BBM Women’s Wrestling Cards 2023 Checklist and Review

Kevin | 02/20/2023 | Joshi Cards | No Comments

Card Set: BBM Women’s Wrestling Cards 2023
Release Date: February 21st, 2023
Base Cards in Set: 145 Regular Cards, 21 “Secret” Base Card Variations, and 9 Insert Cards
Cost per Box: 8,800 Yen
Where to Purchase: Various online third party vendors (Buyee, Rakuten, eBay, etc.)

Of all the wrestling card releases, the BBM women’s set (formally called True Heart) is my favorite. Not just because I am a fan of Joshi wrestling, although that is clearly a factor, but because of how in-depth it is and the wrestlers put a lot of effort into their signatures. No quick squiggly line autographs here, as they really go all out to make them unique, with some adding extra text or pictures within their signature. It is truly a unique set and the time the wrestlers put into their cards is appreciated.

For the first time since 2020, life has gotten close enough to normal that the yearly BBM release is back to its old self. The base autographs are finally on-card autographs again, which is a huge plus for collectors as on-card autographs are better than sticker autographs. They look better on the card, and it gives the wrestlers more freedom to write on more of the card. The Special and Insert autographs are still stickers, but those cards tend to have more of a special design so they likely wanted to keep the autograph within a certain space. The list of wrestlers that signed this year is also massive, with 144 wrestlers and ring announcers participating (plus one tag team card).

The roster list is pretty complete. Stardom is not included which is no surprise as they have not participated in the BBM card release since 2012. Also missing is Actwres girl’Z which is normal, plus we are missing some Freelancers such as ASUKA, Natsu Sumire, Jungle Kyona, and Michiko Miyagi. In addition, a few wrestlers that had autograph cards last year are not in this year’s set, mostly due to retirements: KAORU, Kanon, Saki-sama, Tsukushi, Nanae Takahashi, Nodoka Tenma, Mei Saint-Michel, Yoshiko, LuLu Pencil, and the Magical Sugar Rabbits (tag team card) were in last year’s set but not this one. Overall, it is a great list of wrestlers that took part this year with many rookies and other “secret” surprises.

Here is the full checklist, translated from BBM’s release:

Base Cards (145 + 21 Secret Variations)

Red = Rookie Card
Blue = Tag Team Card
Green = Ring Announcer Card
* = Wrestler also has a “secret” alternative version of their base card

Haruka Aikawa *
Yuki Aino
Aoi
Itsuki Aoki
Saki Akai *
AKARI
AKINO
Shiori Akiba
Asahi
Aja Kong
Saori Anou *
Rina Amikura
Yuki Arai *
Ancham *
Nao Ishikawa
Maki Itoh *
Tomoka Inaba
Kyoko Inoue
Takumi Iroha
Mika Iwata
Haruka Umesaki *
Arisu Endo
Yumi Ohka
Chie Ozora
Yurika Oka
Maika Ozaki
Mayumi Ozaki
Sayaka Obihiro
Riko Kaiju
Nao Kakuta
Misa Kagura
KAZUKI
Sonoko Kato
Rin Kadokura
Yuki Kamifuku
Riko Kawahata
Kiku
Sakura Hirota
Kyusei Ninja Ranmaru
Kyuri
Tokiko Kirihara
Mahiro Kiryu
Tsubasa Kuragaki
Crea *
Chie Koishikawa
Kohaku
Marika Kobashi
Kaho Kobayashi
Yuka Sakazaki
SAKI
Emi Sakura
Yuko Sakurai
Ayame Sasamura
Ayako Sato
Sayaka
Sayuri
Saran
Hikaru Shida
Arisa Shinose
Hikari Shimizu
Suzu Suzuki
Suzume *
Mei Suruga *
Kakeru Sekiguchi *
Risa Sera *
Miyuki Takase
DASH Chisako *
Rika Tatsumi
Momo Tani
Dump Matsumoto
Cherry
Deborah K
Totoro Satsuki
Kaya Toribami
Arisa Nakajima
Shoko Nakajima
Chikayo Nagashima
Juria Nagano *
Hanako Nakamori
NATSUMI *
Mochi Natsumi
Nanase *
Nanami
Haruna Neko
Hikari Noa
Nagisa Nozaki
Hyper Misao
Hibiscus Mii
Chihiro Hashimoto
Yoshiko Hasegawa
Momoka Hanazono
Pom Harajuku
HARUKAZE
Moeka Haruhi
Hiragi Kurumi
HisokA
Himiko
Akane Fujita
Tsukasa Fujimoto
Ai Houzan
Ibuki Hoshi
Hamuko Hoshi
Tae Honma ＊
Misaki Maeda
Makoto
Yuuki Mashiro
Matsuzawa-san
Kaho Matsushita
Hiroyo Matsumoto ＊
Miyako Matsumoto
Madeline ＊
Yuna Manase
Manami
Maria
Miss Mongol
Mizuki
Ryo Mizunami *
Yuna Mizumori
Yuki Miyazaki
Moka Miyamoto
Miyu
Miran
May Lee
Mio Momono
Yappy
Sumika Yanagawa *
Yu Yamagata
Miyu Yamashita
Yuu
YuuRI
Maya Yukihi
Miya Yotsuba
Kaori Yoneyama
Rydeen Hagane
Raku
Ram Kaicho
rhythm
Leon
Tomoko Watanabe
Miu Watanabe
Free WiFi
Chiharu
Ai Hara
Sayuri Namba
Aya Mochizuki

