More Japanese Women Wrestlers Here In The USA - SHIMMER

I have said several times here that even though the state of female wrestling in Japan may not be that good, but you can still see some great Japanese women wrestlers here in the USA.
Namely with SHIMMER.
Here is a video posted by Dave Prazak on YouTube that's a promo for the SHIMMER Women's Wrestling event that they held on October 27 and 28, 2012 in Berwyn, IL.
Watch the video and keep your eyes peeled and besides some American and Canadian greats, you'll see joshi stars like Ayako Hamada, Hiroyo Matsumoto, Kana, Tomoka Nakagawa, Ryo Mizunami and Yumi Ohka.

And after you watch, make sure to drop by http://shimmerwrestling.blogspot.com/

More Japanese Female Wrestlers on YouTube

A while back I did an entry on Japanese Women Wrestling on YouTube with the most popular videos at the time.
Well it's been over a year so here are some of the most popular videos with Japanese women wrestlers on YouTube now.

First up we have Chihiro taking on Ray in a match from 2008 for the Japanese wrestling promotion Battlarts.
Even though Battlarts shut down in 2011, we can still see matches like this thanks to YouTube and TFCHooligan69.

Chihiro Oikawa vs. Ray (BattlArts 7/26/08)


Next we have a match between two classics, Ayako Hamada and Azumi Hyuga.
This match was for the Queen of Arsion Title back in 2001.
You'll notice this is just part one of the match and it's over nine minutes long which by itself is what....two WWE Diva matches?
This video was posted by nagashimark.


Ayako Hamada vs. Azumi Hyuga (Part 1)


Again we go back to TFCHooligan69 for this awesome match from 1989 between Manami Toyota and Toshiyo Yamada for the All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling title.
There's 25 seconds of dark screen at the begining but dont freak out, it's there.

Manami Toyota vs. Toshiyo Yamada AJW 12-9-89


Next up, two more classic joshi wrestlers, Jaguar Yokota and Mimi Haghiwara.
Japanese female wrestling in all it's glory from Guam!
There is a lot of petite Mimi being tossed around by the powerful Jaguar.
This one was posted by rexmoro37.

Jaguar Yokota vs Mimi Haghiwara


You know I couldnt end this without a Kana video, so why not kick out all the jams and have Kana and The Shirai Sisters against Serena Deeb, Shuri and Mokoto.
I really couldn't name a much better modern joshi line up in a match.
This video was posted by isole75

Triple Tails (Kana and Shirai Sisters) vs Serena, Shuri and Mokoto

Kana Vs Jessie McKay

Kana Vs Jessie McKay
http://joshipuroresu.blogspot.com/



I have mentioned several times here that it seems like the biggest Japanese women wrestlers are winding up here in the US.
And I have made no secret about how much I like Kana.
Well here is part of a match posted by CHIKARA on YouTube of Kana taking on "Everybody's Favorite Girlfriend" Jessie McKay in a match on October 7th, 2011 in Burlington, North Carolina (my old home state).
I wish it was the whole match, but hey, it's good to see even a clip.
And it's good to see these Japanese women wrestling stars working here in the States.
Maybe the WWE will see matches like this and raise the bar.

Right.

WAVE - Pro Wrestling WAVE

WAVE - Pro Wrestling WAVE
http://joshipuroresu.blogspot.com/

WAVE (Pro Wrestling WAVE) is one of the few Japanese female wrestling promotions still going strong, with matches every weekend.
Even if they do lean more towards comedic wrestling, their stuff is 10 times better than what you see in the WWE.
Here is a video posted by billzeroism on YouTube of the Pro Wrestling WAVE Happy New Year WAVE 2011 show on January 4th of this year.
It's a music videos with quick clips but you will see Toshie Uematsu, Misaki Ohata, Hiroyo Matsumoto, Sawako, Ayako Hamada and "Mil Mascaras" taking on Triple Tails (Kana and the "Sexy Purple Thunder Sisters" Mio and Io Shirai), Meiko Satomura and GAMI.

UPDATE:
Since YouTube is still deleting accounts left and right, the video I posted is now gone.
(Thanks Sony Music!)
So I have replaced that WAVE video with another posted by rankin84.



