Hikari Minami
Minami in January 2012
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| Born |
December 27, 1994 Kobe, Hyōgo |
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| Residence | Tokyo |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Black Cherry #2 Hikari Hikari Minami |
| Billed height | 1.67 m (5 ft 5 1⁄2 in) |
| Billed weight | 58 kg (128 lb) |
| Trained by | Emi Sakura |
| Debut | February 12, 2006 |
Hikari Minami (みなみ 飛香 Minami Hikari?, born December 27, 1994) is a Japanese professional wrestler, best known for her work in the Ice Ribbon promotion, where she spent nearly seven years, making her debut in February 2006 at the age of eleven, becoming a two-time ICE×60 Champion and a one-time IW19 Champion. She is also known for her work in DDT Pro-Wrestling, where she is a former three-time Ironman Heavymetalweight Champion. After a three-year hiatus, she returned in November 2015, now working for Apple Star Puroresu.
Minami was trained by Gatokunyan wrestler Emi Sakura and made her professional wrestling debut at the age of eleven on February 12, 2006, working under the ring name Hikari and facing Sakura, Aika Ando, Hinata and Kinoko in a five-way match at an event in Itabashi, Tokyo. On April 29, Hikari won her first professional wrestling championship, defeating Aika to win Dramatic Dream Team's (DDT) Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship. Six days later, Hikari lost the title to Misae Genki, only to regain it from Miki Ishii later that same day. Hikari's second reign with the title came to an end on June 5, when she was defeated by Natsuki☆Head. In April 2006, Emi Sakura left Gatokunyan and took most of her trainees, Hikari included, with her to form the core of her new Ice Ribbon promotion. Hikari made her debut for Ice Ribbon at the promotion's second ever event on June 20, defeating her elementary school friend Seina. During the next six months, Hikari and Seina developed a storyline rivalry, facing each other in four more singles matches, with Hikari winning the series 4–1. On December 5, Hikari wrestled male wrestler Ken Ohka to a time limit draw, which led to the two forming a partnership on January 8, 2007. The two have wrestled semi-regularly as a tag team ever since. In late January, Hikari began competing under the ring name Hikari Minami, after getting the blessing of former All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling performer and family friend Suzuka Minami to use the surname. In storyline, Hikari is sometimes referred to as Suzuka's niece and billed as the "Second Generation Marine Wolf"; Marine Wolves being the former tag team of Suzuka Minami and Akira Hokuto. During the rest of the year, Minami's rivalry with Seina also came to include Seina's younger sister Riho.
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