Author's Note: This chapter is a headcannon to explain the background members of Berserk. As I have said previously, I think it's a waste of such colorful-looking women to just be there to throw Sakura around like a ragdoll. For the sake of this fanfiction, and anyone else who wants to make a Strongest in the World fanfic, this chapter must be read. Tell me what you think, who your favorite is so far, and if there's anyone you think I may have missed, just tell me and I'll edit this chapter. Thank you and any and all comments are welcome.
Chocho
Age: 27
Appearance: Chocho is large with a muscular build and black, wavy hair. Outside the ring, she wears a black tanktop with a gray jacket over it. She also wears gray pants, a black belt, and black shoes. Inside the ring, she has on a black two-piece with black boots and a red bandana.
Personality: Chocho is proud of her strength and can get competitive with other wrestlers, especially those she's about to face in the squared circle. Inside the ring, she never hesitates to show off her might to her opponents. Although, she likes good competition and isn't fond of those who are obviously weak.
Fighting style: Chocho relies on her raw, physical strength to fight against her opponents. Her style relies on powerful submission techniques, lifting her opponents, and very powerful strikes.
Finishing move: The Chocho Special (running powerbomb)
Bio: Having three brothers, Chocho gained a very competitive attitude throughout her childhood, which is why she joined the weightlifting team in her school. After graduation, she joined Berserk and quickly gained a reputation as well as an impressive record of 24 wins and 5 losses.
Relationships:
-Rafael, Joaquin, and Hugo—Chocho's brothers who were often competitive with her growing up. In the past, Chocho never won, but after she gained muscle from her weightlifting club in high school, she never lost to her brothers again.
-Misaki Toyoda: On just about three occasions, Chocho had been the number one contender for Misaki's champion belt. However, Misaki has beaten her three times, making her Chocho's favorite rival.
-Juri Sanada: Before she left to form Miyabi, Juri became another person to give Chocho a loss. She's also the only person who's ever made her tap out.
-Digger Yamamoto: Digger is the last person to have defeated Chocho. The muscular girl was certain she would win, but outside interference from the League of Evil gave Yamamoto the opportunity she needed to cheat her way to victory. That win gave Yamamoto the championship match against Misaki in episode 3.
-Sakura Hagiwara: At first, Chocho didn't like Sakura because of her obvious weakness for the Boston crab. She ruthlessly punished Sakura before locking in the Boston crab after two minutes. But after Sakura got better and even went toe-to-toe against Jackal Tojo, Chocho gained a bit of respect for the rookie.
-Queen Bee: Chocho sees Queen Bee as a potential rival besides Misaki. She usually gets competitive with the American wrestler and challenges her to competitions, during which, Queen Bee returns the competitive spirit.
Trivia:
-Chocho appears in episodes 2 and 3 of the anime. In episode 2, she gave Sakura her 51-60 throws during the 100 Throws. In episode 3, she was the first onscreen to make Sakura give up to the Boston crab.
-Chocho was named by Awesome ax10.
Hikari
Age: 19
Appearance: Hikari is a short girl with short, blue hair. Outside the ring, she has on a yellow T-shirt and blue shorts along with brown shoes. Inside the ring, she puts on a pair of white boots and a yellow leotard.
Personality: Hikari is known for her disrespectful attitude to people she doesn't like. She often mocks other wrestlers when she gets the advantage. She does show some acknowledgement when someone manages to beat her, but she still looks down at them
Fighting style: What Hikari lacks in strength, she makes up for with speed. She maneuvers around her enemies and strikes at them when she's not wearing them down with her submissions.
Finishing move: The Hikari Stretch (palos special)
Bio: Hikari always dreamed of being a wrestler. Unfortunately, everyone always told her she would never become one because she wasn't strong enough. So when she was old enough, she began working out at Berserk. She began working out there for six months without a chance to go pro. Hikari planned to give up, but after the 100 Throws, she gained enough confidence to continue onto her wrestling career.
Relationships:
-Sakura Hagiwara—When Sakura first joined Berserk, Hikari didn't like the idol at all. She kept her distance from her unless she had to interact with her, during which she always tried to encourage her to give up. After Sakura had her first win, Hikari had a tiny bit of respect, but she never actually showed it.
