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is a Japanese female
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. She fought as a
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in the
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promotions before her retirement in 2014. Nagano has also wrestled in
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. Her nickname is Future Princess. Nagano won the 2009 Jewels Rough Stone Grand Prix at 54 kg.


Early life

Nagano was born on in
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,
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. She started
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in the fourth grade of
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and continued wrestling in
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and
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, becoming second place in all of Japan at the high school level. While studying at
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, she was an amateur wrestling champion and finished fourth in the 55 kg division of the 2002 Japan Queen's Cup; the same tournament where future Olympic medalist
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finished first. In 2004, she was ranked fourth in the 51 kg class, but left the university after three years before graduating and stopping wrestling. Nagano moved to
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in 2005, where she joined a
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of
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and started talent activities. She was eventually charmed by MMA when she visited S-KEEP.


Mixed martial arts career

Nagano debuted in MMA in an exhibition match against
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at ''
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: F 2006'' on . She made her professional debut against
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and lost via submission (triangle choke) at ''
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: Starting Over'' at
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on . After winning her next fight by
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and losing her third by decision, she went on to win her following three fights by submission (armbar). In the process, she won the 2009 Rough Stone Grand Prix 54 kg & under tournament after defeating Yoko Kagoshima in the tournament final. Following a
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win and going on a five-fight
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(defeating Rina Tomita twice), Nagano was upset at ''
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'' on by
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fighter Celine Haga, who was an
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after losing her first four professional fights. Haga dominated the whole fight, earning a unanimous decision win. The loss was so devastating that Nagano was in tears even before the fight ended. Nagano managed to avenge this loss in the Jewels Lightweight (115 lb) Queen Tournament Opening Round by defeating Haga with an armbar submission at ''
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'' on . She faced
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in the tournament semi-finals on at ''
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'' and was defeated by split decision after two rounds. Nagano was scheduled to face Emi Murata at ''
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'' on in
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, but the event was cancelled after the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami earlier in the day. She then faced Murata at '' Jewels 14th Ring'' on and defeated Murata by submission in the first round. Nagano rematched
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at '' Jewels 15th Ring'' on . She was defeated by unanimous decision. Nagano faced
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at ''
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'' on . She was defeated by split decision. Nagano then faced
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at '' Jewels 18th Ring'' on . She lost the fight by unanimous decision. On , Nagano faced Anna Saito at ''Jewels 19th Ring'' in Osaka, Japan. She won the fight by submission due to an armbar in the first round. Nagano's next fight took place on when she faced
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at ''Jewels 21st Ring''. She defeated Maesawa by technical submission due to an armbar in the second round. On , Nagano competed outside Japan for the first time when she faced Alexandra Chambers at ''Brace For War 17'' in Australia. She was defeated by TKO early in the first round. Nagano faced Rina Tomita for a third time at ''Jewels 22nd Ring'' on . The fight was Tomita's retirement match. Nagano defeated Tomita by submission due to an armbar in the first round. Nagano next faced Emi Tomimatsu at ''Jewels 23rd Ring'' on . She won the fight by unanimous decision. On , Nagano faced Takumi Umehara at ''Jewels 24th Ring''. She defeated Umehara by submission due to a rear-naked choke in the first round. Nagano next faced Akiko Naito in Naito's retirement fight at ''Deep Jewels 1'' on . She defeated Naito by submission due to an armbar in the first round. In a rematch at ''Deep Jewels 2'' on , Nagano faced Emi Tomimatsu in the opening round of the Deep Jewels lightweight title tournament. She was defeated by unanimous decision. On December 28, 2013, Nagano announced that she was retiring from MMA the following February. However, on February 6, Nagano announced she was pregnant and would have to pull out of her exhibition match with
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. Nagano's retirement ceremony took place on February 16 at ''Deep Jewels 3''.


Professional wrestling career

Nagano made her
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debut on with
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Ice Ribbon is a ''joshi puroresu'' (women's professional wrestling) professional wrestling promotion, promotion established in 2006 by Emi Sakura, after her split with Gatokunyan. History Ice Ribbon was founded by Emi Sakura, a professional wrestler wh ...
. After competing in Ice Ribbon for a few months, it appeared that she was no longer with the promotion as of ; apparently focusing more on her MMA career after being pushed as a top star in Jewels. In January 2011, Nagano returned to professional wrestling, competing for the new
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promotion. She worked the promotion's first ever show on January 23, 2011, during which she defeated Eri Susa. However, after only a handful of appearances, which included her losing to
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in a
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tournament semifinal match on July 24, 2011, Nagano once again went inactive to concentrate on her career with Jewels. On April 2, 2013, Stardom announced that Nagano would be returning to take part in the promotion's big
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event on April 29. In her return match at '' Ryōgoku Cinderella'', Nagano teamed with
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and
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in a six-woman tag team match, where they defeated
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,
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and
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.


Outside mixed martial arts

Nagano has posed in bikini and semi-nude
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s in Japanese magazine ''Friday''.


Personal life

Nagano was married in December 2013 and announced her pregnancy on February 6, 2014.


Mixed martial arts record

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Saori Ishioka is a Japanese female mixed martial artist, kickboxer and karateka. She has participated in MMA promotions Smackgirl and Jewels. Her nickname is Shooting Star. Background Ishioka was born on in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. She started judo dur ...
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Jewels 1st Ring ''Jewels 1st Ring'', originally was the inaugural mixed martial arts (MMA) event of the then newly created women's MMA promotion Jewels. The event took place on at Shinjuku Face in Kabukicho, Tokyo, Japan. Background Women's promotion Smackg ...
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Megumi Fujii Megumi Fujii (藤井 恵 ''Fujii Megumi'', born April 26, 1974) is a retired Japanese mixed martial artist. Biography Fujii started Judo at the age of 3 due to her father's influence and continued Judo at Shukugawa Gakuin Junior High School an ...
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See also

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List of female mixed martial artists This is a list of notable ''female'' mixed martial arts fighters in alphabetical order. A * Mariya Agapova - ( UFC, Invicta) * Jessica Aguilar - ( UFC, Bellator, WSOF) * Hitomi Akano - ( M-1, Strikeforce, Pancrase, JEWELS, Smackgir ...


References


External links


Mika Nagano Awakening Profile
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''Jewels'' profile

Official blog

Official blog (old)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Nagano, Mika 1983 births Living people Japanese female mixed martial artists People from Gifu Japanese female professional wrestlers Lightweight mixed martial artists Mixed martial artists utilizing wrestling