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Triangle Derby I was the first annual round-robin six-woman tag team tournament event promoted by World Wonder Ring Stardom under the "Triangle Derby" branch. The event took place between January 3 and March 4, 2023, with limited attendance due in part to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic at the time (until January 30). It also represented the first major event promoted by Stardom in 2023.[1]
Triangle Derby I | |||
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Promotion | World Wonder Ring Stardom | ||
Date | January 3 – March 4, 2023 | ||
City | Various Finals: Tokyo, Japan | ||
Venue | Finals: Yoyogi National Gymnasium | ||
Attendance | Highest: Finals (1,919) | ||
Event chronology | |||
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Triangle Derby chronology | |||
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The Triangle Derby is a professional wrestling tournament held annually by Stardom. It is currently disputed as a round-robin tournament with teams of three wrestlers split into two pools. Contrary to most round-robin style tournaments, teams from the same pool don't face each other. Instead, each team faces all teams from the opposite pool. Matches are fought with a 15-minute time limit. A win is worth two points and a draw is worth one point. The top two teams from each pool will advance to a final single-elimination bracket, consisting of semifinals and finals.[1]
The tournament featured professional wrestling matches that resulted from scripted storylines, where wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.[2] The event's official press conference took place on December 16, 2022, and was broadcast live on Stardom's YouTube channel.[3]
This is a list of participants including the champions during the event. The tournament featured fourteen teams formed by a total of forty-two wrestlers, divided into two distinctive blocks with the two highest placed teams of their respective blocks moving on to the semifinals.[4]
*Noted underneath were the champions who held their titles at the time of the tournament.
No. | Results[7] | Stipulations | Times[8] |
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1 | Rina Amikura defeated Waka Tsukiyama | Singles match | 5:40 |
2 | Yuu and Yuna Mizumori defeated Maika and Lady C | Tag team match | 9:54 |
3 | Classmates (Hazuki, Koguma and Saya Iida) defeated H&M's (Mayu Iwatani, Hanan and Momo Kohgo) | Triangle Derby group stage match | 9:11 |
4 | Queen's Quest (AphrOditE (Utami Hayashishita and Saya Kamitani) and 02line (AZM and Miyu Amasaki)) defeated Oedo Tai (Natsuko Tora, Saki Kashima, Rina and Ruaka) | Eight-woman tag team match | 12:01 |
5 | Baribari Bombers (Giulia, Thekla and Mai Sakurai) defeated Rebel&Enemy (Ram Kaicho, Maika Ozaki and Maya Yukihi) and Cosmic Angels (Yuko Sakurai, Natsupoi and Saki) | Three-way tag team match | 12:34 |
6 | Abarenbo GE (Syuri, Mirai and Ami Sourei) defeated Club Venus (Mina Shirakawa, Xia Brookside and Mariah May) | Triangle Derby group stage match | 13:36 |
No. | Results[9] | Stipulations | Times[10] | ||
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1 | Super Strong Stardom Machine won by last eliminating AZM[a] | Nagoya Rumble match | 11:00 | ||
2 | Club Venus (Mina Shirakawa, Xia Brookside and Mariah May) defeated Oedo Tai (Natsuko Tora, Saki Kashima and Rina) | Six-woman tag team match | 11:01 | ||
3 | Baribari Bombers (Giulia, Thekla and Mai Sakurai) defeated Lollipop (Waka Tsukiyama, Yuko Sakurai and Rina Amikura) | Triangle Derby group stage match | 9:05 | ||
4 | Prominence (Suzu Suzuki, Risa Sera and Hiragi Kurumi) defeated Cosmic Angels (meltear (Tam Nakano and Natsupoi) and Saki) | Triangle Derby group stage match | 13:25 | ||
5 | Syuri and Mayu Iwatani vs. Utami Hayashishita and Maika ended in a time-limit draw | Tag team shuffle match | 30:00 | ||
6 | Saya Kamitani (c) defeated Ami Sourei | Singles match for the Wonder of Stardom Championship | 18:06 | ||
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No. | Results[11][12] | Stipulations | Times[13] |
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1 | Thekla defeated Momo Kohgo | Singles match | 7:20 |
2 | Syuri defeated Yuna Mizumori | Singles match | 9:17 |
3 | Club Venus (Mina Shirakawa, Xia Brookside and Mariah May) defeated MaiHime with C (Maika, Himeka and Lady C) | Six-woman tag team match | 11:41 |
4 | Stars (Mayu Iwatani, Hazuki, Koguma and Saya Iida) defeated Oedo Tai (Natsuko Tora, Saki Kashima, Rina and Ruaka) | Eight-woman tag team match | 13:03 |
5 | AphrOditE (Utami Hayashishita and Saya Kamitani) vs. God's Eye (Mirai and Ami Sourei) ended in a time-limit draw | Tag team match | 15:00 |
