#Watanabe Himeka

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[dynamitekansai]

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Mayu Iwatani wants to play baseball with Himeka and recruits the assistance of notorious #1 Oedo Tai Hater Ref Daichi to help in STEALING Momo Watanabe’s murder weapon baseball bat 😭

[nakanotamu]

[elbow-drop]

Presentation of Triangle Derby

Taking place between january 3rd and march 4th 2023, this new trio tournament is in two steps : - A round robin phase - A single elimination tournament

The round robin phase is slightly different than similar tournament. Althrough the teams are separated between two groups (Triangle Red & Triangle Blue), all the matches during this phase will be between a team from the blue group and one from the red group.

The single elimination tournament part is more classic. The first two team of each group will be qualified to a 4 teams tournament, where the 1st of the blue group will fight the 2nd of the red group and vice versa.

In this first edition, 14 teams will fight each other for the title of best trio team of 2023 and a pennant of glory.

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Announced Teams

Triangle Red

Club Venus : Mina Shirakawa, Xia Brookside & Mariah May

7Upp : Nanae Takahashi, Yuu & Yuna Mizumori

Queen’s Quest : Utami Hayashishita, Saya Kamitani & AZM

Baribari Bombers : Giulia, Thekla, Mai Sakurai

Cosmic Angels : Tam Nakano, Natsupoi & Saki

Unique Glare : Starlight Kid, Haruka Umesaki & Ruaka

H&M’s : Mayu Iwatani, Hanan & Momo Kohgo

Triangle Blue

Rebel&Enemy : Ram Kaicho, Maika Ozaki & Maya Yukihi

Oedo Tai : Natsuko Tora, Momo Watanabe & Saki Kashima

Prominence : Suzu Suzuki, Risa Sera & Hiragi Kurumi

Maihime with C : Maika, Himeka & Lady C

Abarenbo GE : Syuri, Mirai & Ami Sourei

Classmates : Hazuki, Koguma & Saya Iida

Lollipop : Waka Tsukiyama, Yuko Sakurai & Rina Amikura

— - At the moment where I wrote these lines, the first show is done. Without spoiling, the show is great and the challenge should only grow, adding some spice and suspense.

If you want to watch the next shows, subscribe to Stardom World https://www.stardom-world.com/!

Next dates : - January 6th - January 8th - January 9th - January 14th - January 15th - January 28th - January 29th

Stardom announcement for the tournament : https://wwr-stardom.com/news/221216-2/

Don’t hesitate to follow me on twitter https://twitter.com/Elbow_Drop_ for more!

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I'm Back...Predictions for Historic X-Over

After being away from this for over three years, I'm back here on the "Pro Wrestling Express" and...I'm going to start off with key predictions for the NJPW/Stardom crossover event coming up in a couple of hours.

First thing though: The opening video package fans around the world will be seeing on Pay-Per-View.

Sadly...I will not be watching the event LIVE due to the fact that despite having much money, I have to use that money for Christmas shopping and things most important in my life right now and because of that...won't have enough to order this event but...this card is going to be awesome. This show is going to be amazing. Anyway, time for my predictions for "Historic X-Over"

Match #1: EVIL, SHO, Yujiro Takahashi, and Dick Togo [House of Torture] vs. Lio Rush, YOH, YOSHI-HASHI, and Tomohiro Ishii

Many have been looking forward to seeing Lio Rush make his debut in Japan and I got the feeling that him and YOH will send a strong message to the remaining 9 Junior Tag Teams. Thus...I'm going with Chaos for the opening win.

Match #2: Thelka, Himeka, and Mai Sakurai [Donna del Mundo] vs. Saya Kamitani, AZM, and Lady C [Queen's Quest]

Now...being honest here, I don't watch Stardom but I do like what this company does and from everyone I follow on social media, their matches are completely off the charts and this one will be just a sample of that. As for who I have winning this 6-woman tag match, since Saya and AZM are reigning champions (Wonder of Stardom and High Speed Champion, respectively) feeling like someone from "Donna del Mundo" will get the winning pin with that person most likely being Thelka because I feel like with her having been out for parts of the year, she has something to prove.

Match #3: Giula [Donna del Mundo] and Zac Sabre Jr. [Suzuki-gun] vs. Syuri [God's Eye] and Tom Lawlor [Team Filthy]

This is one of the few matches that is hard to predict but if this is used to setup Giulia's eventual rise next month, then I see her getting the win for her team. I'm more of a George Michael fan by the way.

Match #4: Starlight Kid, Momo Watanabe [Black Desire/Oedo Tai], El Desperado, and DOUKI [Suzuki-gun] vs. Natsupoi, Tam Nakano [meltear/Cosmic Angels], Taichi and Yoshinobu Kanemaru [Suzuki-gun]

Feel like this match is going to be insane. Rarely will we see Suzuki-gun members face each other but...big opportunity arises and...as of this typing, I have the feeling once that bell rings, all bets are off. As for who I have winning...can't really predict this one because it's going to be crazy.

Match #5: Maika and Hirooki Goto vs. Utami Hayashita and Hiroshi Tanahashi

The opening package above bills this as "The Aces vs. The Fierce Warriors" with Tanahashi and Utami as the aces of their respective companies and Goto and Maika as those warriors who never give up or never surrender. My prediction for this is I have Utami and Tanahashi winning with Tanahashi getting the winning pinfall.

Match #6: Gideon Grey, TJP, Francesco Akira, Mark Davis, and Kyle Fletcher [United Empire] vs. Shingo Takagi, BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi, SANADA, and Tetsuya Naito [Los Ingobernables de Japon]

Continuing from where they left off in the "Battle Autumn 2022 " tour, LIJ and United Empire square off once again. As for who I have winning, with 3 of the 5 LIJ members competing in the two Tag Tournament starting Monday, with Hiromu competing at "Wrestle Kingdom 17", and with 4 of the 5 United Empire competing also at those two tag tournaments, I see LIJ winning with Gideon Grey once again being the pinfall victim.

Match #7: Great O-Khan, Aaron Henare, and Jeff Cobb [United Empire] vs. Great Muta, Toru Yano, and Kazuchika Okada

In less than two months, the alternate persona of Keiji Mutoh (Great Muta) will officially be retired. Before that though, the Great Muta will make his last NJPW match in the Ariake Arena. As for who I have winning this match...as of this typing I'm going with the United Empire and Jeff Cobb pinning Toru Yano. Got to protect Okada before "Wrestle Kingdom 17" on January 4, 2023. And though I predict United Empire to win, I feel like Great Muta will do something that'll be memorable for all as he says goodbye to NJPW.

Match #8 [Semifinal match]

In the semi-main event, we have the returning Shota Umino challenging perhaps the best wrestler in all of 2022 in Will Ospreay for the IWGP United States Championship. Who I have winning can go in two ways. Should Ospreay retain over Shota, expect a certain someone (most likely Kenny Omega) to send a video and announce a match between the two at "Wrestle Kingdom 17". Now...if we get the "Roughneck Shock" as it shows in the video package, then expect Shota's first challenger to most likely be Jeff Cobb. No matter who wins this match, this could be a MOTN candidate and possible MOTY.

