{"id":75963,"date":"2020-09-11T06:04:50","date_gmt":"2020-09-11T10:04:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=75963"},"modified":"2020-09-11T06:04:50","modified_gmt":"2020-09-11T10:04:50","slug":"natsumi-maki-mina-shirakawa-leave-tjpw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2020\/09\/11\/natsumi-maki-mina-shirakawa-leave-tjpw\/","title":{"rendered":"Natsumi Maki &#038; Mina Shirakawa Set To Leave TJPW"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>News has broken that not just one but two\u00a0<strong>Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling\u00a0<\/strong>talents would be letting their contracts expire with the company and will be finishing up with the company on September 21st 2020.\u00a0 The two talents in question are Natsumi Maki and Mina Shirakawa.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Natsumi Maki has been around the block as far as Joshi goes.\u00a0 She debuted in 2015 but since then has wrestled for almost every major Joshi promotion including TJPW,\u00a0<strong>Stardom<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Actwres girl&#8217;Z, Sendai Girls<\/strong>, and a number of others.\u00a0 Earlier this year she has a great match with <strong>Sareee\u00a0<\/strong>that showcased her talents as she went in there with one of the worlds best and didn&#8217;t look out of place.\u00a0 At only 25 it&#8217;s likely she still has a future in wrestling and could return to AgZ or possibly head to Stardom full time.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Mina\u00a0Shirakawa is a different story altogether.\u00a0 Debuting in 2018 she has never really strayed outside of TJPW, DDT, and\u00a0<strong>Best Body Japan Pro-Wrestling<\/strong>.\u00a0 At 32 her departing TJPW is likely an effort to work a number of places before winding down unless she has something else up her sleeve.<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/a>\u00a0for more on this and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world, as well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world.\u00a0 You can see TJPW as well as\u00a0<strong>Dramatic Dream Team<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>BASARA,\u00a0<\/strong>and more on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ddtpro.com\/universe\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WRESTLE UNIVERSE<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Looking to talk wrestling, pro football, or any number of sports? 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