(1964-12-08) December 8, 1964 (age 59) Omura, Nagasaki, Japan
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)
Chigusa Nagayo
Zero
Lady Zero
Billed height
1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Billed weight
87 kg (192 lb)
Trained by
All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling
Debut
August 8, 1980[1]
Retired
2016
Chigusa Nagayo (長与千種, Nagayo Chigusa, born December 8, 1964) is a Japanese retired 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. In 1995 she founded GAEA Japan and in 2014 created its successor Marvelous That's Women Pro Wrestling. Nagayo is often regarded as the most popular and one of the greatest and most influential female wrestlers of all time.[1][2][3] Wrestling Journalist and historian Dave Meltzer has stated that in the 1980s, the Crush Gals reached a level of popularity in Japan equatable to Hulk Hogan in the United States in the same period,[3] and thereafter Chigusa Nagayo was the most popular woman in wrestling for an extended period until her first retirement in 1989.[3]
^ abMolinaro, John (2002). Marek, Jeff; Meltzer, Dave (eds.). Top 100 Pro Wrestlers of All Time. Toronto, Ontario: Winding Stair Press. pp. 134, 167. ISBN 1-55366-305-5.
^Meltzer, Dave (December 22, 2016). "Yumiko Hotta replaces Shinobu Kandori in Rizin fight against Gabi Garcia". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved December 22, 2016.
^ abcBryan Alvarez, Dave Meltzer (26 March 2024). "Wrestling Observer Radio: RAW with an incredible final angle, Wheeler Yuta, tons more". Wrestling Observer Newsletter (Podcast). Event occurs at 4:17. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
ChigusaNagayo (長与千種, NagayoChigusa, born December 8, 1964) is a Japanese retired professional wrestler best known for her mainstream popularity in the...
飛鳥, Raionesu Asuka). She was one half of the Crush Gals, along with ChigusaNagayo, who are known for their mainstream popularity in the 1980s, and for...
2020, she returned to Japan and trained in the Marvelous Dojo under ChigusaNagayo. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Slamovich stayed in Japan and toured...
Nagayo (Japanese:長与 or 長與) may refer to: Nagayo, Nagasaki, a city in the Nagasaki Prefecture ChigusaNagayo (長与千種, born 1964), a Japanese professional...
its farewell show; in the main event, Satomura defeated her trainer ChigusaNagayo. In 1996, Satomura started appearing for World Championship Wrestling...
in the wake of the enormous popularity of tag team the Crush Gals (ChigusaNagayo and Lioness Asuka), and was responsible for organizing the Bull Nakano...
mythological goddess of the Earth, Gaea or Gaia. GAEA was founded in 1995 by ChigusaNagayo, a professional wrestler who achieved huge success in the 1980s with...
glamour-based "Beauty Pair" generation. That decade would later see the rise of ChigusaNagayo and Lioness Asuka, known as the "Crush Gals", who as a tag team achieved...
1986, losing it to Yukari Omori. On December 26, 1987, Masami faced ChigusaNagayo in her mandatory retirement match upon reaching the age of 25. Masami...
Wonder Ring Stardom. She would leave the promotion in 2015, and joined ChigusaNagayo's Marvelous promotion, where she competes to this day. Iroha became a...
following Yu's retirement. Throughout 1985 and 1986, Matsumoto and ChigusaNagayo had a feud with each other that included two highly acclaimed hair vs...
1982, she defeated ChigusaNagayo to win the AJW Junior Championship, which she held until January 8, 1984 when she lost it to Nagayo. On February 28, 1984...
in singles matches as well as tag & trios matches with the likes of, ChigusaNagayo, Devil Masami, Jaguar Yokota, Mimi Hagiwara and even future rival, Judy...
Flair vs. Barry Windham World Wide Wrestling 5 11 February 26, 1987 ChigusaNagayo vs. Lioness Asuka AJW Kawasaki show 5 12 March 20, 1987 Akira Maeda...
Marvelous That's Women Pro Wrestling ever since. On November 2, 1996, ChigusaNagayo became the inaugural AAAW Heavyweight Champion after defeating Devil...
including the Beauty Pair (Jackie Sato and Maki Ueda) and the Crush Gals (ChigusaNagayo and Lioness Asuka). The WWWA Tag Team belt succeeded AJW's original...
one of the members of the first class of wrestlers trained by ChigusaNagayo when Nagayo formed the GAEA Japan promotion. Uematsu finished her career in...
Stampede. She held the title until September 22, 1988, when she lost to ChigusaNagayo. Over the next few years, Sing once again traveled throughout the world...
Stasiak, Larry Zbyszko, Angelo Mosca, Seiji Sakaguchi, Masami Yoshida, ChigusaNagayo, Bobby Heenan, Baron von Raschke and Antonio Inoki. Iron Mike Mazurki...
won All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling's All Pacific Championship from ChigusaNagayo, whom she also lost the title to in April 1987. In November 1987, Kai...
Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with ChigusaNagayo Tokyo Sports Best Tag Team Award (2015) with ChigusaNagayo Effort Award (1979) Fighting Spirit Award...
Japan's 8th Anniversary show at the Yokohama Bunka Gym with promoter ChigusaNagayo. He would later co-promote Carmen Electra's female wrestling promotion...
Sato's second reign is the longest at 518 days, while The Crush Gals (ChigusaNagayo and Lioness Asuka)'s reign is the shortest at five days. Nagashima is...
at the beginning of 1989, where she won the IWA Women's title from ChigusaNagayo before dropping it back to her the very next day. She then began training...
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