{"id":76773,"date":"2020-09-30T08:29:52","date_gmt":"2020-09-30T12:29:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=76773"},"modified":"2020-09-30T08:29:52","modified_gmt":"2020-09-30T12:29:52","slug":"himawari-unagi-leaving-tjpw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2020\/09\/30\/himawari-unagi-leaving-tjpw\/","title":{"rendered":"Himawari Unagi Leaving Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It has been announced that Himawari Unagi will leave Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling (TJPW) will be leaving the company when her contract expires at the end of the month (today).\u00a0 Unagi has stressed that she will still wrestle and merely wants a new challenge.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Unagi has notified TJPW that she would like to challenge herself in a new environment.<br \/>Upon discussions, it has been agreed that her contract will not be renewed, and will end as of Sep. 30.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/tjpw?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#tjpw<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YyOzs1PBZa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/YyOzs1PBZa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; DDT\/TJPW English Update (D\/TEU) (@ddtpro_eng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ddtpro_eng\/status\/1311180351755096064?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">September 30, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Unagi debuted on January 4th, 2019 and has only wrestled 52 matches in her short career.\u00a0 Wherever she goes the promotion will have a promising talent to mold although she is 31 years old.\u00a0 Unagi would be a solid fit for\u00a0<strong>Actwres girl&#8217;Z\u00a0<\/strong>but could go anywhere, or she may freelance which is becoming a more viable option for Joshi talents.\u00a0 At 5 foot 6, she is taller than many of her colleagues and can use this to her advantage.<\/p>\n<p>The real story here is that Himawari Unagi is the third TJPW talent to leave this month and one of a handful of talents that has left this year.\u00a0 This raises questions regarding why the promotion is losing so many talents, although this could be blamed on COVID-19 and its effects on the drawing power of them and many other companies.<\/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>, <strong>Ganbare<\/strong><strong>, <\/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? Head on over to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/boards\/index.php\" target=\"_self\">LWOS Boards<\/a>\u00a0to engage in conversation with fellow fans!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It has been announced that Himawari Unagi will leave Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling (TJPW) will be leaving the company when her contract expires at the end of the month (today).\u00a0 Unagi has stressed that she will still wrestle and merely wants a new challenge. 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