Sachie Abe Wrestling in Japan.

Here's a couple of photos of Sachie Abe Wrestling in Japan.

First a camel clutch with a chinlock smother added in.

Then a deeply locked singel leg boston crab.

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Yumi Ohka - Japanese Female Wrestlers

Yumi Ohka

Yumi Ohka is a female Japanese wrestler.
She was one half of the Jd Star TWF Women's World Tag Team champions.

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Yuu Yamagata - Japanese Women Wrestling

Japanese female wrestler Yuu Yamagata was born on July 6th, 1976.
She was trained by Mariko Yoshida at ARSION and made her wrestling debut on December 3rd, 2000 against her trainer.
This five foot four and a half, 138 pound lady competes not only against women in the ring, but she also competes in mixed wrestling, taking on men.
Two of her favorite wrestling moves are the Yuu Lock II (a full nelson using the legs) and the Facebuster.
Actually she uses the Yuu Lock I, II and III, but II is the only one I could find anything out about.

Yuu has worked for both ARSION and K-DOJO wrestling promotions.

You can check out her blog (in Japanese) here:
http://spora.jp/yamagatayou/

Yuu Yamagata and Apple Miyuki wrestling KAORU and Caribbean Rum




Yuu Yamagata - Japanese Wrestling, posted to http://joshipuroresu.blogspot.com/ on 6-27-2007

Toshie Uematsu

Toshie Uematsu

Wrestler name(s) To-chan, Toshi-A
Height: 5 ft 2 in
Weight: 130 lbs
Born: April 14th, 1974
Trained by: Chigusa Nagayo
Wrestling Debut: April 15th, 1995

Toshie Uematsu is a Japanese female Pro Wrestler who was very popular in the 1990s and 2000s.
Toshie was one of the first female wrestlers trained by Chigusa Nagayo when she formed the GAEA Japan promotion.
She is currently a free-lance wrestler.

Toshie was born on April 14th, 1974 and made her pro wrestling debut at the age of 21 on April 15th, 1995 at Memorial First Gong, which was the first show of the GAEA Japan joshi puroresu wrestling promotion.
In 1997, several GAEA wrestlers, including Toshie, appeared in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and were entered in the inaugural tournament for the new women's cruiserweight title.
Toshie won the tournament, defeating Malia Hosaka on April 7th, 1997 in Hunstville, Alabama, and became the first holder of the WCW Women's Cruiserweight Championship.
She lost the belt to Yoshiko Tamura on July 19th, 1997 and the title was vacated soon afterwards.
Toshie held the AAAW Tag Team title twice with her partner Ran Yu-Yu.
Toshie and Ran often bent the rules, winning a lot of their matches by countout after luring their opponents as far away from the ring as possible.
During her career so far, Toshie has held the WCW Women’s Cruiserweight Champion (once), the AAAW Tag Team Championship (twice with Ran Yu-Yu), the JWP Tag Team Championship (four times), the Daily Sports Tag Team Championship (once), the WDB Tag Team Championship (once) and the DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Championship (three times).


Toshie can change her looks as evidenced by the photo above, and below.




Toshie Uematsu Wrestling Meiko Satomura from February 3rd, 1999, posted by nagashimark

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R.I.P: Nancy Daus Sullivan Benoit (May 21, 1964 - c. June, 2007)

Noriyo Tateno - Japanese Women Wrestling

Noriyo Tateno

Billed height 5'5" (164cm)
Billed weight 165 lbs (75 kg)
Born December 1, 1965,Tochigi prefecture Ashikaga city
Resides Ashikaga, Tochigi, Japan
Wrestling Debut July 12, 1981, against Kazue Sakamoto

Noriyo Tateno is a Japanese professional wrestler who is best known as one half of the tag team Jumping Bomb Angels with Itsuki Yamazaki. She worked in All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling, WWF and has been working in Ladies Legend Pro Wrestling since 1992.

Tateno is the longest active female competitor in the Japanese scene to date, having been a pro for nearly 25 years.

