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[AirRaidCrush]

Oh, right...geez, it's not even like I have the excuse that they look alike.

[J.H.]

The Shirai's are uber fun. They are tremendously talented and the thing is they've only been wrestling a little over a year. They can only get better and considering they're already damn talented that's saying something.

Hell they've been making contacts all over the Japanese industry lately like say this for example...


By the way Satoshi-kun my sister and I are legal now...

Both sisters appeared on a recnt All Japan show (scoring  win over Kyoko Kimura and Mikado) and apparently both Kojima and Muto were very high on them.

James

[AirRaidCrush]

I've only seen brief clips of them, but I really think that they're one of the best things about the "rebooted" joshi scene right now. Young, fresh faces with a look that is, for the most part, their own, and they can put on entertaining matches.

[Fleetlord67]

Josh I., on Oct 23 2008, 05:57 PM, said:

Fleetlord67, on Oct 23 2008, 06:52 PM, said:

I'm looking for any info on the Shirai sisters (Mio & Io). All I know so far is that they work for some promotion called Makehen. Does anyone know where I could find any info (age, height, eight, debut, etc) about them?

Thanks for the help.

A lot of this stuff for the Shirais and many others in joshi at Purolove Joshi Profiles

Thank you, just what I was looking for. Gonna add them to my e-fed sometime soon.

[Irving]

Some results and cards...

NEO, 10/26/08
Tokyo Cinema Club
165 Fans

1. Tanny Mouse beat Makoto [Ice Ribbon] (6:31) with a Diving Tannybutt.
2. Kyoko Inoue beat Aya Yuki (11:04) with a powerbomb.
3. Misae Genki vs. Ran Yu-Yu (30:00) ended in a time limit draw.
4. Kyoko Kimura, Atsuko Emoto & Tomoka Nakagawa [IBUKI[ beat Yuki Miyazaki, Haruka Matsuo & Hiroyo Matsumoto [IBUKI] (18:58) when Kimura used the Big Boots on Miyazaki.
5. Nanae Takahashi, Natsuki*Taiyo & Kana beat Yoshiko Tamura, Etsuko Mita & Toshie Uematsu (20:15) when Takahashi used the Nanarack on Mita.

SENDAI GIRLS, 10/26/08
Zepp Sendai
700 Fans - Super No Vacancy Full House

1. Survival Match!! 5vs5 Full-Victory: Ryo Mizunami, Hiren, DASH CHISAKO, Sachiko Sendai & Yukari Ishino beat Misaki Ohata, Mio Shirai, Io Shirai, Mikado & Minori Makiba. Minori Makiba beat Yukari Ishino (10:57) with a jujigatame.DASH CHISAKO beat Minori Makiba (2:07) with a pinhold. Misaki Ohata beat DASH CHISAKO (7:47) with the Cross Sunset. Sachiko Sendai beat Misaki Ohata (3:23) with the Chickenwing Armlock. Io Shirai beat Sachiko Sendai (9:21) with la magistral cradle. Ryo Mizunami beat Io Shirai (5:05) with a guillotine legdrop. Ryo Mizunami beat Mio Shirai (2:35) with a shoulder tackle. Mikado beat Ryo Mizunami (12:09) with a diving body press. Hiren beat Mikado (6:01) with a jacknife hold.
2. Meiko Satomura Return: Aja Kong [OZ] beat Meiko Satomura (18:45) with a Uraken.


WAVE, 10/31/08
Shin-Kiba 1st Ring

1. Young WAVE: Moekai Haruhi & Chihiro Oikawa [BattlARTS} vs. Cherry [GUTS] & Mio Shirai [MAKEHEN]
2. Challenge WAVE: AKINO vs. Shuu Shibutani
3. Comical WAVE: Bullfight Sora vs. Kana [Passion Red]
4. JWP Tag Team Title & DSWTC Tag Team Title: Ran Yu-Yu & Toshie Uematsu © vs. NOSAWA Rongai & MAZADA
5. Scramble WAVE ~ Stop the Ran Yu-Yu: GAMI & Kyoko Kimura vs. Yumi Ohka & Evil Manami Toyota

