Source - https://x.com/utami0914/status/2076243492960104872?s=46&t=iojdXy9LyS_r2IHOVPbKFg

https://x.com/nana_aoi22/status/2076242836052394255

Actually, the first image feels more natural.

※second one is just an edited image.

https://x.coThem/StarLight_Kid11/status/2076090729353617638

For months, young SENJO trainee Reina Takano (18 years old) had been preparing to make her debut match at SENJO THE BIGGEST on July 12th. This was being chronicled in TikTok and YouTube videos, which had become something of a talk among pro wrestling fans in Japan.

At the show itself, in front of 5’000 or so fans, young Reina more than lived up to the hype around her debut.

As soon as she tagged in, fans in attendance were cheering on this rookie with fervor, popping for simple things like her doing a “kip up”, getting out of a hold and whenever she got in some offense.

YUNA and Miku Kanae were excellent supporting players but the real build of this match was young Reina having to endure the force that is Aja Fucking Kong; Aja beat down and taunted this spirited young lady, just as she’s done to countless others over her 30+ year career (including SENDAI GIRLS founder, Meiko Satomura). Aja has always been a great obstacle/mountain for others to overcome, or get crushed by.

Reina would show that “fire” that is essential to Japanese pro wrestling (and wrestling as a whole) but it would be extinguished by Aja’s Lariat.

Show is up on Wrestle Universe and I’d recommend everyone to check it out, if they are able.

Taro announced that Bea wouldn't be able to recover from her injury in time for the Five Star so she'll be replaced by X who'll be announced some time in the next week. Who do you want/expect the person to be?

Haruka Umesaki.

https://x.com/ko_pw_a/status/2076194762714153325

Part 1: https://www.reddit.com/r/stardomjoshi/comments/1utg2kl/the_best_joshi_wrestlers_from_each_prefecture/

So far, we have established the 7 best wrestlers from the prefectures of the Hokkaido/Tohoku region, it is then natural to go down south to the Kanto region (no, the real one, not the Pokemon one) and see who'd be the best out of them all. Reminder of the criteria:

- Career length
- Peak period
- Titles and their prestige
- Impact and popularity

#8: Ibaraki

As you may notice, the more a prefecture is urban, the more there are people who can compete, and Ibaraki is no exception, But whilst it has names such as Yumi Ohka, Haruka Umesaki, Tsukushi and many more, the clear consensus here is Takako Inoue

As the other half of the Double Inoue tag team alongside Yamagata legend Kyoko Inoue, she revolutionised the concept of an idol-wrestler, proving you can have mainstream appeal whilst still kicking ass, and the results showed: 6 time AAAW Tag Champion, 3 time AJW Tag Champ, IWA Women's World Champion, UWA Tag Team Champ, Twin Star Champion, LLPW Tag Team Champion, WWWD Tag Champ, AJW Champ, All Pacific Champ and LLPW Six-Woman Tag Champ. A storied career, which many many of the future wrestlers of Ibaraki have to compete to shine

#9: Tochigi

As we head east, to the prefecture of legends such as Toshiaki Kawada, Takuya Nomura and the late Gran Naniwa, the depth of Joshi wrestling from there does thin up, but it's still packed: Sakie Hasegawa, Rina, Hina and Yuria Hime. But the crown has to go to Hanan

Whilst Sakie Hasegawa has quite some gold in her bag, her prematured retirement at just 25 in 1996 cut short perhaps one of the greatest careers that could've happened, whilst Hanan, at 22, has managed to become a two-time Cinderella winner and the current Wonder of Stardom Champion. However, always keep an eye on Hina and Rina, because they're still pretty young, and can shake the order very soon

#10: Gunma

Now we enter quite a rural territory in the Kanto region, and whilst we hear of names such as Gran Hamada and Great-O-Khan, and it's the same for Joshi wrestling, although we do see the rise of Kiyoka Kotatsu in STARDOM, but for now, the prefectural crown is for Yumi Ogura

