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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Joshi Puroresu News

Sad news.
Chris over at Joshi Puroresu News posted this today:

This time it is the end!
I have to stop updating this blog i am afraid as i simply do not have time to keep it up to date. Sorry if you rely on Ice Ribbon results being translated but its quite easy to do yourself anyway with a copy & paste and an online translator. Romaji translator is what i use.
Thanks for all people who have come here over the last few months. The blog will be kept alive in archive mode. LL!

This is sad because his blog was a really good source of up to date Joshi Puroresu news.
He had matches, results, info and really good pictures.
I hate to see the blog go, but I hope it will be back in the future.

You can see his blog here:
http://joshi-news.blogspot.com/


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JDStar

Yumi Ohka

In the early 1990's there was a boom in joshi puroresu.
Several promotions started then and among them was a wrestling promotion created by the legendary Jaguar Yokota called JDStar.
She started the promotion in 1996, and in the beginning, because of her star power, she was the main attraction.
But by 1998, she felt the promotion was going nowhere and she decided to leave and become a freelancer.
When Jaguar left, the promotion was bought by Kiyu Uji, and he tried to build the comapny up.
But even with popular performers such as Lioness Asuka, Aja Kong, and Chigusa Nagayo, it still wasnt taking off.

Fuka

In 2001, Hidenobu Ichimaru bought the company from Kiyu Uji, and revamped it with a new gimmick to push the wrestlers.
The new gimmick was "Athress" or athlete-actress. Similar to the WWE renaming their women wrestlers as "Divas".
His method of drawing in models and training them to become wrestlers drew fire from fans and established wrestlers alike.
Again, similar to the WWE Diva situation.
Several of the established female wrestlers thought that the "Athresses" shouldn't be in the same ring as them.
JDStar struggled and finally went under in the summer of 2007.

Shibutani

Although a lot of the wrestlers were basically "throw aways" several stars did emerge including The Bloody, Fang Suzuki, Sumie Sakai, Emi Tojyo, Yumi Ohka, Kei Akiyama, Asami Kawasaki, Fuka and Shu Shibutani.

Female Wrestlers of Kaientai Dojo

Japanese professional wrestling promotion Kaientai Dojo (K-DOJO) is one of the few wrestling promotions to feature both men and women in mixed matches.
They will wrestle each other during mixed tag matches or singles matches.

Some of the female wrestlers that have worked for K-DOJO are.....

Tomoka Nakagawa

Yuu Yamagata

Ofune

Apple Miyuki

Bambi

All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling

Bull Nakano started with AJW at the age of 15

Established in 1968 by Takashi Matsunaga and his brothers, All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling was a joshi puroresu (women's professional wrestling) promotion.
The promotion held it's first event on June 4, 1968.
Also in 1968, they got a deal with Fuji TV. This was the first time joshi puroresu had been aired on TV in Japan.
AJW was the successor to the All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling Association, which had been formed in August 1955.
The AJW held several regular annual events like the Japan Grand Prix, Tag League the Best, Wrestlemarinpiad and Wrestling Queendom.
On November 29, 1998, The AJW Hall of Fame had its first inducted class enshrined at Yokohama Arena in Yokohama, Japan.

Most of the major female stars of Japanese wrestling worked for AJW at one time or another including:

Lioness Asuka (joined in 1980)
Akira Hokuto (she quit High School and joined the AJW dojo, making her wrestling debut shortly before her 18th birthday)
Aja Kong (trained by AJW, and graduated as part of their class of 1986)
Devil Masami (member of the All Japan Women's Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame,inducted in 1998)
Dump Matsumoto (one of AJW's biggest stars in the 1980s)
Monster Ripper (debuted in AJW in 1979)
Chigusa Nagayo (one half of the Crush Gals with Lioness Asuka)
Bull Nakano (started training with AJW at the age of 15)
Jackie Sato (joined AJW in 1975)
Jaguar Yokota (defeated WWWA Champion Jackie Sato at the age of 19)

The AJW wrestling promotion closed it's doors in April 2005 after a 37 year run.

The AJW Championship, Part 3

Mima Shimoda

On September 18, 1993 in Omiya, Saitama, Mima Shimoda defeated Bat Yoshinaga to win the belt. Less than a year later, Mima gave up the title to concentrate on her tag team matches with Estuko Mita.
Kaoru Ito defeated Rie Tamada on May 4, 1994 in Toda, Saitama to become the new AJW Champion.
Then on June 30, 1995, Tomoko Watanabe won the belt, vacating it in early 1996.
Kumiko Maekawa defeated Chaparita ASARI on May 4, 1996 to take the title, then Rie Tamada beat her for the belt on November 21, 1996 and held it for a little over a year before she too vacated it in December 1997.
On December 12, 1997 Momoe Nakanishi defeated Sachie Nishibori to become the new champion.
Emi Motokawa won the belt on January 24, 1998 and in turn, Momoe Nakanishi took the title back on April 12, 1998. Due to the title defense limit, Momoe vacated the belt in 1999.
Nanae Takahashi defeated Miyuki Fujii on March 1, 2000, in Fukuoka, Fukuoka to become the new champion.
And Miho Wakizawa defeated Nanae Takahashi to become champion on September 17, 2000 in Tokyo.

To be continued.......

