If one of your New Year’s resolutions is to watch more Sendai Girls, let me start by saying “smart move.” This is one of the most consistent promotions on the joshi scene, a place where bangers are churned out like they’re being made at a factory. 

STARDOM has the bigger, deeper roster. TJPW has some of the most colorful characters around. Sendai Girls (affectionately also known as Senjo) though, is a top-notch promotion not to be slept on.

For one, it’s the home of stars like Chihiro Hashimoto, Mika Iwata, and DASH Chisako, a trio of hard-nosed athletes who bring it under the bright lights. It has long had a strong tag team scene. The match quality is as reliable as you can ask for. You get slugfests, sprints, technical wrestling, and a dash (pun intended) of hardcore bouts. 

And it’s one of those companies where it regularly has great action lower on the card. You can’t be skipping the opener with Senjo. 

Sendai Girls used to upload a lot more of its events much quicker on YouTube, but that’s changed big time. You still get stuff on there, full matches and all, but it’s months and months old. The good news is that the reason for this is the promotion has a deal with Wrestle Universe. You can watch the majority of their shows on there, along with all the TJPW, DDT, NOAH, Marigold programming on there.  

Below, I will go through some of the better matches available for free on YouTube. It’s not all that recent thanks to that aforementioned slow upload schedule, but you can get to know the major players of the promotion. If you like what you see here, you can hop onto Wrestle Universe and dive in further. 

Chihiro Hashimoto vs. Natsupoi, Korakuen Hall (July 16, 2023)

Hashimoto is a name you have to know when watching Sendai Girls. She’s been their Ace for years and is currently their world champ, now in the midst of her sixth reign. Here she faced Natsupoi from STARDOM in a sample of the kind of big-match cross-promotion you often get from Sendai Girls. 

This is partly out of necessity as their roster is so small. They simply need to mix in outside talent to round out their shows.

Here, Hashimoto’s power pairs super well with Natsupoi’s speed and agility. It’s a classic story of a powerhouse pounding on an underdog. You get to see Big Hash fling Poi around while also showing off her own quickness and footwork. 

There’s one German suplex in particular that deserves to be rewound a few times.

The strikes exchanges are spicy! There’s a stretch where you just hear flesh hitting flesh again and again while the crowd whoops in response.

And lastly, the match doesn’t overstay its welcome. While some promotions (STARDOM, I’m looking at you) lean on lengthy epics in the main event, Sendai Girls often keeps its marquee matches to a tighter run time. There’s plenty of action to take in for the 12 minutes these two are going to war. 

DASH Chisako vs. Manami,  Miyagino Ward Culture Center (Nov. 16, 2023)

DASH Chisako has been one of Sendai Girls’ key figures for a long time. She’s most known for wrestling in gimmick matches using chairs and ladders. 

Her opponent, Manami, is one of the company’s exciting young talents. The charismatic former tag team champ is only 21 and has shown off plenty of potential already.

These two clashed here in a contest that shows off Chisako’s viciousness and Manami’s heart. DASH yanks on Manami’s neck; Manami fires off some explosive dropkicks. It’s a pretty tame match overall for Chisako, but a good taste of her brawling style, complete with some steel chair shots.  

If you’re seeking more of her after this, I’d recommend her hardcore matches against Momo Watanabe (July 15, 2024) and Hazuki (July 19, 2025) or whenever she and tag partner Hiroyo Matsumoto have gone after the Sendai Girls Tag Team Championship.

Manami & Ryo Mizunami vs. Mio Momono & Yurika Oka, SENJO Chronicle (July 15, 2024)

You need to see some Bob Bob Momo Banana if you’re going to get into Senjo.

The duo decked out in fruit hats before their matches has been one of the entertaining elements of the promotion for the past few years. Two speedsters in Mio Momono and Yurika Oka have long been a source of adrenaline on the tag team scene. 

They are the current Sendai Girls tag team champs, but in this bout were the challengers against the vet Ryo Mizunami and a rising star in Manami. The freelancing Mizunami isn’t technically on the company’s roster, but she’s a regular sight on its shows. She has wrestled for Sendai Girls over 30 times the past two years and had 20-plus Senjo matches in 2022 and 2023.

This match is an excellent representation of Sendai Girls tag team action. It’s equally hard-hitting and fast-paced. There’s an urgency to everything. The level of competition is high.

I love that it (like so many matches from this company) gets straight to the point. Within seconds, big strikes are flying, and the intensity is percolating. 

Oka darts around the ring, dropkicking Manami in the sternum on repeat. Mizunami clubs both of her opponents. There’s a steady stream of counters and saves. The warriors are focused and fiery until the final bell. 

YUNA vs. Aya Sakura, Sendai PIT (Oct. 18, 2024)

YUNA is a great example of why Sendai Girls fans pay close attention to the lower card. We have seen her go from a green trainee getting beat down in the opener to the fiery rising star she is today.

Here she took on STARDOM’s Aya Sakura in the semi-finals of the Jaja Uma Tournament, an event pitting young talent against each other, a way to crown the ruler of the new generation. 

This match is intense from the jump. The two foes are staring each other down, forehead to forehead, before YUNA starts pounding on the outsider. 

You see the passion and potential of both young stars here. And along with that, there’s a certain rawness to the action as neither is a fully polished act at this point. There’s appeal to that. We get to watch wrestlers blossom over time, to get in on the fandom early.

YUNA is definitely someone to keep an eye on as she works her way up the Sendai Girls hierarchy. 

DASH Chisako & Syuri vs. Mika Iwata & Miyuki Takase, Sendai PIT (Nov. 18,2024)

Tag team wrestling is the heart of this promotion, so I had to include another tag match on this list especially when it features Iwata & Takase (Red Energy) one of the better squads of the division for the past few years. 

This bout gives you a glimpse of Iwata as an ass-kicking force and it’s great to see her go up against someone who can match that energy in Syuri.

There’s a healthy amount of ferocity to savor here, particularly when DASH and Takase go at it.  It’s also another sub-15-minute match, a Sendai Girls special.

To see more of Iwata and Takase together, I’d recommend their matches against Sareee & Yurika from Nov. 9, 2024, and just about any of their matches against Team 200kg. 

Be sure to also check out the Mei Suruga and Meiko Satomura editions of the Starter Pack series.