Top Marigold star announces she is leaving company
Utami Hayashishita has announced that she is leaving Dream Star Fighting Marigold.
The company held a show at Korakuen Hall on Saturday, April 25, where Marigold World Champion Miku Aono successfully defended her title against Hayashishita in the main event.
After the match, Hayashishita addressed the crowd and announced that she would be departing the promotion. She said the decision had been made some time ago and was not related to her loss against Aono. Hayashishita also announced that her final match for Marigold will take place on May 23.
In an interview with Tokyo Sports after the show, Marigold owner Rossy Ogawa said that Hayashishita notified him in January of her decision to leave.
The 27-year-old Hayashishita debuted for STARDOM in 2018 and won the promotion’s Rookie of Stardom award that year. In 2021, she was voted Women’s Wrestling MVP in the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Awards. In March 2024, Hayashishita was one of several STARDOM wrestlers to announce they would be leaving the promotion that month, and she joined Ogawa’s new Marigold promotion the following month.
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