Twin Star of Arsion Championship
Professional wrestling women's tag team championship
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The Twin Star of Arsion Championship (Japanese: ツイン・スター・オブ・アルシオン王座, Hepburn: Tsuin Sutā Obu Arushion Ōza) was a professional wrestling tag team championship owned by the Hyper Visual Fighting Arsion promotion. Like most professional wrestling championships, the title was won as a result of a scripted match. The championship was introduced on December 7, 1998, when Hiromi Yagi and Rie Tamada defeated Ayako Hamada and Tiger Dream in the finals of a tournament to become the inaugural champions.[1][2] During the next four and a half years, there were thirteen reigns shared among thirteen different wrestlers and eleven teams. The title was retired when Arsion went out of business on June 22, 2003, making Rie Tamada and Takako Inoue the final champions in the title's history.[1][2]
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Gami, who held the Twin Star of Arsion Championship four times | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Promotion | Hyper Visual Fighting Arsion | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Date established | December 7, 1998[1][2] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Date retired | June 22, 2003 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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History
On December 7, 1998, Hiromi Yagi and Rie Tamada became the first champions in the title's history by defeating Ayako Hamada and Tiger Dream in the finals of a seven-team round-robin tournament.[1][2] On October 21, 2001, right after Hamada and Michiko Omukai won the title by defeating the previous champions Lioness Asuka and Mariko Yoshida, it was vacated due to Hamada, who was the Queen of Arsion Champion at the time, wanted to concentrate on defending the Queen of Arison Championship.[1][2]
On December 8, Gami and Rie Tamada won the vacant championship by defeating Ai Fujita and Michiko Omukai in the finals of an eight-team round-robin tournament..[1][2] On July 21, 2002, right before the previous champions Gami and Lioness Asuka's title defense, it was vacated.[1][2] They won the title for the second time by defeating Ai Fujita and Michiko Omukai, and Bionic J and Melissa in a three-way tag team match.[1][2] The championship was deactivated on June 22, 2003 as Arison's closing, with Rie Tamada and Takako Inoue being the last champions.[1][2]
Reigns
Over the championship's four-year history, there have been 13 reigns between 11 teams composed of 13 individual champions and two vacancies. Hiromi Yagi and Rie Tamada were the inaugural champions. As a team, Gami and Lioness Asuka, and Gami and Rie Tamada holds the record for most reigns at two, while individually, Gami and Rie Tamada has the most reigns at four. Las Cachorras Orientales (Etsuko Mita and Mima Shimoda)'s reign is the longest at 343 days, while Hamada and Michiko Omukai's reign is the shortest, which lasted less than a day. Lioness Asuka is the oldest champion at 38 years old, while Hamada is the youngest at 18 years old. On June 22, 2003 the title was deactivated.
| No. | Overall reign number |
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| Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
| Days | Number of days held |
| Defenses | Number of successful defenses |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | ||||
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| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | Defenses | ||||
| 1 | Hiromi Yagi and Rie Tamada | December 7, 1998 | Twinstar of Arison - Day 17 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 205 | 4[5] | Defeated Ayako Hamada and Tiger Dream in the finals of a seven-team round-robin tournament to become the inaugural champions. | [1][2][6] |
| 2 | Cazai Ayako Hamada and Mika Akino/Akino |
