(born March 22, 2000) is a Japanese professional wrestler. She is signed to

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, where she is a member of H.A.T.E. Since Watanabe made her Stardom debut on November 16, 2014, she became a three-time Artist of Stardom Champion, three-time Goddesses of Stardom Champion and one-time Wonder of Stardom Champion. Watanabe is the winner of the 2018 Cinderella Tournament and the

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and

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iterations of the

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. Watanabe is also a former leader of Queen's Quest.

Professional wrestling career

World Wonder Ring Stardom (2014-present)

Early career (2014–2016)

On November 16, 2014, Watanabe made her professional wrestling debut at

where she unsuccessfully challenged

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. At Mask Fiesta 2015 on October 25, 2015, Watanabe, wrestling under the

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Fuzzy Peach, teamed up with Starlight Kid in a loss to Iotica and Mini Iotica. On December 6, 2016, Watanabe received her first title match where she teamed with Io Shirai and

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to challenge for the vacant

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, which was won by Hyper Destroyers ( Evie,

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and

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) in a

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, which also involved Oedo Tai ( Act Yasukawa, Kris Wolf and

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). Entering 2016, Watanabe and

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teamed together under the name JKGReeeeN. On January 10, JKGReeeeN challenged Thunder Rock (Io Shirai and Mayu Iwatani) for the Goddesses of Stardom Championship, but were unsuccessful. JKGReeeeN continued to wrestle through 2016 and participated in the 2016 Goddesses of Stardom Tag League, in which they did not reach the finals.

Queen's Quest (2016–2021)

Shortly after the 2016 Goddesses of Stardom Tag League, Watanabe turned on

and joined Queen's Quest. On January 7, 2017, Watanabe, along with HZK and Shirai, defeated Kagetsu, Kyoko Kimura and

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, who replaced

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due to injury, to win the Artist of Stardom Championship. Later in January, Watanabe suffered an ACL injury during training that forced her to go on a hiatus. On April 9, the Artist of Stardom Championship was vacated due to Watanabe being unable to perform because of her injury. After 10 months of injury, Watanabe returned on November 4, where she defeated Kris Wolf. On February 18, 2018, Watanabe challenged the leader of Queen's Quest Shirai for the

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in the main event at the

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, but was unsuccessful. On April 30, Watanabe won the 2018 Cinderella Tournament after defeating Bea Priestley in the finals. She expressed her wish which was a match for the

against the then-time champion Io Shirai. On May 23, Watanabe defeated Shirai to win the Wonder title, becoming the youngest wrestler to hold the title at the age of 18. In June 2018, Watanabe became the leader of Queen's Quest following Io Shirai's departure from Stardom. At Mask Fiesta 2018 on October 28, Watanabe, under the

Black Fuzzy Peach, donned a mask and teamed up with Masked Wan-chan, Mini Iotica and Red Snake to defeat Fancy Maruyama, Natsuki Urabe, Reo Hazuki and Yukari Ishino. On November 4, Watanabe and Utami Hayashishita won the 2018 Goddesses of Stardom Tag League after defeating Bea Priestley and Chardonnay in the finals. On November 23, Hayashishita and Watanabe won the Goddesses of Stardom Championship by defeating J.A.N. (Jungle Kyona and Natsuko Tora). On April 5, 2019, Watanabe participated in Stardom's first event at the

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, where she successfully defended the Wonder of Stardom Championship against her tag team partner Utami Hayashishita. At Stardom Cinderella Tournament 2019 on April 29, Watanabe fell short to Konami in the first rounds. On May 16, Watanabe lost the Wonder of Stardom Championship to Arisa Hoshiki, ending her reign at 358 days, and setting a record with most successful title defenses, at 13. On July 15, Hayashishita and Watanabe lost the Goddesses of Stardom Championship to Tokyo Cyber Squad (Jungle Kyona and

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). On November 23, Watanabe, along with AZM and Hayashishita, won the Artist of Stardom Championship after they defeated Andras Miyagi, Kagetsu and Natsu Sumire. On January 19, 2020, during the main event of ''Stardom 9th Anniversary'', Watanabe challenged Iwatani for the

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, but was unsuccessful. On February 8, AZM, Hayashishita and Watanabe lost the Artist of Stardom Championship to Donna Del Mondo ( Giulia, Maika and

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). At

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on October 3, she unsuccessfully challenged Bea Priestley for the

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. On November 8, Watanabe, along with AZM, won the 2020 Goddesses of Stardom Tag League when they defeated Giulia and Maika in the finals. After winning the Tag League, AZM and Watanabe challenged Hayashishita and

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on November 14 for the Goddesses of Stardom Championship, but were unsuccessful. On December 20, Watanabe challenged Hayashishita for the World of Stardom Championship, but was unsuccessful. At Stardom Osaka Dream Cinderella 2020 on December 20, Watanabe unsuccessfully challenged Utami Hayashishita for the

. On January 30, 2021, she challenged Syuri for the

, but was unsuccessful. At Stardom Cinderella Tournament 2021, she Watanabe fell short to Starlight Kid in the first rounds from April 10. At the Stardom 5 Star Grand Prix 2021, Watanabe fought in the "Red Goddess" block which she won with a total of 12 points. She then fell short to Syuri in the finals on September 25. At Stardom 10th Anniversary Grand Final Osaka Dream Cinderella on October 9, 2021, Watanabe teamed up with Saya Kamitani and AZM to unsuccessfully challenge MaiHimePoi (Maika, Himeka and Natsupoi) for th

. Watanabe had been the victim of Starlight Kid's mind games as the latter's strategy to gain more recruits into Oedo Tai since ''Kawasaki Super Wars'', the first event of the Stardom Super Wars trilogy which took place on November 3, 2021, Watanabe unsuccessfully challenged Starlight Kid for the

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. At ''Tokyo Super Wars'' on November 27, Watanabe teamed up with AZM to defeat Unagi Sayaka and Lady C.

