Profile
World of Street Woman Fighter in 2025 offers two introductions to IBUKI: an episode-one battle preview with LIP J, and an uncut elimination relay against Teesha. The individual battles introduce the dancer who led OSAKA Ojo Gang that year.
IBUKI is from Osaka and began hip-hop at six. At eleven, she encountered Waacking while visiting the United States for House Dance International. She developed through freestyle battles and won DANCE@LIVE WORLD CUP in 2013. Waacking uses sharp arm and hand movements in time with the music.
In a 2020 Red Bull interview, she discussed extending her work into Waacking choreography and teaching. She also reflected on her earlier concentration on freestyle battles and the work of creating choreography and teaching students.
In 2025 she led OSAKA Ojo Gang in World of Street Woman Fighter. The episode-one preview pairs her with fellow Waacking dancer LIP J; a separate uncut video follows the fifth-round elimination relay against ROYAL FAMILY’s Teesha.
For CASIO’s IBUKI IMATA feature, she recalled receiving G-SHOCK and BABY-G watches as prizes for childhood dance victories. Modelling the watches in more mature outfits gave her a new experience in front of the camera.
A 2019 ViVi profile identifies IBIM as IBUKI's dancewear brand and ties its launch to a seven-city Japan tour. Her own tour retrospective lists Osaka, Fukuoka, Okinawa, Nagoya, Toyama, Sapporo and a Tokyo final: fourteen workshops in one week. She described the trip as a way to meet supporters and people who wanted a chance to try dance, with ninety-minute classes meant to draw them into the room.
Her teaching choices on that tour were practical: she described how her own mood, vibe and choice of music changed the details of her dancing, and often settled a class's choreography about an hour before it began. She valued sustained effort and direct, in-person practice over memorizing a routine as the goal. The Tokyo second class from the 2019 IBIM Japan tour is also available in En Dance Studio's footage.
Competition history & results
Selected official records
| Year | Competition | Division | Round | Rank | Score | Team / participants | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | DANCE@LIVE WORLD CUP Date: — | — | — | 1 | — | — | Murasaki Sports official rider profile |
| 2025 | World of Street Woman Fighter Date: — | — | — | Participation | — | 2025 team: OSAKA Ojo Gang | ABEMA TIMES / ABEMA K-POP channel, Mnet Plus |
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Watch on Mnet Plus (external)IBUKI × Teesha | 2025 elimination relay
Mnet’s uncut fifth-round relay pairs OSAKA Ojo Gang’s IBUKI with ROYAL FAMILY’s Teesha. Compared with the episode-one preview, this clip focuses on an uncut relay segment and connects IBUKI’s individual battle to her crew’s 2025 competition.
Interviews and performances
The OSAKA Ojo Gang she led
A review of the 2025 World of Street Woman Fighter final connects her leadership to the crew’s championship.
From hip-hop to Waacking
In this 2020 interview, IBUKI discusses starting dance at six, encountering Waacking in the US at eleven, and her later choreography and teaching.
From competition prizes to a brand shoot
IBUKI recalls the watches she won as a child and describes modelling for CASIO’s watch feature.
IBUKI's 2019 IBIM Tour Retrospective
IBUKI recalls the seven-city, fourteen-class tour and the choices behind its classes.
Earlier works
IBUKI × LIP J | 2025 episode-one battle preview
The first-episode preview of World of Street Woman Fighter pairs IBUKI with LIP J. It is a short introduction to IBUKI in battle, rather than a complete battle record.
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Watch on Mnet Plus (external)IBIM Japan Tour: Tokyo Class
A Tokyo class from IBUKI's 2019 IBIM Japan tour, identified by En Dance Studio.
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Watch on YouTube / original platform (external)Career history
Leading a crew in World of Street Woman Fighter
IBUKI led OSAKA Ojo Gang through the programme. The crew won the final, ahead of AG SQUAD and MOTIV.
Extending Waacking into choreography and teaching
In an interview published in December, she discussed moving from battles into choreography and teaching students.
Winning DANCE@LIVE WORLD CUP
After developing through freestyle battles, IBUKI won DANCE@LIVE WORLD CUP in 2013, an early career title.
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Profiles and original media (external)
Article sources & photo credits
Featured video original title: [UNCUT] elimination battle 5R relay: OSAKA Ojo Gang IBUKI vs ROYAL FAMILY Teesha
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