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'''Emiko Raika''' (来家 恵美子, born WIBA Featherweight Champion on the World, Raika is considered one of the greatest Japanese female boxers of all time.

Although more Japanese women have taken up traditionally male sports such as karate, kickboxing and wrestling in recent years, many in Japan still believe that women should not box, because of the injury risk. Raika, who has suffered a broken nose and an eye socket fracture in fights, shrugs off the possibility of injuries.
"When I told friends that I want to become a boxer, they were surprised and put down my decision because I am a woman," said Raika. "But I had to resist. I like boxing and I wanted to do it. In fact, I am expressing myself through boxing. I am fighting not to beat the opponent, but for myself." 

== Biography ==
===Early life===
Raika lived with her grandmother until she was three. After her grandmother died, she spent the next 15 years in the Karyo-en children's home in Kyoto. Raika was a good student, among the top of her high school graduating class. She studied at Ogaki Women's College and became a licensed dental hygienist, later working at a dental clinic.  She quit the job after a month, because she didn't like wearing the uniform skirt. She tried other jobs, but they did not make her happy. 

"I felt as if I were not living and felt myself destroying." said Raika, "I was very weak mentally. I could choose to have an ordinary life, but I wanted more that just that - to become strong." 

=== Boxing career ===
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Always enjoying rough sports such as wrestling and rugby, Raika joined a local boxing gym that she found while commuting to work at a battery manufacture, and trained to compete as an amateur boxer. 

Raika had three wins in three amateur fights, and was named the most outstanding woman in a local amateur tournament, where she was spotted by Toshihiro Yamaki, a Tokyo gym owner. 

With a growing number of Japanese women becoming interested in boxing, a group of gym owners had organized a women's boxing association in 1999, with Yamaki as its secretary general, called the Japanese Women's Boxing Commission (JWBC).

Yamaki was impressed by Raika, and asked her to join his gym and turn professional. She now devotes full time to boxing. 

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'''風神ライカ'''（ふうじん・ライカ、IFBA世界WIBA世界フェザー級王者。身長163cm。京都府立農芸高等学校、大垣女子短期大学卒。

旧リングネームは「'''ライカ'''」。なお、リングネームは本名とともに伝説の女子ボクサー「ルシア・ライカ」にあやかって付けられた。

== 来歴 ==
=== 幼少期～ ===
1979年から高校卒業まで児童養護施設で育つ。高校時代に、漫画「はじめの一歩」を読んでボクサーに憧れる。短大では、働きながら歯科衛生士を取得。

=== 下積み時代 ===
JWBC設立を受け上京し山木ジムに移籍。2000年5月8日、北沢タウンホールで大沼慶子を2RTKOで下し、プロデビューを白星で飾る。

2002年1月、自伝「私は「居場所」を見つけたい」を新潮社から刊行。

2002年2月3日、北沢タウンホールで行われた「JWBCダブルタイトルマッチ Fighting Girls Part1」に出場。日本初代女子フェザー級王座決定戦で菊川未紀（フェザー級2位）を10R判定3-0で下し初代女子フェザー級王者になる。

2002年アメリカ / IFBA世界フェザー級王者）と対戦し、0-2の判定負け。

2002年WIBA同級世界5位）と対戦。2R0分27秒でセコンドがタオル投入したためTKOで勝利。

=== 世界王座獲得 ===
2002年12月18日、代々木競技場第2体育館で行われたWIBA世界フェザー級タイトルマッチ（2分10R）で、シャロン・アニオス（オーストラリア）に挑戦。10R判定2-1で辛くも世界王座を手に入れる。

2003年11月30日に初防衛戦を行い、前王者シャロン・アニオス（同級1位）と再戦。10R判定2-0で下し、世界王座の初防衛に成功。

2004年5月23日、六本木ヴェルファーレで、シェルビー・ウォーカー（アメリカ）を相手に2度目の防衛戦を行い、2RTKOで防衛に成功。

2004年9月18日、京都府立体育館で、ミッシー・フィオレンティーノ（アメリカ / 同級世界4位）を10R判定3-0で下し3度目の防衛に成功。

その後、タイトルを返上し1階級上のスーパーフェザー級に転向。2005年3月13日に六本木ヴェルファーレで行われたWIBA世界スーパーフェザー級王座決定戦に出場。チーベル・ホールバック（アメリカ / 同級世界2位）に10R判定0-3で負け王座獲得失敗。