Cherry
Cherry in 2014
Born (1974-05-14) May 14, 1974[1]
Saitama, Japan
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Uchu Ginga Senshi Sophia
Sakuran Bonita
Karate Cherry
Cherry
Billed height157 cm (5 ft 2 in)[2]
Billed weight52 kg (115 lb)
Trained byJaguar Yokota
Debut2004[3]

Cherry (チェリー, Cherī) is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working as a freelancer and is best known for her tenure with various promotions such as DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT) and Pro Wrestling Wave.[4]

Professional wrestling career

Independent circuit (2005–present)

Cherry is known to have competed in many promotions during her career. She stepped in the squared circle for World Wonder Ring Stardom at Stardom Season 9 Goddesses In Stars on October 27, 2012, where she teamed up with Act Yasukawa and Hikaru Shida in a losing effort to Kimura Monster-gun (Alpha Female, Hailey Hatred and Kyoko Kimura).[5] She worked in a couple of matches for Shimmer Women Athletes, one of them taking place at SHIMMER Volume 112 on March 31, 2019, where she unsuccessfully challenged Dash Chisako, Ashley Vox and Kiera Hogan in a four-way match.[6] Cherry competed at the Hana Kimura Memorial Show, an event promoted by Kyoko Kimura to mark one year from the passing of her daughter Hana on May 23, 2021, where she participated in a 28-person All-Star battle royal also involving popular wrestlers such as Jun Kasai, Jinsei Shinzaki, Gabai Jichan, Cima, Masato Tanaka, Super Delfin, Yuko Miyamoto and others.[7]

DDT Pro-Wrestling (2004–present)

In 2004, Cherry made her professional wrestling debut at Non-Fix 6/16 In Kitazawa Town Hall, an event promoted by DDT Pro-Wrestling on June 16, 2004, where she teamed up with Mineo Fujita to defeat Masahiro Takanashi and Showa-ko in an intergender tag team match.[8]

Cherry also took part in the Peter Pan series of events, appearing mostly in rumble rules matches. She marked her first appearance at Ryōgoku Peter Pan 2011 on July 24, where she took part in a Ironman rumble rules match also involving Tsuyoshi Kikuchi, Yuzuki Aikawa, Daisuke Sasaki and others.[9] At Ryōgoku Peter Pan 2013 on August 18, she teamed up with Masahiro Takanashi and Saki Akai to defeat Hiroshi Fukuda, Yoshiko and Hikaru Shida.[10] At Ryōgoku Peter Pan 2016 on August 28, she competed in a rumble rules match for the Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship also involving Guanchulo, Joey Ryan, Reika Saiki, Kenso and others.[11] At Ryōgoku Peter Pan 2017 on August 20, Cherry competed in a rumble rules match for the Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship also involving the winner Yuu, Yuka Sakazaki, Mizuki, Yuna Manase, Miyu Yamashita and others.[12]

She participated in signature events of DDT such as Into The Fight. The last event of the series in which she competed was Into The Fight 2017 on February 19, where she teamed up with Michael Nakazawa, Masahiro Takanashi and Tomomitsu Matsunaga in a losing effort against T2Hii (Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi and Kazuki Hirata) and Saki Akai in a Loser Exiled Overseas eight-person tag team match.[13]

Another popular DDT event in which she took part was Judgement. Her first match in this event took place at DDT 8th Anniversary: Judgement 9 on March 27, 2005 where she fell short to Masahiro Takanashi.[14] At Judgement 2016: DDT 19th Anniversary on March 21, she competed in a rumble rules battle royal for a chance to challenge anytime for the KO-D Openweight Championship also involving Ryuichi Sekine, Ken Ohka, Soma Takao and others.[15] At Judgement 2017: DDT 20th Anniversary on March 20, she teamed up with Aja Kong and Miyu Yamashita, losing against Saki Akai, Meiko Satomura and Shoko Nakajima in a six-woman tag team match.[16] The last event in which she competed was Judgement 2018: DDT 21st Anniversary from March 25, where she teamed up with Tomomitsu Matsunaga, Hoshitango, Mad Paulie and Gota Ihashi to defeat Mizuki Watase, Rekka, Gran MilliMeters (Daiki Shimomura and Nobuhiro Shimatani) and Takato Nakano.[17]

