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Name: Nagayo Chigusa
Date Of Birth: December 8 1964,Omura, Nagasaki
Height: 165 cm (5 ft, 5 inches)
Weight: 71 kg (192 lb)
Pro Wrestling Debut: August 8, 1980 (against Yukari Omori)
Promotions: AJW (1980-1989), Free (1993-1994), GAEA (1994-)
Chigusa Nagayo (長与千種) is a female Professional Wrestler best known for her popularity in the 1980s for her tag team The Crush Gals with partner Lioness Asuka. She was the founder of the GAEA Women's Professional Wrestling organization (known simply as GAEA) She briefly competed as alter-ego Lady Zero in GAEA and in the WCW.
Nagayo appears in the 2000 documentary Gaea Girls made for the BBC by Kim Longinotto and Jano Williams.
Nagayo & Lioness Asuka vs. Dynamite Girls on August 27, 1983 was named as the 1983 AJW Match Of The Year.
Devil Masami vs. Chigusa Nagoya on August 22, 1985 was named as the 1985 AJW Match of the Year.
Yumiko Hotta & Chigusa Nagayo vs. Akira Hokuto & Yukari Omori on October 10 1986 was named as the AJW 1986 Match of the Year.
Inducted into the All Japan Womens Wrestling Hall of Fame on November 29, 1998.
Formed in the early 1980s, the Crush Gals were possibly the most famous and beloved women's tag team of all time. During the mid-80's they had three runs as WWWA World Tag Team Champions at All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling (AJW), and were pop culture sensations. They had several top 10 pop singles, and their main event feud against Dump Matsumoto's heel stable drew consistent ratings over 12.0 for AJW's weekly television program on Fuji TV. The feud was highlighted by events such as the first women's hair vs. hair match in Japan between Nagoya and Matsumoto on August 28, 1985, and a vicious run-in on September 10, 1986, when Matsumoto and her gang interrupted as the Crush Gals performed a concert in the ring, and proceeded to cut up Nagoya's clothes, leading to a second hair vs. hair match. The success and popularity of the Crush Gals inspired many young Japanese women to enter pro wrestling. Later in the decade, Nagoya achieved the WWWA World Heavyweight Championship, finishing Yukari Omori with a moonsault, on August 22, 1988. Nagoya lost the belt to her best-friend and Crush Gals partner, Lioness Asuka, on January 22, 1989, after a historic and emotional feud.
In 1989, Nagoya reached age 26, the mandatory retirement age for female wrestlers in Japan, at the time; however, she came out of retirement in the mid-90's to form GAEA Japan. She wrestled as one of GAEA's main eventers and top faces. In December, 1998, Asuka debuted in GAEA and played a heel, allying with Nagoya's rivals and winning the presidency of GAEA from Nagoya in their first match together in ten years, on April 4, 1999. Eventually, however, on December 27, 1999, the Crush Gals were re-united, and went on to win their fourth tag team championship together in spring 2004.
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Yuka Nakamura
Height: 5' 2" (155cm)
Weight: 118.8lbs (54kg)
Date of Birth: December 26 1979
Pro Wrestling Debut: August 16 1998 vs. Mima Shimoda
Promotions: Neo Ladies (1998-2000), NEO (2000-)
Yuka Nakamura won the Ironman Heavymetalweight Title 05/07/30 in Tokyo when she pinned Miyazaki at a bus stop.
Then Tanny Mouse pinned Nakamura in a women's room at a service area of a toll way.
BTW, The title is defended anywhere, even during non-title matches or tag team matches, under 24/7 rule.
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Rie Tamada
Height: 5' 2" (158cm)
Weight: 125.4lbs (57kg)
Pro Wrestling Debut: October 4 1991 vs. Chikako Hasegawa
Date of Birth: March 16 1973
Nickname: Fighting Cheetah
Promotions: AJW (1991-1997), ARSION (1997-)
On August 10 1992 - Won the All Japan Junior Womens Wrestling title from Akemi Torisu, lost it to Kumiko Maekawa, September 15 1992.