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Shu Shibutani - Japanese Women's Wrestling

Shu Shibutani

Height:5'1"
Weight: 123 lbs

Shu Shibutani is a Japanese female wrestler.
She wrestled for JD Star ( The promotion created by Jaguar Yokota ) in Japan.
Fuka and Shu Shibutani were the last two girls to run through the program. Both have had success, with Shu becoming a popular wrestler through her training with Mariko Yoshida's Ibuki group.

Dark Angel vs Shu Shibutani

Saki Maemura - Japanese Womens Wrestling

Saki Maemura

Retired Japanese female wrestler Saki Maemura made her wrestling debut at the age of 16.
Before she retired at the age of 24, she held the AJW Singles Championship, the AJW Tag Team Championship (with Kaori Yoneyama), the AWA World Woman’s Championship and the WDB World Tag Team Championship (with Minoru Fujita).

Here is Saki's "Retirement Road" match against Kaori Yoneyama posted by rankin84...

Rie Tamada - Japanese Wrestling

Rie Tamada

Height: 5' 2"
Weight: 125 lbs
Pro Wrestling Debut: October 4th, 1991 against Chikako Hasegawa
Born: March 16th, 1973 in Yuuki County, Japan
Nickname: Fighting Cheetah
Signature wrestling move: Dragon Suplex Hold
Wrestling Promotions Worked For: AJW, ARSION, AtoZ in Japan, CMLL in Mexico.

Rie Tamada was a female Japanese wrestler.
She often tag-teamed with Yumi Fukawa in Japan and Mexico.
Their tag team was called "TamaFuka".
Rie retired on August 22nd, 2004.

Rie Tamada wrestling Chikako Shiratori
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbzlJmBJ22M

Rie Tamada - Japanese Wrestling, posted to http://joshipuroresu.blogspot.com/ on 6-22-2007

Sayuri Okino

Sayuri Okino
Born: February 5,1976
Height:5'2"
Weight: 132 lbs.

Sayuri Okino is a female Japanese wrestler that works for LLPW in Japan.



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Mima Shimoda - Japanese Womens Wrestling

Wrestler Name: Mima Shimoda
Birthday: December 23, 1970
Place of Birth: Tokyo, Japan
Height 5'6"
Weight 137 lbs
Wrestling Debut: August 5, 1987 Tokyo Korakuen Hall against Etsuko Mita

Titles Held :WWWA Tag,Zen Nihon Senshuken,Zen Nihon Junior,Zen Nihon Tag,UWA Sekai Joshi Tag,JWP Tag

Formed Las Cachorras Orientales with Etsuko Mita


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Miki Handa

Miki Handa

Japanese womens wrestler.
At one time she worked for LLPW.
She also wrestled in WCW WrestleWar pay per view, (1991)

Michiko Omukai - Japanese Women Wrestlers

Michiko Omukai is one of my favorite Japanese female wrestlers.

Michiko just has that " look", kind of like Mima Shimoda and Oz.

It's sorta like " I'm gonna kick the crap outta you, and I'm gonna enjoy doing it."

Megumi Kudo

Megumi Takayama, better known under her stage name, which is also her maiden name, Megumi Kudo and by her nickname Kudome, is an entertainment personality, and was a professional wrestler who worked most of her career for Frontier Martial Arts Wrestling.

Kudo practiced basketball during high school. When she was 16 she joined All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling but found little to no success there. She was released after two years because she had not enhanced her wrestling ability enough, and worked as a kindergarten teacher for a while.

However she still felt the desire for pro wrestling, and joined Frontier Martial Arts Wrestling in 1990. She was quickly pushed to the top of the card, it is generally considered that this was because of her looks. However she worked and trained hard, developing her skills significantly. She ended up being the top star of FMW's women's division, and the most recognised female wrestler in Japan.

Kudo worked all kinds of matches, but she was mostly known for brutal death matches, where the ring ropes were replaced with barbed wire. Her notable feuds were against Shark Tsuchiya, Combat Toyoda and Sumie Sakai.

