Aika Ando - Japanese Female Wrestlers

Aika Ando is not only a Japanese female wrestler, but also a Japanese Idol as well.
Besides wrestling, she has appeared in 22 TV series and 2 movies.
She stands five foot three, weighs 106 pounds and works for the professional wrestling organization Ice Ribbon, where she has been wrestling on and off for eight years.

Hamuko Hoshi - Japanese Female Wrestling

Japanese female wrestler Hamuko Hoshi was born on October 19th, 1982 in Iwamizawa, Hokkaido.
She works for the Ice Ribbon promotion and makes appearances for the World Woman Pro-Wrestling Diana promotion.
Hamuko was trained by Ice Ribbon founder Emi Sakura and made her wrestling debut on April 12th, 2008.
She is the ICE×∞ Champion (she defeated defeated Aoi Kizuki), she has held the International Ribbon Tag Team Championship (4 times), the IW19 Championship and won the 4th 19 O'Clock Girls ProWrestling Tournament.
Hamuko also held the Reina World Tag Team Championship with Hailey Hatred.

Jaguar Yokota vs Devil Masami - Japanese Female Wrestling

Here is an old picture of legendary Japanese female wrestlers Jaguar Yokota and Devil Masami mixing it up in a match in Japan.

Mio Shirai - The Most Popular in Japanese Female Wrestling in 2015

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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Kairi Hojo - Japanese Female Wrestlers

Japanese female wrestler "Pirate Princess" Kairi Hojo was born on September 23rd, 1988 in Hikari-shi, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan.
She is five foot one and weighs in at 115 pounds.
Kairi made her pro wrestling debut on January 7th, 2012 at Shinkiba 1stRING in a match against Yuzuki Aikawa.
She not only trained in Japan, but also visited Mexico and trained with luchador Dos Caras.
Kairi has teamed with Natsumi Showzuki, Kaori Yoneyama, Hatsuhindoe Kamen, Nanae Takahashi, Chelsea and Koguma.

Kana to Debut Tonight on NXT as Asuka

Well in just a few short hours Japanese wrestler Kana will show up on WWE NXT as "Asuka".
Asuka means future...so we will see what the future will hold.
The WWE should be commended not only for hiring a female wrestler with over a decade of experience, but also one that is 33 years old and does not fit their usual "Diva" image.

Kana has already left Japanese wrestling, her final match in Japan was at the September 15 KanaProMania: Pulse event.
There she teamed with Hikaru Shida and Syuri in a six-woman tag team main event, defeating Arisa Nakajima, Rina Yamashita and Ryo Mizunami.

I wonder if Asuka is gonna be a heel?

Kana is now Kanna in the WWE

Well on August 22, 2015, Kanako Urai (better known to us as Kana) showed up on TV in the crowd at WWE's NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn event in Brooklyn, New York.
She was with Sgt. Slaughter and Ric Flair and was identified onscreen as "Kanna".
Five days later on August 27, the WWE indeed confirmed that she had signed with them a few weeks earlier.

So is she a Diva or a trainer?
Trainer would be awesome for the Divas and I bet that Kanna could still work matches for other promotions.
I just don't see Kanna as a WWE Diva, considering she could take out 90% of the roster by herself.

Syuri - Japanese Women Wrestling

Syuri Kondo was born on February 8th, 1989 in Ebina, Kanagawa.
She is five foot four, 128 pounds and made her pro wrestling debut on October 26, 2008.
Syuri was trained by Akira Nogami, Akira Shoji, Hajime Ohara, Yoshihiro Tajiri (yes, ECW's and WWE's Tajiri).
She has wrestled for many promotions including Hustle, Pro Wrestling Wave, Reina Joshi Puroresu, Smash, Wrestling New Classic
Besides wrestling, Syuri also competes in Shoot boxing and kickboxing where she has a 12-1-0 record.
Personally, I think she is one of the best female wrestlers to set foot in a ring, in Japan, Mexico or the US.

Arisa Nakajima and Syuri - Japanese Women Wrestling

Here's a shot of Japanese female wrestlers Arisa Nakajima and Syuri mixing it up.
I think this shot is from Kana's KanaProMania: Advance event on February 15th, 2015 where Arisa and Kana lost the Reina World Tag Team Championship to Hikaru Shida and Syuri.

Mimi Hagiwara vs Peggy Lee - Japanese Women Wrestling

He is a shot of female Japanese wrestler Mimi Hagiwara wrestling Peggy Lee.
Of course Peggy would go on to become the infamous "Peggy Lee Leather".
I think Mimi is about to hit her with a flying bodyblock.

