{"id":49731,"date":"2019-07-07T17:45:52","date_gmt":"2019-07-07T21:45:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=49731"},"modified":"2019-07-07T17:45:52","modified_gmt":"2019-07-07T21:45:52","slug":"shining-star-arisa-hoshiki","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2019\/07\/07\/shining-star-arisa-hoshiki\/","title":{"rendered":"Star Gazing: “Shining Star” Arisa Hoshiki"},"content":{"rendered":"

Star Gazing is our new series which will add to our already growing coverage of\u00a0World Wonder Ring Stardom<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>(colloquially known simply as Stardom) and the Joshi scene where we will get you up to speed with members of the Stardom roster.\u00a0 Our forth is going to focus on the current Wonder Of Stardom Champion the “Shining Star” Arisa Hoshiki<\/p>\n

Arisa Hoshiki was a member of Stardom’s original roster and debuted back in 2011.\u00a0 Despite that, she is one of the least experienced wrestlers on Stardom’s roster with under one hundred matches under her belt, more on this later.\u00a0 Despite this Hoshiki is one of the most lethal strikers in the company and currently receiving a big push<\/p>\n

Outside Of Wrestling<\/b><\/h3>\n

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Arisa Hoshiki left wrestling in 2012 and during that time competed in some Shoot Boxing.\u00a0 Shoot boxing is a mix of shoot wrestling and kickboxing meaning it’s athletes have to be adept technically on the mat as well as at striking, both elements that Arisa brings into her wrestling.\u00a0 Hoshiki had two professional fights at S-Cup events with a 1-1 record.\u00a0 Hoshiki’s main focus was on becoming an idol in the music scene with her band Unlimited Dream Navigator, she even sings her own entrance theme.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CK-N85zhjoI<\/p>\n

Early Run and AMA<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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As part of Stardom’s original roster Hoshiki was one of many very green rookies but showed potential thanks to her insane kicks<\/a>.\u00a0 She formed a team early on with Mayu Iwatani<\/a>, together they were called AMA (eventually), Hoshiki would be runner up in the Rookie Of The Year tournament losing to\u00a0Yoshiko\u00a0<\/strong>in the final after beating\u00a0Yoko Bito\u00a0<\/strong>in the semis.\u00a0 She was on the losing end of a Wonder Of Stardom title match against Stardom’s first ace\u00a0Yuzuki Aikawa\u00a0<\/strong>in the main event of Stardom Year End Stars 2011<\/em> but otherwise didn’t do much of note before her departure.\u00a0 In May 2012 just 16 months after her debut Hoshiki wrestled what many believed was her final match in a time limit draw with\u00a0Yuhi.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Part Time Return<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Photo: Stardom<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

At Stardom’s September Korakuen Hall show in 2018 Arisa Hoshiki announced her intentions to return to Stardom.\u00a0 In November she had her comeback match against\u00a0AZM\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Konami\u00a0<\/strong>in an AMA reunion with Mayu Iwatani.\u00a0 In her comeback, she didn’t exactly blow people away as she was noticeably rusty and cautious but grew into the match.\u00a0 Hoshiki settled in as a member of STARS usually teaming with\u00a0Iwatani or\u00a0Saki Kashima\u00a0<\/strong>to help her out as she grew accustomed to wrestling again.\u00a0 In her 5-6 months as a part-timer, Hoshiki was allowed to stay under the radar only having one singles match and one title match in this time as Stardom allowed her to settle back into being a wrestler.<\/p>\n

Full-Time Return And Wonder Of Stardom Championship<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Photo: Stardom<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In late April 2019, it was revealed that Hoshiki would become a full-time member of the Stardom roster.\u00a0 This was just in time for Stardom’s Cinderella tournament and coincided with Mayu Iwatani’s injury which left a spot open for Hoshiki to be moved up the card.\u00a0 She would win the Cinderella Tournament<\/a> having great matches and getting wins over\u00a0Natsuko Tora,\u00a0<\/strong>Saki Kashima, and Konami on her way to victory.\u00a0 Now performing at a high-level Hoshiki made the most of this spotlight and added new moves to her arsenal while putting on great performances, she was now a fan favorite and was showing all the qualities that made her a potential star all the way back in 2011.<\/p>\n

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— New-TrAlex (@LWOSPWAlexR) July 3, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n