Cosmic Angels ( コズミックエンジェル , Kozumikkuenjeru ) is a professional wrestling stable, currently performing in the Japanese professional wrestling promotion World Wonder Ring Stardom . Led by Tam Nakano , the stable also primarily consists of Yuna Mizumori , Natsupoi , Saori Anou , Sayaka Kurara and Aya Sakura who mainly compete in Stardom, and Unagi Sayaka and Saki who compete in the Japanese independent scene as associates. They are often known by their catchphrase "We are and you are, delicious!" ( 私たちは、あなたはデリシャスです , Watashitachiha, anata wa derishasu ) .
87-863: The stable initially debuted as a sub-group of the Stars stable led by Mayu Iwatani on November 14, 2020, after Tam Nakano brought Mina Shirakawa from Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling , teaming up with her to defeat Iwatani and Starlight Kid , subsequently convincing Iwatani to accept Shirakawa in the stable. Shortly after Shirakawa joining the Stardom, Nakano recruited Unagi Sayaka into the sub-group who also came from TJPW. At Stardom Sendai Cinderella 2020 on November 15, Nakano, Sayaka and Shirakawa defeated Natsuko Tora, Rina and Saki Kashima. Tam Nakano , Mina Shirakawa and Unagi Sayaka teamed up on December 16, 2020, at Road to Osaka Dream Cinderella to defeat Oedo Tai 's Bea Priestley , Natsuko Tora and Saki Kashima for
174-620: A Captain's fall six-woman elimination tag team match . In the Triangle Derby I , Tam Nakano, Natsupoi and Saki were the members of the unit who scored the best result as they made it to the semifinals after running up their respective block, where they fell short to Abarenbo GE (Syuri, Mirai and Ami Sourei). At Stardom New Blood Premium on March 25, 2023, Tam Nakano and Waka Tsukiyama defeated Nanae Takahashi and Kairi , with Tsukiyama's almost two-year long losing streak coming to an end after being put under pressure by Nakano to finally get
261-567: 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. Iwatani was part of World Wonder Ring Stardom 's first class of trainees. She made her professional wrestling debut at Stardom's inaugural event on January 23, 2011, facing fellow debutante Arisa Hoshiki . Afterwards, Iwatani and Hoshiki formed
348-513: A Loser unit must disband match . After the match, the broken Cyber Squad's Kyona, Death Yama-san, Rina and Ruaka were invited to join Stars which they all accepted. At Stardom Sendai Cinderella 2020 on November 15, Mayu Iwatani dropped the World of Stardom Championship to Utami Hayashishita. On October 25, 2020, following Tam Nakano's pairing with a debuting Mina Shirakawa into the 2020 edition of
435-539: A Ten-woman elimination tag team match in which the last one eliminated was forced to join the enemy unit. Since Gokigen Death was eliminated last, she was forced to join Oedo Tai. At the beginning of the Stardom Cinderella Tournament 2021 , Stars only counted four members. Iwatani, Hanan and Starlight Kid, with all of them being scheduled to take part into the tournament except Saya Iida who
522-508: A call your shot match for a title of choice. At Stardom Supreme Fight 2023 on February 4, Waka Tsukiyama, Tam Nakano, Mina Shirakawa and Natsupoi unsuccessfully competed in a Naniwa Roulette Single Elimination Tournament to determine the #1 contender to any Stardom championship . At Stardom in Showcase vol.4 on February 26, 2023, Tam Nakano and Natsupoi and Saki defeated Waka Tsukiyama and Club Venus (Mina Shirakawa and Mariah May ) in
609-476: A hardcore tag team match . At Stardom Dream Queendom 2 on December 29, 2022, Saki and Waka Tsukiyama competed in a Stardom rambo, Hikari Shimizu unsuccessfully challenged AZM for the High Speed Championship , Unagi Sayaka and Mina Shirakawa returned each and defeated Thekla and Mai Sakurai. After the match, Shirakawa slapped Unagi and together with Xia Brookside and Mariah May she formed
696-479: A loser joins enemy unit . The three announced that they will compete as a sub-unit in the future, and Rina Amikura was also reported to have joined Angels due to being part of Color's at that time. At Stardom Fight in the Top on June 26, 2022, Unagi Sayaka and Waka Tsukiyama fell short to Ruaka in a three-way match , Mina Shirakawa unsuccessfully challenged Himeka, and Tam Nakano picked a victory over Natsupoi in one of
783-656: A six-man tag team match . On June 3, Iwatani and Kashima won the Goddesses of Stardom Championship by defeating Oedo Tai ( Hana Kimura and Kagetsu ). On September 30, Iwatani, Kashima, and Nakano won the Artist of Stardom Championship by defeating J.A.N. ( Jungle Kyona , Kaori Yoneyama and Natsuko Tora ). Later that evening, Iwatani and Kashima lost the Goddesses of Stardom Championship to J.A.N. (Jungle Kyona and Natsuko Tora). On December 15, Iwatani tore her MCL in
870-512: A six-woman tag team match . At Stardom Flashing Champions on May 28, 2022, Mina Shirakawa, Unagi Sayaka and Waka Tsukiyama fell short to Prominence ( Suzu Suzuki , Akane Fujita and Mochi Natsumi ) and Tam Nakano teamed up with Kairi to defeat Utami Hayashishita and Miyu Amasaki . At Stardom in Korakuen Hall on June 5, 2022, Unagi Sayaka, Tam Nakano and Mina Shirakawa defeated Color's ( Saki , Hikari Shimizu and Yuko Sakurai) in