Yumi Ohka - Japanese Women's Wrestling

The beautiful Yumi Ohka was born Yumiko Abe on April 4, 1979 in Koga, Ibaraki.
She was trained by Jaguar Yokota and Toshie Uematsu and made her wrestling debut on August 19th, 2001.

Yumi has worked for JDStar promotion, Oz Academy and Pro Wrestling Wave in Japan and has crossed over the ocean to work for Shimmer Women Athletes a few times.

During her career she has held the Dramatic Dream Team Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship, the JDStar TWF World Tag Team Championship (twice with The Bloody), the Oz Academy Tag Team Championship (with Mayumi Ozaki),  and in Pro Wrestling Wave, the Wave Single Championship and the Wave Tag Team Championship (with Hikaru Shida).

Yumi Ohka vs. Misaki Ohata

Arisa Nakajima and Kana - Japanese Women's Wrestling

On November 20th, 2014, in Tokyo, Japan, Arisa Nakajima and Kana defeated Lin Byron and Syuri in the finals of a four-team tournament to win the vacant Reina World Tag Team Championships.

And before they were partners, Arisa Nakajima vs Kana

Mio Shirai - Japanese Women's Wrestling

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.

Kana, Cherry, and Shuu Shibutani - Japanese Female Wrestling

Here are Japanese female wrestlers Kana, Cherry, and Shuu Shibutani having a good time in the ring and not beating the crap out of anyone.
That's pretty rare.
Especially for Kana.

I couldn't find them all together, but here is Kana and Megumi Yabushita vs. Shu Shibutani and Mika

Kayoko Haruyama - Japanese Female Wrestling

Female Japanese wrestler Kayoko Haruyama was born on March 5th, 1979 in Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan.
She was trained by the JWP Joshi Puroresu promotion and made her debut on January 23rd, 1998.
Kayoko worked for them her entire career until October 14, 2013, when she made her final appearance for JWP.

During that time she held a ton of titles including the AJW Championship, the Daily Sports Tag Team Championship, the Japanese Tag Team Championship, the JWP Junior Championship, the JWP Openweight Championship and the JWP Tag Team Championship.

Kaori Yoneyama- Japanese Female Wrestling

It's been quite a while since I did anything on Japanese female wrestler Kaori Yoneyama.
Actually I have done two posts on her before this.
One in January of 2009 and one in September of 2009.
But nothing for five years.
Wow.

Anyway, Kaori was trained by the JWP Dojo and made her pro wrestling debut on November 29, 1999.
So she is coming up on 15 years in the business.
Most of that time she was with JWP Joshi Puroresu promotion, but now she is a freelancer.

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The Top Ten Moves of Kaori Yoneyama

Kana vs Syuri - Japanese Women's Wrestling

"When in doubt, post Kana".
Here is Kana on the receiving end of what appears to be a pretty stiff kick from Syuri.
And that's Makoto looking on in the background.

These three have had some pretty wild times in the ring in Japan and they are still going at it.

By the way, in case you didn't know, Syuri is 11-0-0 in Pro Kickboxing.
So she knows how to kick.

More fun with Kana, Syuri and Makato...

Maki Narumiya - Japanese Ladies Wrestling

Female Japanese wrestler Maki Narumiya was born on April 7th, 1985 in Kumamoto, Kumamoto, Japan.
She is five foot four, 141 pounds and she was trained by Emi Sakura.
Maki made her pro wrestling debut on March 19, 2011, working for Emi's Ice Ribbon promotion.

Since her debut in 2011 she has held the ICE×60 Championship, the International Ribbon Tag Team Championship twice, won the Next Ribbon Tag Team Championship Challenger Determination Tournament, won the JRibbon Natsu Onna Kettei Tournament (with Hanako Nakamori) and held the CMLL-Reina International Junior Championship.

Kana - Japan Womens Pro Wrestling

She's so popular here on this blog that when I can't think of anything else to do, I just mention Kana.
Love her or hate her she is one of the most popular Japanese female wrestlers out there today.

Here is a video posted by MrKebe83 of Kana taking on Tomoka Nakagawa in the SMASH Divas Championship match at SMASH 24-2011

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Aja Kong - Still Going Strong

Aja Kong is 41 years old and has been wrestling for almost 26 years.
And she is still going strong.
She won the OZ Academy Best Bout Award for 2011 for her match with Mayumi Ozaki on April 10, 2011.

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