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The newly formed Ito Respect Army (IRG), led by Maki Ito, has already begun its move to claim a title. In the first match of "STARDOM in SENDAI 2026 Jun." held at Sendai PIT in Miyagi on Saturday, June 6th, IRG, consisting of Ito, Kian Furusawa, and Rian, clashed with God's Eye's Ami Sorei, Hinami, and Tomoka Inaba in a six-person tag team match
Following the commotion surrounding Ito's disappearance, IRG, with Rian recently joining the group at the 5/31 Kyoto event, made their entrance as a trio to the theme song "Brooklyn The Hole." Moreover, Rian was also wearing Ito's red-based costume, and they performed their customary dance, though there was still a hint of awkwardness
Having completely recovered her energy, Ito delivered a magnificent, world-class cute knuckle strike, and Rian also went on a rampage, landing a low dropkick to Hinami's face. She refused to back down in their elbow exchange
Ito and Furusawa delivered a combined facebuster to Hinami, followed by Rian's body slam. Finally, as Hinami hit Rian with a modified Jeckhammer and she was about to be pinned, Rian switched to a prawn hold. She held her down and secured the victory with a three-count
Grabbing the microphone, Rian shouted, "The Ito Respect Army has won!" and then declared, "Let the three of us become artists!", challenging for the Artist of Stardom Championship (currently held by Sorei, Hina, and Lady C)
Then Hinami said, "First of all, Rian, that costume suits you really well," and then added, "You want to be an artist? It would be a waste not to do it with the Ito Respect Army, who are on a roll right now, wouldn't it? The answer is of course yes. Let's fight for the belt."
In the subsequent matches, it was confirmed that Natsupoi, Mizumori Yuna, and Sakura Aya will challenge for the Artist of the Year title at the June 14 Korakuen Hall event. IRG is now certain to challenge the winner of that match at the June 20 Yoyogi event