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Future of Stardom Champion Hinami will defend her title for the seventh time against Hime Yuria. This will be Yuria's first challenge for a singles championship. When Yuria challenged for the title, she declared that if she won, she would do a photoshoot with the belt. This enraged Hinami. Can Yuria, who lost all her matches in the 5★STAR GP, celebrate her entry into the STAR world with her first championship win? Or will Hinami easily defeat Yuria and defend the belt?
Hinami, who enters later, stares down Yuria, who is wearing a Shirakawa Mina costume. As soon as the bell rings, Yuria charges forward with a dropkick and a series of elbows. Even when Hinami tries to turn around, Yuria doesn't retaliate at all, returning to her original position and continuing to hit her with elbows. Hinami throws Yuria into the ropes and follows up with a dropkick and a series of body slams. Hinami tries for one more, and Yuria struggles but is slammed down again. When Yuria kicks out, Hinami delivers a series of stomps and applies a reverse Boston crab. When Yuria escapes, Hinami applies a modified camel clutch. Yuria lands a series of elbows, which Hinami absorbs. Hinami retaliates with an exchange of elbows. Hinami takes Yuria down. Yuria quickly gets up and delivers a dropkick. Yuria also attempts a running guillotine, but only gets a two count. Yuria applies a figure-four neck lock. Hinami counters and gets on top. Yuria reverses, stopping Hinami's charge and delivering a big boot. As Yuria charges, Hinami performs a hip toss and then a reverse figure-four leglock. She brings Yuria back as she tries to escape and tightens the hold in the center. Hinami transitions into an STF. Yuria manages to reach the ropes. Hinami declares she's going for the finish and lifts Yuria up. She drops her to the side, but Yuria gets up higher. Hinami takes her down with an STO and heads to the corner. Yuria climbs up and delivers a series of elbows. Hinami knocks Yuria down with an elbow, but Yuria retaliates with a Nada-style Frankensteiner, a face crusher, and a modified face crusher. Hinami escapes a figure-four neck lock. Yuria attempts a running guillotine, but only gets a two count. Yuria screams, gets Hinami to her feet, and kicks her in the face. Hinami catches the kick and throws her backward. Yuria gets up, but Hinami hits a modified rock bottom. Hinami pulls Yuria up and goes for a Jackhammer. Yuria resists, and Hinami hits an elbow, then goes for the Jackhammer again. Yuria counters and rolls up Yuria in a series of pins. Yuria lands a big boot, but Hinami kicks out. Yuria applies a figure-four neck lock, slams Hinami's forehead into the mat, and spins, tightening the hold further, but Hinami's feet reach the ropes. Yuria goes for a throw. Hinami counters with a modified Jackhammer, with three minutes remaining. Both are down. Both wrestlers got up, and Hinami delivered an STO. When Yuria got up, Hinami hit a Mad Splash. Yuria couldn't counter, and Hinami won. After the match, HANAKO appeared.
HANAKO: "Hina, congratulations on your title defense. Aren't you getting a little tired of this title defense road? Don't you want to fight stronger opponents? To be honest, even before my debut, I desperately wanted this Future belt. No matter what anyone says, I want this belt. I don't want to have any regrets. Please let me challenge for that belt."
Hina: "HANAKO, you're next? I already know what you want to say. HANAKO, you challenged for the Wonder belt once, didn't you? You're saying, 'No matter what anyone says, I want the Future belt,' but didn't you challenge for the White belt yourself before anyone could tell you what to do? What do you mean, 'everyone's'? HANAKO, your own sense of self is all over the place. Well, you might have challenged for it once last time, but you don't know your own level. You're way too optimistic about yourself!" Well, we did fight once at 5★STAR and I won, so I'm still impressed you made it here. I'll give you credit for your guts. This kind of reaction will definitely be more interesting, right? With this Future belt on the line, I'm going to crush you, HANAKO."
"Today was Hime Yuria's seventh title defense! I won by three count. Hime Yuria made an outrageous statement before the match saying she wanted to do a belt gravure shoot, and she fought here today, and I think her spirit wasn't broken even once. I think that shows how much she loves gravure and wants to do it. But, Yuria, you debuted as a professional, and you're fighting as a wrestler in front of professionals, right? Then you should be serious about pro wrestling first. Gravure comes after that. Someone who can't do one thing, and then a second? Doing both isn't that easy. Yuria has joined STARS, so Yuria should become the new hope of STARS, that kind of presence. Whether you change or not from here on is up to Yuria. I have high expectations for you, Yuria. And next, HANAKO. HANAKO stood in front of me today just like before, but she challenged for the white belt once, right?" So, it didn't work out, and I've always wanted this Future, I've always thought about it, or something like that, but if I don't say it out loud, it's the same as not thinking it at all, but HANAKO is big, and I've beaten her once in 5★STAR, but judging from the audience's reaction, I think it would definitely be more fun if we did it, so I want to do it with HANAKO and win again. Thank you very much."
"I've always wanted to wrap the belt around myself, and today I did so backstage, and I wanted to tell everyone backstage that I was looking forward to a great belt photoshoot. But as it turned out, Hinami's position as Future Champion was just too high a hurdle. However, I said that I wanted to do a belt photoshoot like this, and there were all sorts of good and bad opinions, but I will definitely continue to do what I want to do and reach the top of Stardom, so please look forward to it. I will never give up, and I will think more and more about what I was lacking today and take that belt from Hinami next time. Also, today I was able to wear the costume that Shirakawa gave me in March, and because of that I carried the hopes of all the STARS members, and even Shirakawa's hopes (even though I didn't take it personally), but I couldn't get the result I wanted, so I'm really, really frustrated and will work even harder. Thank you Hinami for fighting against me today."
"Well, I've been feeling conflicted about this for a while. But today, what Hinami said made me realize that I want both Future and Shiro. I don't want to give up on either of them. Thank you for making me realize that. I'm going to go for both, so Future first. Hinami, just wait for me."