WWC WVR JWP REGGIE BENNETT KAORU ITO VS EAGLE SAWAI CAROL MIDORI DECEMBER 1 1991 REMASTERED 4K60FPS

Kaoru Ito (伊藤薫, Itō kaoru) is a Japanese professional wrestler and former mixed martial artist currently working as a freelancer and is best known for her tenure with the Japanese promotions All Japan Women’s Pro-Wrestling and JWP Joshi Puroresu.[3]

Kaoru Ito

Ito in November 2021
Born
October 20, 1971 (age 53)[1]
Kyoto, Japan
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)
Black Blizzard
Shinsei Mei
Makai Majo
Kaoru Ito
Devil #1
Zap I
Billed height
160 cm (5 ft 3 in)[2]
Billed weight
108 kg (238 lb)
Trained by
Jaguar Yokota
Debut
1989
Professional wrestling career
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Japan (1989–present)
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As a freelancer, Ito is known for competing in multiple promotions of the Japanese independent scene. At a house show promoted by Ladies Legend Pro-Wrestling on January 8, 2006, she teamed up with Kumiko Maekawa to unsuccessfully challenge Eagle Sawai and Noriyo Tateno for the LLPW Tag Team Championship.[4] At Ice Ribbon’s Icon Hottoriho on August 14, 2006, Ito teamed up with Ayako Sato and Cherry to defeat Aoi Kizuki, Kyoko Kimura and Yuri Urai.[5] Ito participated in the Dantai Taikou Flash Tournament, an event promoted by Sendai Girls’ Pro Wrestling on October 27, 2011, where she wrestled in two separate matches, the first round where she teamed up with Annie Social, Jenny Rose, Keiko Aono and Kyoko Inoue as Team Diana to defeat Team Freelance (Jaguar Yokota, Manami Toyota, Mio Shirai, Nancy Mari and Sakura Hirota). Ito teamed with Inoue and Sareee in the semi-finals where they fell short to Team Stardom (Nanae Takahashi, Natsuki Taiyo and Yoko Bito).[6] At Seadlinnng Let’s Make Miracle Year 2016 on January 11, Ito teamed up with Takako Inoue to defeat Aoi Kizuki and Yuki Miyazaki.[7] At Bull Nakano Produce Empress, an independent show produced on January 8, 2012, Ito competed in a 21-woman battle royal won by Sakura Hirota and also involving notable opponents such as Dash Chisako, Hamuko Hoshi, Mayumi Ozaki, Shuu Shibutani, Sendai Sachiko and others.[8] At WAVE NAMI 1, an event promoted by Pro Wrestling Wave on October 1, 2020, she teamed up with Haruka Umesaki, Misa Matsui and Miyuki Takase in a losing effort against Nagisa Nozaki, Sakura Hirota, Yuki Miyazaki and Yumi Ohka as a result of an eight-woman tag team match.[9]

Ito often wrestled in men’s promotions as a joshi talent. At NJPW Toukon Memorial Day 30th Anniversary, an event promoted by New Japan Pro Wrestling on May 2, 2002, Ito teamed up with Momoe Nakanishi to defeat Manami Toyota and Yumiko Hotta.[10] At AAA Sin Limite, an event promoted by Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide on September 2, 2007, Ito teamed up with Mr. Niebla as La Legion Extranjera to unsuccessfully compete against La Legion Extranjera (Ayako Hamada and Kenzo Suzuki) and Faby Apache and Gran Apache in a three-way intergender tag team match.[11] At ZERO1 Ekimae Festa 2019, an event promoted by Pro Wrestling Zero1 on March 16, 2019, she teamed up with Kyoko Inoue and Sareee to defeat Aja Kong, Rydeen Hagane and Takako Inoue by disqualification.[12]

All Japan Women’s Pro Wrestling (1990–2004)
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Ito competing for Oz Academy in July 2010.
Ito worked for most of her career and had the most notable accomplishments in All Japan Women’s Pro Wrestling. She made her professional wrestling debut at a house show promoted on January 4, 1990, where she unsuccessfully challenged Mima Shimoda for the AJW Junior Championship.[13]

She is known for competing in various of the promotion’s signature events such as the Tag League the Best, making her first appearance at the 1992 edition where she teamed up with Miori Kamiya, fighting in a block also involving the teams of Erica Tsuchiya and Yukari Maedomari, Etsuko Mita and Mima Shimoda, Bat Yoshinaga and Tomoko Watanabe, Takako Inoue and Terri Power, Suzuka Minami and Yumiko Hotta, Debbie Malenko and Sakie Hasegawa, Manami Toyota and Toshiyo Yamada, and Aja Kong and Kyoko Inoue.[14] She scored her best performances at the 1997 edition where she teamed up with Yumiko Hotta to compete against Miho Wakizawa and Miyuki Fujii, Kayo Noumi and Momoe Nakanishi, Emi Motokawa and Manami Toyota, and Kumiko Maekawa and Takako Inoue in the finals.[15]

As for the Japan Grand Prix, she won the tournament on two separate occasions, first in 1997 by competing against Manami Toyota, Kumiko Maekawa, Etsuko Mita, Mima Shimoda, Tomoko Watanabe, Rie Tamada, Saa Endo, Misae Genki, Tanny Mouse, Yoshiko Tamura and Mariko Yoshida and scoring a leading sum of eighteen points.[16] She scored the second victory at the 2000 edition where she defeated Reggie Bennett in the quarter-finals, Tomoko Watanabe in the semi-finals and Estuko Mita in the finals.[16]

JWP Joshi Puroresu (1993–2016)
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Ito made her first appearance in JWP Joshi Puroresu at JWP Thunder Queen Battle In Yokohama, an event promoted on July 31, 1993, where she teamed up with Suzuka Minami in a losing effort against Candy Okutsu and Devil Masami.[17]