Yoshiko

[4.0] "Probably the most controversial Joshi wrestler ever and definitely for good reason. What she did to Act was disgustingly vile and the so called "Ghastly Match" was a nationwide headline (for all the wrong reasons) that almost killed Stardom. Other than that, her in ring work was passable excluding the aforementioned incident, and what she did is unforgivable"

[1.0] "She wasn't a poor wrestler per se, but she is still a criminal, no matter how much Mayu Iwatani's "biography" attempts to take all the blame off of her by blaming it all on the victim, poor Act Yasukawa (disgusting act by Mayu btw). She's the product of blindly following and being brainwashed by a shitty culture that has perverted joshi wrestling through the minds of people like Hatman, Nanae and such. She's not earned forgiveness that's for sure."

[0.0] "Neither forgotten nor forgiven. She ruined a life because she didn't want to lose in a scripted sport. I hope that until the end, she'll be reminded of that match, reminded of the assault she inflicted on a fellow wrestler. Shame on her, shame on the industry that continued to make her compete. And the fact that she couldn't wrestle until 2022 is a real scandal, and I wish her nothing more than a well-deserved downfall."

[3.0] "Average at best Joshi, couldn't really hold a candle to some of the more talented women in the business. If we don't see her wrestle again we lose nothing and if we do see her again she won't be putting on anything worth checking out. Is good for taking a pin but other than that any other well-trained Joshi is probably 10x more interesting than her."

[0.0] "I can't ignore what she did to act, regardless of how they made up or what Yoshiko did later in her career. Should've been in prison. Completely damaged the Joshi business and nearly killed another individual, essentially ending their career if not for a miracle recovery. People like this shouldn't be near wrestling and it's a shame they repeatedly get second chances. How can you enjoy one of their matches knowing what they did?"

[10.0] "One of the best power Joshi's around. Has alot of very good matches in alot of different promotions and im very excited for her return to Seadlinnng. A common reason to dislike her is the Act incident and while that was a truly shameful incident it doesnt take away from her in ring ability for me personally, Her work with Sareee in particular is what really stands out to me as great work and i hope they run another match upon Yoshiko's return"

[6.0] "Yoshiko is an alright wrestler. I think she had some solid promise, but with all the drama that has surrounded her career and lots of stop-and-go wrestling paired with injuries she never fully realized that potential. I do hope the best for her when she does comeback (again), and she's still solidly young so maybe she can develop further. Obviously, The Ghastly Match will forever be a stain on her career but I think people holding it against her to his day are dumb. Act has said multiple times over the last decade that she's forgiven Yoshiko and even hoped Yoshiko would return to wrestling, and it was very clear the other Stardom girls had forgiven her. What she did was wrong, obviously, but holding it against her as a wrestler an entire decade later after the person she hurt has advocated for her is odd."

[0.0] "Someone's killer by self Will can't be a wrestler, so this girl is not a wrestler at all. She's the dumbest one just wanted to show her best through career killing. 0 star can be the best rating for her, especially having the worst match of all time. If that Didn't happen, I might consider watching her career carefully, but the act she done can't be reconsider, I'm sorry but she lost her ability to remain a wrestler for me atleast. (0/10) Isn't too much for her, especially what she had done. Sorry again."

[4.0] "Obviously a tough person to rate due to the incident with Act. After seeing that, I spent many years thinking Yoshiko simply assaulted Act with no cause. But after her 2021 match in Stardom against Mayu, I started thinking about it deeper. I mean, if people like Mayu & the people who actually work in Stardom can forgive her to the extent of allowing her to work with the company, then who am I to be so critical? I still do think Yoshiko was very much in the wrong in that match. But it's not quite as simple as her outright assaulting Act, as Act seemed to be looking for a shoot fight right out of the gate & there was a lot of behind the scenes politics that lead to everything. All that said, the match with Act certainly affects Yoshiko's score in a negative way, but it won't make me go all the way to a 0 rating, which I might have done prior to the 2021 match against Mayu. So beyond the incident, Yoshiko was an important big heel in the early days of Stardom. She was a good power wrestler & a good heel to go against some of the smaller babyfaces."