Main Event [aka Match #9]

History is going to be made in this main event as it's Mayu Iwatani going one on one with KAIRI to determine the first IWGP Women's Champion. As for who I believe will win this match, it's really hard to predict because, been over 2 years since we've seen KAIRI compete and her comeback this year has been something else. Then, we look at Mayu Iwatani who's a history maker in almost anything. She's got a wild personality and when she wrestles...she'll make you go "wow". So...with that said...it's hard to pick a winner but I'm going with...Mayu Iwatani as the first champion with the first challenger either being Tam Nakano or Starlight Kid.

FINAL THOUGHTS

Although I will not be watching "Historic X-Over", I have the feeling that this is just the starting point for both NJPW and Stardom. Come 2023 and beyond, we're going to see more collaboration events between these two companies. Get ready for a wild Sunday...all on Pay-Per-View.

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Put some cartoon chase music to this and it fits right in

2020/10/04

EDIT: HOW DID I ONLY JUST NOTICE MOMO FELL OVER

[andjoshiforall]

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[dynamitekansai]

A Little Kappa Monster Child says goodbye to her Jumbo Princess idol. 

[nakanotamu]

[debbiechanclub]

𝗡𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗲 𝗞𝗲𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗻 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲

So, as part of trying to plot out/make sense of what (and who) happened when in TMHWMP, I basically wrote an entire career and personal timeline for Nellie 😅 And because I spent so much time on it (and with some encouragement from @hdbngsprnva), I decided to go ahead and post it. It’s organized by promotion (kind of like how they do it on Wikipedia), and there are NO SPOILERS for things that have yet to happen in TMHWMP. For my lovely readers, I hope it enhances the story for you as much as it has for me! 😊 Or you might just see how unnecessarily in-depth I get with this stuff, that’s fair too.

𝗡𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗲 𝗞𝗲𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗻

𝗕𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗱𝗮𝘆: Sept. 19, 1992 𝗕𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺: Allentown, Pennsylvania 𝗛𝗲𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁: 5′8″ 𝗛𝗮𝗶𝗿 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗿: Dark Brown 𝗘𝘆𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗿: Hazel 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗕𝘆: Chikara Wrestle Factory 𝗗𝗲𝗯𝘂𝘁: July 2015 𝗪𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝘁𝘆𝗹𝗲: Technical/Striker

𝗘𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗿

✦ Following her debut, Nellie begins wrestling for independent promotions in the U.S. Mid-Atlantic and Northeast, most notably SHINE.

𝗦𝗛𝗜𝗡𝗘 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗘𝗩𝗢𝗟𝗩𝗘 (𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟲-𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟴)

✦ 𝗘𝗩𝗢𝗟𝗩𝗘 𝟴𝟱 (May 21, 2017): Nellie makes her EVOLVE debut in a winning match against Priscilla Kelly.           ↳ Meets Zack Sabre Jr., who’s in the middle of his 404-day reign as EVOLVE Champion. They begin dating shortly thereafter. 

✦ The match against Priscilla Kelly kicks off a long-term feud that spans across both Evolve and SHINE.

✦ 𝗦𝗛𝗜𝗡𝗘 𝟰𝟰 (Jul. 16, 2017): Nellie loses to Priscilla Kelly in the tournament final to crown the inaugural SHINE Nova Champion.

✦ 🏆 𝗦𝗛𝗜𝗡𝗘 𝟰𝟵 (Mar. 10, 2018): Nellie wins her first career title when she defeats Priscilla Kelly for the SHINE Nova Championship.

✦ 𝗘𝗩𝗢𝗟𝗩𝗘 𝟵𝟴 (Jan. 13, 2018): Nellie returns to EVOLVE for the first time since her debut when she comes to ZSJ’s aid when he’s attacked by Austin Theory and Priscilla Kelly after his EVOLVE Championship defense against Darby Allin.           ↳ This marks the start of Nellie’s working relationship with ZSJ. Nellie manages him throughout the rest of his EVOLVE Championship reign, which leads to her both managing and tagging with him in RevPro and PROGRESS in the UK, and later NJPW.

✦ ❌ 𝗦𝗛𝗜𝗡𝗘 𝟱𝟰 (Nov. 2, 2018): Nellie loses the SHINE Nova Championship to Aja Perera after 237 days.

𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗦 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗣𝗿𝗼 (𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟴-𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟭)

✦ 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗣𝗿𝗼 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝘀 𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟴 (Jan. 20): Nellie makes her RevPro and UK debut when she accompanies Suzuki-gun (ZSJ and Minoru Suzuki) for their successful RevPro British Tag Team Championship title shot against Moustache Mountain (Trent Seven and Tyler Bate).

✦ 𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗦 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝟲𝟮 (Jan. 28, 2018): Nellie makes her PROGRESS debut when she shows up to seemingly challenge PROGRESS Women’s Champion Toni Storm after her title defense against Chakara.           ↳ During her first tour of the UK, Nellie stays with ZSJ... and living together makes them realize that they’re more compatible as friends 🙃 However, after their mutual break-up, they become closer than they were when they were dating, and they continue to work together.

✦ 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗣𝗿𝗼 𝗟𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗽𝗶𝘁 𝟮𝟳 (Mar. 4, 2018): Nellie accompanies ZSJ for his RevPro British Heavyweight Championship defense against El Phantasmo.           ↳ Nellie and ELP hit it off. They become friends, and begin a casual, no-strings-attached “relationship” in Summer 2018 that lasts until March 2020.

✦ 𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗦 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝟲𝟳 (Apr. 7, 2018): Nellie unsuccessfully challenges Toni Storm for the PROGRESS Women’s Championship in New Orleans over WrestleMania 34 weekend.

✦ 🏆 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗣𝗿𝗼 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝘀 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟬 (Feb. 14): One week after winning the Stardom Artist of Stardom Championship, Nellie defeats Zoe Lucas to become a double champion and the first American to hold the RevPro Undisputed British Women’s Championship.

✦ 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗣𝗿𝗼 𝗦𝗵𝗲'𝘀 𝗔𝗹𝗹 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟬 (Mar. 7): Nellie defends the RevPro British Undisputed Women’s Championship against Little Miss Roxy.           ↳ Due to the pandemic, this is the last show Nellie works in the UK until September 2020. Additionally, it’s the last time she sees ELP until December 2020.

𝗪𝗪𝗘 (𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟴)

✦ 𝗠𝗮𝗲 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗰 (taped Aug. 8-9, 2018): Nellie participates in the second Mae Young Classic. She’s defeated in the quarterfinals by Meiko Satomura.           ↳ Nellie hopes to get a contract offer from WWE/NXT. However, she doesn’t. The rejection—and her friendship and working relationship with ZSJ—encourages her to pursue wrestling in Japan.

𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗼𝗺 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗡𝗝𝗣𝗪 (𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟵-𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁)

✦ 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗼𝗺 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟵 (Jan. 3): Nellie makes her Stardom and Japan debut in a battle royal match.           ↳ Meets Torrance Taylor and they instantly hit it off. Through their friendship, Nellie meets Jay White and the rest of Bullet Club.

✦ Spring 2019: Nellie is drafted to join Queen’s Quest; Bea Priestley is also in Queen’s Quest at this time.           ↳ ELP joins Bullet Club in March 2019. He and Nellie begin to spend more time together, and she realizes that she wants something more serious with him. Meanwhile, Jay seems to have an interest in Nellie.

✦ 𝗚𝟭 𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘅 𝟮𝟵 𝗡𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝟭 (Jul. 6, 2019): Nellie makes her NJPW debut when she accompanies ZSJ for his match against Sanada at the G1 Climax in Dallas.           ↳ Through her management of ZSJ in NJPW and him and Minoru Suzuki in RevPro, Nellie becomes a member of Suzuki-gun.

✦ 𝗚𝗼𝗱𝗱𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗼𝗺 𝗧𝗮𝗴 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗴𝘂𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟵 (Oct. 14-Nov. 15): Nellie teams with Torrance in the Goddesses of Stardom Tag League, despite being in difference factions (Torrance is in Tokyo Cyber Squad).

✦ January 2020: Nellie defects from Queen’s Quest to Donna del Mondo.           ↳ Nellie moves to Tokyo. She lives with ZSJ until she gets her own apartment.

✦ 🏆 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗼𝗺 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗠𝗮𝗷𝗼𝗿 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗴𝘂𝗲 (Feb. 8, 2020): Donna del Mondo (Nellie, Giulia, and Syuri) defeat Queen’s Quest (AZM, Momo Watanabe, and Utami Hayashishita) to win the Stardom Artist of Stardom Championship.

✦ ❌ 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗼𝗺 𝗞𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗸𝘂𝗲𝗻 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗽𝗲 (Nov. 14, 2020): Donna del Mondo loses the Artist of Stardom Championship to Oedo Tai (Bea Priestley, Natsuko Tora, and Saki Kashima) after 280 days.

✦ 𝗪𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝗞𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗱𝗼𝗺 𝟭𝟱 𝗡𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝟮 (Jan. 5, 2021): Alongside Donna del Mondo stablemates HImeka and Natsupoi, Nellie makes her Wrestle Kingdom debut in a six-woman tag team exhibition match in a losing effort against Queen’s Quest (AZM, Saya Kamitani, and Utami Hayashishita). However, despite the loss, Nellie becomes one of just a handful of women to wrestle at Wrestle Kingdom—and the first gaijin woman.

[gdwessel]

STARDOM World Climax 2022 Nights 1 + 2 - 3/26 & 3/27/2022: KAIRI Returns & Injures Eardrum, Syuri Leaves DdM In Chaos; New Japan Cup 2022 Nights 14 & 15 - 3/26 & 3/27/2022: Winner Crowned; NJPW Strong Episode 84 - 3/26/2022; TJPW - Nodoka Tenma Retires; DDT, AJPW, Dragon Gate, Onita as Great Nita in Philly Last Night

STARDOM

This weekend was Bushiroad’s, as STARDOM held residency for two nights at Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan. Quite a bit went on here, not the least of which, the return of KAIRI to the STARDOM ring. You can still see this on PPV for a limited time.

STARDOM World Climax 2022 The Best - 3/26/2022, Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan

Future of Stardom Championship: Hanan [STARS] © d. Rina [Oedo Tai] (Backdrop Hold, 7:05) - Hanan succeeds her 3rd defense

MIRAI [Donna del Mondo] d. Saya Iida [STARS] (Miramare, 10:23)

6-Woman Tag Gauntlet Match: Himeka, Natsupoi & Mai Sakurai [Donna del Mondo] d. Mina Shirakawa, Waka Tsuiyama & Momo Kohgo [Cosmic Angels] and Saki Kashima, Fukigen Death & Ruaka [Oedo Tai] and AZM, Lady C & Miyu Amasaki [Queen’s Quest] - Order of Eliminations: - Kashima > Tsukiyama, My Emblem, 4:09 - AZM > Kashima, 2:39 - Himeka > C, JP Coaster, 3:10

Risa Sera & Suzu Suzuki [Prominence] d. Maika & Thekla [Donna del Mondo] (Suzuki > Thekla, German Suplex Hold, 10:27)

Goddesses of Stardom Championship: Starlight Kid & Momo Watanabe [Oedo Tai] d. Hazuki & Koguma [STARS] © (Watanabe > Koguma, Momo Thunder, 14:08) - Koguma/Hazuki fail their 3rd defense - Kid/Watanabe are the 23rd champions

Pirate Princess STARDOM Revival: Mayu Iwatani [STARS] & KAIRI d. Tam Nakano & Unagi Sayaka [Cosmic Angels] (Iwatani > Sayaka, Moonsault Press, 17:36)

Wonder of Stardom Championship: Saya Kamitani [Queen’s Quest] © d. Utami Hayashishita [Queen’s Quest] (Phoenix Splash, 27:11) - Kamitani succeeds her 3rd defense

World of Stardom Championship: Syuri [Donna del Mondo] © d. Giulia [Donna del Mondo] (26:54) - Syuri succeeds her 2nd defense

Syuri defeats her now-former stablemate, whilst also introducing her new bodyguard, Ami Miura, a freelancer who debuted in 2020, having worked nearly every other joshi promotion except STARDOM to date, in addition to matches in GLEAT and Real Japan. After the match, Syuri declared she would be forming her own unit, and she didn’t care what the rest of Donna del Mondo did, as far as she was concerned, DdM was finished. Funny how that did not seem to extend to QQ, as apparently Kamitani & Hayashishita are still cool with each other.

KAIRI returned home, after her stint in WWE from 2017-2020, and having not wrestled at all in 2021. She returned victorious, with her former partner/sempai, Mayu Iwatani.

Prominence gets the victory over DdM, but it’s really Giulia they want...

