>>12688747Not just a board meme. It is widely accepted as fact across all of wrestling. Konami would have died homeless without Syuri.
Konami: After gaining the apprenticeship she yearned for, Asuka's move to the US led to a series of hardships
>[The captivating female fighter who decorates the ring] Konami (23) aims for the top of women's wrestling promotion "Stardom", using kicks and submissions as her weapons. The Fukuyama, Hiroshima prefecture native set her sights on pro-wrestling during her days at middle school. Influenced by her older brother, she attended a show in her hometown and was captured by its allure. Being in concert band at school, at first her only intention was watching pro-wrestling, but an encounter with Asuka (Kana), currently active in the American WWE, changed that. "When I was in the 3rd year of middle school, Kana had matches also involving guys and I admired that. This is the kind of world that's out there, I thought, I started to feel like I wanted to do the same thing.">In 2014, she appealed directly to Asuka, who had come to Hiroshima for a show, and was accepted as her pupil. As soon as she graduated, she moved to Tokyo and launched her career. However, after Asuka signed a contract with American promotion WWE and moved to the States, Konami experienced a series of struggles. "I didn't know what to do. There was no place to call my own. 'Tokyo's a cold place', I thought at the time. I kept going just by my own stubbornness.", she looks back at that period. 