Asia’s Most Popular Ring Girls
A martial arts event would not be complete without the beautiful ring girls strutting around the ring or cage between rounds.
Therefore, it is only fitting that the continent that gave the world martial arts has also produced some of its most eye-catching combat sports personalities.
Here are the ring girls with the biggest followings in Asia.
Lee Ji Na, South Korea
Fast approaching half a million followers on Instagram, South Korea’s Lee Ji Na attracts unmatched levels of adoration from across the continent.
The ONE Championship star is a university graduate who sprang to fame by after winning a Maxim Magazine bikini contest.
She joined the world’s largest martial arts organization in 2016 and has become a staple of its blockbuster events ever since.
When she is not treading the apron for ONE, the trilingual talent can be found modelling, or entertaining crowds as a DJ – performing at some of the hottest clubs and festivals in Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines, and more.
Megu Aoyama, Japan
Megu Aoyama is a Japanese actress, model and ring girl who works with the country’s biggest boxing promotions.
In fact, whenever undefeated Japanese boxing hero Naoya Inoue competes in his homeland, Aoyama is the promoter’s first choice for ring girl duties.
This superstar from Saitama is also a practising martial artist, with a black belt in judo and a keen interest in Muay Thai.
Aoyama has more than 46,000 followers on Instagram, and no wonder, as she is also a star of the screen, who has appeared in a number of TV dramas and entertainment shows.
Red Dela Cruz, Philippines
When the UFC comes to Asia, fabulous Filipina Red De La Cruz truly shines.
The native of Quezon City has a huge following in her homeland, and inspires a similar level of devotion when she has travelled across the Eastern Hemisphere.
With 275,000 followers on her favourite social media platform, it is no wonder she was voted onto FHM’s prestigious list of the 100 Sexiest Women in the World for three years running.
Before she became the first woman to represent the Philippines Octagonside, she studied tourism at university, before deciding to focus full time on her modelling career.
Park Si Hyun, South Korea
Another of ONE Championship’s most popular ring girls, Park Si Hyun, also known as DJ Siena, has built a huge following of 330,000 Instagram fans since joining the promotion.
She has been part of the ONE team since all the way back in 2012, and has gone on to become a well-known DJ, performing to thousands of fans at huge music events.
Nam Eun Ju, South Korea
Joining ONE Championship helped Nam Eun Ju’s popularity to soar across Asia.
The South Korean beauty now has her image broadcast to a potential audience of 1.7 billion people at every event, as well as to almost 70,000 followers.
Suppatra Sonta, Thailand
One of the hottest properties in Thailand’s Full Metal Dojo, Suppatra Sonta’s popularity is rising fast along with the mixed martial arts scene in her home country, as her 8,000 followers suggest.
Lim Ji Woo, South Korea
Representing her country’s own mixed martial arts promotion in South Korea, Road Girl Lim Ji Woo is gaining more followers by the day, and is up to 104,000 on Instagram.
Alyzza Agustin, Philippines
Another native of the Philippines, Alyzza Agustin has exported her talents to China to the Kunlun Fight kickboxing organization, helping to her add to her legion of 150,000 fans.