[2.0] "Solid wrestler but no, we shouldn't just "move on" and forget about the Act incident. What Yoshiko did to her was assault. Literally tried to blind her by targeting her surgically repaired eye. If she was appropriately punished for this then sure, we can "move on". After all she has been incident free ever since. So, what was her punishment exactly? A 1-year break from wrestling before Nanae brings her back into the mix. Is that sufficient? Do you think the courts of Japan would've been as lenient had this happened in a normal setting? No, of course not, and that's why people won't "move on" from it. Justice wasn't served."

[2.0] "Giving her a 2 purely on the fact that she is actually good, she can brawl very well and tbh had a good look, she was mean and nasty and it worked. Now for the obvious, taking advantage of someone that gives you there body is just down right pathetic, Act trusted her with her body and abused it. Was there other stuff going on, yes, was Yoshiko solely to blame, no. I'm not going to give her a 0 because of something that happened so long ago, also the fact that both parties moved on, nobody died. But again she broke the trust of everyone around and tarnished the legacy of a very good promotion for a long time."

[10.0] "Yoshiko is/was a really good wrestler and has had some excellent matches during her career, but injuries seem to have caught up with her. Her bigger frame and yankii character made for an excellent villain. Her recent weight loss has, although probably better for her health, removed some of the aura she used to have. Hopefully she can come back for one last run and get a retirement send-off. As for the Ghastly Match, only Yoshiko and Act know what went down, and Act has expressed regret that it happened and wishes to sit down with Yoshiko and talk about it. It's not up to western fans to judge any part of it."

[5.0] "Okay so I reread my review on her and I felt very embarrassed. While I don't like her, it was a bit hypocritical of me to give a flat out 0 to her while giving Benoit a 10. Thankfully I have matured and so I will revisit this review. Yoshiko is technically speaking a good-great wrestler who can have a very good match. Despite that, as we know safety is the number one rule in Wrestling, and shoot-beating (I don't know if that's a saying) someone up is, surprinsingly not safe. For me if you cannot have a match safely you cannot be considered a good wrestler, same goes for being professional. You could argue that some of the All-Time Greats have been unprofessional during a match (looking at you HBK and RKO) but they never ended a wrestlers career out of pure spite. A 5 would be fine for a Wrestler who unfortunately but deservingly, ended her own promising career. Still sorry for anyone who has seen that awful message of mine :D. And I now agree with some of the commentator bashing people who personally insult her (which I won't say myself since it would be extremely hypocrital of me once again), I now consider myself... saved... I guess?"

[8.0] "i think if you rate her based on the act match you're a massive moron and most likely overweight. she's a fantastic wrestler who excelled in SEAd and is still really good, while not the best in singles matches she's very good in tags and deserves all the praise rather than one-sided hatred from people who know absolutely nothing about why the two of them hated eachother."

[7.0] "The 'incident' was horrible and should never have happened, but there are more sides to a story than headcannon and there is a reason Yoshiko was not blacklisted from any wrestling company and why no one was ever worried about it happening again (even Stardom would have taken her back after she sat out for a while). I don't really have the most positive opinion of Yoshiko (nor Act for that matter, but this is about Yoshiko), as a wrestler she was pretty good, but she wasn't exactly in Aja Kong's league as a brute or a base for someone to fly around for, she played the role well enough and was different to everyone else around so that made her stand out."

[0.0] "I just saw the incident during the World of Stardom title match between Yoshiko and Act Yasukawa and it was definitely shocking. Professional wrestling is a beautiful, choreographed sport and should not be a place to beat people up. Especially since it caused health problems for Yasukawa afterwards. The most shocking thing is that subsequent promotions allowed him to wrestle with such an unprofessional and dangerous attitude? I don't understand the positive notes about her, certainly she was a good wrestler but this incident calls into question the legacy that Yoshiko could or will leave in the future of professional wrestling. I hope this type of incident doesn't happen in the future, it's too serious."

