Japanese Wrestling Legends Bull Nakano and Akira Hokuto

Japanese Wrestling Legends Bull Nakano and Akira Hokuto.
Did you know that before she started wrestling, Akira organized the Bull Nakano fanclub?
And that she took the name Akira in honor of Akira Maeda, who was a Japanese wrestling promoter, professional wrestler and MMA pioneer?
Also that both women wrestled in the WCW?

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Hana Kimura - Female Japanese Wrestling

This is the daughter of famous female Japanese wrestler and MMA fighter Kyoko Kimura, Hana Kimura.
Hana made her professional wrestling debut in March 2016.

Kairi Hojo Becomes Kairi Sane in the WWE

The WWE has confirmed that Japanese women's wrestler Kairi Hojo, will now be Kairi Sane in the WWE.
She is also confirmed for the Mae Young Tournament.

Santana Garrett, Kairi Hojo and Laurel Van Ness

Kairi Hojo Coming to WWE

When I did the write up on Japanese female wrestler "Pirate Princess" Kairi Hojo back in 2015, I knew she was good.
Since then, Dave Meltzer (Wrestling Observer Newsletter) said that Kairi, along with Io Shirai and Mayu Iwatani were "three of the best wrestlers in the world".
And now Kairi has been signed by the WWE to a three year contract.
So get ready to see more Kairi...except here in the US.

Tsubasa Kuragaki - Japanese Women Wrestling

This is female Japanese wrestler Tsubasa Kuragaki.
Although I have mentioned her before, I haven't really done anything on her.


Tsubasa was born on December 7th, 1975 in Chiba City, Kamagaya, Japan.
She's five foot three, 140 pounds and she made her pro wrestling debut either January 8th, 1995 or October 21st, 1998.
I've seen two different accounts.


She has wrestled almost exclusively for JWP (Japan Women Project), but she has also done some freelance work as well.
During her career so far, she has held the JWP Openweight Championship, the JWP Tag Team Championship (once with AKINO and twice with Kayoko Haruyama), the Daily Sports Tag Team Championship (twice with Kayoko Haruyama), the JWP Jr. Championship and the NEO Singles and NWA Women’s Pacific Championship.

Here is Tsubasa wrestling Ran Yu-Yu for JWP on July 27th, 2008, posted on YouTube by kapengmabula (with credit to nagashimark)





Tsubasa Kuragaki - Japanese Women Wrestling, posted to http://joshipuroresu.blogspot.com/ on February 3rd, 2011

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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Ayako Hamada Coming to TNA

Ayako Hamada Coming to TNA

I have written about Ayako Hamada several times here on this blog.
Now the daughter of the legendary Gran Hamada is leaving Japan and Mexico to become a TNA Knockout.
With joshi puroresu on the decline in Japan, now is probably a good time for American wrestling promotions like TNA and WWE to start grabbing some of the talent there.
Ayako's wrestling background is impeccable, and I think it'll be great for her to get exposure here in the US.
It might even help breathe some like into Japan's wrestling scene.
So far there has been no official announcement at TNA Wrestling.com.


You can visit Ayako's website here:
http://ayakohamada.com/

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.

The AJW Championship

The first ever AJW Champion, Rimi Yokota

I did an entry awhile back on the WWWA World Heavyweight Championship. It was the main title in the Japanese women's professional wrestling promotion All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling (AJW).
But they had another title, the AJW Championship.
This title started in 1980 and ran until after the promotion closed in 2005.

The first ever AJW Champion was Rimi Yokota, better known as Jaguar Yokota. She won the belt in Tokyo on December 15, 1980, beating Nancy Kumi.
The title was vacated a few months later on March 7, 1981.
Devil Masami then defeated Tomoko Kitamura on May 9, 1981 to claim the title, and it was vacated again on April 7, 1982.
Lioness Asuka then defeated Masked Yu on July 19, 1982, becoming champion until she was defeated by Kaoru Matsumoto on January 8, 1983.
Asuka came back and beat Kaoru Matsumoto taking the title again till it was vacated yet again on January 18, 1984.
On February 28, 1984, Itsuki Yamazaki defeated Noriyo Tateno to win the belt, and she held it until it was vacated AGAIN on February 25, 1985.

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

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.

