Japanese Women's Wrestling 1990 -2000.

Wrestler Profiles Below

Bull Nakano	Akira Hokuto	Megumi Kudo	Aja Kong
Rumi Kazama	Kyoko Inoue	Manami Toyota	Coming Soon
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BULL NAKANO

Name: Keiko Nakano Height: 170cm Weight: 95kg
DOB: 8th Jan 1968 Debut: September 23rd, 1983 in a match vs. Mika Komatsu & Masami Yagishita Career Span: 1983 to 1998/99 when she left to pursue a career as a professional golfer.

Bull Nakano
Promotions: AJW, WWA, WWF, WCW, CMLL
Titles: All Japan Junior defeated Yumi Ogura September 13th, 1984. All Japan Singles she defeated Miko Komatsu July 25th, 1985. WWWA World Tag with Dump Matsumoto to defeat the Crush Girls on August 23rd, 1986. WWWA World Tag with Condor Saito to defeat the Red Typhoons (Yumi Ogura & Kazue Nagahori) on October 20th, 1987 WWWA World Tag with Grizzly Iwamoto to defeat the Fire Jets (Hotta & Nishiwaki) on February 25th, 1988. All Pacific Singles defeating Mitsuko Nishiwaki. WWWA World Singles defeated Mitsuko Nishiwaki to win the tournament final and the title on January 4th, 1990.CMLL Singles defeated Lola Gonzales for the title in Mexico City on June 12th, 1992. WWF World Singles on November 20th, 1994 Bull defeated Alundra Blayze for the title.

Highlights: Her amazing strength and ability including a Guillotine leg drop from the top of a cage put this woman in a class of her own.

akira hokuto

Height: 5ft 6 Weight: 65kg DOB:13th July 1967 Debut: May 28th, 1985
Career Span: Akira wrestled from 1985 to 2003 having time away during that time for 1)injury-broken neck 2)children.

Akira Hokuto
Titles: All Japan Juniors wrestling under her real name, Hisako Uno defeated Condor Saito March 20th, 1986. WWWA World Tag with Yumiko Hotta beat Leilani Kai & Judy Martin April 15th, 1987. 2x WWWA World Tag (Marine Wolves) Hokuto & Suzuka Minami defeated Grizzly Iwamoto and Bison Kimura, June 18th, 1989 & defeating Aja Kong and Grizzly Iwamoto, February 7th, 1990. All Pacific Singles defeating former Marine Wolves partner Suzuka Minami, April 29th, 1991. CMLL Singles defeating La Diabolica, July 30th, 1994 in Mexico City wrestling under a mask as Reina Jubuki. WWWA World Tag with Mima Shimoda to win the 3WA World Tag titles September 24th, 1995. WCW World Women's defeated Madusa in the finals of a tournament December 29th, 1996.AAAW Tag Title with Mayumi Ozaki defeated Chikayo Nagashima and Sugar Sato, December 17th, 2000.

Akira Hokuto

Highlights: Also known as "Hisako Uno" (her real name), "Reina Jabuki" (her masked character she used on occasion) "The Dangerous Queen" or "The Mummy" (both nicknames) there is no doubting that Akira Hokuto is truly one of the all time greats. Akira Hokuto had an amazing presence in the ring which was undeniable. From the moment she stepped out to the ring all eyes were often on Akira and she played this up well by dressing up in costume at times for her ring entrance. In WCW Akira Hokuto came to the wrestling ring for the her tag team match with partner Bull Nakano at the WCW- World War 3 pay per view on November 23, 1995 against Mayumi Ozaki & Cutie Suzuki dressed in a huge white wig with a long kimono and wearing a demon mask on her face. When Akira removes the attire fans then see the beautiful Akira in one of her many amazingly decorative bright and attractive wrestling costumes. Akira started her career in the "Crush girl" era. During the mid 1980's Japanese women's wrestling was at its peak and the crush girls (Chigusa Nagayo and Lioness Aska) were sport and rock idols. This was easily the toughest time for any woman in Japan to break into wrestling as the auditions were crowded with girls wanting to follow in the footsteps of their idols and become wrestlers. Akira was a great athlete and was able to stand out at auditions to be accepted in what would have to be the most elite group of wrestlers ever to come out of Japan from any time period.

Akira Hokuto

Akira made her wrestling debut under her real name Hisako Uno on May 28th, 1985 against Kumiko Iwamotoon for the All Japan Women's Pro Wrestling promotion, at the time it was the number one women's wrestling promotion in the world. Akira Hokuto won her first title the All Japan Juniors belt under her real name Hisako Uno when she defeated Condor Saito on March 20th, 1986 with a little under a year in the pro ranks under her belt. Akira Hokuto held onto the title until May 29th, 1986 when she lost it to Yasuko Ishiguro

Akira Hokuto

Early on in her career Akira became a favourite with audiences however it wasn't until later in her later career that she really started to show the amazing confidence and charisma she had in the ring. Akira would at times appear to be playing with the audience during her matches both to their amusement and delight. A part of her charm and indeed her confidence probably came from her ability to overcome what at times seemed the impossible. Early in her career Akira Hokuto suffered what many believed would be a career ending broken neck from a piledriver off the second rope gone wrong. In the actual match in which it happened Akira Hokuto refused to let it get in her way and finished the match whilst clutching at her head at various times. After time off to recover Akira Hokuto came back to the ring only to suffer further injury throughout her career including another neck injury and a bad knee injury.

