better known by her

ring name A ring name is a type of stage name or nickname used by an athlete such as a professional wrestler, mixed martial artist, or boxer whose real name is considered unattractive, dull, difficult to pronounce or spell, amusing for the wrong reasons ...

is a Japanese

professional wrestler Professional wrestling, often shortened to either pro wrestling or wrestling,The term "wrestling" is most often widely used to specifically refer to modern scripted professional wrestling, though it is also used to refer to real-life wrest ...

currently working as a freelancer and is best known for her tenure with the Japanese

promotion Promotion may refer to: Marketing * Promotion (marketing), one of the four marketing mix elements, comprising any type of marketing communication used to inform or persuade target audiences of the relative merits of a product, service, brand or i ...

Pure-J is a Japanese ''Joshi puroresu'' (women's professional wrestling) promotion established on August 11, 2017, by Command Bolshoi. History With the closure of JWP Joshi Puroresu on April 2, 2017, it was announced that Command Bolshoi will be in ...

, and

JWP Joshi Puroresu , also known as or simply JWP, was a Japanese ''joshi puroresu'' (women's professional wrestling) professional wrestling promotion, promotion, founded in 1992 as a splinter promotion of Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling. Celebrating its 25th anniversa ...

Professional wrestling career

Independent circuit (2013–present)

Matsumoto is known for competing in various promotions from the Japanese independent scene. At a

house show A house show (also commonly called a live event) is a professional wrestling event produced by a major Professional wrestling promotion, promotion that is not televised, though they can be recorded. Promotions use house shows mainly to cash in o ...

promoted by

Sendai Girls' Pro Wrestling , often called , is a Japanese women's professional wrestling promotion. It is based in the city of Sendai, Miyagi in the Tohoku region. History Sendai Girls' Pro Wrestling was founded in 2005 by Meiko Satomura, a female professional wrestler ...

on July 21, 2017, she teamed up with

Chihiro Hashimoto is a Japanese professional wrestler currently signed to Sendai Girls' Pro Wrestling, where she is a former five time Sendai Girls World Champion. Hashimoto was trained in the Sendai Girls' dojo under Meiko Satomura, and made her debut in Octobe ...

and Reina Isis in a losing effort against

Hana Kimura was a Japanese professional wrestler. She worked for Japanese promotions such as World Wonder Ring Stardom and Wrestle-1, in addition to making appearances for foreign companies such as Ring of Honor, Pro-Wrestling: EVE, and some independent pro ...

Hiroyo Matsumoto is a Japanese Professional wrestling, professional wrestler, currently working as a freelancer. Emi Sakura gave her the nickname of because Matsumoto broke a wall in the Ichigaya arena during her Ice Ribbon debut. She is best known with other ...

and

Meiko Satomura is a Japanese retired professional wrestler. She is known for her time in American promotion WWE and in Japanese promotion Sendai Girls' Pro Wrestling. She is the former two-time Sendai Girls World Champion and a former one-time NXT UK Wom ...

. At ''

Seadlinnng Seadlinnng (stylised as SEAdLINNNG) is a Japanese women's professional wrestling promotion founded in 2015 by former World Wonder Ring Stardom, Stardom wrestler and founder Nanae Takahashi. Their roster is predominantly made up of outside talent ...

Endless Summer!'' on September 5, 2018, she teamed up with

Hanako Nakamori , better known by her ring name Hanako Nakamori, is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working as a freelancer and is best known for her time in the Japanese promotions JWP Joshi Puroresu and Pure-J. Professional wrestling career Indepe ...

and Command Bolshoi to defeat High Voltage (

Akane Fujita is a Japanese voice actress from Shizuoka Prefecture. She is affiliated with Ken Production. After passing an audition in 2011, she made her debut as a voice actress in 2012, and she played her first main role in 2016. She is known for her role ...