STARDOM World Climax 2022 The Top - 3/27/2022, Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan

Future of Stardom Championship: Hanan [STARS] © d. Mai Sakurai [Donna del Mondo] (German Suplex Hold, 6:20) - Hanan succeeds her 4th defense

Cinderella Rumble: Mei Suruga d. Unagi Sayaka, Mina Shirakawa, Ai Houzan, Maria, Momo Kohgo, Saya Iida, Aoi, Tomoka Inaba, Nanami, Haruka Umesaki, Lady C, Rina, Saki Kashima, Ruake, Waka Tsukiyama, Yuna Mizumori & Miyu Amasaki (25:24)

Utami Hayashishita [Queen’s Quest] d. MIRAI [Donna del Mondo] (Rear-naked Choke, 11:22)

Momo Watanabe [Oedo Tai] d. Hazuki [STARS] (Momo Sunrise, 12:19)

High Speed Championship 3-Way Match: AZM [Queen’s Quest] © d. Koguma [STARS] v. Natsupoi [Donna del Mondo] (AZM > Natsupoi, Azumisushi, 8:10) - AZM succeeds her 1st defense

Pirate Princess STARDOM Revival: KAIRI d. Starlight Kid [Oedo Tai] (Insane Elbow, 17:51)

Giulia, Maika, Himeka & Thekla [Donna del Mondo] d. Risa Sera, Suzu Suzuki, Akane Fujita & Mochi Miyagi [Prominence] (Giulia > Miyagi, Northern Lights Bomb, 16:03)

Wonder of Stardom Championship: Saya Kamitani [Queen’s Quest] © d. Tam Nakano [Cosmic Angels] (21:10) - Kamitani succeeds her 4th defense

World of Stardom Championship: Syuri © v. Mayu Iwatani [STARS] (White Tiger, 28:57) - Syuri succeeds her 3rd defense

Syuri ends the weekend with her title reign intact, even if her unit is not. Indeed, only one title change this entire weekend, the Goddesses of Stardom, as Odeo Tai won those on yesterday’s event. 

KAIRI wrestled her first singles match since 2020, and in the process, ruptured her eardrum, so she will be out for a few months. Still, as returns go, hers was a pretty spectacular one. 

Many of the wrestlers in the Cinderella Rumble are not with STARDOM; I really just don’t feel like putting their respective units/companies in, sorry. Giulia vents her frustration on Prominence, so the point has been made. I am sure this feud will continue in the weeks and months to come.

STARDOM returns next Sunday 4/3/2022 from Tachikawa, the start of the Cinderella Tournament 2022.

New Japan Pro Wrestling

We have a winner in the New Japan Cup 2022, with two shows from Osaka-jo Hall you can see now on NJPWWorld.

- 3/26/2022, Osaka Osaka-jo Hall

Bad Luck Fale, Chase Owens, Gedo, Taiji Ishimori & El Phantasmo [Bullet Club] d. Hiroshi Tanahashi, Tama Tonga [GoD], Tanga Loa [GoD], Ryusuke Taguchi & Master Wato (Owens > Tanahashi, DQ, 9:08) 

Toru Yano [CHAOS], Tomohiro Ishii [CHAOS] & Togi Makabe d. Taichi, Minoru Suzuki & Yoshinobu Kanemaru [SZKG] (Yano > Kanemaru, Schoolboy, 9:13)

SHO, EVIL & Yujiro Takahashi [Bullet Club] d. El Desperado, TAKA Michinoku & DOUKI [SZKG] (EVIL > TAKA, EVIL STO, 9:45)

CIMA, T-Hawk & El Lindaman [#STRONGHEARTS] d. Hirooki Goto [CHAOS], Tomoaki Honma & Tiger Mask IV (T-Hawk > Tiger, Night Ride, 9:26)

Jeff Cobb & Great O-Khan [United Empire] d. YOSHI-HASHI & YOH [CHAOS] (O-Khan > YOH, Eliminator, 13:23)

Will Ospreay & Aaron Henare [United Empire] d. Hiromu Takahashi & BUSHI [Los Ingobernables] (Henare > BUSHI, Streets Of Rage, 7:10)

New Japan Cup 2022 Semifinal: Zack Sabre Jr. [SZKG] d. Shingo Takagi [Los Ingobernables] (Referee Stoppage, 19:24)

New Japan Cup 2022 Semifinal: Tetsuya Naito [Los Ingobernables] d. Kazuchika Okada [CHAOS] (Polvo de Estrella, 27:42)

Naito gets a direct win over the reigning World Heavyweight Champion on his way to the Final, whilst ZSJ gets one over the previous champion, and Cup finalist from last year. I maybe fear Shingo isn’t going to have as big a year as 2021 was for him. EVIL and the House of Torture attacked Hiromu post-match.

On to today’s Final..

- 3/27/2022, Osaka Osaka-jo Hall

BUSHI [Los Ingobernables] d. Kosei Fujita (Boston Crab, 7:20)

Bad Luck Fale, Chase Owens, Gedo, Taiji Ishimori & El Phantasmo [Bullet Club] d. Tama Tonga [GoD], Tanga Loa [GoD], Jado [GoD], Ryusuke Taguchi & Master Wato (Gedo > Jado, C-Trigger [Owens], 9:53)

Taichi, Minoru Suzuki & Yoshinobu Kanemaru [SZKG] d. Toru Yano, Tomohiro Ishii & YOH [CHAOS] (Taichi > YOH, Yokozuna Elbow, 8:04)

SHO & Yujiro Takahashi [Bullet Club] d. El Desperado & TAKA Michinoku [SZKG] (SHO > TAKA, Snakebite, 0:37)

Jeff Cobb, Great O-Khan, Will Ospreay & Aaron Henare [United Empire] d. Hirooki Goto [CHAOS], YOSHI-HASHI [CHAOS], Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma (Cobb > Honma, Tour Of The Islands, 10:26)

Hiromu Takahashi & Shingo Takagi [Los Ingobernables] d. EVIL & Dick Togo [Bullet Club] (Hiromu > Togo, EVIL STO, 7:45)

Kazuchika Okada [CHAOS], Hiroshi Tanahashi, Satoshi Kojima & Tiger Mask IV d. Tatsumi Fujinami [Dradition], CIMA [#STRONGHEARTS], T-Hawk [#STRONGHEARTS] & El Lindaman [#STRONGHEARTS] (Okada > T-Hawk, Rainmaker, 14:18)

New Japan Cup 2022 Final: Zack Sabre Jr. [SZKG] d. Tetsuya Naito [Los Ingobernables] (Sabre Driver [You Spin Me Round Techno Remix], 24:43) - Sabre wins the New Japan Cup 2022

ZSJ wins his second ever New Japan Cup, having also won it in 2018. Hopefully this satisfies the people who were whinging online when he didn’t win G1 Climax 31. Kazuchika Okada was champion then as well. Sabre lost that title challenge at Ryogoku. History may or may not repeat itself at the finale of Hyper Battle ’22. Naito still does have a challenge against Okada back-pocketed, should Sabre fail to beat Okada when that title match does come.

Hiromu challenged EVIL for the NEVER title. Cobb & O-Khan challenged Bishamon for their tag titles. SHO once again demanded a challenge for Despy’s belt. Taichi attacked Yano, whilst Suzuki & Ishii got into it post-match.

Tatsumi Fujinami is getting around this week, appearing with #STRONGHEARTS today after being at AJPW’s Champions Night 3 this past Monday. As for #STRONGHEARTS, who knows if/when they will return, or if/when there will be any future co-working between NJPW and GLEAT... (T-Hawk will still never happen.)

