Artist of Stardom Championship
Professional wrestling tag team championship
The Artist of Stardom Championship (アーティスト・オブ・スターダム王座 , Ātisuto Obu Sutādamu Ōza ) is a professional wrestling six-woman tag team championship owned by World Wonder Ring Stardom . The title was first announced during Stardom's year-end event on December 24, 2012,[ 2] [ 3] and two days later its name was revealed as the "Artist of Stardom Championship", with a four-team one night single-elimination tournament announced to determine the inaugural champions.[ 4] [ 5] The current champions are Cosmic Angels (Tam Nakano , Saori Anou and Natsupoi ) who are in their first reign as a team.
Title history
Maika with the orange belt (left) and
Natsupoi with the blue belt (right).
On January 14, 2013, Kawasaki Katsushika Saikyou Densetsu (Act Yasukawa , Natsuki☆Taiyo and Saki Kashima ) defeated Team Shimmer (Kellie Skater , Portia Perez and Tomoka Nakagawa ) in the finals of the tournament to become the inaugural champions.[ 6] [ 7] [ 8]
Belt design
The championship belts were introduced on February 6, 2013, when they arrived to Stardom's office from their American maker "Top Rope Belts". The belts are rare among all other tag team championship belts in that they are all of different color; one is blue, one orange and one pink. There is no rule for the belt color distribution into the teams. Each title holder gets to choose her own belt colour freely. The biggest star-shaped plate is inscribed with "Three stars make the highest magic", while the three smaller star plates feature the words "high, art, bonds". These inscriptions depict the strong unity of the three-woman tag team which holds the championship.[ 9]
April 15, 2017 tournament
On April 9, 2017, the title was vacated due to Momo Watanabe being unable to perform due to an injury.[ 10] On April 15, a one-day, four-team tournament took place to crown a new champion. The winners were Queen's Quest (AZM , HZK and Io Shirai ).[ 11]
Reigns
As of December 29, 2024, there have been a total of 30 reigns shared between 28 teams composed of 49 individual champions and five vacancies . The inaugural championship team was Kawasaki Katsushika Saikyou Densetsu (Act Yasukawa , Natsuki☆Taiyo and Saki Kashima ). The teams Stars (Mayu Iwatani , Saki Kashima and Tam Nakano ) and Queen's Quest (AZM , HZK and Io Shirai ) are tied with most reigns at two, while individually, Shirai has the most reigns at six. As a team, Cosmic Angels (Mina Shirakawa , Nakano and Unagi Sayaka ) has the longest reign at 291 days, while AZM's, HZK's, and Shirai's first reign is the shortest at 21 days. Kyoko Kimura is the oldest champion at 39 years old, while AZM is the youngest at 14 years old.
Like most professional wrestling championships, the title is won as a result of a scripted match. There have been thirty reigns shared among twenty-eight teams and forty-nine wrestlers.
Key
No.
Overall reign number
Reign
Reign number for the specific team—reign numbers for the individuals are in parentheses, if different
Days
Number of days held
Defenses
Number of successful defenses
+
Current reign is changing daily
Combined reigns
As of December 29, 2024.
†
Indicates the current champions
By team
Rank
Team
No. of reigns
Combined defenses
Combined days
1
Stars /Cosmic Angels (Mina Shirakawa , Tam Nakano and Unagi Sayaka )
1
7
291
2
Donna Del Mondo (Giulia , Maika and Syuri )
1
2
280
3
Stars (Mayu Iwatani , Saki Kashima and Tam Nakano )
2
5
255
4
Queen's Quest (HZK , Io Shirai and Viper )
1
3
245
5
MaiHimePoi (Himeka , Maika and Natsupoi )
1
7
237
6