Ryo Mizunami , better known by her ring name , is a Japanese professional wrestler and Mixed martial arts, mixed martial artist. She is best known for her time in Pro Wrestling Wave. She is also known for her appearances in other Japanese promotions such as B ...

) and Miyuki Takase. At ''Pro-Wrestling ACE Vol. 8'', an event produced by

Wrestle-1 was a Japanese ''puroresu'' or professional wrestling Professional wrestling promotion, promotion, founded in July 2013 by Keiji Mutoh following his resignation from All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW). The core of the promotion's roster was formed b ...

on November 18, 2017, she unsuccessfully faced

Hikaru Shida is a Japanese professional wrestler, martial artist, actress, and model. She is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where she is a former three-time AEW Women's World Champion, with her first reign being the longest in the title's history. She ...

in singles competition. She has also competed as joshi talent into male promotion shows such as at ''

Pro Wrestling Zero1 , often referred to simply as Zero1 and sometimes referred to as Pro Wrestling Zero1 Catch as Catch Can (stylized as ZERO1 and PRO WRESTLING ZERO1 CATCH AS CATCH CAN, respectively), is a Professional wrestling in Japan, Japanese professional wre ...

Ekimae Festa 2019'' from March 16, where she teamed up with

Takako Inoue is a Japanese professional wrestler. She wrestled primarily for the All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling promotion, and held several championships, primarily in tag team wrestling. She was well known as one-half of the tag team Double Inoue, whic ...

and Aja Kong in a losing effort against

Kaoru Ito is a Japanese Professional wrestling, professional wrestler and former mixed martial artist currently working as a freelancer and is best known for her tenure with the Japanese professional wrestling promotion, promotions All Japan Women's Pro-Wr ...

Kyoko Inoue is a Japanese female professional wrestler currently signed to World Woman Pro-Wrestling Diana. She has held the WWWA World Single Championship three times, and is the first woman to win a men's title in Japan. Inoue is the founder of NEO J ...

and Sareee. At ''

Oz Academy is a Japanese '' joshi puroresu'' or women's professional wrestling promotion founded by Mayumi Ozaki. The promotion's full official name is . In addition to the contracted members of the roster, Oz Academy has also employed some of the top f ...

First Hunt'' on August 11, 2020, she teamed up with

Tsubasa Kuragaki is a Japanese people, Japanese Professional wrestling, professional wrestler better known by the ring name . For most of her career, Kuragaki has worked for JWP Joshi Puroresu, becoming a one-time JWP Junior Championship, JWP Junior and two-time ...

and Yoshiko to defeat Beast Friend (

Aja Kong is a Japanese professional wrestler better known by her ring name . She currently makes appearances on the Japanese independent circuit and for Tokyo Joshi Pro-Wrestling (TJPW). She is the founder of the Arsion all-women professional wrestli ...

, Hiroyo Matsumoto and

Kaori Yoneyama is a Japanese professional wrestler, working as a freelancer on the Japanese independent circuit. Yoneyama started her career in 1999, working with the JWP Joshi Puroresu Professional wrestling promotion, promotion. During the following years, ...

). At ''

Ice Ribbon is a ''joshi puroresu'' (women's professional wrestling) professional wrestling promotion, promotion established in 2006 by Emi Sakura, after her split with Gatokunyan. History Ice Ribbon was founded by Emi Sakura, a professional wrestler wh ...

BIG DEKAI Produce'' on October 10, 2022, she teamed up with

Maika Ozaki is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working as a freelancer and is best known for her tenure with the Japanese promotions Ice Ribbon and Actwres girl'Z. Professional wrestling career Independent circuit (2015-present) Ozaki made her ...

to defeat Misa Kagura and

Yuna Manase , better know by her ring name , is a Japanese people, Japanese Professional wrestling, professional wrestler, working as a freelancer and is best known for her tenure with the Japanese professional wrestling promotion, promotion Tokyo Joshi Pro W ...

