Wednesday, November 16, 2005

The young and old appear on Breath

Mariko Yoshida held her fourth Breath show on Sunday at Shinjuku FACE
in front of a sellout crown of 508. What was very unusual and got a
lot of media attention was the pro debut of 1990 65kg. world amateur
champ Akiko Nacni at age 38. She is a mother of three and wrestling
coach at Gold's Kids gym in Tokyo. She said the Crush Gals inspired
her to wrestle. Her kids were there along with several of her
students. Her opponent was a rookie called Yuna. Nacni had to win
three falls to win and did so in in 7:40. Leon defeated Mai Ichii in
12:59. Kaoru Ito & Shuu Shibuya defeated Mariko Yoshida & Bambi in
16:38. Yuka Shiina defeated aspiring Olympic wrestler Naho Watanabe in
11:13. Watanabe is a student of Nacni. Haruka Matsuo & Atsuko Emoto
defeated Kyoko Kimura & Natsuki*Head in 23:17. Several of the
wrestlers did individual interviews with Livedoor Sports and I'll
write about those separately.

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