Emi Motokawa
Emi Motokawa is a Japanese professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Sakura Emi. After starting her career in the International Wrestling Association of Japan, Sakura worked for several promotions across Japan, winning numerous titles, before founding her own promotion, Ice Ribbon. 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 record five-time International Ribbon Tag Team Champion. 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 Singles and NWA Pacific Women's Championships, which led to the Tokyo Sports magazine naming her the 2009 Joshi wrestler of the year. Sakura would later form the Gatoh Move Pro Wrestling promotion in Bangkok, Thailand. During 2012, Sakura also became a regular for the Japanese Women Pro-Wrestling (JWP) Project, winning the JWP Openweight Championship in October. More recently, she has made appearances for the American wrestling promotion All Elite Wrestling (AEW).
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- 2023 · AAA: Lucha Libre World Cup - Guadalajara, MX as Emi Sakura
- 2022 · DPW 1st Anniversary as Emi Sakura
- 2022 · DPW World's Strongest as Emi Sakura
- 2022 · DPW Carolina Classic as Emi Sakura
- 2022 · Hey! (EW) as Emi Sakura
- 2021 · AEW All Out as Emi Sakura
- 2021 · AEW Dark: Elevation as Emi Sakura
- 2021 · AEW Dark: Elevation as Emi Sakmura
- 2021 · AEW Women's Eliminator Tournament as Emi Sakura
- 2020 · Gatoh Move Experience as Emi Sakura
- 2019 · AEW Full Gear as Emi Sakura
- 2019 · EVE Absolute Scenes as Emi Sakura
- 2019 · AEW Dark as Emi Sakura
- 2019 · All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite as Emi Sakura
- 2019 · AEW Double or Nothing as Emi Sakura
- 2017 · EVE But First, Some Rebellion as Emi Sakura
- 2017 · EVE Dangerous Women as Emi Sakura
- 2017 · EVE A Day At The Resistance as Emi Sakura
- 2017 · EVE A Night At The Resistance as Emi Sakura
- 2012 · Bull Nakano Retirement Show as Emi Sakura
- 2011 · EVE vs. Ice Ribbon - Part 3 as Emi Sakura
- 2011 · EVE vs. Ice Ribbon - Part 2 as Emi Sakura
- 2011 · EVE Vs. Ice Ribbon - Part 1 as Emi Sakura
- 2009 · Ice Ribbon on Samurai! TV as Emi Sakura
- 2006 · The Woman Vol. 5: One Night In Heaven as Emi Sakura
- 2004 · Mask de 41 as Pink Falcon