Biography
is a Japanese professional wrestler currently signed to World Wonder Ring Stardom, under the ring name Tam Nakano Tamu Nakano). Nakano began her career in the Actwres Girl'z promotion as an idol dancer in 2015 before training under Yuna Manase and making her debut as a professional wrestler in July 2016. Nakano left the promotion in 2017, and began to compete in Frontier Martial Arts Wrestling (FMW) and World Wonder Ring Stardom as a freelancer before officially signing with Stardom in November 2017. Taniguchi began dancing at the age of 3 and eventually became a dance instructor in 2012. Through dance, she formed an idol group known as Catamomi Female, and they eventually began dancing before and during professional wrestling shows for the Actwres girl'Z promotion. In 2016, Taniguchi began training to wrestle for the promotion under Yuna Manase, and made her professional debut as Tam Nakano Tamu Nakano) in July 2016, losing to Saori Anou.Nakano continued to regularly compete in Actwres girl'Z until June 2016, when she announced she would be leaving the promotion to become a freelancer. Nakano's first match as a freelancer took place 2 days later, when she and Manami Katsu defeated Miss Koharu and Miss Mongol. Nakano appeared at the World Wonder Ring Stardom show in Korakuen Hall on July 16, 2017, and announced her intentions to compete in the 2017 5 STAR GP. On August 13, Nakano qualified for the tournament after defeating Natsuko Tora. Nakano finished the tournament with 1 win and two points, unable to advance to the finals. On September 9, Nakano turned heel for the first time in her career, joining the villainous Oedo Tai faction. In October, Nakano suffered an injury and was unable to compete, but continued to appear with Oedo Tai as a manager, and introduced her mascot, a stuffed panda known as Producer P. On November 1, Nakano officially signed with the promotion.On January 21, 2018, as a result of being the last person eliminated in a special Queen's Quest vs Oedo Tai gauntlet match, Nakano was kicked out of Oedo Tai. She subsequently turned face and began teaming with Mayu Iwatani. On February 18, the duo unsuccessfully challenged Tam's former stablemates Hana Kimura and Kagetsu for the Goddess of Stardom Championships.On April 1 at Stardom Dream Slam 2018 in Nagoya, Nakano teamed with Stardom ace Io Shirai to defeat Oedo Tai (Kagetsu and Sumire Natsu) in a current blast exploding bat deathmatch. As of the 2019 Stardom Draft, Nakano has been an active member of Iwatani's stable Stars. In the 2019 Cinderella Tournament she faced her old stablemate Kagetsu in the first round, with the two fighting to a Time Limit Draw.