And if you happen to be in Japan, on October 9th, WAVE (Pro Wrestling WAVE), will be presenting Happy Birthday WAVE at the Tokyo Kinema Club.
The matches will be....
Lightning vs Mio
Cherry and Misaki Ohata vs GAMI and Sakura Hirota
Mayumi Ozaki vs Hana Moe Haruhi
Shibuya, Kaori Yoneyama vs Shu
Hisashi Uematsu, Sawako Shimono, Yu Yamagata vs Type O

For more info you can go to their website here:
http://www.pro-w-wave.com/
Of course it's in Japanese.

Kana is Bad

You know how much I love Japanese wrestler Kana?
Well here is something that further cemented that love.

You know who Yoshihiro Tajiri is right?
Well he's just TAJIRI in SMASH now (and obviously loves all caps).
Anyway, before Tajiri became a pretty much running gag in the WWE, he was a pretty bad man in ECW.

Here is Tajiri at the SMASH 21 Press Conference on August 30, 2011.
As he's talking, look who comes in with a samurai sword and clears house.



Yep, Kana.
I think her glare alone would be enough to clear out a room, but add the sword to it...



And if that's not enough Kana for you, check out this "Greatest Hits" vid posted by tripletails on YouTube...

Kana vs. Mio Shirai - Japanese Women Wrestlers

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?)....

And this is just the first half of this match!

Kana vs. Mio Shirai, Japanese Women Wrestlers, posted to http://joshipuroresu.blogspot.com/ on May 7th, 2010.

Kana wrestling Ayumi Kurihara

Here is a video posted by kapengmabula on YouTube of Kana taking on Ayumi Kurihara at Passion Red's "2PASSION" on May 3rd, 2009.
Although kapengmabula posted it, he gives credit to another well known name on this blog nagashimark, so it's still "all in the family".
If I understand correctly, Passion Red started off as a stable, but began to hold their own shows and joshi star Nanae Takahashi runs Passion Red.
And I also read that back in January, Kana left Passion Red and is now a freelancer and she will be heading up her own wrestling promotion, KANA PRO.
You can check out Puroresu Represetin' for more info on Kana.

Anyway, this is part one of a really great match that highlights the best in joshi.
It starts out with a brutal face off with chops, punches, slaps, forearms, then goes into some high flying, then they go to the mat for some MMA style submission grappling.

I tell you, Kana can get VERY innovative with punishment, as she puts poor Ayumi's legs through the wringer.

As part one ends though, it looks like Ayumi may be starting a comeback.

Like I said, this is just part one.
To see part two, you can go to kapengmabula's YouTube channel and see the end of this match and some more great action.



Kana wrestling Ayumi Kurihara, posted to http://joshipuroresu.blogspot.com/ on 4-9-2010

Yoshiko Tamura wrestling Kana in Japan

Last entry we featured a video by HybridDolphinELPS to give nagashimark and DoubleMiz a break, but nagashimark has posted an amazing video of Yoshiko Tamura wrestling Kana at a NEO event on May 31, 2009.
It's so good you have to go check it out.
The first part of this match (yes it's two part) runs a little over eight minutes and again when is the last time you saw a WWE Diva or TNA Knockout match go over five minutes etc, etc, etc.

This match has some high spots, but it has a lot of mixed martial arts style ground fighting that you don't see a lot of in the major wrestling promotions here.

Yoshiko Tamura made her pro wrestling debut on September 15 1994, so this lady has fifteen years of wrestling experience under her belt.
Kana (who evidently is very popular among Joshi fans) is a newcomer compared to Yoshiko, making her wrestling debut in June of 2004.

And in case you don't know who they are, Yoshiko is in blue and Kana is dressed kinda like Reiko Hinomoto from Rumble Roses.
She even has the X-Box logo across her butt.

They start out fast and Kana scores with a few flying hip shots.

She then gets Yoshiko in the corner and gives her a Stacy Keibler style single foot choke.

Yoshiko counters, gets Kana in the corner and gives her, her won version of a single leg choke.

Yoshiko uses her weight advantage to really pour the pressure on.

She gets Kana in the middle of the ring and applies an abdominal stretch.

Note here that besides punishing Kana's abs, Yoshiko also digs her thumb into the pressure point under Kana's ear.

She then hauls back, adding a chinlock for added pain.

Kana gets a take down and goes for a leg lock.

