Japanese Women Wrestlers
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I have done a couple of lenses on the female wrestlers of Mexico and in them, I have mentioned how in Mexico, the luchadoras are treated with way more respect than the female wrestlers here.
Okay, I mean the WWE and TNA, the Indy wrestling promotions are a lot better to the ladies.
Another country that holds its female athletes in higher regard is Japan.
In Japan, women's wrestling is called joshi puroresu.
A lot of times, the women wrestle for companies that are strictly for women (kinda like Shimmer here in the States).
Today Joshi is not as popular as it was in the 70s, 80s and 90s, but there are still a lot of talented ladies out there.
And some are finding their way over here.
Here is a pretty diverse cross section of female Japanese wrestlers.
I didn't include the "Legends" here, that's for another time.
Okay, I mean the WWE and TNA, the Indy wrestling promotions are a lot better to the ladies.
Another country that holds its female athletes in higher regard is Japan.
In Japan, women's wrestling is called joshi puroresu.
A lot of times, the women wrestle for companies that are strictly for women (kinda like Shimmer here in the States).
Today Joshi is not as popular as it was in the 70s, 80s and 90s, but there are still a lot of talented ladies out there.
And some are finding their way over here.
Here is a pretty diverse cross section of female Japanese wrestlers.
I didn't include the "Legends" here, that's for another time.
Leon
Masked female Japanese wrestler Tojuki Leon (Rena Takase) was born on July 2nd, 1980 in Namerikawa, Toyama, Japan.Her pro wrestling debut was on March 15th 2000, in a match against Ai Fujita.
Her favorite wrestling moves are the KIBA suplex, the Mad Splash (Frog splash) and the LEON Stone.
Leon has wrestled for Japanese wrestling promotions ARSION, AtoZ and JWP (Japan Women Project).
She has been the JWP Openweight Champion, the JWP Tag Team Champion (along with Kaori Yoneyama) and the NEO High Speed Champion
Leon is five foot three and weighs in at 132 pounds.
The Top Ten Moves of Tojuki Leon
Leon's top ten wrestling moves, posted by TheSuicidalDragon
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Iris
Transplanted luchadora Iris was born on October 19th, 1990 in Mexico.She was trained in Lucha Libre by Ultimo Guerrero and worked for Stardom until April 3rd when she returned to Mexico.
I haven't seen anything about her on the Lucha circuit yet.
Sari
This young lady is fourteen year old Sari.Sari is the youngest member of the Japanese wrestling promotion Diana (World Woman Pro-Wrestling Diana).
Before wrestling, she was trained in kickboxing and karate.
Sari is five foot two and weighs 106 pounds.
Hiren
Japanese female wrestler Hiren (Yurie Kaneko) was born on January 16th, 1986 in Katsushika City, Tokyo, Japan.She made her pro wrestling debut on July 9th, 2006, in a match wrestling Mariko Yoshida.
Hiren has held the JWP Jr. Championship and the Championship.
She has worked for Sendai Girls and OZ Academy.
Hiren is five foot one and weighs 127 pounds.
Hiren wrestling Moeka Haruhi 10/03/10)
Hiren wrestling Moeka Haruhi at Pro Wrestling WAVE on 10/03/10.
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Kana
Kana has a pretty big fan following on the internet.She made her pro wrestling debut in June, 2004 and has been going strong ever since.
Kana is considered a "freelancer" but during her career she has worked for promotions like ARSION, AtoZ, NEO, WAVE and Passion Red.
At one time she held one half of the NEO Tag Team Championship along with Nanae Takahashi.
Here finishing moves are the Biliken (which is a running butt slam) and the Diving Body Press, but she is very well known for her "stiff" kicks that have been known to end matches as well.
Haruka
Haruka Matsuo is a retired joshi wrestler who worked for the NEO wrestling promotion.During her wrestling career she held the JWP Jr. Championship, the NEO Singles Championship, the NWA Pacific Women's Championship, the NEO Tag Team Championship (twice, once with Amazing Kong and once with Misae Genki) and the NEO Itabashi Tag Team Championship (with Yuka Nakamura).
Haruka Matsuo vs Sakura Emi
Haruka Matsuo wrestling Sakura Emi for the NWA Women's Pacific Title and the NEO Singles Title, posted by lablue6uy.
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Eiger
Scary Japanese female wrestler Eiger (or Aiger) just showed up in LLPW (Ladies Legend Pro Wrestling) in 2003.The rumor is that she is actually Mizuki Endo.
Eiger leans more towards the "comedy" style matches, but she has held the LLPW Tag Team Championship twice, both times with Sayuri Okino.
Makoto
Japanese female wrestler Makoto was born on September 26th, 1989 in Kobe, Hyogo, Japan.She stands 5'4 and weighs 114 pounds and she made her pro wrestling debut on July 25th, 2006 at Sakura Hall.
Makoto wrestles for the Ice Ribbon Promotion and NEO in Japan.
She has held the ICEx60 Singles Championship and the International Ribbon Tag Team Championship with Etsuko Mita.
Makoto vs Etsuko Mita
Makoto wrestling Etsuko Mita at Neo Ladies Wrestling Summer Stampede, posted by lablue6uy
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Ayako Hamada
This lady firmly straddles the line between American pro wrestling, lucha libre and joshi puroresu.Wait...can you straddle three lines?
