Artist of Stardom Championship
Professional wrestling trios championship
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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 H.A.T.E. (Konami, Rina, and Fukigen Death), who are in their first reign as a team, but third for Konami, first for Rina and fifth for Fukigen individually.
(Konami, Rina, and Fukigen Death)
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| Promotion | World Wonder Ring Stardom | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date established | December 24, 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Current champions | H.A.T.E. (Konami, Rina, and Fukigen Death) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date won | September 10, 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Title history
Belt design
Maika with the orange belt
Natsupoi with the blue belt
Tam Nakano with the pink belt
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]
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 after Momo Watanabe was 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]
| Semifinals | Finals | ||||||
| AZM, HZK and Io Shirai | Pin | ||||||
| Hiroyo Matsumoto, Jungle Kyona and Natsuko Tora | 12:04 | ||||||
| AZM, HZK and Io Shirai | Pin | ||||||
| Hana Kimura, Kagetsu and La Rosa Negra | 14:58 | ||||||
| Hana Kimura, Kagetsu and La Rosa Negra | Pin | ||||||
| Hiromi Mimura, Kairi Hojo and Konami | 12:28 | ||||||
Reigns
As of March 25, 2026, there have been a total of 35 reigns shared between 33 teams composed of 54 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 second reign is the shortest at 13 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.
| No. | Overall reign number |
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| 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 |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | |||||
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| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | Defenses | |||||
| World Wonder Ring Stardom (ST★RDOM) | ||||||||||
| 1 | Kawasaki Katsushika Saikyou Densetsu (Act Yasukawa, Natsuki☆Taiyo and Saki Kashima) |
January 14, 2013 | New Year Stars 2013: Stardom Day of the 2nd Anniversary | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 115 | 0[12] | Defeated Team Shimmer (Kellie Skater, Portia Perez and Tomoka Nakagawa) in the finals of a four-team tournament to become the inaugural champions. | [6][13] | |
| — | Vacated | May 9, 2013 | — | Tokyo, Japan | — | — | — | The championship was vacated after Act Yasukawa was sidelined with a cervical spine injury. | [14][15] | |
| 2 | Chibis (Kairi Hojo, Kaori Yoneyama and Yuhi) |
June 23, 2013 | Chapter Two Beginning | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 134 | 2[16] | Defeated Kimura Monster-gun (Christina Von Eerie, Hailey Hatred and Kyoko Kimura) in a decision match to win the vacant championship. | [17][18] | |
| 3 | Kimura Monster-gun (Alpha Female, The Female Predator Amazon and Kyoko Kimura) |
November 4, 2013 | Stardom 100th Commemorative Tournament | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 55 | 0[16] | [16][19] | ||
| 4 | Tawashis (Hiroyo Matsumoto, Mayu Iwatani and Miho Wakizawa) |
December 29, 2013 | Stardom Yearend Climax 2013 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 224 | 4[20] | [16][21][22] | ||
| 5 | Tomodachi Mania (Hatsuhinode Kamen, Kaori Yoneyama and Tsubasa Kuragaki) |
