STARDOM Announce Utami Hayashishita’s First Matches Back in the Promotion

By Noah Leatherland

Utami Hayashishita made her shock return to STARDOM earlier this week. With STARDOM THE CONVERSION on the horizon, the promotion has announced Hayashishita’s first matches back in the fold.

Hayashishita’s first match back will be with the woman that confronted her backstage at Korakuen Hall, Akira Kurogane. Hayashishita and Kurogane will go one-on-one on May 30th in Kobe.

Kurogane: This isn’t exactly our first meeting, is it? I’ve been wanting to have a match with you. But you disappeared before I even made my debut. Still, I’m glad you’ve come back today. But I can’t have you thinking this is the same STARDOM as when you were here. I’m going to prove that to you. And I, Akira Kurogane, will be your very first opponent!

 

Hayashishita: It’s completely different from the STARDOM I knew, isn’t it, Akira? Of course, I know that. For my first match since returning, I’d like you to show me the STARDOM I don’t know.

(Quotes translated via DeepL)

Hayashishita will also be in action at STARDOM’s event on May 31st at the iconic Kyoto KBS Hall. There, she will team with Matoi Hamabe to take on Saya Iida and the Wonder of Stardom Champion, Hanan.

Having made her return confronting her former AphroditE partner Saya Kamitani, it appears that Hayashishita will have to wait a bit longer to share a ring with her again.