. Matsumoto also competed in independent events such as the first night of the ''

Korakuen Hall is a sports arena in Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan, which has hosted boxing, professional wrestling, kickboxing, mixed martial arts and Lethwei matches. History On April 16, 1962, the Korakuen Hall was officially opened with a capacity of approximat ...

60th Anniversary Festival'' from April 15, 2022, where she teamed up with Akino and

Ayako Sato (born January 4, 1986) is a Japanese professional wrestler currently signed to World Woman Pro-Wrestling Diana, where she is a member of the CRYSIS stable. She is also known for her time in the Japanese promotions JWP Joshi Puroresu and Pure-J ...

in a losing effort against Sonoko Kato, Leon and

JWP Joshi Puroresu (2012–2017)

Matsumoto made her

professional wrestling Professional wrestling, often shortened to either pro wrestling or wrestling,The term "wrestling" is most often widely used to specifically refer to modern scripted professional wrestling, though it is also used to refer to Real life, real- ...

debut in

at ''JWP 3rd Lion's Hole Produce ~ Hanako Nakamori & Misaki Ohata Graduation'' on August 12, 2012, where she wrestled her coach

Leon Leon, Léon (French) or León (Spanish) may refer to: Places Europe * León, Spain, capital city of the Province of León * Province of León, Spain * Kingdom of León, an independent state in the Iberian Peninsula from 910 to 1230 and again fro ...

into a time-limit draw. She chased for various championships created by the promotion. The first one was the

Princess of Pro-Wrestling Championship The Princess of Pro-Wrestling (POP) Championship is a Japanese women's professional wrestling championship owned by the Pure-J promotion. The title was created in the JDStar promotion on June 24, 2006, when Fuka defeated Natsuki☆Head in the ...

which she won at ''X-Mania'' on April 5, 2015, by defeating Rabbit Miu. She held the championship on two separate occasions along with the

JWP Junior Championship The JWP Junior Championship was a women's professional wrestling championship (professional wrestling), championship owned by the JWP Joshi Puroresu Professional wrestling promotion, promotion. It was introduced on June 16, 1995, when Candy Okutsu ...

by the time both of the titles were sanctioned together. On the second night of the ''JWP FLY HIGH IN THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY'' from April 24, she unsuccessfully challenged

Arisa Nakajima is a Japanese people, Japanese retired Professional wrestling, professional wrestler. Trained by the Major Girl's Fighting AtoZ Professional wrestling promotion, promotion, Nakajima made her debut in January 2006, but when the promotion folded t ...

for the

JWP Openweight Championship The JWP Openweight Championship was a women's professional wrestling championship (professional wrestling), championship owned by the JWP Joshi Puroresu Professional wrestling promotion, promotion. The championship, which was situated at the top ...

. Matsumoto competed in the final show before the promotion's closure, the ''JWP Fly High In The 25th Anniversary Party ~ The Thanksgiving'' from April 2, 2017, where she teamed up with Kazuki to unsuccessfully challenge Command Bolshoi and Leon for both the

JWP Tag Team Championship The JWP Tag Team Championship was a professional wrestling tag team championship owned by the JWP Joshi Puroresu promotion. The championship was introduced on August 9, 1992, when Cutie Suzuki and Mayumi Ozaki defeated Dynamite Kansai and Sumiko ...

and the

Daily Sports Women's Tag Team Championship The is a professional wrestling tag team championship owned by the Pure-J promotion. The title is named after the '' Daily Sports'' newspaper. Title history The championship was introduced by the JWP Joshi Puroresu promotion on August 3, 2008, ...

. During her five-year tenure with the promotion, Matsumoto competed in one of its signature events, the

Tag League the Best __NOTOC__ The was an annual professional wrestling tag team tournament, founded by All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling (AJW), which held it from 1985 to 2004 (with no tournament taking place in 1990). After the folding of AJW in 2005, the tournament wa ...

