Hiroyo Victorious! Singles decided against Satomura 7.29!

Hiroyo Matsumoto + Meiko Satomura

Photo by Mr. Hachiro Suzuki

Hiroyo Matsumoto was victorious at the Sendai Girls show on 6/12, tagging with Carlos Amano to score a big win over Meiko Satomura and Syuri. Hiroyo scored the pin with the Ligerbomb on Meiko. It has been decided that Hiroyo will get another chance to face Meiko in singles on the July 29th Sendai Girls show!

A fan tweeted that Hiroyo was overjoyed at the decision, and Meiko also showed a lot of rare emotion during the announcement. At the time of the match, Hiroyo would have just surpassed her 7th year in pro wrestling. Perhaps this will be her breakout big singles victory of her career? Time will tell!

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Hiroyo/Carlos v.s Satomura/Syuri in Sendai Girls 6.12

Sendai 6.12.2013Hiroyo Matsumoto is returning to Sendai Girls this month, and will be teaming up with OZ Academy’s Carlos Amano, to face Sendai Girls’ Meiko Satomura and WNC’s Syuri.

Hiroyo has been appearing in Sendai Girls since March earlier this year, first losing to Satomura in a singles match. Since then she’s had a string of victories, a singles win over Kagetsu, and a tag victory with her mentor Aja Kong.

For more information about the show, visit Sendai Girls’ website!

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RESULTS – May 2013


May 2013

5/4/2013 – Gatoh Move Japan Tour 38: Hiroyo Matsumoto & Choun Shiryu d. Obihiro Sayaka & Kotori (10:44) with the Kangaroo Clutch from Shiryu to Kotori

5/4/2013 – Gatoh Move Japan Tour 38: Antonio Honda & Riho d. Hiroyo Matsumoto & Choun Shiryu (12:45) with the Octopus Stretch from Honda to Shiryu

5/6/2013 – Stardom: Natsuki Taiyo & Yoshiko d. Hiroyo Matsumoto & Mayu Iwatani (10:14) with the Diving Senton from Yoshiko to Iwatani

5/11/2013 – Gatoh Move Japan Tour 40: Hiroyo Matsumoto, Choun Shiryu & Kaori Yoneyama d. Marines Mask, Riho & Obhiro Sayaka (12:15) with the Burning Hammer from Matsumoto to Sayaka

5/12/2013 – OZ Academy: Akino & Hiroyo Matsumoto d. Dynamite Kansai & Carlos Amano (16:57) with the Frankensteiner from Akino to Kansai

5/12/2013 – Stardom: Io Shirai, Dark Angel & Takumi Iroha d. Hiroyo Matsumoto, Kairi Hojo & Natsumi Showzuki (15:36) with the Deadlift German Suplex Hold from Iroha to Hojo

5/17/2013 – Gatoh Move Japan Tour 41: Hiroyo Matsumoto vs. Yamada Taro (10:00) ended in a time limit draw

5/19/2013 – Sendai Girls: Aja Kong & Hiroyo Matsumoto d. Kagetsu & Sendai Sachiko (15:43) with the Ligerbomb from Matsumoto to Sachiko

5/19/2013 – Stardom: Hiroyo Matsumoto & Kaori Yoneyama d. Natsuki Taiyo & Yoshiko (13:40) when Yoneyama pinned Taiyo

5/24/2013 – Stardom: Io Shirai & Nanae Takahashi d. Hiroyo Matsumoto & Kairi Hojo (17:04) with the Moonsault Press from Shirai to Hojo

5/25/2013 – Ice Ribbon: Hiroyo Matsumoto d. Rutsuko Yamaguchi (13:09) with the Tokaido Drop

5/25/2013 – Gatoh Move Japan Tour 42: Hiroyo Matsumoto & Yamada Taro vs. Kaori Yoneyama & Kotori (15:00) ended in a time limit draw

5/26/2013 - Stardom: Hiroyo Matsumoto & Takumi Iroha d. Nanae Takahashi & Sumire Yoshino (11:52) with the Reverse Cross Armlock from Iroha to Yoshino

Hiroyo’s fight statistics in May 2013:

Wins: 7 (54%)
Loss: 4 (31%)
Draw: 2 (15%)

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Hiroyo Matsumoto & Aja Kong Team Up for Sendai Girls 5.19!

Aja Kong & Hiroyo Matsumoto 3A

Hiroyo blogged that she will be in the Sendai Girls show on 5.19. In the past 2 months Hiroyo has been featured in the Sendai Girls shows, first facing Meiko Satomura in March, and then Kagetsu in April.

For the Sendai Girls May 19th show, Hiroyo will team with her pro-wres idol – Aja Kong, to take on the winner of Kagetsu & Sendai Sachiko and Sawako Shimono & Syrui. Hiroyo has not teamed with Aja since 2011 in an OZ Academy show. Certainly, the duo will wreck a lot of havoc in Sendai Girls in a few days.

On the same show, the main event will see Meiko Satomura take on the soon to retire Ayumi Kurihara.

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Watch NJPW Takasaki show 7.7 with Hiroyo~!

Hiroyo NJPW PortraitPhoto from NJPW website

The NJPW website announced that there will be very limited number of seats where you can watch the upcoming July 7 NJPW Takasaki show with special guest Hiroyo Matsumoto! Hiroyo will be NJPW’s yukata girl at the show, to help with their raffle and to greet guests. Only 15 seats will be available, at the price of 10,000 yen!

