Nikkan Lee
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Nikkan Lee (李日韓, Ri Nikkan) (born Yuki Shiraishi (白石友紀, Shiraishi Yuki) on 15 April 1975 in Seoul, Republic of Korea) is a Japanese-Korean puroresu referee who is foremost known as the head referee for Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW).
Lee is noted to be, along with Megumi Grace Asano of Dramatic Dream Team, one of the only two female referees in Japanese male wrestling. She made her refereeing debut on 29 March 1999 at a match between Mike Samples and Guerrero del Futuro in Ibaraki, Ibaraki and has also had several non-wrestling appearances on Japanese TV.
Lee also makes occasional appearances as a wrestler for promotions such as BJW and Dramatic Dream Team, where she competes as Nippon Li on DDT's New Beijing Puroresu events. On September 30, 2016 Lee made her debut in WWE's NXT live event in Orlando, Florida as a referee.