(born December 23, 1978) is a Japanese

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and the founder of Seadlinnng. She has wrestled for prominent Japanese promotions

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and Pro Wrestling Sun, and is a two-time women's

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in major

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Professional wrestling career

Freelancing (1996-present)

Nanae Takahashi graduated from

's (AJW) training class of 1996, and rose to prominence at a time when AJW was beginning its decline. Early on, she achieved the most fame as part of the

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Nanamomo with classmate Momoe Nakanishi. Together, Nanamomo won four tag team championships, the AJW Tag Team Championship twice (on November 23, 1997 and August 23, 1998) and the WWWA World Tag Team Championship twice (on July 16, 2000, and July 6, 2002). Concurrently, Takahashi was making a name for herself as a singles competitor, winning the AJW Championship on March 1, 2000, and the junior division competition at that year's Japan Grand Prix. Having established herself as a major competitor, Takahashi won the 2002 Japan Grand Prix, and won her first WWWA World Single Championship on December 12, 2004. During AJW's final years she won the WWWA World Tag Team Championship three more times (each time with a different partner), and the WWWA World Single Championship once more. She was the last WWWA champion, handing over the belt to promoter Takashi Matsunaga immediately after winning it on March 26, 2006. At an independent show held on July 14, 2006 to celebrate her tenth anniversary in professional wrestling, Takahashi announced her intention to start her own promotion. Her stable, the Dream Catchers, held their final show on the following September 3. On October 1, 2006, Takahashi defeated Africa 55 for the resurrected AWA World Women's Championship at the debut of her new promotion, Pro Wrestling Sun. The promotion was a sister promotion to Pro Wrestling Zero1-Max, and at the time an affiliate of the revived American Wrestling Association. On January 14, 2007, Takahashi lost her world championship to Amazing Kong, but regained it again on May 13 of the same year, in

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. She became recognized as the first AWA Japan Women's Champion on June 19, 2007, after the AWA World Women's title was retired out of respect for four-time former champion Sherri Martel, who had died on June 15. After Sun closed on March 3, 2008, Takahashi formed a unit called "Passion Red" with Natsuki☆Taiyo and

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. They were active mainly with NEO Japan Ladies' Pro Wrestling. On October 4, 2008, Takahashi beat

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to win NWA Women's Pacific/NEO Single Championship. On October 10, 2009, she won NEO Tag Team Championship with Kana. From January 25, 2009 to December 29, 2010, Takahashi was also active with Ice Ribbon and held International Ribbon Tag Team Championship three times (with Minori Makiba, Kazumi Shimouma and

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) and Triangle Ribbon Championship once. On April 18, 2010, Takahashi beat

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to win

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. She became the second champion from outside since Manami Toyota in 2006. On December 15, 2010, Takahashi won Women's Award of ''

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''. On June 12, 2015, Takahashi announced she was going to start promoting her own professional wrestling events with her new production company, " Seadlinnng". On July 17, Takahashi returned to the United States, making her debut for

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(ROH) in

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by defeating ODB. Seadlinnng held its first show on August 26, 2015. On January 7, 2018, Takahashi was legitimately injured in a Hardcore Tag Team Match, while teaming up with

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against Rina Yamashita &

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at WAVE Happy New Year 2018. While attempting a move from the top of a ladder, the ladder tilted and fell, causing her to fall and land on her head, legitimately knocking her unconscious. The referee ended the match, and she was taken out on a stretcher.

World Wonder Ring Stardom

2010-2015

On September 7, 2010, Takahashi announced with Fuka and Rossy Ogawa that they founded a new promotion called World Wonder Ring Stardom. They had their first card on January 23, 2011. On May 12, 2015, Takahashi, in an interview with ''Tokyo Sports'', announced she was leaving Stardom and continuing her career as a freelancer.

2021-present

After a six-year hiatus with the company, Takahashi returned to Stardom for one night at

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on March 3, 2021 where she competed in a 24-women Stardom All Star Rumble won by Unagi Sayaka and also involving many superstars from the promotion's past such as Chigusa Nagayo,

, Mima Shimoda, Yuzuki Aikawa, Yoko Bito and others. After another long period, Takahashi made another return to the company at ''Mid Summer Champions in Tokyo'', the first event of the Stardom Mid Summer Champions series which took place on July 9, 2022, after Saya Kamitani retained the Wonder of Stardom Championship against Starlight Kid. Takahashi then announced she was the self-proclaimed tag partner of Kairi and she challenged both Kamitani and Lady C to a match. On the first night of the

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from July 30, she and Kairi defeated Queen's Quest's Saya Kamitani and Lady C. Takahashi concluded a short-term feud with Syuri at Stardom x Stardom: Nagoya Midsummer Encounter on August 21, 2022, where she unsuccessfully challenged the God's Eye stable leader for the World of Stardom Championship, title which she primordially held. At

