Japanese Women’s Wrestling, but Make It Fashion

The scene backstage at the Hammerstein Ballroom in Manhattan had all the telltale signs of fashion show prep. On an afternoon ...
Yahoo! Sports

These Japanese wrestlers throw down in latex and glitter

With a swift kick to her opponent’s face, wrestler Atomic Banshee began to dominate the final fight of the evening on a humid evening in Miami Beach. The match was part of the world championship of ...
WLRN

Professional female wrestlers bring Japanese subcultures into the ring for Miami Art week

Before entering the ring Thursday night in Miami Beach, Ichigo Sayaka spent six hours in hair and make up. A flurry of stylists buzzed around her, braiding long pink extensions into pigtails and ...
The Economist

Japanese women are wrestling with sumo’s boundaries

THE TWO young contenders grab at each other’s loincloths. A referee keeps up the shout of “nokotta nokotta”, indicating that the wrestlers are still in the game. Suddenly one lunges forward, sending ...