Professional wrestling women's championship
World of Stardom Championship The current World of Stardom Championship belt
Details Promotion World Wonder Ring Stardom Date established June 26, 2011[ 1] Current champion Saya Kamitani Date won December 29, 2024
TheWorld of Stardom Championship (ワールド・オブ・スターダム王座 Wārudo Obu Sutādamu Ōza is awomen's professional wrestling world championship owned by theWorld Wonder Ring Stardom promotion . The title, which is situated at the top of Stardom's championship hierarchy, was introduced on June 26, 2011, and the inaugural champion was crowned on July 24, 2011, whenNanae Takahashi defeatedYoko Bito in the finals of a four-woman tournament.[ 1]
Io Shirai with the 2011–2020 design of the title.[ edit ] On July 24, 2011,Nanae Takahashi defeatedYoko Bito in the finals of a four-woman tournament to become the inaugural champion.[ 1]
On February 22, 2015, during a title match between the current championYoshiko andAct Yasukawa , Yoshiko beganshooting on Yasukawa, legitimately injuring her, with the match having to be ended prematurely. Yasukawa was diagnosed with fractured cheek, nasal and orbital bones, which would require surgery.[ 6] [ 7] Kairi Hojo defeatedIo Shirai in the finals of a four-woman tournament to win the vacant championship.[ 8]
On September 24, 2017, during a match between defending championMayu Iwatani againstToni Storm , Iwatani legitimately dislocated her elbow, prompting the referee to stop the match and award the championship to Storm.[ 9]
Origin and belt design [ edit ] The title is often referred to simply as the "Red Belt", a name famously used byAll Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling (AJW) to refer to itsWWWA World Single Championship (of which Takahashi had been the last titleholder back in 2006).[ 1] [ 10] [ 11] American company Top Rope Belts,[ 12] Rossy Ogawa referring to the promotion's heyday as the "Golden Age ofJoshi Puroresu [ 13] Mexico andFrance .[ 14] [ 15] [ 16]
As of November 23, 2025, there have been 19 reigns between 14 champions and two vacancies.Nanae Takahashi was the inaugural champion, as well as the longest reign at 602 days.Natsuko Tora has the shortest reign at 34 days.Io Shirai ,Mayu Iwatani andTam Nakano have the most reigns at two.Tam Nakano is the oldest champion at 36 years old, while Yoshiko is the youngest at 21 years old.
Saya Kamitani is the current champion in her first reign. She won the title by defeatingTam Nakano atStardom Dream Queendom on December 29, 2024.
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 World Wonder Ring Stardom (ST★RDOM)1 Nanae Takahashi July 24, 2011 Stardom × Stardom 2011 Tokyo ,Japan 1 7[ 17] DefeatedYoko Bito in the finals of a four-woman tournament to become the inaugural champion. [ 1] [ 18] 2 Alpha Female March 17, 2013 Stardom the Highest 2013 Tokyo ,Japan 1 0[ 19] [ 17] [ 20] 3 Io Shirai April 29, 2013 Ryōgoku Cinderella Tokyo ,Japan 1 10[ 21] [ 19] [ 22] [ 23] 4 Yoshiko August 10, 2014 Stardom × Stardom 2014 Tokyo ,Japan 1 3[ 24] [ Note 1] [ 21] [ 25] — Vacated February 25, 2015 — Tokyo ,Japan — — — Yoshiko was stripped of the championship and suspended indefinitely for legitimately beating and injuringAct Yasukawa in her fourth title defense on February 22.[ 7] [ 26] [ 27] 5 Kairi Hojo March 29, 2015 Stardom the Highest 2015 Tokyo ,Japan 1 3[ 28] DefeatedIo Shirai in the finals of a four-woman tournament to win the vacant championship. [ 8] [ 29] 6 Meiko Satomura July 26, 2015 Stardom × Stardom 2015: Manatsu no Saiten Tokyo ,Japan 1 1 [ 28] [ 30] [ 31] [ 32] 7 Io Shirai December 23, 2015 Stardom Yearend Climax 2015: Nenkan Saishū Kessen Tokyo ,Japan 2 14[ 33] [ 34] 8 Mayu Iwatani June 21, 2017 Galaxy Stars 2017 Tokyo ,Japan 1 2[ 9] [ 33] [ 35] [ 36] 9 Toni Storm September 24, 2017 5☆Star GP 2017 × Champions in Nagoya Nagoya ,Japan 1 3[ 37] Won the title via referee stoppage afterMayu Iwatani legitimately dislocated her elbow during the match. [ 9] [ 38] [ 39] 10 Kagetsu June 9, 2018 Stardom Shining Stars 2018 Yokohama ,Japan 1 8[ 40] [ 37] [ 41] 11 Bea Priestley May 4, 2019 Golden Week Stars 2019 Queen's Quest Produce Tokyo ,Japan 1 5[ 42] [ 40] [ 43] 12 Mayu Iwatani November 4, 2019 Best Of Goddess 2019 Tokyo ,Japan 2 5[ 44] [ 42] 13 Utami Hayashishita November 15, 2020 Sendai Cinderella Sendai ,Japan 1 9[ 45] [ 44] 14 Syuri December 29, 2021 Dream Queendom 2021 Tokyo ,Japan 1 10[ 46] This was aWinner Takes All match in which Syuri'sSWA World Championship was also on the line. [ 47] 15 Giulia December 29, 2022 Dream Queendom 2022 Tokyo ,Japan 1 2 [ 48] 16 Tam Nakano April 23, 2023 All Star Grand Queendom Yokohama ,Japan 1 3 [ 49] — Vacated November 20, 2023 — Tokyo ,Japan — — — The championship was vacated afterTam Nakano was sidelined with an injury. [ 50] [ 51] 17 Maika December 29, 2023 Dream Queendom 2023 Tokyo ,Japan 1 6 DefeatedSuzu Suzuki to win the vacant championship. [ 52] [ 53] 18 Natsuko Tora July 28, 2024 Sapporo World Rendezvous (Night 2) Sapporo ,Japan 1 0 [ 54] 19 Tam Nakano August 31, 2024 5Star Grand Prix (Night 12) Tokyo ,Japan 2 120 2 [ 55] 20 Saya Kamitani December 29, 2024 Dream Queendom 2024 Tokyo ,Japan 1 329+ 7 [ 56]
As of November 23, 2025.
Record tying two-time championMayu Iwatani with the 2011–2020 design of the title (left), as well as theWonder of Stardom Championship (right). † Indicates the current champion
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