Akira Hokuto

In tag team action Akira Hokuto formed strong aliances. With Yumiko Hotta Akira was able to win the WWWA World Tag on April 15th, 1987 against Leilani Kai and Judy Martin. Akira Hokuto then teamed with Suzuka Minami to form the very successful "Marine Wolves". Together Akira Hokuto and Suzuka Minami were able to take out the WWWA World Tag titles on June 18th, 1989 defeating Grizzly Iwamoto and Bison Kimura, and again on February 7th, 1990 by defeating Aja Kong and Grizzly Iwamoto.

Akira Hokuto

Akira Hokuto's partnership with Suzuka Minami also led to further title defences as the pair became involved in a series of single title matches. On April 29th, 1991 Akira defeated her former tag team partner Suzuka Minami to take out the All Pacific Singles title. As with any good feud Suzuka Minami was able to seek her revenge however when she took the title from Akira Hokuto on October 4th, 1991. In her own country of Japan Akira Hokuto was to become a major drawcard.On the 20th of November, 1994 Akira Hokuto main evented at The Tokyo Egg Dome show after making her way through the V* Top Women's tournament that featured women from different promotions in Japan. 42,500 fans witnessed Akira Hokuto down monster heel Aja Kong in the final to become the V*Top Woman Tournament winner.

Akira Hokuto

Japan was not the only country in which Akira Hokuto was able to make her presence felt however and in 1992 whilst in Mexico Akira Hokuto formed the "Las Cachoras Orientales" with Etsuko Mita which on their return to Japan was joined by Mima Shimoda. The three women combined were an awesome combination and a favourite amongst Japanese wrestling fans. Akira returned to Mexico again in 1994 and on July 30th in Mexico City a masked Akira Hokuto performing under the name of "Reina Jubuki" managed to beat Mexican luchadora "La Diabolica" for the CMLL Singles title. Akira Hokuto retained the CMLL title until she was stripped of it for working for WCW in America.

Akira Hokuto

In America Akira Hokuto was also a sensation as she became the first WCW World Women's title holder. Akira's wrestling for WCW came about as a result of a contract between WCW and the GAEA promotion in Japan that Akira was working for from 1996 onwards. Akira Hokuto defeated Madusa in the finals of an 8 women tournament. Akira won the title at the Starrcade payperview on December 29th, 1996. Akira appeared a few more times for WCW in America and on June 14, 1997 Akira Hokuto beat America's long time favorite girl wrestler Madusa in a "if Madusa loses, she will retire" match. In on match Akira Hokuto retained her title and retired the ever popular Madusa. Akira Hokuto left wrestling in 1997/8 to give birth to a baby boy on November 6, 1998. Akira after a year absence from the ring returned to wrestling as a freelancer and worked for GAEA again. On the 17th of december, 2000 Akira Hokuto and Mayumi Ozaki teamed up to take out the AAAW Tag Title. In 2002 Akira Hokuto "The Dangerous Queen" retired from professional wrestling. Since then Akira has made some appearances in the ring for the men's wresting promotion "Dragon Gate."

megumi kudo

HEIGHT: 162CM WEIGHT: 60KG
Megumi Kudo originally was an AJW rookie but only lasted a few years (1987-1989) before retiring from the company. Megumi Kudo returned to the ring in 1991 when she joined FMW, as they were a promotion looking to combine both Men and Women's wrestling on their roster.

Megumi Kudo was the main star of FMW's Women's division throughout her career there. In fact when Megumi retired FMW didn't seem to be able to recover from the loss as no other women who were primed to take her place came anywhere near matching her popularity.
Megumi was known also for hardcore matches including Japanese style death matches with exploding barb wire and weapons. Favorite heel opponents from FMW included the face painted wrestler called "The Shark".

Some wrestles don't consider it to be wrestling, whist other wrestlers like pushing themselves to new boundaries and to shock viewers with their version of reality with a barb wire match. In men's wrestling the leader of this style was Mick Foley, for women it was Megumi Kudo.

Kudo wrestled for FMW who were a Japanese promotion that used both men and women and were known for their hardcore matches using barb wire, sickles and other foreign objects.

Rumi kazama

Wrestling Name: Rumi Kazama SEE 'LLPW' promotion for a full profile on Rumi.