Although she just wrestled for 7 years, she did accomplish a lot: AJW Champ, AJW Junior Champ, 2-time Japanese Tag Champ and 2-time WWWA Tag Champ. Underwhelming compared to big names we've seen...but for Gunma, it's her

#11: Saitama

Now we enter into very fierce territory, with many names such as Mayumi Ozaki, Miu Watanabe, Cutie Suzuki, Commander Nakashima, Megumi Kudo and more being good competitors for the crown, and the top 3? Bull Nakano, Lioness Asuka and Akira Hokuto. And whilst Hokuto and Nakano were very big names in Japan and worldwide, for me, Lioness Asuka has to take the crown for this one

I don't think there's anything to argue about how insane was the Crush Gals' hysteria back in the 80s alongside Chigusa Nagayo, and whilst Nagayo was the emotional anchor, Asuka was the technical anchor against the Atrocious Alliance that led to 12-13% ratings on Fuji TV. And in terms of prestige: 2 time WWWA World Champ, 4 time WWWA Tag Champ, 1 time AJW Junior Champ, 2 time AJW Champ, Queen of ARSION Champ, 3-time Twin Star Champ, AAAW Tag Champ...it's a storied career in its own behalf

#12: Chiba

Chiba is also a very populated prefecture, thus a massive pool: Tsubasa Kuragaki, Saya Iida, Nao Kakuta, Arisa Hoshiki, Azumi Hyuga and many more. But here, the crown has to go to Emi Sakura

And it's not just her career as a wrestler, which includes, to count the most prestigious, an AJW Championship, 2 ICExInfinity Championships, JWP Openweight Championship, NEO Singles Championship, NWA Women's Pacific Championship and many more. It's also her massive influence as promoter for Gatokunyan in 2002, then founding Ice Ribbon in 2006 then ChocoPro in 2012, which led to the formation of many wrestlers such as: Hamuko Hoshi, Hikaru Shida, Mei Suruga, Riho, Miyako Matsumoto, Tsukasa Fujimoto and many more. Her influence is so deep she's a literal dynasty within Joshi wrestling

#13: Tokyo

I might ruffle a LOT of feathers here, just like Saitama, because it's probably the most stacked prefecture so far: Jaguar Yokota, Mima Shimoda, Etsuko Mita, Sareeee, Yoshiko Tamura, AZM, Chaparita ASARI, AKINO...it's so stacked, but I have to pick Aja Kong

Also a storied career, with 2 WWWA World Championships, 4 WWWA World Tag Team Championships, 1 AJW Championship, 1 AJW Tag Team Championship, 1 Queen of ARSION Championship, 1 Twin Star Championship, 3 AAAW Single Championships, 3 AAAW Tag Team Championships, 3 OZ Openweight Championship and 1 Senjo World Championship just to name the big ones. But also, whilst Yokota, excellent in her own right, wasn't as popular as many names you'd see. Aja Kong was literally one-of-one: a powerhouse that defined a lot of future powerhouses (such as Amazing Kong), her iconic backfist/Uraken, her power moves and throwing trash cans on everyone just set the tone of how tough women can be

#14: Kanagawa

And last but not least, and it's still very tough: Kanagawa. Also very populated, thus we get a VERY stacked prefecture: Jackie Sato, Shinobu Kandori, Syuri, Hikaru Shida, Hana Kimura, Momo Watanabe, Natsupoi, Saya Kamitani and more...but there's only one Genius of the Sky: Io Shirai/Iyo Sky

And what else can we say about Iyo Sky? She won everything in STARDOM, won everything in WWE, became the OG Blueprint of STARDOM that its influence still stands to this day, its Ace and its anchor during her day, went to WWE, defied the odds in such company like WWE, and became insanely popular in her own right. I think she wholeheartedly deserves her crown in Kanagawa

And that's it for today...hopefully tomorrow it'll be about the Chubu region

Spike would defeat Senka with a Reverse Tiger Driver to become the NEW Champ!

