Shimmer - Japanese Female Wrestlers here in the US

Joshi may not be as hot as it once was in Japan, but there's one place it's still pretty hot here in the US....Shimmer.
Shimmer Women Athletes has been bringing some of the best female wrestlers in Japan over here for awhile now.
Tons of Japanese stars like Leon, Ray, Hiroyo Matsumoto, Tomoka Nakagawa, Ayako Hamada, Ayumi Kurihara and Kana have all worked for Shimmer.
And Hiroyo Matsumoto and Misaki Ohata (Seven Star Sisters), Tomoka Nakagawa, Ayako Hamada and Ayumi Kurihara have all held titles in the promotion.
Okay Seven Star Sisters only held theirs for a day but still.....

    Leon and Ray
    Photo Credit: http://shimmerwrestling.blogspot.ca/

IBUKI 29 "4th Anniversary" at Korakuen Hall

On May 31, 2009 at IBUKI 29 "4th Anniversary" at Korakuen Hall......

In the JWP Junior/POP #1 Contenders' Match, Misaki Ohata defeated DASH Chisako in 13:57 with a Reverse Cradle.

AKINO and Akiko Narikuni beat GAMI and Chihiro Oikawa in 13:52, when AKINO used a Reverse Cross Armbreaker on Oikawa.

Kazumi Shimouma defeated Raika in 9:44 with a Figure-Four Leglock.

In a six woman tag team match, Shu Shibutani, Fuuka, and Esui defeated Sendai Sachiko, Ryo Mizunami, and Yukari Ishino in 15:29, when Esui used a Running Knee on Ishino.

Meiko Satomura and Nanae Takahashi defeated Ray and Natsuki*Taiyo in 20:12, when Satomura used a Death Valley Bomb (Death Valley driver) on Ray.

And in the final match, Misaki Ohata defeated Hiroyo Matsumoto in 18:53 with a Kido Clutch (Fireman's Carry Cradle) .
That makes Misaki the 17th JWP Junior and 7th P.O.P. Champion.

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Results for IBUKI "Extra" on May 4, 2009

Results for IBUKI "Extra" on May 4, 2009 at Itabashi Green Hall, Tokyo, Japan.

Tomoka Nakagawa defeated SENDAI Girl's Yukari Ishino in 9:37 with the CRB.

Ray over SENDAI Girl Hiren in 11:59 with a Moonsault Press.

Misaki Ohata wrestled SENDAI Girl's DASH Chisako to the 20 minute time limit resulting in a draw.
THEN 5 more minutes were out on the clock, and they still went to another draw.
When's the last time you saw a 25 minute match with the WWE Divas that went to a draw?

The tag team of Ryo Mizunami and Sendai Sachiko beat Hiroyo Matsumoto and Esui in 21:22.
Mizunami used a Diving Guillotine Drop on Esui.
Again...a 22 minute womens match.

You can find out more about IBUKI at their website here:
http://s-ovation.com/wrestling/english.html

Or their MySpace page here:
http://www.myspace.com/ibukipro

Ray - Female Japanese Wrestlers

I couldn't find out a lot about Ray other than she wrestles for S-Ovation/IBUKI.
And she's 5'4" and 128 pounds.
And that she wrestles in this really cool looking Lucha Libre/Arabian Knights looking outfit.
For more info on S-Ovation/IBUKI, check out their website at http://s-ovation.com/wrestling/english.html