Top Ten Asian Fitness Women for June

Based on searches, here are the top ten Asian Fitness Women on this blog.
This is all based on who was looked for the most here.

1. Monique Minton
Yes, the beautiful half filipinia, half polish model Monique Minton, came in at number one, hands down.

2. Tanji Johnson
Personal trainer, NPC Promoter and writer Tanji Johnson came in at number two.

3. Karen Pang
Canadian born Fitness Competitor and Fitness Model Karen Pang in at number three.

4. Linda Minard
This Korean actress and fitness model came in at number four.

5. Satoko Shinashi
Female Japanese mixed martial arts fighter, Satoko Shinashi.

6. Jung Young Ji
South Korean female Bodybuilder Jung Young Ji comes in at number six.

7. Lisa Cheng
Lovely bodybuilder and rock climber Lisa Cheng from China, in at number seven.

8. MC Barao
Beautiful Philippine fitness star MC Barao comes in at number eight.

9. Aki Nishimoto
Japanese female bodybuilder Aki Nishimoto ranks in at number nine.

10. Michelle Jin
And rounding out the top ten is Asian-American female bodybuilder Michelle Jin.

Quite a change from when I did this list back in May.
Satoko Shinashi dropped from number 1 to number 4.
Monique Minton went from number 2 to number 1.
Aki Nishimoto dropped from number 5 to number 9.
And the rest of the last list's member have totally fallen off the chart.

Michiko Nishiwaki

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

Mi-Hee Yu, Another Look

Here's another look at former aerobics instructor Korean female bodybuilder Mi-Hee Yu.
She says that her weight had gotten up to 176 after the birth of her daughter and she wanted to lose weight so she took up bodybuilding.
All of this muscle is packed onto a 5' 2½", 112-pound frame by the way.
And she's an all natural bodybuilder.

Christine Wan, Another Look

Photo: Mark Mason, http://www.ifbbpro.com/

Here's another look at Christine Wan, IFBB Pro,personal trainer and photographer.
In the last entry I only touched on her contest history, but here is an updated list of the Pro events she has taken part in:

2003 IFBB Masters Olympia And Jan Tana Pro, 7th place
2004 IFBB Pittsburgh Pro Figure, 16th place
2004 IFBB California Pro Figure, 17th place
2004 IFBB New York Pro Figure, 17th place
2005 IFBB San Francisco Pro, 9th place
2005 IFBB Pittsburgh Pro Figure, 12th place
2005 IFBB Atlanta Pro Figure, 8th place
2005 IFBB Europa Super Show, 7th place
2006 IFBB Pittsburgh Pro Figure, 8th place
2006 IFBB Motor City Pro Figure, 6th place
2006 IFBB Europa Super Show, 8th place
2007 IFBB Arnold Classic, 9th place
2007 IFBB Jan Tana Women's Bodybuilding And Figure Contest, 8th place
2007 IFBB Palm Beach Pro/Am, 10th place
2008 IFBB Jacksonville Pro-Figure / Dexter Jackson Classic, 17th place
2008 IFBB Atlantic City Pro, 1st place
2008 IFBB Kentucky Pro Figure, 10th place

Lisa Cheng

The beautiful Lisa Cheng is a bodybuilder and rock climber (her nickname is “Hong Kong Spider Woman”).
Here are a couple of links so you can see how pretty this lady really is.

Picture of Lisa with the trophy after winning the Ms. Bodyfitness competition at the 2008 Hong Kong Bodybuilding And Fitness Championships on April 20, 2008.
http://www.jamd.com/image/g/80792271

Picture of Lisa posing during the competition
http://www.jamd.com/image/g/80792275

See? She's beautiful.
And besides her win at the Ms. Bodyfitness competition in 2008, she has competed in the 2007 Asian Championships, Ms. Fitness 4th place and Ms. Body Fitness, 7th place.

And Lisa is also considering a shot at female MMA as you can see in this video here:

Aki Nishimoto, Another Look

The first lady I profiled on this blog was Japanese female bodybuilder Aki Nishimoto.
This young lady has amazing muscle definition.
And here is a shot of her very nicely developed arm.

Amateur Bodybuilder Rebekah Kresila

Amateur bodybuilder Rebekah Kresila is from Cleveland, Ohio.
She's a certified personal trainer and has training as a classical pianist.
That's about all I could find out about this lady other than there are tons of pictures and videos of her out there on the net.

South Korean Bodybuilder Jung Young Ji

South Korean female Bodybuilder Jung Young Ji.
Not a lot of info on this young lady, but I expect to see great things out of her.
In 2007 she took first place at the Asian Championships in Women's Bodybuilding 58kg class (That's about 127 lbs. for the metrically challenged like me).

Japanese Female Bodybuilder, Tomoko Kanda

Tomoko Kanda is a Japanese female bodybuilder.
She was born and raised in Osaka Japan.
Besides being a bodybuilder Tomoko has a Master's degree in management from Troy State University in Troy, Alabama.
She has competed in several bodybuilding competitions.
In 2002, she took first place at All Japan Bodybuilding in the Masters category.
Also in 2002, she took first place in the All Japan Open Bench Press competition in the 56kg weight class.
In 2004, she took first place at the Osaka/Kansai bodybuilding competition and was runner up at the All Japan Bodybuilding competition.

Female Bodybuilder Michelle Jin

Asian-American female bodybuilder Michelle Jin.
Michelle was born in China, but moved to the US when she 18.
She is competing in amateur contests right now, mainly natural bodybuilding.
Other than that, I don't have a lot of info on her.
Then again, her mass and definition speaks for itself.

Chinese-American bodybuilder "Lili" Xin Li Cao

Chinese-American bodybuilder "Lili" Xin Li Cao (or Cao Xin Li) was born in Mongolia in 1981.
She started practicing Judo at the age of 12, switched to weightlifting at 15, then started bodybuilding training in 1998.

Lili has competed in the 2000 General Assembly Session of the National Sports Competition, the Chinese national Bodybuilding championship, the Asian Bodybuilding Championship, the Chinese national, and Asian bodybuilding championships among others, and has won many of them.
Right now she is training for the Eighth World Games to be held in Taiwan in 2009.

Despite her obvious power, when you watch videos of this lady, she seems..I really hate to say this..but cute.
I know cute isn't a word usually associated with massive bodybuilders, but she seems to have a very open and sweet disposition.

You can check out her website here:
http://www.xinlicao.com/

South Korean bodybuilder Mi-Hee Yu

Couldn't find a lot of info on South Korean bodybuilder Mi-Hee Yu other than she has had two children and started training AFTER she had them.
So yes, this is how cut and ripped this lady is after having kids.
I swear I cannot see how they do it.
Two kids, married and works as well.
Bodybuilding is basically an amateur sport in South Korea, so she doesn't get paid for it, she does it for the love of the sport.
But imagine having to manage her regular life, plus make time to hit the gym and watch what she eats.
My hat is off to these ladies that can keep that up.
And look this good doing it!

Aki Nishimoto

Aki Nishimoto is a Japanese female bodybuilder.
She won the Ms Japan bodybuilding contest in 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008!
Talk about dominating!
Besides Ms.Japan, she has placed in the 1998 Asian Bodybuilding Championships, the 2005 World Games and the 2006 World Amateur Bodybuilding Championships.
Aki started out in Karate, but got a knee injury that put her out for awhile.
Ms. Nishimoto is 41 (yes 41!) a former civil servant, a fitness instructor and lecturer.
There are tons of videos of her posing out on the web.
And here is one....
It's a short video of Aki hitting a double bicep pose
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnGN_SsC70c