 Nakano in August 2021 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1994-12-06)December 6, 1994 (age 30)[2] |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Takato Nakano Stanley Nakano Trans-Am*Hiroshi #9 |
| Billed height | 163 cm (5 ft 4 in)[1] |
| Billed weight | 70 kg (154 lb) |
| Trained by | Animal Hamaguchi |
| Debut | 2017 |
Takato Nakano (中野貴人,Nakano Takato) is a Japaneseprofessional wrestler currently performing in the JapanesepromotionPro-Wrestling Basara where he is one half of theIron Fist Tag Team Champions in his second reign.[3]
Due to partially being a freelancer, Nakano is known for competing in various promotions of theJapanese independent scene. AtTJPW Yokodai Station Pro Wrestling 2018, an event promoted byTokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling on March 31, Nakano competed twice, first in a singles match in which he went into atime-limit draw against Isami Kodaka, and secondly in afour-way match won by Sagat and also involving Kodaka and Ryuichi Sekine.[4] AtWAVE Summer Fiesta 2018 ~ Rakuen Baby!, an event promoted byPro Wrestling Wave on August 2, he teamed up withKoju Takeda to defeat Keisuke Goto andLeo Isaka.[5] On the sixth night of the 2022 edition ofBig Japan Pro Wrestling'sSaikyo Tag League, Nakano teamed up with Masato Kamino andRyota Nakatsu, and competed in asix-man tag team match from outside of the tournament in which they defeatedKota Sekifuda,Takuho Kato andYuya Aoki.[6]
Despite mainly competing in the Basara branch/promotion, Nakano made various appearances inDDT. He competed in several of the promotion's signature events such as theDDT Judgement series in which he made his first appearance at the2018 edition from March 25, where he teamed up with Gran MilliMeters (Daiki Shimomura andNobuhiro Shimatani),Mizuki Watase and Rekka in a losing effort againstCherry,Gota Ihashi,Hoshitango,Mad Paulie andTomomitsu Matsunaga in adark match.[7] AtJudgement 2019: DDT 22nd Anniversary on February 17, he teamed up with Masato Kamino in a losing effort against Sento Minzoku (Ryuichi Sekine and Daiki Shimomura).[8] Another branch of events in which he competed was theDDT Ultimate Party, making his first appearance at the2019 edition from November 3, where he alongside Takumi Tsukamoto and Yasu Urano successfully defended theUWA World Trios Championship againstDamnation (Tetsuya Endo, Mad Paulie and Nobuhiro Shimatani) andKen Ohka,Yumehito Imanari and Miss Mongol in athree-way match.[9]
Nakano made hisprofessional wrestling debut inPro-Wrestling Basara by the time the promotion was still under the jurisdiction ofDDT Pro-Wrestling. He made his first appearance atDDT BASARA 34 ~ Shishifunjin ~ on April 29, 2017, where he fell short toIsami Kodaka in singles competition.[10] During his time on the promotion, he chased for several championships promoted by it. Nakano is a formerUWA World Trios Champion, title which he won with Takumi Tsukamoto and Yasu Urano by defeating Sento Minzoku (Daiki Shimomura, Isami Kodaka and Ryuichi Sekine) atDDT Basara 105: The 2nd Fox Prince on September 14, 2019.[11] He is also a two-timeIron Fist Tag Team Champion, title which he won most recently with Masato Kamino as "Aijin Tag" atBasara 211: Oji No Kitsune 24 on February 18, 2023, by defeating Sento Minzoku (Isami Kodaka and Daiki Shimomura).[12] AtBASARA 212 ~ Koo ~ on February 28, 2023, Nakano unsuccessfully challenged Isami Kodaka for theUnion Max Championship.[13] AtBASARA 154 ~ Shakujikawa on April 10, 2021, he unsuccessfully challenged Isami Kodaka for theBJW Junior Heavyweight Championship.[14]
Nakano competed in theHeaven Summit Itadaki, the promotion's biggest annual tournament. His most recent performance took place at the 2022 edition of the event where he defeatedSagat in the first rounds but fell short to tag team partner Masato Kamino in the second ones.[15]
Nakano shared a brief tenure withAll Japan Pro Wrestling, working as developmental talent. He made his first appearance at the 2021 edition of theAJPW Junior Tag League where he teamed up with Masato Kamino in a losing effort against Total Eclipse (Hokuto Omori andYusuke Kodama) in the first rounds.[16] He once competed in the promotion's first pay-per-view of the year, theAJPW New Year Wars 2022, where he made his first appearance on the third night from January 23, teaming up withDan Tamura, Kazumasa Yoshida,Ren Ayabe andShigehiro Irie in a losing effort againstAndy Wu,Black Menso-re, Ryo Inoue,Shuji Ishikawa andTakao Omori.[17] On the second night of theAJPW Excite Series 2022 from February 17, Nakano teamed up with Masato Kamino to unsuccessfully challenge Total Eclipse (Hokuto Omori and Yusuke Kodama) for theAll Asia Tag Team Championship.[18]
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