• Ami Yumoto (added to Tokyo Joshi Pro Roster)
• Asahi (moved to Obituaries)
• Chesca (added to PURE-J Roster)
• Chika Nanase (added to Tokyo Joshi Pro Roster)
• Giulia (moved to Joshi Freelancers)
• Kira Summer (added to Tokyo Joshi Pro Roster)
• Madeline (moved to Joshi Freelancers)
• Mai Sakurai (moved to Joshi Freelancers)
• MIRAI (moved to Joshi Freelancers)
• Mizuha (added to JUST TAP OUT Roster)
• Nonoka Seto (added to Gatoh Move Roster)
• Rea Marumori (added to Sendai Girl’s Roster)
• Riko Kaiju (moved to Inactive Wrestlers)
• Saki Akai (moved to Retired Wrestlers)
• Saori Anou (moved to Stardom Roster)
• Sayuri (move to Retired Wrestlers)
• Uta Takami (added to Tokyo Joshi Pro Roster)
• Utami Hayashishita (moved to Joshi Freelancers)
• Yufa (added to AgZ Roster)
• Yuka Sakazaki (moved to Other Affiliated Wrestlers)
• Yuuki Mashiro (moved to Ice Ribbon Roster)
• YUNA (added to Sendai Girls’ Roster)
• Yuzuki (moved to Joshi Freelancers)

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• Blanca Maho  (Added to Joshi Freelancers)
• Great Sakuya  (Added to Other Affiliated Wrestlers)
• Ranna Yagami  (Added to Stardom Roster)
• Sayaka Kurara  (Added to Stardom Roster)
• Yukari Hosokawa  (Moved to Retired Wrestlers)

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• Aiki (Moved to Inactive Wrestlers)
• Amu Yumesaki (Moved to Inactive Wrestlers)
• Asahi (Moved to Actwres girl’Z Roster)
• Chanyota (added to Other Affiliated Wrestlers, P.P.P. Tokyo)
• Echika Miyavi (added to Other Affiliated Wrestlers, P.P.P. Tokyo)
• Kiku (Moved to Other Affiliated Wrestlers, Hot Shushu)
• Mana Yamashita (Added to AgZ Roster)
• Mizuki Kato (Added to Diana Roster)
• Nanami Togi (Added to AgZ Roster)
• Sya (Added to Other Affiliated Wrestlers, Ehime Pro Wrestling)
• Tsuruhimeka (Added to Other Affiliated Wrestlers, Ehime Pro Wrestling)
• Yui Tenshoku (Added to AgZ Roster)
• Yuma Makoto (Added to Diana Roster)
• Yuzuki (Added to Stardom Roster)

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• Asuka Fujitaki (added to Ice Ribbon Roster)
• Mayuka Koike (added to Ice Ribbon Roster)
• Mifu Ashida (added to Ice Ribbon Roster)
• Nanae Furukawa (added to Ice Ribbon Roster)
• Riara (added to Other Affiliated Wrestlers, Ganbare Pro)
• Yuuki Minami (added to Ice Ribbon Roster)
• Yuu Hanaya (added to Ice Ribbon Roster)

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• Hikari Minami (moved to Ice Ribbon Roster)
• Hinata (added to Ice Ribbon Roster)
• Kyuri (moved to Ice Ribbon Roster)
• Maika Ozaki (moved to Joshi Freelancers)
• Mei Seira (moved to Stardom Roster)
• Suzu Suzuki (moved to Stardom Roster)
• Yuna Mizumori (moved to Stardom Roster)

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• Chado (Other Affiliated Wrestlers)
• Flying Penguin (Other Affiliated Wrestlers)
• Kagerou (Other Affiliated Wrestlers)
• KONOHA aka Super W (Joshi Freelancers)
• Maho Kondo (Other Affiliated Wrestlers)
• Nanami Nico (Other Affiliated Wrestlers)
• NOA (Other Affiliated Wrestlers)
• Poppo the Hermit (Other Affiliated Wrestlers)
• Riemaru (Joshi Freelancers)

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Stardom:

• Aya Sakura (added)
• HANAKO (added)
• Himeka (moved to Retired Wrestlers)
• Unagi Sayaka (moved to Freelancers)

Tokyo Joshi Pro:

• Haru Kazashiro (added)
• HIMAWARI (added)
• Mei Saint-Michel (added)
• Runa Okubo (added)
• Shino Suzuki (added)
• Toga (added)
• Wakana Uehara (added)

Actwres girl’Z:

• Chii Aoba (added)

JUST TAP OUT:

• Azusa Inaba (added)

Marvelous:

• Rin Kadokura (moved to Inactive Wrestlers)

Other Affiliated Wrestlers:

• Maya Fukuda (added under GLEAT)

Freelancers:

• Sareee (moved from Other Affiliated Wrestlers)

Gaijin Invaders:

• Vert Vixen (added)

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• Joshi Promotion Roster Updates! The following updates have been completed:
  • Amu Yumesaki (added to Ice Ribbon)
  • Banny Oikawa (moved to Inactive Wrestlers)
  • Chi Chi (added to Other Affiliated Wrestlers)
  • Honoka (added to Pro Wrestling WAVE)
  • Jessie (added to Gaijin Invaders)
  • Kizuna Tanaka (added to Pro Wrestling WAVE)
  • Sunny (added to Other Affiliated Wrestlers)
  • Xena (added to Gaijin Invaders)
  • ZONES (added to Other Affiliated Wrestlers)

