masu-me - 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)

Sakura Emi - Emi Sakura

This is Japanese female wrestler Sakura Emi (or Emi Sakura, take your pick)
Emi was born on October 4th, 1976 in Kimitsu, Chiba, Japan.
She started out wrestling under her own name (Emi Motokawa) for wrestling promotions like the International Wrestling Association of Japan and Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling.



Emi went on to wrestle as a freelancer for promotions like Gatokunyan (GTKN) and NEO.
Notably though, she is the founder of the all women's wrestling promotion, Ice Ribbon.
This five foot two, 154 pound wrestler has held a ton of titles so far in her career including the AJW Singles Championship, the AWF Women’s Championship, the NEO Singles and NWA Women’s Pacific Championship, the NEO Tag Team Championship (once with Kyoko Kimura), the JWP Tag Team Championship, the Daily Sports Tag Team Champion (once with Kaori Yoneyama), the DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Championship (twice), the ICEx60 Singles Championship (twice) and the International Ribbon Tag Team Championship (three times, once with Kaori Yoneyama, once with Nanae Takahashi and once with Ray)

Emi Sakura Vs Kana

Shuri Wrestling Serena Deeb

Here is a match posted on YouTube by H781N of a Japanese female wrestler who is rapidly becoming one of my favorites Shuri, taking on an American female wrestler, Serena Deeb.
Shuri (I have seen it spelled Syuri as well) is from the old HUSTLE wrestling promotion where she was Karate Girl (KG).
Serena Deeb of course has worked for a lot of promotions here in the US including the WWE (on SmackDown! and FCW), Shimmer Women Athletes, Great Lakes Championship Wrestling, Memphis Championship Wrestling and Ohio Valley Wrestling.
This match is from SMASH 12 on January 29th, 2011 in Tokyo.

They start out actually shaking hands....

..and Shuri quickly gets the advantage with a head scissors.

But Serena escapes and captures Shuri in a side headlock.

You can see the match in full here...



If you like this match, be sure to drop by H781N's channel here and check out some videos and maybe subscribe to the channel.



Shuri Wrestling Serena Deeb, posted to http://joshipuroresu.blogspot.com/ on March 20th, 2011

Rie Tamada - Japanese Wrestling

Rie Tamada

Height: 5' 2"
Weight: 125 lbs
Pro Wrestling Debut: October 4th, 1991 against Chikako Hasegawa
Born: March 16th, 1973 in Yuuki County, Japan
Nickname: Fighting Cheetah
Signature wrestling move: Dragon Suplex Hold
Wrestling Promotions Worked For: AJW, ARSION, AtoZ in Japan, CMLL in Mexico.

Rie Tamada was a female Japanese wrestler.
She often tag-teamed with Yumi Fukawa in Japan and Mexico.
Their tag team was called "TamaFuka".
Rie retired on August 22nd, 2004.

Rie Tamada wrestling Chikako Shiratori
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbzlJmBJ22M



Rie Tamada - Japanese Wrestling, posted to http://joshipuroresu.blogspot.com/ on 6-22-2007

Faby Apache

Wrestler Name: Faby Apache
Real name:  Fabiola Balbuena Torres
Name history:  Lady Venum (Wrestling Debut: - 03/98), Faby Apache (03/98 - )
Family:  Gran Apache (father), Mari Apache (sister), Lady Apache (step-mother), Billy Boy (husband)
Trained by: Gran Apache, Aja Kong, Mariko Yoshida
Born:  December 26th, 1980 in Mexico City
Wrestling Debut: January 20th, 1998 at Deportivo Azcapotzalco in Mexico City
Height:  5'3"/160 cms
Weight:  139 lbs/63 kg
Signature wrestling moves: Moonsault, Sitdown Power Bomb, Tornillo Suicida (side to side (corkscrew) twisting plancha)
Titles: Sky High of ARSION, AAA Mixed Tag Team Titles (with Gran Apache)

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