But the wily veteran escapes and gets on top, applying a headlock and using her weight to wear her smaller opponent down.

Yoshiko applies another submission hold on her less experienced foe.

But Kana escapes again and goes for an arm lock.

In the middle of the ring, Kana clamps on a sleeper hold....

...then tries to turn it into a Dragon Sleeper.

And this is just part one!
Of course to see all the Joshi goodness here you'll have to actually watch the video on nagashimark's channel here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxOEHp_D6n8

And as always, if you like what you see (and I think you will) subscribe to nagashimark's channel and just for fun say "Sabre" sent you...LOL

The Top Ten Japanese Female Wrestlers in August

I haven't done a top ten of Japanese female wrestlers here in awhile, so here we go.

1. Hamada
Without a doubt the most popular Japanese lady wrestler on here.
Of course the worldwide exposure on TNA has a "little" something to do with that.
I'm hoping that might start some more interest in Joshi Puroresu over here.

2. Kaori Yoneyama
Surprisingly to me, Kaori Yoneyama came in at the second postion.
Last month HybridDolphinELPS put up a video tribute to Kaori on YouTube that you can see here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ey5lRK_r2ec

3. Francoise
Last month, the lovely Francoise, recently from Hustle, came in at number three.
Here's a short video of Francoise wrestling another Japanese beauty Cherry posted by persicummalum on YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQZKsEYpJM0

4. Misaki Ohata
Coming in at number four is Misaki Ohata.
You can see a video of Misaki wrestling Sachiko posted by kapengmabula on YouTube here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThAWNB5ZIxs

5. Momoe Nakanishi
Japanese female wrestler Momoe Nakanishi came in at number five last month.
Here is a video of Momoe Nakanishi taking on Ayako Hamada (Yes, now TNA Knockout Hamada) at the AJW 35th Anniversary Show, May 11 2003 posted by the infamous DoubleMiz on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ktjRNdUO3w

6. Chaparrita Asari
The high flying Chaparrita Asari came in at number six last month.
You can watch a video of Chaparrita ASARI wrestling Baby-A from the ARSION 5th Anniversary Show, again posted by DoubleMiz on YouTube here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8YXllD3pAE

7. Etsuko Mita
Etsuko Mita came in at nuber seven last month.
Here is a video of Etsuko Mita taking on Hiroyo Matsumoto posted by nagashimark over at YouTube.
The match is from the NEO Stage 09 tournament, semi finals on February 8, 2009.
You can see it here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNqFZ2n3LuI

8. Kana
The popular Kana came in at number eight last month.
And here is a video of Kana taking on Minori Makiba at the May 5, 2009 NEO "May History", posted by yoshitonic1.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTw4rkNhnGY

9. Kayoko Haruyama
Number nine last month was Kayoko Haruyama.
You can watch Kayoko Haruyama taking on Tojuki Leon on this video posted by kapengmabula on YouTube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2rUAOj7Yak

10. Mimi Hagiwara
And last, but not by any means least, is the beautiful Mimi Hagiwara.
Mimi no longer wrestles, but here is a video of her going up against Chigusa Nagayo. posted by hajimanko on YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7WzzeyEt4Q

I'd like to thank all of these posters that have put up Joshi videos on YouTube, that give eveyone a chance to get in on the action.
If you go to the vids (sorry I didn't hyperlink them, but Goggle seems to get cranky if I do that too much in a post) make sure to subscribe to these posters channels.
And let them know you appreciate their work at getting these matches out there.


posted to http://joshipuroresu.blogspot.com/ on Sept 9th, 2009

Kana Wrestling Chihiro Oikawa

Since Kana seems to be so popular, here is another video from YouTube of Kana this time wrestling Chihiro Oikawa.
It was posted on YouTube by kapengmabula.
Like several others I have mentioned here, kapengmabula has a lot of good Joshi matches posted, and you can see them all here.

This is part one of the match.....



Kana has been around for awhile, making her pro wrestling debut in June, 2004.
Chihiro Oikawa is BattleArts' first ever joshi wrestler and she has a MMA record of 1-1-0.
BattleArts is a shoot style promotion that is a cross between MMA and mat based wrestling.
And in BattleArts, there are no pins, just submission or knockout based outcomes.