957-428: A tag team named AMA, which became one of Stardom's most popular acts. Despite her popularity, Iwatani was the last of the class one trainees to obtain a win in a professional wrestling ring. In June, she was defeated by Eri Susa, the other winless Stardom trainee, and subsequently became known as Stardom's weakest wrestler. Iwatani was winless for the first eleven months of her career, before finally defeating Susa in
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#17327976437531044-636: A three-way match won by Lady C and also involving Hina, Waka Tsukiyama unsuccessfully challenged Hanan for the Future of Stardom Championship , and Tam Nakano, Unagi Sayaka, Mina Shirakawa, Saki and Hikari Shimizu teamed up to defeat Donna Del Mondo 's Giulia, Maika, Himeka, Natsupoi and Mai Sakurai in an elimination match. At Mid Summer Champions in Nagoya on July 24, Rina Amikura teamed up with Mai Sakurai to fall short to Hanan and Saya Iida, Mina Shirakawa, Unagi Sayaka & Hikari Shimizu unsuccessfully competed in
1131-560: A three-way tag team match won by Prominence ( Risa Sera , Hiragi Kurumi and Suzu Suzuki ), and also involving Lady C, Hina and Miyu Amasaki, Saki unsuccessfully challenged Saya Kamitani for the Wonder of Stardom Championship , and Tam Nakano unsuccessfully challenged Syuri for the World of Stardom Championship . At Stardom x Stardom: Nagoya Midsummer Encounter on August 21, 2022, Mina Shirakawa, Unagi Sayaka and Saki unsuccessfully challenged Saki Kashima, Momo Watanabe and Starlight Kid for
1218-591: A five-time Artist of Stardom Champion , while also having won the Cinderella Tournament back to back in 2015 and 2016, and the 2018 5Star Grand Prix . She also made appearances for Stardom's American partner Ring of Honor , where she is a former one-time Women of Honor World Champion . Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter has called Iwatani and fellow Japanese workers Io Shirai and Kairi Hojo "three of
1305-406: A losing effort against Rina, Ram Kaicho and Linda. At Hiroshima Goddess Festival on November 3, 2022, Waka Tsukiyama unsuccessfully competed in a five-way match against AZM, Lady C, Miyu Amasaki and Saya Iida, Tam Nakano and Natsupoi successfully defended the Goddesses of Stardom Championship against Momo Watanabe and Starlight Kid, and Mina Shirakawa unsuccessfully challenged Saya Kamitani for
1392-652: A losing effort against Tam Nakano and Saya Kamitani. At Historic X-Over on November 20, 2022, Saya Iida, Hanan, Koguma and Momo Kohgo competed in the Stardom Rambo , while Mayu Iwatani unsuccessfully challenged Kairi in the finals of the inaugural IWGP Women's Championship . On April 23, 2023, at All Star Grand Queendom , Iwatani captured the IWGP Women's Championship by defeating Mercedes Moné . Mayu Iwatani Mayu Iwatani ( 岩谷 麻由 , Iwatani Mayu , ring name : 岩谷 麻優) (born February 19, 1993)
1479-476: A new sub-unit named " Club Venus , later Mina confirmed that she remained Cosmic Angels member, only that she ended her "Pink Kabuki" tag team tenure with Sayaka. Tam Nakano and Natsupoi dropped the Goddesses of Stardom Championship to 7Upp ( Nanae Takahashi and Yuu ). At Stardom New Blood 7 on January 20, 2023, Waka Tsukiyama fell short to Nanae Takahashi. At Stardom Supreme Fight 2023 on February 4, 2023, Tam Nakano, Waka Tsukiyama and Natsupoi competed in
1566-457: A rematch on December 25. Afterwards, Iwatani and Hoshiki became part of Io Shirai 's Planet stable , along with Natsumi Showzuki. Following Hoshiki's retirement from professional wrestling in June 2012, Iwatani began teaming with Io Shirai under the team name Thunder Rock. Iwatani also became part of a stable named Tawashis with Hiroyo Matsumoto and Miho Wakizawa . The three went on to win
1653-475: A row, defeating Hiroyo Matsumoto in the finals. As a result, Iwatani received another shot at the World of Stardom Championship, but was defeated by Io Shirai on May 15. After setting records for both the longest reign and most successful title defenses, Iwatani & Shirai lost the Goddesses of Stardom Championship to Kagetsu & Kyoko Kimura in their 11th title defense on June 16. On October 2, Threedom lost
1740-458: A six-woman tag team gauntlet match, and Tam Nakano alongside Unagi Sayaka unsuccessfully faced Mayu Iwatani and a returning Kairi . On the second night from March 27, Unagi Sayaka, Mina Shirakawa and Waka Tsukiyama participated in a 18-women Cinderella Rumble match won by Mei Suruga and also involving other opponents from both Stardom and the independent scene such as Tomoka Inaba , Haruka Umesaki , Nanami, Maria, Ai Houzan, and Yuna Mizumori. In
1827-471: A six-woman tag team match. After months of Giulia asking Sakurai if she wants to be stronger, Sakurai told Nakano “I don't want to dance, I want to wrestle” and joined Donna Del Mondo . At Stardom Cinderella Journey on February 23, 2022, Waka Tsukiyama unsuccessfully faced Rina and Mai Sakurai in a three-way number one's contendership match for the Future of Stardom Championship , Mina Shirakawa and Unagi Sayaka unsuccessfully faced FWC (Hazuki and Koguma) for
