On November 15, 2015, Yano made her professional wrestling debut atWorld Wonder Ring Stardom under thering nameJungle Kyona, where she defeatedMomo Watanabe in her first match.[3] In only a month after her debut, Kyona won the Rookie of Stardom Tournament.[3] On December 23, atStardom Year-End Climax, Kyona received her first title match where she teamed with Hiromi Mimura and Watanabe as they challenged the Hyper Destroyers (Evie,Hiroyo Matsumoto andKellie Skater) for theArtist of Stardom Championship, but were unsuccessful.[5]
In 2017, Kyona began to pursue several championships. On January 29, Kyona unsuccessfully challengedKay Lee Ray for theICW Women's Championship.[3] On February 23, Kyona challengedKairi Hojo for theWonder of Stardom Championship, but was unsuccessful.[7] On March 3, Kyona won her first title in her hometown inNagoya, where she teamed with Matsumoto to defeat Hojo andYoko Bito to win the Goddesses of Stardom Championship.[8][9]
Shortly after winning theGoddesses of Stardom Championship, Kyona andHiroyo Matsumoto formed a group named "Team Jungle", alongsideKaori Yoneyama andNatsuko Tora.[3] On June 17, Kyona, along with Matsumoto and Yoneyama, defeated Queen's Quest (AZM,HZK and Shirai) to win the Artist of Stardom Championship.[10] The trio held the title until August 13, where they lost the title to HZK, Shirai andViper.[3] On June 21, Kyona and Matsumoto lost the Goddesses of Stardom Championship to Oedo Tai (Hana Kimura andKagetsu).[11] Kyona teamed with Bito to participate in the Tag League and managed to win their way to the finals, where they lost to the team ofBea Priestley andKelly Klein on November 5.[12]
In 2018, Team Jungle started to lose their members, as Matsumoto left Stardom by March and Yoneyama had other commitments in multiple wrestling promotions outside of Stardom, Leaving Kyona and Tora the only members of the group.[3] After not being picked by any unit in the annual draft, Kyona, along with Leo Onozaki, Ruaka, Tora and Yoneyama formed a unit named "J.A.N.", anacronym for Jungle Assault Nation.[3] On May 27, Kyona, along with Tora and Yoneyama, defeated Oedo Tai (Hazuki, Kagetsu and Kimura) to win the vacated Artist of Stardom Championship.[13] On June 17, Kyona main eventedKorakuen Hall where she challenged her former tag team partner Watanabe for the Wonder of Stardom Championship, but was unsuccessful.[14] On August 12, Kyona fought to a draw against the debutingUtami Hayashishita, which marked the beginning of a rivalry between the two.[3] On September 30, while J.A.N. lost the Artist of Stardom Championship to Stars (Iwatani, Saki Kashima andTam Nakano) on the afternoon show, Kyona and Tora defeated Iwatani and Kashima to win the Goddesses of Stardom Championship.[15] At Mask Fiesta 2018 on October 28, 2018, Kyona, under the ring nameBlack Jungle Fairy, teamed up withBear Dog andNight Bear in a loss toDame de Panko,La Gatita andMayuchica.[16][17] On November 23, Kyona and Tora lost the Goddesses of Stardom Championship to Watanabe and Utami Hayashishita.[18]
On January 14, 2019, Kyona received her firstWorld of Stardom Championship match, when she challenged Kagetsu, but was unsuccessful.[19] On April 14, at the second annual draft, all faction leaders battled in a five-way where the loser of the match must disband their own unit.[3] Kyona lost to Iwatani, Kagetsu, Kimura and Watanabe, and therefore, J.A.N. was disbanded.[3]
At the 2019 Stardom Draft on April 14, 2019, Kyona was drafted to the International Army stable, later known as Tokyo Cyber Squad.[20][3] On June 16, Kyona, along with Kimura and fellow Tokyo Cyber Squad memberKonami, defeated Iwatani, Kashima and Nakano to win the Artist of Stardom Championship.[21] On June 23, the trio lost the title back toStars.[22] On July 15, Konami and Kyona won the Goddesses of Stardom Championship, where they defeated Hayashishita and Watanabe.[23]
On January 19, 2020, Konami and Kyona lost the Goddesses of Stardom Championship toJamie Hayter and Priestley, ending their reign at 188 days with 3 successful title defenses.[24] After Hayter and Priestley vacated the championship as they couldn't defend it due to theCOVID-19 pandemic,[25] Konami and Kyona challenged Hayashishita andSaya Kamitani on July 26 for the vacant title, but were unsuccessful.[26] AtStardom Yokohama Cinderella 2020 on October 3, Konami and Kyona lost to Kashima and Tora when the losing team must disband, therefore, Tokyo Cyber Squad was disbanded, as Konami turned on Kyona during the match and joinedOedo Tai.[27] The rest of the Tokyo Cyber Squad were drafted toStars.
On October 7, Stardom announced that Kyona will be out of in-ring competition for extended period of time, due to multiple injuries.[28] On September 30, 2021, Kyona left Stardom.[29] In the 2018 Viceland documentary The Wrestlers, she spoke about how she does not feel pain when she wrestles and that injuries are like battle scars for her.
After almost two years of in-ring absence due to injury, Kyona made her return atHana Kimura Memorial Show 2 on May 23, 2022, where she defeatedKyoko Kimura in an exhibition match.[30] She started an excursion in the United States independent scene and competed inAll Elite Wrestling'sAEW Dark #167 show from October 25, 2022, where she fell short toRiho.[31] Kyona returned to Japan at the beginning of 2023, and competed inThe Great Muta Final "Bye-Bye" on January 22, where she teamed up withSaori Anou and defeated Nomads (Sumire Natsu andMaya Yukihi).[32] In February 2023, Kyona announced she would be taking a hiatus from wrestling due to a knee injury.[33]