Oedo Tai (2021–2024)

Watanabe and Kid's feud degenerated into an eight-woman elimination tag team match in which both of them would be the captains of their respective teams. The loser captain would be forced to join the enemy unit and if Kid lost she would also have to unmask. The match took place on December 18, at Osaka Super Wars, the event which represented the last part of the "Super Wars" trilogy. With the match coming down to the wire and Queen's Quest holding a 2 to 1 advantage over Starlight Kid a shocking moment occurred when Watanabe betrayed her faction and hit her long-time tag team partner AZM over the head with a chair, handing the win to Oedo Tai and anointing herself the “Black Peach” of the group, turning heel in the process. At Stardom Nagoya Supreme Fight on January 29, 2022, Watanabe and Starlight Kid battled Queens Quest's Utami Hayashishita and AZM in a winning effort as a result of a grudge tag team match. On the first night of the

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from March 26, Watanabe teamed up with Kid as "Black Desire" to defeat FWC ( Hazuki and Koguma) for the Goddesses of Stardom Championship. At the Stardom Cinderella Tournament 2022, Watanabe fell short to AZM in the first rounds from April 3. At Stardom Golden Week Fight Tour on May 5, 2022, she alongside Starlight Kid dropped back the Goddesses of Stardom Championship to Hazuki and Koguma. At Stardom Flashing Champions on May 28, 2022, she teamed up with Saki Kashima and Starlight Kid to defeat MaiHimePoi (Maika, Himeka and Natsupoi) for the

. At Stardom Fight in the Top on June 26, 2022, she alongside Kashima and Kid successfully defended the artist titles against God's Eye (Syuri, Ami Sourei and Mirai) and Donna Del Mondo (Giulia, Maika and Mai Sakurai). At ''Mid Summer Champions in Tokyo'', the first event of the Stardom Mid Summer Champions which took place on July 9, 2022, Watanabe unsuccessfully challenged Syuri for the

. At ''Mid Summer Champions in Osaka'' on July 24, she alongside Kid and Kashima defended the artist titles again against Giulia, Maika and Himeka. At the Stardom 5 Star Grand Prix 2022, Watanabe fought in the "Blue Stars" block, scoring a total of 12 points. At Stardom x Stardom: Nagoya Midsummer Encounter on August 21, 2022, Watanabe, Kid and Kashima successfully defended the artist titles against Cosmic Angels (Mina Shirakawa, Unagi Sayaka and

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H.A.T.E. (2024–present)

On the second night of the Stardom Sapporo World Rendezvous on July 28, 2024, Tora announced the dissoultuion of Oedo Tai and the birth of the newly created unit of H.A.T.E. (which represented a spinoff of the latter unit) featuring herself, Saya Kamitani, Momo Watanabe, Thekla, Konami, Rina and Ruaka.

New Japan Pro-Wrestling (2021, 2024)

Watanabe wrestled in exhibition matches scheduled by

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in order to promote joshi talent. On the first night of the

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from September 4, Watanabe teamed up with

to defeat with Lady C and Maika. On the second night from September 5, the two fell short to Giulia and

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on June 30, Watanabe and Kris Statlander lost to

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and

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on the Zero Hour show. On August 30 at Capital Collision, Watanabe unsuccessfully challenged Mercedes Moné for the Strong Women's Championship.

All Elite Wrestling (2025–present)

On January 5, 2025 at the co-promoted show Wrestle Dynasty, Watanabe represented Stardom and defeated ROH's

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, CMLL's

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, and AEW's

to win the International Women’s Cup, earning a title shot in either promotion. On the February 19 episode of ''AEW Dynamite'', it was revealed that Watanabe chose to invoke her title shot against Mercedes Moné for her AEW TBS Championship at

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on March 9, but failed to win the title at the event.

Championships and accomplishments

* '' All Elite Wrestling &

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& New Japan Pro-Wrestling &

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'' ** International Women’s Cup (2025) * ''

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'' ** Ranked No. 28 of the top 100 female singles wrestlers in the '' PWI Women's 100'' in 2020 ** Ranked No. 20 of the top 50 tag teams in the '' PWI Tag Team 50'' in 2020 *

( 3 times) – with AZM and Utami Hayashishita (1) (77 days), HZK and Io Shirai (1) (92 days), Saki Kashima and Starlight Kid (1) (215 days) ** Goddesses of Stardom Championship ( 3 times) – with Utami Hayashishita (1) (234 days), Starlight Kid (1) ( 40 days) and Thekla (1) (159 days) **

( 1 time) (358 days) ** Cinderella Tournament (

) **

– with Utami Hayashishita (

) and AZM (

) ** 5★Star GP Award (2 times) *** 5★Star GP Fighting Spirit Award (2018) *** Red Stars Best Match Award (

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) ** Stardom Year-End Award (4 times) *** Best Tag Team Award (2018) *** Best Unit Award (2021) *** Fighting Spirit Award (2016) *** MVP Award (2018)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Watanabe, Momo 2000 births Living people Japanese female professional wrestlers People from Sagamihara Professional wrestlers from Kanagawa Prefecture Wonder of Stardom Champions 21st-century female professional wrestlers 21st-century Japanese professional wrestlers Goddesses of Stardom Champions Artist of Stardom Champions Goddesses of Stardom Tag League winners Stardom Cinderella Tournament winners