Netflix’s ‘The Queen Of Villains’: Japanese Comedian & ‘America’s Got Talent’ Contestant Yuriyan Retriever To Lead
30.06.2022 - 00:13
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EXCLUSIVE: Popular Japanese comedian and America’s Got Talent contestant Yuriyan Retriever is to lead Netflix Japan series The Queen of Villains.
Retriever will play the lead role of Dump Matsumoto, a professional wrestler who led the women’s boom in the sport with her cult-like popularity and took Japan by storm in the 1980s, a time when wrestling was even more male dominated than it is now. While trying to succeed as a heroic pro wrestler, she was nearly fired before becoming the most famous Japanese female wrestler of all time, and the series depicts her friendships and fights with companions.
Retriever is a popular Japanese comedian who famously appeared as a dancer in 2019’s America’s Got Talent.
The Queen of Villain was unveiled on a Netflix Japan slate late last year along with several scripted shows and the likes of Love is Blind: Japan. It will air in 2023.
Junya Ikegami is writer, Kazuya Shiraishi is director and Shinichi Takahashi is executive producer.
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