[4.0] "Ich kenne sie nur aus AEW und da ist sie natürlich auch im Ring sehr gut und bringt eine gewisse Energie mit, ist aber auch ziemlich einseitig und langweilig, sodass der Unterhaltungsfaktor bei mir insgesamt schon ziemlich niedrig ist. Das liegt auch am einfallslosen Booking."
[8.0] "Riho is a great underdog and a perpetual babyface. Her biggest career highlight so far is becoming the inaugural AEW Womens Champion. Riho has consistently been one of the most exciting to watch womens wrestlers in AEW since their inception; a second reign with the AEW Womens Championship feels long overdue."
[8.0] "Riho is a likable wrestler. Definitely not top card material but she's charismatic, athletic, and puts on good matches. Jim Cornette seems to despise her for being small, and it's true. She has the physique of a skinny 12 year old, but she's nearly the exact same size as Alexa Bliss and no one complains about her being too small and unrealistic. I think it makes both of them different, and despite their lack of muscle tone they're both very athletic. Sure Riho can't really talk but she sells well and selling is a form of language. I think she's a very likable babyface."
[9.0] "This rating is far too low considering the talent being discussed here. Riho is one of the best wrestlers globally, and it's shown constantly through her positions in each company she's in. Stardom, AEW, Iceribbon, TJPW, etc. Either she's in the main event, fighting for a title, or at the very least a high-profile match on the card. In-ring, she's the ultimate underdog since she's so small; she can be thrown around and contorted and abused, which makes you want to root for her comeback, and oh boy, what a comeback. Her offense is fast-paced, exciting, and full of energy. She uses a lot of sneaky rollups, which is a trademark of her mentor, EMI sakura, and a good tool to end the match at any time. I often see complaints about her being too small and her strikes not looking believable. While the former is true, plenty of small wrestlers have endeared themselves to fans as Riho has to any audience she performs in front of, and the latter is just wrong; little lady really lays it in with her strike exchanges. At only 24, she's got 15 years of experience, which is insane that she's got this great mind for wrestling as she is still in her physical prime in fact we may not have seen her at her true potential yet which is crazy to think about."
[9.0] "Riho's been a reliably excellent wrestler for a decade plus at this point. She seems to be a magnet for weird people whose idea of what wrestling should be was determined in 1985, but so it goes. Talent is talent, whether it offends your traditional wrestling sensibilities or not."
[8.0] "I like Riho because of her in ring ability as well as her work ethic. She has been doing this since she was 9, Emi Sakura trained her and so did "Murder Grandpa" Minoru Suzuki to some extent. She has all of the charisma in the world, she recently moved to the States, and she is only 25 years old. She has plenty of time to improve and possibly even learn English so she can get on the mic. People hating on her is not what the wrestling community is based on. If you don't like her style, don't watch. If you have constructive criticism then just say that and don't bash on her for things she cannot change about herself. She is great for what she is capable of at the moment. Sure there are other women wrestlers out there who are more advanced in their craft. There are always going to be ways to improve your ability and style. Give her a chance to advance to the next level and see what she is capable of then. I believe she will be even better than she is now, with already over 1, 000 matches at her young age. Maybe some more on air time in AEW will get her to that point, but the AEW booking needs to improve for ALL the women. I've been watching wrestling since I was 5 and GLOW came on Saturdays, me and my dad would watch it. I remember watching Andy Kaufman wrestle women and think WTF? ! Riho wrestles men and women, and I feel she is really coming into her own right now. She will be one of the greats if she continues to improve every day. I know she will do her best! Ganbattene, ri ho-chan aishitemasu!"
[5.0] "Listen. I'm not the biggest fan of Riho's. The other side is not wrong, she's absolutely 70% in AEW currently because of Kenny and the people who prop her up on social media like she's the goddess of wrestling are weird and wrong. The haters are wrong too. Her matches aren't bad. They're passable, watchable even. I wouldn't say she's great. I would say she's "alright". The weirdo stans on both sides defending her like their lives depended on it AND hating her because some fat sweaty southern man told them to are both weird and need to chill out. Just enjoy what you want to enjoy and look to broaden your horizons."
