 Ito in November 2021 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1971-10-20)October 20, 1971 (age 54)[2] |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Black Blizzard Shinsei Mei Makai Majo Kaoru Ito Devil #1 Zap I |
| Billed height | 160 cm (5 ft 3 in)[1] |
| Billed weight | 108 kg (238 lb) |
| Trained by | Jaguar Yokota |
| Debut | 1989 |
Kaoru Ito (伊藤薫,Itō kaoru) is a Japaneseprofessional wrestler and formermixed martial artist currently working as a freelancer and is best known for her tenure with the JapanesepromotionsAll Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling andJWP Joshi Puroresu.[3]
As a freelancer, Ito is known for competing in multiple promotions of theJapanese independent scene. At a house show promoted byLadies Legend Pro-Wrestling on January 8, 2006, she teamed up with Kumiko Maekawa to unsuccessfully challenge Eagle Sawai and Noriyo Tateno for the LLPW Tag Team Championship.[4] AtIce Ribbon's Icon Hottoriho on August 14, 2006, Ito teamed up with Ayako Sato andCherry to defeat Aoi Kizuki,Kyoko Kimura and Yuri Urai.[5] Ito participated in theDantai Taikou Flash Tournament, an event promoted bySendai Girls' Pro Wrestling on October 27, 2011, where she wrestled in two separate matches, the first round where she teamed up with Annie Social, Jenny Rose, Keiko Aono andKyoko Inoue as Team Diana to defeat Team Freelance (Jaguar Yokota, Manami Toyota,Mio Shirai, Nancy Mari and Sakura Hirota). Ito teamed with Inoue and Sareee in the semi-finals where they fell short toTeam Stardom (Nanae Takahashi,Natsuki Taiyo andYoko Bito).[6] AtSeadlinnng Let's Make Miracle Year 2016 on January 11, Ito teamed up withTakako Inoue to defeatAoi Kizuki and Yuki Miyazaki.[7] AtBull Nakano Produce Empress, an independent show produced on January 8, 2012, Ito competed in a21-woman battle royal won by Sakura Hirota and also involving notable opponents such asDash Chisako,Hamuko Hoshi,Mayumi Ozaki,Shuu Shibutani,Sendai Sachiko and others.[8] AtWAVE NAMI 1, an event promoted byPro Wrestling Wave on October 1, 2020, she teamed up with Haruka Umesaki,Misa Matsui andMiyuki Takase in a losing effort againstNagisa Nozaki,Sakura Hirota,Yuki Miyazaki andYumi Ohka as a result of aneight-woman tag team match.[9]
Ito often wrestled in men's promotions as a joshi talent. AtNJPW Toukon Memorial Day 30th Anniversary, an event promoted byNew Japan Pro Wrestling on May 2, 2002, Ito teamed up withMomoe Nakanishi to defeat Manami Toyota and Yumiko Hotta.[10] AtAAA Sin Limite, an event promoted byLucha Libre AAA Worldwide on September 2, 2007, Ito teamed up withMr. Niebla as La Legion Extranjera to unsuccessfully compete against La Legion Extranjera (Ayako Hamada andKenzo Suzuki) andFaby Apache andGran Apache in athree-way intergender tag team match.[11] AtZERO1 Ekimae Festa 2019, an event promoted byPro Wrestling Zero1 on March 16, 2019, she teamed up withKyoko Inoue andSareee to defeat Aja Kong, Rydeen Hagane and Takako Inoue bydisqualification.[12]
Ito worked for most of her career and had the most notable accomplishments inAll Japan Women's Pro Wrestling. She made herprofessional wrestling debut at ahouse show promoted on January 4, 1990, where she unsuccessfully challengedMima Shimoda for theAJW Junior Championship.[13]
She is known for competing in various of the promotion's signature events such as theTag League the Best, making her first appearance at the 1992 edition where she teamed up with Miori Kamiya, fighting in a block also involving the teams of Erica Tsuchiya and Yukari Maedomari,Etsuko Mita and Mima Shimoda, Bat Yoshinaga andTomoko Watanabe,Takako Inoue andTerri Power, Suzuka Minami and Yumiko Hotta,Debbie Malenko and Sakie Hasegawa,Manami Toyota andToshiyo Yamada, andAja Kong andKyoko Inoue.[14] She scored her best performances at the 1997 edition where she teamed up with Yumiko Hotta to compete againstMiho Wakizawa and Miyuki Fujii, Kayo Noumi andMomoe Nakanishi,Emi Motokawa and Manami Toyota, and Kumiko Maekawa and Takako Inoue in the finals.[15]
As for theJapan Grand Prix, she won the tournament on two separate occasions, first in 1997 by competing against Manami Toyota, Kumiko Maekawa, Etsuko Mita, Mima Shimoda, Tomoko Watanabe, Rie Tamada, Saa Endo, Misae Genki, Tanny Mouse,Yoshiko Tamura andMariko Yoshida and scoring a leading sum of eighteen points.[16] She scored the second victory at the 2000 edition where she defeatedReggie Bennett in the quarter-finals, Tomoko Watanabe in the semi-finals and Estuko Mita in the finals.[16]
Ito made her first appearance inJWP Joshi Puroresu atJWP Thunder Queen Battle In Yokohama, an event promoted on July 31, 1993, where she teamed up with Suzuka Minami in a losing effort againstCandy Okutsu andDevil Masami.[17]
Another promotion for which Ito is known to have competed in though even briefly isOz Academy. She made her first appearance at a house show promoted on June 26, 2005, where she teamed up with Aja Kong andGran Hamada to defeatDynamite Kansai, Macho Pump and Manami Toyota.[18] Atoz Academy Dream Girls on June 13, 2010, Ito teamed up with Aja Kong and defeated Oz Seikigun (Carlos Amano and Manami Toyota) to win theOz Academy Tag Team Championship.[19] AtManami Toyota 25th Anniversary on September 22, 2012, Ito competed in a12-person battle royal won bySakura Hirota and also involving Toyota herself alongsideCommand Bolshoi,Chikayo Nagashima,Gami,Sonoko Kato,Leon and others.[20]
Ito had a short-lived mixed martial arts career resuming at five fights (two victories and three defeats) spanning over five years.[21]
| 5 matches | 2 wins | 3 losses |
| By knockout | 0 | 0 |
| By submission | 2 | 2 |
| By decision | 0 | 1 |
| Res. | Record | Opponent | Method | Event | Date | Round | Time | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 2-3 | Mika Hayashi | Submission (armbar) | G-Shooto: Wrestle Expo 2006 | August 19, 2006 | 1 | 3:13 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| Win | 2-2 | Jung Hang-Suk | Submission (armlock) | Smackgirl - Korea 2005 | May 21, 2005 | 1 | 1:32 | Suwon, South Korea | |
| Win | 1-2 | Keiko Tamai | Submission (armbar) | Smackgirl - World ReMix 2004 | December 19, 2004 | 1 | 3:45 | Shizuoka, Japan | |
| Loss | 0-2 | Yoko Takahashi | Submission (Kimura) | Smackgirl -Yuuki Kondo Retirement Celebration | November 4, 2004 | 1 | 1:34 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| Loss | 0-1 | Erin Toughill | Decision (unanimous) | W - Fusion | July 27, 2001 | 3 | 5:00 | Tokyo, Japan |
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