Hiroyo Matsumoto

Hiroyo Matsumoto

Ring name(s)	Hiroyo Matsumoto Hiroyo Moe Moe
Billed height	1.67 m (5 ft 5 ¹⁄₂ in)
Billed weight	70 kg (150 lb)
Born	November 6, 1985 (1985-11-06) (age 26) Kanagawa Prefecture Hiratsuka Cit
Trained by	Mariko Yoshida
Debut	2006

Hiroyo Matsumoto (松本浩代, Matsumoto Hiroyo^?) is a joshi puroresu wrestler in Japan who wrestled for Mariko Yoshida's Ibuki promotion. Emi Sakura gave her the nickname of Lady Destroyer (破壊する女) because Hiroyo broke a wall in the Ichigaya arena during her Ice Ribbon debut. She graduated from Hiratsuka Konan High School in the Kanagawa Prefecture.

1 Career
2 In wrestling
3 Entrance Music
4 Championships and accomplishments
5 References
6 External links

Career

2006

On March 19, Matsumoto had a pre-debut 5-minute exhibition match in Shin-Kiba 1st Ring against Mai Ichi.
On July 16, Matsumoto had her official debut match against Hanako Kobayashi in Shinjuku Face, winning in 6:38 with a Body Slam.

2007

On May 5, Matsumoto teamed with Shu Shibutani to face veterans Mariko Yoshida and Meiko Satomura. She scored the pinfall against mentor Mariko Yoshida with her Backdrop Driver finisher.
On October 7, Matsumoto teamed with fellow Ibuki worker Tomoka Nakagawa to debut in Ice Ribbon, with the pair scoring the victory over Aoi Kizuki & Miki Ishii.^[1]

2008

On January 12, 27, & February 11, Matsumoto participated in and won the 「NEO STAGE08」 singles tournament.^[2]
On March 2, Matsumoto challenged Haruka Matsuo for the NWA Pacific Women's/NEO Singles Championship, and was defeated.^[3]
On April 20, May 23 & June 27, Matsumoto participated in the Sendai Girls' Pro Wrestling's Jaja Uma Tournament - winning the tournament by defeating Sendai Girls' Pro Wrestling's own Ryo Mizunami in the finals.^[4]
On July 1, Matsumoto teamed with DDT wrestler Zhao Yun Zilong for an unsuccessful challenge for Ice Ribbon's International Ribbon Tag Team Championship.^[5]
On July 13, Matsumoto partnered with Kyoko Inoue to win the NEO Midsummer Tag Tournament.^[6]
On October 12, in OZ Academy's open league to determine the next OZ Academy Openweight Title challenger, Matsumoto defeated veteran and mentor Aja Kong via over the top rope. Following the match, she was admitted into Kong's stable - Jungle Jack 21.^[7]
On November 1, at the Ice Ribbon Senbonzakura Hall show, Matsumoto had a singles bout with Ayako Hamada.
On December 21, at the Ibuki show at the Korakuen Hall, Matsumoto won her first singles title by defeating JWP's Arisa Nakajima for the JWP Junior Title/POP Title.^[8]
On December 31, Matsumoto achieved her 150th pro wrestling match in a tag match, with Hiroyo partnering with Makoto against Aoi Kuzuki and Riho (One-fourth of her 150 matches took place in Ice Ribbon).

2009

On February 1, at the Ibuki show in Shin-Kiba 1st Ring, Matsumoto faced Sendai Sachiko for the JWP Junior Title/POP Title. She was successful in the first defense of the junior double titles.^[9]
On February 5, at the OZ Academy show in Shinjuku Face, Matsumoto partnered with Aja Kong to defeat Mayumi Ozaki and KAORU and win the OZ Academy Tag Titles, thus making Hiroyo a triple crown champion.^[10]
On February 8, at the JWP/NEO double header at the Tokyo Cinema Club, Matsumoto defeated JWP's Pinky Mayuka for her second successful defense of the JWP Junior/POP double titles.
On March 29, Matsumoto partnered with Kyoko Inoue to win the NEO Tag Titles.^[11]
On May 31, at the Ibuki Korakuen Hall show, Matsumoto lost the JWP Junior/POP double titles to fellow Ibuki wrestler and close friend Misako Ohata.^[12]

On August 29, at the NEO in Osaka, Matsumoto and Kyoko Inoue faced Passion Red team of Nanae Takahashi and Kana for the NEO Tag Titles. Matsumoto and Inoue defended the titles by time limit draw.^[13]
On October 10, Matsumoto and Kyoko Inoue had a rematch against Passion Red's Nanae Takahashi and Kana at the NEO Shin-Kiba 1st Ring show and lost the NEO Tag Titles. During the match, Matsumoto also injured her foot.^[14]
On November 8, in her return match from foot injury, Matsumoto faced Atsuko Emoto at the Ibuki show at Korakuen Hall.

2010

On Jaunuary 4, at the Ice Ribbon show in Shin-Kiba 1st Ring, Matsumoto teamed up with Ice Ribbon wrestler Hamuko Hoshi to face Nanae Takahashi and Mai Ichi for the recently vacated International Ribbon Tag Titles. Matsumoto and Hoshi were successful in winning the tag titles.^[15]
On February 20, Matsumoto and Hoshi lost the International Ribbon Tag Titles to Nanae Takahashi and Kazumi Shimouma.
On April 9, Matsumoto participated in Sendai Girls' Pro Wrestling's 2nd annual Battlefield Tournament, but lost to Ryo Mizunami in Round 1.^[16]
On April 10 & April 11, Matsumoto made her U.S. debut when she appeared in the Shimmer Women Athletes' DVD tapings in Berwyn, IL. During that weekend, Matsumoto faced the likes of Sara Del Rey, Lufisto, and Mercedes Martinez.
On July 25, Matsumoto made her second challenge for the NWA Pacific Women's/NEO Singles Championship, this time held by NEO's Yoshiko Tamura. Matsumoto lost the match but forced Tamura to use her top finisher - Mt. Cook to end the match.^[17]

2011

On March 26, at the Shimmer Women Athletes show in Berwyn, Illinois, Matsumoto and Misaki Ohata, as the Seven Star Sisters, won the Shimmer Tag Team Championship from The Canadian NINJAs (Portia Perez and Nicole Matthews), and then successfully defended them against Britani Knight and Saraya Knight.^[18] They would lose the title to Daizee Haze and Tomoka Nakagawa the following day.^[18]