[10.0] "Yoshiko is very good in the ring and have some classics in her career. The Yasukawa incident is long in the past, Yasukawa seems to have moved on from that incident, Yoshiko moved on, both of them are even on good terms now and everyone deserves a second oportunity, so I wish the best for both of them.Yoshiko already did everything she could to attonish herself for what she did, I don't know if people wants her to just commit seppuku at this point or what everyone's problem, is so easy to be unforgiving about someone else's mistake, like y'all never been young and dumb at some point. Grow up already."

[8.0] "Yoshiko is polarizing, but not for her in-ring work, which typically ranges from decent to fantastic. I think you can look at the other ratings and discern what the cause of that polarization is. As a result, she has an unreliable rating on this site because you end up with people either rating her extremely low due to one incident, or rating her extremely high to counterbalance. I personally believe the answer is somewhere in between, and it depends on the timeframe of the match, the opponent, and her health (as she has had several injuries in recent years, and is currently inactive). When she was firing on all cylinders, she's a 9 - there really wasn't anyone else like her in modern women's wrestling. In the state she was in before she began her period of inactivity, I'd say she was a 7 - still good, but not remarkable. I'll split the difference and call her an 8 for the whole career, and encourage those with a genuine interest in her career to look outside either side of the extremes of the argument and watch her for yourself."

[10.0] "She's a hell of brawler that definitely embodies Nanae-ism to a tee. Yoshiko is an amazing pro wrestler, there's not really that many joshis that pull of this intimidating aura she has or I guess had since she got leaner. I think the negative ratings are absolutely overblown. Obviously Act Yasukawa isn't dead, She's wrestling in ActWres Girl'z now which can watch her on their streaming service. Which I mean clearly people care a lot about Act to do that and not just throw negative ratings at Yoshiko for an incident that happened 8 damn years ago that they didn't watch. CLEARLY they're not hypocrites and those same 18 people that gave Yoshiko a 0, gave Act 10s right? Spoilers, They did not. Sorry that the "Ghastly Match" talk has to be included in this rating, but some people can be fake outraged at something that nobody involved in that incident cares about anymore. I hope Yoshiko comes back soon though, her injury has felt so damn long, and I want her to wrestle Sareee for the Beyond the Sea title cause I know that match would fuck. Her legacy shouldn't pinned down to one incident, she way's too damn good for that."

[0.0] "The ghastly match in 2015 will be forever a black stain in Yoshikos wrestling career. Her admitted jealousy of Act Yasukawas rising popularity at the time in 2015, let to one of the most despicable acts in wrestling history. She quit Stardom rather than going though suspension and losing salary shows her lack of character and remorse towards Act and the promotion. Her in ring accomplishments means nothing more than grain of salt. Based on her matches, you can tell she is very stiff in the ring and showing lack of emotion."

[0.0] "Literally trash. Idc what else she's done, she's trash for assaulting another wrestler the way she did. And yes, I did give Chris Benoit a good review, but the difference is is that while what he did was worse, he didn't do it in the ring."

[0.0] "Her match with Act Yasukawa should have been the end of her career, if you injure a person that bad on purpose then are in the wrong line of work. Was a young wrestler with potential and threw it away in a single night. Her actions are completely unforgivable."

[8.0] "Very good wrestler. She does some really nice power moves and is really great in both singles and tag matches."

[10.0] "Yes, yes, the Ghastly Match, a stain in wrestling history. I know. I also know that since 2016, Yoshiko hasn't had another problem, she's been just another wrestler, and big names and legends like Arisa Nakajima, Mayumi Ozaki, Hikaru Shida, Sareee, Syuri, Meiko Satomura, Mayu Iwatani... Haven't had any issue with her. Everyone has moved on. But what's funny to me is that people who haven't followed STARDOM until 2 and 3 years after the incident are still very offended with Yoshiko, making a fool of themselves in the process imo. Talking about her, she's the best powerhouse in joshi wrestling, one of the best in the world and the best nearfall-maker in the whole planet. She's ridiculously great, and all these 0s to 5s are from people who have seen little or directly nothing of her and judge only through something that happened 6 years ago. If people close to Act and even Act herself have moved on, stop being crybabies and do the same. Edit: Still so funny that people come here to call her "the worst wrestler of all time" and "a disgrace", it's mindboggling. EIGHT YEARS have passed, you weren't watching back then and you aren't watching now. About Yoshiko, she's gotten leaner and has kinda dropped her "powerhouse" label, but she's still pretty strong, and now she's scary agile too. Sadly she's been out for almost a year but when she gets back, they're gonna be amazing times."