Insert Cards (9)

SP1. Saori Anou
SP2. Yuki Arai
SP3. Tomoka Inaba
SP4. Yuka Sakazaki
SP5. Hikaru Shida
SP6. Suzu Suzuki
SP7. Arisa Nakajima
SP8. Maya Yukihi
SP9. Ram Kaicho

Base Autograph Cards (145 + 21 Secret Variations)

Wrestlers that have a “secret” base card also have a “secret” autograph card. If a wrestler below has both a normal and secret autograph, they will have two serial numbers by their name. The first is for their normal autograph and the second bolded number is their secret autograph card.

Haruka Aikawa /100 /100
Yuki Aino /100
Aoi /100
Itsuki Aoki /100
Saki Akai /100 /100
AKARI /100
AKINO /100
Shiori Akiba /98
Asahi /100
Aja Kong /100
Saori Anou /100 /100
Rina Amikura /100
Yuki Arai /100 /40
Ancham /100 /100
Nao Ishikawa /95
Maki Itoh /100 /100
Tomoka Inaba /100
Kyoko Inoue /100
Takumi Iroha /100
Mika Iwata /100
Haruka Umesaki /98 /100
Arisu Endo /100
Yumi Ohka /100
Chie Ozora /99
Yurika Oka /99
Maika Ozaki /100
Mayumi Ozaki /90
Sayaka Obihiro /100
Riko Kaiju /100
Nao Kakuta /100
Misa Kagura /100
KAZUKI /100
Sonoko Kato /100
Rin Kadokura /100
Yuki Kamifuku /100
Riko Kawahata /100
Kiku /100
Sakura Hirota /100
Kyusei Ninja Ranmaru /100
Kyuri /100
Tokiko Kirihara /100
Mahiro Kiryu /99
Tsubasa Kuragaki /100
Crea /100 /100
Chie Koishikawa /100
Kohaku /100
Marika Kobashi /100
Kaho Kobayashi /100
Yuka Sakazaki /95
SAKI /100
Emi Sakura /100
Yuko Sakurai /100
Ayame Sasamura /100
Ayako Sato /100
Sayaka /100
Sayuri /100
Saran /100
Hikaru Shida /100
Arisa Shinose /100
Hikari Shimizu /100
Suzu Suzuki /100
Suzume /99 /100
Mei Suruga /100 /100
Kakeru Sekiguchi /99 /100
Risa Sera /100 /100
Miyuki Takase /100
DASH Chisako /100 /100
Rika Tatsumi /100
Momo Tani /100
Dump Matsumoto /100
Cherry /100
Deborah K /100
Totoro Satsuki /100
Kaya Toribami /100
Arisa Nakajima /100
Shoko Nakajima /100
Chikayo Nagashima /100
Juria Nagano /100 /100
Hanako Nakamori /100
NATSUMI /99 /100
Mochi Natsumi /99
Nanase /100 /100
Nanami /100
Haruna Neko /100
Hikari Noa /99
Nagisa Nozaki /100
Hyper Misao /99
Hibiscus Mii /99
Chihiro Hashimoto /75
Yoshiko Hasegawa /100
Momoka Hanazono /100
Pom Harajuku /100
HARUKAZE /99
Moeka Haruhi /100
Hiragi Kurumi /99
HisokA /98
Himiko /99
Akane Fujita /100
Tsukasa Fujimoto /100
Ai Houzan /98
Ibuki Hoshi /99
Hamuko Hoshi /100
Tae Honma /100 /100
Misaki Maeda /100
Makoto /100
Yuuki Mashiro /100
Matsuzawa-san /98
Kaho Matsushita /100
Hiroyo Matsumoto /100 /100
Miyako Matsumoto /100
Madeline /99 /100
Yuna Manase /97
Manami /97
Maria /99
Miss Mongol /100
Mizuki /99
Ryo Mizunami /98 /100
Yuna Mizumori /100
Yuki Miyazaki /100
Moka Miyamoto /100
Miyu /100
Miran /100
May Lee /96
Mio Momono /96
Yappy /100
Sumika Yanagawa /100 /100
Yu Yamagata /100
Miyu Yamashita /97
Yuu /100
YuuRI /100
Maya Yukihi /100
Miya Yotsuba /100
Kaori Yoneyama /92
Rydeen Hagane /99
Raku /100
Ram Kaicho /100
rhythm /100
Leon /100
Tomoko Watanabe /100
Miu Watanabe /100
Free WiFi /100
Chiharu /99
Ai Hara /100
Sayuri Namba /95
Aya Mochizuki /100

