Ram Kaicho

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Ram Kaicho
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Kaicho in February 2020
BornJapan
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)
  • Chairman Ramu
  • President Ramu
  • Ram Kaicho
  • Ram Kaichow
Debut2005[1]

Ram Kaicho (ラム会長, Ramu Kaichō, lit. "President Ram", sometimes transcribed as Ram Kaichow) is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working as a freelancer and is best known for her tenure with the Japanese promotions Ice Ribbon and Wrestling of Darkness 666.[2]

Professional wrestling career[]

Independent circuit (2006–2009)[]

Ram debuted as a professional wrestler while being an elementary school pupil on February 18, 2006, at 666 1st Fan Appreciation Day: Welcome To 666, an event promoted by Wrestling of Darkness 666 where she teamed up with Kenji Sawaragi and Kyoko Kimura to defeat Minepyon, Naoshi Sano and Shinobu.[3]

Since her debut, Ram was one of the youngest female wrestlers of Japan and her gimmick has been portraited as a demonic possessed kid who was fighting significantly older opponents.[4] Debutting as a comedy wrestler and going under the nickname of "President Ram", Ram was often billed as the daughter of The Undertaker, using to perform the latter's infamous chokeslam against larger opponents. She was even able to win the Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship around the age of 12, making her one of the youngest recognized champions in the Japanese professional wrestling.[5]

Beside 666 Wrestling, Ram made sporadic appearances for other promotions in the Japanese independent scene. At The Eight Ice Ribbon, an event promoted by Ice Ribbon on November 6, 2006, she teamed up with Onryo to defeat Makoto and Masa Takanashi.[6] Before taking an nearly ten-year hiatus from professional wrestling, Ram had her last match at New Ice Ribbon #111 on August 23, 2009, where she teamed up with Yuko Miyamoto to defeat Riho and Yuki Sato.[7]

Return to professional wrestling (2019)[]

Freelance work (2019–present)[]

As a freelancer, Ram is known for working with various promotions. At a house show promoted by Pro Wrestling Zero1 on December 6, 2020, she teamed up with Shinjiro Otani in a losing effort against Revengers (Masato Tanaka and Takuya Sugawara.[8] At the Hana Kimura Memorial Show, an event produced by Kyoko Kimura on May 23, 2021, to commemorate one year from the death of her daughter Hana, Ram won a 28-person All-Star Battle Royal by lastly eliminating Cima and Masato Tanaka also involving notable opponents such as Shotaro Ashino, Fuminori Abe, Menso-re Oyaji and many others.[9] At Wrestle Princess II, an event held by Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling (TJPW) on October 9, 2021, she teamed up with Pom Harajuku and Raku to defeat Haruna Neko, Kaya Toribami and Mahiro Kiryu.[10] At Oz Academy All Out Attack on October 24, 2021, she teamed up with Kaori Yoneyama and Yuu in a losing effort to Ozaki-gun (Maya Yukihi, Saori Anou and Yumi Ohka).[11] At Pro Wrestling Wave's Halloween Wave event on October 25, 2021, she teamed up with her 666 promotion teammate Onryo to defeat Sakura Hirota and Yuki Miyazaki.[12]

Wrestling of Darkness 666 (2019–present)[]

Ram made her return to professional wrestling on February 22, 2019, at the 666 vol. 88 show from Wrestling of Darkness 666 where she teamed up with Jun Kasai and Yasu Urano to defeat Naoshi Sano and the Sano Menhera Army in an eight-man tag team match.[13]

Ice Ribbon (2019–present)[]

Ram made her return to Ice Ribbon at New Ice Ribbon #971 on July 15, 2019, where she teamed up with Akane Fujita to defeat Suzu Suzuki and Asahi in a tag team match.[14] She quickly moved into the title picture, taking part in a tournament for the ICE Cross Infinity Championship, making it up to the quarter-finals on August 24, 2019, at New Ice Ribbon #986 where she fell short to Maya Yukihi.[15] At New Ice Ribbon #1026 on February 24, 2020, Ram teamed up with Rina Yamashita to unsuccessfully challenge Tsukasa Fujimoto and Tsukushi Haruka for the International Ribbon Tag Team Championship.[16] She is also known for competing in gauntlet matches such as the one from Tequila Saya's retirement show from December 31, 2019, at New Ice Ribbon #1013, a 44-person match also involving Syuri, Itsuki Aoki, Manami Toyota, Lingerie Muto, Cherry, Maika Ozaki, Ken Ohka, Hiragi Kurumi and many others.[17] At New Ice Ribbon #977 on August 14, 2019, Ram teamed up with Giulia, Hamuko Hoshi, Hiragi Kurumi and Miyako Matsumoto to defeat Rina Yamashita, Suzu Suzuki, Thekla and Totoro Satsuki in a 5-on-4 handicap tag team match.[18]

