Bull Nakano
Statistics
Ring name(s)	Bull Nakano Keiko Nakano (kanji) bù rù naka no
Height	168 cm (5 ft 07 in)
Weight	95 kg (209 lb)
Born	January 8, 1968 Kawaguchi, Japan
Trained by	All Japan Women's Pro Wrestling
Debut	1983

Bull Nakano (ブル中野) was one of the most popular heel professional wrestlers in Japanese women's professional wrestling. Born January 8, 1968 as Keiko Nakano in Kawaguchi, Japan, she is a one-time WWF Women's Champion, and the first Asian to win that title. Image File history File links Bullnakano. ... January 8 is the 8th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... Kawaguchi (川口市 Kawaguchi-shi) is a city located in Saitama, Japan. ... All Japan Womens Pro-Wrestling (全日本女子プロレス, Zennihon Joshi Puroresu), nicknamed Zenjo (全女: å…¨ meaning All, 女 meaning Woman) is a joshi puroresu (womens professional wrestling) promotion established in 1968 by Takashi Matsunaga and his brothers. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... In professional wrestling, a heel is a villain character who is portrayed as behaving in an immoral manner; sometimes they are humourously referred to as evil. ... Professional wrestling is generally any form of wrestling in which the wrestlers receive payment for participating. ... January 8 is the 8th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... Kawaguchi (川口市 Kawaguchi-shi) is a city located in Saitama, Japan. ... WWE Womens Championship The WWE Womens Championship is a diva-exclusive professional wrestling title. ...

Career

At the tender age of 15, Keiko Nakano began her career as a professional wrestler in her homeland of Japan. She trained and performed with the All Japan Women's Pro Wrestling organization (AJW), and quickly became one of the greatest heels in the history of Japanese women's pro wrestling. All Japan Womens Pro-Wrestling (全日本女子プロレス, Zennihon Joshi Puroresu), nicknamed Zenjo (全女: 全 meaning All, 女 meaning Woman) is a joshi puroresu (womens professional wrestling) promotion established in 1968 by Takashi Matsunaga and his brothers. ...

After winning the AJW Junior Championship under her real name, her identity was changed to Bull Nakano and she teamed with the legendary Dump Matsumoto to feud with the popular Crush Gals (Chigusa Nagayo and Lioness Asuka). With Matsumoto as her partner, Nakano won the WWWA Tag Team championship. She would win the title a second time with Condor Saito as her partner. Chigusa Nagayo(長与千種) is a female Professional Wrestler best known for her popularity in the 1980s for her tag team The Crush Gals with partner Lioness Asuka. ... Lioness Asuka is a Japanese professional wrestler. ...

In 1990, Nakano won a tournament to win the vacant WWWA World Heavyweight Championship, and would go on to hold the title for nearly three years, before dropping it to Aja Kong. The WWWA World Heavyweight Championship was the top singles championship in All Japan Womens Pro-Wrestling from 1970 until it closed in 2005. ... Eriko Shishido is a professional wrestler, better known by the stage name Aja Kong, and the founder of the ARSION all-women professional wrestling promotion. ...

Nakano also travelled to Mexico where she captured the CMLL Women's title, becoming the first person to hold that belt. She then made her way to the United States and competed for the World Wrestling Federation. Brought in by Luna Vachon, Nakano dominated the WWF Women's champion, Alundra Blayze, in a series of matches and won the WWF Women's Championship on November 20, 1994 in Tokyo, Japan. Thus, Bull Nakano is the only person to have held both the WWWA World Heavyweight Chamionship and the WWF Women's Championship, both of which have a historic lineage, dating back to 1937 and 1956 respectivley. Gertrude Vachon is a Canadian professional wrestler better known as Luna Vachon. ... Debra Ann Miceli (born February 6, 1963 in Milan) better known as Madusa (MADe in USA) or Alundra Blayze, is a former professional wrestler for WCW and WWF. She has also recently driven the Madusa monster truck for Clear Channel Communications on Monster Jam, and will drive a truck of... WWE Womens Championship The WWE Womens Championship is a diva-exclusive professional wrestling title. ... November 20 is the 324th day of the year (325th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal. // Events January Bill Clinton January 1 : North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) goes into effect. ... Tokyo , literally eastern capital) is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. ... 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Nakano held the title for five months, until losing the title back to Blayze on April 3, 1995 in Poughkeepsie, New York. The WWF had planned on bringing in Bertha Faye to feud with Nakano while Blayze got a nose and breast job, but Nakano was found in possession of cocaine and quickly fired from the company. April 3 is the 93rd day of the year (94th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 272 days remaining. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Poughkeepsie City of Poughkeepsie Town of Poughkeepsie Poughkeepsie, Arkansas This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Rhonda Singh as Bertha Faye Rhonda Singh (born Peggy Simpson) was a professional wrestler. ... This article is about the drug cocaine. ...

