Io Shirai - Japanese Female Wrestling

Japanese wrestler Io Shirai has wrestled on the Independent circuit in Japan, was a part of Team Makehen, a member of Triple Tails, wrestled (and trained) in Mexico worked for World Wonder Ring Stardom and was almost a WWE Diva last year.

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Miyu Yamashita - Japanese Female Wrestling

Today is Japanese professional wrestler Miyu Yamashita's birthday.
Miyu was born on March 17th, 1995 in Fukuoka, Japan.
She is five foot four and works for Dramatic Dream Team and its women's promotion, Tokyo Joshi Puroresu.
Her first match was on January 30th, 2013 and she made her official debut for DDT on August 17th, 2013.

Io Shirai - Japanese Women Wrestling

Female Japanese wrestler Io Shirai has come a long way since I started following her and her sister (Mio Shirai) back in 2009.
Io has worked for All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW), Pro Wrestling Zero1, Ice Ribbon, NEO Japan Ladies Pro Wrestling, Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA), World Wonder Ring Stardom and even showed up on Lucha Underground.

And there is a rumor that she might be signing with the WWE like her former team mate Kana (aka Asuka). 

Ice Ribbon vs Pro-Wrestling: EVE

Here is some big Joshi news (if you live in the UK).
On October 8th and 9th of this year, the European all-female professional wrestling promotion Pro-Wrestling:EVE will be hosting Japanese women's wrestling promotion Ice Ribbon at Gym Combat, Crocus Street in Nottingham, NG2 3DP.
They will be putting on three shows (one on Saturday and two on Sunday).
So far the line up includes Pro-Wrestling:EVE Champion: "The Female Fight Machine" Jenny Sjodin, The Alpha Female, "The Dynamite Princess" Nikki Storm,"The All Star" Erin Angel, "Portugal's Perfect Athlete" Shanna, Carmel Jacob, Sara-Marie Taylor, "The Lancashire Terrier" April Davids and Kay Lee Ray.
So far from Ice Ribbon we have: former International Ribbon Tag Team Champion Hikaru Shida, former ICEx60 Champion Tsukasa Fujimoto, Makoto, Kurumi, Tsukushi, Emi Sakura, Hamuko Hoshi and Mochi Miyagi.

Here is a video from Pro-Wrestling:EVE, "Ice Ribbon's Message For UK Wrestling Fans"...



You can get more info and where to buy tickets at the Pro-Wrestling:EVE website here:
http://www.evewrestling.com/events

Masumi Arakawa - Japanese Women Wrestling

masu-me (or Masumi Arakawa) was born on July 9th, 1988 in Utsunomiya, Tochigi, Japan.
She started her wrestling training in September of 2010 (which is kinda late for Joshi) and made her in-ring debut on December 23rd, 2010 in Korakuen Hall at JWP Climax 2010 against KAZUKI.
masu-me is also a singer, which harkens back to the old days of Joshi with the "singer/wrestlers".



She has released at least one single and a photobook.
(Her single was released the same day she made her wrestling debut)
masu-me is five foot one and weighs 95 pounds.
In JWP, she has formed a tag-team with Tsukasa Fujimoto called Kyutipea.

JWP Spot with Kaori Yoneyama and masu-me



(actually there are a ton of interview videos on YouTube with her)

Stardom - Japanese Female Wrestling Promotion

Former ARSION head Rossy Ogawa and retired Japanese female wrestler Fuka's had a new wrestling promotion debut in January called "Stardom".
The roster (as far as I can tell) is...

Nanae Takahashi
Nanae Takahashi has wrestled for All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling, Pro Wrestling SUN, AWA Superstars of Wrestling, Ice Ribbon, JDStar, NEO Japan Ladies' Pro Wrestling, Pro Wrestling ZERO1-MAX and more.

Natsuki*Taiyo
Natsuki*Taiyo has worked for All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling, Pro Wrestling SUN, Passion Red, NEO, Ice Ribbon and more.

Yuzuki Aikawa
Former Japanese Idol Yuzuki Aikawa has been trained by Fuka and also has eight years martial arts experience in Taekwondo.

Yoko Bito
Yoko Bito is new comer to wrestling, but a Japanese Kyokushin Karate champion.

Yoshiko (World Tiger 4)
Another newcomer, Yoshiko was born on July 26th, 1993.

Eri Susa
Newcomer Eri Susa was born on July 23rd, 1993 and was trained in aikido before starting wrestling.

Mayu Iwatani
Mayu Iwatani was born on February 19th, 1993 and before wrestling she was trained in judo.

Haruka
Little Haruka was born on April 2nd, 2002. Yep, she's only eight years old.

Arisa Hoshiki
Arisa Hoshiki was born on October 13th, 1995. Before wrestling she trained in boxing and kickboxing.

Mika Nagano
Before becoming a wrestler, Mika Nagano was a Japanese female mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter. Her MMA record is 7-4-0.

Iris
Iris was born on October 19th, 1990 in Mexico. She was trained in Lucha Libre by Ultimo Guerrero.

Here is the poster from the Stardom Launching Event "Birth of Nova" on January 23rd, 2011...




You can check out their official site here:
http://wwr-stardom.p-kit.com/

Japanese Female Wrestler Devil Masami

Here is an old picture I found of legendary Japanese female wrestler Devil Masami on the Box y Lucha forum posted by hugo999.
Masami had a long joshi career that spanned from 1978 to her retirement in 2008.
And as you can see, her fame wasn't limited to just Japan.

Devil was the All Japan Women's Pro Wrestling (AJW) Champion, the WWWA World Heavyweight Champion, the AAAW Singles Champion and held the AAAW Tag Team Championship with Aja Kong, the JWP Open Weight Singles Champion, and the JWP Tag Team Champion three times with Dynamite Kansai, Hikari Fukuoka and Cutie Suzuki.
She was also inducted into the AJW Hall of Fame in 1998 and the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame in 1996.

Takako Inoue wrestling in Japan

Here's some photos of Takako Inoue wrestling in Japan.

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Miho Wakiwaza wrestling Manami Toyota in Japan

Here's a photo of the legendary Manami Toyota corner kicking the crap outta Miho Wakiwaza.



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