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This one kind of caught me by surprise.
The most popular Japanese female wrestler on this blog in 2015 was Mio Shirai.
I dont know if it was because of her closeness with everyone's favorite Kana, or with Kana going to the WWE, Mio just moved up.
Either way, Mio was on top here in 2015.
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Right behind Kana, Mio Shirai is one of the most popular women on this blog.
She was trained by Tomohiko Hashimoto and Toshie Uematsu and has been wrestling for almost eight years.
Of course in the beginning she was teamed with her younger sister Io Shirai as the "Purple Thunder" sisters.
Then for a while they both formed the Triple Tails stable with the popular Kana.
Currently Mio has a four way contract with Japanese wrestling promotions Ice Ribbon, Oz Academy, Pro Wrestling Wave and Union Pro.
Japanese female pro wrestlers Kana and Mio Shirai again.
But this time in a happier moment.
As in not trying to kill each other.
They look so happy.....
Kana and Mio Shirai vs Arisa Nakajima and Ayako Hamada
Here is a shot of Japanese female wrestler Mio Shirai punishing the arm of Moeka Haruhi in the ropes.
Mio has been wrestling now for seven years and has worked for Japanese wrestling promotions like Ice Ribbon, Oz Academy, Pro Wrestling Wave and Union Pro.
Moeka has actually been wrestling longer than Mio, making her debut in 2005.
My old rule on this blog is, "When in doubt...post Kana."
So here she is.
And of course there is nothing wrong with throwing in a Shirai sister.
So here is Mio Shirai and Kana.
I know that when I can't think of anything else to talk about, I usually go to Kana, but today I thought I'd mention one of my other favorite Joshi wrestlers, Mio Shirai.
It's almost like mentioning Kana.
Yeah I know I just posted about Mio and her sister Io when they were the Sexy Purple Thunder Sisters a while back, but Mio has been doing quite a bit in Japan solo.
Mio and Kana defeated Misaki Ohata and Tsukasa Fujimoto on April 21st, 2013 and won the Wave Tag Team Championship, which is the first title Triple Tails.S has had.
Oh yeah, Triple Tails.S is the Mio/Kana tag-team that used to be just called Triple Tails when Io was a member.
Occasionally Mio and Kana have to face each other like they did here at the Regina di Wave Championship tournament.
Io Shirai and Mio Shirai are two Japanese female wrestlers that were at one time part of the stable Team Makehen and were popularly known as "The Sexy Purple Thunder Sisters".
They debuted in 2007 and made a pretty good name for themselves in wrestling circles working for promotions like
Ibuki, Pro Wrestling Wave, Japanese Women Pro-Wrestling (JWP) Project, Sendai Girls' Pro Wrestling and a whole host of others.
In 2010, along with Kana, they formed the very popular Triple Tails stable.
And also in 2010, Mio and Io went to Mexico to work for Asistencia AsesorÃa y Administración (AAA), where they wrestled as Kaguya and Oyuki
In 2011, Io left the group to work on her singles career.
Mio Shirai and Io Shirai taking on Senri Kuroki and Yukari Ishino
Here is a eight woman tag team match posted by kapengmabula on YouTube.
It's Japanese women wrestlers Ayumi Kurihara, Mio Shirai, Io Shirai and Makoto taking on Mima Shimoda, Kyoko Kimura, Atsuko Emoto and Tomoka Nakagawa at a NEO event.
First we have a little video background leading up to the match, then Mima, Kyoko, Atsuko and Tomoka come to the ring already armed with folding chairs and chains.
Then Ayumi, Mio, Io and Makoto come in...unarmed.
The intros start but never finish as it immediately turns into what "Good Ole JR" would call a pier six brawl.
The action comes back into the ring and normalcy is restored for a moment and it looks like the match will go on like a normal contest.
But not for long...
Pretty soon everyone is back in the ring and going at it again.
Somewhat unusually.
Mima gets upset by a slow count....
...and finally a team turns on one of it's members.
Kana is a real favorite on this blog, and I'm expecting Mio Shirai to become one as well.
Mio was once one half of The Sexy Purple Thunder Sisters with Io Shirai, though I don’t know if they are still tag teaming or not.
But here is a video posted by the legendary nagashimark on YouTube of Kana taking on Mio at at show by the Japanese wrestling promotion NEO, back in February of this year in...well…in Japan of course.
This match doesn’t have the high flying, high risk moves that you see a lot of times in Joshi.
These ladies go down to the mat for some MMA style submission wrestling.
First Mio comes in, looking more like a female mixed martial arts fighter than a wrestler...
Then Kana comes in looking more like a female wrestler than a MMA fighter and gives Mio a nice look of disgust...or maybe contempt..
The match starts off more like kick boxing or Muay Thai....
But soon these two ladies hit the mat and begin exchanging holds and counters at an impressive speed...
After a brief exchange, Mio winds up on the receiving end of a leg lock from Kana...
Another quick exchange of holds, and Kana winds up with what looks like maybe a kneeling figure four leg lock?...
Again, Kana goes after the leg...
Now Mio comes up with her own leg lock and repays the punishment...
But Kana reverses back and traps Mio in a very painful looking arm bar (Seated armbar?)....
These two ladies are known in Joshi Puroresu as "The Sexy Purple Thunder Sisters".
They are Mio and Io Shirai, so I'm assuming that they really are sisters.
Here is part one of a video of Mio and Io Shirai wrestling Misaki Ohata and Hiroyo Matsumoto
