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

The AJW Championship, Part 4

Saki Maemura, the last AJW Champion

Rumi Kazama beat Miho Wakizawa on May 26, 2001 in Tokyo for the title, then immediately vacated the belt. (?)
Then on July 27, 2001, Kayo Noumi defeated Miho Wakizawa to become the new AJW Champion.
Kayoko Haruyama defeated Kayo on September 26, 2001, and Kayo turned around on January 4, 2002 and beat her to take the title back.
Then the Championship was vacated.
Again.
This time so that Kayo could enter the October 20, 2002 tournament for the All Pacific Championship.
So on October 8, 2002, Miyuki Fujii defeated Mika Nishio to become the new champion.
Kaori Yoneyama beat Miyuki for the title on November 29, 2002 in Tokyo and Mika came back and beat Kaori for the title before...yes...vacating it again when she left AJW.
Then Sasori (Miyuki Fujii) defeated Saki Maemura for the title on June 19, 2003.
Hikaru won the title on February 15, 2003 and Saki Maemura beat her for the belt on January 3, 2004.
Saki was the last AJW Champion.
After 37 years, the promotion closed it's doors in April 2005.
During the title's run, no one held the belt more than twice.
The only ones to accomplish that were Lioness Asuka, Kaoru Ito, Tomoko Watanabe, Momoe Nakanishi and Kayo Noumi.

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.......

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.....

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.

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

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

Japan's formidable women's wrestlers

Chiharu Icho

Saori Yoshida

This isn't pro wrestling, but it is wrestling....

Japan's formidable women's wrestlers launched their Olympics campaign in convincing style as world champions Saori Yoshida and Chiharu Icho reached the 55kg and 48kg finals Saturday.
Defending 55kg holder Yoshida overwhelmed Canada's Tonya Verbeek 2-0 in the semi-finals, a rematch of their final clash at the Athens Games four years ago, to face China's 18-year-old Xu Li in the gold-medal showdown later in the day.
http://www.rte.ie/sport/olympics2008/2008/0816/wrestling.html

Dynamite Kansai wrestling Lola Gonzalez in Japan

Here's some photos of Joshi star Dynamite Kansai wrestling Lucha Libre legend Lola Gonzalez in Japan.

First, Lola with Dynamite locked in a Gory Special.

Then Dynamite clotheslining Lola.

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More Ayako Hamada wrestling in Japan

More Ayako Hamada wrestling in Japan

First up, Ayako hitting Michiko Ohmukai with a shooting star press.

Then Ayako with a boston crab on Yumi Fukawa.

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Mima Shimoda - Japanese Womens Wrestling

Wrestler Name: Mima Shimoda
Birthday: December 23, 1970
Place of Birth: Tokyo, Japan
Height 5'6"
Weight 137 lbs
Wrestling Debut: August 5, 1987 Tokyo Korakuen Hall against Etsuko Mita

Titles Held :WWWA Tag,Zen Nihon Senshuken,Zen Nihon Junior,Zen Nihon Tag,UWA Sekai Joshi Tag,JWP Tag

Formed Las Cachorras Orientales with Etsuko Mita


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Manami Toyota, part 2

Soon after this match the two stars once again teamed up to win their first WWWA World Tag Team Championship in March 1992, defeating the evil Jungle Jack (Aja Kong & Bison Kimura) in Tokyo. On November 26, at AJW’s Dreamrush show Toyota and Yamada defended their WWWA Tag Team titles against Dynamite Kansai and Mayumi Ozaki in a legendary 2/3 Falls match, considered one of the best wrestling matches ever, and rated 5 Stars by Dave Meltzer of Wrestling Observer Newsletter.

In April of that year Toyota furthered her singles career by defeating rival Kyoko Inoue on April 25 in Yokohama for the IWA Singles Championship. Toyota defended that title eight times over the course of three years, before losing it to Reggie Bennett on May 15, 1995.

At Dreamslam II, on April 11, 1993 Toyota and Yamada fought a rematch against JWP Project's Kansai and Ozaki in yet another highly-rated 2/3 Falls encounter. This time, however, Toyota and Yamada were on the losing side, and Kansai and Ozaki got their revenge. The feud concluded at AJW’s St. Battle Final event, on December 6, 1993, where Toyota and Yamada regained their tag titles.

On August 24, 1994 Toyota once again squared off against Kyoko Inoue, and defeated her to unify the IWA and All Pacific Singles Championships. Toyota’s run with the two titles was not to last long. On October 9, 1994, Inoue gained a measure of revenge against Toyota, as Kyoko and her partner Takako Inoue (no relation) won the WWWA Tag Team Championship from Toyota and Yamada. Toyota then vacated her All Pacific Championship, prior to her first WWWA Heavyweight Championship match against the monstrous Aja Kong at AJW’s Queendom III show, on March 26, 1995. The match saw Toyota reach the summit of AJW when she won and became the 39th WWWA Champion.

On May 7, Toyota defended her crown against arch-rival Kyoko Inoue at the Korakuen Hall, where the two fought to a 60 minute time limit draw.Despite piledrivers on the floor, German suplexes off the top rope, and multiple finishers, neither combatant was able to secure outright victory. Nonetheless, Toyota retained, and the match was voted Match of the Year for 1995 in the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.

The following month, Toyota lost the WWWA Championship to former champion Aja Kong, on June 27.

Toyota soon recovered from the loss. In 1995, she won the AJW Grand Prix tournament, securing her position as the number one contender for the WWWA Championship. Before she received her title opportunity, she faced the legendary Akira Hokuto at AJW's Destiny show on September 2, 1995. On December 4, she finally received her title shot, and defeated then-champion Dynamite Kansai to become a two-time world champion.

Over the next 12 months Toyota made three successful defenses of her WWWA title. In December of 1996 she came up against long term rival Kyoko Inoue and lost in a match that saw the All Pacific and IWA Women's World titles unified with the WWWA Title.

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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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Harley Saito

Harley Saito is a Japanese female wrestler.
Height: 5' 5" (165cm)
Weight: 147.4lbs (67kg)
Debut: August 17 1986 with Nancy Kumi against Monster Ripper and Kalhon
Real Name: Sayori Saito
Date of Birth: December 21 1967
Promotions: JWP (1986-1992), LLPW (1992-)

Harley appeared in LPWA Super Ladies Showdown (1992), she defeated Denise Storm to win the first LPWA Japanese Championship.

See Harley in action against Suzuka Minami on YouTube:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7LgJLfPct8

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Fuuka

Fuuka

One of the last wrestlers trained in Jaguar Yokota's JDStar promotion.
Watch Fuuka wrestling Kyoko Inoue here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qt09hKmMJL0

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