>>18783157In addition to professional wrestling, she also likes martial arts such as RIZIN and K-1, and learned kickboxing "for self-defense." She has two amateur bouts and even auditioned for the "one-minute martial arts" show Breaking Down.
However, when she said she wanted to become a professional wrestler, her parents opposed the idea. Her parents were also pro wrestling fans, which is why they opposed the idea.
>"I'm the type of person who immediately wants to try something once I've become interested in it, like learning dance or going to a kickboxing gym. But my parents told me that in professional wrestling, not only can you get hurt, but you can also injure your opponent and it can even be life-threatening. They told me that since you're responsible for people's lives, it's not a job that can be done just out of curiosity or because you want to do it."Still, it was hard to give up on her dream of professional wrestling, so she made up her mind and applied for Stardom's new recruit recruitment at the age of 24.
>"I had promised my parents that I would be free to do what I wanted until I was 25. When I was about to turn 25, I thought, 'Is it okay to end my life without aiming to become a professional wrestler?'"She joined the ranks in December 2023. Akira, Anne Kanaya, Hamabe, Furusawa, and Ema were the six of them who spent their training period together. Hamabe debuted a little earlier in November 2024, while Akira and Hime debuted in January of this year. All of them took around a year from joining to debuting. This generation of wrestlers seems to have been trained longer than other wrestlers. One senior wrestler commented on Hime and the others, saying, "Because it took them so long to debut, I can sense their desire to outdo their seniors right away." Hime herself said, "Because they spent so long as trainees, I feel they have to put on a solid match."