-Maya and Selena Hirano—The Hirano sisters can actually get along well with Hikari. When they joined, she became fast friends with them, even when she tried to get Selena to make Sakura give up wrestling.
-Queen Bee—Hikari barely has any respect for Queen Bee. She sees her as an upstart who's starting off way to early for a chance that she herself has been working to for months.
Trivia:
-Hikari appears in episodes 2 and 3 of the anime. In episode 2, she delivers throws 81-90 to Sakura during the 100 Throws. She also mocks her, grips her hair, and yells at her face. That's how I pictured her disrespectful and temperamental personality. In episode 3, she is made Sakura give up to the Boston crab before Misaki's match against Digger Yamamoto
-Hikari was named by Awesome ax10.
Tsukuyo
Age: 24
Appearance: Tsukuyo is a bit bulky with a two-triangle birthmark on her face underneath her left eye. Both of her eyes are seemingly closed. She has dull-blonde hair that's tied into a very short ponytail. Outside the ring, she wears a green shirt and brown shorts that match her shoes. Inside the ring, she wears a green two piece, black wristbands with white outlines, and red boots with a yellow stripe down each one.
Personality: Most of the time, Tsukuyo is very friendly to her fellow wrestlers. Of course, usually, in the ring, that doesn't stop her from going all out.
Fighting style: Tsukuyo uses her physical strength to wear down her opponents, sometimes with Greco-Roman style grappling. She also uses power moves and submission techniques.
Finishing move: The Shatter Driver (sitout scoop slam piledriver)
Bio: As soon as Tsukuyo became 15, she had shown a natural talent for wrestling. She became captain of her high-school wrestling team, which got her admission to a wrestling academy in London. After two years of training there, she returned to Japan and joined Berserk.
Relationships:
-Chinatsu Suzumoto—Tsukuyo was Chinatsu's personal trainer before the latter went pro.
Trivia:
-Tsukuyo appears in episodes 2, 3, and 7 of the anime. In episode two, she first appears sitting at the ring apron before the 100 Throws test, where she hit with the 21-30 throws. In episode three, she gave Sakura her third Boston crab submission onscreen. In episode seven, she stands next to Kurea watching Misaki and Jackal's press conference with the rest of Berserk.
-Tsukuyo is named by Awesome ax10.
-I based her personality on how she smiles most of her screen time.
Hiyori
Age: 26
Appearance: Hiyori is tall with short, pink hair. Outside the ring, she has on a pink shirt, a white skirt, and black high-heel boots. In the ring, she wears a purple two piece, purple wrist bands, and green boots.
Personality: Outside the ring, Hiyori is manipulative and opportunistic usually looking for anything that raises her up in the wrestling world. Inside the ring, she becomes ruthless and sadistic enjoying hurting her opponents.
Fighting style: Hiyori uses harsh tactics to wear down her opponent and make them grunt in pain. She also mocks them to get into their heads.
Finishing move: Footrest (high kick to her opponent's face)
Bio: Growing up in Shikoku, Hiyori always looked for something that would make her famous. When she saw that people were beginning to love pro wrestling, she began to join the sport. When she began practicing at Berserk, she found she really liked making success from beating others.
Relationships:
-Rio Kazama—The two girls started Berserk together and began getting competitive over their workout regimen. After they both passed the 100 Throws challenge, they became each other's debut opponents. Rio won, and nothing else was said. Hiyori kept working out and continued making a name for herself without much competition from Rio.
-The League of Evil—Hearing how they also use ruthless tactics, Hiyori offered herself to join their group. However, Digger and Hornet declined her offer because of her loss against Rio.
-Sakura Hagiwara—So far, Sakura was Hiyori's favorite opponent, but mostly because she loved hearing Sakura's losing streak.
Trivia:
-Hiyori appears in episode 3 of the anime, where she gave Sakura her second Boston crab loss in the episode onscreen.
-I've based her personality on her facial expression as she beat Sakura, where she appeared to have no remorse or displeasure in making her give up.
-Hiyori is named by Awesome ax10.
