Artist of Stardom 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 the World Wonder Ring Stardom promotion. The title was first announced during Stardom's year-end event on December 24, 2012,[1][2] 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.[5][6]

Artist of Stardom Championship
Official deign of the Artist of Stardom Championship titles (2012 – present)
Details
PromotionWorld Wonder Ring Stardom
Date establishedDecember 24, 2012[1][2]
Current champion(s)MaiHimePoi
(Maika, Himeka & Natsupoi)
Date wonOctober 3, 2021

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 & Saki Kashima) defeated Team Shimmer (Kellie Skater, Portia Perez & Tomoka Nakagawa) in the finals of the tournament to become the inaugural champions.[3][7][8]

Like most professional wrestling championships, the title is won as a result of a scripted match. There have been twenty-six reigns shared among twenty-four teams and forty-two wrestlers. MaiHimePoi (Maika, Himeka & Natsupoi) are the current champions in their first reign, while it's the second reign individually for Maika.

Belt design

The championship belts were introduced on February 6, 2013, when they arrived to Stardom's office from their American maker. 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. Each belt features the following writings. The biggest star-shaped plate writes "Three stars make the highest magic", while the three smaller star plates feature the words "high, art, bonds". All these enscriptions depict the strong unity of the six-woman tag team which holds the championship.[9]

