Ice Ribbon Ice Ribbon is a " joshi puroresu " ( women ' s professional wrestling ) promotion established in 2006 by Emi Sakura split with Gatokunyan . History . Ice Ribbon was founded by Emi Sakura , a professional wrestler who was active with IWA Japan and FMW in 1990s as Emi Motokawa . They split with Gatokunyan , the promotion Sakura herself represented , and held their first card on June 20 , 2006 in Tokyo . Ice Ribbon built their own dojo in Saitama and gave ownership to a company called Neoplus in January 2009 . Ice Ribbon ' s shows mainly take place at their dojo called Isami Wrestle Arena in Saitama , with several larger annual events , like " Golden Ribbon " and " Ribbon Mania " , taking place at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo . The wrestlers of Ice Ribbon were made up of those who transferred from Gatokunyan , including the kids whom Sakura instructed exercises and even wrestling . Some of them made their debut as professional wrestlers , and Aoi Kizuki , Hikari Minami , Moeka Haruhi and Riho are still active , with Haruhi signed to Pro Wrestling Wave . Other than that , collaborating with a TV program called " Muscle Venus " and a film in 2009 called " Three Count " Ice Ribbon recruited and trained some actresses as wrestlers . Among them , Hikaru Shida , Miyako Matsumoto , and Tsukasa Fujimoto are still active as wrestlers too . Ice Ribbon has gained some attention for training and debuting underage children as wrestlers . For example , Riho and Kurumi made their debuts at the age of nine , while Hikari Minami and Tsukushi were eleven and twelve , respectively , when they made their debuts . On May 28 , 2010 , Ice Ribbon announced a new project called 19 O ' Clock Girls ProWrestling ( 19時女子プロレス | Jūkuji Joshi Puroresu ) , an internet streaming channel on Ustream . The show airs Fridays at 19 : 00 Japan time ( 10 : 00 AM UTC ) . The original concept of the show saw Ice Ribbon rookie Sayaka Obihiro being assigned full - time to the project and facing Ice Ribbon wrestlers in weekly matches . The concept was abandoned on August 26 , 2011 , when the project was officially brought under the Ice Ribbon banner , with Obihiro again becoming a regular member of the Ice Ribbon roster and the " 19 O ' Clock Girls ProWrestling " turning into a regular professional wrestling program with no distinct concept . From its inception , Ice Ribbon had a close relationship with NEO Japan Ladies Pro Wrestling , which saw Ice Ribbon workers Emi Sakura , Aoi Kizuki and Makoto make regular appearances for the promotion , while NEO wrestlers like Etsuko Mita , Tanny Mouse and Yoshiko Tamura also made several appearances for Ice Ribbon . The relationship lasted until NEO folded on December 31 , 2010 , with Emi Sakura , Hikaru Shida , Makoto and Tsukasa Fujimoto appearing at the promotion ' s final event . Starting in late 2010 , Ice Ribbon was involved in a year - long interpromotional storyline rivalry with the Sendai Girls ' Pro Wrestling promotion , which saw Ice Ribbon and Sendai Girls ' wrestlers make regular appearances for the opposing promotion . Through its relationships with American promotion Chikara and the British Pro Wrestling EVE , Ice Ribbon ' s wrestlers have also made appearances in the United States and the United Kingdom . Currently , Ice Ribbon has close relationships with the Dramatic Dream Team ( DDT ) , Japanese Women Pro - Wrestling ( JWP ) Project and Reina X World promotions . On December 14 , 2011 , Ice Ribbon ' s founder Emi Sakura announced that she was leaving the promotion for " personal reasons " following the January 7 , 2012 , event in Sendai . Following Sakura ' s departure , Hikaru Shida and Tsukasa Fujimoto took over the training duties at the Ice Ribbon dojo . During 2012 , Ray , Sayaka Obihiro and Ice Ribbon original Riho also left Ice Ribbon , while Dorami Nagano and Hikari Minami went inactive as they concentrated on their studies . To combat the decreasing number of wrestlers on its active roster , Ice Ribbon introduced the first six wrestlers trained by Hikaru Shida and Tsukasa Fujimoto : Eri Wakamatsu , Fumiko Sato , Risa Okuda , Rutsuko Yamaguchi , Oshima Kujira and Shoko Hotta . In February 2012 , Ice Ribbon formed a partnership with Japanese pop group hy4 _ 4yh ( Hyper Yo - yo ) . The partnership led to the group making musical appearances at Ice Ribbon events , performing Maki Narumiya ' s new entrance theme and , on March 7 , the two promoting the first " Hyper Ribbon " event , which featured both matches and musical performances .