Anyway, Ayako was born Ayako Valentina Hamada Villareal on February 14th (yes Valentines day), 1981 in Mexico City, Mexico.
Although she was born in Mexico, she made her pro wrestling debut in Japan at the age of seventeen.
Ayako worked for Japanese wrestling promotions like ARSION, All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling, NEO Japan and GAEA Japan.
Then she crossed over and worked for Mexican wrestling promotions like International Wrestling Revolution Group, Universal Wrestling Association, World Wrestling Association and Asistencia AsesorÃa y Administración.
AND she has worked for American promotions like TNA, Shimmer Women Athletes and Jersey All Pro Wrestling.
There was even a rumor before she joined TNA that the WWE was looking at her.
And I'm not even counting all the time she has toured in Europe.
The Top Ten Moves of Ayako Hamada
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Azumi Hyuga
Although Azumi Hyuga retired in 2009, she still has a loyal internet following.She was born on January 6th, 1975 in Matsudo City, Chiba Prefecture, Japan and was trained by Devil Masami.
Azumi made her pro wrestling debut on December 4th, 1994 in Tokyo, Japan at Korakuen Hall.
This five foot three, 128 pound high-flyer held a ton of titles during her 15 year career.
The AJW All-Pacific Championship, the JWP Openweight Championship (4 times), the Daily Sports Tag Team Championship, the International Ribbon Tag Team Championship, the NEO Singles & NWA Pacific Women's Championship and she was a 6 time JWP Tag Team Champion.
In May of 2010 she was inducted into the NEO Hall of Fame.
The Top Ten Moves of Azumi Hyuga
Back to TheSuicidalDragon for the top ten moves of Azumi Hyuga
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Yuzuki Aikawa
Yuzuki Aikawa was born on May 16th, 1983 in Niihama, Ehime, Japan.Yuzuki is differnent from most Japanese women wrestlers and similar to many American female wrestlers because before wrestling, she was a popular Japanese Idol and also started a singing group called P-ch!.
This is not the norm in Joshi.
But, although Yuzuki is gorgeous, she's no shrinking violet.
She has been training for eight years in Taekwondo and has had some training in shoot boxing, which involves kicking, punching, kneeing, throwing, and standing submissions.
Yuzuki started her wrestling training in May 2010 and made her official Joshi debut October 31st at the Shin-Kiba 1st Ring when she faced veteran Nanae Takahashi.
She took a serious beating from Nanae that wasn't fake.
Contusions, black eye, swollen lip, but she hung in there, proving that she was dedicated.
Yuzuki works for the Stardom wrestling promotion and on July 24th, 2011 she became the inaugural Wonder Of Stardom Champion.
Misaki Ohata
Or now Misaki Guriko
Misaki Ohata was born on January 5th, 1989 in Sendai, Miyagi, Japan.She was trained by the pretty much legendary Mariko Yoshida at the dojo of the JDStar promotion and made her pro wrestling debut on December 10th, 2006, against Hiroyo Matsumoto.
Misaki has wrestled for a ton of Japanese promotions including Ibuki, Japanese Women Pro-Wrestling Project (JWP), Ice Ribbon, Oz Academy and many others.
She has also worked here in the US for Shimmer Women Athletes where she held the Shimmer Tag Team Championship with Hiroyo Matsumoto.
In early 2012, Misaki began working for the Osaka Joshi Pro wrestling promotion, under the ring name Misaki Guriko.
During her career so far she has held the JWP Junior Championship, the Princess of Pro-Wrestling Championship, the World Cosplay Championship ( Yes...the World Cosplay Championship), the TLW World Young Women's Tag Team Championship (with Moeka Haruhi), the Shimmer Tag Team Championship (with Hiroyo Matsumoto) and she won the Sendai Girls' Pro Wrestling Dantai Taikou Flash Tournament in 2011 with Dash Chisako, Hiren, Kagetsu, Meiko Satomura, Ryo Mizunami and Sendai Sachiko.
Mima Shimoda
Another very popular Japanese female wrestler is Mima Shimoda.Mima was born on December 23rd, 1970 in Tokyo, Japan and made her pro wrestling debut in 1987 wrestling against Etsuko Mita at Tokyo Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.
She has held multiple titles in many Japanese wrestling promotions like All-Japan Women, NEO and ARSION.
Mima and Etsuko Mita were at one time a tag-team known as Las Cachorras Orientales.
Besides wrestling in Japan, Mima also wrestles for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) in Mexico, often teaming with a lady she helped train, former CMLL World Women's Champion, Hiroka.
In my opinion, Mima is one of the best "Old School" heels in the world.
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RenaissanceWoman2010
Apr 3, 2012 @ 9:24 pm | delete
- This is so wild. I never, ever thought I would hear those three words together in one sentence... Japan... women... wrestling. Throw in sumo now, and I will be totally stunned. I think the women even look really polite and reserved in many of these individual photos. It was fun to see them perform here in the videos. You have expanded and warped my mind tonight. ;-)
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billybraveheart
Apr 1, 2012 @ 6:35 pm | delete
- Haruka gets my vote ;_
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Phillyfreeze69
May 25, 2011 @ 6:24 pm | delete
- I wonder if Sari had to get a work permit from the local government because of young age? Very interesting lens on some of the most popular Japanese wrestlers.
The video is "non-stop" action and some of the moves shown are magnified because of their petite physiques...enjoyed the introduction and look forward to seeing what the "Legends" can do in the ring!
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