Japanese Female Wrestling: Neo News

Tamura Yoshiko, NWA Women's Pacific and NEO-certified Qualified Singles champion

NEO seems to be moving along with their wrestling organization, even though Joshi in general seems to have taken a dip in popularity.

They have four wrestling events listed on their website as upcoming in August.
Two Summer Night Fire 09 events at Itabashi Green Hall (August 8th and 15th) , a NEO Show House at West Park General Gymnasium Hitachi Omiya, Ibaraki ( August 16th) and NEO STRONG HOLD IN JAPAN ( August 29th) at the Osaka Prefectural Sports Center Stadium.

The Roster includes...
Tamura Yoshiko, NWA Women's Pacific and NEO-certified Qualified Singles champion
Inoue Kyouko and Matsumoto Hiroyo NEO Tag Team champions
Mita Etsuko, who will be retiring in November
Tunney Mouse
Princess Miyazaki Tamotsu
Aya courage
Nagisa Nozaki
What NOZOMI
Nakamura Yuka
Shiina Yuka
Satoshi Misa
Matsuo Forever

Akagi Haruna , Aika Ando

Aika Ando is a Japanese female wrestler.
I couldn't find a lot on her other than she wrestles in the Ice Ribbon promotion in Japan.
I think she has also wrestled for NEO.
And she seems to tag team with Emi Sakura a lot.


Akagi Haruna
Another female japanese wrestler that works for the Ice Ribbon promotion.

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.

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

Kyoko Kimura

The young lady with the 'fro is Japanese female wrestler Kyoko Kimura.
She made her pro wrestling debut on July 20th, 2003.
Kyoko has wrestled for the BJW, JD Star, NEO, BattlARTS and IBUKI promotions in Japan.
She held the NEO Tag Team Wrestling Championships twice. Once with TNA star Awesome Kong and again with Emi Sakura.
Kyoko seems to have a growing fanbase in the US.

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

Yuka Shiina

Yuka Shiina was a Japanese female wrestler.
I say was because she retired back in 2006.
Yuka wrestled for the NEO promotion for over ten years.
She also wrestled for AJW and IBUKI.

Here's a video on YouTube of Mariko Yoshida and Shuu Shibutani wrestling Yuka Shiina and Kyoko Kimura in Japan back in 2005.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6cj1ob1bvU

Mima Shimoda - Japanese Womens Wrestling

Wrestlers Name: Mima Shimoda
Real Name: Mima Shimoda
Name History: Mima Chan, Mima Shimoda
Trained By: Akira Hokuto
Born: December 23rd, 1970 in Tokyo, Japan
Pro wrestling Bebut: August 5th, 1987 wrestling against Etsuko Mita at Tokyo Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.
Height 5'6"/166 cm
Weight 143 lbs/65 kg

Signature Wrestling Moves: Death Lake Driver, Tiger Suplex, Moonsault Press, Running Neckbreaker, and Ax Kick
Wrestling Titles Held: AJW All Japan Junior Wrestling Championship, AJW All Japan Singles Champion, AJW All Japan Tag Team Champion (with Etsuko Mita), JWP Tag Team Champion (with Etsuko Mita), NEO Singles Champion, NWA Pacific Champion, Queen Of ARSION Champion, Twin Star Of ARSION Champion (twice, once with Etsuko Mita, and once with Michiko Omukai), UWA Tag Team Champion (with Etsuko Mita), WWWA Tag Team Champion (seven times, three times with Etsukio Mita, twice with Manami Toyota , once with Akira Hokuto and once with Takako Inoue)

Mima Shimoda - Japanese Womens Wrestling, posted to http://joshipuroresu.blogspot.com/ on 2-2-2007