>--Is there anyone we should keep an eye out for?
>Shirakawa: The ones I'm keeping an eye on are Tomoka Inaba, Haruka Umesaki, and Mei Suruga.
>--What do you like about Tomoka Inaba?
>Shirakawa: I saw Inaba at NEW BLOOD, a young-oriented show recently. She was the most impressive wrestler on the show, in my opinion.
>--What do you mean?
>Shirakawa: From her entrance to the techniques she chooses and the way she shows them, she consistently keeps her own color. For example, there are some karate fighters who only show their karate background at the entrance, but their color fades a little during the match. But she kept it all the way to the end. Watching the match, there were many things that I would have done differently, such as the way she paused the match or the way she attacked his opponent, but I felt that she was outstanding in consistently showing her own color from his entrance to the end of the match. I felt that she was a student of TAKA Michinoku. I also watched wrestling, and TAKA just participated in the New Japan Cup, didn't he? I also watched that, and I think TAKA is very precise in the way he builds up his techniques. He is also very precise in the way he builds up his techniques, and he never forgets TAKA Michi's color. He has inherited that, so it is a great teacher-student relationship, not a love between teacher and student, but that is what makes it so great. I thought the JTO was great.
>--Inaba was also ranked No. 1 in the women's competition, wasn't she?
>Shirakawa: Women's ranking?
--The JTO's women's ranking. We have a ranking system. The men's team has a new belt, but the women's team had a ranking competition and was ranked No. 1. How about Umesaki?
>Shirakawa: Umesaki is strong-willed. She is just strong-willed. I don't think she is the type of person who does many remarkable moves in a match. She was very strong-willed during the match.
