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1996-11-28 · Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan · Female

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Saya Kamitani (上谷沙弥, Kamitani Saya; born November 28, 1996) is a Japanese professional wrestler and former idol. She is signed to World Wonder Ring Stardom, where she is a member of the villainous H.A.T.E. stable.

Kamitani is a former World of Stardom Champion, a Wonder of Stardom Champion, a High Speed Champion, a two-time Goddesses of Stardom Champion, and the 2021 Cinderella Tournament winner. She was the Pro Wrestling Wave 2024 Catch the Wave winner and is a former Regina di Wave champion. In New Japan Pro Wrestling, she is a former Strong Women's Champion.

She briefly led the Queen's Quest stable between June and July 2024.

Early life

From elementary school through to high school, Kamitani belonged to dance school EXPG, where she practiced Hip-hop dance.

In middle school, Kamitani won a Japan dance competition, in which she qualified for the World Hip Hop Dance Championship in 2009 held in Las Vegas, USA, placing 2nd in the junior division.

In 2014, Kamitani also worked as a support dancer for boy band EXILE.

In September 2014, Kamitani was selected to join "Baito AKB", a collaboration project between job search platform Baitoru and idol group AKB48. where she also experienced being a backing dancer for Team A's theater performances and participated in rehearsals for the Kohaku Uta Gassen. The group disbanded in February 2015.

After Baito AKB disbanded, Kamitani failed many auditions to join idol groups, including the final round of the NGT48 audition. Her parents submitted an application to an Ohta Production acting workshop audition without her knowledge in which she passed. While at Ohta Production, Kamitani passed the audition for a project that combined idols and professional wrestling, where she was scouted by Tam Nakano and subsequently became part of "Stardom Idols".

She announced her departure from Ohta Production in 2021.

Professional wrestling career

World Wonder Ring Stardom (2018–present)

Early career (2018–2020)

Kamitani debuted in World Wonder Ring Stardom originally in a non-wrestling role as part of the Stardom Idols, a dancing and singing group. On February 11, 2019 at a Stardom Idols event, she participated in a 3 vs 1 handicap match against Miss Mongol, losing in 49 seconds. While the Stardom Idols were short-lived, Kamitani passed Stardom's pro-test on July 10, 2019.

Kamitani made her official wrestling debut on August 10, 2019 at Korakuen Hall, where she unsuccessfully challenged Momo Watanabe. On August 18, Kamitani gained her first victory when she teamed with Rina to defeat Queen's Quest (Hina and Leo Onozaki). Kamitani competed in the 2019 Goddesses of Stardom Tag League together with Saya Iida as the 3838 Tag.

On December 8, Kamitani won the 2019 Rookie of the Year Tournament by defeating Saya Iida in the finals.

Queen's Quest (2020–2024)

On February 16, 2020, Kamitani joined Queen's Quest after a loss to Utami Hayashishita. On July 17, Kamitani lost in a three-way match against Saya Iida and Maika for the Future of Stardom Championship. At the 2020 Cinderella Tournament on April 29, Kamitani fell short to Natsuko Tora in the first round.

On July 26, 2020 at Stardom Cinderella Summer In Tokyo, Kamitani and Utami Hayashishita won the vacant Goddesses of Stardom Championship after defeating Tokyo Cyber Squad (Jungle Kyona and Konami). At Yokohama Cinderella 2020 on October 3, Kamitani and Hayashishita had their first successful title defense when they defeated Donna Del Mondo (Himeka and Maika).

Kamitani and Hayashishita competed together in the 2020 Goddesses of Stardom Tag League as AphrOditE, which they would continue to use as their tag team name afterwards. At Osaka Dream Cinderella 2020 on December 20, Kamitani unsuccessfully challenged for the Future of Stardom Championship in a three-way match against Maika and Saya Iida. On December 26, AphrOditE lost the Goddesses of Stardom Championship to Oedo Tai (Bea Priestley and Konami), ending their reign at 153 days.

