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Utami Hayashishita, who has returned to the Stardom ring, has challenged her rival, former World Champion Saya Kamitani, to a match
At "STARDOM in SENDAI 2026 Jun." held at Sendai PIT in Miyagi on June 6th (Sunday), Utami formed a team with Hanan, Iida Saya, and Hamabe Matoi. They clashed with HATE's Tora Natsuko, Konami, Ruanka, and Inaba Azusa
Utami was dragged outside the ring by Tora and became the victim of a pipe chair attack. Nevertheless, she showed brilliant teamwork with her teammates, lifting Tora and putting him in a backbreaker. With assistance from Hanan and Iida, she then executed a bat-hanging drop on Ruanka, and it seemed like she could finish the match off from here, but..
Immediately afterward, the referee who had collided with Utami went down, turning the ring into a lawless zone. Taking advantage of the distraction, Kamiya, who was seconding HATE, also interfered and hit Utami with the combined move, the Magic Killer, with Tora. In the end, Ruanka pinned Utami for the three count with a Daruma-style German suplex hold. This was Utami's first pinfall loss in her third match since returning to Stardom
After the match, Tora declared, "I never thought I'd hear your entrance music in the blue corner again, and I never thought the day would come when I'd call your name in the ring. Like back then, I'm not very interested. Let me tell you something. You're not part of Oedo Tai anymore. You're HATE," and left the ring looking uninterested
Then Saya-sama entered the ring. "You've been having singles matches with some crappy rookie since last week, and you've been all lovey-dovey with your同期 (fellow trainees), and you came back to Stardom to do this? Get down on your knees, get down on your knees. If you do, Saya-sama will fight you," she said, egging on the "get down on your knees" chants, before attacking with kicks and stomping
With a look of frustration on her face, Shimi sent a message saying, "Kamiya probably doesn't know how I feel coming back here. But even I don't really understand Kamiya. There must be more to it, right? We were together for so long, so there must be more, right? There are still so many things I haven't told Kamiya. Let's do this at the Yoyogi tournament on June 20th." However, Kamiya disappeared through the gate without responding
At the Korakuen Hall event on May 26th, which marked her first appearance on the Stardom mat in about two years, she faced off against Kamiya in the ring. However, Kamiya hurled harsh words at her, saying things like, "What did you come here for?" and "What have you been doing all this time? I'm disappointed."