Ren Nakano [Retired Concept]

Author Note:

Name: Ren Nakano
Sex: Female
Age: 25
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Brunette
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 150 lbs
Nationality: Japanese
Alignment: Tweener
Entrance music: Jingle Jungle - Myth & Roid

Jingle Jungle - Myth & Roid:

Wrestling Information

Strategy: Grab hold, keep slamming until they stop resisting. She throws everything into her strikes and moves to brutalize her opposition. Once she gets rolling, it's hard to stop her.

Style: Powerhouse

Type: Lifts, slams, and a crushing grip.

Preferred Attacks:
- Kicks
- Power moves

Preferred Matches: She will fight anyone, at any time.

Physical Stats:
Endurance: ★★★★☆

Endurance:

Strength: ★★★★★

Strength:

Speed: ★★☆☆☆

Speed:

Defense: ★★★☆☆

Defense:

Technique: ★☆☆☆☆

Technique:

Wrestling Technique Stats:
Striking: ★★★★☆

Striking:

Submissions: ★★☆☆☆

Submissions:

Powerhouse: ★★★★★

Powerhouse:

Aerial: ★☆☆☆☆

Aerial:

Countering: ★★★☆☆

Countering:

Favored moves:
- Brain Buster
- Gorilla Press Slam
- Running Power Slam
- Powerbomb
- Giant swing
- Torture rack

Signature moves:
Ring Riot: An extended version of the Oklahoma stampede, she will bring her opponent to each of the four posts with a smash before finally slamming them down in center ring. If in a multiperson match, she will slam the person in the move into others in the ring or on the apron in place of the ring posts.

Ring Riot:

The Bullet Train: Ren spins her opponent up then down into a momentum based backbreaker. If her opponent still has fight in them, she will follow through with slamming them from her knee to the ground. If her opponent is weak, she will keep them bent over her knee and apply a back stretch on them by pushing down at their neck/chest and thighs. She will often use this on opponents who are charging at her, turning their speed into more damage.

The Bullet Train - Normal:

Post move hold/submission:

Finishing moves:
Death Roll: Ren locks her arms around a target from behind and delivers a german suplex... and another.... and another... and another... (You get where this is going). Her take on what makes a submission move, she will cease suplexing when her opponent is completely worn down and bridge the final one for a pin. A fan favorite, the crowd tends to count along with each suplex.

Coffin Nail: Hoisting victim up in a brainbuster position, transitions into a power bomb.

Coffin Nail:

Characteristics:

Casual:

Ring Gear 1:

Ring Gear 2:

Ring Gear 3:

High Kick:

Ready?:

FINISH!:

Casual/Ring Gear:

Personality: Ren isn't afraid to speak her mind. Exceedingly frank, she will call things as she sees them even if it rubs people the wrong way. She refuses to suffer fools and is quick to rile, her resolution to most obnoxious encounters is to hit someone or something. Her temper is one of her greatest assets giving her a near endless well to draw strength and motivation from. This is also her greatest weakness, as logic slips away in the face of rage and leads to poor decision making in the ring. Outside the ring she is no less abrasive, coming across as being crabby and unapproachable. While it would be a stretch to say she has a soft side, she will warm up to people who manage to stick by her side despite her prickly exterior.

Past/History: Ren learned a lot of lessons early in her life. There was no greater power smiling down from above who loved and cherished humanity. There were no heroes to right the world's injustice. The police only protected and served those with money and voice. And that her esteemed father had been drinking again today. Youngest of two, Ren was oft overlooked when it came to her father's propensity for violence. Able at a young age to hide herself away during his rage, while her mother and brother were left to fend for themselves. Though as the years ticked by, it was harder and harder to remain untouched and she too would fall under the umbrella of his rage. Ren's grandfather attempted to involve the authorities to help his daughter and grand children escape their violent home. There was no investigation. Ren's mother did not wish to bring shame upon their family by dishonoring her husband and betraying their sacred bond. It was not uncommon for Ren or her brother to miss school due to their situation at home.

Seeing the failings of a system made to protect its people, Ren grew infuriated and rebellious. Class D, first year of senior high schooling, was the jump off point for an infamous band of delinquents Ren would come to lead. Haunting the stairwells during classes, ambushing junior classmen during freetime or in some cases, assaulting the school staff. As they grew in age and size, they expanded past the schoolyard to petty theft, vandalism, and generalized violence towards anyone who looked at them wrong. She had become a perpetuation of everything she despised. The situation at home worsened as her brother left to further his education and it wasn't long before Ren would avoid going home at all. She stayed with friends, or simply slept during the classes and remained out all night. Then she received the call.