[7.0] "The most popular Joshi wrestler under the Moeka prototype. Riho is the more technically sound wrestler out of the bunch under Emi Sakura, but is more reserved compared that has her character feel a little hollow other than being "the ace". Personally I prefer Mizuki just a little more."
"Riho I know her cause AEW I still can't believe it she's still so Young but already became veteran in this industry, people need to realize she absolutely solid wrestler. I always love her match it's just give u a view size is not matter Riho can win against everyone I hope I can see more of her actions in AEW"
[9.0] "I'll state upfront that I'm not an AEW fan by any stretch. If anything, I'm admittedly perhaps over critical. The company is full of disappointments going back to its inception. With that out of the way, I will honestly never understand the sheer hate that Riho gets. She is lovely, she has strong in-ring charisma, and, although she is of a smaller stature, she has an in-ring style that plays well to that. She is particularly impressive for coming back after the injury she received a while back. I feel the lower ratings are from people blaming her for the faults of the way she is booked (Roman Reigns receives similar unfair criticism from the opposite direction) and people who have it out for anything that isn't WWE."
[8.0] "Im glad I dont get all of my wrestling opinions from a racist old man from Kentucky, and therefore am able to see the wealth of talent Riho possesses. Riho is incredibly athletic, a great underdog and has proven to be inspirational to younger female fans. She always gets positive reactions from the crowd and seeing her advertised for AEW TV always gets me to tune in. Certainly factors that merit something about a rage induced 0/10!"
[10.0] "Riho is the most fun high flyer that AEW has. She is quick and super athletic and flexible and can get out of any situation. Shes the ultimate babyface, the moment her music hits you cant help but get excited and smile. They should let her talk more often on pre-tapes with subtitles. Heres to hoping she wont disappear for months at a time in 2024!"
[6.0] "Riho's size makes her controversial in wrestling as she is barely 5 foot and 100 pounds. This does make some of her offense look unbelievable. She can wrestle in the ring, and she does have the ability to make a crowd love her. Got a really good push at the star in AEW which helped her get over with that audience."
[2.0] "She would be good in an Indy environment, but on TV where you need some semblance of believability. It's inconsistent especially against talents much bigger than her. at which point the "Suspension of Disbelief" ends up on the meter with the arrow at "That's Ridiculous". I can name many Joshi talents better than her & certainly behind Emi Shida & Sakazaki in the joshi talents on the AEW Roster alone. I feel like she's a lot of contrived Buzz among AEW Fans & I can't understand why they go gaga for her outside of the "Idol Group" Image similarites."
[6.0] "Riho hasn't really had the resume throughout her career to be considered one of the best women's wrestlers in the world. Out of all the joshis that have had time on American television, it isn't a particularly remarkable run. It isn't to say that the pieces aren't there, every now and then Riho has shown that there is definite potential to be expounded upon. Despite the fact that she's wrestled for the majority of her life, the resume given isn't one I'd consider top tier. Her work is slightly above average, but it still feels pretty bare bones in comparison to her contemporaries. Her long stint in Gatoh Pro, AEW, and short time in TJPW and Stardom hasn't really resonated with me as much as others. That said, Riho has given AEW some of their better women's matches, specifically the ones with Deeb, Hayter, and Nyla Rose. If she was a next-level babyface wrestler, she'd definitely silence all of the doubters. There's flashes, but it's only just that for now."
[8.0] "Honestly i really dont get people hating on Riho because she's a really talented worker who produced some of the best matches in the AEW women's division and she's an amazing babyface underdog, it's really hard to hate her. It's a shame that she hasn't a lot of TV time because she's among the best in the AEW Women's roster."
[10.0] "You'd be hard pressed to find a better babyface in wrestling anywhere. Although her ring work is crisp and skilled, it's the in ring character work that really makes her click. A very subtle character-a demure but tough underdog in an over the top world is an interesting contrast. AEW is always better when she's on it."
[5.0] "She's just alright, far from being one of the best joshi wrestlers. She works pretty good as an underdog but she looks so frail it can make her offense look silly."
[5.0] "Riho is alright, she however is ultimately held back by her height, or lack there of. Her height ultimately holds her back in American because it prevents her from being believable on offense, unless she adopts some borderline suicidal style like Darby Allin, she wont be believable and is probably better suited for Japan."
