Kayoko Haruyama
| Kayoko Haruyama | |
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Haruyama in September 2015
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| Birth name | Kayoko Haruyama |
| Born |
March 5, 1979 Fukuoka, Fukuoka |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Haruyama Santa Kanton Ban Yuki Miyazaki Kayoko Haruyama Kayoko Santa Taisou Gi Chakuyou Shi Ta Kayoko Haruyama Tsubasa Kuragaki |
| Billed height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) |
| Billed weight | 77 kg (170 lb) |
| Debut | January 23, 1998 |
| Retired | December 27, 2015 |
Kayoko Haruyama (春山 香代子 Haruyama Kayoko?, born March 5, 1979) is a retired Japanese professional wrestler. Having made her debut in January 1998, Haruyama worked for the JWP Joshi Puroresu promotion her entire career, becoming not only one of the promotion's most accomplished singles wrestlers, with one JWP Junior Championship reign and three JWP Openweight Championship reigns behind her, but also a three-time Daily Sports Women's Tag Team Champion and a five-time JWP Tag Team Champion, most notably teaming with Tsubasa Kuragaki as the tag team "Harukura". Haruyama's accomplishments outside of JWP include reigns as the AJW Champion and AJW Tag Team Champion and winning the 2006 Neo Japan Cup. She ended her 18-year career in December 2015.
Haruyama made her professional wrestling debut for the JWP Joshi Puroresu promotion on January 23, 1998, facing Erika Watanabe at Korakuen Hall. Later that year, Haruyama won the Souseiseki Cup, JWP's tournament for rookies. Haruyama followed that up by winning another tournament the following year to become the new JWP Junior Champion. After graduating from the junior division, Haruyama became one of JWP's top wrestlers, winning back-to-back MVP Awards in 2003 and 2004 and culminating in April 2008, when she defeated Azumi Hyuga to win JWP's top title, the JWP Openweight Championship for the first time. Haruyama held the title for two years, making successful defenses against the likes of Kaori Yoneyama, Kyoko Kimura, Leon, Ran Yu-Yu and Yumiko Hotta, resulting in her winning yet another MVP Award 2008. Her reign ended in April 2010, when she lost the title to Nanae Takahashi in her ninth defense.
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