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#17327976437531914-544: A successful Artist of Stardom Championship defense against Queen's Quest (Konami, Momo Watanabe and Utami Hayashishita ). Iwatani wrestled in one more match on December 16 before taking a one-month break to recover. In April 2019, Iwatani took another month long break to recover from her knee injury. Arisa Hoshiki won the Stardom Cinderella Tournament 2019 by defeating Konami in the finals on April 29. Saki Kashima and Tam Nakano fell short in
2001-570: A triple champion, when she, Shirai & Kairi Hojo, billed together as "Threedom" (a combination of the words "Three" and "Stardom"), defeated Evie , Hiroyo Matsumoto & Kellie Skater for the Artist of Stardom Championship. In April, Iwatani, along with Hojo & Shirai, traveled to the United States to take part in events held by Lucha Underground and Vendetta Pro Wrestling. On April 29, Iwatani won her second Cinderella Tournament in
2088-526: A win or she had to leave Stardom and subsequently Cosmic Angels. At Stardom x Stardom: Osaka Summer Team on August 13, Anou and Natsupoi won the Goddesses of Stardom Championship by defeating Rose Gold . In the 2023 edition of the Cinderella Tournament, Tam Nakano, Mina Shirakawa and Waka Tsukiyama were the only competitors from behalf the unit. Tsukiyama made in the farthest, reaching the semifinals where she fell short to Mai Sakurai. On
2175-582: Is a Japanese professional wrestler . She is signed to World Wonder Ring Stardom , where she is the leader of Stars . She also wrestles for New Japan Pro Wrestling , where she is the current IWGP Women's Champion in her first reign which is the longest in the title's history. Since making her debut in January 2011, she became a two-time World of Stardom Champion , two-time Wonder of Stardom Champion , one-time High Speed Champion , one-time SWA World Champion , two-time Goddesses of Stardom Champion , and
2262-491: The 2014 Goddesses of Stardom Tag League . They reached the finals, where they were defeated by Kairi Hojo and Nanae Takahashi . On January 18, 2015, Iwatani lost the Wonder of Stardom Championship to Act Yasukawa . On April 23, 2015, Iwatani won the first annual Cinderella Tournament , defeating Koguma in the finals. As a result, Iwatani was granted a shot at Stardom's top title, the World of Stardom Championship , but
2349-513: The Artist of Stardom Championship on December 29, 2013, by defeating Alpha Female , Female Predator Amazon and Kyoko Kimura . On July 27, 2014, Iwatani won her first singles title, when she defeated her teammate Miho Wakizawa for the vacant Wonder of Stardom Championship . After a record-setting eight-month reign, Tawashis lost the Artist of Stardom Championship to Hatsuhinode Kamen, Kaori Yoneyama & Tsubasa Kuragaki on August 10, 2014. In October and November, Thunder Rock participated in
2436-412: The Artist of Stardom Championship to Tokyo Cyber Squad ( Hana Kimura , Jungle Kyona & Konami). Stars won the title for the second time on June 23, after defeating Tokyo Cyber Squad. Stars held the title until July 20, when they lost the championship to Andras Miyagi, Kagetsu & Sumire Natsu . On November 4, 2019, Iwatani defeated Bea Priestley to win the World of Stardom Championship for
2523-409: The Artist of Stardom Championship , but Tam Nakano and Natsupoi succeeded in defeating Hazuki and Koguma to capture the Goddesses of Stardom Championship . At Stardom New Blood 4 on August 26, 2022, Waka Tsukiyama teamed up with Momoka Hanazono in a losing effort against Ram Kaicho and Rina, and Tam Nakano defeated Miyu Amasaki in the main event. At Stardom in Showcase vol.2 on September 25, 2022,
2610-498: The Artist of Stardom Championship . Four days later, Nakano explained that the three of them peacefully parted ways with Stars and started acting as an independent unit ever since. At Stardom All Star Dream Cinderella on March 3, 2021, Tam Nakano defeated Giulia in a Hair vs. Hair match to win the Wonder of Stardom Championship . At Yokohama Dream Cinderella 2021 in Summer on July 4, Mina Shirakawa defeated Unagi Sayaka in
2697-560: The Daily Sports Women's Tag Team Championship . At WAVE 15th Anniversary ~ Carnival WAVE on August 13, 2022, Saki and Hikari Shimizu defeated Yuki Miyazaki and Hibiscus Mii to win the Wave Tag Team Championship . Stars (professional wrestling) Stars ( スターズ , Sutāzu ) (often stylized in capital letters such as STARS ) is a professional wrestling stable, currently performing in
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2784-561: The Future of Stardom Championship to Ami Sourei. At Hiroshima Goddess Festival on November 3, 2022, Mayu Iwatani defeated Alpha Female to retain the SWA World Championship . After the match, Iwatani relinquished the title to focus on the IWGP Women's Championship . At Stardom Gold Rush on November 19, 2022, Mayu Iwatani, Hazuki and Koguma won a "Moneyball tournament" by defeating Giulia, Thekla and Mai Sakurai in
