1. Chigusa Nagayo is a Japanese professional wrestler best known for her mainstream popularity in the 1980s as a member of the Crush Gals with long-time tag team partner Lioness Asuka.
29 Facts About Chigusa Nagayo
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Chigusa Nagayo debuted on August 8,1980, for All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling against Yukari Omori.
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Chigusa Nagayo cried upon losing and was scolded by Tomi Aoyama, a member of the Queen Angels, who was retiring that night.
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On May 15,1982, Chigusa Nagayo won the vacant AJW Junior Championship by defeating Itsuki Yamazaki.
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On January 4,1983, Chigusa Nagayo was matched against her future partner and one-half of the future Crush Gals, Lioness Asuka.
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Chigusa Nagayo claimed to have never sang in public prior to this single.
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Chigusa Nagayo claimed she had to move frequently during this time due to large amounts of fans waiting outside her home.
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In June, Chigusa Nagayo competed in the 1985 Japan Grand Prix, losing in the semi-finals to Matsumoto.
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Chigusa Nagayo lost the highly acclaimed match, having her head shaved which shocked the crowd.
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Chigusa Nagayo competed in the 1986 Japan Grand Prix, losing in the finals to rival Yukari Omori.
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Later that night, Chigusa Nagayo pleaded with Matsumoto to team together one time before they retired.
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Chigusa Nagayo held the WWWA World Single Championship up to August 25,1988, when she lost the title to Lioness Asuka, who vacated it upon winning it due to Chigusa Nagayo's arm injury.
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In 1989, Chigusa Nagayo reached age 26, the mandatory retirement age for female wrestlers in AJW at the time.
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Chigusa Nagayo claimed to be getting married, however later admitted that it was a lie.
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Chigusa Nagayo returned from retirement at All Japan Women's Pro Wrestling Dream Slam 1 on April 2,1993, losing to Devil Masami.
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Chigusa Nagayo said was encouraged by Kohei Tsuka to return to wrestling.
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Chigusa Nagayo wrestled at All Japan Women's Big Egg Wrestling Universe on November 20,1994, defeating Reggie Bennett.
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Chigusa Nagayo made her full-time in-ring return at GAEA's first show on April 15,1995.
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Chigusa Nagayo wrestled as one of GAEA's main eventers and top faces.
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Chigusa Nagayo appeared twice in the American national promotion World Championship Wrestling in 1996 under the ring name "Zero".
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Chigusa Nagayo retired a week later after losing to her protegee, Meiko Satomura in the main event of GAEA's Eternal Last Gong Show, the promotion's farewell card.
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Chigusa Nagayo produced and wrestled at Devil Masami's retirement event in December 2008.
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On December 11,2013, Chigusa Nagayo announced that she would return to the ring at her self-produced event on March 22,2014, when she would face Dump Matsumoto in a six-woman tag team match.
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In May 2015, Chigusa Nagayo revealed that Marvelous was scheduled to feature male wrestlers, while announcing that she was returning to the United States to hold tryouts for the promotion, which was scheduled to launch in the spring of 2016.
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Thereafter, Chigusa Nagayo would wrestle for Marvelous a few times a year until 2020 and the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Chigusa Nagayo came out of retirement 5 months later, wrestling Chi-Chi at a Marvelous show.
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Chigusa Nagayo appears in the 2000 documentary Gaea Girls made for the BBC by Kim Longinotto and Jano Williams.
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Chigusa Nagayo appeared on a television show as a physical education teacher.
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On November 19,2018, Chigusa Nagayo saved a woman from assault in a carpark in Susukino.