On April 29, 1997 she had her retirement match against Tsuchiya in a "No ropes, 200 volt double hell, double barbed wire barricade, double landmine glass crush death match". She vacated both of the titles she held in a retirement ceremony on June 13, 1997.

After retiring from professional wrestling Kudo has worked on various television programs, including as a commentator for pro wrestling events. She also hosts a weekly radio show in Japan.

In 1992 she released a music CD titled "Keep on running". She is married to fellow wrestler Hido, whom she met in their FMW days.



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Mariko Yoshida - Japanese Women Wrestling

Mariko Yoshida was born on February 15th, 1970 in Onomichi, Hiroshima, Japan.
She is a female professional wrestler best known for her work in the ARSION wrestling promotion, where she also served as the head trainer.

Mariko made her wrestling debut in All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling (AJW / Zenjo) on October 10, 1988 at Tokyo's Korakuen Hall in a match against Keiko Waki.
She was one of the best young stars in AJW, often using Lucha Libre inspired aerial maneuvers to go along with her extremely good mat work skills.

Mariko left AJW in 1997 and joined Aja Kong's ARSION promotion, becoming their head trainer.
In ARSION, she became known as a technical wrestling master, and got a push as a major star.
Mariko was nicknamed "ARSION no Shinjutsu", or "ARSION True Heart".
Giving up the high-flying techniques of her run in Zenjo (because of a neck injury in 1992), her style in ARSION was ground work and submission wrestling moves.

In 2006, Yoshida was presented with the Cauliflower Alley Club's Future Legend Award, becoming only the second female (Cheerleader Melissa was the first), to win this award.

Mariko in action:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6stpJEP7Yk&mode=related&search=

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdE4rGmyO5E

Manami Toyota, part 2

Soon after this match the two stars once again teamed up to win their first WWWA World Tag Team Championship in March 1992, defeating the evil Jungle Jack (Aja Kong & Bison Kimura) in Tokyo. On November 26, at AJW’s Dreamrush show Toyota and Yamada defended their WWWA Tag Team titles against Dynamite Kansai and Mayumi Ozaki in a legendary 2/3 Falls match, considered one of the best wrestling matches ever, and rated 5 Stars by Dave Meltzer of Wrestling Observer Newsletter.

In April of that year Toyota furthered her singles career by defeating rival Kyoko Inoue on April 25 in Yokohama for the IWA Singles Championship. Toyota defended that title eight times over the course of three years, before losing it to Reggie Bennett on May 15, 1995.

At Dreamslam II, on April 11, 1993 Toyota and Yamada fought a rematch against JWP Project's Kansai and Ozaki in yet another highly-rated 2/3 Falls encounter. This time, however, Toyota and Yamada were on the losing side, and Kansai and Ozaki got their revenge. The feud concluded at AJW’s St. Battle Final event, on December 6, 1993, where Toyota and Yamada regained their tag titles.

On August 24, 1994 Toyota once again squared off against Kyoko Inoue, and defeated her to unify the IWA and All Pacific Singles Championships. Toyota’s run with the two titles was not to last long. On October 9, 1994, Inoue gained a measure of revenge against Toyota, as Kyoko and her partner Takako Inoue (no relation) won the WWWA Tag Team Championship from Toyota and Yamada. Toyota then vacated her All Pacific Championship, prior to her first WWWA Heavyweight Championship match against the monstrous Aja Kong at AJW’s Queendom III show, on March 26, 1995. The match saw Toyota reach the summit of AJW when she won and became the 39th WWWA Champion.

On May 7, Toyota defended her crown against arch-rival Kyoko Inoue at the Korakuen Hall, where the two fought to a 60 minute time limit draw.Despite piledrivers on the floor, German suplexes off the top rope, and multiple finishers, neither combatant was able to secure outright victory. Nonetheless, Toyota retained, and the match was voted Match of the Year for 1995 in the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.

The following month, Toyota lost the WWWA Championship to former champion Aja Kong, on June 27.

