Reika Saiki

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Reika Saiki, 2019.

Reika Saiki, 2019.
Data
Ring name Reika Saiki
Additions to names Kinniku Idol, Muscle Idol
height 150 cm
birth May 19, 1992
Saitama , Japan
Trained by Kaz Hayashi
Akira Nogami
debut 2016

Reika Saiki ( 才木玲佳 Saiki Reika , * on 19th May 1992 in Saitama ) is a Japanese professional wrestler , bodybuilding - Model , Idol and Metal - singer .

Career

Wrestling

Reika Saiki in a match in June 2016.

Reika Saiki joined the Wrestling Union Wrestle-1 as a member of the cheerleading group Cheer ♡ 1, which appeared before and between wrestling matches. At the end of 2015 she began to train for a career as a professional wrestler at Wrestle-1 under Kaz Hayashi and Akira Nogami . Saiki made her debut in March 2016 when she defeated her opponent Hana Kimura , who made her debut on that day.

In June 2016, she joined the Tokyo Joshi Pro-Wrestling League, a sister league of DDT Pro-Wrestling . Her first fight there was the participation in a battle royale for the Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship on August 28th of the same year in which she was eliminated early. On October 9, 2016, she played a match against Japanese wrestling veteran Kyoko Kimura , which she lost.

On March 12, 2017, she had the opportunity to participate in the Tokyo Princess of Princess Championship, but was unsuccessful. In July of the same year Saiki took part in the tournament again, reached the final there and defeated Yuka Sakazaki with which she was able to win a title in Japanese professional wrestling for the first time. She managed to defend her title twice in a row before losing it to Miyu Yamashita in January 2018. In May 2018, she and her partner Marika Kobashi won the title in the Tokyo Princess Tag Team Championship. Due to an injury Kobashi had to give up their title a little later.

music

Reika Saiki (left) and Ladybeard (right) at a book signing at the Comic Exhibition , 2017.

Together with her Australian wrestling colleague Ladybeard , Saika founded the kawaii metal band Deadlift Lolita in 2017, with whom they released several singles. The duo of the former is supported Babymetal - guitarist Isao Fujita .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b profile. DDT Pro-Wrestling , accessed October 3, 2019 (Japanese).
  2. ↑ プ ロ レ ス 総 合 学院 1 期 生 が 卒業 試 合！ 木村 響 子 の 娘 で あ る 花 を 含 め 4 人 が プ ロ レ ス デ ビ ュ ー. battle-news.com, March 31, 2016, accessed October 3, 2019 (Japanese).
  3. ↑ “筋肉 才女” 才 木 玲 佳 が プ ロ レ ス デ ビ ュ ー 戦 で 快 勝！ Yahoo , March 30, 2016, archived from the original on April 2, 2016 ; Retrieved October 3, 2019 (Japanese).
  4. ^ W-1 Pro-Wrestling Training Academy 1st Graduation Class. cagematch.net, accessed October 3, 2019 .
  5. ↑ 週刊 プ ロ レ ス 2017 年 9 月 13 日 号 p.106
  6. ↑ a b Lauren Orsini: Japan's Only Crossdressing Death-Metal Vocalist Forms Bodybuilding Idol Group 'Deadlift Lolita'. Forbes , March 3, 2017, accessed October 3, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Lana Nowakowski: Cross-dressing Ladybeard and Japanese fellow wrestler to release single, three years after he left Hong Kong for Tokyo. South China Morning Post , March 29, 2017, accessed October 3, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Saiki, Reika
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 才 木 玲 佳 (Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese wrestler, bodybuilding model, idol and metal singer
DATE OF BIRTH May 19, 1992
PLACE OF BIRTH Saitama