{"id":97820,"date":"2021-08-08T00:03:06","date_gmt":"2021-08-08T04:03:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=97820"},"modified":"2021-08-08T00:03:06","modified_gmt":"2021-08-08T04:03:06","slug":"lulu-pencil-excursion-america-emi-sakura","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2021\/08\/08\/lulu-pencil-excursion-america-emi-sakura\/","title":{"rendered":"Lulu Pencil Announces Excursion to America on ChocoPro #144, Will Join Emi Sakura"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2021\/08\/06\/gatoh-move-chocopro-144\/\" target=\"_self\"><strong>ChocoPro<\/strong> #144<\/a> marked both the conclusion of season 8 and the final episode of <strong>Emi Sakura<\/strong> prior to her excursion to America and, specifically, <strong>All Elite Wrestling<\/strong>. Following the main event, which saw Sakura team with <strong>Masahiro Takanashi<\/strong> to face <strong>Best Bros<\/strong>, <strong>Mei Suruga<\/strong> and <strong>Baliyan Akki<\/strong>, several announcements were made. Among these was <strong>Lulu Pencil<\/strong> announcing that she, too, had a ticket to America. It was then officially revealed that she would be joining Sakura on her excursion, serving in an assistant role to her mentor. It&#8217;s unknown how long they will be abroad. Following ChocoPro #144, &#8220;Lulu Pencil Announces Excursion to America&#8221; became the headline for many.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Big surprise at the end of tonight&#39;s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ChocoPro?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#ChocoPro<\/a> Wrestling <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lulupencil_gtmv?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@lulupencil_gtmv<\/a> will be joining <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EmiSakura_gtmv?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@EmiSakura_gtmv<\/a> in America as her assistant. The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PencilArmy?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#PencilArmy<\/a> in coming to America. Welcome <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PencilArmy?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#PencilArmy<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AEW?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#AEW<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/p41qVDFLKt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/p41qVDFLKt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; madg27ny (@madg27ny1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/madg27ny1\/status\/1424212663115165703?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 8, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Lulu Pencil Announces Excursion to America<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>It&#8217;s important to keep in mind that this will be the first time that Lulu Pencil has traveled to America during her wrestling career. She began wrestling in 2019 as one of the members of <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2021\/03\/01\/fourth-generation-gatoh-move-stars\/\" target=\"_self\"><strong>Gatoh Move Pro Wrestling<\/strong>&#8216;s fourth generation<\/a> of rookies, a class that includes current stars <strong>Sayaka<\/strong>, <strong>Sayuri<\/strong>, <strong>Tokiko Kirihara<\/strong>, and <strong>Chie Koishikawa<\/strong>. Only a few months following her official debut, Lulu Pencil was invited to be part of <strong>Pro-Wrestling: EVE<\/strong>&#8216;s <strong><em>SHE-1<\/em><\/strong> tour, wrestling a special singles match against <strong>Mei Suruga<\/strong>. Slowly, but surely, the <strong>Pencil Army<\/strong> commanding officer built a devoted following.<\/p>\n<p>Following the formation of ChocoPro in early 2020, Lulu Pencil became a consistent character on the show. She would also develop her own Pencil Army faction, including Emi Sakura (&#8220;Emi Pencil&#8221;), <strong>Minoru Fujita<\/strong> (&#8220;Mino Pencil&#8221;), and for a brief period, <strong>Chris Brookes<\/strong> (&#8220;Chris Pencil&#8221;). Her most prominent storyline featured Brookes, who she not only teamed with but developed a fierce rivalry opposite of. Though Lulu Pencil has yet to pick up an official singles victory, she scored a pinfall over Brookes during their 30-minute Iron Man Match on ChocoPro #137.<\/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. You can watch Gatoh Move on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC2HtPsU4U7TNSv2mSbPkj0w\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a> and support ChocoPro in various ways, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/chocoprolive\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Patreon<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ChocoPro #144 marked both the conclusion of season 8 and the final episode of Emi Sakura prior to her excursion to America and, specifically, All Elite Wrestling. Following the main event, which saw Sakura team with Masahiro Takanashi to face Best Bros, Mei Suruga and Baliyan Akki, several announcements were made. 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