Wonder of Stardom Championship

The Wonder of Stardom Championship (ワンダー・オブ・スターダム王座, Wandā Obu Sutādamu Ōza) is a women's professional wrestling championship owned by the World Wonder Ring Stardom promotion. The title, which in Stardom's championship hierarchy is situated as the secondary title behind the World of Stardom Championship, was introduced on June 26, 2011, and the inaugural champion was crowned on July 24, 2011, when Yuzuki Aikawa defeated Yoshiko.

Title history[]

The title is often referred to simply as the "White Belt", a name famously used by All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling (AJW) to refer to its All Pacific Championship. The title belt was crafted by American company Top Rope Belts based on designs sent by Stardom, with a conscious decision to imitate the AJW title belt in terms of its color, with Stardom president Rossy Ogawa referring to the promotion's heyday as the "Golden Age of Joshi Puroresu". The original title belt was awarded to undefeated inaugural champion Yuzuki Aikawa, when she retired from professional wrestling on April 29, 2013. It was replaced that same night by a second identical title belt. Aikawa's reign was creditted for brigging women’s pro-wrestling out of a dark time in Japan.

Originally, only wrestlers officially signed to Stardom were eligible to challenge for the title, but this rule was abandoned in 2013, when Dark Angel and Yuhi were allowed to challenge for the title. Sarah Stock (wrestling under the name Dark Angel) became the first non-Japanese to win the title. When Santana Garrett won the title in November 2015, she started defending it in the United States, alongside the NWA World Women's Championship. Her six defenses on the American independent circuit were also recognized by Stardom. Under the title reigns of Io Shirai and Mayu Iwatani, the title began gaining importance, leading to the point where the Wonder of Stardom and World of Stardom Championships were seen as equals, whith the former feeling like a real world title belt.

July 2020 tournament[]

On May 20, 2020, Arisa Hoshiki retired, so the Wonder of Stardom Championship was vacated. On July 12, a four-woman tournament was set-up to determine a new champion. On July 26, Giulia defeated Tam Nakano in the finals to become the new champion.

	Semifinals (July 17)				Finals (July 26)

	Giulia

	Konami
					Giulia

					Tam Nakano
	Natsuko Tora

	Tam Nakano

Curse belt and Symbol of the Shining Star[]

With Stardom slowly rebuilding following the COVID-19 pandemic, Nakano's reign began the concept of the title being a "cursed belt", as Nakano put herself that "a championship full of emotions that brings out the soul in one’s heart – people who possess the title for long enough go through Hell, but it makes them a better person because of it". At Dream Queendom on December 29, 2021, Nakano lost the title to Saya Kamitani.

Kamitani's reign rejuvenated feeling of importance and spectacle that the title had missed during Nakano's reign before her had lacked, the title felt like an afterthought when the Artist of Stardom Championships had to be defended by Nakano's Cosmic Angels stable; following Nakano's defeat at the hands of Kamitani, Kamitani sought to rectify that lost time. On April 23, 2023, at All Star Grand Queendom, Kamitani lost the Wonder of Stardom Championship to Mina Shirakawa, ending her reign at 480 days, with a record setting of 15-successful title defenses. Despite losing the title during her reign, it gave a rebirth to the phrase "Symbol of the Shining Star", with the title drawing comparision to the WWE Intercontinental Championship for highlighting the best in-ring performers that joshi puroresu had to offer.

Championship belt design[]

The belt design of the Wonder of Stardom Championship, contains a large oval-shaped central plate, with a significant emphasis on white elements. It prominently features the "Wonder of Stardom Champion" text, alongside Stardom logo, often accompanied by decorative elements such as stars or flourishes. The side plates often continue the theme of the central plate, featuring a design with detailed engravings, the Stardom logo, or star motifs and it contains a white strap, reflecting its "White Belt" moniker.

Title History[]

As of January 20, 2025, there have been a total of 25 reigns between 19 different champions and three vacancies. Yuzuki Aikawa was the inaugural champion as well as the longest reign at 618 days.Mika Iwata has the shortest reign at 23 days. Act Yasukawa, Io Shirai, Tam Nakano and Mayu Iwatani share the record of the most reigns with two each. Shirai had the most title defenses at 17 times.

The current champion is Starlight Kid who is in her first reign. She won the title by defeating Natsupoi at Stardom Dream Queendom 2024 on December 29, 2024 in Tokyo, Japan.

