Jung Da-Yeon maybe 44 years old and have two kids, but look at her. Yes one of the most popular Asian fitness women on this blog is about to become even more popular. "Momjjang ajumma" (mom with a striking figure) is about to have her very own Wii game released, Mom-chan Diet Wii Figureobics by Jung Da-Yeon.
The game will feature over thirty exercises, and have camera control, plus management tools for storing your weight, BMI and other vital statistics.
The game will come out this December in Japan and sell for ¥3,990. So far, no US release is scheduled.
And now I am thinking that Jung may possibly be an immortal.
Michiko Nishiwaki (Nishiwaki Michiko) , was born on November 21, 1957 in Funabashi, Chiba, Japan. She is a former female bodybuilder, powerlifter, actress, fitness trainer, stunt woman, martial artist and fight choreographer. Michiko started out, as a lot of fitness stars did, in gymnastics. She looked into bodybuilding when she noticed how large her legs were when compared to her upper body, hoping that weightlifting would give her better symmetry. Michiko became a powerlifter, Japan's first female powerlifting champion and eventually Japan's first female bodybuilding champion. This was very unusual for a woman in Japanese society at that time. She also opened three fitness clubs with her brother. Michiko began her acting career in 1985 when she caught the eye of Jackie Chan and Sammo Hung. (How many careers has Jackie Chan launched?) She appeared in his film "My Lucky Stars" a Hong Kong martial arts/comedy film as a Japanese fighter. Michiko landed several roles in Hong Kong movies after that, usually playing a villain or a femme fatale. After that, she returned to Japan, but then went to Thailand and made a few more films. Eventually she landed in the US and began a career as a stunt woman appearing in a lot of movies you may have seen, but had no idea that she was in. As a stunt woman she appeared in Blade, Man on the Moon, Charlie's Angels, Rush Hour 2, The Scorpion King, Kill Bill: Vol. 1 and Vol. 2, Memoirs of a Geisha and Resident Evil: Extinction. She also worked on 2009's Afro Ninja as Yuko. Michiko has stunt doubled for Lucy Liu in four films and Kelly Hu in one.
Here she is in a clip from her first movie, "My Lucky Stars"...
You can find out even more about Michiko at her website here: http://www.geocities.com/michikonishiwaki/index.html
Well we took a departure last time with MMA, so let's move a little further away into the world of pro wrestling. Even if wrestling is staged, you have to be in shape to take the bumps, bruises and chairshots that wrestlers get every week (and in some cases every night).
So let's start with Gail Kim. Gail is a Canadian-born pro wrestler, valet, model, and actress of Korean descent. She has held the Womens Wrestling Championship in both the WWE and TNA.
Before wrestling, Gail participated in basketball, volleyball, soccer, baseball and badminton, and was named "Athlete of the Year" twice at York Memorial Collegiate Institute in Toronto. She studied kinesiology at the University of Toronto and nutrition at Ryerson University.
And of course as I mentioned before, Gail was both the WWE Women's Champion and the TNA Women's World Champion.
And here is the lady that handed Satoko Shinashi her first loss, Hisae Watanabe. Hisae was born on October 21st, 1980 in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. This five foot three, 106 pound kickboxer has been competing since 2002 and is a former DEEP Ladies' Lightweight champion with a MMA record of 19-6-0.
