Starlight Kid
| Starlight Kid | |
|---|---|
 Kid in February 2021 | |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Starlight Kid |
| Billed height | 1.50 m (4 ft 11 in) |
| Billed weight | 45 kg (99 lb) |
| Trained by | Fuka |
| Debut | October 11, 2015 |
Starlight Kid (スターライト・キッド, Starlight Kid) is a Japanese professional wrestler currently signed to World Wonder Ring Stardom, where she is the High Speed Champion in her first reign. She became the first wrestler to wear her mask full-time in Stardom as part of her luchadora persona. Greatly influenced by lucha libre, Starlight Kid has followed Mexican tradition for masked wrestlers, so her real name is not a matter of public record.
Professional wrestling career[]
Starlight Kid debuted on October 11, 2015 at Goddesses of Stardom in a three-way match with Kaori Yoneyama and Momo Watanabe. On 8 November, she teamed up with Hiromi Mimura (who also debuted on the same day) in a defeat to Watanabe and Datura. She occasionally tagged with Mimura afterwards.
On April 29, 2016, at the Cinderella Tournament, she participated in a dark match, teaming with Eimi Nishina in a defeat to Yoneyama and Azumi. On May 15, she was involved in the opening 6-person tag match, which resulted in a win for her team. On May 29, she was the opponent in Kris Wolf's return match. On June 16, she was involved in another opening 6-person tag match, where her team was defeated by the team of Yoneyama, Azumi and Alex Lee.
On June 11, 2017, at Shining Stars, she returned to Stardom for the first time in about a year, partnering Hetzza in a defeat to AZM and Ruaka.[1] The weekly professional wrestling magazine revealed that it was a long-term absence due to studying for exams.
On March 28, 2018, she defeated Shibusawa Shiki in the tournament final for the inaugural Future of Stardom Championship, which was newly established at the Korakuen Hall Tournament, and became the first champion.[2] On May 27, at Shining Stars, her first singles match with Io Shirai ended in defeat, but it was highly praised by the audience. Post-match, AZM challenged her for the title, and on June 3 at Queen's Fes In Sapporo, the match went to a time-limit draw. On January 3, 2019, at New Years Stars, she was defeated by Utami Hayashishita, ending her reign at 281 days.
Championships and accomplishments[]
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- Ranked No. 51 of the top 100 female wrestlers in the PWI Female 100 in 2018[3]
- World Wonder Ring Stardom
- Future of Stardom Championship (1 time)
- High Speed Championship (1 time, current)
References[]
- ^ "2017年6月11日 Shining Stars2017". 株式会社スターダム. 2017-06-11. Retrieved 2017-06-17.
- ^ "【スターダム】スターライト・キッドが「フューチャー・オブ・スターダム」初代王者に". 東スポＷeb - 東京スポーツ新聞社 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2018-04-08.
- ^ "Pro Wrestling Illustrated Top 100 Female Wrestlers Results". Wrestling Travel. Retrieved November 9, 2018.
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- Japanese female professional wrestlers
- Living people
- Masked wrestlers