| Nanae Takahashi | |
|---|---|
 Takahashi in December 2020. | |
| Birth name | Nanae Takahashi[1] |
| Born | (1978-12-23)December 23, 1978 (age 46)[2] Kawaguchi, Saitama[2] |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Nanae Takahashi Passion Seven |
| Billed height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[2] |
| Billed weight | 65 kg (143 lb)[2] |
| Trained by | All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling (AJW) Animal Hamaguchi[3] |
| Debut | July 14, 1996 |
| Retired | 2025 |
Nanae Takahashi (高橋 奈苗,Takahashi Nanae,ring name: 高橋奈七永)[1] (born December 23, 1978)[2] is aJapaneseprofessional wrestler and the founder ofSeadlinnng, as well as a co-founder ofWorld Wonder Ring Stardom. She is currently signed toDream Star Fighting Marigold where she is one half of the currentMarigold Twin Star Champions.[4] She has wrestled for prominent Japanese promotionsAll Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling and Pro Wrestling Sun, and is a two-time women'sworld champion in majorprofessional wrestling promotions.
Nanae Takahashi graduated fromAll Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling'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 thetag team Nanamomo with classmateMomoe Nakanishi. Together, Nanamomo won four tag team championships, the AJW Tag Team Championship twice (on November 23, 1997 and August 23, 1998) and theWWWA 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 theAJW Championship on March 1, 2000, and the junior division competition at that year'sJapan Grand Prix. Having established herself as a major competitor, Takahashi won the 2002 Japan Grand Prix, and won her firstWWWA 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 ownpromotion. Her stable, the Dream Catchers, held their final show on the following September 3.
On October 1, 2006, Takahashi defeated Africa 55 for the resurrectedAWA World Women's Championship at the debut of her new promotion, Pro Wrestling Sun. The promotion was a sister promotion toPro Wrestling Zero1-Max, and at the time an affiliate of the revivedAmerican Wrestling Association. On January 14, 2007, Takahashi lost her world championship toAmazing Kong, but regained it again on May 13 of the same year, inLos Angeles, California. 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 championSherri Martel, who had died on June 15.
After Sun closed on March 3, 2008, Takahashi formed a unit called "Passion Red" withNatsuki☆Taiyo andKana. They were active mainly with NEO Japan Ladies' Pro Wrestling.
On October 4, 2008, Takahashi beatKyoko Inoue to winNWA 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 withIce Ribbon and heldInternational Ribbon Tag Team Championship three times (with Minori Makiba,Kazumi Shimouma andEmi Sakura) andTriangle Ribbon Championship once.
On April 18, 2010, Takahashi beatKayoko Haruyama to winJWP Openweight Championship. She became the second champion from outside sinceManami Toyota in 2006.
On December 15, 2010, Takahashi won Women's Award ofTokyo Sports.
On June 12, 2015, Takahashi announced she was going to start promoting her own professional wrestling events with her new production company, "Seadlinnng".[5] On July 17, Takahashi returned to the United States, making her debut forRing of Honor (ROH) inLas Vegas, Nevada by defeatingODB.[6] Seadlinnng held its first show on August 26, 2015.[7]
On January 7, 2018, Takahashi was legitimately injured in a Hardcore Tag Team Match, while teaming up withYoshiko againstRina Yamashita &Ryo Mizunami 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.[8]
On September 7, 2010, Takahashi announced withFuka andRossy Ogawa that they founded a new promotion calledWorld Wonder Ring Stardom. They had their first card on January 23, 2011. On July 24, 2011, Takahashi became the inauguralWorld of Stardom Champion by defeatingYoko Bito in the finals of a four-woman tournament.[9] On March 17, 2013, Takahashi lost the World of Stardom Championship toAlpha Female.[10] On May 12, 2015, Takahashi, in an interview withTokyo Sports, announced she was leaving Stardom and continuing her career as a freelancer.[11]
Takahashi returned to Stardom on December 26, 2020 at Year-End Climax 2020.[12] On March 3, 2021, Takahashi defeatedMomo Watanabe atStardom All Star Dream Cinderella.[13]
Takahashi made another return to the company atMid Summer Champions in Tokyo, the first event of theStardom Mid Summer Champions series which took place on July 9, 2022, afterSaya Kamitani retained theWonder of Stardom Championship againstStarlight Kid. Takahashi then announced she was the self-proclaimed tag partner ofKairi and she challenged both Kamitani andLady C to a match.[14] On the first night of theStardom 5 Star Grand Prix 2022 from July 30, she and Kairi defeatedQueen's Quest's Saya Kamitani and Lady C.[15] Takahashi concluded a short-term feud withSyuri atStardom x Stardom: Nagoya Midsummer Encounter on August 21, 2022, where she unsuccessfully challenged theGod's Eye stable leader for theWorld of Stardom Championship, title which she primordially held.[16] AtStardom in Showcase vol.2, 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 establishedUtami Hayashishita, Lady C and Syuri as his bodyguards. On the other corner,Yuu who was the first silhouette and unmasked at the previousShowcase 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.[17] Minutes later, a video ofAlpha 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 theIWGP 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.[17] At the2022 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 ofFWC (Hazuki andKoguma),MaiHime (Maika andHimeka),The New Eras (Mirai andAmi Sourei),BMI2000 (Natsuko Tora andRuaka),02 line (AZM andMiyu Amasaki),Kawild Venus (Mina Shirakawa/Waka Tsukiyama andSaki), andwing★gori (Hanan andSaya Iida). Yuu and Takahashi defeated Utami Hayashishita and Saya Kamitani in the finals.[18]
On April 15, 2024, Rossy Ogawa held a press conference to announce his new promotionDream Star Fighting Marigold, with Takahashi being one of the initial roster members.
On May 20, 2024, Takahashi, along withVictoria Yuzuki, participated in Marigold's very first match atMarigold Fields Forever, with Takahashi defeating Yuzuki.[19]
On December 13, 2024, after unsuccessfully challengingSareee for theMarigold World Championship atWinter Wonderful Fight, Takahashi announced that she would be retiring from professional wrestling in May 2025.[20]
| Winner (wager) | Loser (wager) | Location | Event | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arisa Nakajima (hair andchampionship) | Nanae Takahashi (hair) | Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan | Dynamic Show Case! ~ Kawasaki Monogatari | November 2, 2019 | [37] |
| 1 fights, 0 wins, 0 loss, 1 draw | ||||||||
| Date | Result | Opponent | Event | Location | Method | Round | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-06-16 | Draw |  Vero Nika | Lethwei in Japan 4: Frontier | Tokyo, Japan | Draw | 3 | 3:00 | |
| Legend: Win Loss Draw/No contest Notes | ||||||||
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