Her mother was dead. Her father had been arrested. Her brother was coming home to plan for their future. The crushing realization that if she had been home, she might have been able to stop her father weighed heavily on her. It filled her with rage. It motivated her. From that moment on, she set herself out on a path of self improvement. She would never turn her back on those she loved and would never be made into a victim again. She devoted herself to strength, raw physical muscle, and the ability to use that to break down any obstacle put in her way.

Finishing school at the behest of her brother, she went out into the world seeking out competition wherever she could find it. Arm wrestling, log throwing, weight lifting. Anyplace there was an overwhelming air of machismo, she would go their to drop jaws and hang with the big boys.  Claiming herself to be the strongest women in the world, mostly for promotional purposes as she is not delusional, she made local papers by starting up the Nakano Bodyslam Open Challenge where any one person, no matter how large, could test their weigh against her strength. One after another anyone who stepped up was put down. The last to accept the challenge was Tomua Higuchi, a veteran within the sumo community. Weighing roughly 550 lbs, the massive mountain of a man proved to be no match and was slammed into the stage so hard it collapsed.  After the Bodyslam challenge had ended, due to potential legal reasons with Mr. Higuchi, Ren was offered and accepted a possession of a part time employee of the Comet Splash Wrestle Wrestle promotion, where she remained for two years.

Ren's big break came, by absolute chance when she was caught up in a convenience store robbery. She managed to fend off two armed attackers, putting one through a vending machine and holding the other in a headlock, making him apologize to the clerk until the authorities arrived on scene. The security camera footage went viral. As she made news, outlets started to pour through her history and painted her as some sort of success story. Nearly overnight she had become a celebrity, something of a local hero. She outwardly likes the attention, often times being hounded for photographs and asked for impromptu interviews. She hates the attention. No matter how hard she tries to get people to go away and leave her be, it is spun by the media as if she is too humble to accept this would be fame.

AFW reached out to Comet Splash Wrestle Wrestle to negotiate terms for her contract release shortly after her surge of popularity. Within two weeks she had been signed to AFW to challenge both rosters of Tension and Friction.

Fun Facts:

Can tow your car, literally: 2014 and 2016 winner of annual Osaka based strongwoman competition, middleweight division.

Fan Club: The OFFICIAL Ren Nakano fan club was established in late 2015 by then high school students who were following her early wrestling career post 2014 strongwoman victory.  The small poorly made site and forum had a whopping twenty or so members. As Ren's name circulated the small site became a bustling fandom and now is home to JUICY gossip about Ren, rallied hate threads and dirty rumors about future opponents, and self help articles to help young girls be "more of a badass, like Ms. Nakano". The crown jewel of the site is the fan "Power level" chart  which ranks former opponents by how many suplexes they lasted during her "Death Roll" finishing maneuver. There is however drama to be had, as it is widely contested Sato Ikeda is rated to highly at his number one spot at eight suplexes. Purists claim that since Mr. Ikeda was unconscious for two of these eight, he belongs lower on the list behind the other front runner Akira Oro who lasted for seven.

Ninja Warrior: Participated in the 18-20th completions of Ninja Warrior. One of the three times she made it to the final round only to fall short due to time constraints.

Set Phasers to Kill: Anyone she encounters which heavily reminds her of her father is given a black mark in her eyes. This ranges from look, behavior, being in a perpetually drunk state, or going out of their way to hurt other people with excessive force. She will go out of her way to ruin them if placed in the same ring, perhaps even confront them backstage to brawl if her temper runs too high.

Oh Brother: Ren's older brother Hiro handles most all her affairs. From public relations to merchandising. He would also like to remind everyone any shirts, mugs, hats, pens, posters, or bumper stickers not bought through their official site are bootleg merchandise. #supportthetalent


AFW Information

Record:
-Wins: 0
-Losses: 0
-Draws/No Contest: 0

Championships/Accomplishments:

Friends: N/A
Allies: N/A
Rivals: N/A
Enemies: N/A
Crushes: N/A

Special thanks to LARIATO for giving me permission to make use of this character design previously claimed by them.