Hernandez, who lived in San Francisco before coming to Japan, became the first foreigner to train from scratch and work her way up into Japanese women's pro wrestling. "I was pretty poor then, but I wanted to become a wrestler so badly." She quit her teaching job and shared a house w...
Women professional wrestlers in Japan develop muscles as well as fat for professional wrestling. As a result, their bodies are very different from the ideal female body in Japan (i.e., thin bodies without muscles and fat).The author conducted in-depth interviews with 25 women wrestlers between...
It might seem odd that Kimura was lonely, especially with a legion of male fans. However, pro-wrestling veteran reporter Ito explains that women professional wrestlers in Japan were and still arelike "idols," young female entertainers who capitalize on their image of purity and innocence ...
The WWE Performance Center has added one of Japan’s most decorated junior heavyweight wrestlers to its coaching ranks. Tokimitsu Ishizawa, who made his name in the squared circle as masked grappler Kendo Kashin, is the newest coach to join WWE’s training facility in Orlando, Fla. ...
At 23 years old, Miu Watanabe is certainly the youngest person to be mentioned here as one of the strongest, toughest women in Japanese wrestling history.Currently a member of the Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling roster, Miu Watanabe is one of the brightest, most promising women's wrestlers in the...
Find out more about the greatest Japanese Wrestlers, including Shinsuke Nakamura, Kenta Kobayashi, Kota Ibushi, Tatsumi Fujinami and Shoichi Funaki
As for the actual bout, there was, of course, nothing special about it, except a couple of false starts that made Hanaregoma oyakata give the two wrestlers a couple of evil stares and warn them verbally, and a feeble half-assed sidestep from the Blue Collar Man, which didn't do him ...
“In most [women’s] wrestling all over the world, there’s a lot of flesh. They’re basically in bikinis,” says Le-Tan. “I wanted to make it more about the skill of the wrestlers, because they’re great athletes. When you see the wild stuff they do, it’s mind-blowing! I ...
They were well-known in the area as strong young judo wrestlers. One of them was even invited to enter a private university in Tokyo in order to be a prospective participant in the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games. Three 12-13 year-old boys were the current new generation of the three crows....
Picture two equally matched sumo wrestlers leaning against each other in a ring deep below the earth’s surface, and you have an idea of the forces that have shaped Japan. And I love the way she described the manga character Rose as ‘drawn with a characteristic halo of long blond hair ...