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Saya Kamitani on her approach to pro-wrestling:
>“I think there’s something in common between (Akira) Kawashima’s approach to comedy and my approach to pro-wrestling. For example, Kawashima doesn’t go for laughs that hurt people.
>I’m a heel too, but I try to maintain a sense of class in my words. It’s easy to just use dirty language that devalue your opponent, but that way I can’t deliver pro-wrestling to a wide audience.
>My style of fighting changes completely depending on my opponent. If I’m fighting a babyface, beating them to a pulp makes them shine more. If it’s a larger opponent, I sometimes deliberately fight like a babyface myself.
>The beauty of pro-wrestling is that ‘you can shine whether you win or lose.’ Even if you lose, it’s fine as long as you become the main character through the content of the match or support from the audience.
>I think “a wrestler who can only shine by winning has no value.’”
Saya Kamitani:
>“Tam Nakano was a wrestler who laid bare all her negative emotions in the ring and and stirred the hearts of the audience. I decided I too would let my real emotions explode in the ring.
>When I was at rock bottom, failing audition after audition, the one who introduced me to pro-wrestling and gave me a ray of hope was Tam Nakano. When I turned heel after various things happened, the one who kept telling me in the ring ‘I believe in Kamitani’ was also Tam Nakano. The one who kept fighting me and made me shine from the opposite corner was Tam Nakano.”
