The Joshi Pod

The Cutest Professional Wrestler in the World is this week's guest!

Maki Itoh talks about what it was like being in an idol group. She reveals who has been teaching her new English words. She also teaches us a NSFW Japanese phrase.

Oh, Maki also talks about wrestling!

Please have a listen.

Thank you! Fu@k you!

Maki Itoh Links

Twitter: https://twitter.com/maki_itoh

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/makifuckingitoh/

Merchandise: https://makiitoh.bigcartel.com/

The Joshi Pod Links

Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheJoshiPod

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thejoshipod/

Merchandise: https://www.prowrestlingtees.com/thejoshipod

Tropical Yahho!

We return to Ichigaya Chocolate Square this week to speak with born performer Yuna Mizumori.

She talks about going from an idol performer to pro wrestler. We torture our translator Akki for a bit and she shares about the tropical world where she came from.

It is a really fun chat.

Please have a listen.

Also on the show:

We look at the DDT Universe streaming service.

Yuna Mizumori Social Media:

Yuna Mizumori Twitter

Tropical Yahho Twitter

Yuna Mizumori Instagram

Gatoh Move Twitter

Gatoh Move Experience

Gatoh Move Youtube

DDT Universe:

Streaming Service

English Update Twitter

The Joshi Pod Social Media:

Twitter

Instagram

Our Sponsor This Week:

QuietWyatt Designs Twitter

QuietWyatt Wyatt Designs Website

It’s Bull Nakano week on The Joshi Pod!

We recently had the opportunity to sit down with the wrestling legend in Tokyo. She talks about how she got into wrestling, her biggest rivals and so much more. Bull also goes into how her career came to an end and how she struggled early in her retirement.

Hirono helps with translation.

It was a dream interview come true. Please have a listen.

Social Media:

Bull Nakano Twitter

Bull Nakano Instagram

The Joshi Pod Twitter

The Joshi Pod Facebook

The Joshi Pod Instagram

The Joshi Pod T-Shirts

The Joshi Pod YouTube

Gatoh Move Experience

Gatoh Move Youtube

Gatoh Move Twitter

Our Sponsors This Week:

QuietWyatt Designs Website

QuietWyatt Designs Twitter

Music supplied by:

Yume O Yume (Dream your Dream) by reiswerk (c) copyright 2016 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license.

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We are joined by "The Mighty" Lulu Pencil from Gatoh Move. We sat down with her at Ichigaya Chocolate Square in Tokyo.

Lulu talks about why Joshi Wrestling is so important to her and how she couldn't believe the internet reaction after her debut. 

Akki helps with translation.

It was a really fun chat. Please have a listen.

Also on the show:

We take a look at the shows I attended in Tokyo the last week.

Social Media:

Lulu Pencil Twitter

Gatoh Move Twitter

Akki Twitter

Gatoh Move Youtube

Gatoh Move Experience

Gatoh Move T-Shirts

The Joshi Pod Twitter

The Joshi Pod Facebook

The Joshi Pod Instagram

The Joshi Pod T-Shirts

The Joshi Pod YouTube

Our Sponsors This Week:

QuietWyatt Designs Website

QuietWyatt Designs Twitter

Music supplied by:

Yume O Yume (Dream your Dream) by reiswerk (c) copyright 2016 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license.

https://bit.ly/2OQ19us

Finally! On the 20th episode, we are joined by Ice Ribbon's Akane Fujita. We finally have a Japanese women's wrestler on the show. She spoke with us through an interpreter prior to her match in San Diego last week.

Akane talks about why she got into the wrestling industry, about some of her rivals and so much more.

Please have a listen.

Also on the show:

We look ahead to shows this week in Japan, including Ice Ribbon's big show at Korakuen Hall.

Next week's show will be from Tokyo.

Social Media:

Akane Fujita Twitter

Ice Ribbon Twitter

The Joshi Pod Twitter

The Joshi Pod Facebook

The Joshi Pod Instagram

The Joshi Pod T-Shirts

The Joshi Pod YouTube

Friend of the Show:

Listen to JPQ and Eric Howard review Stardom's No People Gate

No Particular Angle Podcast

Our Sponsors This Week:

QuietWyatt Designs Website

QuietWyatt Designs Twitter 

Music supplied by:

Yume O Yume (Dream your Dream) by reiswerk (c) copyright 2016 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license.

https://bit.ly/2OQ19us

One of the top gaijin stars during the Golden Age of Joshi wrestling Debbie Malenko, joins the show this week. She talks about getting into the business and then heading to Japan at just 19-years-old.

Malenko talks about being in the ring with the greats like Bull, Hokuto, Toyota, Aja and more.

As quickly as she ascended to the top of the Joshi world, her career would come to an end.

Debbie's story is unique and fascinating. Please have a listen. We could have talked to her for hours.

Also on the show:

We look ahead to shows this week in Japan, including a fun main event for SEAdLINNNG.

We also see where Joshi wrestlers are performing outside of Japan, including Yuu heading to Australia.

Social Media:

The Joshi Pod Twitter 

The Joshi Pod Facebook

The Joshi Pod Instagram

The Joshi Pod T-Shirts

Our Sponsors This Week:

QuietWyatt Designs: www.qwdofficial.com

The Last Podcast You'd Want: https://anchor.fm/stephan-straw

Friends of the Show:

Pure Heart, Pure Lariat

Dylan Fox Twitter

Joshi Results on Twitter

DDT English Update on Twitter

Music supplied by:

Yume O Yume (Dream your Dream) by reiswerk (c) copyright 2016 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license.

https://bit.ly/2OQ19us

Part one of our chat with Stardom superstar Kris Wolf! Kris has an absolutely amazing story. In part one, she talks about how she ended up in Japan in the first place, why she decided to become a pro wrestler and what training was like.

