Queens Quest - Japanese Women Wrestling

The Japanese wrestling promotion Stardom's Heel Stable, Queen's Quest (Viper, Io Shirai, HZK, Momo Watanabe, AZM).
The stable debuted on April 12th, 2016 when Jungle Kyona, Kairi Hojo and Mayu Iwatani took on HZK, Io Shirai and Momo Watanabe.
As far as I can tell, HZM was added in 2017 and Viper in 2018.

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Japanese Wrestling Legends Bull Nakano and Akira Hokuto

Japanese Wrestling Legends Bull Nakano and Akira Hokuto.
Did you know that before she started wrestling, Akira organized the Bull Nakano fanclub?
And that she took the name Akira in honor of Akira Maeda, who was a Japanese wrestling promoter, professional wrestler and MMA pioneer?
Also that both women wrestled in the WCW?

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Hana Kimura and Tam Nakano - Japanese Womens Wrestling

Here are some pictures of Japanese female wrestlers Hana Kimura and Tam Nakano

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Vintage Japanese Women's Wrestling

Here are some pictures of Old School Japanese female wrestlers.
The vintage female wrestlers seem to be very popular on my other wrestling blogs so I thought I would give them a try here and see how everyone liked them.

Megumi Kudoh

Etsuko Mita

Mima Shimoda and Etsuko Mita

Makoto - Japanese Women Wrestling

Japanese pro wrestler Makoto.
Makoto was born September on 26th, 1989 in Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.
She was trained by Emi Sakura and made her wrestling debut for the Ice Ribbon promotion in July 2006.
Makoto is a former one time Reina World Women's Champion and a two time Reina World Tag Team Champion.

Hana Kimura - Female Japanese Wrestling

This is the daughter of famous female Japanese wrestler and MMA fighter Kyoko Kimura, Hana Kimura.
Hana made her professional wrestling debut in March 2016.

Kairi Hojo Becomes Kairi Sane in the WWE

The WWE has confirmed that Japanese women's wrestler Kairi Hojo, will now be Kairi Sane in the WWE.
She is also confirmed for the Mae Young Tournament.

Santana Garrett, Kairi Hojo and Laurel Van Ness

Kairi Hojo Coming to WWE

When I did the write up on Japanese female wrestler "Pirate Princess" Kairi Hojo back in 2015, I knew she was good.
Since then, Dave Meltzer (Wrestling Observer Newsletter) said that Kairi, along with Io Shirai and Mayu Iwatani were "three of the best wrestlers in the world".
And now Kairi has been signed by the WWE to a three year contract.
So get ready to see more Kairi...except here in the US.

Yuhi vs Hamada - Japanese Female Wrestling

Here is retired Japanese female wrestler Yuhi nailing Ayako Hamada with a flying kick to the side of the head.
After only two years as a pro wrestler, Yuhi retired in March of 2014.
Incredibly she retired just afetr he High School graduation.
Yeah, the two years that she wrestled, she was in High School and she retired at the ripe old age of 19.

Of course Ayako Hamada is still going strong.
She debuted in 1998 and is still going today.

Is Act Yasukawa The Next Kana?

Well she might be.
This five foot four, 125 pound lady from Misawa, Aomori, Japan was born on November 13th, 1986.
She has not been going at this long, having only made her pro wrestling debut in February of 2012.

This young lady overcame a lot to get to where she is today.
You can find out just how much as this article here

I haven't seen a great deal of her matches, but what I have seen I like.
And she has that "something" that you cant just learn.
Act may be one to watch in the coming years.

Stardom 5STAR Grand Prix: Act Yasukawa vs. Yuzuki Aikawa

Sachie Abe - Japanese Female Wrestling

Japanese wrestler Sachie Abe was born on September 18th, 1974 in Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan.
She is five feet tall and weighs 117 pounds.
Sachie works for the Japanese Women Pro-Wrestling Project wrestling promotion in Japan and has been a co-holder of their tag-team titles three times.

Sachie Abe vs Leon

Mio Shirai vs Kana - Japanese Female Wrestling

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.

Old video of Mio Shirai taking on Kana

Mima Shimoda vs Makoto - Japanese Women Wrestling

Here's a nice shot of legendary female Japanese wrestler Mima Shimoda punishing Makoto in the ropes.
Mima is 43 years old and has been wrestling since 1987.
She actually made her pro wrestling debut two years before Makoto was even born!

Ayumi Kurihara, Mio Shirai, Io Shirai and Makoto vs Mima Shimoda, Kyoko Kimura, Atsuko Emoto and Tomoka 

 

Manami Toyota With The Muta Lock

Here is a picture of female Japanese wrestling legend Manami Toyota with a Muta-Lock on.....someone....
Help me out people...who is she submitting here?

Yuzuki Aikawa - Japanese Wrestlers

Here are a couple of pictures of retired Japanese female wrestler Yuzuki Aikawa.
This model turned wrestler was pretty much considered a joke when she started, but she proved the fans wrong.

During her career in World Wonder Ring Stardom she held the Goddesses of Stardom Championship (with Yoko Bito), the Wonder of Stardom Championship and she won several Best Match of the Year awards, MVP awards and Outstanding Performance awards.
She retired on April 29th and her last match was against Yoshiko, which she lost.

Yuzuki taking on Ayumi Kurihara

Rabbit Mito (Rabbit Miu) – Japanese Women Wrestling

Japanese female wrestler Rabbit Mito (sometimes Rabbit Miu) will turn 18 on February 22^nd.
She has been wrestling since August of 2011.
Rabbit is four foot seven, 95 pounds and works for Japanese Women Pro-Wrestling Project (JWP). 

Kana (Asuka) punishing Rabbit's arm

Japanese Women Wrestling - Command Bolshoi

Japanese female wrestler Command Bolshoi

Mio Shirai - Female Japanese Wrestlers

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.

You can check out Mio's Facebook page here:
https://www.facebook.com/mio.shirai.39

Ayumi Kurihara To Retire

I mentioned Ayumi Kurihara several months ago in a post about Joshi wrestlers here in the US.
Since then (on Match 28th, 2013) she announced that due to all the injuries she has suffered during her career, she will be retiring from professional wrestling on August 4th.

It's sad but Ayumi has had a great career since she first debuted in 2005.
She has held world championship titles in promotions like Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), Dramatic Dream Team, NEO Japan Ladies Pro Wrestling, Oz Academy, Pro Wrestling Wave, Shimmer Women Athletes and Xtreme Latin American Wrestling.

Cherry - Japanese Female Wrestling

Although Japanese female wrestler Cherry is only five foot one and weighs 114 pounds, don't take her lightly.
She's held the Dramatic Dream Team (DDT) Iron Man Heavymetalweight Championship seven times during her career.

But you do have to realize that the belt is pretty much a take off of the old WWE Hardcore Championship where things can get pretty weird.
Weird enough that 2 animals, 12 inanimate objects and 1 invisible wrestler have held the title.

Cherry vs Rei

You can check out Cherry's Blog here:
http://ameblo.jp/cherrypafe55/

And her Twitter account here:
https://twitter.com/cherry514