Goddess of Stardom Championship

The Goddess of Stardom Championship (ゴッデス・オブ・スターダム王座, Goddesu Obu Sutādamu Ōza) is a professional wrestling tag team championship owned by the World Wonder Ring Stardom promotion. On August 2, 2011, Stardom held a press conference to announce the first ever Goddesses of Stardom Tag League, which would culminate in the crowning of the first Goddess of Stardom Champions.[1] The finals of the tournament took place on November 27, 2011, and saw BY Hou (Yoko Bito and Yuzuki Aikawa) defeat Kawasaki Katsushika Saikyou Densetsu (Natsuki☆Taiyo and Yoshiko) to become the inaugural champions.[3] The title belt was crafted by American company Top Rope Belts.[6]

Goddess of Stardom Championship
Nanae Takahashi, former two-time Goddess of Stardom Champion
Details
Promotion	World Wonder Ring Stardom
Date established	August 2, 2011[1]
Current champion(s)	Oedo Tai (Bea Priestley and Konami)
Date won	December 26, 2020[2]
Statistics First champion(s) BY Hou (Yoko Bito and Yuzuki Aikawa)[3] Most reigns (as an individual) Kairi Hojo and Kyoko Kimura (3 reigns) Longest reign Thunder Rock (Io Shirai and Mayu Iwatani) (407 days) Shortest reign Ho-Show Tennyo (Kairi Hojo and Natsumi Showzuki) (34 days) Oldest champion Kyoko Kimura (39 years, 89 days) Youngest champion Yoshiko (19 years, 122 days) Heaviest champion Alpha Female (76 kg (168 lb))[4] Lightest champion Natsumi Showzuki and Yuzuki Aikawa (50 kg (110 lb))[5]

Like most professional wrestling championships, the title is won as a result of a scripted match. There have been eighteen reigns shared among nineteen teams and twenty-five wrestlers. Oedo Tai (Bea Priestley and Konami) are the current champions in their first reign as a team, while it's the second reign individually for both.[2]

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	BY Hou (Yoko Bito and Yuzuki Aikawa)	July 27, 2011	Goddesses of Stardom Tag League	Tokyo, Japan	1	433	2[7]	BY Hou defeated Kawasaki Katsushika Saikyou Densetsu (Natsuki☆Taiyo and Yoshiko) in the finals of the 2011 Goddesses of Stardom Tag League to become the inaugural champions.	[3][8]
—	Vacated	October 2, 2012	—	Tokyo, Japan	—	—	—	The championship was vacated after Yoko Bito had been sidelined with a cervical hernia two months earlier.	[9][10]
2	Kawasaki Katsushika Saikyou Densetsu (Natsuki☆Taiyo and Yoshiko)	November 25, 2012	2nd Goddesses of Stardom Tag League Finals	Tokyo, Japan	1	112	3[11]	Kawasaki Katsushika Saikyou Densetsu defeated Ho-Show Tennyo (Kairi Hojo and Natsumi Showzuki) in the finals of the 2012 Goddesses of Stardom Tag League to win the vacant championship.	[12][13]
3	Kimura Monster-gun (Hailey Hatred and Kyoko Kimura)	March 17, 2013	Stardom the Highest 2013	Tokyo, Japan	1	43	0[14]		[11][15]
4	Ho-Show Tennyo (Kairi Hojo and Natsumi Showzuki)	April 29, 2013	Ryōgoku Cinderella	Tokyo, Japan	1	34	0[16]		[14][17]
—	Vacated	June 2, 2013	Stardom Golden Age	Tokyo, Japan	—	—	—	The championship was vacated, after Natsumi Showzuki was sidelined with a cervical spine injury.	[16][18]
5	Nanamiho (Miho Wakizawa and Nanae Takahashi)	July 15, 2013	Chapter Two Beginning	Osaka, Japan	1	195	1[19]	Nanamiho defeated Kawasaki Katsushika Saikyou Densetsu (Natsuki☆Taiyo and Yoshiko) in the finals of a four-team tournament to win the vacant championship.	[16][20]
6	Kimura Monster-gun (Alpha Female and Kyoko Kimura (2))	January 26, 2014	Stardom 3rd Year Anniversary	Tokyo, Japan	1	196	3[21]		[19][22]
7	7Kairi (Kairi Hojo (2) and Nanae Takahashi (2))	August 10, 2014	Stardom × Stardom 2014	Tokyo, Japan	1	261	3[23]		[21][24]
—	Vacated	April 28, 2015	—	—	—	—	—	The championship was vacated after Nanae Takahashi was sidelined with an ankle injury.	[25]
8	Thunder Rock (Io Shirai and Mayu Iwatani)	May 6, 2015	Golden Week Stars 2015	Tokyo, Japan	1	407	11[26]	Thunder Rock defeated Candy Crush (Chelsea and Kairi Hojo) in the finals of a four-team tournament to win the vacant championship.	[27]
9	Oedo Tai (Kagetsu and Kyoko Kimura (3))	June 16, 2016	Premium Stars 2016	Tokyo, Japan	1	189	2[28]		[26][29]
10	BY Hou (Kairi Hojo (3) and Yoko Bito (2))	December 22, 2016	Yearend Climax 2016	Tokyo, Japan	1	73	1[30]		[28][31]
11	Team Jungle (Hiroyo Matsumoto and Jungle Kyona)	March 5, 2017	Champion Around the World in Nagoya	Tokyo, Japan	1	108	2[32]	After winning the championship, Kyona and Matsumoto named their team as Team Jungle.	[30][33]
12	Oedo Tai (Hana Kimura and Kagetsu (2))	June 21, 2017	Galaxy Stars 2017	Tokyo, Japan	1	347	8[34]		[32]
13	Stars (Mayu Iwatani (2) and Saki Kashima)	June 3, 2018	Stardom Queen's Fes In Sapporo	Sapporo, Japan	1	119	3[35]		[34]
14	J.A.N. (Jungle Kyona (2) and Natsuko Tora)	September 30, 2018	Stardom 5★Star Grand Prix 2018 - Grand Champion Carnival	Nagoya, Japan	1	54	0[36]		[35]
15	Queen's Quest (Momo Watanabe and Utami Hayashishita)	November 23, 2018	Stardom Best of the Goddesses 2018	Tokyo, Japan	1	234	6[37]		[36][38]
16	Tokyo Cyber Squad (Jungle Kyona (3) and Konami)	July 15, 2019	Stardom World Big Summer In Nagoya	Nagoya, Japan	1	188	3[39]		[37][40]
17	Oedo Tai (Bea Priestley and Jamie Hayter)	January 19, 2020	Stardom 9th Anniversary	Tokyo, Japan	1	183	1[41]		[39][42]
—	Vacated	July 20, 2020	—	—	—	—	—	The championship was vacated after Bea Priestley and Jamie Hayter couldn't defend the championship due to the COVID-19 pandemic.	[43]
18	Queen's Quest (Saya Kamitani and Utami Hayashishita (2))	July 26, 2020	Cinderella Summer in Tokyo	Tokyo, Japan	1	153	2[44]	Queen's Quest defeated Tokyo Cyber Squad (Jungle Kyona and Konami) to win the vacant championship.	[45]
19	Oedo Tai (Bea Priestley (2) and Konami (2))	December 26, 2020	Year End Climax	Tokyo, Japan	1	43+	1		[2]

