Chika Goto

Chika Goto
Born	(1994-10-26) 26 October 1994 (age 30)[1] Tokyo, Japan
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)	Chika Goto
Billed height	173 cm (5 ft 8 in)[2]
Billed weight	63 kg (139 lb)
Debut	2022

Chika Goto (後藤智香, Goto Chika) is a Japanese professional wrestler and gravure idol currently performing in the Japanese promotion Dream Star Fighting Marigold. She is previously known for her short tenure with Actwres girl'Z.^[3][4]

Biography

Goto's family owns an Izakaya restaurant called "Umaiikkoro Atou in Nishi-Oku" located in Arakawa, Tokyo.^[5]

After graduating from high school, Goto worked as a caregiver and wedding planner until the age of 22. She then she entered the world of theater and gravure, which she had been interested in for a long time.^[6] The turning point came in 2021, when she entered the 2022 "Miss Flash" bikini competition.^[7] She placed third in the first rounds and advanced to the semi-final stage.^[8] Goto succeeded in qualifying to the finals where she made it to the last fifteen contestants, stage of the competition in which Mai Sakurai was also competing.^[9] Although she was not selected as one of the three finalists, Goto was looking to take a step up when she was invited by her co-stars on stage and Keiji Sakaguchi, the company's representative to join Actwres girl'Z.^[10]

Professional wrestling career

Actwres girl'Z (2022–2024)

Goto made her professional wrestling debut in Actwres girl'Z on August 12, 2022, at AWG ACTwrestling In Korakuen Hall where she teamed up with Nagisa Shiotsuki, Naho Yamada and Nene Arahata to defeat Allen, Asako Mia, Marino Saihara and Wild Bunny.^[11] She roughly competed in the promotion for one year and a half, wrestling her last match at AWG ACTwrestling Step 39 on April 14, 2024, where she unsuccessfully challenged Natsumi Sumikawa for the AWG Single Championship.^[12]

Dream Star Fighting Marigold (2024–present)

In April 2024, Goto was announced as part of the newly created promotion of Dream Star Fighting Marigold. At the inaugural event, the Marigold Fields Forever from May 20, she teamed up with Kouki Amarei to defeat Misa Matsui and Natsumi Showzuki.^[13] At Summer Destiny on July 13, she teamed up again with Amarei, with whom she was already wrestling under the tag name of "tWin toWer" to go into a time-limit draw against Kizuna Tanaka and Victoria Yuzuki.^[14] Goto and Amarei competed in the inaugural tournament for the Marigold Twin Star Championship in which they defeated Nanae Takahashi and Nao Ishikawa in the first rounds, then fell short to Miku Aono and Natsumi Showzuki in the second ones.^[15]

At Summer Gold Shine on August 19, Goto teamed up with Takahashi in a losing effort against Arisa Nakajima and Sareee.^[16] She competed in the "Dream League" Block of the Dream★Star GP where she wrestled against NØRI, Utami Hayashishita, Natsumi Showzuki, Mirai, Kouki Amarei, Nagisa Nozaki and Victoria Yuzuki.^[17]

References

1. Saalbach, Axel. "Chika Goto • General Information". wrestlingdata.com. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
2. Kreikenbohm, Philip. "Chika Goto/Career Data". cagematch.de (in German). Retrieved 13 September 2024.
3. Internet Wrestling Database (IWD). "Chika Goto Profile & Match Listing". profightdb.com. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
4. "後藤智香". Dream Star Fighting Marigold (in Japanese). Retrieved 30 April 2024.
5. うまいっ処　後とう. arakawa.tokyo.jp (in Japanese). Tokyo Arakawa. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
6. “生まれたときから“デカ女”　介護士＆ウエディングプランナーからプロレスラーになった173cm後藤智香の素顔. ENCOUNT (in Japanese). 17 August 2024. Retrieved 24 August 2024.
7. 「ミスFLASH2022」オーディション選考開始。選ばれた50名の候補者に注目！ (in Japanese). Retrieved 12 July 2024.
8. ミスFLASH2022セミファイナリスト30名発表！ (in Japanese). Retrieved 12 July 2024.
9. ミスFLASH2022ファイナリストが決定！女子プロレスラー 桜井まいが1位通過 (in Japanese). 27 August 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
10. 橋本宗洋 (1 December 2022). "「立ってるだけで映える」173cmの"闘うグラドル女優"後藤智香がリングで見せる"華"と野心「四方から見てもらえるのがとにかく嬉しい」". Number Web (in Japanese). Retrieved 12 July 2024.
11. 橋本宗洋 (16 September 2022). "「闘うグラドル」もデビュー、アクトレスガールズの"華がスゴい"新人たちの裏で…エース・青野未来が泣いた理由「まったく追いつけていない」". Number Web (in Japanese). Retrieved 12 July 2024.
12. Black, Ethan (14 April 2024). "AWG Act Wrestling Step 39 Results – April 14, 2024 (Afternoon)". pwmania.com. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
13. Carey, Ian (20 May 2024). "Marigold holds debut show, WWE wrestlers send flowers". F4WOnline. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
14. Edwards, Scott (13 July 2024). "Marigold Summer Destiny 2024 Results (7/13/24): Utami vs. IYO SKY, Giulia vs. Sareee, More". Fightful. Archived from the original on 13 July 2024. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
15. Kreikenbohm, Philip (30 July 2024). "Marigold Summer Gold Shine - Tag 5". cagematch.net. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
16. Black, Ethan (19 August 2024). "Marigold Summer Gold Shine Night 10 Results (August 19th, 2024)". bodyslam.net. Retrieved 21 August 2024.
17. Marigold [@Marigold_Joshi] (17 July 2024). "The DREAM✴︎STAR GP2024 round-robin tournament is coming!" (Tweet). Retrieved 17 July 2024 – via Twitter.

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