Chihiro Hashimoto Vows to Take Sendai Girls to Budokan, Relishes in Her Role as Champ

By: Thom Fain

Sendai Girls World champion Chihiro Hashimoto said her main event against Manami at Korakuen Hall on Nov. 22 will be her 10th title defense, and vowed in a blog post to take the promotion to Nippon Budokan.

Hashimoto made the remarks in a post titled “I will live stronger than I did back then” on the promotion’s website, where she also wrote that the full card for the show has been set.

Hashimoto noted it’s her 10th defense on the line, and it’s on her to raise value of this championship. As champion, she wrote, she still has things she needs to do.

She also singled out Reina Takano, who she said is drawing a great deal of attention. Takano has a strong sense of responsibility, Hashimoto wrote, and is probably feeling far more pressure than people imagine. Hashimoto did not say why. Takano is scheduled to open the show against celebrity-turned-wrestler Fuwa-chan. Fuwa-chan resumed public activities as a STARDOM wrestler in late 2025.

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In her blog update Hashimoto looked back on the early years, when Sendai Girls could not fill the Miyagino Ward Cultural Center in Sendai and Korakuen Hall was out of reach. She wrote that she worried every day about how to bring fans in and how to get Sendai Girls’ wrestling across, and kept going by believing in their own wrestling, little by little and steadily. She does not think the promotion is at its peak, she wrote, and it has a long way to go before it is the top promotion in Japan and the world.

She also made a pledge:

“Whatever happens, I will take everyone to Nippon Budokan.” – Chihiro Hashimoto

Hashimoto declared the Budokan goal in the ring at Yoyogi on March 19, 2025, the night she beat Meiko Satomura for the World title. She said Sendai Girls would reach the arena within five years and aimed for a crowd of more than 10,000. Satomura, who retired on April 29, 2025, said she would keep pursuing the Budokan as a promotion goal.

Manami also challenged Hashimoto on March 27, in what it counted as the fourth defense of her reign.

The Nov. 22 show is part of Sendai Girls’ 20th anniversary tour, and Satomura announced that advance tickets have sold out. Standing-room tickets went on sale yesterday through ticket holds at SHOP-SENJO.

Also on the card: Hyper Active’s Sapphire Reed and Anita Vaughn against Mika Iwata and Miyuki Takase of Red Energy for the SENJO tag-team titles, while Chika against Mato Hamabe is the final match of the Jajauma Tournament. Aja Kong, Hiroyo Matsumoto and Yura Suzuki are also in action in a six-person tag.