Sukeban (professional wrestling)

Sukeban

Founded	September 1, 2023; 16 months ago (2023-09-01)
Style	Professional wrestling Joshi Puroresu
Headquarters	New York City
Owner(s)	Dream Slam Productions
Website	sukeban.com

Sukeban is an American independent women's professional wrestling promotion. In Japanese culture, Sukeban is an ode to the girl gangs in the 60's and 70's, which the promotion is influenced by as the roster is consisted by different units.^[1][2]

History

On September 1, 2023, Sukeban released a press announcing their establishment.^[3] Sukeban, referring to girl gangs, combining live action contact of professional wrestling with anime and manga, illustrated by Sakana Koji.^[2][4] On September 21, Sukeban held their first event at New York City which aired live on their TikTok account.^[5] During the event, Bull Nakano was revealed to be the commissioner of Sukeban, while unveiling the Sukeban Championship.^[5]

Personnel

Wrestlers

Ring name	Real name	Unit	Notes
Atomic Banshee	Unknown	The Vandals
Babyface	Unknown	Harajuku Stars
Bingo	Unknown	The Vandals
Commander Nakajima	Arisa Nakajima	Dangerous Liaisons
Countess Saori	Unknown	Dangerous Liaisons
Crush Yuu	Unknown	Cherry Bomb Girls
Ichigo Sayaka	Himawari Unagi	Harajuku Stars
Lady Antoinette	Risa Okuda	Dangerous Liaisons
Maya Mamushi	Unknown	Harajuku Stars
Midnight Player	Unknown	The Vandals
Otaku-chan	Kaori Yoneyama	The Vandals
Queen of Hearts	Unknown	Dangerous Liaisons
Saki Bimi	Saki Watanabe	Harajuku Stars
Sareee Bomb	Sari Fujimura	Cherry Bomb Girls	Sukeban World Champion
Stray Cat	Unknown	Unaffiliated
Supersonic	Natsumi Mizushima	Cherry Bomb Girls

Other on-air personnel

Ring name	Real name	Notes
Bull Nakano	Keiko Aoki	Commissioner[5]

Alumni

Ring name	Real name	Notes
Riko Kaiju	Riko Shirai	Retired[6]

Championships

Championship	Current champion(s)		Reign	Date won	Days held[7]	Location	Notes
Sukeban World Championship		Sareee Bomb	1	October 10, 2024	85+	London, England	Defeated Commander Nakajima at Sukeban London.[8]

Sukeban World Championship

Sukeban World Championship
Details
Promotion	Sukeban
Date established	September 22, 2023
Current champion(s)	Sareee Bomb
Date won	October 10, 2024
Statistics First champion(s) Commander Nakajima

The Sukeban World Championship is a women's world professional wrestling world championship created and promoted by the Sukeban promotion. The title, which is situated at the top of Sukeban's championship hierarchy, was introduced on September 22, 2023,^[9][10] and the inaugural champion was crowned on December 6, 2023 when Commander Nakajima defeated Ichigo Sayaka to become the inaugural champion.^[11]

The championship belt was designed by the Australian designer Marc Newson, who worked in collaboration with the Japanese illustrator Ayako Ishiguro [ja]. Special hats for the wrestlers were created by British milliner Stephen Jones.^[12]

Key

No.	Overall reign number
Reign	Reign number for the specific champion
Days	Number of days held
Defenses	Number of successful defenses
+	Current reign is changing daily

No.	Champion	Championship change			Reign statistics			Notes	Ref.
		Date	Event	Location	Reign	Days	Defenses
1	Commander Nakajima	December 6, 2023	Sukeban Miami	Miami, FL	1	309	1	Defeated Ichigo Sayaka to become the inaugural champion.	[11]
2	Sareee Bomb	October 10, 2024	Sukeban London	London, England	1	85+	0		[8]

References

1. Ross, Jamie (September 1, 2023). "Sukeban, New NYC-Based Joshi Promotion Set to Hold First Event on September 21st, Full Roster Revealed". WrestlePurists. Archived from the original on September 5, 2023. Retrieved September 9, 2023.
2. Clark, Anne Victoria (September 5, 2023). "Sukeban Is Coming to Make You a Wrestling Fan". Vulture. Archived from the original on September 6, 2023. Retrieved September 9, 2023.
3. Russell, Skylar (September 1, 2023). "American Based Joshi Wrestling Promotion 'Sukeban' to Hold First Event in New York City on 9/21". Fightful. Archived from the original on September 3, 2023. Retrieved September 9, 2023.
4. Barrasso, Justin (September 1, 2023). "Japanese Female Wrestling League Coming to New York". Sports Illustrated. Archived from the original on September 6, 2023. Retrieved September 9, 2023.
5. Peterson, Karen (September 21, 2023). "SUKEBAN Report: Debut show includes Bull Nakano as commissioner". Post Wrestling. Archived from the original on September 22, 2023. Retrieved September 22, 2023.
6. 海樹リコ引退申し出に伴い、SEAdLINNNGタッグ王座返上. twitter.com (in Japanese). Weekly Pro Wrestling. December 14, 2023. Retrieved December 14, 2023.
7. As of January 3, 2025.
8. Lambert, Jeremy (October 10, 2024). "Sareee Wins Sukeban World Championship". fightful.com. Retrieved October 10, 2024.
9. Lowson, Thomas (September 22, 2023). "Sukeban Results (9/21): Commissioner Bull Nakano, World Title Revealed. Sukeban hosted its first event in New York City". sescoops.com. Archived from the original on December 16, 2023. Retrieved September 23, 2023.
10. Edwards, Scott (September 22, 2023). "Sukeban World Premiere Results (9/22/23): Countess Saori vs. Ichigo Sayaka". Fightful. Archived from the original on January 21, 2024. Retrieved September 23, 2023.
11. Daly, Wayne (December 6, 2023). "Sukeban Results: Sukeban Miami – Miami, FL (12/6)". wrestling-news.net. Archived from the original on December 16, 2023. Retrieved December 7, 2023.
12. Sobrino, Maria (December 5, 2023). "Best Body Slammers: Japanese female wrestling meets design". Wallpaper. Archived from the original on February 14, 2024. Retrieved February 14, 2024.

External links

• Official Sukeban website