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.[6][7] 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.[3][8][9] 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.[10]

Artist of Stardom Championship
Io Shirai, record six-time Artist of Stardom Champion
Details
Promotion	World Wonder Ring Stardom
Date established	December 24, 2012[1][2]
Current champion(s)	Donna del Mondo (Giulia, Maika and Syuri Kondo)
Date won	February 8, 2020
Statistics First champion(s) Kawasaki Katsushika Saikyou Densetsu (Act Yasukawa, Natsuki☆Taiyo and Saki Kashima)[3] Most reigns (as a team) Queen's Quest (AZM, HZK and Io Shirai) (2 reigns) (as an individual) Io Shirai (6 reigns) Longest reign Queen's Quest (Io Shirai, HZK and Viper) (245 days) Shortest reign Queen's Quest (AZM, HZK and Io Shirai) (21 days) Oldest champion Kyoko Kimura (39 years, 197 days) Youngest champion AZM (14 years, 196 days)[4] Heaviest champion The Female Predator "Amazon" (83 kg (183 lb))[5] Lightest champion AZM (40 kg (88 lb))[4]

Like most professional wrestling championships, the title is won as a result of a scripted match. There have been twenty three reigns shared among twenty one teams and thirty seven wrestlers. Donna del Mondo (Giulia, Maika and Syuri Kondo) are the current champions in their first reign.

Title history

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	Days	Defenses
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	Kashima, Taiyo and Yasukawa defeated Team Shimmer (Kellie Skater, Portia Perez and 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 and Yuhi)	June 23, 2013	Chapter Two Beginning	Tokyo, Japan	1	134	2[14]	Hojo, Yoneyama and Yuhi defeated Kimura Monster-gun (Christina Von Eerie, Hailey Hatred and Kyoko Kimura) in a decision match to win the vacant championship.	[15][16]
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[14]		[14][17]
4	Tawashis (Hiroyo Matsumoto, Mayu Iwatani and Miho Wakizawa)	December 29, 2013	Stardom Yearend Climax 2013	Tokyo, Japan	1	224	4[18]		[14][19][20]
5	Tomodachi Mania (Hatsuhinode Kamen, Kaori Yoneyama (2) and Tsubasa Kuragaki)	August 10, 2014	Stardom × Stardom 2014	Tokyo, Japan	1	119	0[21]		[18]
6	Heisei-gun (Io Shirai, Mayu Iwatani (2) and Takumi Iroha)	December 7, 2014	Rookie of Stardom 2014	Tokyo, Japan	1	128	1[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) and Koguma)	May 3, 2015	Golden Week Stars 2015	Tokyo, Japan	1	209	0	Defeated Heisei-gun (Io Shirai, Mayu Iwatani and Reo Hazuki) in a decision match to win the vacant championship.	[24]
—	Vacated	November 28, 2015	—	—	—	—	—	The championship declared vacant by Stardom. Koguma had been fired from the promotion on September 15, 2015.	[25][26]
8	Team Hyper Destroyers (Evie, Hiroyo Matsumoto (2) and Kellie Skater)	December 6, 2015	Goddesses of Stars 2015	Tokyo, Japan	1	84	2[27]	Evie, Matsumiti and Skater 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.	[28][29]
9	Threedom (Io Shirai (2), Kairi Hojo (3) and Mayu Iwatani (3))	February 28, 2016	Osaka Taikai	Osaka, Japan	1	217	2[30]		[27]
10	Oedo Tai (Hana Kimura, Kagetsu and Kyoko Kimura (2))	October 2, 2016	Shin-Kiba Taikai	Tokyo, Japan	1	97	2[31]		[30][32]
11	Queen's Quest (HZK, Io Shirai (3) and Momo Watanabe)	January 7, 2017	New Year Stars 2017	Osaka, Japan	1	92	0	Viper replaced Hana Kimura and defended the championship, as Kimura was sidelined with a wrist injury.	[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) and Io Shirai (4))	April 15, 2017	Grow Up Stars 2017	Yokohama, Japan	1	21	0[36]	Queen's Quest defeated Oedo Tai (Hana Kimura, Kagetsu and Rosa Negra) in the finals of a four-team tournament to win the vacant championship.	[37]
13	Hiromi Mimura, Kairi Hojo (4) and Konami	May 6, 2017	GoldenWeek Stars 2017	Tokyo, Japan	1	29	1[38]		[36]
14	Queen's Quest (AZM (2), HZK (3) and Io Shirai (5))	June 4, 2017	Shining Stars 2017	Tokyo, Japan	2	13	0[39]		[38][40]
15	Team Jungle (Hiroyo Matsumoto (3), Jungle Kyona and Kaori Yoneyama (3))	June 17, 2017	Shining Stars 2017	Yokohama, Japan	1	57	0[41]		[39][42]
16	Queen's Quest (HZK (4), Io Shirai (6) and Viper)	August 13, 2017	Midsummer Champions 2017	Tokyo, Japan	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 (2), Natsuko Tora and Kaori Yoneyama (4))	May 27, 2018	Stardom at Osaka	Osaka, Japan	1	126	2	J.A.N. defeated Oedo Tai (Kagetsu, Hana Kimura and Hazuki) to win the vacant championship.
18	Stars (Mayu Iwatani (4), Saki Kashima (2) and Tam Nakano)	September 30, 2018	Stardom 5★Star Grand Prix 2018 - Grand Champion Carnival	Nagoya, Japan	1	228	4		[47]
19	Tokyo Cyber Squad (Hana Kimura (2), Jungle Kyona (3) and Konami (2))	May 16, 2019	Stardom Gold May 2019	Tokyo, Japan	1	38	1		[48]
20	Stars (Mayu Iwatani (5), Saki Kashima (3) and Tam Nakano (2))	June 23, 2019	Stardom Saki Kashima's Homecoming	Matsue, Japan	2	27	1		[49]
21	Oedo Tai (Andras Miyagi, Kagetsu (2) and Natsu Sumire)	July 20, 2019	Stardom World Big Summer in Osaka	Osaka, Japan	2	126	1		[50]
22	Queen's Quest (AZM, (3) Momo Watanabe (2) and Utami Hayashita)	November 23, 2019	Stardom Goddess of Stars 2019 - Night 1	Osaka, Japan	1	77	1		[51]
23	Donna del Mondo (Giulia, Maika and Syuri Kondo	February 8, 2020	The Way to Major League	Tokyo, Japan	1	189+	1		[52]