2871-454: The Future of Stardom Championship . At Stardom in Osaka event from January 23, 2022, Momo Kohgo requested Stars members to let her join the unit which the latters accepted. At Stardom Nagoya Supreme Fight on January 29, 2022, Hazuki and Koguma defeated Maika and Himeka to retain the Goddesses of Stardom Championship. At Stardom Cinderella Journey on February 23, 2022, Hanan defended
2958-567: The Future of Stardom Championship . At Kawasaki Super Wars, the first event of the Stardom Super Wars trilogy which took place on November 3, Mai Sakurai defeated Waka Tsukiyama to stay in Cosmic Angels. At Tokyo Super Wars on November 27, Tam Nakano successfully defended her Wonder of Stardom Championship against Mina Shirakawa, making peace with her and ending any other grudge between the stable members. At Osaka Super Wars,
3045-486: The Goddesses of Stardom Championship ans Tam Nakano teamed up with Mayu Iwatani to defeat Oedo Tai's Fukigen Death and Saki Kashima. At Stardom New Blood 1 on March 11, 2022, Unagi Sayaka and Waka Tsukiyama fell short to Marvelous' Maria and Ai Houzan. On the first night of the Stardom World Climax 2022 from March 26, Waka Tsukiyama and Mina Shirakawa teamed with Momo Kohgo to unsuccessfully compete in
3132-540: The Goddesses of Stardom Championship . At Stardom 5 Star Grand Prix 2021 , Iwatani fought in the "Red Stars" block and scored a total of eleven points. At Stardom 10th Anniversary Grand Final Osaka Dream Cinderella on October 9, 2021, she unsuccessfully challenged Tam Nakano for the Wonder of Stardom Championship as the match went into a time-limit draw. At the 2021 Goddesses of Stardom Tag League , Iwatani teamed up with Rin Kadokura as "Blue MaRine" and fought in
3219-550: The Japanese professional wrestling promotion World Wonder Ring Stardom . Led by Mayu Iwatani , the stable currently consists of Saya Iida , Hanan , Koguma , Hazuki , and Momo Kohgo . The stable has been considered the union of the well-meaning ladies of the World Wonder Ring Stardom promotion since 2017 and became an official faction in the course of the Stardom Draft from April 15, 2018, with Mayu Iwatani as
3306-552: The SWA World Championship against KiLynn King , being the first to defense a Stardom title in NJPW. On November 3, Iwatani vacated the SWA World Championship in order to focus on the IWGP Women's Championship , as she was announced as a participant to crown its inaugural champion. Iwatani reached to the finals which took part on November 20 at Historic X-Over , where she lost to Kairi . On April 8, 2023, after
3393-486: The Stardom 5 Star Grand Prix 2022 , Iwatani fought in the "Blue Stars" block where she scored a total of fifteen points. Iwatani became a participant in a tournament to become the inaugural IWGP Women's Champion . In the first round of the tournament, she defeated Odeo Tai's Momo Watanabe on October 22. At Hiroshima Goddess Festival on November 3, 2022, she defeated Alpha Female to retain the SWA World Championship. After
3480-461: The Stardom Rambo , and Tam Nakano and Natsupoi teamed up with Taichi and Yoshinobu Kanemaru to defeat Suzuki-gun 's El Desperado and Douki, and Oedo Tai's Starlight Kid and Momo Watanabe in a mixed tag team match . After Saki, Rina Amikura, Hikari Shimizu and Yuko Sakurai joined Cosmic Angels as the sub-unit of Color's, they continued to do freelance work since they were not full-time members of Stardom's roster. Saki and Shimizu participated in
3567-566: The Wonder of Stardom Championship to Saya Kamitani having her reign ended at 301 days. At Stardom Nagoya Supreme Fight on January 29, 2022, Mai Sakurai, Waka Tsukiyama and Tam Nakano were not eligible to compete due to bad health condition, Mina Shirakawa unsuccessfully battled Thekla for the vacant SWA World Championship and Unagi Sayaka unsuccessfully challenged Saya Kamitani for the Wonder of Stardom Championship . At Stardom in Osaka on February 12, 2021, Tam Nakano, Unagi Sayaka and Mai Sakurai fell short to Giulia, Thekla and Mirai in
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3654-412: The Wonder of Stardom Championship . At Stardom Gold Rush on November 19, 2022, Tam Nakano, Natsupoi and Waka Tsukiyama unsuccessfully challenged Giulia, Thekla and Mai Sakurai in the first rounds of a "Moneyball tournament". At Stardom in Showcase vol.3 on November 26, 2022, Tam Nakano, Natsupoi and a brief returning Unagi Sayaka fell short to Prominence 's Suzu Suzuki, Risa Sera and Hiragi Kurumi in
3741-401: The "Blue Goddess" block where thet scored a total of seven points. At Osaka Super Wars from December 18, Iwatani teamed up with Hazuki & Koguma and took part in a ¥10 Million Unit Tournament which was also contested for the Artist of Stardom Championship by first defeating Cosmic Angels (Tam Nakano, Mina Shirakawa & Unagi Sayaka ) in the semi-finals, and eventually falling short to
3828-478: The 2021 edition of the Goddesses of Stardom Tag League , Hazuki and Koguma competed as the team of FWC, Mayu Iwatani alongside Rin Kadokura went under the name of Blue MaRine, and Hanan engaged in a makeshift team with Rina known as Water & Oil. BlueMarine competed in the "Blue Goddess Block" and the other two sub-units in the "Red Goddess Block". Hazuki and Koguma would eventually win the tournament by defeating previous winner MOMOAZ (Momo Watanabe and AZM). During
