Goddess of Stardom Championship

Goddess of Stardom Championship
The current belt designs (2011–present)
Details
Promotion World Wonder Ring Stardom
Date established August 2, 2011
Current champion(s) AphroditE
(Utami Hayashishita and Saya Kamitani)
Date won December 2, 2023
Statistics
First champion(s) BY Hou
(Yoko Bito and Yuzuki Aikawa)
Most reigns As tag team (2 reigns):

As individual (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 Nanae Takahashi
(44 years, 6 days)
Youngest champion Yoshiko
(19 years, 122 days)
Heaviest champion Alpha Female
(76 kg (168 lb))
Lightest champion Natsumi Showzuki and Yuzuki Aikawa
(50 kg (110 lb))

The Goddess of Stardom Championship (ゴッデス・オブ・スターダム王座, Goddesu Obu Sutādamu Ōza) is a women's professional wrestling tag team championship created and promoted by the World Wonder Ring Stardom promotion.

Title history

Himeka with one half of the Goddess of Stardom Championship title belt in 2021

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. 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. The title belt was crafted by American company Top Rope Belts.

Like most professional wrestling championships, the title is won as a result of a scripted match. There have been 29 reigns shared among 28 different teams consisting of 40 distinctive wrestlers. The current champions are AphroditE (Utami Hayashishita and Saya Kamitani) who are in their second reign as a team while it's the third individually for Hayashishita and the second for Kamitani.

Reigns

As of January 22, 2024, there have been 29 reigns between 28 teams composed of 40 individual champions and five vacancies. The inaugural champions were BY Hou (Yoko Bito and Yuzuki Aikawa). The teams of FWC (Hazuki and Koguma) and AphroditE (Utami Hayashishita and Saya Kamitani) hold the record with the most reigns at two, while individually, Jungle Kyona, Kairi Hojo, Kyoko Kimura, Nanae Takahashi and Utami Hayashishita are tied with most reigns at three. As a team, Thunder Rock (Io Shirai and Mayu Iwatani) has the longest reign at 497 days, while Ho-Show Tennyo (Hojo and Natsumi Showzuki) has the shortest reign at 34 days. Nanae Takahashi is the oldest champion at 44 years old, while Yoshiko is the youngest at 19 years old.

AphroditE (Hayashishita and Kamitani) are the current champions in their second reign as a team, while individually, this is Hayashishita's third reign. They won the title by defeating Divine Kingdom (Maika and Megan Bayne) at Stardom Nagoya Big Winter on December 2, 2023, in Nagoya, Japan.