At All Star Dream Cinderella on March 3, Kamitani received her first match for the World of Stardom Championship, in which she lost to Utami Hayashishita. Kamitani won the 2021 Cinderella Tournament after defeating Maika in the finals. At Yokohama Dream Cinderella 2021 in Summer on July 4, Kamitani unsuccessfully challenged Tam Nakano for the Wonder of Stardom Championship.

Kamitani competed in the Blue Stars block of the 2021 5 Star Grand Prix which took place from July 31 to September 25. At the opening press conference on July 17, Kamitani accidentally revealed Takumi Iroha as the mystery opponent in her block, and then apologized for the mistake. She scored a total of 11 points, which was not enough to advance to the finals.

At the 10th Anniversary Grand Finale Osaka Dream Cinderella on October 9, Kamitani, AZM, and Momo Watanabe unsuccessfully challenged MaiHimePoi for the Artist of Stardom Championship. AphrOditE competed in the Red Goddess block of the 2021 Goddesses of Stardom Tag League, in which they scored seven points. At Tokyo Super Wars on November 27, Kamitani became the number one contender for the Wonder of Stardom Championship by defeating Himeka and Natsupoi in a three-way match.

At Dream Queendom on December 29, Kamitani won the Wonder of Stardom Championship by defeating Tam Nakano.

At Stardom Nagoya Supreme Fight on January 29, 2022, Kamitani successfully defended the Wonder of Stardom Championship against Mirai. At Stardom Cinderella Journey on February 23, she defended the title successfully again against Natsupoi. On the first night of the Stardom World Climax 2022 from March 26, she defended the title against Utami Hayashishita, and on the second night from March 27, again versus Tam Nakano.

At the 2022 Cinderella Tournament, she only scored a draw against Maika in the second rounds of April 10. At Stardom Golden Week Fight Tour on May 5, 2022, she defended the Wonder of Stardom Championship successfully against Maika. At Stardom Flashing Champions on May 28, 2022, she defended it again against Mirai.

At Stardom Fight in the Top on June 26, 2022, Kamitani teamed up with AZM and Utami Hayashishita and competed in one of Stardom's first steel cage matches, where they fell short to Stars (Mayu Iwatani, Koguma and Hazuki).

At Mid Summer Champions in Tokyo, the first event of the Stardom Mid Summer Champions series which took place on July 9, 2022, Kamitani defended the "white belt" once again against Starlight Kid. At Mid Summer Champions in Nagoya, the last event from July 24, she defended the title against Saki. At Stardom in Showcase vol.1 on July 23, 2022, Kamitani competed in a three-way casket match against Starlight Kid and Yuu who won the bout after unmasking from a "grim reaper costume".

At Stardom x Stardom: Nagoya Midsummer Encounter on August 21, 2022, she defeated Himeka to retain the Wonder of Stardom Championship. Kamitani was initially scheduled to defend against Kairi but the latter pulled out last minute due to COVID issues. At the 2022 5 Star Grand Prix which took place between July 30 and October 1, Kamitani competed in the "Blue Stars" block where she scored a total of 14 points. At Hiroshima Goddess Festival on November 3, 2022, Kamitani successfully defended the Wonder of Stardom Championship against Mina Shirakawa. At Stardom Gold Rush on November 19, 2022, Kamitani went into a time-limit draw against Kairi in a match disputed for the Wonder of Stardom Championship.

At Historic X-Over, an event co-promoted alongside NJPW on November 20, 2022, Kamitani teamed up with stablemates AZM and Lady C to defeat Donna Del Mondo (Himeka, Mai Sakurai and Thekla). At Stardom in Showcase vol.3 on November 26, 2022, Kamitani competed in a four-way comedic match won by Lady C and also involving Himeka and Momo Kohgo. At Stardom Dream Queendom 2022 on December 29, Kamitani defeated Haruka Umesaki to retain the Wonder of Stardom Championship.

At the Triangle Derby I, Kamitani teamed up with…