Manami Katsu

Manami Katsu (勝 愛実) is a Japanese professional wrestler.

She was trained by the JWP Joshi Puroresu promotion and made her debut in April 2011.

In December 2011, Katsu won the Souseiseki Cup and a year later the JWP Junior and Princess of Pro-Wrestling Championships, which she held for 482 days.

She has also worked for Ice Ribbon, Oz Academy, Reina X World and World Woman Pro-Wrestling Diana.

On January 20, 2011, she passed a traditional audition held in front of her trainers and JWP management and officially graduated to the main roster of the promotion, becoming its first ever member still in high school.

Katsu made her debut on March 21, 2011, wrestling JWP Openweight Champion Leon to a draw in a five-minute "exhibition match".

She made her "official" debut in Korakuen Hall on April 3, 2011, losing to Sendai Girls' Pro Wrestling representative Dash Chisako.

On April 17, Katsu entered the J-1 Grand Prix 2011 and was defeated in her first round-robin match by masu-me.

On May 22, she was defeated in her second match in the tournament by Sachie Abe.

On June 12, Katsu was again defeated by masu-me, this time in a match to determine the number one contender to the JWP Junior and Princess of Pro-Wrestling Championships.

Katsu won her first match on June 26, when she, Ebessan and Kaori Yoneyama defeated Gami, Kanjyuro Matsuyama and Kyusei Ninja Ranmaru, though she did not take part in the finish of the match.

Katsu finally scored her first pinfall win on July 18, when she defeated freelancer Mika Iida in a singles match.

On August 14, Katsu entered the annual Natsu Onna Kettei Tournament, but was eliminated in her first round match by Ice Ribbon representative Hikari Minami.

On September 23, Katsu entered the Souseiseki Cup / Blue Star Cup round-robin tournament for rookies, defeating Ice Ribbon's Dorami Nagano in her first match.

She followed that up by also defeating Aoi Yagami on October 10, Mexican wrestler Lady Afrodita on November 13, and masu-me on November 20.

During the tournament, on October 16, Katsu also made her debut for Oz Academy, facing Nao Komatsu in a losing effort.

On December 16, Katsu suffered her first loss in the tournament against Nana Kawasa, but still won her block to advance to the finals of the tournament.

On December 23, Katsu defeated Rabbit Miu to win the 2011 Souseiseki Cup / Blue Star Cup tournament.

The following day, Katsu was named JWP's rookie of the year.

As a result of her tournament win, Katsu received a shot at the JWP Junior and Princess of Pro-Wrestling Championships on January 9, 2012, but was defeated by the defending champion, Osaka Joshi Pro Wrestling representative Sawako Shimono.

On February 3, Katsu entered the 2012 Tag League the Best tournament alongside Moon Mizuki, with the two being defeated by Command Bolshoi and Rabbit Miu in their first match.

Nine days later, Katsu and Mizuki were also defeated in their second match by the Jumonji Sisters (Dash Chisako and Sendai Sachiko).

Afterwards, Mizuki was sidelined with an injury, abruptly ending the team's run in the tournament.

On March 3, Katsu made her debut for Ice Ribbon, taking part in the promotion's Teens project, spearheaded by Hikari Minami and Riho.

In her debut match, Katsu and fellow JWP wrestlers Nana Kawasa and Rabbit Miu were defeated by Universal Woman's Pro Wrestling Reina representative Aoi Ishibashi, Sendai Girls' Pro Wrestling representative Kagetsu and Mika Iida.

Seven days later, Katsu was defeated by Tsukasa Fujimoto in her Ice Ribbon main card debut.

On March 27, Katsu also made her debut for World Woman Pro-Wrestling Diana, wrestling Sareee to a fifteen-minute time limit draw.

In May, Katsu formed a new tag team with the returning Arisa Nakajima, adopting a new ring attire similar to Nakajima's. After defeating Leon and Rabbit Miu, and Nana Kawasa and Tsubasa Kuragaki in separate tag team matches, Katsu and Nakajima were granted a shot at the Daily Sports Women's Tag Team and JWP Tag Team Championships, but were defeated by the defending champions, Emi Sakura and Kaori Yoneyama, on June 17.

Katsu and Nakajima also teamed together in the Reina X World promotion, losing to La Malcriada and Zeuxis in a main event on June 24 and defeating Micro and Puchi Tomato on July 7.

On November 4, Katsu pinned JWP Junior and Princess of Pro-Wrestling Champion Rabbit Miu in a tag team match, where she and Sareee faced Miu and Nana Kawasa.

On December 2, Katsu again pinned Miu in a tag team match, where she and Kawasa faced Miu and Otera Pro representative Aki Shizuku, after which Miu agreed to defend her titles against her.

Four days later, veteran Ran Yu-Yu made her final JWP appearance before her retirement and while doing so, handed Katsu two of her signature moves, a leg lariat and the Blockbuster, to use in the future.

On December 24 at JWP's annual year-end Climax event, Katsu defeated Miu with the Blockbuster to become the new JWP Junior and Princess of Pro-Wrestling Champion, winning her first professional wrestling titles.

Katsu opened her 2013 with a loss against Miu, when she was pinned in a tag team match on January 6, where she and Aki Shizuku faced Miu and Nana Kawasa.

On January 13, Katsu entered a tournament in an attempt to earn the first shot at new JWP Openweight Champion, Arisa Nakajima.

In her opening match, Katsu was victorious over Nana Kawasa.

The following day, Katsu scored an upset victory over Morii in just seven seconds in her second round match, before being eliminated in the semifinals of the tournament by Leon.

On January 27, Katsu was again pinned by Miu in a four-way, which also included Nana Kawasa and Rydeen Hagane, and, as a result, earned a spot in the 2013 Tag League the Best tournament.

Katsu retired from professional wrestling in July 2014, but made her return in April 2016.

While still attending high school in Tokyo, Katsu began training professional wrestling at the dojo of the JWP Joshi Puroresu promotion.