[9.0] "Adorable as a panda bear, and slippery as a snake, that's the good girl Riho, who at her young age has given quite interesting matches and her physique does not seem to be an impediment to what she can achieve now and in the future, a nice addition to any company."
[7.0] "I think she's a great underdog babyface, much like Darby, who can take a beating but eventually turn the tables. Her size and sweet demeanor make her a natural babyface, and feuds with big girls like Nyla are very interesting."
[1.0] "A complete waste of roster space in AEW. When Joshi like Yuka Sakazaki and Emi Sakura waste away on the undercard and Dark tapings, Riho is given prime space in main events and ample TV time to showcase her flimsy offense which her opponents are forced to sell and make themselves look worse for selling in the process. Perhaps her work makes better sense in other contexts, but for AEW, in my opinion, she's a very poor fit who I don't care to see again."
[8.0] "I wasn't really a fan of Riho for a while. Her offense looked soft, she did the foot stomp thing too much, and didn't have a lot of versatility. But since then she's improved so much-- or maybe the division improved around her and there are now more people who can keep up with her. I also think she has great charisma as a face-- she legitimately seems like a super nice person that I naturally want to root for. Criminally underused in AEW right now."
[6.0] "Great babyface, but entirely one-dimensional. She is great in the ring, but even my suspension of disbelief is strained whenever she goes toe to toe with larger women, as her small figure requires her to be more aggressive and intense in her strikes and kicks to make me belief that they do hurt her trained opponents. I like her, but I also think there has been no progression to her character or wrestling ability in the last four years and at this point I just would like to see that a bit more."
[9.0] "First, I don't get the hate that she receives, she's so talented and a great babyface. She had a great reign as AEW women's champion and I think they should count on her more now that she's back."
[5.0] "I honestly don't get all the affection that Riho gets from fans online. She's not a standout as a worker, she's frequently injury prone, and she's no more charismatic than any other joshi. I really just don't get it."
[2.0] "Riho is probably among AEW's worst wrestler from their women division. To begin with, I do not believe her small stature is a problem. I fee like being the smallest women on the roster automatically makes her a great underdog against virtually anyone. When you are a talented wrestler like Rey Mysterio, your small size can be a great asset in terms of psychology and nimbleness in the ring. Unfortunately, Riho isn't a great wrestler. She doesn't seems to take her size as an advantage as she actively tries to wrestle like anyone else by doing hard hitting moves and high spot manoeuvre that looks either soft, unconvincing or careless. Riho also looks completely lost in the ring, seemingly unfamiliar with an environment that isn't a mattress in some weird apartment building. In latest years, top talents like Asuka, Kairi Sane, Io Shirai and Hikaru Shida found success and made great showcase of Joshi wrestling in the western market. Meanwhile, Riho managed to drag down top-tier talents like Thunder Rosa and Serena Deeb in sub-par matches."
[5.0] "Another one of the 'Sakura gang' that AEW seems to be obsessed (or stuck) with. They are all pretty solid workers but nonetheless lame, nor great leads for any division in aew - AEW must have panic-dumped the belt on her after Kylie left. Yes, she is small (in and of itself not an issue), maybe young Rey Mysterio or Darby small, but she doesn't move nor wrestle like them. The ironic thing is, AEW has tried to present a serious wrestling environment that makes some sense, which is why most the competitors are similarly 'indie sized', which is the same reason why they don't want full-on intergender matches. Since they don't do weight divisions, when they use big monsters, they are treated as such and protected in a way that is realistic. But when someone her size is pretty regularly in the land of giants, yet kept super strong, it does no favors to the roster by protecting Riho like they have; she probably wouldn't even be chosen as the lead champ in Stardom Wrestling. Her selling is quite good and the soft style doesn't bother me, but aew have done her a favor by underutilizing her -- repetitive match layouts and promos like "i'll try my best". She should be innovating at her age instead of being on autopilot. A much better fit with the perennially undersized TJPW or stardom's high-speed scene."
[6.0] "Riho is a decent wrestler. She lacks size and power, which sometimes make her seem not a very credible challenger. However, she understands enough about wrestling psychology to make things work for her, and she has shown that she is able to get over with Japanese and American crowds."