[0.0] "Worst female wrestler of all time. Worst wrestler ever? A waste of space on any wrestling card. A disgrace to wrestling as a whole. People keep lying to defend her when she nearly beat a smaller, disabled joshi wrestler to death in the ring. An MMA fight would've been called WAY before that match ended. WAY WAY WAY before. I've yet to find any proof that ACT has forgiven her. Just that ACT don't like to talk about it & she was trying to move on & forget about it because that was a terrible moment in her life.. That was from an interview with a translator a few years back. That isn't forgiving. I shouldn't even have to explain why she deserves a zero. She isn't even anything special outside of that near attempted murder she did in the ring. I won't support any promotion that has her as a mainstay after the ghastly match. Anyone who gives her above a zero doesn't care about the health & safety of professional wrestlers or skill level. If the woman doesn't understand the difference between a scripted match & beating a smaller, disabled wrestler half to death, she has no business in the ring. She doesn't know how to wrestle."

[0.0] "I don? t think I need to explain why female Asian Greg Valentine gets a zero do I? It is baffling that anyone would book this individual. the fact that she got away with assaulting Act is horrible. A lot of people talk about who is a disgrace to wrestling but there is zero doubt in my mind that she is a disgrace"

[0.0] "Yushiko is a horrible person let alone any sort of wrestler. It was unbelievable how she shot on Yasukawa, forcing her to retire because of the damage that was done to her. More people need to know how awful of a thing she did. I would never trust such an animal with a place in any promotion fighting against anybody ever again."

[0.0] "The worst professional in history, her actions against Yasukawa were horrible, unpleasant and a stain for STARDOM that will never be erased from history, she should never stand in a ring again. These types of actions should be punishable by law, not only did I withdraw another competitor, but it stained the history of STARDOM forever."

"Fans, especially international fans only know her for what she did because of what she did to Act Yasukawa. She's worked incredibly hard from 2016 to now in 2022 to redeem herself, and I strongly believe she's done that. Stardom brought her back in 2021 to have her match against Mayu Iwatani for 3 reasons. 1) To celebrate Stardom's 10th anniversary, 2) Mayu wanted to wrestle her friend Yoshiko, and 3) Stardom has seen how much Yoshiko has changed through the years. Not only this, but Act has forgiven her. So many talent whenever they're asked about Yoshiko will tell you how much of a great person she is. If talent like Act, Mayu, and so many others have forgiven her, you should too. Like many others, I too once had this deep hatred for Yoshiko, had that hatred for 5 years. However, in 2020 when I did some research and seen the hard work she put in to change, and to see how talent react to Yoshiko, I was able to "give her a second chance", and I believe she's redeemed herself. If you still believe she's this "evil person", I believe you should re-think that assumption and watch her matches today, and give her a second chance."

[9.0] "She is a really good wrestler, powerful and now she have lot of speed and agility. His work is always interesting."

"Yoshiko's rating is evidence that one moment can tarnish you in the eyes of several fans, no matter how you are as a wrestler, even if you are incident-free otherwise. Notice how the people that give her low ratings never have any other reason than the Act incident. That was an awful moment and cannot be defended, nor will I try to defend it. I just think it's, let's say interesting, how people will go on this site, act holier than thou and give zeros to wrestlers because of one moment in or out of the ring, or how they were as people."

