Kayoko Haruyama

Kayoko Haruyama
Haruyama in September 2015
Born (1979-03-05) March 5, 1979 (age 45)[1]
Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan[1][2]
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Haruyama Santa[3]
Kanton Ban Yuki Miyazaki[4]
Kayoko Haruyama[1]
Kayoko Santa[5]
Taisou Gi Chakuyou Shi Ta Kayoko Haruyama[6]
Tsubasa Kuragaki[7]
Billed height1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)[8][2]
Billed weight77 kg (170 lb)[8][2]
DebutJanuary 23, 1998[1]
RetiredDecember 27, 2015[9]

Kayoko Haruyama (春山 香代子, Haruyama Kayoko, born March 5, 1979)[1] 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.

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  2. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference RetirementAnnouncement was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "(結果)12月23日（水・祝）JWP道場マッチ". JWP Joshi Puroresu (in Japanese). FC2. December 24, 2009. Retrieved March 1, 2013.
  4. ^ 9月17日(月祝). NEO Japan Ladies Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). Archived from the original on July 21, 2012. Retrieved March 1, 2013.
  5. ^ (結果)１２月２３日（火・祝） 第１４１回ＪＷＰ道場マッチ 13:00. JWP Joshi Puroresu (in Japanese). FC2. December 23, 2014. Retrieved December 23, 2014.
  6. ^ (結果)4月1日（日）ＪＷＰ道場マッチ. JWP Joshi Puroresu (in Japanese). FC2. April 2, 2007. Retrieved March 1, 2013.
  7. ^ (結果)2月15日（日）東京・ＪＷＰ道場マッチ. JWP Joshi Puroresu (in Japanese). FC2. February 16, 2009. Retrieved March 1, 2013.
  8. ^ a b 選手紹介. JWP Joshi Puroresu (in Japanese). Retrieved May 28, 2015.
  9. ^ Cite error: The named reference Retirement was invoked but never defined (see the help page).