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

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

Tojuki Leon, Tsbuasa Kuragaki and Nozomi Dai

Tojuki Leon (Rena Takase) was born on July 2nd, 1980 in Namerikawa, Toyama, Japan.
Her pro wrestling debut was March 15th 2000 wrestling against Ai Fujita.
Her favorite wrestling moves are the KIBA, the Mad Splash and the LEON Stone.
Leon has wrestled for ARSION, AtoZ and JWP.
Here is a video of Kaori Yoneyama and Tojuki Leon wrestling Keito and KAZUKI
http://www.veoh.com/videos/v16555700KHTdDpqk
Tsbuasa Kuragaki (Yasuko Kuragaki) was born on December 7th, 1975 in Kamagaya, Chiba, Japan.
She made her pro wrestling debut against Tomomi Kobayashi on January 8th, 1995.
Her favorite wrestling moves are the Canadian Backbreaker, Firebird Splash (450 Splash) , Luna Wing, Metal Wing, Moonsault Press and the Wing Clutch Hold.
She wrestles for JWP.


Nozomi Dai was born on December 13th, 1990 in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.
She made her pro wrestling debut at the age of 16 against Toshie Uematsu on July 13th, 2008.
She wrestles for the Japanese promotion NEO.

Japanese Female Pro Wrestler Cherry

This deceptively cute and delicate looking lady is Japanese female pro wrestler Cherry.
She might look fragile, but inside the ring she can give as good as she takes.
Cherry has wrestled for the NEO and IBUKI promotions in Japan.

Here is a video of Cherry wrestling Rei at the Pro Wrestling NEO produced 4th Junior All Stars, "The Dream & Future" show on December 31, 2006 in Tokyo Korakuen Hall.
It's a really good match.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcbdyhIoTcA

Yuko Motohashi

Yuko Motohashi is a Japanese female wrestler.
She was born on March 17, 1985 in Shizuoka City, Shizuoka, Japan.
Her pro wrestling debut was May 8, 2007 against Mariko Yoshida.
Yuko wrestles for IBUKI Pro Wrestling in Japan.

Japanese Female Wrestler: Tomoka Nakagawa

Next up on my Japanese female wrestlers list is Tomoka Nakagawa.
She was born on September 29th, 1981, in Asahikawa Hokkaido, Japan
Tomoka's pro wrestling debut was on January 23rd, 2005 with Yuu Yamagata against TAKA Michinoku and Ryota Chikuzen.
She is currently wrestling for Mariko Yoshida's IBUKI wrestling promotion.
Before that, she wrestled for Kaientai Dojo (K-Dojo).

Here's a video of Tomoka taking on Etsuko Mita posted by CaptainCharisma0 on YouTube

Apple Miyuki - Japanese Wrestling

Japanese female wrestler Apple Miyuki (Rumi Miyuki), was born on June 14th, 1985 in Tenri, Nara, Japan.
She was a wrestler for Japanese professional wrestling promotion Kaientai Dojo and was one of their most popular wrestlers.
Apple was trained by Taka Michinoku and made her pro wrestling debut on January 14th, 2002, in Puerto Rico against another K-Dojo wrestler, Ofune.
So far Apple has held the WEW Hardcore Tag Team Championship twice with YOSHIYA, and they won the K-AWARD for Best Tag Match of 2005.
On September 10th, 2008, Apple announced that she was leaving K-Dojo and her final show was September 14th at Korakuen Hall.
She started working for other Japanese wrestling promotions like Pro Wrestling WAVE in 2009.

Apple Miyuki and Yuu Yamagata taking on KAORU and Caribbean Rum.

Japanese women wrestlers face same results as in Athens

Kyoko Hamaguchi

BEIJING, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- At the Beijing Olympics over the weekend,Japanese "Fantastic Four" wrestlers got same result as they did in Athens, with Kaori Icho winning women's freestyle 63kg title and Kyoko Hamaguchi ending with a bronze in the 72kg category on Sunday, and Adding Saori Yoshida's 55kg gold and Chiharu Icho's silver in 48kg on Saturday.
Icho, 24, retained her Olympic title by defeating Alena Kartashova of Russia by winning each of two bouts in overtime. The victory made Icho the second woman to successfully defend the Olympic title after Yoshida won the trophy in 55kg. Both Icho and Yoshida are Athens gold medalists.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-08/17/content_9444994.htm

More of Takako Inoue wrestling in Japan

First up, Takako with a Boston Crab

Then she lands a roundhouse kick

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Michiko Ohmukai wrestling Piko in Japan

Here's another photo of the sexy Michiko Ohmukai wrestling Piko.
It looks like she might be bearing down on her smaller opponent with a sleeper.




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Lioness Asuka

Wrestler name: Lioness Asuka
Real name: Tomoko Kitamura
Nicknames: Tomo
Name history: Tomoko Kitamura, Lioness Asuka
Born July 28th, 1963 in Hasuda, Japan
Pro wrestling debut: May 10th, 1980 in Omiya, Japan
Height 5'7"/170 cm
Weight 172 lbs/78 kg

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Signature moves Towerhacker Bomb, Liger Bomb, Giant Swing, Brainbuster, LSD III
Titles: AAAW Tag Team Champion (with Chigusa Nagayo), AJW All Japan Junior Womens Wrestling Championship, AJW All Japan Singles Champion (2), JD' TWF World Women’s Wrestling Champion (4), LLPW Six-Woman Tag Team Champion (2) (with Eagle Sawai & Shark Tsuchiya), NEO Singles Champion, NWA Pacific Women's Wrestling Champion (2), Queen OF ARSION Champion, Twin Star Of ARSION Champion (2 with GAMI, 1 with Mariko Yashida ), Unified Global Champion, WWWA World Singles Champion (2), WWWA World Tag Team Champion (4) (with Chigusa Nagayo)