[9.0] "The AEW Booking for her is sometimes unbelievable because of her size, but she shows so much personality out there I cant help but like her and the way she sells makes her a great underdog and her matches tell a good story. I still need to see some of her matches in the Joshi promotions."
[2.0] "So undersized it's obvious that her opponent has to cooperate to help Riho do any offense. Appreciate her effort but should not be a top figure. If she was a midcard persona to help younger talent get over, I could maybe see it, but anything more just seems a little ridiculous."
[8.0] "The only reason why Riho's rating isn't above an 8 is because of her time in AEW. She's really good, but she's so much smaller than 99% of their roster and it isn't a good fit for her. Just look at her ratings before 2019 and how they've been since. She was awesome in Japan and did alright in AEW, but it's not the same. She took a chance and made good money though, which is great. In Japan, where she was more comfortable in every facet, she's beloved. In the states, you can see the difference."
[6.0] "Athletic but a charisma vacuum. Absolutely zero interest in her gimmick in a US context, I appreciate this may be less important elsewhere. Between the unconvincing physique and bad look and persona it's hard to get excited about her."
[10.0] "Amazing to watch in the ring. The knock I always hear is her size which find to be insane. Its not like she is out here wrestling like Aja Kong. Her style is built around skeep and good counters."
[4.0] "Riho works okay enough in Japan when she's up against women of similar size who can match her speed, but in the US she just looks out of place, with an offence that doesn't look at all compelling when up against wrestlers 15-30kg heavier than her. Her attire and look also don't work in the US, since in Japan you can accept her "idol" attire and "cute" personality since that's a part of Japanese culture, but in the US it just comes across as kind of weird. She's always overly bubbly just for the sake of it, which doesn't match the design of AEW where all the North American talent at least try to just be 'wrestlers' instead of "I'm so happy to see everyone! " smilers like Riho. Even in Stardom, where she would fit far better, she would still struggle to be one of the top 15 wrestlers there. Her speed is the one thing she has going for her, and that can be impressive at times, but the absolute lack of impact in her attacks, plus her small build with absolutely zero size or muscle, makes it impossible to take her as a serious threat. When I look at Syuri and Mayu in Stardom, or Deeb and Hayter in AEW, I see wrestlers with the ability to actually hurt people; when I look at Riho, I see a little girl that would get scared and knocked over by a gust of wind. At least other smaller-stature wrestlers like Tam Nakano or even Leyla Hirsch can show they have genuine striking/grappling skills plus convincing enough attitude to prove they belong in a ring, but I don't get that impression from Riho. Every time I see her win with her feather-light offence, I'm reminded "oh yeah, that's because wrestling is fake". She's honestly far better suited as a pure comedy wrestler in DDT, since at least that promotion's in-world logic would allow her to have matches without regard for how seriously she should be taken. I could also take her in AEW as a loveable underdog who tries really hard but ultimately gets destroyed by her larger and more skilled opponents. Sadly, she's become over enough that she'll never be relegated to that level, even if it would better suit her. I guess the fact she's as over as she is is a positive, since at means her performances have a bit more juice with the crowd's support behind her. Still, I'd rather not see her in AEW anymore."
[4.0] "I thought Riho was very mediocre, very bad at bumping and was very uncharismatic. Was never amazed viewing anything she did in AEW, and was even more amazed how she became their first ever Women's champion."
[2.0] "Riho is literally the worst wrestler in AEW's women division. I don't know what they were thinking when they made her the inaugural champion by beating Nyla Rose. Yeah, no, someone literally smaller than Rey Mysterio has no business beating Nyla Rose and attempt to make it believable. But my primary issue with Riho isn't even her booking against larger opponents, it's her in-ring work. Her strikes are awful and sloppy, look weak AF, her high flying is terrible, and she's just all-around boring to watch. Her opponents look like jokes for selling for any of her offense as a result. That mark Excalibur constantly touts her age in comparison to how many years she's been wrestling but you would've thought that after 15 years, she would've learned to be a good wrestler at some point, BOOM!"
