Starlight Kid

Kid in September 2021

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Japan

**Starlight Kid** (スターライト・キッド, *Sutāraito Kiddo*, born August 18, 2001) is a Japanese female professional wrestler *enmascarada*, who's currently signed to World Wonder Ring Stardom. Kid became the first wrestler to wear her mask full-time in Stardom.

Starlight Kid is a former one-time High Speed Champion, one-time Artist of Stardom Champion, one-time Future of Stardom Champion and one-time Goddess of Stardom Champion. She is 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

Kid debuted on October 11, 2015 losing to Kaori Yoneyama and Momo Watanabe in a Three way match. In November 2015, she competed in her first major Stardom tournament, teaming up with Hiromi Mimura to compete in the 2015 Goddesses of Stardom Tournament. The team lost in the first round to Momo Watanabe and Datura. After that she would team with Miura very often. Kid spent most of her matches losing to other, more experienced wrestlers, which would help put over other wrestlers while at the same time give Umino some in-ring, televised, experience.

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.

In 2017, Kid was revealed in an interview for the weekly pro wrestling magazine that she would be taking a break for a long time to focus on her studies. On January 3, 2018 She returned to the ring teaming with Konami losing to Miranda and Xia Brookside. In March 2018, she would participate in the tournament for the inaugural Future of Stardom Championship where she defeated Hanan in the first round and then she would defeat Shiki Shibusawa in the tournament final to become the inaugural Future of Stardom Champion. On April 15, 2018, During Stardom Draft Kid would form a stable with Mayu Iwatani, Saki Kashima, Shiki Shibusawa, Natsumi and Tam Nakano after she Oedo Tai with Nakano as their fifth pick with stable being later named STARS. From October 23 until November 4, Kid and Natsumi took part in the Goddesses Of Stardom Tag League, finishing the tournament with a record of two wins and two losses and one draw, failing to advance to the finals of the tournament. On January 3, 2019 Kid lost her title to Utami Hayashishita.

On June 12, 2021, Kid left STARS after she, Koguma, Hanan, Iwatani and Rin Kadokura lost to Oedo Tai (Natsuko Tora, Konami, Fukigen Death, Ruaka and Saki Kashima) in Ten-Woman Elimination Tag Team match where the winner had to pick a member from the opposite unit with Oedo Tai picking Kid after Kid was eliminated in the end. At Yokohama Dream Cinderella in Summer, Kid rebranded her outfit to fit Oedo Tai's colors wearing a black and purple outfit and mask, Kid also challenged Tam Nakano for the Wonder of Stardom Championship, where she unsuccesfully challenged Nakano on July 21. On August 29, Kid defeated Natsupoi to win High Speed Championship. Since November 3, 2021 Kid would enter in quest to recrut more members into Oedo Tai which would led to a feud with Momo Watanabe who would be a victim of Starlight Kid's mind games as the latter's strategy to recuit members to Oedo Tai which would degenerated into an eight-woman elimination tag team match in which both of them would be the captains of their respective teams. The loser captain would be forced to join the enemy unit and if Kid lost she would also have to unmask and reveal her real name. The match took place on December 18, at Osaka Super Wars, the event which represented the last part of the "Super Wars" trilogy. With the match coming down to the wire and Queen's Quest holding a 2 to 1 advantage over Kid a shocking moment occurred when Watanabe betrayed her Queen's Quest and hit her long-time tag team partner AZM over the head with a chair, handing the win to Oedo Tai and with Kid keeping her mask and Watanabe joining the stable. On February 23, 2022, Kid lost her High Speed Championship to AZM in match that was highly praised by Wrestling Observer journalist Dave Meltzer with him awarding the match 4 stars.