Langley
Age: 19
Appearance: Langley is shorter than average and busty with brown, cropped, wavy hair. Outside the ring, she wears a low-crop, red T-shirt which shows a bit of her cleavage. She also has on a brown skirt and black sneakers. Inside the ring, she wears an orange leotard which shows off the middle of her breasts.
Personality: Langley likes interacting with her fans hearing them praise her. She likes flaunting her short, but sexy body any way she can. Although, she doesn't like when she gets praise she doesn't even earn.
Fighting style: Langley often uses moves to show off how flexible her body can be, such as submission moves and suplexes.
Finishing move: The Lang Way Down (headlock driver)
Bio: Originally from Norway, Langley was always fascinated by pro wrestling and went to every program she could. Despite her parents insistence to stay in school, Langley dropped out of high school so she could move to Japan hoping to learn from Jackal Tojo. She wasn't there anymore, so Langley decided to just join Berserk and pick up her future there.
Relationships:
-Jackal Tojo—Growing up, Langley admired Jackal and wanted to be her student. But by the time she signed up for Berserk, Jackal had already left to join Shangri-La. Still, she hoped to one day learn under her.
-Chinatsu Suzumoto—Chinatsu and Langley are considered friendly rivals in the way of submissions.
-Misaki Toyoda—Since the ace of Berserk is a student of Jackal, one of Langley's goals is to surpass her.
Trivia:
-Langley appears in episode 3 as the fifth wrestler to make Sakura give up to the Boston crab.
-Langley is named by Awesome ax10.
Yumi
Age: 20
Appearance: Yumi is a slim girl with black hair and a ponytail. Outside the ring, she wears a purple button shirt with blue jeans and brown shoes. Inside the ring, she wears a red two-piece along with blue wristbands, white kneepads, and short, red shoes.
Personality: Yumi is a sassy woman with dreams of highlighting Berserk someday. She gets excited internally, but is good at hiding how much on the outside. She enjoys healthy competition and is fair to her fellow Berserk wrestlers.
Fighting style: Yumi is mostly a high-flying wrestler who's quick on her feet and improvises most of her tactics.
Finishing move: The Y-Bomb (top rope elbow drop)
Bio: Yumi is Ryo Nishihara's niece. After seeing a Berserk match for the first time in her life, Yumi fell in love with the organization and trained herself to join afterward. She mostly worked on her aerial moves during her time training there.
Relationships:
-Ryo Nishihara—Ryo is Yumi's aunt who was reluctant on letting her niece join Berserk. Still, Yumi's determination eventually swayed her. Although, it didn't mean that Ryo gave her any special treatment or showed any mercy during endurance tests. Still, Nishihara is proud of her niece during her progress, but she doesn't show it much.
-Kasumi—Yumi and Kasumi knew each other in high school, and they had an antagonistic rivalry. After the former joined pro wrestling, Kasumi followed to show her up. Eventually, the two learned to respect each other's differences and stay competitive with each other.
-Ina—Yumi and Ina also knew each other in high school as best friends. They decided to join Berserk together and even be a tag team called Crimson Fury.
Trivia:
-Yumi appears in episode 2 as one of the wrestler to deliver the 100 Throws to Sakura. She may also be one of the girls cheering for Sakura to finish it, but that person was wearing a different attire, so I don't know if it's the same person. But I'm going to say that it is. I believe she also appears in episode 3 as the girl who was with Sakura during Misaki's match against Digger Yamamoto helping her keep the League of Evil from interfering any more.
-Yumi is named by Awesome ax10.
Kasumi
Age: 20
Appearance: Kasumi is an average looking woman with a black cropped hair. Outside the ring, she wears an expensive white shirt and blue jacket along with blue pants. She also has on a pair of black heel shoes. Inside the ring, she wears a blue two-piece, white wristbands, and gray boots.
Personality: Kasumi has with pride, which causes her to look down on those she considers beneath her. She gets competitive with Yumi, but all in all, she's a good person. She just gets a little prideful. She also flaunts herself on her beauty.
Fighting style: Kasumi is a showboat who wants to make sure everyone sees her fight. She uses showy moves to raise herself up to be more popular.