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• BBM Joshi Cards Pre-Orders! As any fan of Joshi cards probably knows, in a couple weeks the annual BBM Joshi card set releases! I will have a limited number for pre-order soon, and I will also have some 2022 boxes for sale as well as singles from both sets. Since it is a pop-up shop type situation it won’t be posted about here on the main Joshi City site, so be sure to follow me on Twitter for when pre-orders are put up.
• Joshi Promotion Roster Updates! This is one of the biggest updates I’ve done in awhile, as the rosters were about six months out of date. The big addition is AgZ finally updated their website with a roster, so I have added all of their regular wrestlers to the website. Here are all the changes:
  • Act Yasukawa – Moved to AgZ Roster
  • Aiki – Added to Ice Ribbon Roster
  • Allen – Added to AgZ Roster
  • Amazon – Added to Gaijin Invaders
  • Arisa Shinose – Added to Ice Ribbon Roster
  • Asako Mia – Added to AgZ Roster
  • Billie Starkz – Added to Gaijin Invaders
  • Black Changita – Moved to Inactive Wrestlers
  • Black R – Moved to Inactive Wrestlers
  • Bulldozer Amisa – Moved to Freelancers (and changed name to Amisa Midono)
  • Bulldozer Todoroki – Added to AgZ Roster
  • CHIAKI – Added to AgZ Roster
  • Chika Goto – Added to AgZ Roster
  • Haruka Ishikawa – Added to AgZ Roster
  • HisokA – Added to JUST TAP OUT Roster
  • Kanamic – Added to AgZ Roster
  • KIRA☆AN – Added to AgZ Roster
  • Koara Fujimoto – Added to AgZ Roster
  • Kouki – Added to AgZ Roster
  • Kyoka Iwai – Added to AgZ Roster
  • Lena Kross – Added to Gaijin Invaders
  • Mariah May – Added to Gaijin Invaders
  • Marika Kobashi – Moved to Freelancers
  • Marino Saihara – Added to AgZ Roster
  • MARU – Added to AgZ Roster
  • Mercedes Monè – Added to Other Affiliated Wrestlers
  • Miran – Added to Diana Roster
  • Miya Yotsuba – Added to Gatoh Move Roster
  • Nagisa Shiotsuki – Added to AgZ Roster
  • Naho Yamada – Added to AgZ Roster
  • Nanase – Added to Other Affiliated Wrestlers
  • Naru – Moved to AgZ Roster
  • Nene Arahata – Added to AgZ Roster
  • Nina Samuels – Added to Gaijin Invaders
  • Nodoka Tenma – Moved to Retired Wrestlers
  • Rensan – Added to AgZ Roster
  • Riko Fukunaga – Added to AgZ Roster
  • Sakura Mizushima – Added to AgZ Roster
  • Shiori Akiba – Added to Other Affiliated Wrestlers
  • Tsuki Umino – Moved to Ice Ribbon Roster
  • Yuki Mashiro – Updated and moved to Retired Wrestlers
  • Yuna Mizumori – Moved to Freelancers

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With recent changes to my Internet activity and real-life interests, I wanted to address the future of this website.

As many have noticed, I have not updated the website in over three months, and no longer use social media. To be honest, I have never been a fan of social media, I think it brings out the worst in people and while it can have its uses, being on Twitter is not and never has been my idea of a good time. My main purpose the last few years of being on social media was to promote my shop and website, and without those things being updated I made the decision to fade off into the sunset. The Joshi City email address has also been deactivated, which I realize leaves most people with no way to contact me but that’s the Internet for you, people come and go. But nothing bad happened to me, its just shifting interests and wanting to be more “offline” than “online” in my personal life.

The reason the website has not been updated is simply shifting real life interests. I’ve always ebbed and flowed when it came to what wrestling I was interested in. I doubt anyone has followed my online wrestling presence over the last 20 years, but Joshi City is my third regularly updated website. I started with Wrestling Encyclopedia in 2003, which focused on American and Japanese wrestling. As my interest in US wrestling faded, I created Puroresu Central, which as the name implies focused on Japanese wrestling. And then in 2015 when I lost interest in the male promotions, I created Joshi City to focus on just Joshi wrestling. Each site was less popular than the last as I got more niche, but my goal was always to provide great information on something that I was personally invested in.

Unfortunately, over the last six months I’ve lost interest in wrestling in general. Besides watching AEW and WWE PPVs with my brother in the most casual sense possible, I haven’t been watching wrestling regularly and have not been keeping up with the storylines. Its not that the quality of Joshi wrestling has gotten worse, if anything its even better, it just hasn’t been gripping me and I am not one to force myself to engage in a hobby that has become a chore. My wrestling websites have always been updated out of the passion I have for the sport, its not about making money but providing information for something I am personally engaged in, and once it becomes something I don’t look forward to updating its time to take a step back.

As for the future of Joshi City, the website isn’t going anywhere for the time being. Even though the server costs money, its not outside of my budget, and I don’t like taking down my websites if I think they still have valuable information. Even the Puroresu Central website is still up (and gets visited fairly often via Google searches) and I haven’t updated it in six years, even if its not freshly updated there is still a lot of great content here that I think will continue to help new fans. Also, the website may still see minor “behind the scenes” updates, at least to keep the rosters somewhat current as those are the pages that get the most visits.

Will the website ever be regularly updated again? Its too early to tell. My interests come and go, something that doesn’t excite me today may excite me again in a few months, its hard to say. The chances of me returning to social media is slim to none as its not something I liked in the first place, but the vast majority of the visits to Joshi City come via search engine, not social media, so I’d have no issue updating the site even without it. But its probably not likely I’ll be making a grand return to regularly update the site anytime soon. Still, the content will remain and I’ll occasionally check the rosters and make adjustments when I have a free moment. Its been a fun journey, and if Joshi City is my last wrestling website, I feel I went out on a high note and the site has helped a lot of new Joshi fans over the years. And I hope by keeping up the content it will continue helping both new and old Joshi fans for years to come.

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