On December 15, 2019, at the D-Oh Grand Prix 2020 event in Harajuku, Cherry unsuccessfully challenged Gorgeous Matsuno for the O-40 Championship.[18]

Oz Academy (2007–2019)

Cherry made sporadic appearances in Oz Academy for a long period o time. She participated in a 50-women gauntlet match at OZ Academy/Manami Toyota Produce Manami Toyota 30th Anniversary, Manami Toyota's retirement show produced on November 3, 2017, where she went in a one minute time-limit draw against Toyota.[19] At OZ Academy Come Back To Shima! on May 26, 2019, she participated in a 13-woman battle royal also involving Mayumi Ozaki, Rina Yamashita, Sonoko Kato, Hiroyo Matsumoto, Himeka Arita and others.[20] Her last match there took place at OZ Academy MIYAKO Again on November 4, 2019, where she fell short to Tsubasa Kuragaki.[21]

Pro Wrestling Wave (2007–present)

Cherry is known for her long tenure with Pro Wrestling Wave. At WAVE The Virgin Mary Reina De Reinas 2012, an event promoted during the relationship between the promotion and Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide on November 27, she teamed up with Shuu Shibutani, losing to Makoto and Moeka Haruhi, Hikaru Shida and Nagisa Nozaki, Ryo Mizunami and Yuu Yamagata, and Aya Yuuki and Sawako Shimono in a five-way match.[22]

She took part in the Catch the Wave tournament, making her debut in the 2009 edition of the event, where she placed herself in the "Comical" block, scoring a total of three points after competing against Bullfight Sora, Gami and Ran Yu-Yu.[23] At the 2010 edition, she took part of the "Rival" block, scoring a total of five points after competing against Ayumi Kurihara, Asami Kawasaki, Shuu Shibutani and Moeka Haruhi.[24] At the 2011 edition, she placed herself in the "Visual" block, scoring a total of three points after competing against Toshie Uematsu, Tomoka Nakagawa, Kana and Ryo Mizunami.[25] At the 2012 edition, after placing herself in the "Black Dahlia" block, she scored four points after facing two new opponents, Yumi Ohka and Misaki Ohata.[26] At the 2013 edition, she competed in the "Slender" block, gaining a total of six points after going against Syuri, Arisa Nakajima, Mio Shirai and others.[27]