Cherry and Takanashi Masako wrestling Kana and Oikawa Chihiro

Well here is a kind of unusual video I found on Veoh of Cherry and Takanashi Masako wrestling Kana and Oikawa Chihiro.
The video was posted by apocalyptico77 and it happened at Union Night in Shikiba on 3-7-2009.
Why Takanashi Masako is wrestling in drag I have no idea (Shades of Santina Marella!).
Maybe someone out there can explain why he's doing this.
But if you kinda look past that, it's a pretty good match.
Of course any match Cherry or Kana is in is good.
: )
You can check out apocalyptico77's page here and see some more great Japanese wrestling, not just joshi either.


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The AJW Championship, Part 2

On July 25, 1985, Bull Nakano defeated Mika Komatsu for the AJW Championship.
Yumi Ogura won the belt on January 28, 1988 in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan.
Then on July 10, 1988, Mika Komatsu took the title in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (?).
The title was then vacated and Erika Shishido beat Manami Toyota for the belt on March 19, 1989 back in Tokyo, Japan.
Reibun Amada won the title on August 24, 1989 in Tokyo, but the title was again vacated when Reibun retired in October, 1989.
Manami Toyota won the belt by defeating Mika Takahashi on November 18, 1989 in Matsuda, Kanagawa, Japan, but AGAIN the title was vacated on September 1, 1990.
Kyoko Inoue defeated Takako Inoue to take the title on October 2, 1990 in Yamagata, Yamagata, Japan.
But Takako turned around and beat Kyoko on April 29, 1991.
This was followed by the title being won by Mariko Yoshida, Sakie Hasegawa, Tomoko Watanabe and Kaoru Ito until the American Debbie Malenko won the belt on February 10, 1993 in Kumamoto, Kumamoto, Japan.
She held the title until it was...guess what?....yes vacated again, in 1993 because Debbie was injured and could not defend it.

Asuka Ohki, Tyrannosaurus Okuda and Natsuki Taiyo

Asuka Ohki (Kaori Ohki) is a Japanese female wrestler born on October 31st, 1985 in Saitama, Saitama Prefecture, Japan.
Yes, a Halloween baby.
She made her pro wrestling debut on December 24th, 2006 wrestling Kayoko Haruyama.
Here is a wrestling video of Asuka Ohki taking on our next entry Tyrannosaurus Okuda.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMwN9l5VNCc


Tyrannosaurus Okuda (Shuri Okuda) was born on November 23rd, 1989 in Tadotsu, Kagawa, Japan.
She made her wrestling debut on July 7th, 2006 against the legendary Mayumi Ozaki.
Tyrannosaurus (you gotta love that name) has wrestled for SENDAI GIRLS and various independent promotions in Japan.
She has held the JWP Jr.Title and the POP (Princess of Pro-Wrestling) Title.
Here is a video of Tyrannosaurus Okuda wrestling Hiroyo Matsumoto.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxQfjuhbvII


Natsuki Taiyo was born in Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan.
She made her pro wrestling debut on January 3rd, against Hiromi Takahashi.
Natsuki has wrestled for several Japanese promotions including - All Japan Women, GTKN, SUN and independent promotions.
She has held the Iron Man Heavy Metal Title twice, the POP (Princess of Pro-Wrestling) Title and the World-1 Women's Title.
Here is a video of Natsuki Taiyo wrestling the popular Kyoko Kimura.
http://www.veoh.com/videos/v4296518b94MjypF

Sendai Sachiko, Yukari Ishino and Moeka Haruhi

Sendai Sachiko (Sachiko Kanari) was born December 26th, 1989 in Sendai, Miyagi, Japan.
She is a female wrestler that has worked for SENDAI GIRLS since 2005.
Her pro wrestling debut was against Kyoko Inoue on July 9th, 2006.
I imagine the descrepancy in dates is between traing and actually getting into the ring.


Japanese female wrestler Yukari Ishino was born on June 24th, 1992 in Settsu, Osaka, Japan.
Her pro wrestling debut was against Chikayo Nagashima on August 24th, 2008.
She also works for SENDAI GIRLS.


Moeka Haruhi aws born on October 8th, 1984.
She made her pro wrestling debut on February 13th, 2005 against Rika Takahashi.
Moeka has worked for GTKN and WAVE wrestling promotions in Japan.