[6.0] "She has a great moveset and seems to be over with the crowds. The only issue I have is that she is tiny compared to the AEW roster and her attacks don't feel like they have any weight behind them. If her style was more of a submission specialist I could understand that but her kicks, knees and strikes just lack that power that make it seem unbelievable that she could take down someone almost double her size like a Nyla Rose."
[8.0] "Riho has been wrestling since grade school. While she, in my opinion, has never had a truly outstanding match, she has had a massive number of very good to excellent ones. While Emi Sakura's influence is very evident in her in-ring style, Riho has developed a unique variety of high-impact suplexes and foot stomps to complement her flash pin skills. From the confines of Ichigaya Chocoloate Square to the vastness of the United Center, she always manages to get the crowd invested, and she has proven to be a very good live TV draw."
[4.0] "Riho is not bad in the ring. However because of her low weight her moves are not believable at all. She also lacks a lot of charisma. I never got her appeal and thought she was a weird choice for the first ever AEW Womens Champion. I hope she returns to Japan soon. I think she is a better fit there as she can speak the language and there are more women with a similar weight as her."
[8.0] "People are usually really focusing on his size for being not "believable", guys the Undertaker was a paranormal character and no one cried that he was not believable because he hurt wrestling. As for Riho she is a great athlete, highly charismatic, her greatest strength is being a storyteller besides being a natural babyface."
[6.0] "Riho is perfectly fine even if the look/presentation is not for me. AEW seemed to have picked up a strange ragtag lot of Joshi wrestlers when there is far better out there."
[9.0] "She's fantastic and the people who don't like her have Vince McMahon and/or Cornette syndrome. I don't care if she's small I don't care if she can't cut promos due to the language barrier, all I care is that when the bell rings, she delivers everytime. One of the best female performers currently in North America. Wish she went back to Japan, people there actually appreciate good wrestling and don't discriminate based on appearance/height/weight, if you can wrestle, you're loved. Anyways, big fan of hers, hope to see her on TV as much as possible."
[7.0] "I think she's the perfect babyface underdog who wrestles believably. She out-thinks and out-speeds her opponents, she doesn't over-power them. Her bumps looks absolutely devastating. It seriously always looks like her opponent is murdering her."
[8.0] "Giving Riho a low score for "being too small to be a believable wrestler" doesn't make sense, and isn't fair to her at all. She is a very solid worker, but AEW has handcuffed her. If you watch her matches in Japan, you get to see her wrestle without handcuffs and just kick ass. She bumps really well and is very athletic. She has tons of physical charisma and charm that makes her easy to root for. Haven't personally heard her cut any promos so I can't judge her on that front. Really great talent that is judged unfairly by hypocrites who couldn't do half of what she does in the ring."
[3.0] "Sorry but no. One of the least believable wrestlers I've ever seen. Gets gassed up by internet marks because she's japanese and that somehow makes you a good wrestler. She does the moves okay, but she if expressionless and charismaless. Can't cut promos."
[9.0] "I was not entirely on board during her AEW run, not quite seeing how she could spear head their women's division, originally giving her a 4 out of 10... then 3 things changed by 2020. First it has become abundantly clear that AEW's entire women's division and thus Riho herself has been booked like a wet fart and the second being seeing a lot more of her work in Japan, namely Stardom, where the gloves are off and she clearly operates on a whole different level with a wider array of moves and opponents to work with. Finally and thirdly, AEW's division did improve and Riho has had much better matches at different levels and has excellent babyface fire. So for that I say I'm sorry for doubting you Riho."
[6.0] "Can have good matches when positioned with the right talent, but she's still pretty clunky in ring and NOT the person to be carrying a match or leading. Nothing she does looks really painful but she's very agile and athletic and bumps well for others. The issues: she's not a very good singles wrestler. The best work I've seen out of her is in tags where she can bounce off more interesting wrestlers but otherwise, you have some really bad matches in AEW where she was positioned as their ace despite flagging wrestling quality and bland persona getting not over very well with the crowd. Great high-speed performer and works as a speedy underdog well: she certainly has the time to improve on those qualities: but she's pretty limited in what she can do beyond that."