, in which she made her first appearance at the 2014 edition where she teamed up with her "The☆Wanted!?" stablemate Kazuki, placing themselves in the block A where thet scored a total of two points after going against the teams of

Command Bolshoi is a retired Japanese professional wrestler. She debuted for Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling (JWP) in November 1991 and worked for its follow-up promotion JWP Joshi Puroresu from 1992 until its folding in 2017, also serving as its final president. D ...

and

Kyoko Kimura is a Japanese retired professional wrestler and mixed martial artist. Throughout her 14-year career, she competed in Big Japan Pro Wrestling, Ibuki, Ice Ribbon, JWP Joshi Puroresu, NEO Japan Ladies Pro-Wrestling and World Wonder Ring Stardom, a ...

and

Kana are syllabary, syllabaries used to write Japanese phonology, Japanese phonological units, Mora (linguistics), morae. In current usage, ''kana'' most commonly refers to ''hiragana'' and ''katakana''. It can also refer to their ancestor , wh ...

, and Haruusagi ( Rabbit Miu and Tsukushi). At the 2015 edition, she teamed up with Kazuki again, this time placing themselves in the block B, wherethey scored a total of two points after competing against the teams of Eri and

Haruka Kato , also known by ring name Harukaze, is a Japanese gravure idol, ''tarento'', and professional wrestler. She was born in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture. As a ''tarento'' After graduating from Eiwa Girls College, she was scouted and became a part-ti ...

, Haruusagi (Rabbit Miu and Tsukushi), and Wild Snufkin Command Bolshoi and Kyoko Kimura. One year later at the 2016, edition which was held under a single elimination tournament format, she teamed again with Kazuki and defeated Meiko Tanaka and

Sareee is a Japanese professional wrestler. She primarily performs in Japan as a freelancer under the ring name Sareee, and is signed to the American promotion Sukeban (professional wrestling), Sukeban under the ring name Sareee Bomb and is the reignin ...

in the first rounds,

Konami , commonly known as Konami, , is a Japanese multinational entertainment company and video game developer and video game publisher, publisher headquartered in Chūō, Tokyo, Chūō, Tokyo. The company also produces and distributes trading card ...

and

Syuri , better known simply as , is a Japanese professional wrestler, shoot boxer, kickboxer and mixed martial artist. She is signed to World Wonder Ring Stardom, where she is the leader of God's Eye as well as the current IWGP Women's Champion in ...

in the second rounds, but fell short to

and Makoto in the finals.

Pure-J (2017–present)

After

's closure in April 2017, Matsumoto moved alongside most of the promotion's roster to the newly founded promotion of

. She made her first in-ring appearance at ''PURE-J Debut Show ~ Dream Go!'' on August 11, 2017, where she fell short to

in a singles match.

Championships and accomplishments

(

2 times "2 Times" is the debut single of English singer Ann Lee. It was released in Italy in December 1998 by X-Energy as the lead single from her debut album, ''Dreams'' (1999), and was issued worldwide the following year. The single peaked at number tw ...

) *

( 3 times) – with Kazuki (1),

Saki Hector Hugh Munro (18 December 1870 – 14 November 1916), popularly known by his pen name Saki and also frequently as H. H. Munro, was a British writer whose witty, mischievous and sometimes macabre stories satirise Edwardian society and ...

(1) and Momo Tani (1) **

(

) **

Pure-J Openweight Championship The is a women's professional wrestling Championship (professional wrestling), championship owned by the Pure-J professional wrestling promotion, promotion. The championship, which is situated at the top of Pure-J's championship hierarchy, was i ...

(

)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hagane, Rydeen 1991 births Living people Japanese female professional wrestlers 21st-century female professional wrestlers 21st-century Japanese professional wrestlers People from Kama, Fukuoka Professional wrestlers from Fukuoka Prefecture Daily Sports Women's Tag Team Champions JWP Junior Champions Princess of Pro-Wrestling Champions Pure-J Openweight Champions