[10.0] "Yoshiko is one of the best Joshi in the past decade without a shadow of a doubt. The fact that she emerged at such a high level in Stardom while still so young especially with her peers/counterparts lagging behind her and yet still improved to the level she has been at in the past few years is incredible. Incredible hoss with great moveset, she manages to not fall into a funk when faced off against women her own size or larger and consistently performs at a high level regardless of who she? s matched up against. Her recognition as one of the aces of Joshi along with formerly Sareee, Iroha, and Chihiro was very well deserved. An incredible tag team and singles worker who has been the single biggest reason to watch SEAdLINNNG in years past. I find it funny that she? s marked down so many points because of the Act shoot, an event that occurred due to a mutual rivalry in a shoot fight that Act actively engaged in and also helped instigate, while both parties have come to terms with the event and the scene as a whole has moved past it so much so that Yoshiko has been at numerous stardom events and performed at their biggest show this year. I feel people picking up the burden of the feud has become redundant when nobody actually involved in the incident wishes to breathe life into it any further. Yoshiko? s rating as a talent and performer isn? t accurately represented by torpedoed ratings and at this point there? s no point to torpedo then further. I hope she recovers well from her injuries, can? t wait to see her back in SEAd."

[0.0] "Hate how wrestling fans have completely forgotten the treacherous acts Yoshiko has been a part of. She's still getting a 0 sorry. Its not something you'd forgive and forget. Other wrestlers surprising don't get that privilege, a minor fuck up and you're bound by past shackles for life. After the act she was involved in, Yoshiko has no business ever working in the business, ever again."

[1.0] "she is very unsafe the only reason she gets a 1 is because of her match vs mayu still can not forgive her for that incident with act but i think she has moved on from that for stardom to allow her back in i was very scared for mayu but she actually is capable of decent matches"

[8.0] "After watching her match with Mayu on 3/3, I'm confident when I say that there are few better powerhouses in Joshi right now than Yoshiko. While I do appreciate concerns about her past issues, namely shooting on Act Yasukawa, I think that she's done enough to warrant this rating."

[9.0] "Aside from the horrible incident with Act Yasukawa, Yoshiko is genuinely a really great talent. I held a lot of hate towards Yoshiko for the Act Yasukawa beatdown, and although that was really bad she doesn't deserve all the blame from that as no one seemed to have a pair for nearly 8 minutes. But as of recent she has seemed to redeem herself and her and Act apparently have done the best they could to leave that in the past and not hold the same hostilities towards each other anymore"

[10.0] "One of the five best womens wrestlers on the planet. Watch any of the SeaD main events in the past year, especially the tag matches with Sareee against the best friends. One of the best hot tags in wrestling today."

[10.0] "Not only is this 10 rating a way to up her global rating which should be much higher, but I would also argue you Yoshiko has earned the highest rating on this site, off her performances alone. She is a great wrestler and it is undeniable in my book. While being the perfect bully both through her look and how she wrestles, she also makes for a very sympathetic figure. Her matches and interactions with Arisa Nakajima over the years (watch their 2016 match ! ) have shown this. I would also add one thing : Yoshiko has everything to be a worldwide star."

[10.0] "One of the best joshi workers the past few years with an impressive resume of good matches. She's also one of the best tag workers who adapts seamlessly to a revolving door of partners like her teams with Sareee, Rina Yamashita, and even Mikoto Shindo"

[7.0] "She's somehow cast in the same mold as her present tag team partner in Seadlinnng, Hiroyo Matsumoto: when she's firing on all cylinders she's really good with flashes of greatness but most of the time she seems to be holding back. I don't know if this is an understandable attempt to preserve her body, inexcusable laziness or she just doesn't work well with some folks or even a mixture of all these factors, but just like with Matsumoto this will heavily affect match quality. Differently from true talents Yoshiko hasn't got a B-show routine: it's either all out or, more often, a mediocre showing. I don't think she's as bad as most people say, but she's surely not the second coming of Bull Nakano as some other maintain: she's a good wrestler but too often she comes off as unmotivated if not downright lazy. Edit: one extra point because it seems that she is finally finding consistency and motivation in her in-ring work. She has really improved in 2020 and hopefully that improvement will continue in 2021."