On the first night of the Stardom World Climax 2022 from March 26, Kid and Momo Watanabe defeated Hazuki and Koguma to win the Goddess of Stardom Championship. At Stardom Cinderella Tournament 2022, Kid fell short to Natsupoi in the first rounds from April 3. At Stardom Golden Week Fight Tour on May 5, at Stardom Fukuoka Goddess Festival, they lost the titles to the former champions, Hazuki and Koguma. At Stardom New Blood 2 on May 13, 2022, Kid teamed up with Ruaka & Rina in a losing effort against Cosmic Angels (Mina Shirakawa & Unagi Sayaka) & Haruka Umesaki. On May 28, Kid, Watanabe alongside their stablemate Saki Kashima defeated Himeka, Maika and Natsupoi to win the Artist Of Stardom Championship. At Stardom Fight in the Top on June 26, 2022, Kid teamed up once again with Watanabe and Kashima to score their first defense of the Artist of Stardom Championship against Giulia, Maika and Mai Sakurai. At *Mid Summer Champions in Tokyo*, the first event of the Stardom Mid Summer Champions series which took place on July 9, 2022, Kid unsuccessfully challenged Saya Kamitani for the Wonder of Stardom Championship. On the second night at *Mid Summer Champions in Nagoya* on July 24, Kid teamed up with Momo Watanabe and Saki Kashima to successfully defend the Artist of Stardom Championship against Giulia, Maika and Himeka. At Stardom 5 Star Grand Prix 2022, Kid competed in the "Blue Stars" block where she scored a total of 14 points after going agaonst Giulia, Mirai, Mayu Iwatani, Hazuki, Saya Kamitani, Natsupoi, Momo Wtanabe, Ami Sourei, Mina Shirakawa, Saya Iida, and Hanan. On December 29, Kid, Kashima, and Watanabe lost the titles to Risa Sera, Suzu Suzuki and Kurumi Hiragi.

At New Blood Premium on March 25, 2023, Starlight Kid and Karma, teaming together as Unique Glare, became the inaugural New Blood Tag Team Champions by defeating God's Eye (Mirai and Tomoka Inaba) in the finals of the New Blood Tag Team Championship Inaugural Tournament. At New Blood 11 on September 29, Unique Glare lost the New Blood Tag Team Championship to wing★gori. On September 29, it was announced that Kid had sustained an ankle injury and would take a leave of absence.

## In wrestling

* **Finishing moves**
	+ *Eternal Foe* (Moonsault side slam)
	+ *Ki-cherman* (Cross-legged bridging fisherman suplex)
	+ *Kokko Tenbatsu/Black Tiger Driver* (Kneeling cradle reverse piledriver)
	+ *Tornado Star Suplex Hold* (Tilt-a-whirl headscissors transitioned into a bridging tiger suplex)
	+ Shiranui
	+ *Star Suplex Hold* (Bridging tiger suplex)
* **Signature moves**
	+ 180° frog splash
	+ Leg hook swinging neckbreaker
	+ *Kid Clutch* (Grounded leg hook fireman's carry takeover pin)
	+ *Ki-chan Bomb* (Leg trap sunset flip powerbomb)
	+ *Messiah* (Tilt-a-whirl headscissors transitioned into a DDT)
	+ *Momo☆Latch* (Hurricanrana twisted into a victory roll)
	+ Satellite headscissors takedown
	+ *Black Tiger Leg Killer* (Stretch muffler with neckscissors) - 2022
	+ Standing moonsault
	+ Spinning sitout sleeper slam
	+ Tiger feint kick
* **Nicknames**
	+ "Genius Girl"
	+ "Ki-chan"
	+ **"Yami ni Odoru Sukai Taigā"** (Japanese for "Sky Tiger Dancing in the Dark")

## Championships and accomplishments

* ***Pro Wrestling Illustrated***
	+ Ranked No. 51 of the top 100 female wrestlers in the *PWI Female 100* in 2018
	+ Ranked No. 9 of the top 100 female wrestlers in the PWI Women's 100 in 2022
* **World Wonder Ring Stardom**
	+ Future of Stardom Championship (1 time, inaugural)
	+ Goddess of Stardom Championship (1 time) – with Momo Watanabe
	+ Artist Of Stardom Championship (1 time) – with Momo Watanabe and Saki Kashima
	+ High Speed Championship (1 time)
	+ New Blood Tag Team Championship (1 time, inaugural) – with KARMA
	+ Stardom Year-End Award (3 times)
		- Best Technique Award (2018)
		- Shining Award (2021)
		- Fighting Spirit Award (2022)