What is "tsukushi"

Tsukushi may refer to:

• Tsukushi Province, old Japanese province, subsequently divided into
  • Chikuzen Province, old Japanese province, part of Fukuoka Prefecture without south and east Fukuoka
  • Chikugo Province, old Japanese province, the southern part of Fukuoka Prefecture, on Kyūshū
• Kyūshū, island of Japan, archaically called "Tsukushi-no-shima"
• Japanese gunboat Tsukushi
• Spores or strobili of equisetum, used in Japanese cuisine
• Tsukushi (wrestler), Japanese professional wrestler

is a Japanese professional wrestler. Trained by Emi Sakura, Tsukushi made her debut for her Ice Ribbon promotion in January 2010 as part of a trial series with Kurumi. After winning the fan voting, Tsukushi was made an official part of Ice Ribbon's roster the following March and she has since wrestled regularly for the promotion. She is a former one-time ICE×60 Champion, record six-time International Ribbon Tag Team Champion and a two-time IW19 Champion. Tsukushi's accomplishments outside of Ice Ribbon include winning DDT Pro-Wrestling's Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship, JWP Joshi Puroresu's 2014 Tag League the Best and Reina Joshi Puroresu's Reina World Tag Team Championship. In her young career, Tsukushi has already been in the ring with some of the biggest names in the history of women's professional wrestling, including Aja Kong, Jaguar Yokota, Manami Toyota, Meiko Satomura and Yoshiko Tamura.