August 10, 2014 | Stardom × Stardom 2014 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 (1, 2, 1) |
119 | 0[23] | [20] | ||
| 6 | Heisei-gun (Io Shirai, Mayu Iwatani and Takumi Iroha) |
December 7, 2014 | Rookie of Stardom 2014 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 (1, 2, 1) |
128 | 1[24] | [23] | ||
| — | Vacated | April 14, 2015 | — | Tokyo, Japan | — | — | — | The championship was vacated after Takumi Iroha was sidelined with a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament. | [25] | |
| 7 | Candy Crush (Chelsea, Kairi Hojo and Koguma) |
May 3, 2015 | Golden Week Stars 2015 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 (1, 2, 1) |
209 | 0 | Defeated Heisei-gun (Io Shirai, Mayu Iwatani and Reo Hazuki) in a decision match to win the vacant championship. | [26] | |
| — | Vacated | November 28, 2015 | — | — | — | — | — | The championship declared vacant by Stardom due to Koguma having been fired from the promotion on September 15, 2015. | [27][28] | |
| 8 | Team Hyper Destroyers (Evie, Hiroyo Matsumoto and Kellie Skater) |
December 6, 2015 | Goddesses of Stars 2015 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 (1, 2, 1) |
84 | 2[29] | Defeated Io Shirai, Mayu Iwatani and Momo Watanabe and Oedo Tai (Act Yasukawa, Kris Wolf and Kyoko Kimura) in a three-way tag team match to win the vacant championship. | [30][31] | |
| 9 | Threedom (Io Shirai, Kairi Hojo and Mayu Iwatani) |
February 28, 2016 | Osaka Taikai | Osaka, Japan | 1 (2, 3, 3) |
217 | 2[32] | [29] | ||
| 10 | Oedo Tai (Hana Kimura, Kagetsu and Kyoko Kimura) |
October 2, 2016 | Shin-Kiba Taikai | Tokyo, Japan | 1 (1, 1, 2) |
97 | 2[33] | Viper replaced Hana Kimura and defended the championship as Kimura was sidelined with a wrist injury. | [32][34] | |
| 11 | Queen's Quest (HZK, Io Shirai and Momo Watanabe) |
January 7, 2017 | New Year Stars 2017 | Osaka, Japan | 1 (1, 3, 1) |
92 | 0 | [35][36] | ||
| — | Vacated | April 9, 2017 | — | — | — | — | — | The championship was vacated due to Momo Watanabe being sidelined with an injury. | [10] | |
| 12 | Queen's Quest (AZM, HZK and Io Shirai) |
April 15, 2017 | Grow Up Stars 2017 | Yokohama, Japan | 1 (1, 2, 4) |
21 | 0[37] | Defeated Oedo Tai (Hana Kimura, Kagetsu and Rosa Negra) in the finals of a four-team tournament to win the vacant championship. | [11] | |
| 13 | Hiromi Mimura, Kairi Hojo and Konami | May 6, 2017 | GoldenWeek Stars 2017 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 (1, 4, 1) |
29 | 1[38] | [37] | ||
| 14 | Queen's Quest (AZM, HZK and Io Shirai) |
June 4, 2017 | Shining Stars 2017 | Tokyo, Japan | 2 (2, 3, 5) |
13 | 0[39] | [38][40] | ||
| 15 | Team Jungle (Hiroyo Matsumoto, Jungle Kyona and Kaori Yoneyama) |
June 17, 2017 | Shining Stars 2017 | Yokohama, Japan | 1 (3, 1, 3) |
57 | 0[41] | [39][42] | ||
| 16 | Queen's Quest (HZK, Io Shirai and Viper) |
August 13, 2017 | Midsummer Champions 2017 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 (4, 6, 1) |
245 | 3[43] | [41][44][45] | ||
| — | Vacated | April 15, 2018 | — | — | — | — | — | The championship was declared vacant following the Stardom draft. | [46] | |
| 17 | J.A.N. (Jungle Kyona, Natsuko Tora and Kaori Yoneyama) |
May 27, 2018 | Stardom at Osaka | Osaka, Japan | 1 (2, 1, 4) |
126 | 2[47] | Defeated Oedo Tai (Kagetsu, Hana Kimura and Hazuki) to win the vacant championship. | [48] | |
| 18 | Stars (Mayu Iwatani, Saki Kashima and Tam Nakano) |