Looking ahead on the schedule, Wrestling Dontaku is at the Fukuoka Pay Pay Dome on 5/1/2022, instead of the traditional 5/3 date. There will also not be a Road to Dontaku tour this time, nor will there be a Wrestling Hi no Kuni or any of the other special dates that usually happen around Dontaku time. Instead, the Golden Fight Series will happen from 4/18 – 4/28/2022. Best of the Super Juniors 29 will also be back in its usual slot during May, running from 5/15 – 6/3/2022. Which is kind of a shame, I kind of enjoyed it running in tandem with World Tag League the last couple of years, but between lockdowns and Olympics (two years running), changes had to be made, and now the schedule is getting back to a semblance of normalcy.

Last night’s NJPW Strong episode wrapped up the Rivals tapings from LA this past February.

Daniel Garcia [AEW] d. Yuya Uemura (10:39)

Black Tiger [Team Filthy] d. Rocky Romero [CHAOS] (11:02)

Elimination Tag Match: “Filthy” Tom Lawlor, JR Kratos, Royce Isaacs, Jorel Nelson & Danny Limelight [Team Filthy] d. Fred Rosser, Clark Connors, Taylor Rust, Adrian Quest & The DKC - Order of Eliminations: - Isaacs/Nelson > DKC, 6:00 - Quest > Limelight, 6:51 - Rosser > Isaacs, 8:09 - Nelson > Rosser, 8:44 - Rust > Nelson, 9:52 - Connors <> Lawlor, 12:00 - Kratos > Rust, 14:46 - Kratos > Quest, 16:29

Team Filthy looking the better tonight, winning both their matches, although Rocky Romero beat the shit out of Black Tiger and put him in the Diablo Armbar post-match. Garcia v. Uemura looked really really good.

I shouldn’t figure next week’s episode will start the Strong Style Evolved tapings from last Sunday.

The next NJPW show will be Lonestar Shootout, as part of Wrestlemania Weekend down in Dallas. Part of the show will air live on FITE TV, with later VOD on NJPWWorld; the rest will be taped for NJPW Strong. It’s kind of confusing, honestly. So below, the ones in italics will be the taping, the rest will be live on FITE. There will also be a whole lot of Minoru Suzuki in the USA coming up, so that’ll be fun again. The next show in Japan is not until 4/3/2022, the start of Hyper Battle ’22, but those lineups are not announced yet. Probably tonight/tomorrow.

Lonestar Shootout - 4/1/2022, Fairmont Hotel, Dallas, TX (FITE TV / NJPW Strong Taping)

Ren Narita v. Rocky Romero [CHAOS]

Juice Robinson, David Finlay Jr., Daniel Garcia [AEW] & Kevin Knight v. Mascara Dorada, Karl Fredericks, Clark Connors & Yuya Uemura

Killer Kross [FREE] v. Minoru Suzuki [SZKG]

“Speedball” Mike Bailey [FREE] v. Jay White [Bullet Club]

Chris Dickinson v. Tomohiro Ishii [CHAOS]

JONAH v. Blake Christian

Alex Coughlin, Fred Rosser & The DKC v. “Filthy” Tom Lawlor, JR Kratos & Royce Isaacs [Team Filthy]

DDT / Tokyo Joshi

DDT and its subsidiary promotion Tokyo Joshi Pro returned to action after last weekend’s stint at Sumo Hall. The weekend’s shows started with TJPW saying goodbye to Nodoka Tenma.

TJPW Spring Tour ‘22 - 3/26/2022, Tokyo Otemachi Mitsui Hall (Wrestle Universe)

Hikari Noa d. Kaya Toribami (Blizzard Suplex, 6:16)

Hyper Misao & Miu Watanabe d. Pom Harajuku & Mahiro Kiryu (Misao > Harajuku, Hypami Returns, 11:05)

3-Way Match: Rika Tatsumi d. Nao Kakuta & Haruna Neko (Tatsumi > Neko, Dragon Sleeper, 10:07)

Yuka Sakazaki, Mizuki & Raku d. Maki Itoh, Yuki Kamifuku & Marika Kobashi (Sakazaki > Kobashi, Mil Clutch Alpha, 14:01)

Princess Tag Team Championship Next Challenger Decision Match: Suzume & Arisu Endo d. Yuki Arai & Moka Miyamoto (Suzume > Arai, Ring A Bell, 12:42)

Nodoka Tenma Farewell Match: Shoko Nakajima & Miyu Yamashita d. Nodoka Tenma & Yuki Aino (Nakajima > Tenma, Diving Senton, 20:27)

Nodoka Tenma (and therefore the Bakuretsu Sisters) has wrestled her final match. It was not without incident, as Hyper Misao and Pom Harajuku both took Tetsuya Koda hostage, but Tenma would not change her mind. Tenma asked that TJPW take care of Yuki Aino. Aino, in return, challenged Shoko Nakajima for the Princess of Princess title. Arisuzu get their win back over Arai/Miyamoto from the Max Heart tournament, and now are the next challengers to the Magical Sugar Rabbits’ titles.

DDT itself returned yesterday from Korakuen Hall, a show with multiple title matches and announcements.

DDT Day Dream Believer 2022 - 3/27/2022, Tokyo Korakuen Hall (Wrestle Universe)

Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship: Antonio Honda © d. Pokotan (Crushed La Magistral Cradle, 7:16) - Honda succeeds his ?th defense

Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship: Shinichiro Kawamtasu d. Antonio Honda © (Pinfall) - Honda fails his ?th defense - Kawamatsu is the 1548th champion

Kazusada Higuchi, Yukio Sakaguchi, Saki Akai & Hideki Okatani [Eruption] d. HARASHIMA, Tou Owashi, Naomi Yoshimura & Yuki Ishida [DISASTER BOX] (OKatani > Ishida, Diving Knee Drop, 6:30)

Danshoku Dino & Yumehito Imanari [Pheromones] d. Daisuke Sasaki & Minoru Fujita [DAMNATION TA] (Dino > Sasaki, DQ, 7:21)

Yuji Hino, Yukio Naya & Akito d. Chris Brookes, Masahiro Takanashi & Soma Takao (Naya > Takanashi, Cobra Twist, 9:03)

Kazuki Hirata d. Jun Akiyama [Burning] (Got 3 Questions Correct, 10:18)

DDT Universal Championship: MAO [The 37KAMIINA] © d. Michael Nakazawa [AEW] (Super Michinoku Driver II, 9:26) - MAO succeeds his 1st defense

DDT Extreme Championship O-Back Ladder Match: Yuki Iino [Pheromones] © d. Shunma Katsumata [The 37KAMIINA] (Phermone Magic, 15:01) - Iino succeeds his 1st defense

Konosuke Takeshita, Yuki Ueno & Toi Kojima [The 37KAMIINA] d. Tetsuya Endo, Yusuke Okada & Yuya Koroku [Burning] (Kojima > Koroku, Triangle Choke, 22:11)

A new KO-D Openweight title belt was revealed, with Tetsuya Endo being the first to hold it. He will go against Yuki Ueno for that belt on 5/1/2022 at Yokohama Budokan. MAO’s next defense will be against Asuka on 5/1 as well. I have no idea what the Hirata v. Akiyama match was supposed to be. A trivia contest?

