Ayane Takenaka, the too-beautiful queen of the arm wrestling world: “I want to be the strongest in the world!
Her biceps trained 6 days a week are amazing! She is the best in Japan in men's competitions!
I won the world championship, but my happiness is fleeting. This is still a passing point, and I always want to be a hungry challenger!
Ayane Takenaka, 24, is an arm wrestler who is clad in a fresh smile and a fighting spirit. In 2010, she became the first woman ever to win the AJAF All Japan Armwrestling Championships in the men’s division (A2), and in 2011 she won the WAF World Armwrestling Championships in the senior women’s -55kg class (left and right), among many other achievements.
With her strong muscles and cute good looks, she became known as a “cute muscle girl” six years ago, and now she is an athlete of note who is active on the world stage.
She started when she was 10 years old because her father was an armwrestler. My father had many hobbies and tried guitar and karate with me, but I got bored within a year of all of them. …… The only one I got into was arm wrestling. From the moment I started competing, I started thinking about being the “best in the world,” and by the time I was 11 years old, I was declaring to my family that I was going to be the world champion.”
What is it about armwrestling that has captivated a 10-year-old girl so much?
She said, “You train and lose weight over a long period of time, but you compete by exerting all of your skill and power in that one moment. I like the fact that the process of reaching victory is complex, but the outcome is extremely simple and easy to understand.
He has competed in numerous tournaments, defeating strong men and opponents more than twice his weight. The secret of his strength, he says, lies in his character of “fighting with my brain rather than my senses.
The most important thing for me is to use my head,” he said. I try to verbalize the sensations I feel when I win or lose, and keep a training notebook. By recalling the sensations, I make that ″feeling″ my own again. Although it may seem like a competition where you are letting your strength take over, from the moment you hold hands with your opponent, you are playing games at the level of each individual …… finger and joint.
