Marigold Trios Champs Stumble on 3/14, New Twin Star Title Challengers Emerge

By: Thom Fain

The rollercoaster of joshi puroresu can produce whiplash, and that’s been especially true in the early goings of 2026. Champions can lose on a Tuesday, and two weeks later, those same champs are making heads turn around Tokyo.

At Dream Star Fighting on Sunday in Nagoya, the first-ever Marigold 3D Trios Champions dropped a trios match just six days before their first title defense. And the very team set to challenge them on March 14th won the main event.

If this is a coincidence, it’s a star-crossed one.

Mayu Iwatani, Victoria Yuzuki, and Komomo Minami — who will challenge Mai Sakurai, Natsumi Showzuki, and Erina Yamanaka for the 3D Trios Championship at Korakuen Hall on March 14th — scored the biggest win of the evening, defeating Utami Hayashishita, Chika Goto, and Nagisa Tachibana in the five-match main event.

Yuzuki secured the fall by submitting Tachibana.

Hours earlier, the champion trio had fallen to Seri Yamaoka, Shinno, and Yuuka Yamazaki, with Yamaoka’s RISE Aoki Clutch putting away Yamanaka at the 11:30 mark. The result hands the challengers a psychological edge heading into their Korakuen date.

In other significant developments, Marigold World Champion Miku Aono opened Syoko Koshino’s 7-Match Trial Series with a win via Styles Clash. After the match, Kouki Amarei publicly approached Aono with a proposal to team together and challenge for the Marigold Twin Star Tag Championship. That bout is also scheduled for this weekend on 3/14 at Korakuen Hall.

Chika Goto also made news post-match, requesting that her upcoming homecoming show on March 15th feature a tag team clash: herself and Utami Hayashishita against Iwatani and Yuzuki — a rematch of sorts from Sunday’s main event, reshuffled.

Full Results — Marigold Dream Star Fighting (March 8, 2026 | Nagoya Chunichi Hall) via purolove.com

• Misa Matsui & Rea Seto def. Nao Ishikawa & Megaton (9:55) — Flying Kneelift by Matsui on Megaton
• Nagisa Nozaki & CHIAKI def. Kouki Amarei & Hummingbird (13:51) — Powerbomb by CHIAKI on Hummingbird
• Seri Yamaoka, Shinno & Yuuka Yamazaki def. Mai Sakurai, Natsumi Showzuki & Erina Yamanaka (11:30) — RISE Aoki Clutch by Yamaoka on Yamanaka
• Syoko Koshino 7-Match Trial Series (Match 1): Miku Aono def. Syoko Koshino (10:34) — Styles Clash
• Mayu Iwatani, Victoria Yuzuki & Komomo Minami def. Utami Hayashishita, Chika Goto & Nagisa Tachibana (15:42) — Cross-Arm-Style Suplex Hold by Yuzuki on Tachibana