March 17 1995 - Won the All Japan tag team wrestling titles with Mariko Yoshida, from Michiko Ohmukai and Carol Midori. Titles vacated.
On December 4 1995 Won the All Japan tag team wrestling titles with Yumi Fukawa. Lost them to Chikayo Nagashima & Sugar Sato on September 1 1996.
November 21 1996 - Won the All Japan Singles Wrestling title from Kumiko Maekawa, vacated it in December 1997.
On December 7 1998 - With Hiromi Yagi, won the Twin Star of ARSION, defeating Tiger Dream and Ayako Hamada in the tournament final. Lost the titles on June 30 1999 to Mika Akino and Ayako Hamada.
August 20 2000 - With GAMI, won the Twin Star of ARSION from Michiko Ohmukai and Mima Shimoda. Lost the titles on December 3 2000 to Etsuko Mita & Mima Shimoda.
On December 8 2001 - With GAMI, won the Twin Star of ARSION defeating Ai Fujita and Michiko Ohmukai. Lost the titles on February 17 2002 to Ai Fujita and Michiko Ohmukai.
December 17 2002 - With Takako Inoue won the Twin Star of ARSION.
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Toyota soon recovered from the loss. In 1995, she won the AJW Grand Prix tournament, securing her position as the number one contender for the WWWA Championship. Before she received her title opportunity, she faced the legendary Akira Hokuto at AJW's Destiny show on September 2, 1995. On December 4, she finally received her title shot, and defeated then-champion Dynamite Kansai to become a two-time world champion.
Over the next 12 months Toyota made three successful defenses of her WWWA title. In December of 1996 she came up against long term rival Kyoko Inoue and lost in a match that saw the All Pacific and IWA Women's World titles unified with the WWWA Title.
On January 20, 1997, Tomoko Watanabe & Kumiko Maekawa beat Manami Toyata & Mima Shimoda to win the WWWA Tag Team wrestling titles.
January 23 1998, Manami Toyata & Kaoru Ito defeated Hikari Fukuoka & Devil Masami for the JWP Tag Team wrestling titles.
On February 11, 1998, Hikari Fukuoka & Tomoko Kuzumilost defeated Manami Toyata & Kaoru Ito for the JWP Tag Team wrestling titles.
January 4 2000, Manami Toyata defeated Yumiko Hotta to win the WWWA Singles Wrestling title.
On September 17 2000, Kaoru Ito defeated Manami Toyata for the WWWA Singles Wrestling title.
February 24 2002, Manami Toyata defeated Kaoru Ito for the WWWA Singles Wrestling title.
On May 5 2002 - WEW, Manami Toyata defeated Kumiko Maekawa to retain the WWWA Singles Wrestling title.
July 6 2002, Kaoru Ito defeated Manami Toyata to capture the WWWA Singles Wrestling title.
In July 2002, Manami Toyota Left AJW due to problems with the promotion.
July 4, 2002, Manami Toyota showed up to start trouble with Toshiyo Yamda.
On July 14, 2002, Manami Toyata & Aja Kong defeated Power Team.
October 20, 2002, Manami Toyata defeated Chikayo Nagashima to win the AAAW Singles wrestling title.
On November 17, 2002, Toshiyo Yamda/Dynamite Kansai/Chigusa Nagayo beat Manami Toyota/Aja Kong/Lioness Asuka.
November 24, 2002, Manami Toyata/Devil Masami/Aja Kong beat Toshiyo Yamada/Suger Satoh/Meiko Satomura.
On January 12, 2003, Manami Toyota defeated Toshiyo Yamada to retain the AAAW Singles wrestling title in Kourakuen Hall.
November 30, 2003, Dynamite Kansai defeated Manami Toyota for the AAAW wrestling Singles title.
On September 20, 2004, Manami Toyota & Amano defeated Aja Kong & Amazing Kong for the AAAW Tag Team wrestling titles.
April 3, 2005, Toshie Uematsu & Ran Yu Yu defeated Manami Toyota & Carlos Amano for the AAAW Tag Team wrestling titles.
Manami Toyota became free agent after GAEA's final show on April 10, 2005.
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