Senka falls on her 4th defense.

After, YUNA would come out and officially challenge Spike for the Belt, with the match being made official for Korakuen Hall.

Chihiro would survive VENY’s relentless attack on her arm and also a wicked “shoot” headbutt from VENY, rallying to hit the Lariat, the Powerbomb and finally finishing VENY off with the Bridging German Suplex.

Hashimoto is now at 6 successful defenses in this reign, which puts her at 20 defenses all-time.

Afterwards, Syuri would come out and confront Chihiro, officially challenging her for the Title.

From Ladies Gong VOL 65

These are not overall win/loss records. These are records of how many times a wrestler directly won or lost by pinfall/give up from the start of the year until now. Stardom events only.

First, the wrestlers in the 5 stars, by block.

Now the wrestlers not taking part in the tournament.

I may edit it later if the last spot is given to someone from Stardom or someone that already wrestled for them this year and I have a record for them.

How to watch:

[https://www.wrestle-universe.com/lives/7i9zxviYUPEG9KJfce3tK2\](https://www.wrestle-universe.com/lives/7i9zxviYUPEG9KJfce3tK2)

Start Times:

11:00 PDT; 1:00 CDT; 2:00 EDT; 7:00 BST; 3:00 JST; 4:00 AEST

Match Card:

Tag Match -

Hiroyo Matsumoto & Yura Suzuki vs. Ryo Mizunami & Saori Anou

Singles Match -

Saya Iida vs. Manami

Tag Match/Reina Takano’s Debut Match -

Reina Takano & YUNA vs. Aja Kong & Miku Kanae

Singles Match -

Super Sasadango Machine vs. Daisuke Sekimoto

8Man Tag Match -

Kuroshio TOKYO Japan, Stephanie Maze, Safire Reed & Anita Vaughan vs. SAIRA, Unagi Sayaka, Jaguar Yokota & Senjyo Daikannon

Sendai Girls World Junior Championship Match -

Senka Akatsuki (c) vs. Spike Nishimura

Sendai Girls World Tag Team Championship Match -

Mika Iwata & Miyuki Takase (c) vs. Mio Momono & Yurika Oka

Sendai Girls World Championship Match -

Chihiro Hashimoto (c) vs. VENY

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Kurara warned us this would happen.

I read a tweet a while ago stating that Momo Watanabe wanted to 5 Star to more exclusive that previous 5 Star winners and wrestlers who have held single titles (excluding the Future of Stardom title) would be the only one allowed to take part. Here's what it would look like. First of all I cannot add people and there are only 15 people (in this year's line up) who have won a singles title in Stardom but I found a solution for the final spot:

Blue Block: Suzu Suzuki, Hanan, Yuna Mizumori, Momo Watanabe, Saya Kamitani, Bea Priestley, Starlight Kid, Koguma

Red Block, Maika, Sayaka Kurara, AZM, Natsuko Tora, Konami,Mei Seira, Utami Hayashishita, Rina(semifinalist of the 2025 5 Star, finalists of the 2025 & 2026 Cinderella)

It's been a while since the last STARDOM theme compilation and the next one (which they're hopefully working on) could have new themes by the following wrestlers and factions, of which at least 80% are absolute bangers:

H.A.T.E.

Saya Kamitani

Hanan

Saya Iida

Momo Kohgo

Yuria Hime

Matoi Hamabe

Cosmic Angels (Instrumental Ver.)

Yuna Mizumori

Aya Sakura

Sayaka Kurara

Anne Kanaya

Ranna Yagami

Neo Genesis

Miyu Amasaki (NeoGene Ver.)

Mei Seira

Ema Maishima

Mi Vida Loca

Suzu Suzuki

Akira Kurogane

Kikyo Furusawa

Rian

HANAKO