Jaguar Yokota - Japanese Lady Wrestlers

You know I have done quite a few write ups on Japanese female wrestler Jaguar Yokota since I started this blog.
But I didn't realize that back in the day...she was kinda hot.
Of course "hot" is not her claim to fame.
Jaguar is considered one of the greatest female wrestlers of all time, and one of the greatest wrestlers ever...period.

During her career Jaguar (Rimi Yokota) held the All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling Championship, the AJW Junior Championship, the WWWA World Heavyweight Championship twice, the WWWA World Tag Team Championship and was put in the AJW Hall of Fame in 1998.
In JDStar she held the AWF World Women's Championship, the TWF World Women's Championship and the TWF World Tag Team Championship.
She held the Universal Wrestling Association World Women's Championship, the World Woman Pro-Wrestling Diana World Tag Team Championship and in 1996, she was inducted into the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame.



You can see the other articles about Jaguar here:
http://joshipuroresu.blogspot.com/2009/08/japanese-female-wrestling-jaguar-yokota.html
http://joshipuroresu.blogspot.com/2007/04/jaguar-yokota.html
http://joshipuroresu.blogspot.com/2007/01/jaguar-yokota.html

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.

Japanese Female Wrestling - Ladies of Hustle part 6

And continuing on with the ladies of the Japanese wrestling promotion Hustle.....



Erica
Remember what I said earlier about what they did to Awesome (Amazing) Kong?
Well look at what they did to her friend and mentor Aja Kong.
They used her real name Erica, but they basically changed everything else.
She and Margaret held the HUSTLE Super Tag Team Championship at one time.
That is until they were beaten by Team 3D (yes, Brother Ray and Brother Devon, who probably fit right in at Hustle. I wonder if they did their old ECW gimmick there?)
The match they were in was a three way tag team, and the other team was Mark Jindrak and Matt Morgan.
Geez.....



Jaguar Y
And here is another Joshi legend that wrestled in Hustle, Jaguar Yokota.
Underneath the cute kitty make up is a woman that is considered one of the greatest female wrestlers of all time.
She wrestled as a heel for the Monster faction.



Suzuki Hiroko
Here is another lady you might recognize from the WWE.
Hiroko used to be on WWE's SmackDown! as the valet for her husband Kenzo Suzuki.
She kept up with that in Hustle, before becoming the General Manager and turning on Kenzo.

Japanese Female Wrestling - Jaguar Yokota

Here is a picture of legendary joshi puroresu star Jaguar Yokota.
This also was posted by hugo999 at the Box y Lucha forum, again showing Japanese womens wrestling's appeal.

In her prime, Jaguar was considered one of the best wrestlers in the world, male or female.
And she held the belts to prove it.
She held the All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling (AJW) All Japan Junior Championship, the AJW All Japan Singles Championship, the World Women's Wrestling Association (WWWA) World Tag Team Championship (with Ayumi Hori), the WWWA World Singles Championship twice, the NWA International Tag Team Championship (with Hitomi Okumura), the Universal Wrestling Association (UWA) World Women's Championship, the TWF World Women's Title, the TWF World Women's Tag Team Championship (with Yuko Kosugi) and the AWF Women's Championship.
And in 1996, Jaguar Yokota was inducted into the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame.

Tsubasa Kuragaki, Kaori Watanabe, Velvet McIntyre, Jaguar Yokota

Here's a couple more pics of female wrestling in Japan.

First, Tsubasa Kuragaki wrestling Kaori Watanabe. Again with the half crab...LOL

Then an old school pic of Velvet McIntyre wrestling Jaguar Yokota.

Looks like they are locked up in a test of strength.

Monster Ripper wrestling Jaguar Yokota

Monster Ripper ( Rhonda Singh) presses the 135 lbs. Jaguar Yokota over her head, showing Rhonda's power.



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Miha Wakiwaza wrestling Jaguar Yokota in Japan

Here's a couple of photos that are supposed to be Miha Wakiwaza wrestling Jaguar Yokota.
I say " supposed to be" because the top one looks like Mimi Hagiwara and the bottom looks like Rie Tamada to me.




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Linda Starr wrestling in Japan.

Linda Starr is another Luchadora that gets a lot of travel miles between Mexico and Japan.
Here she is wrestling Jaguar Yokota, putting her in a surfboard, and wrestling Xochitl Hamada.

