Tani Yamanaka (Born November 1, 1992) is Japanese pro wrestler currently signed with Joshi Extreme Takeover and the daughter of the legendary Lioness Yamanaka
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Personal Life[]
Tani is the second generation wrestler born in Osaka, Japan. She's a daughter of one of the Four Pillars of Joshi Puroresu, Lioness Yamanaka.
Outside of Wrestling, she loves Anime, Manga, and Video Games. Loves to go Akihabara during her downtime and her favorite Anime is JoJo's Bizarre Adventure.
Professional Wrestling Career[]
Early Career[]
Before she started pro wrestling, Tani was a die hard wrestling fan and starting watching her mom's matches in WWJW. Then lately she's started watching The Emerald King matches and starting to became a huge fan of him and started idolized him. In mid-spring Tani started training in the Joshi United Tokyo Dojo with her mom then she started debut in June 2019 in Joshi United Wrestling dubbed herself as The Emerald Princess in honor of her wrestling idol.
Joshi Extreme Takeover (2020-)[]
On June 5, 2020 Tani has been officially signed with JET and on JET Goddess Dream Tour Night 1 she was defeated by Jessica Rose in her debut match. On JET 39 Goddess Dream Tour 2020 Night 3, she defeated DESPERADOS member Rei Kagura. At RISE GP Night 5, She teamed with Megan Enders and Hanna Rockford to defeat the team of Aoi Kitamura, Machiko Hasegawa, and April Song. In RISE GP Night 6, She teamed up Aoi Kitamura and Masumi Tsutsumi to defeat the team of Sora Ashiya, Chloe Eastend, and Yuki Takigawa. JET RISE GP Night 15 she defeated Saya Okita in a one on one competition. And JET RISE GP Night 16 she teamed with Makiya Kusanagi and Ai Moe to defeat Azumi Goto, Satsuki Fujioka, and Sora Todoh. In RISE GP Night 17 she teamed with Natsu Toyama to defeat Rio Kurokawa and Saya Onita. In RISE GP Night 18 she teamed with Masumi Tsutsumi to defeat Aoi Kitamura and Azumi Goto. RISE GP Night 19 she teamed with Momoko Honda to defeat Mizuki Nakata and Sara Ashiya. At JET RISE GP Finals 2020 she lost to NAMI in her first PPV event. JET 40 she lost to Vivace Fortissimo via rollup. On JET 42 she was defeated by a newcomer HULK.
In Wrestling[]
Finishing Moves
- Neo Emerald Driver (Tilt-a-Whirl Emerald Flowsion)
- Emerald Blade Elbow (Lariat duck turn around Enzu Rolling Elbow)
Signature Moves
- Queen's Road (Wheelbarrow Bridging Tiger Suplex)
- Emerald Hip Attack (Snapmare followed up with Running Hip Attack) Adopted from her mother
- TORA Driver (Tiger Driver) As a Tribute to the Emerald King
- Elbow Smash (Sometimes on the Top Rope)
- Rapid Corner Elbow Smash followed up with Running Elbow Smash
- Multiple Kick Variations (Axe, Savate, Drop, Pele)
- Multiple Elbow Variations (Rolling, Dash, Corkscrew sometimes on the top rope, Handspring)
- Rolling Firemans Carry into Backward Rolling Senton
- Diving Moonsault
- Gannosuke Clutch
- Crossbody Variations (Diving, Running)
- Japanese Leg Roll Hold
- Rolling Heel Hook
- Lariat Variations (Running, Corkscrew Leaping Flying)
- Straight-Jacket Lungblower
- Snapmare Combos (Crossbody, Basement Dropkick)
- Elbow Suicida
- Neckbreaker Variations (Running, Arm-Trap, Swinging)
- Tilt-a-Whirl Headscissors
- Dragonrana
- Spinning Backfist
- High Angle Michinoku Driver II
- Crossface
- Wind-Up Overhead Kick
- Abdominal Stretch
- Indian Deathlock Cobra Twist
- Multiple Suplex Variations (Vertical, Tiger '85 [Three-Quarter Nelson], Tiger, Super, Northern Lights, Bridging German)
- Boston Crab
- Multiple DDT (Inverted, Flowing, Step Up Corner Tornado)
Nicknames
- Emerald Princess
Theme Song
- -AO-Iconolast by KOTOKO - June 2019 - Present