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"Intelligent Monster" Tora Natsuko has declared her challenge for the organization's top championship. In a six-person tag team match, she teamed up with Ryuka and Inaba Azusa as HATE to face Mi Vida Loca's Yamashita Rina, Aoki Itsuki, and Tetsu Akira. They unleashed a barrage of attacks on Tetsu
In the 5★STAR official match at Korakuen Hall on August 3rd, he was unexpectedly forced into a double count-out by Tetsu. This had a lasting impact, preventing him from advancing to the final tournament
Having incapacitated Tetsu, HATE took advantage of their 3-on-2 numerical superiority and continued to gain the upper hand. Taking advantage of the referee's distraction, Tora attacked Aoki with a steel chair and immediately finished him off with a Death Valley Bomb
After the match, when she hit Tetsu with a Death Valley Bomb and was about to raise a steel chair, World Champion Suzu Suzuki appeared. "You're trying too hard. You were trying too hard, so I brought this for you," she said, proudly showing off her red belt
Then Tora said, "I knew you wouldn't come unless I did something like this, right? I haven't forgotten. (At the Aichi tournament on May 23rd) the four of us, including you, competed for this belt. I told you then, 'If you win it, let me be the first to challenge you.' You said you wanted to do it too, but you went for someone else, and 5★STAR is a different league. I've been thinking all this time about how to get you to come up here. I won the strategy battle. We finally meet, so do it, challenge me."
Suzuki then accepted, saying, "You're cute. Of course. I want to put this on the line with you too. Let's do it." This confirmed that the title match would take place at the Yokohama Budokan on September 12th
Tora won the World Championship for the first time on July 28, 2024, by defeating the then-champion Maika, but was defeated by Tam Nakano at the Chofu event on August 31 of the same year without ever defending the title. Her reign lasted only one month. It remains to be seen whether she can win the title again
[Natsuko Tora's Story]
Finally, Suzu Suzuki has shown up. Today is the 5★STAR final, and the winner will be decided later, but I have to say this beforehand. I said it beforehand, too. In fact, I said it even before Suzu won it. "If you're going to win the red belt, let me be the first to fight." And she said "yes." But this company, when Utami Hayashishita comes back, they try to let her do it instead. That's the kind of company it is. So I have to say it today. I have to call Suzu here today. Maybe Suzu doesn't have the red belt anymore. For me, the red belt is important, but who I want to fight and who has it is the most important thing. So, my strategy won. Suzu has finally shown up