(1976-10-04) October 4, 1976 (age 47)[1][2][3][4] Kimitsu, Chiba, Japan[1][2][3]
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)
Black Cherry #3 Emi Motokawa Emi Sakura Kyoko Inoue #5
Billed height
158 cm (5 ft 2 in)[5]
Billed weight
75 kg (165 lb)[5]
Billed from
Chiba, Japan[6]
Trained by
Akio Sato
Debut
August 17, 1995[1][2][3][4]
Emi Motokawa (元川 恵美, Motokawa Emi, born October 4, 1976),[1][2][3] better known by the ring name Emi Sakura (さくら えみ, Sakura Emi), is a Japanese professional wrestler performing for All Elite Wrestling (AEW),[7] Gatoh Move Pro Wrestling and on the independent circuit.[5] After starting her career in International Wrestling Association of Japan in August 1995, Sakura worked for several promotions across Japan, winning numerous titles, before founding her own promotion, Ice Ribbon, in early 2006. Sakura not only wrestled for the promotion, but was also solely responsible for training wrestlers for the promotion, where she went on to become a two-time ICE×60 Champion and a five-time International Ribbon Tag Team Champion.
During 2009, Sakura held not only both the ICE×60 and International Ribbon Tag Team Championships, but also the Daily Sports Women's and JWP Tag Team Championships and the NEO Single and NWA Women's Pacific Championships, which led to the Tokyo Sports magazine naming her the 2009 joshi wrestler of the year. After six years with Ice Ribbon, Sakura left the promotion for "personal reasons" in January 2012. The following month, Sakura formed the Gatoh Move Pro Wrestling promotion in Bangkok, Thailand. During 2012, Sakura also became a regular for JWP Joshi Puroresu, winning the JWP Openweight Championship in October.
^ abcdさくらえみ. Ice Ribbon (in Japanese). Archived from the original on July 13, 2011. Retrieved January 30, 2012.
^ abcdさくらえみ. Gatoh Move Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). January 1, 2013. Archived from the original on October 30, 2014. Retrieved May 26, 2013.
^ abcdさくら えみ. Wrestle-1 (in Japanese). Archived from the original on December 24, 2013. Retrieved December 22, 2013.
^ abCite error: The named reference GTKN was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ abcさくらえみ [EMI SAKURA]. Pro Wrestling Gatoh Move (in Japanese). Gatoh Move Pro Wrestling. Retrieved September 8, 2023.
^"#AEW Dark EPISODE 4: PITTSBURGH, PA". All Elite Wrestling. December 11, 2019. Archived from the original on October 30, 2019. Retrieved October 29, 2019 – via YouTube.
^"All Elite Wrestling Roster". All Elite Wrestling. All Elite Wrestling. Retrieved September 8, 2023.
Emi Motokawa (元川 恵美, Motokawa Emi, born October 4, 1976), better known by the ring name EmiSakura (さくら えみ, SakuraEmi), is a Japanese professional wrestler...
(AEW). She is a former AEW Women's World Champion. She was trained by EmiSakura and debuted for her Ice Ribbon promotion in May 2006, at the age of nine...
2, 2023, Nightingale defended the Strong Women's Championship against EmiSakura on All Elite Wrestling's television show AEW Rampage, marking the first...
veteran professional wrestlers EmiSakura, Kyoko Inoue and Yoshiko Tamura. For the role, Shida began training under Sakura at her Ice Ribbon dojo and after...
Yoneyama defeated former partner EmiSakura in a JWP Openweight Championship vs. Hair match; as a result, Sakura was shaved bald. On October 10, Yoneyama...
promotion established in 2006 by EmiSakura, after her split with Gatokunyan. Ice Ribbon was founded by EmiSakura, a professional wrestler who was active...
puroresu (women's professional wrestling) promotion established in 2012 by EmiSakura. The promotion is known for hosting shows in Tokyo at Ichigaya Chocolate...
of the bracket, Sakazaki was victorious over Mei Suruga. She defeated EmiSakura in the Japanese bracket semifinals on February 22 to advance to the next...
She lost to EmiSakura in the first round which aired on February 15. On February 28, 2021, she teamed up with Maki Itoh and EmiSakura in a losing effort...
Dynamite debut on December 11, during which she scored a victory over EmiSakura in singles competition. In June 2020, she began a rivalry with Britt Baker...
Team Championship three times (with Minori Makiba, Kazumi Shimouma and EmiSakura) and Triangle Ribbon Championship once. On April 18, 2010, Takahashi beat...
trainer, EmiSakura. At Gatoh Move ChocoPro #76 on December 31, 2020, Suruga teamed up with Baliyan Akki as Best Bros to defeat Reset (EmiSakura and Kaori...
September 6, 1997) is a retired Japanese professional wrestler. Trained by EmiSakura, Tsukushi made her debut for her Ice Ribbon promotion in January 2010...
where she teamed with Meiko Satomura and Shanna in a tag match losing to EmiSakura, Erin Angel and Nixon Newell. She won the Wildcard Ladder Match at the...
storyline rivalry with EmiSakura and Kaori Yoneyama, representing the Gatoh Move Pro Wrestling promotion. After being defeated by Sakura in a singles match...
2019, Kong made her All Elite Wrestling (AEW) debut, as she teamed with EmiSakura and Yuka Sakazaki where they unsuccessfully challenged the team of Hikaru...
EmiSakura and made her professional wrestling debut at the age of eleven on February 12, 2006, working under the ring name Hikari and facing Sakura,...
Champions 2010s Brittani Knight Jenny Sjödin Alpha Female Nikki Storm EmiSakura Rhia O'Reilly Emersyn Jayne Charlie Morgan Nina Samuels Kay Lee Ray Viper...
Champions 2010s Brittani Knight Jenny Sjödin Alpha Female Nikki Storm EmiSakura Rhia O'Reilly Emersyn Jayne Charlie Morgan Nina Samuels Kay Lee Ray Viper...
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