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The Joshi Pod

The Joshi Pod

By Eric Howard

Weekly look into the world of Japanese women’s wrestling...Joshi Wrestling.
We will cover events from Stardom, Tokyo Joshi Pro, Gatoh Move and more.
The podcast will have interviews with wrestlers, announcers and media that are involved in the world of Joshi wrestling.
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Episode 13: Fumi Saito Pt 1

The Joshi PodJan 24, 2020

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Konami
Oct 17, 202301:22:13
Rina Amikura
Sep 22, 202345:27
Kyoko Kimura
Jul 28, 202359:54
Takumi Iroha
May 02, 202327:02
Chigusa Nagayo
Apr 27, 202301:11:31
Miku Aono: The Ace of Actwres girl'Z
Apr 08, 202301:29:10
The Nina Samuels Show
Feb 18, 202301:06:01
Crea from Pure J
Feb 09, 202301:37:03
2023 Joshi Draft

2023 Joshi Draft

It's the Fourth Annual Joshi Draft!

We are joined by JPQ from PWI’s “Just Joshi” podcast and JD from the 'RedLeaf Retrocast'.

Our rotating 4th person this year is Scott from Fightful, Voices of Wrestling, Wrestling Purist and a few other places. The guy is killing it!

We may have found our permanent fourth. We will have to bring on a fifth in 2024!

The draft is brought to you by PWRevolution x West Coast Pro's Queen of the Indies scheduled for May 13 in San Francisco, California. Tickets can be purchased at www.qoitickets.com

The four of us select 10 Joshi wrestlers? No, not 11 or 12 Joshi wrestlers.

An audible is called during the draft and we each select 15 Joshi wrestlers and a legend to lead the team. 

Well, three of us pick a legend and JPQ had a pick.

Who went number 1?

Who made the worst selection?

Were we idiots for not drafting someone?

Can The Joshi Pod repeat as champion?

You get to decide which roster is the best! A Twitter poll will be pinned to the top of The Joshi Pod's Twitter page.

We had a lot of fun doing this again and we hope you enjoy listening!

Follow the guys on Twitter:

JPQ: JPQ (@Bigpawsonapup) / Twitter

JD: RedLeafRetrocast® (@BowlingJD) / Twitter

Scott: Scott E. Wrestling (@ScottEWrestling) / Twitter

Queen of the Indies:

West Coast Pro Twitter: West Coast Pro (@WCProOfficial) / Twitter

PWRevolution Twitter: PWRevolution (@PWRevolution) / Twitter

Tickets: QOITicters.com

IWTV: LIVE: West Coast Pro & PWR "Queen Of Indies" - IWTV.live Live Event - IndependentWrestling.tv

Music supplied by:

Yume O Yume (Dream your Dream) by reiswerk (c) copyright 2016 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license.

https://bit.ly/2OQ19us

Feb 01, 202302:08:16
Natsumi Sumikawa
Jan 06, 202356:39
Yuki Miyazaki
Jan 02, 202301:10:57
Billie Starkz
Jan 02, 202341:26
Mari from Actwres girl'Z
Dec 27, 202258:04
Maria from Marvelous
Dec 25, 202230:44
Asahi
Dec 19, 202248:51
Unagi Sayaka GYAN!!!!!!!!
Dec 19, 202256:51
Tsukushi Haruka
Apr 01, 202201:02:09
Tae Honma
Mar 19, 202201:17:28
Ladybeard

Ladybeard

Mar 12, 202201:10:58
2022 Joshi Draft!

2022 Joshi Draft!

It's the Third Annual Joshi Draft!

We are joined by JPQ from PWI’s “Just Joshi” podcast and JD from the 'RedLeaf Retrocast'.

Unfortunately K from the ‘Big Egg Joshi Podcast’ could not join us because he is off saving the world. We miss you K!

One person was not enough to fill K’s large Andre The Giant sized shoes, so we had to bring on two new people.

Dylan Murray from Deadlock Pro Wrestling, Last Word on Pro Wrestling and the ‘Victory Through Guts/Stardom Quest’ podcasts joins the draft for the first time.

Also, Grizzly FOG from the Smart Talk Podcast selects a really fun team his first time in the draft

The five of us select 10 Joshi wrestlers, no 11 Joshi wrestlers…what, we call an audible and select 12 Joshi wrestlers and a legendary coach to start our new Joshi companies.

Who went number 1? -Listen to find out!

Who made the worst selection?-You tell us!

Were we idiots for not drafting someone?-Yes...the same person again! Sorry!

Can The Joshi Pod repeat as champion?-Probably?

You get to decide which roster is the best! A Twitter poll will be pinned to the top of The Joshi Pod's Twitter page.

We had a lot of fun doing this again and we hope you enjoy listening!

Follow the guys on Twitter:

JPQ: JPQ (@Bigpawsonapup) / Twitter

JD: RedLeafRetrocast® (@BowlingJD) / Twitter

Dylan: DYLAN! (@XXIchiban) / Twitter

Grizzly FOG: Skull Reaper Grizz

K: Dark Peach Returns! 

Eric: TheJoshiPod (@TheJoshiPod) / Twitter

Listen them:

JPQ: Spotify

JPQ: Pro Wrestling Illustrated Presents on Apple Podcasts

JD: Spotify – Web Player

JD: Red Leaf Retrocast (Gaming, Anime, Wrestling) on Apple Podcasts

Become a patron of The RedLeaf Retrocast: https://www.patreon.com/RedLeafRetrocast

Dylan: Stardom Quest | Podcast on Spotify

Dylan: Victory Through Guts - A Joshi Wrestling Podcast | Podcast on Spotify

Grizzly FOG: soundcloud.com/grizzlyfog

Grizzly FOG: https://anchor.fm/grizzlyfog

K: Dark Peach Returns! 