Championships and accomplishments[]

References[]

  1. ^ Saalbach, Axel. "Ram Kaicho • General Information". wrestlingdata.com. Retrieved December 28, 2021.
  2. ^ Internet Wrestling Database (IWD). "Ram Kaicho Profile & Match Listing". profightdb.com. Retrieved December 28, 2021.
  3. ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip. "666 1st Fan Appreciation Day - Welcome To 666". cagematch.de (in German). Retrieved December 27, 2021.
  4. ^ ラム紹介. "A Japanese interview featuring Ram Kaicho from 666 (TripleSix) from around 2007. At the time she was the youngest pro wrestler around (2005), 1 year prior to Riho's wrestling debut". dailyblocks.tv. Retrieved December 27, 2021.
  5. ^ Dark angel (February 19, 2010). "Video: President Ramu: The "daughter" of the Undertaker". superluchas.com. Retrieved December 27, 2021.
  6. ^ Ice Ribbon (November 6, 2006). ◆2006年11月06日 第8回アイスリボン. iceribbon.com (in Japanese). Retrieved December 30, 2021.
  7. ^ Ice Ribbon (August 23, 2009). ◆2009年08月23日 　開始時間 12時00分～ ／ 開場時刻 11時30分 アイスリボン後楽園ホール大会-不思議の国のアイス-. iceribbon.com (in Japanese). Retrieved December 30, 2021.
  8. ^ Pro Wrestling Zero1 (December 6, 2020). ZERO15/2、3「北千���プロレス祭り」振替大会 日時 2020年12月06日(日) 試合開始15時30分（開場15時00分）. z-1.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved December 30, 2021.
  9. ^ Klyn, Parker (May 22, 2021). "HANA KIMURA MEMORIAL SHOW LIVE RESULTS: KAGETSU, OTHERS IN ACTION". f4wonline.com. Retrieved May 23, 2021.
  10. ^ Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling (October 9, 2021). WRESTLE PRINCESS Ⅱ. ddtpro.com (in Japanese). Retrieved December 30, 2021.
  11. ^ Oz Academy (October 24, 2021). 【10/24新宿】全試合結果～無差別級次期挑戦者・優宇から正危軍が勝利！. oz-academy.com (in Japanese). Retrieved December 30, 2021.
  12. ^ Pro Wrestling Wave (October 25, 2021). 「Halloween wave ’21」. pro-w-wave.com (in Japanese). Retrieved December 30, 2021.
  13. ^ Battle News (February 23, 2019). "[Match Results] 2/22 666 Shinkiba Tournament Shinobu & Taro Yamada & Koju Takeda vs Guts Ishijima & Masked Mystery & Joji Otani Yuko Miyamoto vs Konaka = Pale One vs Kuishinbo Kamen Dark Sherman Molinos & Poison Sawada JULIE & Snake Niguchi vs YANAGAWA・ Osugi & Banana Chiga". battle-news.com. Retrieved December 30, 2021.
  14. ^ Ice Ribbon (July 15, 2019). ◆2019年07月15日 開始時間 12時00分～ ／ 開場時刻 11時30分 横浜リボン2019・夏. iceribbon.com (in Japanese). Retrieved December 30, 2021.
  15. ^ Ice Ribbon (August 24, 2019). ◆2019年08月24日 開始時間 11時30分～ ／ 開場時刻 10時45分 不思議の国のアイ 2019. iceribbon.com (in Japanese). Retrieved December 30, 2021.
  16. ^ Ice Ribbon (February 24, 2020). ◆2020年02月24日 　開始時間 11時30分～ ／ 開場時刻 10時45分 アイスリボン後楽園大会「RE:BORN」. iceribbon.com (in Japanese). Retrieved December 30, 2021.
  17. ^ Ice Ribbon (December 31, 2019). ◆2019年12月31日 　開始時間 11時30分～ ／ 開場時刻 10時45分 RIBBONMANIA2019. iceribbon.com (in Japanese). Retrieved December 30, 2021.
  18. ^ Ice Ribbon (August 14, 2019). ◆2019年08月14日 　開始時間 19時00分～ ／ 開場時刻 18時30分 アイスリボン夏祭り2019 in 上野(アイスリボン977)　19時00分開始. iceribbon.com (in Japanese). Retrieved December 30, 2021.
  19. ^ Wrestling Titles (March 14, 2021). "Ironman Heavymetalweight Title (Japan)". wrestling-titles.com. Retrieved March 15, 2021.
  20. ^ Ice Ribbon. Triangle Ribbon Championship History (in Japanese). Retrieved December 24, 2021.
  21. ^ "Champions and Championships". Wrestlingdata.com. Retrieved December 31, 2021.

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