The WWWA World Tag Team Championship

Since I've already done an entry on the WWWA World Heavyweight Championship, I thought I'd do one on the WWWA World Tag Team Championship.
The WWWA World Tag Team Championship was All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling (AJW) tag team title from 1971 till they shut down in 2005.
The title was held by many of the most famous joshi puroresu stars as well as several famous female wrestlers from the US.
Jumbo Miyamoto and Aiko Kiyo were the first champions defeating Patty O'Hara and Texas Red for the belt. But in a very unusual move, Jumbo Miyamoto and Aiko Kiyo weren't satisfied with the match (even though they won) and wanted a rematch. This led to Patty O'Hara and Texas Red winning the second match and becoming the tag team champions.
This started a trend for Jumbo Miyamoto as she teamed with Maxie Murata and won the titles back.
Jumbo Miyamoto would hold one half of the tag team belts many times in the following years, with many different partners such as Miyoko Hoshino, Mariko Akagi and Junko Sasaki.

The Beauty Pair, Jackie Sato and Maki Ueda, held the belts, as did the Queen Angels (Lucy Kayama and Tomi Aoyama), the Black Pair (Mami Kumano and Yumi Ikeshita), the Dynamite Girls (Jumbo Hori and Yukari Omori), the Crush Gals (Chigusa Nagayo and Lioness Asuka), the Jumping Bomb Angels (Itsuki Yamazaki and Noriyo Tateno) and the Red Typhoons (Kazue Nagahori and Yumi Ogura) among many others.

The last tag team to hold the belts was Double Kong (Aja Kong and Amazing Kong) back in October of 2004.

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.

Yuki Miyazaki

Yuki Miyazaki is a Japanese female wrestler.
She was born on February 2 1979.
Yuki made her pro wrestling debut on January 8 1995 against Tomoko Kuzumi.
She has worked for All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling (JWP), JDStar (Jd'), Free, NEO and Dramatic Dream Team (DDT).
Her favorite wrestling moves are the Moonsault Footstomp, the Moonsault Press and the Texas Cloverleaf.
Here's a video of Yuki Miyazaki wrestling Asuka Ohki in Tokyo, Japan at the Itabashi Green Hall.

Toshie Uematsu Wrestling In Japan

Here's a couple of photos of Toshie Uematsu wrestling in Japan.

First, Toshie Uematsu trying to set Saika Takeuchi up for a boston crab.

Next, Toshie driving Sonoko Kato into the mat with a bridging supplex maybe?

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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Ayako Hamada wrestling Mariko Yoshida in Japan

Here's some photos of Ayako Hamada wrestling Mariko Yoshida in Japan.

Ayako is working that headscissors armbar thing hard on Mariko.

Both of them being the awesome mat technicians that they are, this must have been a great match.

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Miki Handa

Miki Handa

Japanese womens wrestler.
At one time she worked for LLPW.
She also wrestled in WCW WrestleWar pay per view, (1991)

Yuka Nakamura - Female Japanese Wrestlers

Yuka Nakamura

Wrestler: Yuka Nakamura
Height: 5' 2" (155cm)
Weight: 118.8lbs (54kg)
Date of Birth: December 26rd, 1979
Pro Wrestling Debut: August 16th, 1998 vs. Mima Shimoda
Wrestling Promotions: She debuted with Neo Ladies (1998-2000), NEO (2000-)

Yuka has teamed with Kaori Nakayama, Nattie Neidhart, Haruka Matsuo, Junko Yagi, Mima Shimoda, Misae Genki and Acute Sae.

Faby Apache - Luchadora in Japan

So why is Mexican born luchadora Faby Apache on my blog about Japanese women wrestlers?
Well besides being wildly popular in Mexico, Faby has done a bit of wrestling in Japan.
Faby was born Fabiola Balbuena Torres on December 26th, 1980 in Mexico City, Mexico.
She is the daughter of luchador Gran Apache, the sister of luchadora Mari Apache and the wife of luchador Billy Boy.
Showing some of her joshi ties, she was trained not only by Gran Apache, but by Japanese female wrestling gretas Aja Kong and Mariko Yoshida.
Faby made her pro wrestling debut on January 20th, 1998 at Deportivo Azcapotzalco in Mexico City, Mexico.

When Faby was just starting out in wrestling, she went to Japan and worked for the ARISON wrestling promotion.
While she was there, she won the Sky High Of ARSION title.
The now defunct title was at one time the secondary singles title in ARSION.
She held the title from October 27th, 2001 to February 17th, 2002.

Faby Apache on MySpace:
http://www.myspace.com/faby_apache