#	Wrestler	Reign	Date	Location	Length	Defenses	Notes
1	Yuzuki Aikawa	1	July 24, 2011	Tokyo	618 Days	8	Defeated Yoshiko in a decision match to become the inaugural champion.
—	Vacated	—	April 2, 2013	Tokyo	—	—	Yuzuki Aikawa vacated the championship due to retiring from professional wrestling on April 29, 2013.
2	Dark Angel	1	April 29, 2013	Tokyo	189 Days	3	Dark Angel defeated Act Yasukawa in a decision match to win the vacant championship.
3	Act Yasukawa	1	November 4, 2013	Tokyo	234 Days	4
—	Vacated	—	June 26, 2014	Tokyo	—	—	The championship was vacated after Act Yasukawa was sidelined with various health issues brought on by thyroid deterioration.
4	Mayu Iwatani	1	July 27, 2014	Nagoya	175 Days	2	Iwatani defeated Miho Wakizawa in the finals of a four-woman tournament to win the vacant championship.
5	Act Yasukawa	2	January 18, 2015	Tokyo	103 Days	0
—	Vacated	—	May 1, 2015	Tokyo	—	—	The championship was vacated after Act Yasukawa was sidelined with facial fractures.
6	Io Shirai	1	May 17, 2015	Tokyo	190 Days	7	Shirai defeated Nikki Storm in a decision match to win the vacant championship.
7	Santana Garrett	1	November 23, 2015	Fukuoka	174 Days	9	This was a title vs. title match in which Garrett also defended the NWA World Women's Championship.
8	Kairi Hojo	1	May 15, 2016	Tokyo	364 Days	8
9	Mayu Iwatani	2	May 14, 2017	Tokyo	132 Days	2
10	Yoko Bito	1	September 23, 2017	Osaka	57 Days	2
11	Io Shirai	2	November 19, 2017	Tokyo	185 Days	10
12	Momo Watanabe	1	May 23, 2018	Tokyo	358 Days	13
13	Arisa Hoshiki	1	May 16, 2019	Tokyo	370 Days	10	This was Hoshiki's Cinderella Tournament granted wish.
—	Vacated	—	May 20, 2020	—	—	—	Arisa Hoshiki vacated the championship as she announced her retirement from professional wrestling due to head and neck injuries.
14	Giulia	1	July 26, 2020	Tokyo	220 Days	6	Giulia defeated Tam Nakano to win the vacant championship. This was Giulia's Cinderella Tournament granted wish.
15	Tam Nakano	1	March 3, 2021	Sendai	301 Days	6	This was a Hair vs Hair match.
16	Saya Kamitani	1	December 29, 2021	Tokyo	480 Days	15
17	Mina Shirakawa	1	April 23, 2023	Yokohama	34 Days	0
18	Tam Nakano	2	May 27, 2023	Tokyo	36 Days	0	This was a "Winner takes all" match also for the World of Stardom Championship.
19	MIRAI	1	July 2, 2023	Yokohama	180 Days	3
20	Saori Anou	1	December 29, 2023	Tokyo	176 Days	3
21	Mika Iwata	1	June 22, 2024	Tokyo	23 Days	0
22	Saori Anou	2	July 15, 2024	Tokyo	12 Days	0
24	Natsupoi	1	July 27, 2024	Sapporo	155 Days	2
25	Natsupoi	1	December 29, 2024	Tokyo	22+	0

Combined reigns[]

†	Indicates the current champion

Rank	Wrestler	No. of reigns	Combined defenses	Combined days
1	Yuzuki Aikawa	1	8	618
2	Saya Kamitani	1	15	480
3	Io Shirai	2	17	375
4	Arisa Hoshiki	1	10	370
5	Kairi Hojo		8	364
6	Momo Watanabe		13	358
7	Act Yasukawa	2	4	337
7	Tam Nakano		6	337
9	Mayu Iwatani		4	307
10	Giulia	1	6	220
11	Dark Angel	1	3	189
12	Saori Anou	2		188
13	MIRAI	1		180
14	Santana Garrett		9	174
15	Natsupoi		2	155
16	Yoko Bito		2	57
17	Mina Shirakawa		0	34
18	Mika Iwata			23
19	Starlight Kid †			22+