Kaoru Maeda

[8.0] "very talented and one of the best things to come out of GAEA Japan, Kaoru did wrestling her own way, very different from other joshi talents. However, she wasn't a consistent performer, she had some really good matches and some pretty crap matches. Her style of craziness doesn't always hits and sometimes is a drag. But overall, pretty good talent."

[10.0] "An incredibly versatile worker who instills an infectious joy into everything she does, from her early career as a high-flying technician to her later years as a more hardcore worker, every single big match will let you see someone get destroyed in a new and exciting way. Her feuds with Lioness Asuka and Aja Kong are particularly excellent, pairing somebody who's too stupid to die with wrestlers who are MORE than happy to test the limits of her body, creating one of the greatest matches of all time opposite Kong. Her tag team stuff with Ozaki is also great. There's a certain Rawness and legitimacy to her hardcore work that feels alien to modern hardcore wrestling, which can particularly be seen in the 2001 tag team ladder match, where it feels like the ladders are being set up to WIN, with the spots as a secondary objective, rather than the other way around. A genuine hall-of-fame caliber worker."

[10.0] "She's so versatile, though the hardcore stuff stands out she really is also just great in the ring as well and for such a long period of time."

[9.0] "One of the most underrated wrestlers of all time KAORU has been a good wrestler for decades. From her time in AJW to GAEA to even now as an older veteran in Sendai Girls and Marvelous she has managed to stay in amazing shape and continues to be an entertaining performer. Her catalog of great matches is huge too she did some amazing work in GAEA"

[8.0] "Kaoru is like Kagetsu: considering how good she was in the ring I have never understood why she felt the need to jump off very high places or hit her head against a solid piece of wood."

[8.0] "One of the better Japanese ladies in the biz and not afraid to go hardcore. She gave some amazing performances in the 80's and 90's and can still put on a good show today. Surprised she has not had as many matches or won as many titles as she should have but still a great worker."

[9.0] "Still crazy and still kinda hot for her age. Will us anything as a weapon even her own body. Also likes to shoot red or green mist. She is without a doubt the Hardcore Queen."