ring name: 高橋奈七永 (born December 23, 1978) is a retired Japanese people professional wrestler and the founder of Seadlinnng, as well as a co-founder of World Wonder Ring Stardom. She was signed to Dream Star Fighting Marigold, where she held her final match at Marigold Shine Forever. She has wrestled for prominent Japanese promotions All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling and Pro Wrestling Sun, and is a two-time women's world champion in major professional wrestling promotions.
At an independent show held on July 14, 2006 to celebrate her tenth anniversary in professional wrestling, Takahashi announced her intention to start her own promotion. Her stable, the Dream Catchers, held their final show on the following September 3.
On October 1, 2006, Takahashi defeated Africa 55 for the resurrected AWA World Women's Championship at the debut of her new promotion, Pro Wrestling Sun. The promotion was a sister promotion to Pro Wrestling Zero1-Max, and at the time an affiliate of the revived American Wrestling Association. On January 14, 2007, Takahashi lost her world championship to Amazing Kong, but regained it again on May 13 of the same year, in Los 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 champion Sherri Martel, who had died on June 15.
After Sun closed on March 3, 2008, Takahashi formed a unit called "Passion Red" with Natsuki Taiyo and Kana. They were active mainly with NEO Japan Ladies' Pro Wrestling.
On October 4, 2008, Takahashi beat Kyoko Inoue to win NWA 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 with Ice Ribbon and held International Ribbon Tag Team Championship three times (with Minori Makiba, Kazumi Shimouma and Emi Sakura) and Triangle Ribbon Championship once.
On April 18, 2010, Takahashi beat Kayoko Haruyama to win JWP Openweight Championship. She became the second champion from outside since Manami Toyota in 2006.
On December 15, 2010, Takahashi won Women's Award of Tokyo Sports.
On June 12, 2015, Takahashi announced she was going to start promoting her own professional wrestling events with her new production company, "Seadlinnng". On July 17, Takahashi returned to the United States, making her debut for Ring of Honor (ROH) in Las Vegas, Nevada by defeating ODB. Seadlinnng held its first show on August 26, 2015.
On January 7, 2018, Takahashi was legitimately injured in a Hardcore Tag Team Match, while teaming up with Yoshiko against Rina 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.
Takahashi returned to Stardom on December 26, 2020 at Year-End Climax 2020. On March 3, 2021, Takahashi defeated Momo Watanabe at Stardom All Star Dream Cinderella.
Takahashi made another return to the company at Mid Summer Champions in Tokyo, the first event of the Stardom Mid Summer Champions series which took place on July 9, 2022, after Saya Kamitani retained the Wonder of Stardom Championship against Starlight Kid. Takahashi then announced she was the self-proclaimed tag partner of Kairi Sane and she challenged both Kamitani and Lady C to a match. On the first night of the Stardom 5 Star Grand Prix 2022 from July 30, she and Kairi defeated Queen's Quest's Saya Kamitani and Lady C. Takahashi concluded a short-term feud with Syuri at on August 21, 2022, where she unsuccessfully challenged the God's Eye stable leader for the World of Stardom Championship, title which she primordially held. At Stardom 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 established Utami Hayashishita, Lady C and Syuri as his bodyguards. On the other corner, Yuu who was the first silhouette and unmasked at the previous Showcase 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. Minutes later, a video of Jazzy Gabert was played, showing her criticizing the current situation in Stardom as she was announcing her return to the company on October 23, 2022 for the IWGP 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. At the 2022 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 of FWC (Hazuki and Koguma), MaiHime (Maika and Himeka Arita), The New Eras (Mirai Maiumi and Ami Sourei), Oedo Tai (Natsuko Tora and Ruaka), 02 line (AZM and Miyu Amasaki), Kawild Venus (Mina Shirakawa/Waka Tsukiyama and Saki), and wing★gori (Hanan and Saya Iida). Yuu and Takahashi defeated Utami Hayashishita and Saya Kamitani in the finals.
On May 20, 2024, Takahashi, along with Victoria Yuzuki, participated in Marigold's very first match at Marigold Fields Forever, with Takahashi defeating Yuzuki.
On December 13, 2024, after unsuccessfully challenging Sareee for the Marigold World Championship at Winter Wonderful Fight, Takahashi announced that she would be retiring from professional wrestling in May 2025.
Arisa Nakajima (hair and championship) | Nanae Takahashi (hair) | Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan | Dynamic Show Case! ~ Kawasaki Monogatari | November 2, 2019 |
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