Championships and accomplishments

References

  1. ↑ Saalbach, Axel. "Cherry • General Information". wrestlingdata.com. Retrieved June 20, 2021.
  2. ↑ Kreikenbohm, Philip. "Cherry/Career Data". cagematch.de (in German). Retrieved June 20, 2021.
  3. ↑ "Joshi Wrestler Profiles - Cherry". joshicity.com. Retrieved June 20, 2021.
  4. ↑ Internet Wrestling Database (IWD). "Cherry Profile & Match Listing". profightdb.com. Retrieved March 3, 2021.
  5. ↑ Purolove (October 27, 2012). "Stardom, 27.10.2012 in Shin-Kiba 1st RING". purolove.com. Retrieved June 22, 2021.
  6. ↑ Walsh, Shannon (March 31, 2019). "SHIMMER Vol. 111 and 112 Results: Mercedes Martinez & Charlie Morgan Injured, More". 411mania.com. Retrieved June 22, 2021.
  7. ↑ Klyn, Parker (May 22, 2021). "HANA KIMURA MEMORIAL SHOW LIVE RESULTS: KAGETSU, OTHERS IN ACTION". f4wonline.com. Retrieved May 23, 2021.
  8. ↑ "DDT "NON-FIX 6.16 IN KITAZAWA TOWN HALL", 16.06.2004". purolove.com (in German). June 16, 2004. Retrieved June 20, 2021.
  9. ↑ DDT "両国ピーターパン2011～二度あることは三度ある～" 7/24 両国国技館大会その４. Extreme Party (in Japanese). Archived from the original on October 31, 2020. Retrieved January 23, 2020.
  10. ↑ DDT "両国ピーターパン2013～プロレスの傾向と対策～" 8/18 両国国技館大会その５. Extreme Party (in Japanese). Archived from the original on November 2, 2020. Retrieved January 27, 2020.
  11. ↑ Dark angel (August 31, 2016). "DDT: Results «Ryogoku Peter Pan 2016 - World's Hottest Summer» - 28/08/2016 - The giant Shuji Ishikawa is champion again". superluchas.com. Retrieved April 18, 2021.
  12. ↑ Justin, Dylan (August 23, 2017). "DDT PETER PAN 2017 (AUGUST 20) RESULTS & REVIEW". voicesofwrestling.com. Retrieved March 31, 2021.
  13. ↑ DDT Pro-Wrestling. "DDT ProWrestling" Into The Fight 2017. ddtpro.com (in Japanese). Retrieved February 8, 2021.
  14. ↑ "DDT "Judgment9" 3.27クラブハイツ大会". extremeparty.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved February 6, 2020.
  15. ↑ "DDT "Judgement2016～DDT旗揚げ19周年記念大会～" 3/21 両国国技館大会その７" (in Japanese). Retrieved February 20, 2020.
  16. ↑ Justin, Dylan (March 26, 2017). "DDT JUDGEMENT 20TH ANNIVERSARY (MARCH 20) REVIEW". voicesofwrestling.com. Retrieved April 18, 2021.
  17. ↑ "Judgement2018～DDT旗揚げ21周年記念大会～". DDT Pro-Wrestling. Retrieved February 24, 2020.
  18. ↑ DDT Pro-Wrestling (December 15, 2019). "DDT ProWrestling" D王 GRAND PRIX 2020 in HARAJUKU 2DAYS. ddtpro.com (in Japanese). Retrieved June 20, 2021.
  19. ↑ The Wrestling Revolution (November 3, 2017). "Manami Toyota Retired Last Night". thewrestlingrevolution.com. Retrieved March 23, 2021.
  20. ↑ Oz Academy (May 26, 2019). 【5/26志摩】試合結果速報～海の幸争奪バトルは青木いつ希がOZ初勝利で奪取！. oz-academy.com (in Japanese). Retrieved June 22, 2021.
  21. ↑ Oz Academy (November 4, 2019). 【11/4宮古島】試合結果速報～MK4が獣友を撃破！ポークたま子もアジャコング相手に再試合を挑む大健闘！. oz-academy.com (in Japanese). Retrieved June 22, 2021.
  22. ↑ KGB Wrestling (November 29, 2012). "JOSHI JAPÓN: TORNEO REINA DE REINA 2012, PRO WRESTLING WAVE 27 DE NOVIEMBRE DE 2012". kgb-wrestling.com (in Spanish). Retrieved June 21, 2021.
  23. ↑ "『夏フェスタ '09』". Pro Wrestling Wave (in Japanese). Archived from the original on August 15, 2009. Retrieved August 4, 2012.
  24. ↑ "『Weekday Wave vol.29』". Pro Wrestling Wave (in Japanese). Archived from the original on January 31, 2013. Retrieved August 4, 2012.
  25. ↑ "『Hiroshima Wave～Bu☆ti～』". Pro Wrestling Wave (in Japanese). Archived from the original on June 29, 2011. Retrieved August 4, 2012.
  26. ↑ "『Weekday Wave vol.48』". Pro Wrestling Wave (in Japanese). Archived from the original on October 17, 2013. Retrieved August 4, 2012.
  27. ↑ "Nagoya Wave ～キン☆シャチ Vol-03". Pro Wrestling Wave (in Japanese). Retrieved June 2, 2013.
  28. ↑ Cherry (August 4, 2020). "チェリー Cherry🍒さんのツイート". twitter.com. Retrieved June 20, 2021.
  29. ↑ "Ironman Heavymetalweight Title (Japan)". wrestling-titles.com. March 14, 2021. Retrieved May 22, 2021.
  30. ↑ SGP認定グローバルジュニアヘビー級選手権. Syu-Kaku Kombu (in Japanese). Retrieved June 20, 2021.
  31. ↑ Ice Ribbon. "Triangle Ribbon Championship (TRC)". iceribbon.com (in Japanese). Retrieved June 20, 2021.
  32. ↑ WUWワールドアンダーグランドレスリング女子選手権. Syu-Kaku Kombu (in Japanese). Retrieved June 20, 2021.
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