Reigns
Key
No. Overall reign number
Reign Reign number for the specific champion
Days Number of days held
Defenses Number of successful defenses
+ Current reign is changing daily
No. Champion Championship change Reign statistics Notes Ref.
Date Event Location Reign DaysDefenses
1 Kawasaki Katsushika Saikyou Densetsu
(Act Yasukawa, Natsuki☆Taiyo & Saki Kashima)		 January 14, 2013 New Year Stars 2013: Stardom Day of the 2nd Anniversary Tokyo, Japan 1 1150[10] Kashima, Taiyo & Yasukawa defeated Team Shimmer (Kellie Skater, Portia Perez & Tomoka Nakagawa) in the finals of a four-team tournament to become the inaugural champions. [3][11]
— Vacated May 9, 2013 — Tokyo, Japan — —— The championship was vacated after Act Yasukawa was sidelined with a Cervical Spine Injury. Saki Kashima had been sidelined with "poor health" the previous February. [12][13]
2 Chibis
(Kairi Hojo, Kaori Yoneyama & Yuhi)		 June 23, 2013 Chapter Two Beginning Tokyo, Japan 1 1342[14] Hojo, Yoneyama and Yuhi defeated Kimura Monster-gun (Christina Von Eerie, Hailey Hatred & Kyoko Kimura) in a decision match to win the vacant championship. [15][16]
3 Kimura Monster-gun
(Alpha Female, The Female Predator Amazon & Kyoko Kimura)		 November 4, 2013 Stardom 100th Commemorative Tournament Tokyo, Japan 1 550[14] [14][17]
4 Tawashis
(Hiroyo Matsumoto, Mayu Iwatani & Miho Wakizawa)		 December 29, 2013 Stardom Yearend Climax 2013 Tokyo, Japan 1 2244[18] [14][19][20]
5 Tomodachi Mania
(Hatsuhinode Kamen, Kaori Yoneyama (2) & Tsubasa Kuragaki)		 August 10, 2014 Stardom × Stardom 2014 Tokyo, Japan 1 1190[21] [18]
6 Heisei-gun
(Io Shirai, Mayu Iwatani (2) & Takumi Iroha)		 December 7, 2014 Rookie of Stardom 2014 Tokyo, Japan 1 1281[22] [21]
— Vacated April 14, 2015 — Tokyo, Japan — —— The championship was vacated after Takumi Iroha was sidelined with a Ruptured Anterior Cruciate Ligament. [23]
7 Candy Crush
(Chelsea, Kairi Hojo (2) & Koguma)		 May 3, 2015 Golden Week Stars 2015 Tokyo, Japan 1 2090 Defeated Heisei-gun (Io Shirai, Mayu Iwatani & Reo Hazuki) in a decision match to win the vacant championship. [24]
— Vacated November 28, 2015 — — — —— The championship declared vacant by Stardom due to Koguma had been fired from the promotion on September 15, 2015. [25][26]
8 Team Hyper Destroyers
(Evie, Hiroyo Matsumoto (2) & Kellie Skater)		 December 6, 2015 Goddesses of Stars 2015 Tokyo, Japan 1 842[27] Evie, Matsumiti & Skater defeated Io Shirai, Mayu Iwatani & Momo Watanabe and Oedo Tai (Act Yasukawa, Kris Wolf & Kyoko Kimura) in a Three-Way Tag Team Match to win the vacant championship. [28][29]
9 Threedom
(Io Shirai (2), Kairi Hojo (3) & Mayu Iwatani (3))		 February 28, 2016 Osaka Taikai Osaka, Japan 1 2172[30] [27]
10 Oedo Tai
(Hana Kimura, Kagetsu & Kyoko Kimura (2))		 October 2, 2016 Shin-Kiba Taikai Tokyo, Japan 1 972[31] Viper replaced Hana Kimura and defended the championship as Kimura was sidelined with a wrist injury. [30][32]
11 Queen's Quest
(HZK, Io Shirai (3) & Momo Watanabe)		 January 7, 2017 New Year Stars 2017 Osaka, Japan 1 920 [33][34]
— Vacated April 9, 2017 — — — —— The championship was vacated due to Momo Watanabe being sidelined with an injury. [35]
12 Queen's Quest
(AZM, HZK (2) & Io Shirai (4))		 April 15, 2017 Grow Up Stars 2017 Yokohama, Japan 1 210[36] Queen's Quest defeated Oedo Tai (Hana Kimura, Kagetsu & Rosa Negra) in the finals of a four-team tournament to win the vacant championship. [37]
13 Hiromi Mimura, Kairi Hojo (4) & Konami May 6, 2017 GoldenWeek Stars 2017 Tokyo, Japan 1 291[38] [36]
14 Queen's Quest
(AZM (2), HZK (3) & Io Shirai (5))		 June 4, 2017 Shining Stars 2017 Tokyo, Japan 2 130[39] [38][40]
15 Team Jungle
(Hiroyo Matsumoto (3), Jungle Kyona & Kaori Yoneyama (3))		 June 17, 2017 Shining Stars 2017 Yokohama, Japan 1 570[41] [39][42]
16 Queen's Quest
(HZK (4), Io Shirai (6) & Viper)		 August 13, 2017 Midsummer Champions 2017 Tokyo, Japan 1 2453[43] [41][44][45]
— Vacated April 15, 2018 — — — —— The championship was declared vacant following the Stardom draft. [46]
17 J.A.N.
(Jungle Kyona (2), Natsuko Tora & Kaori Yoneyama (4))		 May 27, 2018 Stardom at Osaka Osaka, Japan 1 1262[47] J.A.N. defeated Oedo Tai (Kagetsu, Hana Kimura & Hazuki) to win the vacant championship. [48]
18 Stars
(Mayu Iwatani (4), Saki Kashima (2) & Tam Nakano)		 September 30, 2018 Stardom 5★Star Grand Prix 2018 - Grand Champion Carnival Nagoya, Japan 1 2284[49] [47]
19 Tokyo Cyber Squad
(Hana Kimura (2), Jungle Kyona (3) & Konami (2))		 May 16, 2019 Stardom Gold May 2019 Tokyo, Japan 1 381[50] [49][51]
20 Stars
(Mayu Iwatani (5), Saki Kashima (3) & Tam Nakano (2))		 June 23, 2019 Stardom Saki Kashima's Homecoming Matsue, Japan 2 271[52] [49]
21 Oedo Tai
(Andras Miyagi, Kagetsu (2) & Sumire Natsu)		 July 20, 2019 Stardom World Big Summer in Osaka Osaka, Japan 1 1261[53] [52]
22 Queen's Quest
(AZM (3), Momo Watanabe (2) & Utami Hayashishita)		 November 23, 2019 Stardom Goddess of Stars 2019 - Night 1 Tokyo, Japan 1 771[54] [53]
23 Donna Del Mondo
(Giulia, Maika & Syuri)		 February 8, 2020 The Way to Major League Tokyo, Japan 1 2802[55] [54]
24 Oedo Tai
(Bea Priestley, Natsuko Tora (2) & Saki Kashima (4))		 November 14, 2020 Korakuen New Landscape Tokyo, Japan 1 320[56] [55]
25 Stars/Cosmic Angels
(Mina Shirakawa, Tam Nakano (3) & Unagi Sayaka)		 December 16, 2020 Road to Osaka Dream Cinderella - Day 2 Tokyo, Japan 1 2917 Starting with December 20, 2020, Nakano, Shirakawa & Sayaka split up from being a Stars sub-unit and acted as the independent unit of Cosmic Angels ever since. [56]
26 MaiHimePoi
(Maika (2), Himeka & Natsupoi)		 October 3, 2021 Stardom in Nagoya Nagoya, Japan 1 211+7 [57]

Combined reigns

As of May 2, 2022.