3915-612: The 2022 edition of the Catch the Wave tournament. Saki reached the final A Block where she scored two points after competing against Nagisa Nozaki , Risa Sera and Kaori Yoneyama. Shimizu fought in the Block B where she also scored two points after going against Suzu Suzuki, Haruka Umesaki and Itsuki Aoki . On August 11, 2022, at Pure-J Rainbow Mountain 2022 , Saki teamed up with Raydeen Hagane to defeat Kaori Yoneyama and Kakeru Sekiguchi for
4002-475: The Artist of Stardom Championship to Hana Kimura , Kagetsu & Kyoko Kimura in their third defense. On November 11, 2016, both Thunder Rock and Threedom were dissolved, when Shirai turned on Iwatani, after the two had lost to Hojo & Yoko Bito in the finals of the 2016 Goddesses of Stardom Tag League . This led to Iwatani unsuccessfully challenging Shirai for the World of Stardom Championship at Stardom's year-end show on December 22. The following day,
4089-400: The Artist of Stardom Championship. On December 20, 2020, at Osaka Dream Cinderella , Nakano announced that she, Shirakawa and Sayaka were splitting from Stars to act as a separate stable. At Stardom Yokohama Dream Cinderella 2021 on April 4, Mayu Iwatani, Saya Iida, Starlight Kid, Hanan and Gokigen Death fell short to Oedo Tai's Natsuko Tora, Ruaka , Konami , Saki Kashima and Rina in
4176-562: The Future of Stardom title successfully against fellow stablemate Momo Kohgo and Hazuki and Koguma successfully defended the Goddesses of Stardom Championship against Mina Shirakawa and Unagi Sayaka. At Stardom New Blood 1 on March 11, 2022, a returning Saya Iida defeated Professional Wrestling Just Tap Out 's Tomoka Inaba and Aoi. On the first night of the Stardom World Climax 2022 from March 25, Hazuki and Koguma dropped
4263-531: The Goddess titles to Black Desire (Momo Watanabe and Starlight Kid). At Stardom Golden Week Fight Tour on May 5, 2022, Hazuki and Koguma regained the Goddesses of Stardom Championship by defeating Momo Watanabe and Starlight Kid and becoming the first team to ever win the titles on more than one occasion. Mayu Iwatani won the SWA World Championship by defeating Thekla and becoming the promotion's second-ever "grand slam champion" alongside Io Shirai , winning all
4350-500: The Goddesses of Stardom Championship to Kyona & Tora during the evening show. On December 15, Iwatani tore her MCL in an Artist of Stardom Championship defense against Queen's Quest ( Konami , Momo Watanabe and Utami Hayashishita). She wrestled in one more match on December 16 before taking a one month break to recover. In April 2019, Iwatani took another month long break to recover from her knee injury. On May 16, 2019, Stars (Iwatani, Tam Nakano & Saki Kashima ) lost
4437-495: The Goddesses of Stardom Championship. Mayu Iwatani and Koguma were the only members of Stars to compete in the Stardom 5 Star Grand Prix 2021 . They both wrestled in the "Red Stars" and scored a tying eleven points. At Stardom 10th Anniversary Grand Final Osaka Dream Cinderella on October 9, 2021, Hazuki defeated Koguma in her return match and mayu Iwatani fell short to Tam Nakano in a Wonder of Stardom Championship match. At
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#17327976437534524-418: The Goddesses of Stardom Championship. On September 24, Iwatani won the 2018 5 Star Grand Prix after defeating Utami Hayashishita in the finals. On September 30, at the afternoon show of 5★Star Grand Champion Carnival , Iwatani won the Artist of Stardom Championship with Kashima & Nakano after defeating J.A.N. ( Jungle Kyona , Kaori Yoneyama & Natsuko Tora ), however, Iwatani & Kashima lost
4611-471: The Goddesses of Stardom Tag League, Mayu Iwatani officially announced Shirakawa as a full member of Stars. Nakano would name their tag team as "Cosmic Angels". On November 14, 2020, Unagi Sayaka from Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling debuted in Stardom and joined the sub-unit of Cosmic Angels. At Road to Osaka Dream Cinderella - Day 2 on December 16, 2020, Nakano, Shirakawa and Sayaka teamed up to defeat Oedo Tai's Bea Priestley , Natsuko Tora and Saki Kashima to win
4698-582: The IWGP Women's Champion Mercedes Moné retained the title against AZM and Hazuki in a three-way match , Iwatani challenged Moné for the title at Stardom All Star Grand Queendom , which Moné accepted, and slapped Iwatani across the face before leaving the ring. Iwatani defeated Moné at Stardom All Star Grand Queendom to become the new IWGP Women's Champion. On August 13, during Stardom x Stardom: Osaka Summer Team , Iwatani had her first successful title defense against Utami Hayashishita . In August 2020, Iwatani released her own memoir . On June 6, 2022, it
4785-633: The Wonder of Stardom Championship to Yoko Bito in her third defense. The following day, Iwatani lost the World of Stardom Championship to Storm, again in her third defense. The title change was unplanned as the match had to be stopped after only two minutes due to Iwatani legitimately dislocating her elbow, forcing referee Daichi Murayama to award the title to Storm. Iwatani returned to the ring on December 10 to take part in Yoko Bito's final match in Shin-Kiba 1st Ring . Since her return, Iwatani became
