Maki Ito

[Grimmas]

EnviosStupid:

An unconventional pick, but someone who I feel deserves a lot more credit than she gets in the ways she defines her character, plays off other wrestlers, and has the ability to elevate any multi-person match she's part of purely because of those aforementioned traits. Someone who has already exceeded expectations given their background, and who has found popularity in every promotion she's worked for. It's fair to say she's limited in terms of what she can do in-ring, but her strengths are clearly found across a multitude of match-types and opponents, to a degree that arguably none of her contemporaries have matched. Give the cutest in the world her flowers. She continues to charm in an era of wrestling that could do with more joy.

Recommended Matches: 

w/ Riho & Shoko Nakajima vs. Miyu Yamashita, Mizuki & Yuka Sakazaki (TJPW, 1st December 2018)

vs. Aja Kong (TJPW, 3rd May 2019)

vs. Hikari Noa (TJPW, 4th January 2020)

w/ Mizuki vs. Shoko Nakajima & Yuka Sakazaki (TJPW, 21st September 2020)

vs. Miyu Yamashita (TJPW, 4th January 2021)

w/ Chris Brookes & Super Delfin vs. Keigo Nakamura, MAO & Mirai Maiumi (DDT, 14th February 2021)

vs. Rika Tatsumi (TJPW, 17th April 2021)

w/ Miyu Yamashita vs. Mei Saint-Michel & Sakisama (TJPW, 17th June 2021)

vs. Mizuki (TJPW, 14th August 2021)

w/ Chris Brookes & Minoru Suzuki vs. Kazusada Higuchi, Saki Akai & Yukio Sakaguchi (DDT, 26th December 2021)

w/ Miyu Yamashita & Yuki Kamifuku vs. Mizuki, Shoko Nakajima & Yuka Sakazaki (TJPW, 8th January 2022)

w/ Miyu Yamashita vs. Hikaru Shida & Moka Miyamoto (TJPW, 3rd May 2022)

vs. Alex Windsor (TJPW, 9th July 2022)

vs. Hikari Noa vs. Mizuki vs. Rika Tatsumi vs. Suzume vs. Yuki Kamifuku (TJPW, 4th January 2023)

w/ Miyu Yamashita vs. Mizuki & Yuka Sakazaki (TJPW, 31st March 2023)

vs. Rina Yamashita (GCW, 17th June 2023)

w/ Aramis & Evil Uno vs. Latigo, Masha Slamovich & Peter Avalon (PWG, 13th August 2023)

vs. Jun Kasai (GCW, 9th April 2025)

vs. Kikyo Furusawa (STARDOM, 6th March 2026)