Hikari Minami Hikari Minami is a female professional wrestler . Professional wrestling career . Ice Ribbon ( 2006 – 2012 ) . 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 . From December 7 , 2007 , to December 13 , 2008 , Minami took an entire year off professional wrestling to concentrate on finishing junior high school . In her return match , Minami wrestled old rival Seina to a time limit draw . The following year , Minami began making challenges for Ice Ribbon ' s top championship , the ICE×60 Championship , failing in two title matches against Emi Sakura and one against Tsukasa Fujimoto . On June 5 , 2010 , Minami turned heel by attacking ICE×60 Champion Emi Sakura from behind , after she had successfully defended the title against Tsukushi , before announcing her intention of going for the championship herself . On July 10 , Minami defeated Hikaru Shida , Riho and Tsukasa Fujimoto in a four - way match , scoring all three eliminations in the process , to become the number one contender to Sakura ' s title . Nine days later , Minami defeated Sakura to win the ICE×60 Championship for the first time . After a 66 - day reign , Minami lost the title to JWP Joshi Puroresu wrestler Command Bolshoi in her first defense . On December 24 , Minami made her debut for Smash at " Happening Eve " , where she teamed with Chii Tomiya and Kushida in a six - person tag team match , where they were defeated by Isami Kodaka , Makoto and Yusuke Kodama . In late 2010 and early 2011 , Minami made appearances for Union Pro Wrestling , performing under a mask and the character of Black Cherry # 2 as part of the storyline rivalry between Cherry and Black Cherry , portrayed by fellow Ice Ribbon wrestler Riho . Minami returned to Smash on March 31 , 2011 , at " Smash . 15 " , where she , Riho and Tsukushi defeated Emi Sakura , Makoto and Mochi Miyagi in a six - woman tag team match . The following month , Minami and Riho began producing their own events under the banner of " Teens " , which would focus on spotlighting Ice Ribbon ' s younger wrestlers . On May 27 , Minami defeated Tsukushi to win Ice Ribbon ' s 19 O ' Clock Girls ProWrestling project ' s Internet Wrestling 19 Championship for the first time . Minami lost the title to Chii Tomiya only five days later in her first defense . On June 15 , Minami defeated Remi Nagano to win the Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship for the third time . She would lose the title to Emi Sakura later that same day . On August 7 , Minami made her debut for the JWP promotion , losing to Command Bolshoi . During the match , Minami suffered a bloody lip and a ruptured eardrum as a result of Bolshoi hitting her with multiple " shoteis " . Upon her return to Ice Ribbon , Minami pinned ICE×60 Champion Tsukasa Fujimoto on August 13 in a ten - woman tag team captain ' s fall match and was as a result named the number one contender to her title . On August 21 , Minami defeated Fujimoto to win the ICE×60 Championship for the second time . During the next few weeks , Minami went on to successfully defend the title against Chii Tomiya and Hikaru Shida . In October , Minami , Emi Sakura , Hikaru Shida and Tsukasa Fujimoto traveled to Nottingham , England to take part in events promoted by Pro Wrestling EVE and Southside Wrestling Entertainment ( SWE ) . During the tour , Minami successfully defended the ICE×60 Championship for the third time , against Shanna . During 2011 , Minami also took part in Ice Ribbon ' s interpromotional rivalry with the Sendai Girls ' Pro Wrestling promotion . On October 27 , Minami , Emi Sakura , Hikaru Shida , Tsukasa Fujimoto and Tsukushi represented Ice Ribbon in Sendai ' s Joshi Puroresu Dantai Taikou Flash tournament , a single - elimination tournament , where different " joshi " promotions battled each other . The team was eliminated from the tournament in the first round by Team Sendai ( Meiko Satomura , Dash Chisako , Kagetsu , Miyako Morino and Sendai Sachiko ) . After successfully defending the ICE×60 Championship against Kurumi on November 5 , Minami continued her heelish behaviour , first refusing to accept Tsukasa Fujimoto ' s challenge for the title and then calling Emi Sakura a dictator and accusing her of playing favorites , after the title match was made official . On November 19 , Minami lost the ICE×60 Championship back to Fujimoto in her fifth defense , ending her reign at 90 days . Despite already being a former three - time Ironman Heavymetalweight Champion , Minami only began working regularly for DDT Pro - Wrestling in November 2011 , when she took part in an audition battle royal , which eventually led to Danshoku Dino and Makoto Oishi electing her as the newest member of their Homoiro Clover Z stable , breaking Minami ' s longtime partnership with Ken Ohka in the process . On December 25 at " RibbonMania 2011 " , Seina returned to Ice Ribbon , after a two - year hiatus , to wrestle her retirement match against her sister Riho . After the match , a tearful Minami entered the ring and challenged her childhood friend to a three - minute match , which she accepted . Minami went on to win the match in just under three minutes with the " Blockbuster " . On January 4 , 2012 , Minami won " Ribbon : The Best 2012 " , a six - person tag team match set to determine the new face of the promotion in the aftermath of Emi Sakura ' s departure . After a nine - month break , Minami brought back the Teens concept , producing " Teens4 " on March 3 , where she was defeated by Riho in the main event . On July 28 , Minami reunited with Command Bolshoi to enter JWP ' s annual Natsu Onna Kettei Tournament , which JWP this time co - produced with Ice Ribbon . After a victory over the team of Kazuki and Miyako Matsumoto , Minami and Bolshoi were eliminated from the tournament by Arisa Nakajima and Hikaru Shida in a semifinal match that went to overtime following an original fifteen - minute time limit draw . On August 20 at " Teens7 " , Minami teamed with Stardom ' s Mayu Iwatani in a tag team main event , where they were defeated by Stardom ' s Eri Susa and JWP ' s Manami Katsu . Following the match , Minami announced that she was taking an indefinite break from professional wrestling to concentrate on her college entrance exam . On January 2 , 2013 , it was announced that Minami had officially quit Ice Ribbon effective December 31 , 2012 . Apple Star Puroresu ( 2015 – present ) . On October 6 , 2015 , it was announced that Minami would be returning and wrestling her first match in over three years at Apple Star Puroresu ' s inaugural event on November 27 , 2015 . On November 27 , Minami was defeated in her return match by Ayako Hamada . On January 10 , 2016 , it was announced that Minami had signed an exclusive contract with Apple Star Puroresu . On February 28 , Minami made her debut for Reina Joshi Puroresu , teaming with Konami in a tag team match , where they were defeated by Kagetsu and Yako Fujigasaki .