Giulia (wrestler)

Giulia made her Ice Ribbon debut in October 2017, teaming with the legendary Takako Inoue in a loss to Nao Date and Satsuki Totoro.[6] In November, she entered the Young Ice Tournament where she was eliminated by Totoro in the first round.[7] In April, she wrestled Ice Ribbon ace Tsukasa Fujimoto for the first time, losing in 39 seconds.[8] On September 24, she defeated Asahi for her first singles victory.[9] On October 1, she was invited by the legendary Toshiaki Kawada to compete on one of his "Holy War" produce shows, where she was defeated by veteran Command Bolshoi.[10] Days later, she was defeated by Aja Kong in a singles match for the Oz Academy promotion.[11] In the latter part of the year, she began a feud with Tequila Saya, which eventually bought in male wrestlers Shinya Aoki and Hideki Suzuki, who acted as mentors for the female wrestlers and taught them new moves throughout their feud. After a match on December 31 where Saya and Suzuki were defeated by Giulia and Aoki, the two women reconciled and formed a tag team known as "Burning Raw".[12] At the end of the year, she was presented with Ice Ribbon's "New Face" award, the equivalent of winning rookie of the year. On January 27, Burning Raw unsuccessfully challenged Kyuri and Maika Ozaki for the International Ribbon Tag Team Championship.[13] After February 17, she announced she would be taking a month off from pro wrestling due to nerve damage in her hip. After returning, she began a feud with Maya Yukihi, which culminated in Giulia unsuccessfully challenging for the ICE Cross Infinity Championship on May 25.[14] In July, Burning Raw defeated Yukihi and Risa Sera to win the International Ribbon Tag Team Championship.[15] After 3 months as champions, they dropped the titles back to Yukihi and Sera on September 23.[16] In a surprise announcement on October 13, Giulia announced she would abruptly be leaving Ice Ribbon.[17][18]

Giulia took part in exhibition matches organized by New Japan Pro Wrestling in relationship with World Wonder Ring Stardom to promote female talent. In her first match, she teamed up with Hana Kimura in a losing effort to Mayu Iwatani and Arisa Hoshiki in the first night of Wrestle Kingdom 14 on January 4, 2020.[19] On January 5, 2021, in the second night of Wrestle Kingdom 15, she teamed up with fellow Donna del Mondo stable member Syuri to defeat Mayu Iwatani and Tam Nakano.[20]

On October 14, 2019, Giulia announced that she had signed with World Wonder Ring Stardom.[2] On December 8, Giulia made her in-ring debut on Stardom where she defeated Hazuki.[21] During January 2020, Giulia formed a new unit named "Donna del Mondo", recruiting Maika and Syuri to the stable in the process.[22] On January 4, 2020, Giulia and Hana Kimura were defeated by Arisa Hoshiki and Mayu Iwatani in a Stardom Special tag team match at New Japan Pro-Wrestling's Wrestle Kingdom 14 event.[23] On February 8, Donna del Mondo defeated Queen's Quest (AZM, Momo Watanabe and Utami Hayashishita) to win the Artist of Stardom Championship.[4] On March 24, Giulia defeated Jungle Kyona, Momo Watanabe, fellow Donna del Mondo stablemate Syuri, and finally Natsuko Tora to be crowned the 2020 Cinderella Tournament winner.[24] On July 26, Giulia defeated Tam Nakano to win the vacant Wonder of Stardom Championship.[3] On October 3, Giulia had her first successful title defense where she defeated Nakano in a rematch.[25] On November 14, Donna del Mondo lost the Artist of Stardom Championship to Oedo Tai (Bea Priestley, Saki Kashima and Tora).[26] On December 20, Giulia defended the Wonder of Stardom Championship in a title vs. title match against fellow Donna del Mondo member Syuri who defended the SWA World Championship.[27] The match ended in a time-limit draw, with both titleholders retaining their titles in the process.[27]

On January 5, 2021, at the second night of New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW)'s Wrestle Kingdom 15, Giulia made her first NJPW appearance where she, alongside Syuri, defeated Iwatani and Nakano in a dark match.[28]