Kagetsu
Kagetsu (花月, Kagetsu, born Yukari Ishino; June 24, 1992) is a retired Japanese female professional wrestler, who wrestled for Stardom.
Kagetsu | |
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Born | June 24, 1992[1] Osaka, Japan |
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | Kagetsu Yukari Ishino |
Billed height | 5 ft 3 in (160 cm) [2] |
Billed weight | 136 lb (62 kg) |
Trained by | Sendai Girls' Pro Wrestling |
Debut | August 24, 2008 |
Retired | February 24, 2020 |
Career
Kagetsu was trained by Sendai Girls' Pro Wrestling. She joined in April 2008 after her junior high school graduation. She had an exhibition match against Ryo Mizunami on July 27th, 2008. She made her official debut on August 24th, 2008 against Chikayo Nagashima.[3]
In 2010, she changed her ring name from Yukari Ishino to Kagetsu.
In 2015, she left Sendai Girls and became freelance. [1] In April 2016, she debuted for Stardom as a member of Oedo Tai.
She won the Artist of stardom Titles with Kyoko & Hana Kimura. On June 16, 2016, she teamed with Kyoko Kimura to capture the Goddess of Stardom Championship. The team held the titles until December 22nd, 2016, when they were defeated by Yoko Bito and Kairi Hojo. She took a break from wrestling on April 13, 2017, [4] but returned on June 11th, 2017. She then teamed with Kyoko's daughter Hana Kimura to recapture the titles on June 21, 2017 from Hiroyo Matsumoto and Jungle Kyona holding them for almost a full year. She then became an official member of the Stardom roster on November 1st, 2017.[5] She also became the leader of Oedo Tai in 2017.
On June 9th, 2018, she captured the World of Stardom Championship from Toni Storm.[6]
She won the Artist of Stardom Titles a second time
In 2019, it was announced Kagetsu would retire in February 2020.[7]
Championships and Accomplishments
- JWP Joshi Puroresu
- JWP Junior Championship (1 time)[8]
- Princess of Pro-Wrestling Championship (1 time)[9]
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- Ranked No. 18 of the top 100 female wrestlers in the PWI Female 100 in 2018[10]
- Oz Academy
- Oz Academy Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Kaho Kobayashi[11][12]
- World Wonder Ring Stardom
- Artist of Stardom Championship (2 times) – with Hana Kimura and Kyoko Kimura (1) and Andras Miyagi and Natsu Sumire (1)
- Goddess of Stardom Championship (2 time) – with Hana Kimura (1) , Kyoko Kimura (1)
- World of Stardom Championship (1 time)
- Best Tag Team Award (2017) with Hana Kimura[13]
References
- "花月". Stardom (in Japanese). Stardom. October 1, 2015. Retrieved April 17, 2019.
- "Kagetsu". cagematch.net. Retrieved April 17, 2019.
- "Kagetsu". cagematch.net. Retrieved April 17, 2019.
- "花月が会見を開き無期限のプロレス活動休止を発表!「気持ちとコンディションを上げて戻ってきたい」". Battle-News (in Japanese). Battle-News. April 14, 2017. Retrieved April 17, 2019.
- "【スターダム】花月と中野たむの入団を発表". Tokyo Sports (in Japanese). Tokyo Sports. April 14, 2017. Retrieved April 17, 2019.
- "【スターダム】花月がトニー・ストームを下し赤いベルト新王者となる!". Proresu-Today.com (in Japanese). Proresu-Today.com. June 10, 2018. Retrieved April 17, 2019.
- https://411mania.com/wrestling/stardoms-kagetsu-announces-retirement-final-show-set-for-next-month/
- (結果)3月6日(日)東京キネマ倶楽部. JWP Joshi Puroresu (in Japanese). FC2. March 6, 2011. Archived from the original on February 28, 2014. Retrieved July 1, 2012.
- (結果)3月6日(日)東京キネマ倶楽部. JWP Joshi Puroresu (in Japanese). FC2. March 6, 2011. Archived from the original on February 28, 2014. Retrieved July 1, 2012.
- "Pro Wrestling Illustrated Top 100 Female Wrestlers Results". Wrestling Travel. November 2018. Retrieved November 9, 2018.
- "2015/03/01(日) 18:00~ 「 forgiveness 」". Oz Academy (in Japanese). Archived from the original on March 10, 2015. Retrieved March 4, 2015.
- "Archived copy" 2015/08/23(日) 16:00~ 「~プラムの花咲くOzの国2015~ Yokohama Drams Park 3」. Oz Academy (in Japanese). Archived from the original on September 23, 2015. Retrieved August 26, 2015.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- "Best Tag Team Award". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database.