 Kamifuku in December 2020 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1993-02-20)February 20, 1993 (age 32) Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Kamiyu Yuki Kamifuku |
| Billed height | 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) |
| Billed weight | 53 kg (117 lb) |
| Debut | 2017 |
Yuki Kamifuku (上福佑季,Kamifuku Yuki;ring name:上福ゆき) is a Japaneseprofessional wrestler and model currently signed toTokyo Joshi Pro-Wrestling, where she is one half of the currentPrincess Tag Team Champions alongsideWakana Uehara in her first reign. She became known for her tenures withDDT Pro-Wrestling andPro Wrestling Noah.[1]
Yuki Kamifuku was born inFujisawa, Kanagawa, on February 23, 1993.[2] She and her family lived in the U.S. during her teenage years as her father found work inOhio, and she became fluent in English before the family returned to Japan.[3]
Kamifuku made herprofessional wrestling debut atTJPW Brand New Wrestling ~ The Beginning of a New Era, an event promoted byTokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling on August 26, 2017,[4] where she teamed up withYuna Manase in a losing effort againstMizuki and Nonoko.[5] On November 7, 2020 atWrestle Princess I, Kamifuku won the vacantInternational Princess Championship by defeating Hikari Noa in the finals of an eight-womansingle-elimination tournament.[6] On January 4, 2021 atTJPW Tokyo Joshi Pro '21, she teamed up with Mahiro Kiryu to unsuccessfully challenge Bakuretsu Sisters (Nodoka Tenma andYuki Aino) for thePrincess Tag Team Championship.[7]
AtCyberFight Festival 2021, a multi-promotional event promoted byNOAH,DDT,TJPW andGanPro on June 6, Kamifuku teamed up withMaki Itoh andMarika Kobashi, picking up a victory againstHikari Noa,Yuki Arai andMizuki.[8]
On August 13, 2023, Kamifuku reached to the finals of the 10th annualTokyo Princess Cup tournament, before losing toMiyu Yamashita.[9]
Kamifuku made her first appearance forDDT Pro-Wrestling atDDT Tokyo Game Show 2017 4Gamer on September 23, 2017 where she teamed up withMiyu Yamashita in a losing effort toRika Tatsumi andYuu.[10]
She is known for working into various of the promotion's signature events. One of them isDDT Peter Pan, making her first appearance atRyōgoku Peter Pan 2018 from October 21 where she teamed up withMina Shirakawa andMiyu Yamashita in a losing effort againstYuka Sakazaki,Mizuki andShoko Nakajima as a result of asix-woman tag team match.[11] One year later atWrestle Peter Pan 2019 on July 15, she participated in aRumble rules match for theIronman Heavymetalweight Championship won byYukio Sakaguchi and also involvingHiroshi Yamato,Shiro Koshinaka,Joey Ryan,Gorgeous Matsuno and others.[12]
Another branch of events she worked is theDDT Ultimate Party. AtUltimate Party 2019 on November 3, she competed in aRumble rules match for theIronman Heavymetalweight Championship won byKazuki Hirata and also involvingToru Owashi,Harukaze,Sagat and others.[13]
