5★STAR GP 2022 Yokohama: WrestleFile Historical Verdict

Saya Iida outlasted five other wrestlers in the September 11, 2022 Yokohama six-woman battle royal, taking the final pin over Momo Kohgo with a brainbuster in 7:16. Official STARDOM results give the elimination sequence as Ruaka, Mai Sakurai, Lady C and Maika, leaving Iida and Kohgo to decide the finish. Each of the six entrants fought for herself, despite faction relationships across the rest of the 5 STAR GP card. This was an opening attraction rather than a scored Red Stars or Blue Stars league match. The tournament bouts that followed therefore shouldn't be confused with the battle royal's result. Separate participant entries make Match Finder useful for the six wrestlers without incorrectly portraying Iida as captain of a team or counting a single elimination as a title defense.

Tomoka Inaba and Syuri beat Waka Tsukiyama and Mina Shirakawa in 8:30 when Inaba pins Tsukiyama after the Ichigeki Hissatsu Tomoka Kick. The match gives Syuri a non-league appearance after stabilizing her tournament in Hiroshima and lets Inaba score the decisive fall. It does not alter either block, but it provides a useful breather before five consecutive matches with direct tournament consequences.

Risa Sera defeats Unagi Sayaka in 6:01 with a diving double-knee drop and moves to eight Red Stars points. The short runtime fits a match whose primary purpose is standings movement rather than epic escalation. Sera stays alive in a crowded middle tier while Unagi remains near the bottom, and the decisive finish gives Prominence another meaningful tournament result without spending too much of the larger Yokohama card.

Himeka beats SAKI in 6:13 with the high-angle powerbomb and reaches twelve Red Stars points. The result keeps Himeka near the block's leading group after her loss to Syuri in Hiroshima. SAKI remains dangerous as an outsider capable of changing the table, but this time Himeka avoids the kind of sudden upset that had hurt other favorites. The compact match efficiently restores Himeka's forward momentum.

Suzu Suzuki's upset win over Saya Kamitani took only 11:40 on September 11, 2022, yet it had an influence beyond one Blue Stars result. Suzuki entered as a Prominence outsider, while Kamitani already held the Wonder of Stardom Championship. The official report gives the finish as Suzuki's German suplex hold, with the pin awarding Suzuki two tournament points while Kamitani stayed on twelve. The contest was not a championship defense, so the white belt did not change hands. What counted was Suzuki demonstrating that she could beat a champion in a scored singles environment. That creates a useful distinction between title status and Grand Prix standings when fans follow the two wrestlers through the rest of the tournament.

AZM beat Queen's Quest stablemate Utami Hayashishita at Yokohama in 6:55, securing another two Red Stars points on September 11. STARDOM's result lists an AZM Sushi pin, which makes the match a short, decisive tournament upset rather than a protected time-limit stalemate. The two competitors had reason to know each other's movement and timing, and that familiarity gave the result a different texture from an inter-faction grudge match. AZM rose to twelve league points while Hayashishita stayed on eight. It would be misleading to transfer this result to either woman's title reign or portray it as a tag-team win just because they shared a faction. The value was a singles result with direct consequences for the Grand Prix race.

The Blue Stars meeting between Mayu Iwatani and Giulia ran the entire fifteen-minute Grand Prix limit in Yokohama on September 11, 2022. Neither wrestler earned the two points available for a singles win; STARDOM listed Iwatani on nine and Giulia on eleven after the draw. Their contrasting approaches built a long closing exchange without a fall, protecting both at a point when the standings were getting tighter. This was an actual time-limit draw, not a no contest, an interference finish or a hidden victory for one faction. The match has value for a viewer following either star's tournament route because the single point for a draw changes the table differently from a loss or an outright win.

The Artist of Stardom title match at Yokohama saw Oedo Tai's Saki Kashima, Starlight Kid and Momo Watanabe defend against STARS representatives Hazuki, Koguma and Hanan. STARDOM records the finish at 16:42, with Kid scoring a Star Suplex hold on Hanan. That made the result the champions' fourth successful defense, not a title change or a tournament points match. The contest also juxtaposed Kid's present Oedo Tai partnership with opponents still identified with her former faction. The six-woman structure needs to preserve both real trios so Match Finder can connect the correct partners and opponents. The decisive fall shows that faction history mattered, but the immediate stakes were the Artist championship.

Tam Nakano and Natsupoi made their first successful Goddesses of Stardom title defense at the September 11, 2022 Yokohama event. The official result has Nakano defeating Ami Sourei of the challenger team with MIRAI at 20:54, using Twilight Dream to conclude a substantial main event. The champions' partnership had taken on special importance because Natsupoi had moved from Donna del Mondo into the Cosmic Angels orbit earlier that summer. This match was a direct championship defense and not another counted 5 STAR GP singles encounter, despite sharing the same card. Both tag teams need to be recorded as pairs, with the fall attributed to Nakano rather than to an imagined three-person participant group.