The Queen of Villains tells the unknown story of Dump Matsumoto (Yuriyan Retriever), a professional wrestler who spurred the women’s professional wrestling boom with her cult-like popularity and took Japan by storm in the 1980s. Nagayo Chigusa (Karata Erika) and Lioness Asuka (Goriki Ayame) are the members of Crush Gals, a Japanese pro-wrestling tag-team duo who became the pop icon by dominating the television bringing the social phenomenon. The Queen of Villains was developed, written and produced by Osamu Suzuki, teaming up with director Kazuya Shiraishi. The series debuts on September 19, 2024.
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Yuriyan Retriever as Kaoru “Dump” Matsumoto in The Queen of Villains. Netflix photo
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Ayame Gôriki as Lioness Asuka and Erika Karata as Nagayo Chigusa in The Queen of Villains. Netflix photo
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Yuriyan Retriever as Kaoru “Dump” Matsumoto in The Queen of Villains. Netflix photo
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Yuriyan Retriever as Kaoru “Dump” Matsumoto with referee Shiro Abe and The Extreme Evil Alliance (Bull Nakano, Condor Saito, and Bison Kimura) in The Queen of Villains. Netflix photo
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Yukari Honjo/Crane Yu in The Queen of Villains.
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Yuriyan Retriever as Kaoru “Dump” Matsumoto in The Queen of Villains. Netflix photo
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Takuma Otoo as referee/promoter Shiro Abe in The Queen of Villains. Netflix photo
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Haruka Imou as Devil Masami in The Queen of Villains. Netflix photo
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Yuriyan Retriever as Kaoru “Dump” Matsumoto in The Queen of Villains. Netflix photo
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Lovely Yonyeama in The Queen of Villains. Netflix photo
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Daisuke Kuroda as Mr. Usui, and Takumi Saitoh as Toshikuni Matsunaga in The Queen of Villains. Netflix photo
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Takumi Saitoh as Toshikuni Matsunaga and Daisuke Kuroda as Mr. Usui in The Queen of Villains. Netflix photo
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Lovely Yoneyama confronts Chigusa Nagayo in The Queen of Villains. Netflix photo
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Dump Matsumoto’s little sister Hiromi in The Queen of Villains. Netflix photo
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Jackie Sato (left) and Rimi Yokota (right), The Queen of Villains. Netflix photo
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Jun Murakami as Takashi Matsunaga, Daisuke Kuroda as Kunimatsu Matsunaga, and Takumi Saitoh as Toshikuni Matsunaga, in The Queen of Villains. Netflix photo
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Keiko “Bull” Nakano with the word “Diabolical” written on her face in The Queen of Villains. Netflix photo
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Erika Karata as Chigusa Nagayo in The Queen of Villains. Netflix photo
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Yuriyan Retriever as Kaoru “Dump” Matsumoto in The Queen of Villains. Netflix photo
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The Crush Gals in one of their pre-match pop performances in The Queen of Villains. Netflix photo
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Ayame Goriki as Lioness Asuka, in The Queen of Villains. Netflix photo
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Chigusa Nagayo’s parents watch in horror as their daughter fights for her life, in The Queen of Villains. Netflix photo
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Chigusa Nagayo's father as portrayed in The Queen of Villains. Netflix photo
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Calling the matches from ringside in The Queen of Villains. Netflix photo
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