Finishing move: Shutdown (wheelbarrow DDT)
Bio: Kasumi was a rich girl in high school who was always jealous of how many friends her classmates, Yumi and Ina, had. She often competed against them in many things, even pro wrestling after they all joined. After a few matches, Kasumi was so addicted to the sport, she actually enjoyed the matches rather than putting down her rivals.
Relationships:
-Yumi—Kasumi and Yumi were antagonistic toward each other in high school and pro wrestling. Eventually, after the two of them enjoyed their careers so much, their rivalry got more friendly and less violent.
-Ina—Ina was also a victim of Kasumi's bullying in high school. When she joined Berserk with Yumi, Kasumi wanted to one-up her too. Eventually, Kasumi decided to apologize to Crimson Fury, which they soon accepted.
-Hiyori—Kasumi and Hiyori are also rivals trying to one-up each other and prove that they're more popular than the other.
Trivia:
-Kasumi appears in episode 2 as one of the women who put Sakura during the 100 Throws. In the first shot of the wrestlers before the test, she stands on the far right.
-Kasumi is named by Foxboy614.
Ina
Age: 20
Appearance: Ina is a slim woman with short, black hair. Outside the ring, she wears a red shirt, blue shorts, and black shoes. Inside the ring, she wears a light-red two-piece, white wristbands, and tall, black boots that has one red stripe around each.
Personality: Ina is a friendly person who gets along well with her friends, and not so much with people who treat her bad. She's got a bit of a temper, but for the most part, Ina is easy going.
Fighting style: Ina is a quick thinker who uses power moves to face her opponents. Her specialty is either throws or powerful submissions.
Finishing move: The Terminator (Death Valley driver)
Bio: Ina was a bullied girl in school until she became fast friends with Yumi, who helped her stand up to her bullies. After hearing how Yumi's aunt is a wrestling coach at Berserk, she joined her and they attended the gym together.
Relationships:
-Yumi—Yumi and Ina knew each other in high school as best friends. They decided to join Berserk together and even be a tag team called Crimson Fury.
-Kasumi—Kasumi used to bully Ina until Yumi stood up to her. The two of them stuck by each other despite Kasumi's harassment until they all competed at Berserk. Soon, Kasumi began to regret her actions and apologized, which Yumi and Ina accepted eventually.
-Hornet—Hornet used to mock Ina before she became a pro. Yumi tried to keep Ina from going off, but she kept getting pushed by Hornet.
Trivia:
-Ina appeared in episode 2 as one of the girls who put Sakura through the 100 Throws challenge. In the scene where they wait for Sakura before the test, she stands between Chinatsu and Chocho. I almost mistook her for Yumi until I saw that their outfits had different shades of red.
-Ina was named by Foxboy614.
Natsumi
Age: 22
Appearance: Natsumi is of average eight with long, cropped, black hair. Outside the ring, she wears a white shirt with a black blazer, black pants, and brown shoes. Inside the ring, she wears a green leotard along with white wristbands and boots.
Personality: Natsumi is super serious and doesn't take well to nonsense. She takes wrestling seriously and becomes stoic most of the time.
Fighting style: Natsumi uses all her power into her submission moves.
Finishing move: STF
Bio: Natsumi is a second-generation wrestler who joined Berserk to make her wrestler mother proud. She is determined to make it to the top and not let anyone stand in her way.
Relationships:
-Rin—Rin is Natsumi's mother who was champion of her old gym at the time. Natsumi looks up to her and wants to be a wrestler like her.
-Moe Fukuoka—Moe's energetic and headfirst behavior tends to get on Natsumi's nerves
-Queen Bee—Natsumi sees Queen Bee as an obstacle in her path to becoming champion, thinking her to have too early a push.
Trivia:
-Natsumi appears in episode 2 before the 100 Throws scene. She's hard to see in that crowd at first, but you can see her standing behind Rio and Kurea.
-Natsumi is named by me.
Excavator Sakuya
Age: 19
Appearance: Excavator Sakuya is a short, slim girl with black hair tied in twin-tails. Outside the ring, she wears a small, green shirt that shows off her belly button. She also wears a green skirt and black boots. She wears a green bra with white frills along with a white collar that matches her arm bands that tie around her middle fingers. She wears a green miniskirt, black knee pads, and green boots.
