2020 BBM Women’s Wrestling Ambitious!! Checklist and Review

In my collection I have a wide variety of Joshi card sets from over the years, many of which do not have a card list anywhere on the Internet. So I hope to slowly add more of them to Joshi City, with the next set being 2020 BBM Ambitious!!.

Card Set: 2020 BBM Women’s Wrestling Ambitious!!
Release Date: November 28th, 2020
Base Cards in Set: 104 Regular Cards
Cost per Box: 8,000 Yen
Where to Purchase: Third Party Vendors (Buyee, eBay, etc.)

For the first time in the history of BBM women’s wrestling card releases, the series is having its second release in one year! This is an interesting set. The cards are new in design, with a lot of variations that we don’t normally see in the True Heart sets. The roster list is shorter however as there are a high number of wrestlers not represented, including all of SEAdLINNNG, Diana, Marvelous, OZ Academy, Gatoh Move, JTO, and Sendai Girls’, plus various Freelancers (Stardom is also not included but they have not taken part in BBM releases since 2012). This change was likely due to COVID, as getting to events for the wrestlers to sign was likely more complicated. That leaves Ice Ribbon and Tokyo Joshi Pro as the two bigger promotions included in the set, plus Actwres girl’Z and PURE-J. For fans of the other promotions this is definitely a disappointment, especially as one box is a similar price as the full release back in February.

With entire promotions missing from the set, the appeal may be limited, however they did make an effort to make up for it with lots of repeat cards of the more popular wrestlers. Wrestlers such as Ram Kaicho and Miku Aono have a high number of cards, with Maya Yukihi dominating all with her own special collection both in base cards and autographs. While the set is more for serious collectors or big fans of one of the promotions that did make the cut, the cards have a clean look and the number of autograph cards is still impressive. Here is the base card checklist:

Red = Debut Card
Blue = Tag Team Card
Maroon = “Another Shot” Card
Green = Private (Regular) Clothes Card
Orange = Swimwear Card
Gray = Rifu Tourism Ambassador Memorial
Indigo = Bonus Track
Magenta = Maya Yukihi Costume Collection Card (regular card, no memorabilia)

This is a unique set with autograph cards, as many wrestlers have multiple variations. The cards with (+C) means the wrestler also has a Cheki autograph /10 (unless otherwise specified) in addition to a regular autograph card. Most of the base autograph cards are /120. Here is a complete list of all the autograph cards:

Red = “Another Shot” Autograph
Green = Plain Clothes Autograph
Orange = Swimwear Autograph
Magenta = Maya Yukihi Collection Autograph

Scans coming soon!