Japanese pro wrestling star Miyu Yamashita gears up for Las Vegas return at Slam Fest

Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling star Miyu Yamashita talks what fans can expect from her company at Slam Fest next month in Las Vegas.

Slam Fest is shaping up to be the perfect way for pro wrestling fans to get amped in the week leading up to WrestleMania 42 in Las Vegas.

Paragon Talent Group and Palms Casino Resort will host the festival beginning on April 15 through April 18. Talent from Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling (TJPW), Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), House of Glory (HOG), World Wonder Ring Stardom and Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling will be featured for several days of high-octane matches.

CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM

Miyu Yamashita takes on Yuka Sakazaki during the Pro-Wrestling 'Cyber Fight Festival' at the Saitama Super Arena on June 6, 2021 in Saitama, Japan. (Etsuo Hara/Getty Images)

Miyu Yamashita will be among the TJPW stars in the mix. She will return to Las Vegas a year after battling WWE legend Nattie Niedhart at Josh Barnett’s Bloodsport XIII. She spoke to Fox News Digital about what it meant to be able to return to Las Vegas for the star-studded event.

"It feels special to me to be in America as the Tokyo Joshi team," she said through her translator Koryu Haku. "In Vegas, we were there last year, same venue. It’s a very special feeling – the ambience, the air, it being a special week. The fans are extra excited, extra hyped and that directly translates to our motivation and fighting in the ring."

For the average American pro wrestling fan, Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling may be unfamiliar. The promotion itself, which consists of only women, was founded as a sister promotion to DDT Pro-Wrestling in 2012 and it became its own standalone company in 2015.

Yamashita joined the promotion in 2013 and