Key
No. Overall reign number
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.
Date Event Location Reign Days Defenses
1 BY Hou
(Yoko Bito and Yuzuki Aikawa) 		July 27, 2011 Goddesses of Stardom Tag League 2011 Tokyo, Japan 1 433 2 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.
— Vacated October 2, 2012 — Tokyo, Japan — — — The championship was vacated after Yoko Bito had been sidelined with a Cervical Hernia two months earlier.
2 Kawasaki Katsushika Saikyou Densetsu
(Natsuki☆Taiyo and Yoshiko) 		November 25, 2012 Goddesses of Stardom Tag League 2012 Tokyo, Japan 1 112 3 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.
3 Kimura Monster-gun
(Hailey Hatred and Kyoko Kimura) 		March 17, 2013 Stardom the Highest 2013 Tokyo, Japan 1 43 0
4 Ho-Show Tennyo
(Kairi Hojo and Natsumi Showzuki) 		April 29, 2013 Ryōgoku Cinderella Tokyo, Japan 1 34 0
— Vacated June 2, 2013 Stardom Golden Age Tokyo, Japan — — — The championship was vacated after Natsumi Showzuki was sidelined with a Cervical Spine Injury.
5 Nanamiho
(Miho Wakizawa and Nanae Takahashi) 		July 15, 2013 Chapter Two Beginning Osaka, Japan 1 195 1 Nanamiho defeated Kawasaki Katsushika Saikyou Densetsu (Natsuki☆Taiyo and Yoshiko) in the finals of a four-team tournament to win the vacant championship.
6 Kimura Monster-gun
(Alpha Female and Kyoko Kimura) 		January 26, 2014 Stardom 3rd Year Anniversary Tokyo, Japan 1
(1, 2) 		196 3
7 7Kairi
(Kairi Hojo and Nanae Takahashi) 		August 10, 2014 Stardom × Stardom 2014 Tokyo, Japan 1
(2, 2) 		261 3
— Vacated April 28, 2015 — — — — — The championship was vacated after Nanae Takahashi was sidelined with an ankle injury.
8 Thunder Rock
(Io Shirai and Mayu Iwatani) 		May 6, 2015 Golden Week Stars 2015 Tokyo, Japan 1 407 11 Thunder Rock defeated Candy Crush (Chelsea and Kairi Hojo) in the finals of a four-team tournament to win the vacant championship.
9 Oedo Tai
(Kagetsu and Kyoko Kimura) 		June 16, 2016 Premium Stars 2016 Tokyo, Japan 1
(1, 3) 		189 2
10 BY Hou
(Kairi Hojo and Yoko Bito) 		December 22, 2016 Yearend Climax 2016 Tokyo, Japan 1
(3, 2) 		73 1
11 Team Jungle
(Hiroyo Matsumoto and Jungle Kyona) 		March 5, 2017 Champion Around the World in Nagoya Tokyo, Japan 1 108 2 After winning the championship, Kyona and Matsumoto named their team as Team Jungle.
12 Oedo Tai
(Hana Kimura and Kagetsu) 		June 21, 2017 Galaxy Stars 2017 Tokyo, Japan 1
(1, 2) 		347 8
13 Stars
(Mayu Iwatani and Saki Kashima) 		June 3, 2018 Stardom Queen's Fes In Sapporo Sapporo, Japan 1
(2, 1) 		119 3
14 J.A.N.
(Jungle Kyona and Natsuko Tora) 		September 30, 2018 Stardom 5★Star Grand Prix 2018 - Grand Champion Carnival Nagoya, Japan 1
(2, 1) 		54 0
15 Queen's Quest
(Momo Watanabe and Utami Hayashishita) 		November 23, 2018 Stardom Best of the Goddesses 2018 Tokyo, Japan 1 234 6
16 Tokyo Cyber Squad
(Jungle Kyona and Konami) 		July 15, 2019 Stardom World Big Summer In Nagoya Nagoya, Japan 1
(3, 1) 		188 3
17 Oedo Tai
(Bea Priestley and Jamie Hayter) 		January 19, 2020 Stardom 9th Anniversary Tokyo, Japan 1 183 1
— Vacated July 20, 2020 — — — — — The championship was vacated after Bea Priestley and Jamie Hayter could not defend the championship due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
18 AphroditE
(Saya Kamitani and Utami Hayashishita) 		July 26, 2020 Cinderella Summer in Tokyo Tokyo, Japan 1
(1, 2) 		153 2 Queen's Quest defeated Tokyo Cyber Squad (Jungle Kyona and Konami) to win the vacant championship. Named their tag team AphroditE in December 2020 via Youtube.
19 Oedo Tai
(Bea Priestley and Konami) 		December 26, 2020 Year End Climax Tokyo, Japan 1
(2, 2) 		50 1
20 MaiHime
(Himeka and Maika) 		February 14, 2021 Stardom Go To Budokan! Valentine Special - Day 2 Tokyo, Japan 1 49 2
21 Donna Del Mondo/Alto Livello Kabaliwan
(Giulia and Syuri) 		April 4, 2021 Yokohama Dream Cinderella Yokohama, Japan 1 280 4 Giulia and Syuri named their tag team Alto Livello Kabaliwan on May 1, 2021 via Twitter.
22 Fukuoka Double Crazy
(Hazuki and Koguma) 		January 9, 2022 Stardom in Korakuen Hall Tokyo, Japan 1 76 2
23 Black Desire
(Momo Watanabe and Starlight Kid) 		March 26, 2022 World Climax 2022
(Night 1) 		Tokyo, Japan 1
(2, 1) 		40 1
24 Fukuoka Double Crazy
(Hazuki and Koguma) 		May 5, 2022 Golden Week Fight Tour Fukuoka, Japan 2 108 4
25 meltear
(Natsupoi and Tam Nakano) 		August 21, 2022 Stardom x Stardom: Nagoya Midsummer Encounter Nagoya, Japan 1 130 2 Nakano and Natsupoi began using their team name after Stardom announced the teams for the 2022 edition of the Goddesses of Stardom Tag League.
26 7Upp
(Nanae Takahashi and Yuu) 		December 29, 2022 Dream Queendom 2 Nagoya, Japan 1
(3, 1) 		115 2
27 The New Eras
(Ami Sourei and Mirai) 		April 23, 2023 All Star Grand Queendom Yokohama, Japan 1 63 2
28 Rose Gold
(Mariah May and Mina Shirakawa) 		June 25, 2023 Stardom Sunshine 2023 Tokyo, Japan 1 49 1
29 REStart
(Natsupoi and Saori Anou) 		August 13, 2023 Stardom x Stardom: Osaka Summer Team Osaka, Japan 1
(2, 1) 		99 1
— Vacated November 20, 2023 — Tokyo, Japan — — — The championship was vacated after Natsupoi was sidelined with a cervical hernia injury.
30 AphroditE
(Saya Kamitani and Utami Hayashishita) 		December 2, 2023 Stardom Nagoya Big Winter Nagoya, Japan 2
(2, 3) 		51+ 1 Defeated Divine Kingdom (Maika and Megan Bayne) to win the vacant titles.