Chaparrita asari

Real Name: Masami Watanabe DOB:15th September, 1973 Height:152cm Weight: 53kg
Finisher: Sky Twister Press off the top rope Career Span: 1992 to 2003

HISTORY: 1992*Chaparrita in March 1992 graduated from High School.
*On March 20th 1992 went to the introduction for newcomers for AJ W promotion by April had commenced training.
*19th November 1992, debuted against Yuka Shiina at Katsushika Ward sports center.

1993: On October 10 at Korakuen Hall Asari suffered an injury during a match.
*On the 28th of November 1993 at the Osaka Castle Hall Asari won the All Japan Womens Junior Title from Mizuki Endo which she held until the 6th of December where she lost her junior throne to Candy Okutsu.
*On December 10th at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo Yumiko Hotta gave Asari a kick to the mouth that caused an injury to Asari.

1994 *On the 24th of May Asari took part in a tour to Korea.

1995 *On March 26 at Yokohama arena Asari won the All Japan Womens Junior Title from Candy Okutsu. The title is vacated in May 1995 due to Asari being hospitalised with a knee problem.
*On June 5th Asari returned to Korakuen hall to the all Japanese junior thrones.
*On September 2nd Asari won the All Japan Womens tag team titles with Kumiko Maekawa, beating Rie Tamada and Yumi Fukawa. In a rematch on December 4 1995 the pair lost the titles to Tamada & Fukawa.

1996: *On May 18 1996 Asari became the inaugural WWWA Super lightweight champion, beating Toshie Uematsu at Junior All Star. Asari vacated the title in June 1997 due to injury.

1999 *On May 5 Asari won the WWWA Super lightweight title, defeating Sumie Sakai. Asari held the title until July 11 1999 when she lost it to Momo Nakanishi. She then recaptured the title on October 22 1999 from Momoe Nakanishi.
*On the 23rd of September 1999 Asari defeated Ayako Hamada to become the Sky High of ARSION champion. Asari held the title until she lost it on March 15 2000 to Mari Apache.

2003: Asari retired from wrestling on May 5th 2003 at Korakuen Hall working on a NEO show. In her final match Chaparita ASARI defeated Kyoko Inoue.

takako inoue

Height: 164CM Weight: 66KG
DOB: 11th of July, 1969
Debut: 1988 against Kyoko Inoue for AJW
Career Span: Takako Inoue started n 1988 and wrestled for AJW until 1999 when she became a freelance wrestler. Takao in 2004 was talking possible retirement when she got an audition for the WWE. Takako has been picked up by the WWE and the 15 year veteran is currently undergoing training to adapt to the "American style" (Japanese women's wrestling is a lot more intense, harder hitting, sport orientated style.)

Takako Inoue (no relation to Kyoko Inoue who she often did tag matches with) has been one of the most popular Japanese women to bring out her own books. The "Idol" books as they have become known are photography orientated books popular in Japan for their sexy pics of favourite popular "idols". Unlike the American wrestling scene however this representation is not then translated to wrestling shows as Takako is respected for her outstanding athleticism and knowledge of moves, countermoves and wrestling matwork in the ring and is not put into T&A storylines in Japan based on her looks.

In recent years Takakao signed with the WWE and headed to Minnesota to train under Brad Rheingans to familiarize herself with the American style of pro-wrestling. It was reported through Nikkan Sports that Takako had a ten minute tryout with Jazz before the show under the watchful eye of the WWE's John Laurinitis & Fit Finlay among others. It was reported that in January they approached Itzuki Yamazaki of the 1980's WWF Womens Tag Team champs Jumping Bomb Angels for a recommendation of a Japanese woman wrestler they could use. Itzuki Yamazaki lives in New York and owns the sushi restaurant GO. Itzuki suggested that the WWE look at Takako. Nikkan Sport went on to report that Takako was very happy with the workout and said that she wants to be more than a sexy WWE Diva. If they want her only for her sex appeal she wouldn't be interested as she was a professional wrestler first and foremost. Things didn't eventuate in a deal and Takako headed back to LLPW in Japan.

Recently Takako has come out to speak about bullying in AJW saying that as a junior one of the women wrestlers who didn't like her would bully her all the time and make her unhappy as a result when Takako sees any bullying on the rookies today she steps in to defend them.

Titles: All Japan Singles. Takako won her first title beating Kyoko Inoue on April 29th, 1991. She held the title for one year before loosing it to Mariko Yoshida.
All Japan Tag Takako has been a very successful tag team wrestler having won the world title twice teaming with Mariko Yoshida, in 1991 and 1992.
UWA Tag Takako & Yumiko Hotta won the titles in 1993.
WWWA World Tag Takako was mostly known for her tag team partnership with Kyoko Inoue (no relation) in 1994, 1995 and 1996.
IWA Singles Takako defeated Reggie Bennett 1995.
All Pacific Singles Takako won the title twice in 1997.
LLPW 6 Woman Title Black Joker (Takako, Eagle Sawai and Rumi Kazama) won the vacant titles on September 2nd, 2000.