JWP, 11/9/08
Tokyo Cinema Club

1. Ran Yu-Yu & Toshie Uematsu vs. Command Bolshoi & Megumi Yabushita
2. Kayoko Haruyama, Tojyuki Leon & Arisa Nakajima vs. Azumi Hyuga, KAZUKI & Yumiko Hotta

NEO, 11/12/08 (Samurai! TV)
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Shuu Shibutani & Cherry vs. Toshie Uematsu & Ray
2. Etsuko Mita vs. Sakura Emi vs. Makoto
3. Heat Rise THE Triangle ~ Tri-Service Strife Loud Explosion - 6 Person Dogfight: NEO Home Unit (Yoshiko Tamura, Haruka Matsuo & Aya Yuki) vs. Revolution Amandola (Kyoko Kimura, Atsuko Emoto & Tomoka Nakagawa) vs. Passion Red (Nanae Takahashi, Natsuki*Taiyo & Kana)
4. NEO Tag Team Title: Tanny Mouse & Yuki Miyazaki © vs. Kyoko Inoue & Hiroyo Matsumoto
5. Misae Genki vs. Satoshi Kojima [AJPW]

SENDAI GIRLS, 11/16/08
Sendai Harbor Business Support Center "Accelerator"

1. Yukari Ishino vs. Command Bolshoi [JWP]
2. Hiren vs. Pinky Mayuka [JWP]
3. DASH CHISAKO vs. Kayoko Haruyama [JWP]
4. Sachiko Sendai vs. Kaori Yoneyama [JWP]
5. Meiko Satomura & Ryo Mizunami vs. Azumi Hyuga [JWP] & Arisa Nakajima [JWP]

[DeMysteriisDomCanuckus]

I'm looking forward to the next few years of Joshi, just to see how this new crop of girls develops under the tutelage of veterans like Mariko Yoshida and Meiko Satomura.  I'm liking what I'm seeing so far, especially from Satomura's camp.

[J.H.]

ell most of the SENDAI Girls have a ways to go. Right now the best future prospect seems to be Arisa Nakajima in JWP. She has been improving by leaps and bounds over the last 2 yearsand its to the point that anytime she is in a match I really enjoy it. Her recent storyline of being the face to stand up to the now heel Azumi Hyuga should be interesting because everyone was banking on Arisa t otake the mantle of bitch heel from Takako Inoue.

SENDAI and MAHEKEN have a chance to mak a really good rivalry between the Kanari sisters and the Shirais. If either group were willing ot pull the switch this could be a tag feud that could actually earn a little money. You've got the awesome trashy Shirai sisters with their willingness to always play heel against the small but fun Kanaris, who no matter how hard they try are destined to be a face team. I'd really love to see the Shirais get a shot fulltime with JWP. In 2-3 years a Shirais v. UematsuRan match could be a beautiful thing.

James

[Irving]

Many say what they want about Hotta's AtoZ, but without it, we'd have never gotten Ayumi Kurihara, Kana, or Arisa Nakajima, which are the three things I like most about current joshi.

The one problem in joshi right now is, they keep these girls in rookie mode for far too long... I believe the last All-Star show had a big "graduation" match, and yet Natsuki*Taiyo is still opening (when she is waaay past that)... the bookers need to get their act together and pull some triggers while fans are showing any kind of interest in the new faces before it's too late (Hikaru, anyone?).

[Eivion Thanotos]

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You've got the awesome trashy Shirai sisters with their willingness to always play heel against the small but fun Kanaris, who no matter how hard they try are destined to be a face team.

Ok, seriously, the one match available with these two teams facing each other definitely has the Kanari sisters playing heels and they are much better and more natural at it than the Shirai's ever could be. People need to stop fantasy booking the Shirai sisters as trashy heels. I know they look the part, but they have displayed almost nothing saying they could play it aside from looks.

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The one problem in joshi right now is, they keep these girls in rookie mode for far too long... I believe the last All-Star show had a big "graduation" match, and yet Natsuki*Taiyo is still opening (when she is waaay past that)... the bookers need to get their act together and pull some triggers while fans are showing any kind of interest in the new faces before it's too late (Hikaru, anyone?).