As expected, Konosuke Takeshita is headed to AEW in April for an excursion. He’s already appeared in AEW, back in April 2021, for two episodes of Dark: Elevation, and the House Always Wins house show, during which he sided with Kenny Omega and the Elite. No word on how long this excursion will be.

Jun Akiyama’s 30th Anniversary show will be on 9/18/2022 from Tokyo Korakuen Hall. I would assume wrestlers from NOAH will be there, seeing as DDT and NOAH have the same ownership; it would be nice if AJPW talents appeared as well, considering Takao Omori already teamed with Akiyama at Ryogoku last weekend.

All Japan Pro Wrestling

The Dream Power series resumed today from Saitama. It was not live on AJPW.tv but will be up soonish. Two undercard title matches took place on this one.

Dream Power Series 2022 Night 4 - 3/27/2022, Saitama Tokorozawa Sakura Town Pavilion Hall A

Izanagi d. Ryo Inoue (Key Lock, 5:30)

Koji Doi & Yusuke Kodama [TOTAL ECLIPSE] d. Takao Omori & Black Menso-re (Kodama > Menso-re, La Magistral, 11:07)

Yuma & Atsuki Aoyagi [NEXTREAM] d. Hikaru Sato & Dan Tamura [Evolution] (Yuma > Tamura, End Game, 11:56)

EWA Intercontinental Championship: TAJIRI [TOTAL ECLIPSE] © d. Rekka (Buzzsaw Kick, 10:31) - TAJIRI succeeds his 4th defense

Corona Premier Intercontinental Championship: Yoshitatsu © d. Takayuki Ueki (Yoshitatsu Rhapsody, 11:27) - Yoshitatsu succeeds his 3rd defense

Shuji Ishikawa & Keisuke Ishii d. Kento Miyahara & Rising HAYATO [NEXTREAM] (Ishikawa > HAYATO, Splash Mountain, 12:17)

Suwama, Shotaro Ashino & Ryuji Hijikata [Evolution] d. Jake Lee, Ryuki Honda & Hokuto Omori [TOTAL ECLIPSE] (Suwama > Omori, Backdrop Hold, 14:34)

I confess I have no idea what these titles are, or whom even TAJIRI’s opponent was. I remember the Corona Premier title was supposed to be defended at a show earlier this year but that got postponed/cancelled due to numerous positive COVID-19 cases. Yoshitatsu at the very least got some revenge against one of the men who betrayed him for KAZMA SAKAMOTO.

[EDIT: TAJIRI’s opponent was Rekka, a Taiwanese wrestler currently signed to OWE, who’s also worked other Japanese companies i.e. Ryukyu Dragon. The title is from Austrian promotion European Wrestling Association, based in Vienna. This was TAJIRI’s first defense of the title since 8/30/2020. He’s held it since 7/5/2019. This is clearly on a lucha level of Not Caring About Your Titles for a promotion. As for the Corona Premier Intercontinental title, that one doesn’t even have a Cagematch entry, so your guess is as good as mine.]

The Dream Power Series 2022 wraps up Tuesday at Shinkiba 1st-RING, which will be streamed live on AJPW.tv. After that, Champion Carnival begins!

Dragon Gate

The Glorious Gate 2022 wrapped up this weekend. Today’s show was the homecoming for Susumu Yokosuka, in Yokosuka, which is where he got the name (his government name is Susumu Mochizuki, no relation to Masaaki Mochizuki).

Glorious Gate 2022 – Final Burst Out! K-Ness Forever Night 9 - 3/26/2022, Shizuoka Kiramesse Numazu

Kzy, Genki Horiguchi & Big Boss Shimizu [Natural Vibes] d. Eita, Jason Lee & Ryu Fuda (Kzy > Fuda, Running Elbow Smash, 10:36)

Kagetora [HIGH-END] d. Ishin Iihashi (Kusabi, 7:59)

SB KENTo & Diamante [Z-Brats] d. Yosuke Santa Maria & Takuma Fujiwara (KENTo > Fujiwara, SB Shooter, 10:39)

Kota Minoura, Kaito Ishida & Minorita [Gold Class] d. Shuji Kondo, Strong Machine J & Ho Ho Lun (Minoura > J, R-301, 11:26)

Dragon Dia & Yuki Yoshioka [D’Courage] d. Susumu Yokosuka & Jacky “Funky” Kamei [Natural Vibes] (Yoshioka > Kamei, Frog Splash, 11:51)

YAMATO, Dragon Kid, Ben-K & Keisuke Okuda [HIGH-END] d. KAI, BxB Hulk, HYO & Shun Skywalker [Z-Brats] (YAMATO > HYO, Galleria, 13:33)

Glorious Gate 2022 – Final Burst Out! K-Ness Forever Night 10 - 3/27/2022, Kanagawa Mercure Hotel Yokosuka

Kota Minoura & Kaito Ishida [Gold Class] d. YAMATO & Kagetora [HIGH-END] (Minoura > Kagetora, R-301, 10:38)

SB KENTo [Z-Brats] d. Ishin Iihashi (SB Shooter, 8:04)

Masaaki Mochizuki, Yosuke Santa Maria, Jason Lee & Ho Ho Lun d. Dragon Kid [HIGH-END], Ben-K [HIGH END], Keisuke Okuda [HIGH-END] & Takuma Fujiwara (Lee > Fujiwara, Maximum Driver, 9:43)

Dragon Dia & Yuki Yoshioka [D’Courage] d. Eita & Strong Machine J (Yoshioka > J, Crucifix Hold, 12:16)

Susumu Yokosuka, Kzy, Genki Horiguchi, Big Boss Shimizu & Jacky “Funky” Kamei [Natural Vibes] d. KAI, BxB Hulk, HYO, Diamante & Shun Skywalker [Z-Brats] (Yokosuka > HYO, Inside Cradle, 15:23)

With the last week or so of results, I am convinced that both Naruki Doi and Riki Iihashi are either out injured or tested positive/were exposed to a positive case. Riki Iihashi isn’t as noticeable, however Doi disappearing off the cards right when his new unit had a big launch is a little surprising. I’m telling you, Jason Lee & Ho Ho Lun as a team are where it’s at…

The next tour, Gate Of Passion 2022, starts next Saturday 4/2/2022. The next livestreamed show will be on 4/7/2022 from Tokyo Korakuen Hall, the Final Burst Out! K-Ness Forever show with K-Ness’s retirement match. There will also be a Korakuen Hall show on 4/25/2022 which will supposedly determine the fate of “who gets Jason Lee,” which seems like a lot of not giving Jason Lee agency here.

Other News

Atsushi Onita revived his Great Nita parody character last night in Philadelphia, for an outfit called Battleground Championship Wrestling from the 2300 Arena, in a losing match against Bully Ray. I know nothing about this show or match besides these facts, and that it was apparently awful, and I still feel like I am having a stroke writing these words. Bully Ray was seconded by Sabu and the Sandman, Onita by Super Leather. Let’s move on shall we?

