ChocoPro

ChocoPro, first established as Bangkok Girls Pro Wrestling (BKK Pro), is a Thai-Japanese joshi puroresu (women's professional wrestling) promotion founded in 2012 by Emi Sakura and Prachapoom "Pumi" Boonyatud. The promotion is known for hosting shows in Tokyo at Ichigaya Chocolate Square, where there is no wrestling ring, but instead a small performing space in the shape of a square.^[2] From May 2012 until August 2024, the promotion was known as Gatoh Move Pro Wrestling (Japanese: プロレスリング我闘雲舞（ガトームーブ）, Hepburn: Puroresuringu Gatōmūbu, Thai: กาโตห์ มูฟ).

ChocoPro

ChocoPro logo used since August 2024
Founded	February 2012 (Thailand) May 2012 (Japan)[1]
Style	Joshi puroresu
Headquarters	Bangkok, Thailand Tokyo, Japan
Founder(s)	Emi Sakura Prachapoom "Pumi" Boonyatud[1]
Owner(s)	Emi Sakura
Formerly	Bangkok Girls Pro Wrestling (2012) Gatoh Move Pro Wrestling (2012–2024)
Split from	Ice Ribbon
Website	chocoprowrestling.com

The promotion's previous Japanese language name Gatōmūbu (我闘雲舞, "I, War, Cloud, Dance") written as a yojijukugo, is derived from the Japanese expression "We want to dance above the clouds" (私たちは雲よりも高く舞いたい, Watashitachi wa kumo yori mo takaku maitai), while also evoking the French word "gâteau" (French for "cake") and the English word "move".^[3]

History

Early history (2012–2019)

The logo of Bangkok Girls Pro Wrestling

On January 7, 2012, Emi Sakura, founder of Ice Ribbon, departed the promotion and traveled to Thailand.^[4][5] While in Thailand, Emi Sakura met Prachapoom "Pumi" Boonyatud, a long-time wrestling fan. By meeting Boonyatud, Sakura learned that there were many fans of professional wrestling in Thailand, which led to the two creating Gatoh Move Pro Wrestling (Gatoh Move) in February 2012. Originally, the promotion was named Bangkok Girls Pro Wrestling (BKK Pro), but was re-branded as Gatoh Move in May 2012.

In March 2016, Gatoh Move introduced their first non-IWA Japan branded championship, the Asia Dream Tag Team Championship, with Mizuki and Saki being crowned the inaugural champions on March 26. There have been ten tag team champions since 2016, with Calamari Drunken Kings (Chris Brookes and Masahiro Takanashi) being the current titleholders.^[6] On September 22, 2017, Gatoh Move crowned their first Super Asia Champion, when Riho defeated "Kotori" in the finals of a tournament to become the inaugural champion.^[7][8] Riho left Gatoh Move in June 2019, while reigning as the inaugural Super Asia Champion.^[9] This left the championship vacant until a new champion was crowned in 2021.

In November 2019, Gatoh Move held its final show in Thailand, while still remaining active in Japan.

Launch of ChocoPro and name change (2020–present)

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns in Japan, Gatoh Move began airing a YouTube exclusive show, ChocoPro, on March 29, 2020, with Minoru Suzuki wrestling against Baliyan Akki in the main event of the inaugural episode.^[10][11]

In February 2021, Emi Sakura and Mei Suruga represented Gatoh Move in the Women's World Championship Eliminator Tournament for All Elite Wrestling (AEW), however, neither managed to win the tournament.^[12][13] On March 22, 2021, the Super Asia Championship was revived during the 99th episode of ChocoPro, where a championship match between Minoru Fujita and Baliyan Akki was announced for day 2 of the 100th Show Anniversary of ChocoPro on March 28.^[14] At ChocoPro 100 day 2, Fujita won the title.^[15]

On August 31, 2024, during the For The Future event, Emi Sakura announced that Gatoh Move would be renamed to ChocoPro, adopting the name of the promotion's YouTube program.

Roster

Mei Suruga

Current wrestlers

Ring name	Real name	Notes
Antonio Honda	Soichiro Honda	Signed to DDT Pro-Wrestling
Baliyan Akki[16]	Ankur Baliyan
Chie Koishikawa[17]	Unknown
Choun Shiryu	Unknown
Chris Brookes	Chris Brookes	Signed to DDT Pro-Wrestling
Emi Sakura[18]	Emi Motokawa	Founder/owner of ChocoPro Signed to All Elite Wrestling
Erii Kanae[19]	Unknown
Hagane Shinno	Yuki Yagi
Kaho Hiromi	Unknown
Masahiro Takanashi	Masahiro Takanashi	Signed to DDT Pro-Wrestling
Mei Suruga[20]	Unknown	Super Asia Champion
Minoru Fujita	Unknown
Miya Yotsuba[21]	Unknown
Mizuki	Mizuki Kaminade	Signed to Tokyo Joshi Pro-Wrestling
Nonoka Seto[22]	Unknown
Saki	Saki Watanabe	Freelancer
Sayaka[23]	Unknown	Asia Dream Tag Team Champion
Sayaka Obihiro[24]	Unknown
Shin Suzuki	Kokoro Suzuki
Tokiko Kirihara[25]	Unknown

Alumni

Ring name	Real name	Notes
Ancham	Unknown
Aoi Kizuki	Unknown
Hanako Nakamori	Hanako Kobayashi
Mitsuru Konno	Unknown	Left Gatoh Move on January 29, 2021[26]
Kotori	Unknown
Lulu Pencil[27]	Syuka Yamada	Inactive since August 8, 2021
Mizuki	Unknown
Riho	Unknown	Left Gatoh Move in June 2019[9]
Rin Rin	Unknown	Left Gatoh Move on July 20, 2021[28]
Saki	Saki Watanabe
Sayuri	Unknown	Left Gatoh Move on December 30, 2023[29]
Waka Tsukiyama	Unknown
Yuna Mizumori	Unknown	Left Gatoh Move on September 29, 2022[30]

Championships

Current

As of April 24, 2025:

Championship	Current champion(s)		Reign	Date won	Days held	Location	Notes
Super Asia Championship		Mei Suruga	1	August 31, 2024	236+	Tokyo, Japan	Defeated Emi Sakura at Gatoh Move For The Future.
Asia Dream Tag Team Championship		Bellflowers (Makoto and Sayaka)	1 (2, 1)	March 31, 2025	24+	Tokyo, Japan	Defeated Black Komanechi (Antonio Honda and Tokiko Kirihara) at ChocoPro 438.

Retired

Championship	Last champion(s)	Reign	Date retired	Notes
IWA Triple Crown Championship	Emi Sakura	4	August 5, 2017	Deactivated when Sakura returned the championship to IWA Japan.

Tournaments

Tournament	Last winner	Last held	Type	Notes
Gatoh Rhapsody	Lion Dance (Leon and Choun Shiryu)	February 2, 2025	Tag Team	Defeated BestBros (Mei Suruga and Baliyan Akki) in the finals.[31]
One Of A Kind Tag League	Saki and Yuna Mizumori	July 17, 2021	Tag Team	Defeated Melt Brain Dancing (Chango and Psycho) in the finals.[32]
Go Go! Green Curry Khob Khun Cup	Riho and Hikaru Sato	May 1, 2019	Tag Team	Defeated Ringo to Hachimitsu (Mei Suruga and Antonio Honda) in the finals.[33]