Combined reigns

As of January 22, 2024

Former champions Black Desire (Momo Watanabe (left) and Starlight Kid (right)).
Record tying two-time champions as a team, FWC (Hazuki (left) and Koguma (right)).
† Indicates the current champions

By team

Rank Team 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 Donna Del Mondo/Alto Livello Kabaliwan
(Giulia and Syuri) 		4 280
5 7Kairi
(Kairi Hojo and Nanae Takahashi) 		3 261
6 Queen's Quest
(Momo Watanabe and Utami Hayashishita) 		6 234
7 AphroditE
(Saya Kamitani and Utami Hayashishita) †		 2 3 204+
8 Kimura Monster-gun
(Alpha Female and Kyoko Kimura) 		1 3 196
9 Nanamiho
(Miho Wakizawa and Nanae Takahashi) 		1 195
10 Oedo Tai
(Kagetsu and Kyoko Kimura) 		2 189
11 Tokyo Cyber Squad
(Jungle Kyona and Konami) 		3 188
12 FWC
(Hazuki and Koguma) 		2 6 184
13 Oedo Tai
(Bea Priestley and Jamie Hayter) 		1 1 183
14 meltear
(Natsupoi and Tam Nakano) 		2 130
15 Stars
(Mayu Iwatani and Saki Kashima) 		3 119
16 7Upp
(Nanae Takahashi and Yuu) 		2 115
17 Kawasaki Katsushika Saikyou Densetsu
(Natsuki☆Taiyo and Yoshiko) 		3 112
18 Team Jungle
(Hiroyo Matsumoto and Jungle Kyona) 		2 108
19 REStart
(Natsupoi and Saori Anou) 		1 99
20 BY Hou
(Kairi Hojo and Yoko Bito) 		1 73
21 The New Eras
(Ami Sourei and Mirai) 		2 63
22 J.A.N.
(Jungle Kyona and Natsuko Tora) 		0 54
23 Oedo Tai
(Bea Priestley and Konami) 		1 50
24 MaiHime
(Himeka and Maika) 		2 49
Rose Gold
(Mariah May and Mina Shirakawa) 		1 49
26 Kimura Monster-gun
(Hailey Hatred and Kyoko Kimura) 		0 43
27 Black Desire
(Momo Watanabe and Starlight Kid) 		1 40
28 Ho-Show Tennyo
(Kairi Hojo and Natsumi Showzuki) 		0 34

By wrestler

Nanae Takahashi holds the record for the longest combined days as champion at 571.
Rank Wrestler No. of
reigns 		Combined
defenses 		Combined
days
1 Nanae Takahashi 3 5 571
2 Kagetsu 2 11 536
3 Mayu Iwatani 2 15 526
4 Yoko Bito 2 3 506
5 Utami Hayashishita † 3 9 438+
6 Kyoko Kimura 3 5 428
7 Io Shirai 1 11 407
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 Giulia 1 4 280
Syuri 1 4 280
14 Momo Watanabe 2 7 274
15 Konami 2 4 238
16 Bea Priestley 2 2 233
17 Natsupoi 2 3 229
18 Saya Kamitani † 2 3 204+
19 Alpha Female 1 3 196
20 Miho Wakizawa 1 1 195
21 Hazuki 2 6 184
Koguma 2 6 184
23 Jamie Hayter 1 1 183
24 Tam Nakano 1 2 130
25 Saki Kashima 1 3 119
26 Yuu 1 2 115
27 Natsuki☆Taiyo 1 3 112
Yoshiko 1 3 112
29 Hiroyo Matsumoto 1 2 108
30 Saori Anou 1 1 99
31 Mirai 1 2 63
Ami Sourei 1 2 63
33 Natsuko Tora 1 0 54
34 Himeka 1 2 49
Maika 1 2 49
Mina Shirakawa 1 1 49
Mariah May 1 1 49
38 Hailey Hatred 1 0 43
39 Starlight Kid 1 1 40
40 Natsumi Showzuki 1 0 34

See also