Jungle Kyōna

better known by her ring name , is a Japanese professional wrestler. She is best known for her time in the joshi puroresu promotion World Wonder Ring Stardom, where she was a former three-time Artist of Stardom Champion and Goddesses of Stardom Champion.

Early life Before becoming a professional wrestler, Yano worked in the Republic of Senegal on the Western Coast of Africa for two years.

Entering 2016, Kyona and Momo Watanabe teamed together under the name JKGReeeeN. JKGReeeeN continued to wrestle through 2016 and participated in the 2016 Goddesses of Stardom Tag League, in which they did not reach the finals. On March 3, Kyona won her first title in her hometown in Nagoya, where she teamed with Matsumoto to defeat Hojo and Yoko Bito to win the Goddesses of Stardom Championship.

Team Jungle and J.A.N. (2017–2019) Shortly after winning the Goddesses of Stardom Championship, Kyona and Hiroyo Matsumoto formed a group named "Team Jungle", alongside Kaori Yoneyama and Natsuko Tora. The trio held the title until August 13, where they lost the title to HZK, Shirai and Viper. Kyona teamed with Bito to participate in the Tag League and managed to win their way to the finals, where they lost to the team of Bea Priestley and Kelly Klein on November 5.

In 2018, Team Jungle started to lose their members, as Matsumoto left Stardom by March and Yoneyama had other commitments in multiple wrestling promotions outside of Stardom, Leaving Kyona and Tora the only members of the group. On June 17, Kyona main evented Korakuen Hall where she challenged her former tag team partner Watanabe for the Wonder of Stardom Championship, but was unsuccessful. On August 12, Kyona fought to a draw against the debuting Utami Hayashishita, which marked the beginning of a rivalry between the two. At Mask Fiesta 2018 on October 28, 2018, Kyona, under the ring name Black Jungle Fairy, teamed up with Bear Dog and Night Bear in a loss to Dame de Panko, La Gatita and Mayuchica. On November 23, Kyona and Tora lost the Goddesses of Stardom Championship to Watanabe and Utami Hayashishita.

On January 14, 2019, Kyona received her first World of Stardom Championship match, when she challenged Kagetsu, but was unsuccessful. On April 14, at the second annual draft, all faction leaders battled in a five-way where the loser of the match must disband their own unit. On June 23, the trio lost the title back to Stars. On July 15, Konami and Kyona won the Goddesses of Stardom Championship, where they defeated Hayashishita and Watanabe.

On January 19, 2020, Konami and Kyona lost the Goddesses of Stardom Championship to Jamie Hayter and Priestley, ending their reign at 188 days with 3 successful title defenses. After Hayter and Priestley vacated the championship as they couldn't defend it due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Konami and Kyona challenged Hayashishita and Saya Kamitani on July 26 for the vacant title, but were unsuccessful. At Stardom Yokohama Cinderella 2020 on October 3, Konami and Kyona lost to Kashima and Tora when the losing team must disband, therefore, Tokyo Cyber Squad was disbanded, as Konami turned on Kyona during the match and joined Oedo Tai. The rest of the Tokyo Cyber Squad were drafted to Stars.

On October 7, Stardom announced that Kyona will be out of in-ring competition for extended period of time, due to multiple injuries. On September 30, 2021, Kyona left Stardom.

Independent circuit (2022–present)

After almost two years of in-ring absence due to injury, Kyona made her return at Hana Kimura Memorial Show 2 on May 23, 2022, where she defeated Kyoko Kimura in an exhibition match. She started an excursion in the United States independent scene and competed in All Elite Wrestling's AEW Dark #167 show from October 25, 2022, where she fell short to Riho. Kyona returned to Japan at the beginning of 2023, and competed in The Great Muta Final "Bye-Bye" on January 22, where she teamed up with Saori Anou and defeated Nomads (Sumire Natsu and Maya Yukihi). In February 2023, Kyona announced she would be taking a hiatus from wrestling due to a knee injury. On the April 5th 2025 Marigold show, she appeared to confront Nanae Takahashi letting her know that she will be facing her on April 26 in a 5 minutes match, making this her official comeback.

Championships and accomplishments Pro Wrestling Illustrated Ranked No. 64 of the top 100 female wrestlers in the PWI Female 100 in 2019 Ranked No. 31 of the top 50 tag teams in the PWI Tag Team 50 in 2020 World Wonder Ring Stardom Artist of Stardom Championship (3 times) – with Hiroyo Matsumoto and Kaori Yoneyama (1), 5★Star GP Best Match Award (2019) Stardom Year-End Award (1 time) Best Tag Team Award (2019)