All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling

You probably already knew that several female Japanese wrestlers, not only wrestled, but also had singing careers.
To me, most of this is as painful to watch as the WWF/WWE's "Rock 'n' Wrestling Connection", which I have tried very hard to forget.
All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling really pushed this with several songs and CDs being released.

If the idea and the picture above are not enough to stop you...how about a video of the top five songs?

Japanese Female Wrestling: Hustle

Pro wrestling in Japan has always been different.
But it doesn't get much different than the Japanese wrestling promotion Hustle.
They used to call the WWE a soap opera with chair shots.
Well imagine the WWE on acid.
You have a pretty good idea of Hustle.

But even as wild as Hustle is, it has had it's share of great wrestlers in their ring.
Some of the female wrestlers are not well known, but some are down right legends.
And some..well you might get a kick seeing what they look(ed) like in Hustle......

Yes, that's legendary Lucha Libre and Joshi star Ayako Hamada as Arisin Z.
This is the first, but not the last time she'll pop up on this list.


And yes another Lucha Libre star, Fabi Apache.
Doesn't look like Hustle remade Fabi much.


Although she's retired now, legendary Japanese female wrestler Devil Masami worked for Hustle under the name Madama Devil.

You can check out Hustle's homepage (In Japanese)here:
http://www.hustlehustle.com/

To be continued......

Latest IBUKI Results

At IBUKI's latest show on April 5, 2009 in Tokyo, Japan....

1. Kyoko Kimura defeated Kazumi Shimouma in 10:53 with a Headbutt.

2. Atsuko Emoto defeated Esui in 10:02 with the Momo Clutch.

3. Hiroyo Matsumoto and Misaki Ohata defeated DASH Chisako and Yukari Ishino in 15:13, when Matsumoto used a Back Drop on Ishino.

4. Tomoka Nakagawa defeated Ayumi Kurihara in 14:10 with a Cradle.

5. Ray and Natsuki*Taiyo defeated Shu Shibutani and Fuuka in 21:14, when Ray used the Sky Twister Press on Shibutani.

IBUKI's next show will be on May 31 at Korakuen Hall, Tokyo.

You can find out more about IBUKI and their wrestlers here:
http://s-ovation.com/wrestling/

Hoshi Hamuko - Female Japanese Wrestlers

Hoshi Hamuko is a Japanese female wrestler.
She was born on October 19, 1982 on the island of Hokkaido.
Hoshi is 4'9 and weighs 132 pounds.
She made her pro wrestling debut on May 11, 2008 in Tokyo.
Hoshi wrestles for the Ice Ribbon promotion in Japan.

Pro Wrestling WAVE

Pro Wrestling WAVE is a women's pro wrestling promotion based in Tokyo, Japan, created by GAMI and Yumi Ohka in July of 2007.
The main goal of WAVE was to try to breathe life into the weakening Joshi Puroresu industry.
Their first show was held at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo on August 26, 2007.
On February 13, 2008, WAVE signed a former Ice Ribbon wrestler, Moeka Haruhi.
Since JWP's Commando Bolshoi and GAMI are friends, WAVE as a friendly pact with JWP lending out wrestlers to each others shows.
For more info on WAVE, you can go to their website here:
http://www.pro-w-wave.com/

Some of WAVE's wrestlers....

Moeka Haruhi

Yumi Ohka

And here is a match between Manami Toyota/Moeka Haruhi and Yumi Ohka/GAMI

Makoto - Female Japanese Wrestlers

Japanese female wrestler Makoto was born on September 26th, 1989 in Kobe, Hyogo, Japan.
She stands 5'4 and weighs 114 pounds.
Makoto made her pro wrestling debut on July 25th, 2006 at Sakura Hall.
She wrestles for the Ice Ribbon Promotion in Japan.

Tanny Mouse / Mina Taniyama - Japanese Women Wrestling

Tanny Mouse (Mina Taniyama) is a female Japanese wrestler.
Tanny was born on January 7 1976.
Her pro wrestling debut was on November 3 1994, she wrestled Yumi Fujimoto.
She has wrestled for AJW (All Japan Women), Neo Ladies and NEO.

