Kaoru Matsumoto

Kaoru Matsumoto, known everywhere as Dump Matsumoto, took the hardest job in Japanese wrestling: being hated. At 164cm, out of Kumagaya in Saitama, she led the villain side of All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling through its 1980s peak, opposite the Crush Gals, and made kids cry in front of their televisions. I have never read that as villainy. Someone has to absorb the crowd's anger or the hero's tears mean nothing. The Observer Hall of Fame was the least she was owed.

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Name (English)

Kaoru Matsumoto

Name (Japanese)

ダンプ松本

Reading

だんぷ まつもと

Born

November 11, 1960 (age 65)

Origin

Kumagaya, Saitama Prefecture, Japan

Height

164 cm

Weight

100 kg

Occupation

actor / professional wrestler / tarento

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Rat

Agency

えりオフィス

Debut

1980-8-8

Awards & achievements

• Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame
• Tokyo Sports Puroresu Awards

Works summary

Appearances

48 (1985–2024)

By year

1985: 4, 1986: 1, 1988: 5, 1989: 3, 1990: 1, 1991: 1, 1992: 2, 1993: 1, 1996: 2, 1997: 1, 1998: 2, 2003: 1, 2011: 2, 2013: 1, 2024: 1

Debut work

1985年のクラッシュ・ギャルズ

Filmography / notable works

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/dumpmatsumoto/
• Xhttps://x.com/gokuaku_family
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dump%20Matsumoto
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%80%E3%83%B3%E3%83%97%E6%9D%BE%E6%9C%AC
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4924550

Tags

• Saitama Prefecture
• actor
• professional wrestler
• tarento

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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