Yuko Miyamoto remains BJW Deathmatch Heavyweight Champion, defeating Akira Hyodo in a Super G-Shock Deathmatch earlier today at BJW’s Death Market 66 event at Aichi Nagoya Club Diamond Hall.

ZERO1, A-TEAM, Ice Ribbon, Michinoku Pro, OZ Academy, PURE-J, ChocoPro, 2AW, BASARA, Ganbare Pro, GPS and YPW were all active this weekend too.

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The first of a two day stardom event came from Takasaki, Gunma and was a great card, with the first five. Arches of the weekend Mina Shirakawa Def. lady CCosmic Angels (Unagi Sayaka & Ram Nagano) Def. Oedo Tai (Konami & Rina)Donna Del Mondo (Himeka, Maika & Natsupoi) Def. Queen’s Quest (Utami Hayashishita, Saya Kamitani & Hina)Queen’s Quest ( Momo Watanabe & AZM) Vs. Donna Del Mondo ( Giulia,…

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hello fellas! i am wondering if you guys can tell me some fc suggestions for my fantasy oc? the range of age will be from 20s to early 30s. i'm using shinano of azur lane for the animated version and i hope you guys can have the fcs as similar as her (plus size are also welcome!) ethnically doesn't need to be full japanese, half japanese are also welcome. thank you!

Hello for furture reference please don't call us fellas.

Here are some reccomdations, we added plus sized as well as any fc that got close to Shinano’s physical appearance. As usual resources may vary but you are free to suggest some if an fc piques your interest.

Japanese fcs (1985-2000) 

Kanako Yanagihara (1986)

Nina Nishimura (1987/1988)

Watanabe Naomi (1987), Also 1/2 Taiwanese, is a pretty close contender too

Yu Yashiro (1987)

Tam Nakano (1988)

Unagi Sayaka (1989)

Yuriyan Retriever (1990)

Chiemi Blouson (1990)

Kaho Shibuya (1991)

Mina Shirakawa (1991)

Reika Saiki (1992) 

Yua Mikami (1993)

Fairouz Ai (1993), Also 1/2 Egyptian

Maki Itoh (1995)

Himeka Arita (1997)

Natalie Noontemboom (2000), Also part white

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Setahun lalu, akibat hal yang cukup disayangkan, aku gagal merilis artikel ini. Sebelumnya aku menulis tentang pendapatku tentang Halloween, yang juga menyangkut hal kontroversial tahun lalu. Sure setiap orang boleh punya pendapat berbeda tentang festival tahunan ini, dan kali ini konsepnya beda.

Bagaimana jika member Sakamichi dikelompokkan ke dalam houses dari hantu-hantu terkenal sepanjang Halloween? 9 hantu paling terkenal dalam sejarah Halloween.

House of Zombies

Manusia yang telah mati dan dihidupkan kembali, tak memiliki kesadaran atau pikiran, dan hanya tertarik pada satu hal; daging segar manusia. Native dari Haiti, dimana mereka adalah korban dari voodoo. Lebih tepatnya, mereka diguna-guna agar mati suri dan hidup kembali untuk diperjualbelikan sebagai budak.

Kisah tentang perbudakan zombie ini masih ada sampai abad 20, dan tidak sedikit dari para zombie ini yang kembali sadar dari voodoo karena sihir yang mengikat mereka terlepas. Contoh paling terkenal adalah Clairvius Narcisse, yang menjadi perdebatan hingga saat ini.

Member di house ini adalah member yang cenderung tidak menonjol, karena sifat alami sebagai pengikut. Tapi jelas tidak selalu, yang lebih terlihat adalah mereka menonjol karena keadaan yang membuat begitu. Untungnya karena sifat dasar ini pula, mereka bisa mengontrol keadaan itu.

Kawago Hina, Saito Asuka, Hori Miona, Terada Ranze, Sakaguchi Tamami, Koike Minami, Nagasawa Nanako, Ushio Sarina, Hamagishi Hiyori

House of Vampires

Lebih umum dikenal sebagai Count Dracula, atau Vlad the Impaler. Makhluk yang hidup dengan menghisap darah manusia bahkan hewan sekalipun. Bisa merubah wujud dari kelelawar atau kabut, memiliki kemampuan untuk memanipulasi pikiran korbannya. Kelemahan vampir antara lain cermin, bawang putih, salib, dan cahaya matahari.

Asal-usul vampire tidaklah jelas, meski kemungkinan besar digunakan sebagai simbologi dari kematian. Di abad pertengahan, pemburuan vampir banyak dilakukan di Eropa, setelah terjadi banyak kematian misterius yang sebenarnya diakibatkan oleh wabah penyakit.

Mereka di house ini adalah mereka yang memiliki kebiasaan aneh, nocturnal, but never argued with their strength. Sama seperti vampire, mereka cenderung aktif secara individu, tapi bukan berarti mereka tidak memiliki solidaritas.

Ikuta Erika,  Takayama Kazumi, Ito Junna, Iwamoto Renka, Umezawa Minami, Imaizumi Yui, Shida Manaka, Kakizaki Memi, Tomita Suzuka

House of Werewolves

Jelas bukan spesies yang suka ngilerin member, tapi makhluk mitologi asli. Manusia yang dikutuk menjadi serigala tiap saat bulan purnama, sejarah werewolves ada sejak abad pertengahan. Dan sampai kini, 80% petani Rusia percaya akan werewolves. Saat bulan purnama, mereka bertransformasi dari manusia menjadi werewolves.

Untuk menjadi werewolves, syaratnya antara lain lahir sebagai anak ketujuh dengan ayah yang juga anak ketujuh, atau di tanggal 24 Desember. Dengan kekuatan diatas manusia, dan target makanan mereka, manusia bisa mengalahkan makhluk berbulu ini dengan panah perak atau peluru perak, satu-satunya kelemahan werewolf.

Sebagai werewolves, maka member yang ada di house ini memiliki kekuatan besar. Kekuatan sebagai persona idol maupun kekuatan di fandom. Cenderung diam dan tidak menarik sebelum berada di panggung, dan siap menggebrak saat kesempatan datang. Panah perak untuk mereka? Biasanya mengarah ke resitensi.

Kawamura Mahiro, Nishino Nanase, Ito Karin, Oozono Momoko, Suzumoto Miyu, Hirate Yurina, Sasaki Mirei, Kosaka Nao

House of Mummies

Pharaoh yang dipercaya akan menjadi Osiris kini dikenang sebagai mayat diawetkan yang dibalut linen, salah satu tokoh utama dalam kisah horor abad 20. The original zombies, karena mumifikasi sudah ada jauh sebelum zombie menjadi terkenal di Haiti. Konsepnya sama, mumi akan bangkit setelah kematian karena itu tubuh mereka harus diawetkan agar bisa bereinkarnasi.