4872-405: The available championships except the Future of Stardom title which is not required. At Stardom Flashing Champions on May 28, 2022, Hazuki and Koguma successfully defended the Goddesses of Stardom Championship against Giulia and Mai Sakurai. At Stardom Fight in the Top on June 26, 2022, Mayu Iwatani, Koguma and Hazuki defeated Queen's Quest 's Utami Hayashishita, Saya Kamitani and AZM in one of
4959-400: The basic leader, and Starlight Kid , Saki Kashima , Shiki Shibusawa, Natsumi and Tam Nakano as their five picks. Hanan also remained part of them without being mentioned. They had their first match as an official stable on April 21, 2018, at Stardom Rebirth , where Mayu Iwatani, Saki Kashima & Starlight Kid teamed up to defeat Queen's Quest ( AZM , Konami and Momo Watanabe ) in
5046-443: The best wrestlers in the world". She is also recognized as the " ace " of Stardom. Iwatani grew up in 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
5133-463: The champions MaiHimePoi (Maika, Natsupoi & Himeka) in the finals on the same night as a result of a Six-Woman Tag Team ladder match . At Stardom Nagoya Supreme Fight on January 29, 2022, Iwatani went into a time-limit draw against Giulia in a World of Stardom Championship #1 Contender's Match. On the first night of the Stardom World Climax 2022 from March 26, Iwatani teamed up with Kairi to defeat Tam Nakano & Unagi Sayaka . On
5220-487: The eligible titles in Stardom after Io Shirai, thus becoming the second ever "grand slam champion". At Stardom Flashing Champions on May 28, 2022, she successfully defended the SWA title against Fukigen Death. At Stardom Fight in the Top on June 26, 2022, Iwatani teamed up with Hazuki & Koguma and defeated Queen's Quest's Utami Hayashishita, Saya Kamitani & AZM in one of Stardom's first steel cage matches . At
5307-514: The event, on November 4, Hazuki joined the unit. At Osaka Super Wars, the last event from December 18, 2021, Mayu Iwatani, Hazuki and Koguma teamed up to compete in a ¥10 Million Unit Tournament . They defeated Cosmic Angels (Tam Nakano, Mina Shirakawa and Unagi Sayaka ) in the semi-finals but fell short to MaiHimePoi (Maika, Natsupoi and Himeka) in the finals which were also disputed for the Artist of Stardom Championship. At Stardom Dream Queendom on December 29, 2021, Hanan defeated Ruaka to win
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#17327976437535394-466: The finals of a tournament to win the vacant Future of Stardom Championship . On the sixth night of the 2021 5Star Grand Prix which took place in the Korakuen Hall on August 13, after losing the Future of Stardom Championship match to Unagi Sayaka , Mai Sakurai was presented as the newest member of Cosmic Angels and was announced to undergo a newcomer "challenge" against ten opponents during
5481-419: The finals of her third Cinderella Tournament in a row, but was this time defeated by Toni Storm . With Storm going after the World of Stardom Championship, Iwatani chose to challenge for the Wonder of Stardom Championship. On May 14, Iwatani defeated Kairi Hojo to win the Wonder of Stardom Championship for the second time. Shortly afterwards, it was reported that Iwatani was no longer considering retirement and
5568-578: The finals. At Stardom New Blood 7 on January 20, 2023, Momo Kohgo teamed up with Momoka Hanazono in a losing effort against Mai Sakurai and Chanyota, and wing★gori (Hanan and Iida) fell short against Ami Sourei and Nanami in the quarterfinals of the inaugural New Blood Tag Team Championship . At New Blood 11 on September 29, wing★gori became the New Blood Tag Team Champions by defeating Bloody Fate . Due to Stardom's relationship with New Japan Pro Wrestling , various of
5655-444: The first steel cage matches ever promoted by Stardom. At Mid Summer Champions in Nagoya from July 24, 2022, Hazuki and Koguma successfully defended the Goddesses of Stardom Championship against Ami Sourei and Mirai. At Stardom x Stardom: Nagoya Midsummer Encounter on August 21, 2022, Hazuki and Koguma dropped the Goddesses of Stardom Championship to Tam Nakano and Natsupoi. At Stardom New Blood 5 on October 19, 2022, Hanan dropped
5742-831: The first ever steel cage matches ever promoted by Stardom. At Stardom New Blood 3 on July 8, 2022, Waka Tsukiyama fell short to Ram Kaicho and Unagi Sayaka, Mina Shirakawa, Yuko Sakurai and Rina Amikura fell short to Starlight Kid, Ruaka, Rina and Haruka Umesaki. At Mid Summer Champions in Tokyo, the first event of the Stardom Mid Summer Champions which took place on July 9, 2022, Tam Nakano, Unagi Sayaka, Mina Shirakawa, Saki and Hikari Shimizu challenged Giulia, Maika, Himeka, Natsupoi and Mai Sakurai in an elimination tag team match. Natsupoi betrayed Donna Del Mondo by attacking Giulia mid-match, attracting Donna Del Mondo's loss. Natsupoi subsequently joined Cosmic Angels in