Combined reigns

As of August 28, 2020

†	Indicates the current champions

By team

Rank	Team	No. of reigns	Combined defenses	Combined days
1	Stars (Mayu Iwatani, Saki Kashima and Tam Nakano)	2	5	255
2	Queen's Quest (HZK, Io Shirai and Viper)	1	3	245
3	Tawashis (Hiroyo Matsumoto, Mayu Iwatani and Miho Wakizawa)	1	4	224
4	Threedom (Io Shirai, Kairi Hojo and Mayu Iwatani)	1	2	217
5	Candy Crush (Chelsea, Kairi Hojo and Koguma)	1	0	209
6	Donna del Mondo (Giulia, Maika and Syuri Kondo †	1	1	189+
7	Chibis (Kairi Hojo, Kaori Yoneyama and Yuhi)	1	2	134
8	Heisei-gun (Io Shirai, Mayu Iwatani and Takumi Iroha)	1	1	128
8	J.A.N. (Jungle Kyona, Kaori Yoneyama and Natsuko Tora)	1	2	126
	Oedo Tai (Andras Miyagi, Kagetsu and Natsu Sumire)	1	1	126
11	Tomodachi Mania (Hatsuhinode Kamen, Kaori Yoneyama and Tsubasa Kuragaki)	1	0	119
12	Kawasaki Katsushika Saikyou Densetsu (Act Yasukawa, Natsuki☆Taiyo and Saki Kashima)	1	0	115
13	Oedo Tai (Hana Kimura, Kagetsu and Kyoko Kimura)	1	2	97
14	Queen's Quest (HZK, Io Shirai and Momo Watanabe)	1	0	92
15	Team Hyper Destroyers (Evie, Hiroyo Matsumoto and Kellie Skater)	1	2	84
16	Queen's Quest (AZM, Momo Watanabe and Utami Hayashishita)	1	1	77
17	Team Jungle (Hiroyo Matsumoto, Jungle Kyona and Kaori Yoneyama)	1	0	57
18	Kimura Monster-gun (Alpha Female, The Female Predator Amazon and Kyoko Kimura)	1	0	55
19	Tokyo Cyber Squad Hana Kimura, Jungle Kyona and Konami	1	1	38
20	Queen's Quest (AZM, HZK and Io Shirai)	2	0	34
21	Hiromi Mimura, Kairi Hojo and Konami	1	1	29

By wrestler

Rank	Wrestler	No. of reigns	Combined defenses	Combined days
1	Mayu Iwatani	5	12	824
2	Io Shirai	6	6	747
3	Kairi Hojo	4	5	589
4	Kaori Yoneyama	4	4	436
5	HZK	4	3	402
6	Saki Kashima	3	5	370
7	Hiroyo Matsumoto	3	5	365
8	Viper	1	3	276
9	Tam Nakano	2	5	255
10	Miho Wakizawa	1	4	224
11	Kagetsu	2	3	223
12	Jungle Kyona	3	3	221
13	Chelsea	1	0	209
	Koguma	1	0	209
15	Giulia †	1	1	189+
	Maika †
	Syuri Kondo †
18	Momo Watanabe	2	1	169
19	Kyoko Kimura	2	2	152
20	Hana Kimura	2	3	135
21	Yuhi	1	2	134
22	Takumi Iroha	1	1	128
23	Natsuko Tora	1	2	126
	Andras Miyagi	1	1	126
	Natsu Sumire	1	1	126
26	Hatsuhinode Kamen	1	0	119
	Tsubasa Kuragaki	1	0	119
28	Act Yasukawa	1	0	115
	Natsuki☆Taiyo Natsuki	1	0	115
30	AZM	3	1	109
31	Evie	1	1	84
	Kellie Skater	1	1	84
33	Utami Hayashishita	1	1	77
34	Konami	2	2	67
35	Alpha Female	1	0	55
	The Female Predator Amazon	1	0	55
37	Hiromi Mimura	1	1	29

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External links

• World Wonder Ring Stardom's official website
• Artist of Stardom Championship history at Wrestling-Titles.com