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, a non-canon event produced on September 25, 2022, Rossy Ogawa was a victim of various "grim reaper masked silhouettes" who kept attacking him. For the event, he established Utami Hayashishita, Lady C and Syuri as his bodyguards. On the other corner, Yuu who was the first silhouette and unmasked at the previous Showcase event has also established two tag partners presented under the same masks. They were revealed to be Takahashi and Yuna Manase on the event's night as they succeeded in defeating Rossy's Bodyguard Army. Minutes later, a video of Alpha Female was played, showing her criticizing the current situation in Stardom as she was announcing her return to the company on October 23, 2022 for the IWGP Women's Championship tournament. Together with Takahashi, Manase and Yuu, Alpha Female officially formed the " Neo Stardom Army" unit and declared the destruction over Stardom's roster. At the 2022 edition of the Goddesses of Stardom Tag League, Takahashi teamed up with Yuu as "7Upp" and won the whole tournament by winning the "Blue Goddess Block" with a total of eleven points scored after competing against the teams of FWC ( Hazuki and

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), MaiHime ( Maika and

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), The New Eras ( Mirai and Ami Sourei), BMI2000 ( Natsuko Tora and Ruaka), 02 line ( AZM and Miyu Amasaki), Kawild Venus ( Mina Shirakawa/ Waka Tsukiyama and

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), and wing★gori ( Hanan and Saya Iida). Yuu and Takahashi defeated Utami Hayashishita and Saya Kamitani in the finals.

Championships and accomplishments

:* AJW Championship ( 1 time) :* AJW Tag Team Championship (

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) – with Momoe Nakanishi :* WWWA World Single Championship (

) :* WWWA World Tag Team Championship ( 5 times) – with Momoe Nakanishi (2), Tomoko Watanabe (1), Etsuko Mita (1), and

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(1) :* 21st Century League (2000) :* Japan Grand Prix (

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) :* Tag League the Best (

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) – with Momoe Nakanishi :* Tag League the Best (

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) – with

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:* AWA World Women's Championship ( 3 times) * Ice Ribbon :* International Ribbon Tag Team Championship ( 3 times) – with Minori Makiba (1), Kazumi Shimouma (1) and

(1) :* Triangle Ribbon Championship ( 1 time) :*Sakurasaku Tag Tournament '09 (2009) – with Minori Makiba *

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( 1 time) :* Best Bout Award (2007) with Natsuki☆Taiyo vs.

and Tsubasa Kuragaki on December 9 :* Discover New Heroine Tag Tournament Best Match Award (2007) with Natsuki☆Taiyo vs.

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and Azumi Hyuga on April 15 * JDStar :* BSJ Queen of the Ring (1 time) * NEO Japan Ladies Pro-Wrestling :* NEO Single Championship ( 1 time) :* NEO Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with

:* NWA Women's Pacific Championship ( 1 time) :* Mid Summer Tag Tournament VIII (2009) – with Emi Sakura *''

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'' ** Ranked No. 105 of the top 150 female wrestlers in the '' PWI Women's 150'' in 2022 * Pro Wrestling Zero1-Max :* AWA Japan Women's Championship ( 1 time) * Seadlinnng ** Beyond the Sea Single Championship ( 1 time) **

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( 1 time) - with

* ''

'' :* Joshi Puroresu Grand Prize (2010) * World Wonder Ring Stardom ** Goddess of Stardom Championship (

) – with Miho Wakizawa (1) and Kairi Hojo (1) ** World of Stardom Championship ( 1 time) ** 5★Star GP (2013) ** Goddess of Stardom Championship Tournament (2013) – with Miho Wakizawa ** Goddesses of Stardom Tag League *** (2014) – with Kairi Hojo *** (2022) – with Yuu ** Unit Opposition Tournament (2012) – with Miho Wakizawa and Yuuri Haruka ** 5★Star GP Award (3 times) *** 5★Star GP Best Bout Award (2013) vs. Natsuki☆Taiyo on September 23 *** 5★Star GP Best Match Award (2012) vs. Yuzuki Aikawa on September 17 *** 5★Star GP Best Match Award (2014) vs. Kairi Hojo on August 24 ** Stardom Year-End Award (6 times) *** Best Bout Award (2011) vs. Natsuki☆Taiyo on November 12 *** Best Bout Award (2012) vs. Yuzuki Aikawa on September 17 and December 24 *** Best Match Award (2014) with Kairi Hojo vs. Risa Sera and Takumi Iroha on December 23 *** Best Tag Team Award (2013) with Miho Wakizawa *** Best Tag Team Award (2014) with Kairi Hojo *** MVP Award (2012)

''Luchas de Apuestas'' record

Lethwei record

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References

External links

Nanae Takahashi Official Web Site
- mostly in Japanese

PWInsider story about 10th anniversary show
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