Column Series: Ure-C, Tano-C, Hana-C (うれＣたのＣはなＣ)
Author: Lady C
Date: November 1, 2026 (Installment #9)
Watching Pro Wrestling From the Crowd
Ure-C, Tano-C, Lady C!
Unusually, we had no matches over the weekend last week, with shows only on weekdays. Normally, I basically always have matches on Saturdays and Sundays, so I rarely get the chance to go watch other promotions’ shows, but last week I went to see several events from other promotions!
I often watch matches on streaming, but it had been about three months since I last attended a show in person.
First off, what surprised me when I stepped outside to head to the venue was just how many people are out and about on the weekend. Since I usually work from the morning on weekends and hadn’t been out during the daytime in quite a while, I experienced the size of weekend crowds for the first time in ages.
Go to the supermarket to shop, and it’s crowded. Get on the train, and it’s crowded.
I finally understood how people feel when they say it’s too much trouble to go out of their way to head outside on their days off… The great thing about having days off on weekdays is how few people are around…
Still, I absolutely love the festival atmosphere of a big match! Watching pro wrestling at a relaxed pace while eating snacks from a seat a little ways back… it’s the best!!! I like cheering passionately from ringside too, but since I’m always watching matches from ringside as a second, watching from a distance every once in a while is so much fun!
Watching matches from promotions I barely ever see normally was incredibly stimulating, filled with new discoveries and plenty of wrestlers I had never seen before.
I was also completely satisfied getting to see matches with that kind of heat where, even though I didn’t know the wrestlers, I couldn’t help cheering out loud for them.
Also, what personally moved me deeply was what it means to be a “wrestler who is needed.” No matter the environment, no matter their condition, the fans need that pro wrestler. And the wrestler competes in order to answer that call.
Just by making their entrance, just by landing a single move, the crowd erupts. Overwhelming charisma.
Seeing a young child waving a penlight with all their might and shouting their support, I couldn’t help but cry.
To that child, no matter what happens, that pro wrestler is a hero.
Perhaps that is truly the ideal form of a pro wrestler.
In this day and age, individual voices on social media have grown louder, and plenty of unpleasant things and misinformation come flowing through our feeds, but the heat inside the venue and the figures in the ring never lie.
Personally, it was an experience that really hit home in my heart.
Besides that, I also went to Korakuen Hall!!!
Lady loves Korakuen Hall! The venue where I watched pro wrestling for the very first time was Korakuen Hall!
After all, it’s easy to see from any seat, and it’s the absolute most fun! Korakuen Hall’s lemon sours are delicious, aren’t they… I only drink alcohol about three times a year, so I rarely ever have one, but I remember it being strong and delicious! I’d love to drink one again!
Usually, Lady watches the matches while drinking Monmouth Tea (milk tea).
It was a day off that made me feel, “I really do love pro wrestling after all.”
God’s Eye Halloween & Emergency Costume Logic
As for Halloween, which I talked about [お話C / Ohana-C] last week, I actually got to enjoy Halloween to the fullest in a Halloween match! (Photo 1)
At Korakuen Hall right before the Ota City Ward Gymnasium tournament, a piece of my ring gear unexpectedly cracked and broke…
There wasn’t enough time to fix the gear…
“If I don’t have my gear, then let me just wear a costume!” With that Marie Antoinette-style logic, I dressed up in costume.
God’s Eye coordinated with a China theme! (Photo 2) The C in China is the C in Lady C!
Or so I thought, only for Lady to be the lone kyonshii [Chinese hopping vampire]…
Still, since it’s a Kyon-C, there’s no problem at all [問題なC / Mondai Na-C]!
Apparently, kyonshii is actually spelled “Jiangshi”… Wait, is it pronounced “Janshi”…?
Tell me all about your Halloween too~!
Lady’s Top Pick of the Week (今週のレディのいちおC / Ichio-C)
“Monmouth Tea! (Photo 3)”
A milk tea shop located in Tokyo Dome City near Korakuen Hall!
Lady can’t drink coffee and is on team black tea, and I absolutely love the Monmouth Tea here!