Personality: Sakuya loves to cause a bit of chaos, either with her in-ring ability or her crafty personality. She tends to get under the other girls' skins by flirting with their boyfriends at Animal Squadron. Inside the ring, she isn't afraid of breaking the rules.
Fighting style: Being a member of the League of Evil, Excavator Sakuya will no doubt use underhanded tactics such as hidden weapons and low blows. She's also an aerial combatant and tends to fake out her opponents.
Finishing move: Good Night, Everybody (pedigree from the top rope)
Bio: Growing up, Excavator Sakuya was the high school bully. She caused trouble throughout the school by making fun of other girls and messing with big events. Eventually, her antics were caught and she was expelled. To make money, she joined pro wrestling. It wasn't long after she started doing underhanded deeds when she was recruited into the League of Evil.
Relationships:
-The League of Evil: In her debut match against Langley, Excavator Sakuya never hesitated to cheat her way to victory out of the referee's sight. That in turn got Digger and Hornet's attention before they recruited her among them.
-Misaki Toyoda: Sakuya was always envious of Misaki for her ace status, so she looked for anyway for her to defeat her. When Misaki broke her leg and the match was called off, Excavator Sakuya always bragged claiming that she won no matter what anyone else says.
-Moe Fukuoka: Sakuya and Moe have a bit of a rivalry because the former said that the latter reminded her of a girl she used to bully back in school.
Trivia:
-Excavator Sakuya appears in episode seven as Misaki Toyoda's opponent before the champ slipped and broke her leg.
-I understand that Sakuya's only time on screen was being thrashed around by Misaki, but she is in the League of Evil and she managed to earn a match against the champ, so I believe she may be tougher than we have seen so far. It seems to have been a waste not to explore more of her.
The League of Evil goons (Dana, Kana, Mikoto, and Sayuki)
Age: 20 (Dana and Kana); 21 (Mikoto and Sayuki)
Appearance: All four girls have a fit figure. Dana has short black hair. Kana has dim-brown hair that curves at the end behind her neck. Mikoto's hair is brown and short. Sayuki has short, red hair with a strand sticking in the middle. Outside the ring, these three girls' shirts, tight shorts, and boots are completely black, even when they're ringside. Inside the ring, they all have black attires. Dana and Kana each have a black two-piece with red outlines. Mikoto has a black one piece with an open area that exposes her abdomen. Sayuki wears a black leotard with a red stripe across her stomach.
Personality: All these girls share a bad girl attitude and a sadistic disregard for the rules. They may treat each other like friends, but for anyone else, they're bullies.
Fighting style: Being part of the League of Evil, they all have no love for the rules and will break them when they get the chance, either for them or for the other members. Dana uses striking moves, Kana uses submissions, Mikoto uses high-flying moves, and Sayuki uses power moves.
Finishing move: Calf kick (Dana); Code of Silence (Kana); Diving double foot stomp (Mikoto); Spear (Sayuki)
Bio: All four girls come from different rough backgrounds before joining Berserk. When they showed ruthless aggression in the ring, they were each brought into the League of Evil one at a time. Their black outfits meant they were still in training until they can be considered Digger and Hornet's true partners.
Relationships:
-Digger Yamamoto—Digger is one of the four's seniors who assists them in their matches provided they assist her.
-Hornet—Hornet is another senior of the four who they are happy to cheat for.
-Excavator Sakuya—When Sakuya wanted to join the League, Dana, Kana, Mikoto, and Sayuki put her through an intense hazing period to test her mettle. When she passed, they welcomed her as one of them, except for Sayuki who didn't have a lot of love for her.
Trivia:
-These four appeared in the anime episodes 3 and 5. In Sakura and Hornet's match, Dana and Kana held Sakura's arms and Mikoto gave Hornet her bamboo sword. In episode 3, Sayuki walked with the rest of the stable following Digger before her match against Misaki. I noticed that besides Hornet, there were five girls with Digger Yamamoto. I'm assuming that Excavator Sakuya is one of them.
-Dana, Kana, and Mikoto were named by Awesome ax10. Sayuki was named by me.