Tawashis (Hiroyo Matsumoto , Mayu Iwatani and Miho Wakizawa )
1
4
224
7
Baribari Bombers (Giulia , Mai Sakurai and Thekla )
1
3
221
8
Threedom (Io Shirai , Kairi Hojo and Mayu Iwatani )
1
2
217
9
Oedo Tai (Momo Watanabe , Saki Kashima and Starlight Kid )
1
5
215
10
Candy Crush (Chelsea, Kairi Hojo and Koguma )
1
0
209
11
Cosmic Angels †(Tam Nakano , Saori Anou and Natsupoi )
1
1
147+
12
Chibis (Kairi Hojo , Kaori Yoneyama and Yuhi )
1
2
134
13
Heisei-gun (Io Shirai , Mayu Iwatani and Takumi Iroha )
1
1
128
14
Empress Nexus Venus (Maika , Mina Shirakawa and Xena )
1
2
127
15
J.A.N. (Jungle Kyona , Kaori Yoneyama and Natsuko Tora )
1
2
126
Oedo Tai (Andras Miyagi , Kagetsu and Sumire Natsu )
1
1
126
17
Tomodachi Mania (Hatsuhinode Kamen, Kaori Yoneyama and Tsubasa Kuragaki )
1
0
119
18
Prominence (Hiragi Kurumi , Risa Sera and Suzu Suzuki )
1
2
115
Kawasaki Katsushika Saikyou Densetsu (Act Yasukawa , Natsuki☆Taiyo and Saki Kashima )
1
0
115
20
Oedo Tai (Hana Kimura , Kagetsu and Kyoko Kimura )
1
2
97
21
Queen's Quest (HZK , Io Shirai and Momo Watanabe )
1
0
92
22
Abarenbo GE (Syuri , Mirai and Ami Sohrei )
1
1
87
23
Team Hyper Destroyers (Evie , Hiroyo Matsumoto and Kellie Skater )
1
2
84
24
Queen's Quest (AZM , Momo Watanabe and Utami Hayashishita )
1
1
77
25
Team Jungle (Hiroyo Matsumoto , Jungle Kyona and Kaori Yoneyama )
1
0
57
26
Kimura Monster-gun (Alpha Female , The Female Predator Amazon and Kyoko Kimura )
1
0
55
27
Tokyo Cyber Squad (Hana Kimura , Jungle Kyona and Konami )
1
1
38
28
Queen's Quest (AZM , HZK and Io Shirai )
2
0
34
REStart (Kairi , Natsupoi and Saori Anou )
1
0
34
30
Oedo Tai (Bea Priestley , Natsuko Tora and Saki Kashima )
1
0
32
31
Hiromi Mimura , Kairi Hojo and Konami
1
1
29
By wrestler
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External links
2010s
Kawasaki Katsushika Saikyou Densetsu (Act Yasukawa , Natsuki☆Taiyo and Saki Kashima )
Chibis (Kairi Hojo , Kaori Yoneyama and Yuhi )
Kimura Monster-gun (Alpha Female , The Female Predator "Amazon" and Kyoko Kimura )
Tawashis (Hiroyo Matsumoto , Mayu Iwatani and Miho Wakizawa )
Tomodachi Mania (Hatsuhinode Kamen, Kaori Yoneyama and Tsubasa Kuragaki )
Heisei-gun (Io Shirai , Mayu Iwatani and Takumi Iroha )
Candy Crush (Chelsea, Kairi Hojo and Koguma )
Team Hyper Destroyers (Evie , Hiroyo Matsumoto and Kellie Skater )
Threedom (Io Shirai , Kairi Hojo and Mayu Iwatani )
Oedo Tai (Hana Kimura , Kagetsu and Kyoko Kimura )
Queen's Quest (HZK , Io Shirai and Momo Watanabe )
Queen's Quest (AZM , HZK and Io Shirai )
Hiromi Mimura , Kairi Hojo and Konami
Team Jungle (Hiroyo Matsumoto , Jungle Kyona and Kaori Yoneyama )
Queen's Quest (HZK , Io Shirai and Viper )
J.A.N. (Jungle Kyona , Kaori Yoneyama and Natsuko Tora )
Stars (Mayu Iwatani , Saki Kashima and Tam Nakano )
Tokyo Cyber Squad (Hana Kimura , Jungle Kyona and Konami )
Oedo Tai (Andras Miyagi , Kagetsu and Sumire Natsu )
Queen's Quest (AZM , Momo Watanabe and Utami Hayashishita )
Donna del Mondo (Giulia , Maika and Syuri )
2020s
Oedo Tai (Bea Priestley , Natsuko Tora and Saki Kashima )
Cosmic Angels (Mina Shirakawa , Tam Nakano and Unagi Sayaka )
MaiHimePoi (Maika , Natsupoi and Himeka )
Oedo Tai (Saki Kashima , Momo Watanabe and Starlight Kid )
Prominence (Risa Sera , Suzu Suzuki and Hiragi Kurumi )
REStart (Kairi , Natsupoi and Saori Anou )
Baribari Bombers (Giulia , Thekla and Mai Sakurai )
Abarenbo GE (Syuri , Mirai and Ami Sohrei )
Empress Nexus Venus (Maika , Mina Shirakawa and Xena )
Cosmic Angels (Saori Anou , Tam Nakano and Natsupoi )
wing★gori (Hanan and Saya Iida ) (current)
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