{"id":89466,"date":"2021-04-14T15:54:07","date_gmt":"2021-04-14T19:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=89466"},"modified":"2021-04-15T18:08:05","modified_gmt":"2021-04-15T22:08:05","slug":"yuki-arai-ske48-tjpw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2021\/04\/14\/yuki-arai-ske48-tjpw\/","title":{"rendered":"SKE48 Member Yuki Airai to Wrestle for TJPW"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>T<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>okyo Joshi Pro Wrestling<\/strong> (TJPW) has announced their newest signee, <strong>Yuki Arai<\/strong> from the idol group SKE48.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Long-time fans of <strong>DDT<\/strong> might recognize Arai as a former DDT Ironman Heavymetalweight champion who eventually lost the title to TJPW\u2019s <strong>Maki Itoh<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The President of DDT, <strong>Sanshiro Takagi<\/strong> was impressed by Arai\u2019s Axe Kick during her match with Itoh and has wanted her to be a wrestler ever since.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arai will be training with TJPW ace <strong>Miyu Yamashita, <\/strong>arguably the company&#8217;s strongest worker, so she\u2019s certainly going to be in good hands. Not only does Arai do a nice Axe Kick but when asked she said she would like to entertain people like NJPW&#8217;s <strong>Toru Yano<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Due to focusing on her idol career, Yuki Arai will only be appearing at one show a month. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fans can expect to see her make an appearance on April 17 in Korakuen Hall ahead of her in-ring debut on May 4, 2021.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Stay tuned to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/\" target=\"_self\">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\u00a0Dramatic Dream Team,\u00a0<strong>Ganbare<\/strong><strong>,\u00a0<\/strong>and more on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ddtpro.com\/universe\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WRESTLE UNIVERSE<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Looking to talk wrestling, pro football, or any number of sports? 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