Toyota soon recovered from the loss. In 1995, she won the AJW Grand Prix tournament, securing her position as the number one contender for the WWWA Championship. Before she received her title opportunity, she faced the legendary Akira Hokuto at AJW's Destiny show on September 2, 1995. On December 4, she finally received her title shot, and defeated then-champion Dynamite Kansai to become a two-time world champion.

Over the next 12 months Toyota made three successful defenses of her WWWA title. In December of 1996 she came up against long term rival Kyoko Inoue and lost in a match that saw the All Pacific and IWA Women's World titles unified with the WWWA Title.

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Manami Toyota, part 1

Manami Toyota is a professional wrestler best known for her work with the All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling (AJW) wrestling promotion. Following AJW's closure she has continued to work in other joshi promotions such as GAEA and NEO. Toyota is a member of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame.

Manami was born March 2, 1971 in Masuda, Shimane.She was trained by Jaguar Yokota.

Manami Toyota made her professional wrestling debut on August 5, 1987, in a singles match against Sachiko Nakamura. Her big break came in her second year, on the first Wrestlemarinpiad show from Yokohama Arena, on May 6, 1989. Teamed with Mima Shimoda, she defeated Etsuko Mita and Toshiyo Yamada in a lightning-paced match that nearly stole the card from the more established veterans. The bout had all the basic ingredients that made Toyota a star, including flashy moves, fast and frequent tags, double-team moves, and a long series of dramatic near falls. When the bout was released as part of a four-hour commercial tape, Toyota became recognized as a wrestler to watch.

Toyota won her first title on November 18, 1989 in Matsuda, when she defeated Mika Takahashi for the AJW Championship. She defended the title three times, including one defense against her future rival Kyoko Inoue (on August 1, 1990), before vacating it on September 1, 1990. The following month (October 7 in Tokyo) she challenged Bison Kimura for the All Pacific Championship and emerged victorious. However she only managed to defend the title once before losing to Suzuka Minami on March 17, 1991.

Parallel to this success ran Toyota’s famous feud with future tag-team partner Toshiyo Yamada. Initially, following Toyota’s success teaming up with Shimoda, the AJW braintrust felt they could well be the new Beauty Pair or Crush Gals, but that was not to be. Toyota's real chemistry came not with Shimoda but with Yamada, whose style was unlike Toyota's and provided more of a contrast. Yamada was a slightly built, short-haired, kicking specialist, who idolized both Chigusa Nagayo and Akira Maeda. Unlike other wrestlers who rely on kicks and submissions, Yamada could also work the rapid-paced matches, and was accomplished at building to near-falls with repeated kick-outs at the last possible moment.

To begin with, however, Toyota and Yamada were opponents rather than partners. Between 1989 and 1991 they wrestled many times, producing bouts that rivaled the quality of the main events that AJW's champions were presenting. At the start of 1992, the two won their first tag team championship when they defeated KAORU and Lady Apache in Tokyo on January 19 for the UWA titles.

However, their singles feud was not yet over, and it reached a climax on August 15, 1992 at Korakuen Hall in a Hair vs. Hair match. The bout was a dramatic one, not least due to what occurred after the match was over. Toyota, even though she had won the match, did not want Yamada to get her head shaved, and had to be forcefully restrained by four prelim girls, who eventually forced her back to the mat. In respect of the match conditions Yamada wanted her head shaved and went ahead with the stipulation.

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Maki Ueda - Japanese Women Wrestling

Maki Ueda was a Japanese womens wrestler.

Maki and Jacki Sato were at the beginning of the era when Japanese professional women's wrestling rose to the height of its prominence

Maki Ueda was one half of the tag team, the Beauty Pair, with Jackie Sato.


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Shinobu Kandori - Japanese Women Wrestling

Shinobu Kandori
Nickname: Kan-chan, Shin-chan
Height: 5' 6" (170cm)
Weight: 165 lbs (75kg)
Nickname: Mr Joshi Puroresu,Kan-chan, Shin-chan
Wrestling Debut: August 17 1986 against Jackie Sato
Date of Birth: November 3 1964, Kanagawa, Japan
Promotions: JWP (1986-1987), Free (1988-1992), LLPW (1992-)

Kandori was a Gold medallist in Judo before becoming a pro wrestler.

