 Amano in June 2010 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | Rieko Amano[1][2] (1976-03-16)March 16, 1976 (age 49)[1][2] |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Carlos Amano[1][2] Cutie Rieko[3] Kamen Tenshi Freia[4] Rieko Amano[5] |
| Billed height | 1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)[1][2] |
| Billed weight | 62 kg (137 lb)[1] |
| Debut | December 4, 1994[1][2] |
| Retired | August 17, 2014[6] |
Rieko Amano (天野 理恵子,Amano Rieko; born March 16, 1976)[1][2] is aJapanese retiredprofessional wrestler better known by thering nameCarlos Amano (カルロス天野,Karurosu Amano). Amano made her debut forJWP Joshi Puroresu in December 1994 and early on began also making appearances for theGaea Japan promotion, where she most notably became one of the four founding members of theOz Academystable. Amano joined Gaea Japan full-time in 2002 and remained with the promotion until its folding in 2005, becoming a one-timeAAAW Tag Team Champion. Afterwards, Amano began working for Oz Academy, now a full-time promotion, where she went on to become a two-timeOz Academy Openweight Champion and a three-timeOz Academy Tag Team Champion. Amano retired from professional wrestling in August 2014.
Amano made her debut under her real name for theJWP Joshi Puroresu on December 4, 1994, when she faced another debutante,Tomoko Miyaguchi, in a singles match.[1][2] Early on in her career, Amano also began making regular appearances for theGaea Japan promotion, where, during the summer of 1997, she,Mayumi Ozaki,Chikayo Nagashima and Sugar Sato formed avillainousstable namedOz Academy.[7] On December 8, 1997, Amano also ventured into the world ofmixed martial arts, when she took part in an event held by Central Martial Arts Association. Amano won her only MMA fight, when her opponent,Yoko Takahashi, was disqualified for illegally kicking her in the head.[8] Amano won her first championship back in her home promotion, when she andCommand Bolshoi defeated Hikari Fukuoka and Tomoko Kuzumi for theJWP Tag Team Championship on January 15, 1999.[5] During the reign, Amano began working under the newring name "Carlos Amano".[5] After a thirteen-month reign, they lost the title toZAP I andZAP T on February 10, 2000.[5] Later that same year, Amano quit JWP to first become afreelancer, continuing to make appearances for Gaea Japan.[2] In November 2002, Amano officially joined Gaea Japan, making the promotion her new home.[2] Amano also made appearances for independent events held by Mayumi Ozaki under the Oz Academy banner, most notably winning the ¥10,000,000,000 Iron Woman Tournament on August 8, 2004, defeatingAja Kong in the finals.[2][9] On September 20, 2004, Amano won her only title in Gaea Japan, when she andManami Toyota defeated Aja Kong andAmazing Kong for theAAAW Tag Team Championship.[10] After a six-month reign, they lost the title to Ran Yu-Yu, the former Tomoko Miyaguchi, andToshie Uematsu, just days before the folding of Gaea Japan.[10][11] At the promotion's final event on April 10, 2005, Amano was defeated by Aja Kong in a singles match.[12]
Following the folding of Gaea Japan, Amano joined Oz Academy, which Mayumi Ozaki had now turned into a full promotion.[1] Despite being one of the founding members of the Oz Academy stable in Gaea Japan, since 2005, Amano has mainly worked as a member of the Oz Seikigun ("regular army"), opposing the villainous stable, led by Ozaki.[13] In early 2006, Amano, along with several other Oz Academy workers, made her first trip toMexico, taking part in events held byAAA.[14] Amano returned to AAA in early 2008 to take part in theReina de Reinas Universal Tournament, from which she was eliminated byEstrellita.[15] On January 13, 2008, Amano defeated Aja Kong to become the secondOz Academy Openweight Champion.[16] The following July, Amano andDynamite Kansai defeated Chikayo Nagashima andSonoko Kato to become the inauguralOz Academy Tag Team Champions.[17] However, Amano's and Kansai's reign lasted less than a month, before they lost the title to D-Fix (Kaoru and Mayumi Ozaki).[18] After a reign of 364 days, Amano lost the Oz Academy Openweight Championship to Mayumi Ozaki on January 11, 2009.[19] Amano regained the title from Manami Toyota on September 21, 2009,[20] and on May 2, 2010, once again became a double champion, when she and Toyota won the Oz Academy Tag Team Championship fromAkino and Ran Yu-Yu.[21] After another month-long reign, Amano and Toyota lost the title to Aja Kong andKaoru Ito.[22] On July 11, 2010, Amano also lost the Oz Academy Openweight Championship to Kaoru.[23] Amano and Toyota won the Oz Academy Tag Team Championship once more on June 26, 2011, by defeatingHiroyo Matsumoto andTomoka Nakagawa.[24] After a seven-month reign, they lost the title to Aja Kong and Sonoko Kato on January 15, 2012.[25] On August 17, 2014, while recovering from a knee injury, Amano announced that she would be following her doctor's advice and retiring from professional wrestling due to damage to herbrainstem.[6][26] Her official retirement ceremony took place on April 15, 2015.[27][28]
| Winner (wager) | Loser (wager) | Location | Event | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlos Amano (hair) | Mayumi Ozaki (hair) | Tokyo,Japan | Oz Ariake Max | April 12, 2008 | [Note 1][32] |
| 1 match | 1 win | 0 losses |
| By knockout | 0 | 0 |
| By submission | 0 | 0 |
| By decision | 0 | 0 |
| By disqualification | 1 | 0 |
| Draws | 0 | |
| Res. | Record | Opponent | Method | Event | Date | Round | Time | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1–0 | Yoko Takahashi | DQ (illegal soccer kick) | CMA: Octagon Challenge | December 8, 1997 | 1 | 17:25 | Nagoya,Japan |