5829-554: The first rounds and Starlight Kid made it to the semi-finals. On May 16, Iwatani, Kashima and Nakano lost the Artist of Stardom Championship to Tokyo Cyber Squad (Hana Kimura, Jungle Kyona and Konami). Iwatani, Kashima and Nakano won the Artist of Stardom Championship back from Tokyo Cyber Squad on June 23, then lost it to Oedo Tai ( Andras Miyagi , Kagetsu and Sumire Natsu ) on July 20. At Stardom Yokohama Cinderella 2020 on October 3, Tokyo Cyber Squad's Jungle Kyona and Konami fell short to Oedo Tai's Natsuko Tora and Saki Kashima in
5916-449: The last event from the trilogy from December 18, Tam Nakano, Mina Shirakawa and Unagi Sayaka fell short to Stars ( Mayu Iwatani , Hazuki and Koguma ) in a Six-woman tag team match ¥10 Million Unit Tournament semi-final . At Stardom Dream Queendom on December 29, Mina Shirakawa, Unagi Sayaka and Mai Sakurai unsuccessfully challenged MaiHimePoi (Maika, Natsupoi and Himeka) for the Artist of Stardom Championship , and Tam Nakano dropped
6003-496: The leader of a new unit named " Stars " (initially Stardom's Army). On February 18, 2018, Iwatani & Tam Nakano challenged Oedo Tai ( Hana Kimura & Kagetsu ) for the Goddesses of Stardom Championship but were unsuccessful. On April 1, Iwatani tried to capture again the World of Stardom Championship from Toni Storm after Iwatani was injured in their last match, but was unsuccessful. On June 3, Iwatani, along with Saki Kashima , defeated Hana Kimura & Kagetsu to win
6090-423: The main event, Tam Nakano failed to recapture the Wonder of Stardom Championship from Saya Kamitani. At Stardom Cinderella Tournament 2022 , all members participated with Unagi Sayaka scoring the best result as she made it to the second rounds on April 10. At Stardom Golden Week Fight Tour on May 5, 2022, Tam Nakano, Mina Shirakawa and Unagi Sayaka defeated Queen's Quest (Utami Hayashishita, AZM and Lady C) in
6177-591: The match was named Stardom's 2016 Match of the Year. Reportedly, Iwatani was originally scheduled to win the match and the World of Stardom Championship, but the result was changed after she told Stardom that she wanted to retire from professional wrestling in 2017. After nine successful title defenses, Iwatani lost the High Speed Championship to Kris Wolf in a three-way match, also involving Kagetsu, on February 23, 2017. On April 30, Iwatani made it to
6264-428: The match, Iwatani relinquished the title to concentrate on the IWGP Women's Championship. On December 15, Iwatani made her debut for American promotion Ring of Honor (ROH), when she was announced as part of a tournament to crown the inaugural Women of Honor Champion . At Bound By Honor, Iwatani challenged champion Kelly Klein to a title match, in which she defeated Klein for the title. Iwatani successfully defended
6351-454: The other Cosmic Angels members to join their unit which they accepted. Nakano, Shirakawa and Sayaka dropped the Artist of Stardom Championship to Maika , Natsupoi and Himeka at Stardom in Nagoya from October 3, 2021, after keeping the titles for 291 consecutive days making them the longest reigning champions till date. At Stardom 10th Anniversary Grand Final Osaka Dream Cinderella on October 9, 2021, Ruaka defeated Unagi Sayaka to win
6438-443: The process. At Stardom in Showcase vol.1 on July 23, 2022, Unagi Sayaka, Mina Shirakawa and Saki brawled into a no contest as a result of a comedic "Cosmic rules" match, and Tam Nakano took part into a four-way falls count anywhere match won by AZM and also involving Koguma and Momo Watanabe. At Mid Summer Champions in Tokyo, the first event of the Stardom Mid Summer Champions which took place on July 9, 2022, Yuko Sakurai fought in
6525-412: The second night from March 27, she unsuccessfully challenged Syuri for the World of Stardom Championship. At the Stardom Cinderella Tournament 2022 , she made it to the second round matches from April 10 where she fell short to Saki Kashima. At Stardom Golden Week Fight Tour on May 5, 2022, Iwatani defeated Thekla to win the SWA World Championship . She officially became the second woman to win all
6612-648: The second time. At Stardom Cinderella Tournament 2020 , Iwatani wrestled Hana Kimura into a time-limit draw during the first-round matches from March 24. At Stardom Yokohama Cinderella 2020 on October 3, 2020, she successfully defended the World of Stardom Championship against Syuri . On November 15, 2020, Iwatani lost the World Championship to Utami Hayashishita , ending her reign at 377 days. At Stardom Osaka Dream Cinderella 2020 on December 20, Iwatani teamed up with Stars stablemates Starlight Kid & Gokigen Death and unsuccessfully challenged
6699-455: The teams of Tam Nakano & Natsupoi and Saki & Hikari Shimizu defeated the team of Mina Shirakawa and Unagi Sayaka by disqualification as a result of a Cosmic Rule Three-Way Match . On October 3, 2022, Unagi Sayaka announced she was leaving Stardom to become a free agent. She also stated that she would not be leaving Cosmic Angels. At Stardom New Blood 5 on October 19, 2022, Mina Shirakawa and Waka Tsukiyama teamed up with Yuna Mizumori in