DASH Chisako, Hiren and Ryo Mizunami

DASH Chisako (Chisako Kanari) was born on August 24th, 1988 in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan.
She made her pro wrestling debut against Dynamite Kansai on July 9th, 2006.
DASH wrestles for the SENDAI GIRLS wrestling promotion in Japan.
Here is a wrestling video of Dash Chisako going up against Kaoru Ito from a Sendai versus Ito Dojo Show.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOBK8PIgZmE


Hiren (Yurie Kaneko) was born on January 16th, 1986 in Katsushika City, Tokyo, Japan.
She made her pro wrestling debut on July 9th, 2006, wrestling Mariko Yoshida.
Hiren also wrestles for the SENDAI GIRLS wrestling promotion in Japan.
Her is a video of Hiren wrestling Commando Bolshoi at a JWP versus Sendai show in Japan.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHOQVt06_T0


Ryo Mizunami (Ayane Mizumura) was born on March 24th, 1988 in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan.
She made her pro wrestling debut on November 3rd, 2004 against Carlos Amano.
Ryo has wrestled for GAEA and SENDAI GIRLS in Japan.
This is a video of Ryo Mizunami wrestling Hiroyo Matsumoto at the Jaja Uma Tournament Finals in Japan.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18MDBFCXB_s

Kaori Yoneyama

Kaori Yoneyama is a female Japanese wrestler.
She was born on February 26th, 1981 in Zushi-shi, Kanagawa, Japan.
She made her pro wrestling debut on November 11th, 1999 against Kayoko Haruyama.
Her favorite wrestling moves are the Diving Senton, the German Suplex and the Shiranui (a springboard backflip three-quarter facelock falling reverse DDT) .
She has worked for the JWP, LLPW, Jd ', NEO, IWA Japan, Japan, Shinjuku and Al-Zion promotions.
Kaori has held the JWP Tag Championship,the JWP Junior Championship and the Japan Tag Championship with Fang Leon.

Here is a video on YouTube of Kaori wrestling Carlos Amano from Oz Academy's White Rose.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieMSX1NaEEo

Maya Hashimoto wrestling Kana Misaki in Japan

Here's a photo of Maya Hashimoto applying a Michinoku Driver II to Kana Misaki.


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Jackie Sato - Japanese Women Wrestling

Jackie Sato
Real Name: Naoko Sato
Born: October 30th, 1957 in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Pro wrestling debut: April 27th, 1975 against Maki Ueda.
Wrestling Promotions: AJW, Japanese Women's Pro

On February 24, 1976 Jackie formed the famous Japanese female tag team the Beauty Pair with Maki.
They held the WWWA World Tag Team Championship twice.
Jackie passed away on August 9th, 1999 at the age of 41.

Jackie Sato vs. Jaguar Yokota (Part 1)

Haruka Matsuo

Haruka Matsuo is a female Japanese wrestler.
Born: February 13,1982,Kanagawa prefecture
Height 5'4"
Weight: 121 lbs
Pro wrestling debut: June 24,2001
Not a lot of info on her out there, but you can see her in action on YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCJ1mhy-KsE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJ15c3Icu5Y



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The WWWA Wrestling Title, part 6

Manami Toyota won the WWWA wrestling title from Hotta on January 4, 2000 in Tokyo.
Kaoru Ito then beat her on September 17, 2000 in Tokyo
Manami Toyota won it back on February 24, 2002 in Yokohama, Kanagawa, and Ito took it back again on July 6, 2002 in Tokyo.
Momoe Nakanishi won the belt on October 20, 2002 in Kawasaki, Kanagawa.
Ayako Hamada defeated her on May 11, 2003 in Yokohama, Kanagawa .
Amazing Kong took it on January 4, 2004 in Tokyo and Ayako took it back on 2 May 2, 2004 in Tokyo.
Nanae Takahashi defeated Hamada for the title on December 12, 2004 in Kawasaki, Kanagawa.
The title went vacant on December 29, 2004 when Takahashi was injured.
On January 3, 2005 in Tokyo, Kumiko Maekawa defeated Ayako Hamada. All Japan Women closed in April 2005.
Nanae Takahashi won the title on March 26, 2006 in Tokyo. This was Maekawa's retirement match.
The Title was retired March 26, 2006. Takahashi returned the title belt to former All Japan Women's chairman Takashi Matsunaga and abandoned the title.

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