Makoto

Makoto (真琴) is a Japanese professional wrestler.

Trained by Emi Sakura, Makoto made her debut for her Ice Ribbon promotion in July 2006.

In February 2006, Makoto began training under Gatokunyan wrestler Emi Sakura.

Two months later Sakura left Gatokunyan to form her own promotion, Ice Ribbon, taking, among others, Makoto with her.

Makoto would make her wrestling debut on July 25, 2006, at Ice Ribbon's third ever show, losing to then nine-year-old Riho in a minute.

Makoto's early wrestling character was based on her real-life social phobia and growing up as a hikikomori child.

As is customary in Japanese professional wrestling, Makoto's first year in the business consisted of short matches and losses.

Early on, Makoto also began working regularly for NEO Japan Ladies Pro Wrestling, where she represented the Sakura Ribbon-gun ("Sakura Ribbon Army").

She scored the first win of her career in NEO on February 18, 2007, pinning Tanny Mouse in a fourteen-person tag team match between the Sakura Ribbon-gun and the NEO Machine Guns-gun.

She would go on to win her first title on February 1, 2008, when she teamed with her idol Etsuko Mita to defeat Tanny Mouse and Yuki Miyazaki for the International Ribbon Tag Team Championship.

They would hold the title for five months, before losing it to the team of Chounko and Masako Takanashi.

On December 23, Makoto made it to the finals of a tournament to crown the first ever ICE×60 Champion, before being defeated by Seina.

After two unsuccessful title challenges against Kiyoko Ichiki, she would finally win the ICE×60 Championship on August 23, 2009, by defeating Ichiki in their third title match against each other.

She would go on to lose the title to Emi Sakura on October 12, 2009.

Makoto's 2009 was highlighted by a feud with her former partner Etsuko Mita, which built to Mita's retirement match on November 1, 2009, where she defeated Makoto.

The feud with Mita also led to the evolution of Makoto's character, turning her from a weak and scared comedic character to a more serious competitor.

In 2010, Makoto began making appearances for other promotions such as Kaientai Dojo, Osaka Pro Wrestling, Pro Wrestling Zero1 and Smash.

On December 26 at Ribbon Mania 2010, Makoto faced Tajiri in a losing effort.

During the next five years, Makoto went on to win Ice Ribbon's top title, the ICE×60 Championship, once and the International Ribbon Tag Team Championship twice, before transferring over to the Smash promotion in August 2011.

In January 2011, Makoto became the leader of a stable named "Heisei YTR" (Young Traditional Revolution), which also included Chii Tomiya, Hikari Minami, Kurumi, Riho and Tsukushi.

The group mainly feuded with the "Ichinisanshidan" stable, which included Hikaru Shida, Miyako Matsumoto, Mochi Miyagi, Tsukasa Fujimoto and Mika Iida, who was originally a member of Heisei YTR, but switched sides early on in the rivalry.

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

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

On March 21, Makoto had another high-profile match against a male wrestler, when she was defeated by Taka Michinoku at Ice Ribbon March 2011.

During the first half of 2011, Makoto also made several appearances for Union Pro Wrestling, where she portrayed a tougher villainous character, working under the ring name Makoto-hime ("Princess Makoto") and managing Cao Zhang and Choun Shiryu during their Big China Unified Nakahara Tag Team Championship reign.

Makoto, who had stated that her dream was to make it to WWE, made her American debut on July 30, 2011, when she teamed with Daizee Haze and Sara Del Rey in a losing effort against the trio of Mima Shimoda, Portia Perez and Tsukasa Fujimoto at a Chikara event in Reading, Pennsylvania.

The following day, Makoto was defeated by ICE×60 Champion Fujimoto in an "Ice Ribbon Showcase" match at the Asylum Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

On August 5, it was announced that Makoto would be leaving Ice Ribbon for Smash, where she felt she had a better opportunity to reach her goal of getting to WWE.

After the announcement, Makoto went on to unsuccessfully challenge Tsukasa Fujimoto for the ICE×60 Championship on August 7.

However, six days later, Makoto and her trainer Emi Sakura defeated the Lovely Butchers (Hamuko Hoshi and Mochi Miyagi) for the International Ribbon Tag Team Championship.

She remained with Smash until March 2012, when the promotion folded.

The following month, Makoto was announced as part of the roster of the new Wrestling New Classic (WNC) promotion.

In March 2013, Makoto became the second WNC Women's Champion.

In January 2014, Makoto made Reina Joshi Puroresu her second home promotion in addition to WNC.

Reina became her primary home promotion after WNC shut down in June 2014.

She is a former one-time Reina World Women's Champion and a two-time Reina World Tag Team Champion.

She is also known for working at Seadlinnng where she and Asuka are the current title holders of Beyond The Sea Tag Team Championship.

She is also known for being a group in Seadlinnng called “Las Fresa De Ego Istas.”