† Indicates the current champions

By team
Rank Team No. of
reigns		 Combined
defenses		 Combined
days
1 Stars/Cosmic Angels
(Mina Shirakawa, Tam Nakano & Unagi Sayaka)		17291
2 Donna Del Mondo
(Giulia, Maika & Syuri)		12280
3 Stars
(Mayu Iwatani, Saki Kashima & Tam Nakano)		25255
4 Queen's Quest
(HZK, Io Shirai & Viper)		13245
5 Tawashis
(Hiroyo Matsumoto, Mayu Iwatani & Miho Wakizawa)		14224
6 Threedom
(Io Shirai, Kairi Hojo & Mayu Iwatani)		12217
7 MaiHimePoi †
(Maika, Himeka & Natsupoi)		17211+
8 Candy Crush
(Chelsea, Kairi Hojo & Koguma)		10209
9 Chibis
(Kairi Hojo, Kaori Yoneyama & Yuhi)		12134
10 Heisei-gun
(Io Shirai, Mayu Iwatani & Takumi Iroha)		11128
11 J.A.N.
(Jungle Kyona, Kaori Yoneyama & Natsuko Tora)		12126
Oedo Tai
(Andras Miyagi, Kagetsu & Sumire Natsu)		11126
13 Tomodachi Mania
(Hatsuhinode Kamen, Kaori Yoneyama & Tsubasa Kuragaki)		10119
14 Kawasaki Katsushika Saikyou Densetsu
(Act Yasukawa, Natsuki☆Taiyo & Saki Kashima)		10115
15 Oedo Tai
(Hana Kimura, Kagetsu & Kyoko Kimura)		1297
16 Queen's Quest
(HZK, Io Shirai & Momo Watanabe)		1092
17 Team Hyper Destroyers
(Evie, Hiroyo Matsumoto & Kellie Skater)		1284
18 Queen's Quest
(AZM, Momo Watanabe & Utami Hayashishita)		1177
19 Team Jungle
(Hiroyo Matsumoto, Jungle Kyona & Kaori Yoneyama)		1057
20 Kimura Monster-gun
(Alpha Female, The Female Predator Amazon & Kyoko Kimura)		1055
21 Tokyo Cyber Squad
(Hana Kimura, Jungle Kyona & Konami)		1138
22 Queen's Quest
(AZM, HZK & Io Shirai)		2034
23 Oedo Tai
(Bea Priestley, Natsuko Tora & Saki Kashima)		1032
24 Hiromi Mimura, Kairi Hojo & Konami1129

By wrestler
Rank Wrestler No. of
reigns		 Combined
defenses		 Combined
days
1 Mayu Iwatani512824
2 Io Shirai66747
3 Kairi Hojo45589
4 Tam Nakano312546
5 Maika †29491+
6 Kaori Yoneyama44436
7 HZK43402
Saki Kashima45402
9 Hiroyo Matsumoto35365
10 Mina Shirakawa17291
Unagi Sayaka17291
12 Giulia12280
Syuri12280
14 Viper13276
15 Miho Wakizawa14224
16 Kagetsu23223
17 Jungle Kyona33221
18 Himeka †17211+
Natsupoi †17211+
20 Chelsea10209
Koguma10209
22 Momo Watanabe21169
23 Natsuko Tora22158
24 Kyoko Kimura22152
25 Hana Kimura23135
26 Yuhi12134
27 Takumi Iroha11128
28 Andras Miyagi11126
Sumire Natsu11126
30 Hatsuhinode Kamen10119
Tsubasa Kuragaki10119
32 Act Yasukawa10115
Natsuki☆Taiyo Natsuki10115
34 AZM31109
35 Evie1184
Kellie Skater1184
37 Utami Hayashishita1177
38 Konami2267
39 Alpha Female1055
The Female Predator Amazon1055
41 Bea Priestley1032
42 Hiromi Mimura1129

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