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On Sunday, August 2nd, at the "Sammy presents STARDOM 5★STAR GP 2026" Red Stars A official match held at the Light Cube Utsunomiya Grand Hall in Tochigi, Rina, who hails from Shimotsuke City, Tochigi Prefecture, defeated Itsuki Aoki, who had won four consecutive matches since the start of the tournament, and celebrated a triumphant return victory
When he suddenly spat at him, an enraged Aoki reprimanded him, saying, "What kind of triumphant return is this, huh?!" But immediately afterward, he took the fight outside the ring, his specialty, and slammed him into the main stand where Mitsuru Manaka, former manager of the Tokyo Yakult Swallows and now a baseball commentator, was sitting as a special guest
From this point on, neither fighter gave an inch, and the back-and-forth battle continued, culminating in a double knockdown after just over 10 minutes. Only time continued to tick away
The highlight came when there was less than a minute left in the match. Rina dodged Rasha Scissors and, taking advantage of the referee's blind spot, delivered a whip attack. Finally, at 14 minutes and 36 seconds, she won the exchange of prawn holds and secured the three-count victory
After the match, Rina, who received congratulations from Manaka, said, "This is my homecoming to Tochigi, and I can't lose in front of my partner Manaka. I've come back from overseas to take on this challenge, so I can't give a pathetic result. It's a critical situation where if I lose it's over, but I've overcome that situation to get here now, and I've built up the strength to overcome it during my overseas tour. I'm going to be the youngest champion of this 5★STAR, so look forward to it!"
This brings our record to 2 wins and 2 losses. From here, we'll aim to climb the ranks quickly