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

Ran Yu-Yu - Japanese Female Wrestling

Ran Yu-Yu(Tomoko Miyaguchi)is a Japanese female professional wrestler.
She was born August 17th, 1975 in Osaka Japan.
She made her pro wrestling debut on January 4th, 1994 against Rieko Amano.

Here's a video of her wrestling (as Tomoko Miyaguchi) against Kanako Motoya.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeP1WecGmio

Nagisa Nozaki - Japanese Women Wrestling

Nagisa Nozaki is a Japanese female professional wrestler.
She was born November 22nd, 1990 in Iruma ski, Saitama, Japan.
Her pro wrestling debut was November 3rd, 2006.
She wrestles for the NEO promotion.
Nagisa often tag teams with Aoi Kizuki

Yuri Urai wrestling Nagisa Nozaki
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbW6-iZEFnc

Chikayo Nagashima - Japanese Women Wrestling

Chikayo Nagashima was born on January 24 1976.
She is a Japanese female professional wrestler.
Her pro wrestling debut was against Toshie Uematsu on April 15 1995.
She has held the AAAW Junior Heavyweight tag team wrestling titles with Sugar Satoh at least three times, the AJW Tag Team wrestling titles,(again with Sugar Satoh) and she held the AAAW Wrestling Championship.

Here is a wrestling video with Sonoko Kato wrestling Chikayo Nagashima.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VF8H-vNN3Hk

Miyoko Hoshino - Female Japanese Wrestlers

Miyoko Hoshino became the WWWA wrestling champion on July 26, 1972 by defeating Sarah Lee.
Miyoko also held the WWWA World Tag Championships with Jumbo Miyamoto six times! (At least that's what I counted)
Now my question is this......
Is this the same Miyoko Hoshino that recorded a Jazz album with Lionel Hampton in 1965?
I know it sounds far-fetched, but a lot of Japanese female wrestlers either turned singers or sang while their wrestling careers continued.
Though actually, the time line doesn't seem to work out.
Too bad though, if she was that would be so cool!

Misaki Ohata - Japanese Female Wrestling

Misaki Ohata is a Japanese female professional wrestler.
She was born January 5th 19?? in Miyagi Prefecture.
Misaki was trained by the famous Mariko Yoshida and wrestles for the JDStar promotion.
I found these two wrestling videos of her on YouTube....

Ayumi Kurihara and Misaki Ohata wrestling Genki Misae and Haruka Matsuo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UT2LF0afbWc

Yumi Ohka wrestling Misaki Ohata
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Sp6Ga3OwFI

Mari Okagi - Female Japanese Wrestlers

Japanese Female Wrestler Mari Okagi

I couldn't find much on this lady.
Well nothing actually except this picture.
It looks like she was wrestling right around the Kyoko Okada, Aiko Kyo era.



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Hiroka - Japanese Women Wrestling

Name: Hiroka
Name history: Raven Hiroka (2002 2005), Hiroka (2005 current)
Trained by: Mima Shimoda , Shinobu Kandori, Jose Luis Feliciano, El Hijo Del Gladiador
Born: September 23, 1981 Japan
Pro wrestling debut: September 18, 2002
Signature moves: kick to the face, fisherman's buster
Titles: CMLL World Women's Championship

Mariko Yoshida - Female Japanese Wrestlers

Name Mariko Yoshida
Real name Mariko Yoshida
Nicknames ARSION No Shinjutsu (True Heart of ARSION)
Name history Mariko Yoshida (Pro wrestling debut: - )
Trained by: All Japan Women's Pro Wrestling Dojo
Birth date Feburary 15, 1970 - Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan
Pro wrestling debut: October 10, 1988 vs. Keiko Waki
Height 5'4"/163 cm
Weight 141 lbs/64 kg

Signature moves Air Raid Crash, Crucifix Armbar, Henkei Sleeper
Titles: AJW All Japan Women's Tag Team Champion (3) (2 with Takako Inoue, 1 with Rie Tamada), AJW All Japan Women's Champion, CMLL Women's Champion, Queen of ARSION Champion (2), Twin Star of ARSION Champion (2)(with Aja Kong, with Lioness Asuka)

 The Top Ten Moves of Mariko Yoshida