[5.0] "She's a good tag team wrestler, or at least she was in GTMV, where however she was under the watchful eye of her teacher and surrounded by talent she knew well. As a singles competitor she's painfully average and extremely repetitive. Her character seems to be that of a nice little girl who smiles and waves at the crowd, which isn't much to get around. I think her high moment came when Utami Hayashishita was trying to woo her and it would be interesting to see what she would do in the ultra competitive Stardom environment without the shackles imposed on her by AEW. Maybe she just needs a push through the door..."
[4.0] "She's a great opponent for anyone given her size, but there's not much that's compelling about her. Smile + wave, kazadora foot stomp, snap dragon, knees. Repeat every time."
[4.0] "Ihr Gimmick ist sehr lahm, da sie einfach die ganze Zeit glücklich ist. Die Art und Weise, wie sie präsentiert wird, fühlt sich herablassend an, aber darüber hinaus finde ich ihre Arbeit ziemlich fußläufig und ohne jegliche Wirkung."
[4.0] "Probably the poorest joshi wrestler who works (or has worked) in America in recent years. Good agility and speed. The trouble is her offense is very weak and flimsy. The effort is there, but the finished product leaves a lot desired including some very sloppy moments at times. AEW made the right call signing the excellent Shida, but they should've really considered a better joshi wrestler than Riho. There are many who surpass her in terms of ability and charisma. Not just in Stardom, but smaller promotions like Marvelous, Sendai Girls and SEAdLINNNG are packed with superior talent."
[7.0] "She's definitely not one of my favorites, but there's no doubt that she is strong inside the ring. Maybe one day she'll show more charisma because if she does, I can see her scoring rising."
[4.0] "She's capable of good matches, but she has no personality to speak of and her offense is baby soft, and it's made worse when her opponents are much bigger than her, which is very often."
[9.0] "Fantastic in the ring, works at the elite Emi Sakura level and you can tell she's one of her students. Lightning quick but not always smooth, I've never seen her throw any light hits as some have claimed, they just look like forearms to me. I also don't get why everyone's calling her weak, as she literally was bridging with Nyla Rose on top of her from her last title match. And her charisma is pretty good, she's expressive and emotive, she doesn't have to be a million dollar talker. Her gimmick is bland though I will admit that, but she's basically got everything else."
[4.0] "What am I missing here! ? Not above average in any respect! Everything looks soft and slow. She can do some spots that require flexibility but that's about it. No charisma, nothing look, dull and averagely at best executed move set, Kenny Omega school of gurning graduate when it comes to selling, just an absolute nothing wrestler. It blows my mind that the belt has been around her waist in AEW. She isn't even the best joshi wrestler they have! Other than that, she's great."
[9.0] "So there is a lot of Riho hate here it seems. I guess people watching her in AEW have issues with her lack of personality and charisma or that her gimmick is not the strongest; which is somewhat fair if you have only seen her in that promotion. But to me it does not matter too much when she is so skilled in the ring. I think people need to watch her work in Japan before criticizing her to be honest. If promos are important to you then watch some of her Stardom ones; she is fine at them, pretty funny even, she just needs other characters to play off of. Just because AEW did not know what to do with her as champion is not really her fault. I actually think she's had her best matches in recent years in AEW as she does not often have long singles in Stardom. Surely her detractors wish she were still able to compete in AEW as the pandemic has shown how light the company's Women's Division is. Anyway she is capable of delivering fantastic matches."
[6.0] "She's a good wrestler, and puts on good matches but she is not very interesting and lacks any charisma whatsoever. Pretty much her whole character (in AEW at least) is that she smiles and waves to the crowd. That being said I haven't seen much of her in Stardom so maybe she's just being held down in AEW."
[10.0] "Riho is one the best young joshi wrestlers in the ring today. Her moves moves are clean, crisp, and smart. She is a small fighter so she wrestle with her full weight which makes her wins seem more realistic. Even though she is of lighter weight she wrestles with surprising strength and alot of insensity. She has charisma for days and the ability to draw you in with every match that she has. Her stardom highspeed matches are impeccable and her aew title run has strong so far. She is such a talent and I'm enjoying watching her in every promotion from Gatoh Move, Stardom, DDT, to AEW."
[5.0] "When I came here I had the intention to rate her as a 6, as I thought that she at least was green. She isn't green. She has been wrestling for 13 years. She is just mediocre. She is also tiny with no power and makes cringy sounds."