Aside from the perk of watching the show with Hiroyo, these special patrons will also receive a special Hiroyo Matsumoto new portrait (shown above), and a Abe Yukiko CD (she’s also a special guest at the show).

If you will be checking out the show and are interested in these very limited tickets, contact Hiroyo at: sunflowerbigpower@yahoo.co.jp

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Hiroyo Matsumoto vs Ayumi Kurihara OZ 6.9

Ayumi Kurihara vs Hiroyo Matsumoto

It has been announced that Hiroyo Matsumoto will face Ayumi Kurihara in a singles competition on the 6/9 OZ Academy show. Ayumi Kurihara has announced that she will retire in August. This will likely be the last singles match between these two. Hiroyo has only had 1 previous singles match against Ayumi, back in 2006 in the Ibuki promotion. Hiroyo had only debuted for about 3 months. Ayumi had Hiroyo tap out with the jujitgatame:

Now that Hiroyo is going into her 7th year in pro-wrestling, it will be interesting how this 2nd singles encounter will go. For sure it will be a great match! For more information, check out the OZ Academy blog!

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Hiroyo Matsumoto to be NJPW Yukata Girl 7.7.2013

Photo by: NJPW

Photo by NJPW

Hiroyo blogged that she will be a part of the July 7 New Japan Pro Wrestling event 「KIZUNA ROAD」. As part of the event, there will be a yukata festival. Yukata is the summer kimono. The yukata girls for the event will be helping to greet the visitors and to help draw the raffle winners. Hiroyo “Lady Destroyer of the Joshi Puroresu World” Matsumoto has been chosen for this honor.

Previously this duty had been filled by fellow wrestlers such as Ayumi Kurihara.

According to the NJPW website, visitors who attend the show wearing yukata will receive a special gift.

In Hiroyo’s blog, she mentioned that it has been a long time since she has worn a yukata, which is making her nervous. But as the special guest, she will receive a special seat to watch the show :)

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RESULTS – April 2013


April 2013

4/6/2013 – Gatoh Move Japan Tour 33: Hiroyo Matsumoto & Choun Shiryu vs. Kaori Yoneyama & Madoka ended in a Time Limit Draw

4/7/2013 – Stardom: Yuzupon Retirement Road – Premium Six Woman Tag Match: Alpha Female, Kyoko Kimura & Hailey Hatred d. Yuzuki Aikawa, Hiroyo Matsumoto & Kairi Hojo (16:19) with the Monster Crash from Kimura to Hojo

4/12/2013 – Sendai Girls: Hiroyo Matsumoto d. Kagetsu (16:01) with the Hiroyo Stone

4/13/2013 – Gatoh Move Japan Tour 34: Hiroyo Matsumoto d. Kotori (7:34) with the Tokaido Drop

4/14/2013 – OZ Academy: Hiroyo Matsumoto d. Misaki Ohata (9:11) with the Liger Bomb

4/19/2013 – Gatoh Move Japan Tour 35: Riho & Hiroyo Matsumoto d. Kaori Yoneyama & Sayaka Obihiro (6:57) when Riho pinned Obihiro with the Somato

4/20/2013 – International Wrestling Enterprise: Shota & Masked Hiroyon & Naoshi Sano d. (2:0) Mammoth Handa & Yoshie Tsuneo & Batten Tamagawa. Round 1: Shota d. Yoshie (0:00) with Disqualification because Yoshie was naked. Round 2: Sano d. Yoshie (12:28) with the Canadian Destroy

4/24/2013 – OZ Academy: OZ Academy Tag Team Title: Aja Kong & Hikaru Shida d. Tomoka Nakagawa & Hiroyo Matsumoto (c) (17:17) with the Backfist to Nakagawa – TITLE CHANGE

4/27/2013 – Gatoh Move Japan Tour 36: Choun Shiryu & Hiroyo Matsumoto d. Yumiko Hotta & Kazuhiko Ogasawara (6:22) by Disqualification when Hotta used the Chain Hanging on Shiryu

4/29/2013 – Stardom: Nanae Takahashi That’s Women’s Pro-Wrestling: Nanae Takahashi, Tsukasa Fujimoto & Mika Nagano d. Kaori Yoneyama, Hiroyo Matsumoto & Shuri (14:21) with the One Second EX from Takahashi to Yoneyama

Hiroyo’s fight statistics in April 2013:

Wins: 6 (60%)
Loss: 3 (30%)
Draw: 1 (10%)

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Hiroyo Matsumoto’s Youngest Fan!

This is worth re-posting, Lady Destroyer Hiroyo Matsumoto’s youngest fan – lil Jon Jon~ Matasumoto~ Hiroyo~ DESTROY~!

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Hiroyo’s New Costume, Title Change, and More!

Hiroyo Matsumoto New Costume 3Hiroyo Matsumoto debuted her new gear yesterday at the OZ Academy show, where she and Tomoka Nakagawa had a title defense of their OZ Tag Titles against Aja Kong and Hikaru Shida.

Hiroyo Lifts Aja

Photo by Mr. Yousuke Kawanaka

The photo above shows Hiroyo displaying her signature strength by lifting Aja Kong into a Samoan Drop. Sadly, Hiroyo and Tomoka lost their title defense match, and Aja Kong and Hikaru Shida became the 18th OZ Academy Tag Team Champions.

OZ Champs Aja + Shida

Photo by Mr. Youji Kawauchi

Although Hiroyo and Tomoka lost the titles, perhaps this will pave the way for Hiroyo to focus on the OZ singles title again :)

On a side note, go click ‘Like’ of this fan-created Hiroyo Matsumoto Tribute facebook page!

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