6786-574: The then sub-unit of Stars, Cosmic Angels ( Mina Shirakawa , Tam Nakano & Unagi Sayaka ) for the Artist of Stardom Championship . After they retained the title, Sayaka, Nakano & Shirakawa announced that they would split up from Stars to act as an independent unit. Iwatani had competed in the 2021 Cinderella Tournament , making it into the quarterfinals from May 14 where she fell short to Himeka. Iwatani teamed up with Koguma at Yokohama Dream Cinderella 2021 in Summer on July 4, 2021, where they unsuccessfully challenged Syuri & Giulia for
6873-927: The title twice before losing the title back to Klein at the G1 Supercard on April 6, 2019. On January 4, 2020, Iwatani along with Arisa Hoshiki , Giulia and Hana Kimura made their debut in New Japan Pro-Wrestling at Wrestle Kingdom 14 in Tokyo Dome in a special Stardom tag team exhibition match. Iwatani continued to work in these kinds of matches, making her next appearance at Wrestle Kingdom 15 on January 5, 2021, where she teamed up with Tam Nakano and fell short to Donna Del Mondo 's Syuri and Giulia. At Wrestle Kingdom 16 on January 5, 2022, she teamed up with Starlight Kid and fell short to Tam Nakano and Saya Kamitani. On October 28, at Rumble on 44th Street , Iwatani successfully defended
6960-399: The tournament finals day from April 15, Mina Shirakawa announced that Club Venus would act as an independent unit. On the same night, Waka Tsukiyama was given the opportunity to choose between staying in the unit and defecting to Club Venus, with the latter being her final decision. After going down to significantly fewer members, Cosmic Angels was saved by Saori Anou who stepped up and joined
7047-602: The tournament. On the ninth night from September 4 it was revealed that Waka Tsukiyama from Actwres girl'Z would make her debut in Stardom . Just as Mai Sakurai, she was announced to undergo a rookie "challenge" against ten different opponents. On September 28, Stardom held the press conference for the Stardom 10th Anniversary Grand Final Osaka Dream Cinderella event which they broadcast live on their YouTube channel. While holding her speech for her match pairing with Lady C against Oedo Tai 's Saki Kashima and Rina, Waka Tsukiyama called out Tam Nakano and requested her and
7134-432: The unit's members are often competing in the latter's promotion events. On January 4, 2020, at Wrestle Kingdom 14 , Mayu Iwatani teamed up with Arisa Hoshiki to defeat Hana Kimura and Giulia. On January 5, 2021, at Wrestle Kingdom 15 , Iwatani teamed up with Tam Nakano in a losing effort against Alto Livello Kabaliwan (Giulia and Syuri). On January 5, 2022, at Wrestle Kingdom 16 , Iwatani teamed up with Starlight Kid in
7221-668: The unit. Nakano was part of the series of Stardom exhibition matches to promote female talent hosted by New Japan Pro Wrestling . On the second night of Wrestle Kingdom 15 from January 5, 2021, she teamed up with former stablemate Mayu Iwatani in a losing effort against Donna Del Mondo 's Syuri and Giulia . On the second night of Wrestle Kingdom 16 on January 5, 2022, she teamed up with Saya Kamitani to defeat Starlight Kid and Mayu Iwatani. At Rumble on 44th Street on October 28, 2022, Mina Shirakawa and Waka Tsukiyama unsuccessfully challenged Kylie Rae and Tiara James. At Historic X-Over on November 20, 2022, Waka Tsukiyama competed in
7308-554: The unit. On the third night from June 12, Mayu Iwatani, Starlight Kid, Hanan, Koguma and Rin Kadokura, an associate from Pro Wrestling Wave teamed up to fall short to Oedo Tai's Natsuko Tora, Konami, Fukigen Death, Ruaka and Saki Kashima in another Ten-woman elimination tag team match , where this time Starlight Kid was the last to get eliminated and was forced to join Oedo Tai since. At Yokohama Dream Cinderella 2021 in Summer on July 4, Mayu Iwatani and Koguma unsuccessfully challenged Alto Livello Kabaliwan ( Giulia and Syuri ) for
7395-492: Was being positioned as Stardom's top star in the wake of Io Shirai and Kairi Hojo's departures from the promotion. On June 21, 2017, Iwatani defeated Shirai to win the World of Stardom Championship for the first time in her fifth challenge, becoming the first wrestler to simultaneously hold the World and Wonder of Stardom Championships. Afterwards, Iwatani started defending both the World and Wonder of Stardom Championships in separate title matches. On September 23, Iwatani lost
7482-432: Was defeated by the defending champion, Kairi Hojo, on May 17. On May 6, Iwatani & Io Shirai, Thunder Rock, defeated Chelsea & Kairi Hojo to win the vacant Goddesses of Stardom Championship . On October 11, Iwatani defeated Rosa Negra to also win the High Speed Championship . During their tag team title reign, Thunder Rock also won the 2015 Goddesses of Stardom Tag League . On February 28, 2016, Iwatani became
7569-448: Was out with injury. On the first night from April 10, Hanan fell short to Himeka , Starlight Kid defeated Momo Watanabe, and Mayu Iwatani defeated Fukigen Death, all matches having been disputed in the first-round matches . On the second night from May 14, Starlight Kid fell short to Saya Kamitani and Mayu Iwatani to Himeka in the second-round mactches. Koguma made her return and saved Stars from an Oedo Tai attack and subsequently joined
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