Music supplied by:

Yume O Yume (Dream your Dream) by reiswerk (c) copyright 2016 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license.

https://bit.ly/2OQ19us

Feb 11, 202202:00:18
#HanaMatane with Farrah Hasnain
May 24, 202101:10:35
Celebrating Hana Kimura with her friend CB!
May 20, 202136:23
Over Time Episode 3: Nightshade

Over Time Episode 3: Nightshade

On this over time episode, we are joined by Nightshade! We talk to the British star about her experiences in Japan with Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling and who helped get booked on a tour of Japan. We go over all of her matches, including working two shows with DDT's Ganbare group. Nightshade talks about her championship main event match against Maki Itoh. Is Maki's head really that hard? She tells us what she did while away from the ring in Japan, including being locked out of her hotel. Nightshade also talks about how COVID has impacted her life and career. It was a really fun chat, please have a listen. Follow /Support Nightshade Twitter: https://twitter.com/nightshadepw Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nightshadewrestler/ Big Cartel: http://Nightshadewrestler.bigcartel.com Check Nightshade out in Eve-Riot Grrrls of Wrestling: Vs Mercedes Martinez: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DeSKKT4Hm8 In Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling & Ganbare (Subscription required): https://www.ddtpro.com/universe Music supplied by: GRIZZLY F.O.G.: https://grizzlyfog.bandcamp.com/ Vampire Diaries themes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vtYxenJO8M & https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-EneeRe5kg
Mar 22, 202101:14:02
Over Time Episode 2: Maya Yukihi

Over Time Episode 2: Maya Yukihi

We are joined this episode by arguably the best Joshi wrestler in Japan, Maya Yukihi. She does the entire interview in English.

She just passed her sixth anniversary in wrestling. She has released a DVD and photobook for the occasion. You can order them here: https://iceribbon.shopselect.net/items/38518289 

We talk about her childhood, what got her into wrestling, places she would like to wrestle and so much more.

Maya also tells us who the best and worst singers are in Ice Ribbon.

We are joined by Yappy who supported Maya during the interview.

It's a really fun chat, please have a listen!

Follow/Support Maya

Crystal Snow Twitter: https://twitter.com/yukihi_maya

Dark Snow Twitter: https://twitter.com/Maya_yukihi

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mayayukihi/

Follow/Support Ice Ribbon

Twitter: https://twitter.com/ICERIBBON_jp

English Twitter: https://twitter.com/IceRibbon_eng

Official Website: https://iceribbon.com/

International Shop: https://iceribbon.shopselect.net/

Follow/Support Yappy

Twitter: https://twitter.com/Yapi

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yapitori/

Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/yapitori

RedLeaf Retrocast Patreon

https://www.patreon.com/RedLeafRetrocast

Music Provided By

Grizzly F.O.G.: https://soundcloud.com/grizzlyfog

Backstreet Boys

The Spice Girls

Green Day

Feb 09, 202101:36:23
Mitsuru Konno (Rerelease)
Jan 29, 202142:25
The 2nd Annual Joshi Draft
Jan 27, 202101:47:36
Bonus Episode: Joshi News Team Year End Awards
Jan 04, 202101:59:55
Bonus Episode: Joshi News Team talk Stardom Returns
Jan 04, 202146:31
Over Time Episode 1: Suzu Suzuki

Over Time Episode 1: Suzu Suzuki

Dec 25, 202001:00:11
Episode 52: Act Yasukawa
Oct 31, 202002:13:57
Mini Episode: Wai Ting
Oct 31, 202031:01
Episode 51: Mari Manji
Oct 29, 202001:13:50
Mini Episode: Chris Dickinson Talks Joshi
Oct 29, 202001:08:03
Mini Episode: Catching Up with JD
Oct 28, 202039:51
Mini Episode: Catching Up with K
Oct 27, 202034:02
Episode 50: Ruby Raze
Oct 23, 202001:29:02
Mini Episode: Eric Peralta The Wrestling Enthusiast
Oct 22, 202038:33
Mini Episode: Dylan Murray from Victory Through Guts
Oct 20, 202001:02:57
Episode 49: Why The Joshi Pod?
Oct 16, 202050:38
Mini Episode: Grizzly F.O.G.
Oct 14, 202030:35
Mini Episode: Farrah Goes to Wrestling Shows
Oct 11, 202035:05
Episode 48: Mei Suruga and Baliyan Akki
Oct 09, 202001:14:20
Episode 47: Session Moth Martina
Oct 02, 202001:08:26
Episode 46: Emi Sakura Talks ChocoPro

Episode 46: Emi Sakura Talks ChocoPro

Sep 25, 202001:10:32
Bonus Episode: Catching up with Thekla
Sep 24, 202049:40
Episode 45: Yappy
Sep 18, 202002:01:28
Bonus Episode: JPQ talks the 5 Star Finals
Sep 18, 202033:26
Bonus Episode: Justin Knipper
Sep 14, 202001:17:40
Episode 44: Leyla Hirsch
Sep 11, 202001:09:45
Bonus Episode: Kai Kobayashi
Sep 07, 202001:23:03