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>Over the past few years, a steady stream of new wrestlers has debuted in Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling. Among them, one of the most talked-about talents is Uta Takami, who is also a member of the idol group Up Up Girls (Pro Wrestling). Recently, she won the Next Generation Tournament '25, which was held for younger wrestlers. As her prize, she earned her first challenge for the International Princess Championship at Korakuen Hall on November 9th, facing the current titleholder, Arisu Endo. She didn’t manage to capture the belt, but she showed more than enough power and momentum to prove she belongs in that spotlight.
>Standing at just 150 cm, she may be small, but her in-ring presence feels incredibly powerful. The reason she gives that impression is simple: she screams at the top of her lungs throughout the entire match. Whether she is attacking or being hit, she projects her voice from deep in her core. Before long, her voice begins to carry emotion—joy, anger, frustration—and the audience finds themselves increasingly drawn to her presence in the ring.
>In fact, this style of wrestling used to be completely normal in women’s pro wrestling from the Showa era through the early Heisei era. New wrestlers were told over and over, “Use your voice. Always yell.” Even senior wrestlers acting as seconds at ringside would shout instructions like “Make noise! Louder!” Matches placed earlier on the card, before the crowd had fully warmed up, relied on big vocal performance as a professional skill to bring energy to the venue. But starting in the 2000s, that approach steadily faded, and more and more wrestlers began fighting quietly, aiming for a calm, cool, stylish image.
>So why did rookie women wrestlers stop shouting during matches? When I asked a veteran wrestler, she explained, “It’s just not something you can do immediately just because someone tells you to.”
