Riho

Riho (里歩) is a Japanese professional wrestler signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW).

She is a former AEW Women's World Champion.

She was trained by Emi Sakura and debuted for her Ice Ribbon promotion in May 2006, at the age of nine.

She would work for the promotion for the next six years, becoming its first Triple Crown Champion, having won the ICE×60 Championship, the International Ribbon Tag Team Championship, and the Triangle Ribbon Championship once each.

In 2006, when Riho was only nine years old and still in elementary school, she and her older sister Seina began training professional wrestling under Emi Sakura at her Ice Ribbon dojo.

She made her debut in an exhibition match against Nanae Takahashi on May 29, 2006, in Shinagawa, Tokyo.

On July 25, Riho made her debut for Ice Ribbon at the promotion's third-ever event, defeating Makoto.

Riho's first year in professional wrestling consisted mainly of matches with Emi Sakura, Hikari Minami, and Seina.

In March 2008, Riho and Seina faced each other in a four-match series, which Riho won 3–1.

On October 24, 2008, Riho won her first professional wrestling championship, when she teamed with Yuki Sato to defeat Chounko and Masako Takanashi for the International Ribbon Tag Team Championship.

On December 23, Riho was entered into a tournament to determine the inaugural ICE×60 Champion but was eliminated in the semifinals by Seina, who would go on to become the champion.

After successfully defending the International Ribbon Tag Team Championship against Emi Sakura and Ribbon Takanashi, Riho and Sato vacated the title, after Riho fractured her right leg on March 31, 2009.

For most of 2009, Riho was involved in a storyline rivalry with Chii Tomiya, which eventually led to the two forming the tag team Miniature Dachs in November.

On November 28, 2009, Riho defeated Nanae Takahashi and Tsukasa Fujimoto to become the inaugural Triangle Ribbon Champion.

She also became a Jiyūgaoka 6-Person Tag Team, Sea Of Japan 6-Person Tag Team, and UWA World Trios Champion, unifying the three titles in July 2010, teaming with The Great Kojika and Mr. #6.

After one successful title defense, Riho lost the title to Miyako Matsumoto on March 22, 2010.

However, just twelve days later, Riho came back to defeat Matsumoto for the ICE×60 Championship, the promotion's top title.

In the process, Riho also became Ice Ribbon's first Triple Crown Champion.

During the post-match celebration, Riho nominated her trainer Emi Sakura as her first challenger for the belt.

On May 3 at Golden Ribbon, Riho became the youngest person to ever main event a show in Korakuen Hall, when she lost the ICE×60 Championship to Sakura in her first defense, ending her title reign at just 30 days.

In January 2011, Riho came together with Ice Ribbon's younger wrestlers, including former associates Chii Tomiya and Hikari Minami, to form the Heisei YTR (Young Traditional Revolution) stable, under the leadership of Makoto.

On February 6, Riho and Makoto made it to the finals of the Ike!

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Ribbon Tag Tournament, before being defeated by Muscle Venus (Hikaru Shida and Tsukasa Fujimoto) in a match that was also contested for the International Ribbon Tag Team Championship.

On March 31, Riho made her debut for Smash at Smash.15, where she teamed with Hikari Minami and Tsukushi to defeat Emi Sakura, Makoto and Mochi Miyagi in a six-woman tag team match, scoring the deciding pinfall over Miyagi.

The following month, Riho and Minami began producing their own events under the banner of "Teens", which would focus on spotlighting Ice Ribbon's younger wrestlers.

In August, the alliance between Riho and Makoto was broken, when Makoto announced that she would be leaving Ice Ribbon for Smash.

On August 11, Riho interrupted a Smash press conference, where the transfer was made official, by attacking Smash promoter Tajiri and challenging him to a match.

The match took place on August 21, during Makoto's final night in Ice Ribbon, and saw Tajiri pick up the win.

On December 25 at RibbonMania 2011, Seina returned to Ice Ribbon, after a two-year hiatus, to wrestle her retirement match against her Riho.

Riho won the match in eight minutes and afterwards refereed a three-minute match, where Seina was defeated by her longtime friend Hikari Minami.

Riho left Ice Ribbon in September 2012 to join Gatoh Move Pro Wrestling, a new promotion founded by Sakura, who had left Ice Ribbon the previous January.

In early 2012, Riho began teaming regularly with Hikari Minami, after the latter brought back the Teens concept, producing Teens4 on March 3.

On April 15 at Teens5, Riho won a tournament to earn the right to book herself a match for Teens6.

In November 2014, Riho won the IWA Triple Crown Championship.

In May 2019, Riho began making appearances for AEW.

She defeated Nyla Rose to become the inaugural AEW Women's World Champion, holding the title for 133 days before Rose defeated her at Revolution.

Riho also began appearing in World Wonder Ring Stardom, working in conjunction with her AEW commitments.

She won the High Speed Championship in her first match for the promotion, and held the title for 351 days, dropping it to AZM in July 2020.