Maki Itoh - 5 Quick Facts About The Fired Idol

5. She Is Genuinely An Idol

Hopefully it doesn't break too many hearts to reveal that most wrestlers who worked occupation-based gimmicks never practised those careers outside of wrestling.

That's right - T.L. Hopper was never a plumber, Irwin R. Schyster never worked for the IRS, and Charles Wright never spent a single day as a pimp/witch doctor/mixed martial artist.

For Maki Itoh, however, being an idol is more than just a gimmick - it's how she started her career as an entertainer, and it's something she continues to practise to this day.

Maki's first big break came as part of the Idol group LinQ, and while that didn't quite work out for her (more on that later), her status as a genuine pop idol is something she works into her wrestling act to great effect.

The above music video shows Maki and her former tag partner Mizuki singing their own theme song, a high-energy track called Setsunairo. It's a good track, and one you will find yourself humming for the rest of the day (sorry about that), but Itoh stopped using it after separating from Mizuki in 2019.

Fortunately, her next theme tune was even better...