Excellent write up on her here:
http://www.otherarena.com/htm/cgi-bin/biography.cgi?shinobuk

Kandori vs Akira Hokuto
http://www.youtube.com/?v=-49fPLeMlPo

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Jackie Sato - Japanese Women Wrestling

Jackie Sato
Real Name: Naoko Sato
Born: October 30th, 1957 in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Pro wrestling debut: April 27th, 1975 against Maki Ueda.
Wrestling Promotions: AJW, Japanese Women's Pro

On February 24, 1976 Jackie formed the famous Japanese female tag team the Beauty Pair with Maki.
They held the WWWA World Tag Team Championship twice.
Jackie passed away on August 9th, 1999 at the age of 41.

Jackie Sato vs. Jaguar Yokota (Part 1)

Takako Inoue - Japanese Womens Wrestling

Takako Inoue

Height: 5' 4" (163cm)
Weight: 138.6lbs (63kg)
Date of Birth: November 7, 1969
Debut: October 10 1988 at Tokyo Korakuen Hall, against Kyoko Inoue ( no relation)
Promotions: AJW (1988-1999), Free (1999-)



She did three photo books,Vertige, Peak Blue and Body Oil.

If you really want to see what a spinning backfist can do, check Takako out here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0vX1pr65WY


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Hiroyo Muto - Japanese Womens Wrestling

Hiroyo Muto is a Japanese women's wrestler.

Height: 5' 6" (170cm)
Weight: 171.6lbs (78kg)
Wrestling Debut: August 20 1998 against Cooga
Date of Birth: June 21 1977
Promotions: Jd' (1998-)

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Hiromi Yagi - Japanese Wrestling

Japanese female wrestler Hiromi Yagi was born Hiromi Hirashima on August 5th, 1971.
She is five foot one and weighs 110 pounds.
In 1995, Hiromi defeated Candy Okutsu for the JWP Junior title, but she vacated it a day later because she wasn't happy with the match.
Candy had suffered an injury before the match, and Hiromi felt the victory was hollow.
Then in 1996, she won the vacant title, only to lose it back to Candy.
In 1997, she retired from wrestling to get married, but returned in 1998, teaming with Rie Tamada, to win the Twin Star of ARSION.
They lost the titles in 1999 to Mika Akino and Ayako Hamada.




Here is Hiromi Yagi wrestling Aja Kong from the Arsion ZION 1999 Tournament, posted on YouTube by lablue6uy

Hikaru - Japanese Wrestling

Hikaru is a female Japanese wresler. She wrestles for ZERO1-MAX in Japan.

Born : December 10, 1981
Height: 5'5"
Weight: 154

Hikaru versus Panther Claw on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTGkv_weWcE


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Japanese Women Wrestlers - Hikari Fukuoka

Japanese Women Wrestlers - Hikari Fukuoka
 http://joshipuroresu.blogspot.com/

Hikari Fukuoka is a retired Japanese female wrestler.
She was born on February 23rd, 1971 and worked for Japanese wrestling promotions like Japanese Women's Pro (from 1989 to 1992) and JWP (from 1992 to 1999).

 During her career she held the JWP Open Weight Singles Championship once and the JWP Tag Team Championship five times with Tomoko Kuzumi (twice), Devil Masami, KAORU and Mayumi Ozaki
She had her retirement match on March 28th, 1999 when she and Candy Okutsu and Hiromi Yagi fought to a draw with Commando Bolshoi, Azumi Hyuga and Carlos Amano.

 Hikari was five foot three and weighed 143 pounds.
As far as wrestling moves went, she was known for her diving double footstomp, which looked pretty darn effective.

Here is part one of a video of Hikari taking on Tomoko Kizumi in a match for JWP on October 21st, 1998 posted on YouTube by kapengmabula.