2023Nominee
Best Performance
Stardom Midsummer Festival 2023
Kaoru Matsumoto
Actor
Kumagaya, Saitama, Japan
November 11, 1960
Biography
Kaoru Matsumoto (松本 香, Matsumoto Kaoru), better known by her ring name Dump Matsumoto (ダンプ松本, Danpu Matsumoto), is a semi-retired Japanese professional wrestler. She came to prominence as one of the leading female wrestlers in All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling during the 1980s. The longtime leader of the stable Gokuaku Domei — which included Crane Yu, Condor Saito and Bull Nakano — she was one of the main rivals of the popular tag team Crush Gals. Their long running feud would become extremely popular in Japan during the 1980s, with their televised matches resulting in some of the highest rated in Japanese television as well as the promotion regularly selling out arenas.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1989Nominee
Best Performance
Crying Freeman 2: Shades of Death, Part 1
1992Nominee
Best Performance
Crying Freeman 5: Abduction in Chinatown
Career Highlights
1991Highlight
Best Performance
High Heels Gang
2026Highlight
Best Performance
Marigold 2nd Anniversary Show: Shine Forever 2026 ~A Glorious Celebration~