Starlight Kid

Starlight Kid (スターライト・キッド, Sutāraito Kiddo, born August 18, 2001) is a Japanese professional wrestler currently signed to World Wonder Ring Stardom, where she is a former High Speed Champion. She became the first wrestler to wear her mask full-time in Stardom as part of her luchadora persona. Greatly influenced by lucha libre, Starlight Kid has followed Mexican tradition for masked wrestlers, so her real name is not a matter of public record.

Starlight Kid
Starlight Kid in March 2022
Born (2001-08-18) August 18, 2001
Japan
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Starlight Kid
Billed height1.50 m (4 ft 11 in)
Billed weight45 kg (99 lb)
Trained byFuka
DebutOctober 11, 2015

Professional wrestling career
Starlight Kid in October 2019

Starlight Kid debuted on October 11, 2015 at Goddesses of Stardom in a three-way match with Kaori Yoneyama & Momo Watanabe. On November 8, she competed in his first major Stardom tournament, teaming up with Hiromi Mimura to compete in the 2015 Goddesses of Stardom Tournament. The team lost in the first round to Watanabe & Datura. After that, she would team with Miura very often. Kid spent most of her matches losing to other, more experienced wrestlers, which would help put over other wrestlers while at the same time giving Umino some in-ring, televised, experience.

On April 29, 2016, at the Cinderella Tournament, she participated in a dark match, teaming with Eimi Nishina in a defeat to Yoneyama and Azumi. On May 15, she was involved in the opening 6-person tag match, which resulted in a win for her team. On May 29, she was the opponent in Kris Wolf's return match. On June 16, she was involved in another opening 6-person tag match, where her team was defeated by the team of Yoneyama, Azumi & Alex Lee.

In 2017, Kid was revealed in an interview for the weekly pro wrestling magazine that she would be taking a break for a long time to focus on her studies. On January 3, 2018, she returned to the ring teaming with Konami losing to Miranda & Xia Brookside.[1] In March 2018, she would participate in the tournament for the inaugural Future of Stardom Championship where she defeated Hanan in the first round and then she would defeat Shiki Shibusawa in the tournament final to become the inaugural Future of Stardom Champion, which was newly established at the Korakuen Hall Tournament, and became the first champion.[2] On April 15, 2018, during Stardom Draft, Kid would form a stable with Mayu Iwatani, Saki Kashima, Shiki Shibusawa, Natsumi & Tam Nakano after she Oedo Tai with Nakano as their fifth pick with stable being later named STARS. On May 27, at Shining Stars, her first singles match with Io Shirai ended in defeat, but it was highly praised by the audience. Post-match, AZM challenged her for the Future of Stardom Championship, and on June 3 at Queen's Fes In Sapporo, the match went to a time-limit draw. From October 23 until November 4, Kid & Natsumi took part in the Goddesses of Stardom Tag League, finishing the tournament with a record of two wins, two losses, and one draw, failing to advance to the finals of the tournament. On January 3, 2019, Kid lost her title to Utami Hayashishita at New Years Stars, ending her reign at 281 days.

On June 12, 2021 at the Stardom Tokyo Dream Cinderella Special Edition, Kid left STARS after she, Koguma, Hanan, Iwatani & Rin Kadokura lost to Oedo Tai (Natsuko Tora, Konami, Fukigen Death, Ruaka & Saki Kashima) in Ten-Woman Elimination Tag Team Match where the winner had to pick a member from the opposite unit with Oedo Tai picking Kid after Kid was eliminated in the end. At Yokohama Dream Cinderella 2021 in Summer, Kid rebranded her outfit to fit Oedo Tai's colors wearing a black and purple outfit and mask, Kid also challenged Tam Nakano for the Wonder of Stardom Championship, where she unsuccessfully challenged Nakano on July 21. On August 29, Kid defeated Natsupoi to win High Speed Championship. Since November 3, 2021, Kid would enter in the quest to recruit more members into Oedo Tai which would lead to a feud with Momo Watanabe who would be a victim of Starlight Kid's mind games as the latter's strategy to recruit members to Oedo Tai which would degenerate into an eight-woman elimination tag team match in which both of them would be the captains of their respective teams. The loser captain would be forced to join the enemy unit and if Kid lost she would also have to unmask and reveal her real name. The match took place on December 18, at Osaka Super Wars, the event which represented the last part of the "Super Wars" trilogy. With the match coming down to the wire and Queen's Quest holding a 2 to 1 advantage over Kid a shocking moment occurred when Watanabe betrayed her Queen's Quest and hit her long-time tag team partner AZM over the head with a chair, handing the win to Oedo Tai and with Kid keeping her mask and Watanabe joining the stable.[3]

Championships and accomplishments

References
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  2. "【スターダム】スターライト・キッドが「フューチャー・オブ・スターダム」初代王者に". 東スポＷeb - 東京スポーツ新聞社 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2018-04-08.
  3. "【スターダム】ＱＱリーダー・渡辺桃　まさかの造反で大江戸隊入り「こうなるのは必然の当然なんだよ」". 東スポＷeb - 東京スポーツ新聞社 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-12-21.
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  5. Jeff M. (September 29, 2021). "Japan: Stardom 5★STAR Grand Prix FINALS: September 25th 2021". twm.news. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
  6. Pollock, John (January 3, 2022). "STARDOM 2021 award winners". postwrestling.com. Retrieved January 4, 2022.
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