It’s at the point where I drink it every single time I go to Korakuen Hall. Sometimes I even drink it two days in a row.
Normally I get a large iced Monmouth Tea, but on special occasions, I get the Monmouth Parfait topped with ice cream and whipped cream! You can even choose the flavor of the ice cream!
Be sure to give it a try whenever you come to Korakuen Hall~!
Translation Notes:
- Lady C’s “C” Wordplay (ダジャレ / Pun Motif): Throughout her column series, Lady C replaces the final -shi (し / シ) syllable of standard Japanese words with the English letter C (pronounced shii in Japanese) as a signature branding motif:
- うれＣたのＣはなＣ (Ure-C, Tano-C, Hana-C): Plays on ureshii (うれしい / happy), tanoshii (たのしい / fun), and hanashi (はなし / story or chat). It mirrors her ring entrance catchphrase, “Ure-C, Tano-C, Lady C!”
- おはなC / お話C (Ohana-C): Plays on ohanashi (お話 / story, talk, or chat).
- キョンC (Kyon-C) & 問題なC (Mondai Na-C): Plays on kyonshii (キョンシー / the Japanese reading of jiangshi, a Chinese hopping vampire/zombie) and mondai nashi (問題なし / “no problem”).
- いちおC (Ichio-C): Plays on ichioshi (いちおし / 一推し / top recommendation or personal favorite).
- Third-Person Self-Reference (レディ / Lady): Lady C frequently refers to herself in the third person simply as “Lady” (レディ), such as in “Lady loves Korakuen Hall!” and “Lady can’t drink coffee.” This conversational quirk is preserved directly in the English text to maintain her authentic voice.
- Comma Ellipses (
、、、): In casual Japanese blog and column writing, authors often string together Japanese commas (、、、) instead of standard midline ellipses (…) to convey trailing thoughts, comedic deflation, or wistful pauses. These have been rendered as standard English ellipses (...) to preserve her exact cadence. - “A Wrestler Who Is Needed” (“必要とされているレスラー”): In the middle section of the column, Lady C reflects on attending a big match from another promotion where a veteran or fan-favorite wrestler drew a massive reaction merely by entering and hitting a single move, bringing her to tears when she saw a child waving a penlight. While she leaves the promotion and wrestler unnamed in accordance with Japanese column etiquette regarding outside promotions, her phrasing contrasts internet discourse/rumors on social media (SNS) with the undeniable live bond between a crowd and their hero.
- Marie Antoinette Reference (マリーアントワネット的思考): “If I don’t have my gear, then let me just wear a costume!” (コスチュームがないなら仮装すればいいじゃない！) parodies the famous Japanese translation of the phrase attributed to Marie Antoinette, “If they have no bread, let them eat cake!” (パンがなければお菓子を食べればいいじゃない！).Note also the distinction in Japanese wrestling terminology between コスチューム (kosuchuumu), which specifically refers to a wrestler’s standard ring gear, and 仮装 (kasou), which refers to dressing up in a Halloween or novelty disguise.
- Kyonshii vs. Jiangshi (キョンシー / “Jiangshi”): In Japan, Chinese hopping vampires became a massive pop-culture phenomenon during the late 1980s via Hong Kong horror-comedy films (such as Mr. Vampire) under the Cantonese-derived loanword kyonshii (キョンシー). When Lady C looks up the English/Mandarin pinyin spelling (Jiangshi) to see if it starts with a “C” to match the rest of God’s Eye’s Chinese dress theme (チャイナ / Chaina), she is baffled to discover it starts with a “J” and wonders phonetically if it is read “Janshi.”
- Korakuen Hall Lemon Sour & Monmouth Tea (モンマスティー): Korakuen Hall’s concession stands are famous among Tokyo wrestling fans for serving strong, freshly mixed lemon sours. For non-drinkers and tea fans, the Monmouth Tea stand located at the yellow building / LaQua entrance area of Tokyo Dome City right outside Korakuen Hall is a staple pre-show and intermission stop for both fans and roster members.