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On July 25th (Saturday), at the Ishikawa Industrial Exhibition Hall No. 2, during the "Sammy presents STARDOM 5★STAR GP 2026" Red Stars B official match, Utami Hayashishita suffered an unexpected defeat against Azusa Inaba (JTO) of HATE
From the start, HATE's second, Rina, interfered, preventing her from gaining momentum. She was then hit with an elbow while Rina yelled "You old hag!". She followed up with a backflip, a sliding lariat, a reverse Boston crab in the center of the ring, and a powerful German suplex, but Azusa immediately got back up and countered with two German suplexes in a row
He then attempted a bat-hanging drop, a lariat, and a torture rack bomb, but couldn't finish the job. In the end, he was defeated by the Baba Killer 2 (a modified prawn hold)
Azusa, having won, grinned
With a look of frustration on her face, Shimi appeared backstage and spat out, "They're calling me a 'damn old hag'! I'm only 27 this year, so I'm not an old hag at all!"
In her first match on the 19th (Toyohashi), she ended up with a 15-minute time limit draw against Rina Yamashita, leaving her with one draw and one loss. She said, "It's been a somewhat shaky start, so I'm feeling quite unsettled before tomorrow's official match against Saya Iida, which I'm really looking forward to... But I want to win all the remaining matches and advance. First of all, I'm really looking forward to tomorrow's match against Iida, who is also a contemporary of mine, so I want to win that and move on to the next round."
In addition, in the Red Stars B block, Lady C faced Rina Yamashita. She used her size advantage to her advantage with a body slam, then locked in a cobra twist, and further pressured her with a Zgyuuun
However, Yamashita kept getting up like a zombie even after receiving an elbow strike, leaving his opponent bewildered. He then stopped his movements with a neck chop and finally finished him off with an implant
On July 18th in Ota Ward, Sorei Ami and Hinami, as a trio, lost to AEW's Thekla, Julia Hart, and Sky Blue, losing the Artist of the Year Championship. Moreover, 5★STAR lost to Iida Saya in their first match on the 20th (Osaka), making it two consecutive losses in official matches
After the match, she said, "Damn, I couldn't win. I couldn't win, but I've always wanted to fight her. After watching her IWGP match against Shuri, I always wanted to fight Yamashita Rina, so I was really happy to get this opportunity to face her at 5★STAR. But I can't just stop at being happy; I have to surpass her. Today, Yamashita Rina was superior in both physicality and power. I was hit with that kind of feeling, so next time I will definitely surpass her and win. And tomorrow I'm up against Konami. I still have 2 losses and 0 points, so I'll fight with all my might to get even one or two points!"