[9.0] "It astonishes me so many are giving her such low ratings after 5 years of the Act incident happening. Yes, what she did should never be forgotten. But if Act can move on and she can be accepted by most of her peers and the Japanese fans, why can't the westerners do the same? It's a shame that many will remain so stubborn about her, as Yoshiko has made a serious case for women's MVP this year. Her matches with the likes of Arisa Nakajima (both in singles and tag title matches) and Sareee have been stellar, and amongst my favourites of the calendar year. She gives off great "final boss" vibes and brings a feeling of legitimacy."

[10.0] "She's very good and the hate that she receives get me angry. She was wrong, ok, but even Act forgave her, so shut the f*ck up, she's great (she is also one of the best women wrestler currently) and you can't deny that. There are really sh*tty people you praise (ex. Ospreay) and then you criticize her. You have sh*t in your brain. She deserves ten points."

"Will forever be tarnished (deservedly so) by the incident with Yasukawa, though she does have plenty of respectable performances and matches over the years."

[9.0] "One of the most charismatic and skilled joshi wrestlers. Strong, big and powerful. She always delivers one of the most brutal and nasty matches, even though she doesn't do deathmatches. Her strikes are always vicious and her wrestling style is unique. She never loses her gimmick inside the ring. I saw backstage interviews with her, being cheerful and silly. But inside the ring she always looks dead serious and wants to inflict pain on her opponents. Also, she has a very bad reputation after 2015 incident. I don't blame her, because I don't know the details. I cannot lower her rating because of what happened that day. She is still one of the best japanese wrestler and one of a kind."

[9.0] "Yoshiko has an appalingly low rating because people read an incredibly biased article and came to give her a 0 (Chris Benoit gets 10s though, probably from the same people). The incident aside Yoshiko is one of the best tag team wrestlers of her generation nd can deliver some reall, really great singles matches when called upon"

[8.0] "Yoshiko is a very good wrestler with powerful Big Brother Bully energy on offence yet more than willing to eat her opponents attacks & sell that. Been involved in consistently great matches for as long as I've been watching SEAdLINNNG, & has had a very good 2020 with matches against Sareee & Nakajima all must watches. It's a shame she'll never get a fair look because of one moment of undeniable monstrosity in 2015, but if you can separate art from artist then there is a lot to appreciate in Yoshiko as a wrestler."

[10.0] "Yoshiko is a very talented wrestler who has great matches everywhere she goes. Her recent (January 2020) match with Arisa Nakajima was an incredibly good battle which shows her ability to hang with the best around; her current Beyond the Sea Tag Title reign has only delivered good matches; and her stuff with other promotions shows that she is also incredibly versatile. She can be the big monster heel that she always was in Stardom but also work babyface in peril which is incredibly weird but works very well. Everyone deserves a second chance; and its good that the scene gave Yoshiko one."

[8.0] "A solid worker mired in controversy. Yoshiko is a multifaceted joshi who can work a variety of different styles for her skill and move set. high speed, comedy or brawling she can work them. And while i won't pretend the "ghastly match" ever happened nor do i know why it transpired. That shouldn't be factored into the rating especially when there are far worst people being allowed to have their mistakes forgiven."

[0.0] "Was Yoshiko a great wrestler? Of course, there's no denying that. However, all of that became irrelevant once the Stardom Incident with Act Yasukawa. Yes, Act shot on her first in the match with a stiff forearm and the story is still really fuzzy to this day but that was no excuse to beat Act so bad that she was forced to retire and she loses partial vision in one eye. Absolutely despicable and truly one of the darkest moments in professional wrestling history."

[9.0] "Yoshiko is an awesome wrestler with many great matches and has tremendous presence around her. Has some really great matches under her belt and should be seen way more than she is. I won't take the shooting incident into account because I don't know what truly happened and why it transpired. What I've heard certainly doesn't fit the main story everyone says so I dunno."