Mia Yim defeats Kimber Lee @ RCW T3

       Mia Blasian Joshi Princess

"She's turning Japanese, I think she's turning Japanese, I really think so!"  If anyone can remember this top-40 song, I give you credit!  I took the liberty of changing the lyrics to "she" to refer to Mia Yim and her affection for all things Japanese these days.  She strolled to the ring Saturday night wearing her REINA t-shirt and sporting her Fujita Jr. Hayato "God Bless" reference on her taped wrists.  Then she proceeded to beat down young Kimber Lee using some joshi inspired leg submissions and Hayato inspired kicks.  Someone estimated the match lasted about six minutes -- only half the time of her recent REINA matches in Japan.  Oh well, welcome back to the USA!

Photos by Marvin Atwell

Leg submissions inspired by joshi techniques

An early scare for Mia as Kimber Lee gets a near fall       

Things gets hot and stiff

           

      Kimber Lee has Mia pinned in the corner

                            Mia reverses and kicks Kimber Lee

Kimber Lee goes to work on Mia's left wrist     

Inspired by Fujita Jr. Hayato

Mia is the victor!

Mia favors her left wrist

Kimber Lee gets assistance to leave the ring



REINA Continues without Mia Yim

REINA 4 June 4, 2011
Yokohama Radiant Hall
202 Fans
1. Mika Iida defeated Natsumi Kawano (4:28) with a Groundmanjigatame.

2. Megumi Yabushita defeated Aoi Ishibashi (5:41) with a Reverse Cross Armbreaker.

3. Hiroyo Matsumoto defeated Silueta (10:58) with a Backdrop.

4. Hailey Hatred defeated Senri Kuroki (12:14) with a Diva Killer.

5. Aki Kanbayashi & Ray defeated Manami Toyota & Zeuxis (23:15) when Ray used a Super Huracanrana on Zeuxis.


                                           Photos by Takehisa Kashima

Hailey faces Senri Kuroki

Senri with rear naked choke on Hailey      

Hailey fights back

Hiroyo with a missle dropkick on Silueta   

Silueta trying to survive a submission move by Hiroyo

Hiroyo remains focused       

The action spills out of the ring

And the luchadora brings big aerial moves from the top rope

More acrobatics from Silueta

. . .  but Hiroyo prevails

Zeuxis locks up with Ray in the climactic tag-team match

Ray has Zeuxis in a bad way    

Toyota with incredible, but trade-mark balance, flies from the top rope

But Ray can fly too -- she looks like Mia Yim here!

Luke Matsuki's Wave Photos: Cherry v Kana

WAVE "Sunday WAVE Vol. 8" May 29, 2011
Shin-Kiba 1st Ring
282 Fans1. Idol WAVE: Moeka Haruhi defeated Mika Iida (7:45) with a Double Wrist Armsault.
2. MUCHA WAVE: GAMI vs Io Shirai (10:00) went to a time-limit draw.

3. Comical WAVE: Hiroyo Matsumoto defeated Sakura Hirota (as Misaki Ohata) (7:58) with a German Suplex Hold.

4. Catch the WAVE, Young Person's Block: Sawako Shimono <3/2>  defeated Nao Komatsu <2/2> (8:10) with a Barbarian Drop.

5. Catch the WAVE, Visual Block: Misaki Ohata <3/2> vs Mio Shirai <1/2> (11:32) went to a Double Count Out.
6. Catch the WAVE, Technical Block: Cherry <1/2> vs Kana <1/2> (15:00) went to a time-limit draw.7. Catch the WAVE, Technical Block: Toshie Uematsu <6/3>  defeated Tomoka Nakagawa <2/2> (5:30) with a Strong Arm Cutback.
8. Catch the WAVE, Visual Block: Yumi Ohka <2/2> defeated Ayumi Kurihara <0/2> (14:22) with the Cherry Tree Clutch.

Enjoy Luke Matsuki's excellent photos from this match.

Kana with a Cherry on top

Kana with flowing kimono

Kana goes for an ankle lock on Cherry

       

Kana with a stiff kick between the shoulder blades     Cherry returns the ankle lock "favor"

working the headlock

Kana in a double chicken wing

          Leg submissions

German suplex on Cherry

Cherry working Kana's arm        

 

Kana kicks Cherry's medial colateral ligament    

Missle drop kick off the top rope

Kana rising -- getting pumped!

Martial arts on display

  Kana with a hammerlock on Cherry

Cherry works Kana's left leg           

Kana with an ankle lock on Cherry

Kana revving herself up      

Kana is exhausted at the end of 15 minutes

Time limit draw!