Mayu Iwatani
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Iwatani in August 2014
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| Birth name | Mayu Iwatani |
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| Born |
February 19, 1993 Mine, Yamaguchi |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) |
Mayu Iwatani Mayuchica Mayuchika Mayucica Yurei |
| Billed height | 162 cm (5 ft 4 in) |
| Billed weight | 52 kg (115 lb) |
| Trained by |
Fuka Nanae Takahashi |
| Debut | January 23, 2011 |
Mayu Iwatani (岩谷 麻由? Iwatani Mayu, ring name: 岩谷 麻優) (born February 19, 1993) is a Japanese professional wrestler. Since making her debut in January 2011, she has worked for the World Wonder Ring Stardom promotion, becoming a two-time Wonder of Stardom Champion, one-time High Speed Champion, one-time Goddess of Stardom Champion and a three-time Artist of Stardom Champion, while also having won the 2015 and 2016 Cinderella Tournaments. Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter has called Iwatani and her fellow Stardom workers Io Shirai and Kairi Hojo "three of the best wrestlers in the world".
Iwatani grew up on the countryside of Mine, Yamaguchi with her family, which includes two older brothers. In primary school, she practiced judo and high jump, but in high school, she began isolating herself from society, spending three years mostly indoors. After quitting high school, she fell in love with professional wrestling after seeing a Dragon Gate event. She contacted Fuka, the general manager of the World Wonder Ring Stardom promotion, who were looking for new wrestlers, and eventually moved to Tokyo in 2010 to pursue a career in professional wrestling.
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