Mima Shimoda
On November 23 at "Reina 20", Hotta defeated Mexican Lady Apache to win the Radio Nippon Cup and become the inaugural Reina World Women's Champion. Afterwards, Hotta resumed her rivalry with turncoat Mima Shimoda, teaming with Aoi Ishibashi and Manami Toyota in a six-woman tag team match on January 15 at "Reina 24", where they defeated Shimoda, Cassandra and Kellie Skater, with Hotta submitting Shimoda for the win. On January 29 at "Reina 25", Shimoda came back, teaming with Sahory in a tag team match, where they defeated Hotta and her trainee Saya. On February 25 at "Reina 27", Hotta and Saya were again defeated by Shimoda, who this time teamed with Silueta. On May 13 at "Reina 33", the promotion's first anniversary event, La Comandante returned to Japan, facing Hotta in a "Lucha de Apuestas" Hair vs. Hair main event. Hotta won the match via submission, forcing her rival to have her head shaved, but afterwards surprisingly announced that Reina was folding effective immediately. While most of the former Universal Woman's Pro Wrestling Reina roster went on to form the Reina X World promotion, Hotta, along with her trainee Saya, Mima Shimoda and Shuri Okuda broke away from the group.