[4.0] "Ich werde mit ihr bei AEW nicht warm. Viel zu oft basieren Aktionen darauf, dass sie im letzten Moment von den Schultern der Gegnerinnen rutscht. Offensiv Moves sehen irgendwie sehr schwach aus. Ihr Outfit tut das Übrige. Sollte MMA Handschuhe oder Handgelenktape tragen statt Rüschen. Bpw Sakura bei Street Fighter. Sie mag zwar als Kind super bei DDT oder wo auch immer, die Moves gegen Omega gesellt haben, aber aktuell ist das einfach nix, wenn man das mit Io, Ripley oder ja auch Baszler vergleicht."
[1.0] "Ich sehe hier Leute, die ihr 10 Punkte geben, und denke mir nur: "Was geben die denn dann einer Io Shirai? 100? " Für mich, nach Pentagon, die überbewertetste Upper Card WrestlerIn des Jahres. Ich kann sie beim besten Willen einfach nicht ernstnehmen. Sie ist darauf wie keine andere angewiesen, dass sie von ihren Gegnerinnen rumgeschleudert wird und diese dann auch bei ihren Suplessen sämtliche Arbeit alleine verrichten müssen. Einen Punkt gibt es für ihr Durchhaltevermögen und Selling."
[4.0] "Probably the most overrated Joshi in wrestling at the moment. Doesn't really have this resume of great matches, still feels very green, her basics are sloppy or non-existent. Not to mention she's like 99lbs? That's insane to my suspension of disbelief."
[10.0] "In my opinion, one of the best women wrestling today. Her "high speed" style offense has her wearing her opponents down, outwitting them, and catching them by surprise, all while taking absurd amounts of punishment. Her character may not be very deep, but "small but determined and gutsy" is still a solid character. She's one of those wrestlers, like fellow AEW wrestlers Orange Cassidy and Darby Allin, who appeals to non wrestling fans due to an unusual and appealing look or style, in her case: fairy princess who can surprisingly hold her own in the ring."
[2.0] "Ich kann Riho leider gar nichts abgewinnen. Habe jetzt mehrere ihrer Kämpfe gesehen und einige davon sogar doppelt (um sie etwas zu analysieren). Leider überzeugt sie mich überhaupt nicht. Ihre Moves haben irgendwie keinen Impact, auf Promos mit Untertiteln steh ich auch nicht besonders und zudem wirkt sie für mich im Gesamten einfach zu austauschbar. Dieses 08/15 "kleines japanisches Mädchen das immer grinst" Gimmick lässt mich da nicht so ausflippen wie viele andere. Dann lieber Damen wie Hikaru Shida."
[5.0] "Riho is a fine wrestler. Maybe once I see more of her the rating will go up but as of right now she's just meh. Her offense doesn't look very good most times and it's oftentimes hard to believe when she's striking down an opponent."
[4.0] "Decent enough performer, but her offensive completely and utterly lacks any type of impact of pop. Her moves don't look like they hurt at all and it makes her opponent look ridiculous for selling them."
[10.0] "Riho is one of my favorite Joshi wrestlers. Shes a great worker and she sells her butt off! Shes fast and has many creative pins that catches her opponent by surprise. She does one of the best northern lights suplex in all of wrestling. She's good at doing submission holds too. Shes young, still has room to grow, and can become even better. I'm interested to see how her skills will mature from being the protege of the legendary Emii Sakura to now one of the best wrestlers in the world Kenny Omega. Riho has that unexplainable thing that makes her pop when you see her live and on screen. Now that she is getting more exposure her career will be a fun one to watch."
[9.0] "Riho a great worker, she is small but that is pretty normal in Japan, she has work in Japan and also in the Phillipines and Malaysia working with young talent, one of the jewels of the great Emi Sakura. Riho has a good number of movements, such as stomps, knees, crossbody and some very nice acrobatic movements, she also can use backbreakers, suplex with opponents of her size, but when see face big opponents then Riho has to use her speed and technique, specially with some submission moves, to look as a strong opponent, Riho is this kind of wrestler that can surprise you when you see some of her matches, I recommend you to take a look at some of her matches in TJPW or in Gatoh Move youtube channel. The only thing I don't like about her is her moveset is a bit short, she has good moves and of course she is not a power wrestler, but sometimes I feel like she need some more moves, cause in long matches she repeat a lot of knees and stomps, maybe some more kicks and use her good technique to do more submissions, cause i saw her using some very good submissions."
