>The first person to whom she revealed her dream of becoming a wrestler was her father, Kiyoshi. He was seemingly surprised: “Someone like you, who’s terrible at being around people, wants to become a wrestler...” That’s because as a child, I was afraid of strangers, to the point where I could only talk to my family members, and I didn’t have much friends. It got to the point where, in my second year of high school, I was lost at the airport but couldn’t bring myself to ask anyone for directions, so I just cried and wandered around by myself for an hour and a half...”
