaori, Yoneyama, Cherry, Hanako Nakamori, Yuki Miyazaki, VENY(ASUKA), KAGETSU, Mio Momono, Mika Iwata and much more.“
The event is scheduled for May 23 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. The event will air on May 22 at 10:30 PM EST in the United States on FITE.
This memorial marks the tragic one-year passing of Kimura at the young age of 22. This event was organized by Kimura’s mother Kyoko Kimura who was also a professional wrestler and retired in 2017.
For ordering information from FITE you can click the link in the Tweet above.