Combined reigns

As of February 7, 2021

†	Indicates the current champions

By team

Rank	Wrestler	No. of reigns	Combined defenses	Combined days
1	BY Hou (Yoko Bito and Yuzuki Aikawa)	1	2	433
2	Thunder Rock (Io Shirai and Mayu Iwatani)		11	407
3	Oedo Tai (Hana Kimura and Kagetsu)		8	347
4	7Kairi (Kairi Hojo and Nanae Takahashi)		3	261
5	Queen's Quest Momo Watanabe and Utami Hayashishita		6	234
6	Kimura Monster-gun (Alpha Female and Kyoko Kimura)		3	196
7	Nanamiho (Miho Wakizawa and Nanae Takahashi)		1	195
8	Oedo Tai (Kagetsu and Kyoko Kimura)		2	189
9	Tokyo Cyber Squad (Jungle Kyona and Konami)		3	188
10	Oedo Tai (Bea Priestley and Jamie Hayter)		1	183
11	Queen's Quest (Saya Kamitani and Utami Hayashishita)		2	153
12	Stars (Mayu Iwatani and Saki Kashima)		3	119
13	Kawasaki Katsushika Saikyou Densetsu (Natsuki☆Taiyo and Yoshiko)		3	112
14	Team Jungle Hiroyo Matsumoto and Jungle Kyona		2	108
15	BY Hou (Kairi Hojo and Yoko Bito)		1	73
16	J.A.N. Jungle Kyona and Natsuko Tora		0	54
17	Kimura Monster-gun (Hailey Hatred and Kyoko Kimura)		0	43
18	Oedo Tai (Bea Priestley and Konami) †		1	43+
19	Ho-Show Tennyo (Kairi Hojo and Natsumi Showzuki)		0	34

By wrestler

Rank	Wrestler	No. of reigns	Combined defenses	Combined days
1	Kagetsu	2	11	536
2	Mayu Iwatani	2	15	526
3	Nanae Takahashi	2	3	456
4	Kyoko Kimura	3	5	428
5	Io Shirai	1	11	407
6	Utami Hayashishita	2	8	387
7	Yoko Bito	2	3	383
8	Kairi Hojo	3	4	368
9	Jungle Kyona	3	5	350
10	Hana Kimura	1	8	347
11	Yuzuki Aikawa	1	2	347
12	Momo Watanabe	1	6	244
13	Konami †	2	4	231+
14	Bea Priestley †	2	2	226+
15	Alpha Female	1	3	196
16	Miho Wakizawa	1	1	195
17	Jamie Hayter	1	1	183
18	Saya Kamitani	1	2	153
19	Saki Kashima	1	3	119
20	Natsuki☆Taiyo	1	3	112
	Yoshiko	1	3	112
22	Hiroyo Matsumoto	1	2	108
23	Natsuko Tora	1	0	54
24	Hailey Hatred	1	0	43
25	Natsumi Showzuki	1	0	34

See also

• International Ribbon Tag Team Championship
• WWE Women's Tag Team Championship
• Oz Academy Tag Team Championship
• Wave Tag Team Championship

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External links

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