She also talks about the process to pass the test to actually have a match and we chat about a couple of her early matches.

Kris also shares her love for Act Yasukawa and what it was like being there the night the incident with Yoshiko occurred.

You will want to listen.

Stay tuned for part two!

Also on the show:

We see where Joshi wrestlers are performing outside of Japan, including an Ice Ribbon star in a 10,000 thumbtack match.

Social Media:

Kris Wolf Twitter: https://twitter.com/wolfinjapan

Kris Wolf Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wolfinjapan

The Joshi Pod Twitter: https://twitter.com/thejoshipod

The Joshi Pod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thejoshipod

The Joshi Pod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thejoshipod/

The Joshi Pod T-Shirts: https://www.prowrestlingtees.com/thejoshipod

Merchandise: 

Nicole Savoy: https://www.prowrestlingtees.com/nikimsavo

Kikyo: https://www.prowrestlingtees.com/fallenkikyo

Gatoh Move: https://www.prowrestlingtees.com/gatohmove

Stardom: https://www.prowrestlingtees.com/stardomworld

Tokyo Joshi Pro: https://www.prowrestlingtees.com/dramaticdreamteam

Hiroyo Matsumoto: https://www.prowrestlingtees.com/hiroyomatsumoto

Aja Kong: https://www.prowrestlingtees.com/ajakong

Riho: https://www.prowrestlingtees.com/riho

Hikaru Shida: https://www.prowrestlingtees.com/hikarushida

Yuka Sakazaki: https://www.prowrestlingtees.com/yukasakazaki

Our Sponsors This Week:

QuietWyatt Designs: https://www.facebook.com/QuietWyattDesigns/

Ground Zero Pro Wrestling: https://www.facebook.com/GroundZeroSD

Music supplied by:

Yume O Yume (Dream your Dream) by reiswerk (c) copyright 2016 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license.

https://bit.ly/2OQ19us

The Tokyo Joshi Pro International Princess Champion Thunder Rosa joins the Joshi Pod this week. We talk about her going to Stardom with just a handful of matches under her belt. She talks about the differences between Stardom and TJPW. Thunder Rosa also talks about how important it is for her to be in the public eye to show other young women that she is a strong woman that through hard work reached a level of success. She is such a fun person to talk to. Please have a listen.

Also on the show:

We take a look at the 3-count headlines of the week, including how promotions are dealing with the Corona Virus.

We also take a look at the career of Kagetsu.

We look ahead to the calendar for shows this week in Japan.

We see where Joshi wrestlers are performing outside of Japan.

Thunder Rosa Social Media:

Facebook

Twitter

Instagram

YouTube

Merchandise

The Joshi Pod Social Media:

Twitter

Facebook

Instagram

YouTube

T-Shirts

Show Sponsor:

QuietWyatt Designs

Music supplied by:

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We have part two of my chat with one of India's biggest wrestling stars, Baliyan Akki. This time we talk about the women of Gatoh Move!

He gives insights like few others can. He talks about the women as people and as wrestlers. I think you will enjoy the conversation.

If you missed part one of the conversation, it was released as a bonus episode earlier this week. Please go back and listen.

Also on the show:

We look at the 3-count headlines of the week, including a huge with for a young TJPW performer.

The Joshi show of the week is Stardom’s ‘The Way to the Major League.’

We look ahead to the calendar for shows this week in Japan.

We see where Joshi wrestlers are performing outside of Japan, including a star making her debut during WrestleMania week.

Pro Wrestling Tee’s Stores

Nicole Savoy: https://www.prowrestlingtees.com/nikimsavo

Kikyo: https://www.prowrestlingtees.com/fallenkikyo

Gatoh Move: https://www.prowrestlingtees.com/gatohmove

Stardom: https://www.prowrestlingtees.com/stardomworld

Tokyo Joshi Pro: https://www.prowrestlingtees.com/dramaticdreamteam

Hiroyo Matsumoto: https://www.prowrestlingtees.com/hiroyomatsumoto

Aja Kong: https://www.prowrestlingtees.com/ajakong

Riho: https://www.prowrestlingtees.com/riho

Hikaru Shida: https://www.prowrestlingtees.com/hikarushida

Yuka Sakazaki: https://www.prowrestlingtees.com/yukasakazaki

Our Sponsors This Week:

QuietWyatt Designs: https://www.facebook.com/QuietWyattDesigns/

Ground Zero Pro Wrestling: https://www.facebook.com/GroundZeroSD/

The Last Podcast You’d Want: https://anchor.fm/stephan-straw

Social Media:

Baliyan Akki Twitter: https://twitter.com/baliyanxakki

Gatoh Move Twitter: https://twitter.com/gatohmove

Gatoh Move YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2HtPsU4U7TNSv2mSbPkj0w

The Joshi Pod Twitter: https://twitter.com/thejoshipod

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thejoshipod

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Pro Wrestling Tee’s Store: https://www.prowrestlingtees.com/thejoshipod

Music supplied by:

Yume O Yume (Dream your Dream) by reiswerk (c) copyright 2016 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. 

https://bit.ly/2OQ19us