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Pages in category "Japanese female professional wrestlers" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 274 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Manami Toyota (豊田 真奈美, Toyota Manami, born March 2, 1971) is a Japanese retired professional wrestler, best known for her work with All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling (AJW). She is widely considered to be one of the greatest female professional wrestlers of all time. [1]
Bull Nakano Aja Kong. The All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling Corporation, established in 1968, was the successor to the All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling Association, which had been formed in August 1955, to oversee the plethora of women's wrestling promotions that had sprung up in Japan following a tour in November, 1954, by Mildred Burke and her World Women's Wrestling Association (WWWA).
Risako Kinjo (née Kawai) (金城 梨沙子, Kinjo Risako, born 21 November 1994) [1] is a Japanese wrestler. She is a two-time gold medalist at the Olympic Games, a three-time gold medalist at the World Wrestling Championships and a four-time gold medalist at the Asian Wrestling Championships.
Azusa made her professional wrestling debut at JTO Tournament 2023 Finals on March 3, where she fell short to her sister Tomoka Inaba in singles competition. [4]During her time with the promotion, she chased for various championships promoted by JTO, and by other promotions from the Japanese independent scene.
The Jumping Bomb Angels were a female Japanese professional wrestling tag team consisting of Noriyo Tateno and Itsuki Yamazaki. They competed primarily for the wrestling promotions AJW (All Japan Women’s Pro Wrestling) and WWF (World Wrestling Federation), where they held each company’s main tag team championships.
All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling was the only women's professional wrestling promotion prior to 1986. All Japan Women's was experiencing a boom period due to the Crush Gals of Lioness Asuka and Chigusa Nagayo as was Onyanko Club, a Japanese idol music group. Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling was imagined to be a wrestling version of Onyanko Club. [3]
In 1985, Japan's second women's wrestling promotion formed in Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling. The promotion ran their first show on August 17, 1986. It featured Jackie Sato who returned from retirement and future stars such as Shinobu Kandori, Mayumi Ozaki, Cutie Suzuki, and Dynamite Kansai, who would go on to be top stars in LLPW and JWP. [27] [28]