Newbie Question...

[Rattler151]

I was just curious as to who the top Joshi athletes are? I have not seen any Joshi wrestling and wanted to know if I were to get some tapes which athletes should I look for

[Ganso]

If you want high-flying arial tactic-wresters you can try:
Ayako Hamada
Manami Toyota
Chaparita ASARI
The Jumping Bomb Angels

Other good womens wrestlers that don't fly as much are:
Aja Kong
Takako Inoue
Mariko Yoshida
Shinobu Kandori
Akira Hokuto
Yumiko Hotta

[DangerousBD]

For any beginning Joshi enthusiast, I recommend getting shows from the Joshi boom of 1993. There are some truly spectacular matches from:

Akira Hokuto (my personal favorite)
Manami Toyota
Bull Nakano
Double Inoues (Takako & Kyoko Inoue)
Sakie Hasegawa
Megumi Kudo
Plum Mariko (R.I.P.)

For something more current, you can't go wrong with ARSION (which seems to be most everyone's favorite joshi fed)

But for something current (outside of ARSION), I recommend find some of the following's matches:

The Bloody
Mayumi Ozaki
Kaoru Ito

If you're looking for some truly older school stuff, try checking out:

Beauty Pair
Jumping Bomb Angles
Dump Matsumoto vs. Chigusa Nagayo matches

But most importantly, GET THE AJW DREAMSLAM TAPES!!! It is the greatest Joshi event in history!

[wolverine]

Momoe Nakanishi is currently the best athlete in the business IMO.

[Tradewynd]

One of my favorites is Megumi Kudo. The could wrestle, work one hell of a lucharesu match, and can work a watchable garbage match. It's a shame she spent so much of her career in FMW, otherwise she would have been wrestling longer.