Some very sad news to report from Japan-Asahi, a member of the ActWres Girls promotion which has been appearing recently in All-Japan Pro Wrestling, died Thursday just before the promotion’s scheduled event at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo from what appears to be an unexpected accident. Based on what was in her social media profiles, she was only 21. She began her career in August 2017 in Ice Ribbon, facing the legendary Manami Toyota in her debut match, then moved on to ActWres Girls in Fall 2023.
The promotion has cancelled their next event on 2/9 and has requested privacy for their wrestlers at this time. There is no word on when the promotion will resume activities.
UPDATE BBM Sports, the publisher of Japanese wrestling magazine Weekly Pro, has published an article with more about Asahi and her career (Asahi is/was not her real name), also clarifying that she was 21. The article below is in Japanese but some browsers can translate it:
