Neko Nitta

Neko Nitta
Nitta in December 2011
Born (1978-05-07) May 7, 1978 (age 46)[1]
Saitama, Japan
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Neko Nitta
Billed height154 cm (5 ft 1 in)[2]
Billed weight55 kg (121 lb)
Trained byEmi Sakura
Hayate
Ray
Debut2011
RetiredDecember 31, 2015

Neko Nitta (新田猫子, Nitta Neko) is a Japanese retired professional wrestler and is best known for her tenure with the Japanese promotion Ice Ribbon where she is a former Triangle Ribbon Champion.[3]

Professional wrestling career

Independent circuit (2011-2015)

As a former freelancer, Nitta is known for working with various promotions. At DDT Yokohama New Year, an event promoted by DDT Pro Wrestling on January 6, 2013, Nitta teamed up with Hiroshi Fukuda and Yusaku Ito, losing to Hideyoshi Kamitani, Risa Sera and Tank Nagai in a six-man tag team match.[4] At Sakura Hirota Produce Leave Maternity, a Japanese independent event from December 12, 2015, she competed in a 19-person battle royal also involving popular wrestlers such as Sumire Natsu, Ricky Fuji, Yuko Miyamoto, Yumi Ohka, Hercules Senga and others.[5]

JWP Joshi Puroresu (20112-2014)

At JWP Climax 2014, an event produced by JWP Joshi Puroresu on December 28, 2014, Nitta teamed up with Manami Toyota and Tsukushi, losing to Jaguar Yokota, Kazuki and Rydeen Hagane in a six-person tag team match.[6] Nitta made an appearance in the 2013 edition of the Tag League the Best where she teamed up with her "Nekoka Tag" partner Leon, placing themselves in the Block A and competing against the teams of Aripiko (Arisa Nakajima and Command Bolshoi) and Heart Move (Hanako Nakamori and Morii).[7]

Ice Ribbon (2011-2015)

Nitta made her professional wrestling debut at Ice Ribbon New Ice Ribbon #269 from March 2, 2011, an event promoted by Ice Ribbon where she fell short to one of her coaches Emi Sakura.[8] She continued to make appearances for the company such as at Ice Ribbon New Ice Ribbon #282 on April 16, 2011, where she worked in two distinctive matches. In one of them she teamed up with Meari Naito in a losing effort to Mika Iida and Mochi Miyagi of a tag team match and in the other one, a 19-woman battle royal, she competed against Riho, Kagetsu, Syuri, Hikaru Shida and others.[9] At Ice Ribbon New Ice Ribbon #576 on July 21, 2014, Netta unsuccessfully challenged Tsukasa Fujimoto for the ICE Cross Infinity Championship.[10]

At Ice Ribbon New Ice Ribbon #666 on July 29, 2015, Nitta competed in a 30-person gauntlet match also involving notable opponents such as Aja Kong, Kana, Konami, Hiroyo Matsumoto, Onryo and others.[11] Nitta is a former six-time Triangle Ribbon Champion, title which she won for the last time by defeating Choun Shiryu in a three-way match also involving Konaka at Yokohama Ribbon V on November 24, 2014, and kept it until her retirement in late 2015.[12][13] Nitta is also a former two-time International Ribbon Tag Team Champion, title which she lastly won by teaming up with Leon as "Nekoka Tag" at Ice in Wonderland on August 18, 2015, and defeating Shishunki (Mio Shirai and Tsukushi).[14]

Nitta retired from professional wrestling on December 31, 2015, at the show named Ice Ribbon New Ice Ribbon #700 Neko Nitta Retirement where she teamed up with 235 to defeat Akane Fujita and Kyuri.[15]

Championships and accomplishments

References

  1. ^ Saalbach, Axel. "Neko Nitta • General Information". wrestlingdata.com. Retrieved August 17, 2021.
  2. ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip. "Neko Nitta/Career Data". cagematch.de (in German). Retrieved August 17, 2021.
  3. ^ Internet Wrestling Database (IWD). "Neko Nitta Profile & Match Listing". profightdb.com. Retrieved August 17, 2021.
  4. ^ DDT Pro Wrestling (January 6, 2013). "DDT ProWrestling" 新春横浜プロレスフェスタ～DDT～. ddtpro.com (in Japanese). Retrieved August 18, 2021.
  5. ^ Wrestling Epicenter (December 12, 2015). "Sakura Hirota Produce Leave Maternity Results 12/12/15". wrestlingepicenter.com. Retrieved August 17, 2021.
  6. ^ Joshi City (August 7, 2017). "JWP "Climax 2014" on 12/28/14 Review". joshicity.com. Retrieved August 17, 2021.
  7. ^ ＪＷＰタッグリーグ・ザ・ベストの詳細. JWP Joshi Puroresu (in Japanese). FC2. February 3, 2013. Retrieved March 31, 2013.
  8. ^ Saalbach, Axel (March 2, 2011). "Ice Ribbon New Ice Ribbon #269". genickbruch.com (in German). Retrieved August 17, 2021.
  9. ^ Quebrada (April 16, 2011). "ICE RIBBON #282 Osaka Ribbon DVD 4/16/11 Osaka Minami Move On Arena". quebrada.net. Retrieved August 17, 2021.
  10. ^ Ice Ribbon (July 21, 2014). ◆2014年07月21日 開始時間 12時00分～ ／ 開場時刻 11時30分 横浜リボン2014・夏 関内・ラジアントホール. iceribbon.com (in Japanese). Retrieved August 17, 2021.
  11. ^ Ice Ribbon (July 29, 2015). ◆2015年07月29日 開始時間 18時30分～ サマージャンボリボン 後楽園ホール. iceribbon.com (in Japanese). Retrieved August 17, 2021.
  12. ^ アイスリボン698 18時00分開始. Ice Ribbon (in Japanese). Retrieved December 19, 2015.
  13. ^ アイスリボン701「新春道場マッチ2016」 18時00分開始. Ice Ribbon (in Japanese). Retrieved January 11, 2013.
  14. ^ アイスリボン672 in 後楽園ホール. Ice Ribbon (in Japanese). Retrieved August 17, 2015.
  15. ^ Quebrada (December 31, 2015). "ICE RIBBON Nico #700 Ribbon Mania 2015 Neko Nitta Retirement Show 12/31/15 Tokyo Korakuen Hall". quebrada.net. Retrieved August 16, 2021.
  16. ^ Ice Ribbon. "TRC Triangle Ribbon Championship History". iceribbon.com (in Japanese). Retrieved August 17, 2021.
  17. ^ Ice Ribbon. "International Ribbon Tag Team Championship History". iceribbon.com (in Japanese). Retrieved August 17, 2021.