[3.0] "I love Joshi wrestling, but Riho was recently in one of the worst matches of the year during AEW's Fight for the Fallen. Sure that match was not pretty for Britt being concussed & tagging the wrong person, . But what REALLY made that match look atrocious were the exchanges between Riho & Shoko Nakajima. Quite literally the worst looking strikes I've ever seen in a wrestling ring. Beyond that one match, Riho's stuff looks weak in general. I know she's small, but if she wants to be taken seriously, she needs to at least get in a weight room & learn how to do convincing looking maneuvers. She's been doing this since she was a preteen... I don't know how she can still be so bad. She recently signed with Stardom, so hopefully she can learn something working with that crew."
[8.0] "Lernte von den besten schon in sehr jungen Alter und gehört mittlerweile nach 13 Jahren im Wrestling-Business mit nur 22 Jahren selbst zu den Besten! Freue mich sehr, dass sie von der relativen Unbekanntheit bei Gatoh Move nun ins Rampenlicht von All Elite Wrestling treten durfte (auch wenn sie dort ja nicht Full Time arbeiten wird). 8 Punkte!"
"Riho ist eine der jüngsten Titelträgerinnen aller Zeiten. Mit knapp vierzehn hat sie mehr Titel gehalten als viele andere in ihrer gesamten Karriere. Aus ihr kann eine der ganz großen im Wrestling-Business werden."
"Ich schließe mich meinem Vorgänger an: für eine wirkliche Wertung ist es zu früh. Derzeit renkt sie sich noch fast die Arme aus, wenn sie sich an einem Scoop Slam versucht und ist daher erst mal zu Ice Ribbons Springbohne Nr. 1 verdonnert. Ihre High Flying Spots sind aber allererste Sahne, großen Respekt vor dem kleinen Mädchen. Ich wünsche ihr, dass sie es zu einer anerkannten Größe im Joshi Puro schafft und Mitte Zwanzig noch halbwegs intakte Kniegelenke hat. Momentan befürchte ich, dass sie eher ein Highlight für perverse Höschengucker ist."
[4.0] "Will hier keine allzuhohe Wertung abgeben, da zu einer vollständigen Wrestlerin eben noch ein paar Jahre fehlen und da auch noch die Frage ist, ob sie überhaupt je Full-Time arbeiten wird. Nach anfänglichen Schwierigkeiten mit der Frage, ob Kinder-Wrestling OK ist kann ich jetzt für mich sagen, dass ich mit ihrer bisherigen Arbeit kein Problem habe. In meinen Augen ist sie in ihrem Alter schon sehr viel besser ist als einige der Indy-Geeks in den USA, Europa oder gar den WWE Damen, was Psychologie angeht. Wer sich beschwert, dass ein so kleines und schmales Mädchen ja nicht glaubwürdig sein kann dem möcht ich entgegenhalten, dass Rey Mysterio vs Batista auch alles andere als glaubwürdig ist."
[9.0] "Obwohl Riho erst 13 Jahre ist, ist sie wirklich talentiert und kann einige gute Moves. Sie ist jetzt schon unterhaltsamer als die WWE Diven. In einigen Jahren kann sie ein bekannte Wrestlerin sein."
[8.0] "Wirklich extrem Talentiert, schon jetzt besser als alle WWE Diven zusammen. Riho ist erst 13 Jahre alt und kann jetzt schon klasse Matches zeigen. Wenns so weiter geht könnte sie in ein paar Jahren noch viel besser werden. Vorallem ihre Headscissors gefallen mir sehr."
[7.0] "Ein wahres Juwel. Ein ungeschliffener Diamant. Irgendwas in der Art trifft auf sie zu. Erschreckend talentiert und erfolgreich bisher. Ich hoffe, dass Emi Sakura sie bei Ice Ribbon noch einige Jahre behütet und ausbildet. Dann kann sie eine ganz große Joshiwrestlerin werden."
