27 Facts About Riho

Riho is a Japanese professional wrestler signed to All Elite Wrestling.

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

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 November 2014, Riho won the IWA Triple Crown Championship.

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

Riho 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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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 stable, under the leadership of Makoto.

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

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

On September 23 at Ribbon no Kishitachi 2012, Riho was defeated by Aoi Kizuki in her Ice Ribbon farewell match.

In June 2010, Riho began making appearances for DDT Pro-Wrestling.

In late 2010 and early 2011, Riho made appearances for Union Pro Wrestling, where she performed under a mask and the character of Black Cherry, a storyline nemesis of Cherry.

Riho then went on to lose to Emi Sakura in a main event singles match.

In January 2013, Riho took a temporary break from Gatoh Move to concentrate on her high school entrance exam.

On September 22,2017, Riho defeated Kotori in the finals of a tournament to become the inaugural Super Asia Champion.

On July 2,2019, Riho was defeated by Emi Sakura in which after the match was over was given a farewell from Gatoh Move.

On May 25,2019, Riho made her debut for All Elite Wrestling, competing in the six women tag-team match at Double or Nothing.

Riho made successful title defenses against Britt Baker on Dynamite, her mentor Emi Sakura at Full Gear, and in a four-way match against Baker, Shida and Rose on Dynamite.

On January 8,2022, on AEW Battle of the Belts Riho faced Baker for the AEW Women's World Championship which Riho lost by submission.

On July 24,2019, Riho made a surprise appearance on World Wonder Ring Stardom, announcing that she will wrestle for the company starting August.

Riho made her first appearance since February 16,2020, on July 11 after the company went on hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic.