It's so unusual for joshi puroresu to get mainstream media coverage in Japan that I like to make note of it when available. Mariko Yoshida said on her blog that the Asahi Shinbun newspaper was at Sunday's 3rd anniversary show and to be on the lookout for an article about Ibuki. It turns out the article is about Misaki Ohata and is also on their website. It talks a bit about being on the winning side in her match on Sunday's show in front of 1200 fans at Korakuen Hall.
19 year old Misaki Ohata is 155cm tall and weighs 53kg. As the smallest of the wrestlers in that match on Sunday, Misaki said the crowd support really helped that day. Plus she's in there with the boss. Misaki Ohata was born in Sendai City. She played in the brass band in elementary school but wasn't into sports at all. In junior high and then high school she was very withdrawn and had difficulty making friends.
She had heard that the JD Star joshi puroresu company was recruiting and Misaki was thinking about moving to Tokyo anyway. She also thought performing could bring out her personality. So she moved into their dormitory in 2006. At first the Tokyo smog tired her out but she made her joshi debut in December 2006. When JD Star closed last year, Misaki joined Ibuki and has been training with Yoshida ever since. She says training is hard and there's a lot of pain but Misaki feels joshi has changed her personality and given her a lot of confidence. She's very happy now. She's recently bleached her hair blonde and gone to a more mature look. She looks less like a little kid now. Let's hope she keeps training hard to improve her ring skills.
19 year old Misaki Ohata is 155cm tall and weighs 53kg. As the smallest of the wrestlers in that match on Sunday, Misaki said the crowd support really helped that day. Plus she's in there with the boss. Misaki Ohata was born in Sendai City. She played in the brass band in elementary school but wasn't into sports at all. In junior high and then high school she was very withdrawn and had difficulty making friends.
She had heard that the JD Star joshi puroresu company was recruiting and Misaki was thinking about moving to Tokyo anyway. She also thought performing could bring out her personality. So she moved into their dormitory in 2006. At first the Tokyo smog tired her out but she made her joshi debut in December 2006. When JD Star closed last year, Misaki joined Ibuki and has been training with Yoshida ever since. She says training is hard and there's a lot of pain but Misaki feels joshi has changed her personality and given her a lot of confidence. She's very happy now. She's recently bleached her hair blonde and gone to a more mature look. She looks less like a little kid now. Let's hope she keeps training hard to improve her ring skills.
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