Nakano returned to Japan, where she continued to compete in AJW, then went back to the United States in 1996 to feud with Blayze, now going by her original ring name, Madusa, in World Championship Wrestling. World Championship Wrestling or WCW, was a professional wrestling promotion that was based in Atlanta and existed from 1986 to 2001. ...

That was the last time Bull Nakano was seen on North American television. She continued to wrestle in Japan, but retired in 1997 to pursue a career in professional golf. In golf the distinction between amateurs and professionals in rigorously maintained. ...

Post-Retirement

In the years following her retirement, Nakano began to diet and gradually lose much of the weight she had to maintain to stay in her role as one of AJW's monster heels, going from a peak of 250 pounds down to 143 pounds. In 1998, Nakano released a book about her weight loss called Bull Nakano no Diet Nikki: 19-gou Size no Watashi ga 9-gou Size ni (Translated: Bull Nakano's Diet Journal: How I went from a Size 19 to a Size 9).

In January 2006, Nakano, still pursuing her pro golf career, joined the Duramed Futures Tour on the Ladies Professional Golf Assocation. She's currently based in Orlando, Florida, USA. Orlando most often refers to: Orlando, Florida, a city in the United States Orlando-Kissimmee, Florida, Metropolitan Statistical Area, the 28th-largest metropolitan area in the United States // Orlando may also refer to: Places Orlando (Amtrak station) Orlando, Oklahoma, a town in the United States Orlando, Soweto, South Africa Literature... Official language(s) English Capital Tallahassee Largest city Jacksonville Area  Ranked 22nd  - Total 65,794 sq mi (170,451 km²)  - Width 162 miles (260 km)  - Length 497 miles (800 km)  - % water 17. ...

In wrestling

Finishing and signature moves

• Guillotine legdrop
• Moonsault Press
• Lariat
• German Suplex
• Poseidon
• Flying Somersault Legdrop
• Angelito/Virus Stretch
• Boston Crab
• Hard Swinging Hair Mare
• Kneel Out Powerbomb
• Hard Clothesline

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Championships and Accomplishments

• All Japan Women's Pro Wrestling

• AJW Junior Championship (as Keiko Nakano)

Won from Yumi Ogura on September 13, 1984 in Toda, Saitama, Japan

Vacated in early 1985

• AJW Japanese Championship

Defeated Mika Komatsu on July 25, 1985 in Yamato, Kanagawa, Japan

Lost to Yumi Ogura on January 28, 1988 in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan

• WWWA World Tag Team Championship - with Dump Matsumoto

Defeated Chigusa Nagayo and Kazue Nagahori on August 23, 1986 in Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan

Vacated in early 1987

• WWWA World Tag Team Championship (2) - with Condor Saito

Won from the Red Typhoons (Kazue Nagahori and Yumi Ogura) on October 20, 1987 in Tokyo, Japan

Vacated on January 5, 1988

• WWWA World Tag Team Championship (3) - with Grizzly Iwamoto

Defeated the Fire Jets (Yumiko Hotta and Mitsuko Nishiwaki) on February 25, 1988 in Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan

Lost to the Fire Jets on July 19, 1988 in Tokyo, Japan

• AJW All Pacific Championship

Defeated Mitsuko Nishiwaki on June 18, 1989 in Tokyo, Japan

Lost to Noriyo Tateno on November 13, 1989 in Ashikaga, Tochigi, Japan

• WWWA World Heavyweight Championship

Defeated Mitsuko Nishiwaki in tournament final on January 4, 1990 in Tokyo, Japan

Lost to Aja Kong on November 26, 1992 in Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan

• Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre

• CMLL World Women's Championship

Defeated Lola Gonzales in tournament final on June 12, 1992 in Mexico City, Mexico

Lost to Xochitl Hamada on March 21, 1993 in Mexico City, Mexico

• World Wrestling Federation

• WWF Women's Championship

Defeats Alundra Blayze on November 27, 1994 in Tokyo, Japan

Lost to Alundra Blayze on April 3, 1995 in Poughkeepsie, New York