I agree with everything you said here. It kind of annoys me to see people who should be past the rookie role and could play decent parts as mid carders or more, still being used as jobbers to the vets.

[1JoshI]

Irving, on Oct 31 2008, 07:29 AM, said:

Many say what they want about Hotta's AtoZ, but without it, we'd have never gotten Ayumi Kurihara, Kana, or Arisa Nakajima, which are the three things I like most about current joshi.

The one problem in joshi right now is, they keep these girls in rookie mode for far too long... I believe the last All-Star show had a big "graduation" match, and yet Natsuki*Taiyo is still opening (when she is waaay past that)... the bookers need to get their act together and pull some triggers while fans are showing any kind of interest in the new faces before it's too late (Hikaru, anyone?).

The Shirai sisters and the Kanari sisters (DASH Chisako and Sendai Sachiko) are meeting up again at a MAKEHEN show next month, although I doubt that will ever reach us.  Io and Sachiko did meet in the 5 vs 5 elimination match at the last Sendai Girls show and that will be on Samurai TV soon.  DASH Chisako is fun; she's a runt with delusions of grandeur and a huge Napoleon complex.  Mio (the faux MMA girl) is all look; she talks the talk as a bitchy bad-ass but she can't walk the walk.

Agree with Eivion about girls being kept in rookie mode for forever. Mariko Yoshida is by far the best at not doing this.  The Ito Dojo girls are ridiculous-is Ayako Sato going to eventually wrestle her 10th anniversary match in rookie AJW dropkick mode?

It looks like JWP may not make this mistake with Arisa Nakajima, especially if this Hotta vs JWP feud features Arisa standing up to Hotta, Hyuga, etc. I'm kind of surprised that she's apparently going to be more of a face than a heel.  Hiroyo Matsumoto has been booked pretty well in OZ and NEO as well.  She benefits greatly from being one of the biggest of the new girls, as opposed to a lot of them who are very small and look like little kids when you put them in the ring with a Toyota or Kansai or Inoue.

[AirRaidCrush]

Irving, on Oct 31 2008, 05:29 AM, said:

Many say what they want about Hotta's AtoZ, but without it, we'd have never gotten Ayumi Kurihara, Kana, or Arisa Nakajima, which are the three things I like most about current joshi.

The one problem in joshi right now is, they keep these girls in rookie mode for far too long... I believe the last All-Star show had a big "graduation" match, and yet Natsuki*Taiyo is still opening (when she is waaay past that)... the bookers need to get their act together and pull some triggers while fans are showing any kind of interest in the new faces before it's too late (Hikaru, anyone?).

Isn't that basically why Sendai and IBUKI exist? The reluctance to elevate youngsters has been a problem in joshi for at least a decade...I personally think it's a fair part of the reason for the implosion...unfortunate injuries are part of it (Momoe, for example), but I think a lot of the early retirees would have stuck around if they'd been given a bit more of a push. As it is, if you were a woman in your mid to late twenties, why risk fucking up your knees and back to play midcard for the next ten years when you know you're better than that?

In related news, I really miss The Bloody.

[J.H.]

Nanae Takahashi's PASSION RED (or RED PASSION depending on which source you use) are running their own show on January 10th at Itabashi Green Hall. Looks like it will be co-promoted by NEO but it is uncertain if any NEO talent will take part. No matches announced yet either. I like the Nanae, Natsuki*Taiyo and Kana team. I especially like Kana for multiple reasons.

This is going to do mediocre or relatively ok attendance depending on how they run the show. Looks like Koda is treating Nanae as his new favorite, much like he did with Emi Sakura last year.

[AirRaidCrush]

How many of these tiny vanity promotions are they going to start? Next thing you know that ref from GAEA is going to start something up...

[Irving]

She actually had a booking office for awhile before the girls decided to run OZ fulltime... she was in charge of bookings for Kansai, Nagashima, Kato, Uematsu, and Ran.

[Ditch]

At what point did Yoshida change to her current look? The start of ARSION?