September 30, 2018 | Stardom 5★Star Grand Prix 2018 - Grand Champion Carnival | Nagoya, Japan | 1 (4, 2, 1) |
228 | 4[49] | [47] | ||
| 19 | Tokyo Cyber Squad (Hana Kimura, Jungle Kyona and Konami) |
May 16, 2019 | Stardom Gold May 2019 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 (2, 3, 2) |
38 | 1[50] | [49][51] | ||
| 20 | Stars (Mayu Iwatani, Saki Kashima and Tam Nakano) |
June 23, 2019 | Stardom Saki Kashima's Homecoming | Matsue, Japan | 2 (5, 3, 2) |
27 | 1[52] | [49] | ||
| 21 | Oedo Tai (Andras Miyagi, Kagetsu and Sumire Natsu) |
July 20, 2019 | Stardom World Big Summer in Osaka | Osaka, Japan | 1 (1, 2, 1) |
126 | 1[53] | [52] | ||
| 22 | Queen's Quest (AZM, Momo Watanabe and Utami Hayashishita) |
November 23, 2019 | Stardom Goddess of Stars 2019 - Night 1 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 (3, 2, 1) |
77 | 1[54] | [53] | ||
| 23 | Donna Del Mondo (Giulia, Maika and Syuri) |
February 8, 2020 | The Way to Major League | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 280 | 2[55] | [54] | ||
| 24 | Oedo Tai (Bea Priestley, Natsuko Tora and Saki Kashima) |
November 14, 2020 | Korakuen New Landscape | Tokyo, Japan | 1 (1, 2, 4) |
32 | 0[56] | [55] | ||
| 25 | Stars/Cosmic Angels (Mina Shirakawa, Tam Nakano and Unagi Sayaka) |
December 16, 2020 | Road to Osaka Dream Cinderella - Day 2 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 (1, 3, 1) |
291 | 7[57] | On December 20, 2020, Nakano, Shirakawa and Sayaka split up from being a Stars sub-unit and acted as the independent unit of Cosmic Angels ever since. | [56] | |
| 26 | MaiHimePoi (Himeka, Maika and Natsupoi) |
October 3, 2021 | Stardom in Nagoya | Nagoya, Japan | 1 (1, 2, 1) |
237 | 7[58] | [59] | ||
| 27 | Oedo Tai (Momo Watanabe, Saki Kashima and Starlight Kid) |
May 28, 2022 | Flashing Champions | Tokyo, Japan | 1 (3, 5, 1) |
215 | 5[60] | [61] | ||
| 28 | Prominence (Hiragi Kurumi, Risa Sera and Suzu Suzuki) |
December 29, 2022 | Dream Queendom 2 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 115 | 2 | This was a Harcdore six-woman tag team match. | [62] | |
| 29 | REStart (Kairi, Natsupoi and Saori Anou) |
April 23, 2023 | All Star Grand Queendom | Yokohama, Japan | 1 (5, 2, 1) |
34 | 0 | Despite being a sub-group of the Cosmic Angels, only Natsupoi and Saori Anou were part of the bigger unit. | [63] | |
| 30 | Baribari Bombers (Giulia, Mai Sakurai and Thekla) |
May 27, 2023 | Flashing Champions | Tokyo, Japan | 1 (2, 1, 1) |
221 | 3 | [64] | ||
| 31 | Abarenbo GE (Syuri, Mirai and Ami Sohrei) |
January 3, 2024 | New Year Stars | Yokohama, Japan | 1 (2, 1, 1) |
87 | 1 | [65] | ||
| 32 | Empress Nexus Venus (Maika, Mina Shirakawa and Xena) |
March 30, 2024 | Stardom in Sendai | Sendai, Japan | 1 (3, 2, 1) |
127 | 2 | [66] | ||
| 33 | Cosmic Angels (Tam Nakano, Saori Anou and Natsupoi) |
August 4, 2024 | Stardom in Hamamatsu | Hamamatsu, Japan | 1 (4, 2, 3) |
182 | 2 | [67] | ||
| 34 | Neo Genesis (Starlight Kid, AZM and Miyu Amasaki) |
February 2, 2025 | Supreme Fight 2025 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 (2, 4, 1) |
220 | 2 | [68] | ||
| 35 | H.A.T.E. (Konami, Rina and Fukigen Death) |
September 10, 2025 | Nighter in Korakuen | Tokyo, Japan | 1 (3, 1, 5) |
196+ | 3 | [69] | ||
Combined reigns
As of March 25, 2026.
| † | Indicates the current champions |
By team
By wrestler
Notes
- During her fifth reign, Yoneyama wrestled under the gimmick of Fukigen Death.