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Jaguar Yokota wrestling Hikari Fukuoka in Japan

Here's a photo of Jaguar Yokota wrestling Hikari Fukuoka.
It looks like Jaguar is applying a very painful boston crab.

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Jaguar Yokota - Japanese Female Wrestling

Ring name(s) Jaguar Yokota
Rimi Yokota
Monster Y
Born July 25, 1961
Tokyo, Japan
Trained by All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling (AJW)
Wrestling Debut June 28, 1977, against Mayumi Takahashi.


Rimi Yokota is a Japanese professional wrestler and later wrestling trainer, who wrestled under the name Jaguar Yokota. She was one of the greatest female wrestlers of all time, and, during her heyday in the early 1980s, was one of the best wrestlers of either sex in the world.

Yokota was born on July 25, 1961 in Tokyo, Japan. She spent the majority of her career as a headliner for the All Japan Women's promotion (AJW). It was highlighted by two title runs as the WWWA Champion.

Having been inspired to join AJW by 1970s stars, the Beauty Pair (Jackie Sato and Maki Ueda),[1] Yokota debuted on June 28, 1977 in Tokyo, against Mayumi Takahashi. She won her first belt on January 4, 1980, when she became the AJW Junior Champion. Later that year, she won the WWWA World Tag Team Championship with Ayumi Hori, on December 17, having also become the first AJW Champion with a victory over Nancy Kumi two days earlier. On February 25, 1981 she achieved her greatest success to that point, defeating her original inspiration, Jackie Sato, for the WWWA World Heavyweight Championship. She was 19 years old.

She lost her first world championship to La Galactica on May 7, 1983 in a hair vs. mask match, then won it back a month later. During her second world title run, she had very notable fueds with Devil Masami and Lioness Asuka (of the Crush Gals), but had to vacate the championship in 1985 due to a shoulder injury.

After her early retirement in 1986 (she was 24), she became a trainer for AJW. Notable students of hers are Manami Toyota, Toshiyo Yamada, and Kyoko Inoue. In 1995 she formed the Jd' promotion, and wrestled as its top star until 1998.

Yokota was married in August, 2004. Currently, she wrestles as Jaguar Y, a member of the Monster faction in HUSTLE.

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The WWWA Wrestling Title, part 3

Jackie Sato won the WWWA wrestling championship on November 1, 1977 in Tokyo.

Jackie held it for 2 years, till Monster Ripper ( Rhonda Singh) won it from her on July 31, 1979 in Tokyo
Jackie won the title back on September 13, 1979 in Tokyo
Then Monster Ripper took it back on March 15, 1980 Kawasaki, Kanagawa
For some reason, the title was declared vacant on August 8, 1980 after a match against Jackie Sato.
Jackie Sato regained the title December 16, 1980 in when she defeated Nancy Kumi.
Jaguar Yokota beat Jackie on February 25, 1981 in Yokohama, Kanagawa winning the title.
La Galactica ( Panteria Sureña) defeated Jaguar on May 7, 1983 in Kawasaki, Kanagawa
Jaguar Yokota took the title back on June 1, 1983, in Ohmiya.
The WWWA wrestling title was declared vacant when Yokota retired in December 1985.

Jaguar Yokota - Japanese Pro Wrestling

Name Jaguar Yokota
Real name Rimi Yokota
Name history Rimi Yokota (Pro wrestling debut: - 81), Jaguar Yokota (81 - ), Li Huan, Himemaru/Kurohime (late 90's)
Born July 25, 1961 in Tokyo, Japan
Pro wrestling debut: June 28, 1977 at the Ota Ward Gym in Tokyo, Japan
Height 5'3"/159 cm
Weight 119 lbs/54 kg

Signature moves Double Arm Piledriver, Jaguar Back Suplex, Huracarrana, Hip Attack
Titles: AJW All Japan Junior Wrestling Championship, AJW All Japan Singles Championship, WWWA World Tag Team Championship (with Ayumi Hori), WWWA World Singles Championship (2), NWA International Tag Team Championship (with Hitomi Okumura), UWA World Women's Championship, TWF World Women's Title, TWF World Women's Tag Team Championship (with Yuko Kosugi), AWF Women's Championship

Jaguar Yokota wrestling Kanako Motoya in Japan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdjRoP48upU