Insert Autograph Cards (9)

These are sticker autographs. Insert Autographs generally come in two variations – a “normal” version and a “silver” version. The first serial number given is for the normal version, the second is for the silver version.

Saori Anou /70 /30
Yuki Arai /40 /30
Tomoka Inaba /70 /30
Yuka Sakazaki /70 /30
Hikaru Shida /70 /30
Suzu Suzuki /70 /30
Arisa Nakajima /70 /30
Maya Yukihi /70 /30
Ram Kaicho /70 /30

Super Secret Autograph Cards (4)

These are sticker autographs.

Saori Anou /30
Yuki Arai /9
Hikaru Shida /30
Ram Kaicho /30

Cheki (Polaroid) Autograph

Chekis are Polaroid photographs taken of the wrestler, that the wrestler then signs/decorates. As each one is an actual photo, every Cheki is unique. This list is from BBM’s official card checklist however it is possible it is incomplete.

Haruka Aikawa /10
Yuki Aino /10
Aoi /10
AKARI /10
Shiori Akiba /10
Asahi /10
Saori Anou /10
Rina Amikura /10
Yuki Arai /10
Ancham /10
Nao Ishikawa /10
Maki Itoh /10
Tomoka Inaba /10
Haruka Umesaki /10
Arisu Endo /10
Chie Ozora /10
Maika Ozaki /10
Sayaka Obihiro /10
Nao Kakuta /10
Misa Kagura /10
KAZUKI /10
Yuki Kamifuku /10
Riko Kawahata /10
Kiku /10
Tokiko Kirihara /10
Mahiro Kiryu /10
Tsubasa Kuragaki /10
Crea /10
Chie Koishikawa /10
Marika Kobashi /10
Kaho Kobayashi /10
Yuka Sakazaki /10
SAKI /10
Yuko Sakurai /10
Sayaka /10
Sayuri /10
Saran /10
Hikaru Shida /10
Arisa Shinose /10
Hikari Shimizu /10
Suzu Suzuki /10
Suzume /10
Mei Suruga /10
Kakeru Sekiguchi /10
Risa Sera /10
Rika Tatsumi /10
Momo Tani /10
Totoro Satsuki /10
Kaya Toribami /10
Arisa Nakajima /10
Shoko Nakajima /10
Juria Nagano /10
Hanako Nakamori /10
NATSUMI /10
Mochi Natsumi /10
Nanase /10
Nanami /10
Haruna Neko /10
Hikari Noa /9
Hyper Misao /10
Yoshiko Hasegawa /10
Pom Harajuku /10
HARUKAZE /10
Moeka Haruhi /10
Hiragi Kurumi /10
Akane Fujita /10
Tsukasa Fujimoto /10
Tae Honma /10
Makoto /10
Yuuki Mashiro /10
Kaho Matsushita /10
Hiroyo Matsumoto /10
Miyako Matsumoto /10
Madeline /15
Yuna Manase /10
Mizuki /10
Ryo Mizunami /10
Moka Miyamoto /10
Miran /10
Yappy /10
Sumika Yanagawa /10
Miyu Yamashita /10
Yuu /10
YuuRI /10
Maya Yukihi /10
Miya Yotsuba /10
Kaori Yoneyama /10
Rydeen Hagane /10
Raku /10
Ram Kaicho /10
rhythm /10
Leon /10
Miu Watanabe /10
Free WiFi /10
Chiharu /10
Ai Hara /10
Sayuri Namba /10
Aya Mochizuki /10