I watched AJW 8/30/92 today and she was really fun as a huge underdog vs Kyoko and vs Toyota. So thoroughly different with her no-hands run-up-the-ropes spots.

[J.H.]

Yoshida became the Spider Queen with aRSION's launch. Before that she was exactly the perennial underdog high flyher/mat technician hybrid (I think she was even CMLL Women's champ).  Then Aja started ARSION and made Yoshida her top recruit and head trainer for the Dojo (well behind herself. As Fighting producer for ARSION she was head recruiter and trainer but certain girls, like AKINO were Yoshida and Ayako disciples.

James

[AirRaidCrush]

J.H., on Nov 4 2008, 03:32 PM, said:

Yoshida became the Spider Queen with aRSION's launch. Before that she was exactly the perennial underdog high flyher/mat technician hybrid (I think she was even CMLL Women's champ).  Then Aja started ARSION and made Yoshida her top recruit and head trainer for the Dojo (well behind herself. As Fighting producer for ARSION she was head recruiter and trainer but certain girls, like AKINO were Yoshida and Ayako disciples.

James

Ayako disciples? Wasn't Hamada kinda young to be training anyone? I thought Ayako was one of Aja's students. Ayako Hamada was a 17 year old rookie when ARSION was started (mind you, a very good rookie IMO, but still...)

[Irving]

I for one dig Yoshida's hat-lady, lucharesu inspired years more than her spider lady years, and if it wasn't for her injury in 1992, she would have gotten a bigger push in Zenjo. Her and Hasegawa were up for pretty big pushes as the 92 Japan Grand Prix indicated, but, Yoshida got injured, and they started with the interpromotion which didn't really elevate anyone in AJW that wasn't above midcard level. She won the CMLL title in 1997 (which is around the year she began wearing the spider-esque suits), but by then she was already seen as job girl, dropping falls to younger opponents at time. Her team with Takako Inoue from 1997 is criminally underrated and really fun.. she suffered another injury and jumped ship in August of 97 for ARSION... returned in 1998 as the submission queen.

She's an excellent trainer.. responsible for Ayako, AKINO, Ai Fujita, Tojyuki Leon (Reina Takase), and Ayumi Kurihara. All-in-all, I've yet to really see a BAD match from Yoshida, just an excellent talent.

[Irving]

AirRaidCrush, on Nov 4 2008, 07:58 PM, said:

J.H., on Nov 4 2008, 03:32 PM, said:

Yoshida became the Spider Queen with aRSION's launch. Before that she was exactly the perennial underdog high flyher/mat technician hybrid (I think she was even CMLL Women's champ).  Then Aja started ARSION and made Yoshida her top recruit and head trainer for the Dojo (well behind herself. As Fighting producer for ARSION she was head recruiter and trainer but certain girls, like AKINO were Yoshida and Ayako disciples.

James

Ayako disciples? Wasn't Hamada kinda young to be training anyone? I thought Ayako was one of Aja's students. Ayako Hamada was a 17 year old rookie when ARSION was started (mind you, a very good rookie IMO, but still...)

Yeah, AKINO and Ayako were "disciples" of Aja, but trained by Yoshida..

[AirRaidCrush]

Let's not forget Yuu Yamagata, Cheerleader Melissa, and I believe she did some training for LuFisto as well. There was another ARSION rookie (I have a random pack of their trading cards from joining the ASC way back when) whose name escapes me...she was rather tall, but apparently went poof before she could do much. Rena Takase seems so different now when I see her as Tojyuki Leon. Not just the additional experience, but her style as well.

And if we're including Yoshida's Ibuki students, you've got Shu Shibutani and Hiroyo Matsumoto as excellent examples of her training work as well. To me, the most dramatic difference can be seen with someone like Melissa, who was previously trained. APW turns out some nice students, but to be perfectly honest...if you look at pre-Yoshida Melissa and post-Yoshida Melissa, the difference is staggering (to me, at least). Likewise, early Matsumoto matches in Ibuki were torturous to watch (again, for me at least), while her more recent stuff is quite watchable. I'd put her up there with Jaguar Yokota and Eddie Sharkey on my list of most awesome trainers.