Maho Kurone

Maho Kurone
Kurone in August 2016
BornDecember 15[1]
Japan
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Maho Kurone
Billed height160 cm (5 ft 3 in)[2]
Debut2016
Retired2018

Maho Kurone (黒音まほ, Kurone Maho) is a retired Japanese professional wrestler best known for her time in the Japanese promotion Tokyo Joshi Pro-Wrestling.[3]

Professional wrestling career

Tokyo Joshi Pro-Wrestling (2016–2018)

Kurone made her professional wrestling debut in Tokyo Joshi Pro-Wrestling at TJPW Nerima Love Rin on June 15, 2016, where she wrestled Hinako in a 15-minute time limit draw as a result of a dark exhibition match.[4] During her time in the promotion, she chased after various championships promoted by it. She teamed up with her long time "Dragon Bombers" tag team partner Rika Tatsumi and participated in the inaugural tournament of the Princess Tag Team Championship, in which they defeated Brave☆Mates (Yuu and Nodoka-Oneesan) in the first rounds from September 9, 2017,[5] Trick Student (Yuna Manase and Marika Kobashi) in the second rounds from September 16, but fell short to MiraClians (Yuka Sakazaki and Shoko Nakajima) on the finals from October 14 at Smile Yes Yokohama.[6] At TJPW Let's Go! Go! on March 10, 2018, Kurone unsuccessfully challenged Miyu Yamashita for the Princess of Princess Championship.[7] The last match of her career took place at TJPW Let's Go To Itabashi on May 5, 2018, where she fell short to Su Yung.[8]

DDT Pro-Wrestling (2016–2018)

Due to being a TJPW wrestler, Kurone is known for competing in sister promotion DDT Pro-Wrestling. She made appearances in several of the promotion's signature events such as the DDT Peter Pan. At Ryōgoku Peter Pan 2017 from August 20, she participated in a Rumble rules match for the Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship won by Yuu and also involving Mizuki, Cherry, Nonoko, Shoko Nakajima, Tetsuya Koda, Azusa Takigawa and others.[9] Another branch of events in which she has worked was the DDT Judgement. At Judgement 2018: DDT 21st Anniversary on March 25, she teamed up with Rika Tatsumi in a losing effort against MiraClians (Yuka Sakazaki and Shoko Nakajima).[10] She once held the Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship after she defeated Joey Ryan at DDT Yokohama Twilight 2017 from July 15.

Retirement

On 30 July 2018, TJPW announced that, following a diagnosis of Generalized anxiety disorder, Kurone had chosen to take a leave of indefinite absence from professional wrestling.[11]

Championships and accomplishments

References

  1. ^ Saalbach, Axel. "Maho Kurone • General Information". wrestlingdata.com. Retrieved January 21, 2023.
  2. ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip. "Maho Kurone/Career Data". cagematch.de (in German). Retrieved January 21, 2023.
  3. ^ InternetWrestling Database (IWD). "Maho Kurone/Profile & Match Listing". profightdb.com. Retrieved January 21, 2023.
  4. ^ Tokyo Joshi Pro-Wrestling (January 21, 2023). "DDT ProWrestling" ねりまLOVEりん. ddtpro.com (in Japanese). Retrieved January 21, 2023.
  5. ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip. "TOKYO Princess Tag Team Title Tournament". Cagematch.net. Retrieved November 23, 2021.
  6. ^ 行こう！行くべ！行けば！行く時！迷うなら練馬に行くだけさ！. DDT Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). February 3, 2018. Retrieved October 12, 2020.
  7. ^ Tokyo Joshi Pro-Wrestling (March 10, 2018). "DDT ProWrestling" 行こう！行くべ！行けば！行く時！迷うなら横浜に行くだけさ！. ddtpro.com (in Japanese). Retrieved January 21, 2023.
  8. ^ Pratt, Emily (December 10, 2019). "Princesses and Freedom Fighters: A Beginner's Guide To Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling". deadlockpw.com. Retrieved January 21, 2023.
  9. ^ Voices of Wrestling Staff (August 23, 2017). "DDT PETER PAN 2017 (AUGUST 20) RESULTS & REVIEW". voicesofwrestling.com. Retrieved December 25, 2022.
  10. ^ Voices of Wrestling (March 22, 2018). "DDT JUDGEMENT 2018 (DDT 21ST ANNIVERSARY) PREVIEW & PREDICTIONS". voicesofwrestling.com. Retrieved April 18, 2021.
  11. ^ @ddtpro_eng (July 30, 2018). "TJPW announces Maho Kurone's Graduation" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  12. ^ WrestlingTitles. "Ironman Heavymetalweight Title". wrestling-titles.com. Retrieved January 21, 2023.