Konami

Konami Takemoto (竹本 小波, Takemoto Konami, born July 15, 1996), known mononymously as Konami is a Japanese professional wrestler currently signed to World Wonder Ring Stardom, where she is a two time Artist of Stardom Champion, and currently one half of the reigning World Tag team champions with Jungle Kyona.

Takemoto was trained by Kana and Minoru Tanaka, making her debut in February 2015. Konami spent her early career competing for independent promotions such as Pro Wrestling Wave, Reina and JWP, eventually signing to Reina. After leaving the promotion in July 2016, she went on a short hiatus before returning to pro wrestling in November and debuting for World Wonder Ring Stardom in December 2016, going on to become a regular in the promotion before signing full time in May 2018.

Early career (2015–2016)

Konami first developed an interest in pro wrestling through her brother, who was an avid fan himself and would regularly watch it on television. Eventually, her and her brother attended a local show where she met Kana, and expressed interest in becoming a wrestler. Kana told her to apply for training after she had at least graduated junior high school and gave her her contact details. While she attended high school, she trained under former MMA fighter Megumi Fujii at a local martial arts gym. After graduating from high school in 2014, she moved to Tokyo and began training under Kana and Minoru Tanaka. Konami debuted for Kanapromania in early 2015, initially competing as a member of Kana's agency. After Kana announced she would be leaving for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) in late 2015, Konami was forced to leave the agency and soon after signed with Reina Joshi Puroresu. She also started competing for Pro Wrestling Wave and JWP, unsuccessfully challenging Rydeen Hagane for the JWP Junior Championship and the Princess of Pro-Wrestling Championship on July 17, 2016. In July, Konami announced her intention to resign from Reina, and on July 21, she co-promoted a final show with Reina, teaming with Yuko Miyamoto in a fluorescent light tubes deathmatch main event, losing to Jun Kasai and Kagetsu. After quitting Reina, Konami made appearances for World Woman Pro-Wrestling Diana and Wave, before announcing she would be taking an indefinite leave from pro wrestling after August 14 to treat and recover from internal diseases, but vowed to return. In her farewell match, she teamed with her trainer Minoru Tanaka in a loss to Cat Power and Onryo. While recovering from treatment, she announced she had signed with agency GPS, and would return at their produced show on November 5. In her return match, she lost to Kairi Hojo.

World Wonder Ring Stardom (2016–present)

Debut and initial feuds (2016–2017)

Konami debuted for World Wonder Ring Stardom on December 22, 2016, defeating Hiromi Mimura, and confirmed she would be competing for the promotion regularly. She was pushed as a strong contender despite being a newcomer, wrestling in competitive matches against established wrestlers like Toni Storm, Io Shirai and Yoko Bito. She began a feud with Kairi Hojo, and unsuccessfully challenged for the Wonder of Stardom Championship on March 26, 2017. After losing to Hojo, the two formed an alliance, and teamed with Hiromi Mimura to win the Artist of Stardom Championship on May 6, 2017, giving Konami her first ever championship. They lost the titles less than a month later to Queen's Quest. Konami entered her first 5 Star Grand Prix in August but struggled greatly, losing all but one of her matches, defeating Mandy Leon on the final day.

Queen's Quest (2018–2019)

At the annual unit draft on April 15, 2018, Konami was picked by Io Shirai to be drafted into her Queen's Quest stable. On May 20, she officially announced that she had joined the Stardom roster full time. As a member of Queen's Quest, she received a shot at the Goddesses of Stardom Championship, teaming with Momo Watanabe in a loss to Mayu Iwatani and Saki Kashima. She entered the 5 Star Grand Prix once again and to greater success, finishing with 6 points but failing to make the final. On September 30th, she unsuccessfully challenged Nicole Savoy for the Shimmer Championship. After 364 days in Queen's Quest, Konami was drafted to the Tokyo Cyber Squad on April 14, 2019.

Tokyo Cyber Squad (2019)

Konami joined the Tokyo Cyber Squad in April 2019, and took part in the 2019 Cinderella Tournament, making it to the final where she lost to Arisa Hoshiki. On May 16, Konami, Hana and Jungle Kyona defeated Mayu Iwatani, Tam Nakano and Saki Kashima to win the Artist of Stardom Championship. Their reign lasted until June 23rd, losing them back to Mayu Iwatani, Tam Nakano and Saki Kashima. On July 15th, Konami teamed with Jungle Kyona to defeat Momo Watanabe and Utami Hayashishita and win the Goddess of Stardom Championship.

• Pro Wrestling Illustrated
  • Ranked No. 68 of the top 100 female wrestlers in the PWI Female 100 in 2019
• World Wonder Ring Stardom
  • Artist of Stardom Championship (2 times) – with Hana Kimura and Jungle Kyona (1) and Hiromi Mimura and Kairi Hojo (1)
  • Goddesses of Stardom Championship (1 time) – with Jungle Kyona
  • Best Tag Team Award (2019) with Jungle Kyona