Selama ribuan tahun mumifikasi ada sebagai bagian tak terpisahkan dari kebudayaan Mesir. Namun di berbagai belahan dunia, sebenarnya juga ada mumifikasi meski prosesnya tidak semengerikan bangsa Mesir. Di dunia modern, masih ada mumifikasi meski dengan proses berbeda, paling jelas adalah embalment seperti Vladimir Lenin.

Sebagai orang penting saat mati, dan setelah kematian menjadi lebih penting, member yang ada di house ini cenderung memiliki kedudukan istimewa sebagai member yang mendapat push cukup berlebih. Meski hasil akhirnya tidak selalu baik, posisi mereka cenderung masih under the radar bagi mayoritas fans.

Shiraishi Mai, Matsumura Sayuri, Yamashita Mizuki, Sugai Yuuka, Watanabe Rika, Nagahama Neru, Kato Shiho, Matsuda Konoka, Watanabe Miho

House of Witches

Termasuk di dalamnya Circe yang ditemui Ulysses dalam petualangannya dan Druid yang umum disalahpahami sebagai kaum yang mengetahui fungsi asli dari Stonehenge. Asal-usul kata witches adalah Wicca, yang dipercaya berasal dari Jerman. Sepanjang sejarah, perburuan penyihir tertulis dengan tinta merah.

Banyak teori konspirasi soal ini, termasuk pop culture yang banyak menggunakannya. Tapi yang jelas, keberadaan penyihir tidak bisa diabaikan begitu saja. Baru di akhir abad 20, image penyihir menjadi lebih modern lewat pop culture seperti Harry Potter dan Lord of The Rings.

Setelah penyihir menjadi lebih modern, stereotype akan nenek sihir juga hilang. Banyak karakter penyihir modern yang lebih flirty & bitchy. Mungkin karena asosiasi dengan setan, makanya penyihir lebih menggoda iman. Nah, dari sini saja sudah jelas kan siapa saja yang ada di house of witches?

Akimoto Manatsu, Eto Misa, Nakada Kana Higuchi Hina, Sagara Iori, Shinuchi Mai, Yoda Yuki, Yonetani Nanami, Watanabe Risa, Saito Kyoko, Miyata Manamo

House of Ghosts

Sejarah tentang hantu sudah ada selama manusia memahami bahwa ada jiwa di dalam raga, dan kemana jiwa itu akan pergi setelah kematian. Beberapa mengatakan hantu adalah jejak jiwa yang tertinggal di bumi, atau tidak bisa pergi ke alam baka karena ada urusan yang belum terselesaikan, atau sekedar jalan-jalan ke bumi dari alam lain.

Beberapa hantu sanggup merasuki pikiran manusia, bahkan membimbing mereka ke kematian. Pop culture pun mengipasi kisah tentang hantu, meski sampai saat ini kita masih terbagi ke kelompok yang percaya dan skeptik akan keberadaan hantu di sekitar kita.

Sama seperti hantu, member di house ini cenderung tidak terlihat. Dalam artian keberadaan mereka seperti antara ada dan tiada. Yah, member-member yang masih hanya menjadi “penggembira” saja, karena secara performance ataupun variety masih kesulitan untuk “menampakkan” diri.

Saito Chiharu, Saito Yuri, Yamazaki Rena, Sato Kaede, Yoshida Ayano Christie, Uemura Rina, Sato Shiori, Takamoto Ayaka, Higashimura Mei, Kawata Hina

House of Pumpkins

Jack-o-Lantern, simbol dari Halloween, si kepala labu dengan senyum mengerikan. Menurut cerita rakyat Irlandia mengatakan Jack adalah ‘jiwa yang ditolak masuk surga ataupun neraka’ akibat sebuah perjanjian agar tak masuk neraka yang dimenangkan dari iblis dan tak bisa masuk surga setelah mati setelah melalui hidup penuh dosa dan minuman.

Sejak saat itu Jack berkelana mencari tempat peristirahatan terakhirnya. Karena itulah, orang-orang mengukir Jack-o-Lantern untuk mengusir Jack dan jiwa-jiwa yang tersesat. Awalnya bukan labu yang digunakan untuk mengukir Jack-o-Lantern melainkan lobak, labu baru digunakan setelah Halloween populer di Amerika.

Sebagai simbol Halloween, maka mereka yang masuk di house ini adalah golongan member yang paling mudah dikenali fans, baik internal maupun eksternal. Wandering soul Jack juga menjadi karakter penting, dimana mereka seperti terlihat akan kesulitan begitu lepas dari Nogi, which is all members face.

Ito Marika, Inoue Sayuri, Wakatsuki Yumi, Watanabe Miria, Kubo Shiori, Habu Mizuho, Moriya Akane, Sasaki Kumi, Kanemura Miku

House of Frankensteins

Monster ciptaan Victor Frankenstein, karya Mary Shelley lewat novel best seller pada abad 19 ini langsung menjadi teror mimpi buruk bagi dunia sejak saat itu. Literatur sci-fi pertama dalam sejarah karena mengisahkan lebih dari sekedar fantasi menjadi “pekerjaan di laboratorium”

Memberi kehidupan pada benda mati lewat eksperimen dan electricity, apa yang akan kau katakan jika kubilang eskperimen untuk membuat Frankenstein masih berjalan hingga saat ini? Ya, para ilmuwan berusaha menjadikan Frankenstein nyata untuk menyingkap sedikit rahasia kehidupan.

Karakteristik utama dari member di house ini adalah loner. Sama seperti Frankenstein yang kesepian, member yang terpilih disini cenderung lebih suka sendiri ketimbang beramai-ramai. Atau mereka yang struggle dengan eksistensi mereka di grup. Bisa dibilang mereka masih belum menemukan jati dirinya.

Nakamoto Himeka, Hoshino Minami, Suzuki Ayane, Sasaki Kotoko, Nakamura Reno, Ishimori Nijika, Kobayashi Yui, Kageyama Yuuka, Takase Mana, Nibu Akari

House of Goblins

Mischievous, little Goblin menjadi karakter populer untuk Halloween terutama untuk trick or treat. Digambarkan sebagai makhluk dengan sihir sejenis fairy & demon, dengan karakteristik diantara keduanya. Goblin secara umum dilihat sebagai biang kekacauan.

Mereka juga bisa dikatakan sangat tertarik pada harta, dan karena ini sering digambarkan sebagai tokoh antagonis dalam literatur. Berada di house ini berarti member yang terpilih adalah mereka yang menjadi badut di grup, atau lebih mudahnya, variety member.

Sifat kekanak-kanakan juga menjadi karakteristik utama, terkadang “semau gue” dan lepas, karena itu cukup sering juga memancing anti. Mereka juga cenderung pesimis, dalam artian jika tindakan mereka backfired, mereka akan memikirkannya sebagai refleksi.

Ikoma Rina, Sakurai Reika, Noujo Ami, Wada Maaya, Kitano Hinako, Ito Riria, Mukai Hazuki, Ozeki Rika, Oda Nana, Saito Fuyuka, Harada Aoi, Iguchi Mao

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