June 30, 1999 | Live event | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 233 | 4[5] | Mika Akino changed her ring name to Akino on July 25, 1999. | [1][2] |
| 3 | Aja Kong and Mariko Yoshida | February 18, 2000 | Live event | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 49 | 1[5] | [1][2] | |
| 4 | Michiko Omukai and Mima Shimoda | April 7, 2000 | Millennium Premium | Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan | 1 | 135 | 2[5] | [1][2] [7][8] | |
| 5 | Gami and Rie Tamada (2) | August 20, 2000 | Live event | Osaka, Japan | 1 | 105 | 5[5] | [1][2] | |
| 6 | Las Cachorras Orientales (Etsuko Mita and Mima Shimoda (2)) |
December 3, 2000 | Live event | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 238 | 5[5] | [1][2] [9][10] | |
| 7 | Lioness Asuka and Mariko Yoshida (2) | July 29, 2001 | Carnival the Queens | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 84 | 1[5] | [1][2] [11][12] | |
| 8 | Ayako Hamada (2) and Michiko Omukai (2) | October 21, 2001 | Stargold - Day 5 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | <1 | 0[5] | [1][2] [13][14] | |
| — | Vacated | October 21, 2001 | Stargold - Day 5 | Tokyo, Japan | — | — | — | Ayako Hamada and Michiko Omukai vacated the title immediately after winning it due to Hamada wanting to concentrate on defending the Queen of Arsion Championship. | [1][2] [13] |
| 9 | Gami and Rie Tamada (3) | December 8, 2001 | N/A | Tokyo, Japan | 2 | 71 | 1[5] | Defeated Ai Fujita and Michiko Omukai in the finals of an eight-team round-robin tournament to win the vacant championship. | [1][2] [13][15] |
| 10 | Ai Fujita and Michiko Omukai (3) | February 17, 2002 | Arison 4th Anniversary | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 105 | 2[5] | [1][2] [16][17] | |
| 11 | Gami (3) and Lioness Asuka (2) | June 2, 2002 | Starlight - Day 14 (Evening Show) | Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan | 1 | 49 | 0[5] | [1][2] [18][19][20] | |
| — | Vacated | July 21, 2002 | — | Tokyo, Japan | — | — | — | Gami and Lioness Asuka championship the title right before a scheduled title match. | [1][2] [21] |
| 12 | Gami (4) and Lioness Asuka (3) | July 21, 2002 | N/A | Tokyo, Japan | 2 | 149 | 2[5] | Defeated Ai Fujita and Michiko Omukai, and Bionic J and Melissa in a three-way match to win the vacant championship. | [1][2] [22][23][24] |
| 13 | Rie Tamada (4) and Takako Inoue | December 17, 2002 | Carnival Arison | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 187 | 1 | [1][2][25] | |
| — | Deactivated | June 22, 2003 | — | — | — | — | — | The championship was retired, when Arsion goes out of business. | [1] |
Combined reigns
| <1 | Indicates that the reign lasted less than one day |
By team
| Rank | Team | No. of reigns |
Combined defenses |
Combined days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Las Cachorras Orientales (Etsuko Mita and Mima Shimoda) | 1 | 5 | 343 |
| 2 | Cazai Ayako Hamada and Mika Akino/Akino | 1 | 4 | 233 |
| 3 | Hiromi Yagi and Rie Tamada | 1 | 3 | 205 |
| 4 | Gami and Lioness Asuka | 2 | 2 | 198 |
| 5 | Rie Tamada and Takako Inoue | 1 | 1 | 187 |
| 6 | Gami and Rie Tamada | 2 | 3 | 175 |
| 7 | Michiko Omukai and Mima Shimoda | 1 | 2 | 134 |
| 8 | Ai Fujita and Michiko Omukai | 1 | 2 | 105 |
| 9 | Lioness Asuka and Mariko Yoshida | 1 | 1 | 84 |
| 10 | Aja Kong and Mariko Yoshida | 1 | 1 | 50 |
| 11 | Ayako Hamada and Michiko Omukai | 1 | 0 | <1 |
By wrestler
| Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns |
Combined defenses |
Combined days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rie Tamada | 4 | 7 | 567 |
| 2 | Mima Shimoda | 2 | 7 | 477 |
| 3 | Gami | 4 | 5 | 373 |
| 5 | Etsuko Mita | 1 | 5 | 343 |
| 5 | Lioness Asuka | 3 | 3 | 282 |
| 6 | Michiko Omukai | 3 | 4 | 239 |
| 7 | Ayako Hamada | 2 | 4 | 233 |
| Mika Akino/Akino | 1 | 4 | 233 | |
| 9 | Hiromi Yagi | 1 | 3 | 205 |
| 10 | Takako Inoue | 1 | 1 | 187 |
| 11 | Mariko Yoshida | 2 | 2 | 134 |
| 12 | Ai Fujita | 1 | 2 | 105 |
| 13 | Aja Kong | 1 | 1 | 50 |