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Las Cachorras Orientales

Las Cachorras Orientales (Japanese: ラス・カチョーラス・オリエンタレス), frequently styled as LCO, were a professional wrestling tag team composed of Etsuko Mita and Mima Shimoda. The team's name is Spanish for "The Oriental Bitches". The team was established in 1992 and participated in various prominent Japanese women's professional wrestling organizations, including All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling, NEO Japan Ladies Pro-Wrestling, Gaea Japan, JWP Joshi Puroresu, and Arsion. Las Cachorras Orientales (Etsuko Mita and Mima Shimoda) held multiple prestigious tag team championships throughout their career, including the AJW Tag Team Championship, the JWP Tag Team Championship, the UWA World Women's Tag Team Championship, the Twin Star of Arsion Championship, and the WWWA World Tag Team Championship, which they won on four occasions.

They gained notoriety for their distinctive brawling style and use of painted steel chairs and guardrails as weapons against opponents during matches.

Las Cachorras Orientales are widely regarded as one of the greatest tag teams in Japanese women’s wrestling history due to their innovative style, championship success, and lasting impact on joshi puroresu.

Etsuko Mita debuted on July 31, 1987, for All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling against Chiaki Ishikawa. On August 5, 1987 Mima Shimoda debuted against Mita.

Prior to creating LCO, both Mita and Shimoda were in other tag teams. Mita was one half of "Dream Orca", along with Toshiyo Yamada. Shimoda was one half of the "Tokyo Sweethearts" along with Manami Toyota. The two teams met on August 10, 1988, and on May 6, 1989, at Wrestle Marinepiad '89 with the Tokyo Sweethearts winning.

On June 14, 1989, Mita captured the AJW Tag Team Championship with Toshiyo Yamada, but the team had to vacate the titles in March 1990 when Yamada was injured.

On November 14, 1990, at Wrestle Marinepiad '90, Mita and Shimoda, prior to becoming LCO captured the AJW Tag Team Championship from the "Honey Wings" of Mika Takahashi and Kaoru. The reign lasted until April 21, 1991, when they were defeated by Esther and Cynthia Moreno at AJW St. Battle Day Part 2. This was Mita and Shimoda's only AJW Tag Team Championship together.

Both Dream Orca and The Tokyo Sweethearts were broken up by 1991 with Mita forming the "Mint Showers" with Manami Toyota. During Tag League the Best 1991 in October 1991, Mita teamed with Toyota and Shimoda teamed up with Miori Kamiya, which both teams coming at the bottom of the standings. During August 1992, during the Fuji TV Mid Summer Typhoon Tag Tournament, Mita teamed up with Takako Inoue, while Shimoda continued to team with Toyota.

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