Moeka Haruhi

Moeka Haruhi (春日 萌花) is a Liechtenstein-born Japanese professional wrestler, gravure idol, voice actress and television and radio personality.

Starting her career in the Gatokunyan promotion in 2005, Haruhi remained with the promotion for two years, before transferring over to Pro Wrestling Wave in 2008.

While in the promotion, she has become a one-time holder of the Asia Pacific Women's, Garter Match and TLW World Young Women's Tag Team Championships and a three-time holder of the Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship, a title owned by the DDT Pro-Wrestling promotion.

None of the three other titles are major titles, often remaining inactive for months or even years.

She also works for Wave's sister promotion Osaka Joshi Pro Wrestling as Shitennouji Moeko (四天王寺萌子).

"Moeka Haruhi" is not her real name, but rather a stage name highlighting her cutesy, cosplaying persona.

After a career modeling in Japanese teen fashion magazines, Haruhi decided to find a new career in professional wrestling.

After a stint training under Taka Michinoku at his Kaientai Dojo promotion, Haruhi entered the Gatokunyan promotion, where she was trained by Emi Sakura.

She eventually made her debut on February 13, 2005, in a match against Rika Takahashi in Itabashi, Tokyo.

Haruhi's wrestling character was based on her real-life love of cosplaying.

Continuing to work for Gatokunyan, Haruhi quickly went on to form a tag team with Mai Ichii, while also continuing to model, releasing a photobook.

On March 13, Haruhi made her debut for NEO Japan Ladies Pro Wrestling, losing to Ichii in a "Gatokunyan Showcase" match.

The following September, Haruhi was appointed the head of the Gatokunyan's public relations.

In mid-2006, when Emi Sakura left Gatokunyan to form Ice Ribbon, taking many of her trainees with her, Haruhi remained affiliated with Gatokunyan, but also made several appearances for Ice Ribbon, including working the promotion's second ever show on June 20, 2006, during which she was defeated by Kaoru Ito.

On July 30, 2006, Haruhi earned the first win of her career by pinning Sakura at a Gatokunyan event.

During 2006, Haruhi also made several appearances for the JDStar promotion, including taking part in the 2006 League Princess tournament.

Haruhi remained with Gatokunyan until January 2007, when she left the struggling promotion, which folded shortly afterwards.

After leaving Gatokunyan, Haruhi remained inactive from in-ring competition for over a year, while she underwent further training under veteran wrestler Toshie Uematsu.

Having signed an exclusive contract with Pro Wrestling Wave, the promotion announced on February 25, 2008, that Haruhi was ready to make her return to wrestling.

The return match took place on March 12, 2008, and saw Haruhi and Uematsu lose to the JWP Joshi Puroresu team of Azumi Hyuga and Mayuka Niizeki in a tag team match.

During the following months, Haruhi lost what were billed as "Idol Wave" matches against the likes of Arisa Nakajima, Ran Yu-Yu, Tomoka Nakagawa, Misaki Ohata, Kana, Yumi Ohka, Gami, and fellow Gatokunyan alum Ray, while also producing her own birthday event on October 8, which saw her lose to Tomoko Morii in the opener and to Misae Genki in the main event.

Finally, on November 23, 2008, Haruhi picked up her first win in Wave, when she submitted Mio Shirai in a six-woman tag team match, where she, Kyoko Kimura and Tomoka Nakagawa faced Mio Shirai, Io Shirai and Cherry.

Haruhi continued wrestling against the Shirai sisters for the early part of 2009.

On March 15, Haruhi wrestled her first anniversary match in Wave, a main event singles match, where she was defeated by Azumi Hyuga.

Five days later, Haruhi and Tomoka Nakagawa entered a tag team tournament to determine the inaugural TLW (Totally Lethal Wrestling) World Young Women's Tag Team Champions, defeating Haru and Kayo Fujimori in their first round match.

On March 25, the two continued their tournament by defeating Ayumi Kurihara and Shuu Shibutani in the semifinals.

On April 4, Haruhi won a nine-woman battle royal to capture DDT Pro-Wrestling's Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship from Bullfight Sora.

She made her first successful defense of the title on April 15 against Sora, however, immediately afterwards, Sora took advantage of a rule, where the champion could be challenged for the title anytime and anywhere and pinned her to regain the title.

On April 29, Haruhi and Nakagawa were defeated in the finals of the TLW World Young Women's Tag Team Championship tournament by the Shirai sisters.

On May 27, Haruhi entered the 2009 Catch the Wave tournament, defeating Pinky Mayuka in her opening round-robin match.

On June 20, Haruhi regained the Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship from Cherry, only to lose it to Kaoru immediately afterwards.

In her two remaining Catch the Wave matches on June 28 and July 5, Haruhi was defeated by Ayumi Kurihara and Ryo Mizunami, respectively, leading to her being eliminated from the tournament.

On August 29, Haruhi defeated Shuu Shibutani during the Oi Festa/Oi Dontaku Festival to become the inaugural Asia Pacific Women's Champion.

On August 10 and September 6, 2009, Haruhi was defeated in singles matches by Misaki Ohata.

Afterwards, the two wrestlers formed a partnership, which eventually led to them defeating the Shirai sisters for the TLW World Young Women's Tag Team Championship on December 23.

On January 4, 2010, Haruhi earned one of the biggest wins of her career, when she pinned Toshie Uematsu in a tag team match, where she and Aja Kong faced Uematsu and Ran Yu-Yu.

On February 13 at Wave's hundredth event, Haruhi defeated Shuu Shibutani and Cherry in a four-woman single-elimination tournament to become the inaugural Garter Match Champion.

On April 4, Haruhi and Ohata made their first successful defense of the TLW World Young Women's Tag Team Championship against the Sendai Girls' Pro Wrestling team of Kagetsu and Ryo Mizunami.

On May 30, Haruhi entered the 2010 Catch the Wave tournament, losing to Shuu Shibutani in her opening round-robin match.

After a loss to Asami Kawasaki on June 20 and a time limit draw with Cherry on July 13, she finished her tournament on August 10 with a loss against Ayumi Kurihara, failing to advance from the block.