6 | Cosmic Angels (meltear (Tam Nakano and Natsupoi) and Saki) defeated Lollipop (Waka Tsukiyama, Yuko Sakurai and Rina Amikura) | Triangle Derby group stage match | 14:58 |
No. | Results[16] | Stipulations | Times[17] |
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1 | Koguma defeated Yuna Mizumori and Mirai | Three-way match | 7:40 |
2 | meltear defeated Stars (Hazuki and Saya Iida) and God's Eye (Syuri and Ami Sourei) | Three-way tag team match | 10:53 |
3 | Queen's Quest (AphrOditE (Utami Hayashishita and Saya Kamitani) and AZM) defeated Lollipop (Waka Tsukiyama, Yuko Sakurai and Rina Amikura) | Triangle Derby group stage match | 11:39 |
4 | Unique Glare (Starlight Kid, Haruka Umesaki and Ruaka) defeated Rebel&Enemy (Ram Kaicho, Maika Ozaki and Maya Yukihi) | Triangle Derby group stage match | 10:55 |
5 | MaiHime with C (Maika, Himeka and Lady C) defeated H&M's (Mayu Iwatani, Hanan and Momo Kohgo) | Triangle Derby group stage match | 11:34 |
6 | Prominence (Suzu Suzuki, Risa Sera and Hiragi Kurumi) defeated Club Venus (Mina Shirakawa, Xia Brookside and Mariah May) | Triangle Derby group stage match | 11:47 |
7 | Gold Ship (Natsuko Tora, Momo Watanabe and Saki Kashima) defeated Baribari Bombers (Giulia, Thekla and Mai Sakurai) | Triangle Derby group stage match | 12:25 |
No. | Results[20] | Stipulations | Times[21] |
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1 | Hina defeated Rina and Tomoka Inaba | Three-way match | 6:24 |
2 | H&M's (Mayu Iwatani, Hanan and Momo Kohgo) defeated Cosmic Angels (Tam Nakano, Natsupoi and Waka Tsukiyama) | Six-woman tag team match | 12:25 |
3 | Baribari Bombers (Giulia, Thekla and Mai Sakurai) defeated Classmates (Hazuki, Koguma and Saya Iida) | Triangle Derby group stage match | 12:37 |
4 | Club Venus (Mina Shirakawa, Xia Brookside and Mariah May) defeated Gold Ship (Natsuko Tora, Momo Watanabe and Saki Kashima) | Triangle Derby group stage match | 11:30 |
5 | Abarenbo GE (Syuri, Mirai and Ami Sourei) defeated Unique Glare (Starlight Kid, Haruka Umesaki and Ruaka) | Triangle Derby group stage match | 12:06 |
6 | Neo Stardom Army (7Upp (Nanae Takahashi & Yuu) and Yuna Mizumori) defeated MaiHime with C (Maika, Himeka and Lady C) | Triangle Derby group stage match | 11:56 |
7 | Queen's Quest (AphrOditE (Utami Hayashishita and Saya Kamitani) and AZM) defeated Prominence (Suzu Suzuki, Risa Sera and Hiragi Kurumi) | Triangle Derby group stage match | 13:18 |
No. | Results[22] | Stipulations | Times[23] |
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1 | AZM defeated Tomoka Inaba and Waka Tsukiyama | Three-way match | 7:27 |
2 | Queen's Quest (AphrOditE (Utami Hayashishita and Saya Kamitani) and Hina) defeated Oedo Tai (Momo Watanabe, Starlight Kid and Rina) | Six-woman tag team match | 11:18 |
3 | Baribari Bombers (Giulia, Thekla and Mai Sakurai) defeated Oedo Tai (Natsuko Tora, Saki Kashima and Ruaka) | Six-woman tag team match | 9:38 |
4 | Cosmic Angels (meltear (Tam Nakano and Natsupoi) and Saki) defeated Classmates (Hazuki, Koguma and Saya Iida) | Triangle Derby group stage match | 11:42 |
5 | Abarenbo GE (Syuri, Mirai and Ami Sourei) defeated H&M's (Mayu Iwatani, Hanan and Momo Kohgo) | Triangle Derby group stage match | 11:17 |
6 | Rebel&Enemy (Ram Kaicho, Maika Ozaki and Maya Yukihi) defeated Neo Stardom Army (7Upp (Nanae Takahashi & Yuu) and Yuna Mizumori) | Triangle Derby group stage match | 13:11 |
7 | Club Venus (Mina Shirakawa, Xia Brookside and Mariah May) defeated MaiHime with C (Maika, Himeka and Lady C) | Triangle Derby group stage match | 12:33 |
No. | Results[24] | Stipulations | Times[25] |
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1 | Classmates (Hazuki, Saya Iida and Koguma) defeated Unique Glare (Starlight Kid, Karma and Ruaka) | Triangle Derby group stage match | 9:03 |
No. | Results[26] | Stipulations | Times[27] |
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1 | Oedo Tai (Starlight Kid and Ruaka defeated Club Venus (Mina Shirakawa and Mariah May), Queen's Quest (Lady C and Miyu Amasaki) and Donna Del Mondo (Mai Sakurai and Thekla) | Four-way tag team match | 10:39 |
2 | Donna Del Mondo (Giulia, Maika and Himeka defeated Classmates Hazuki, Koguma and Saya Iida) | Six-woman tag team match | 10:10 |
3 | H&M's (Mayu Iwatani, Hanan and Momo Kohgo) defeated Lollipop (Waka Tsukiyama, Yuko Sakurai and Rina Amikura) | Triangle Derby group stage match | 11:15 |
4 | Cosmic Angels (meltear (Tam Nakano and Natsupoi) and Saki) defeated Gold Ship (Natsuko Tora, Momo Watanabe and Saki Kashima) | Triangle Derby group stage match | 9:29 |
5 | Abarenbo GE (Syuri, Mirai and Ami Sourei) vs. (7Upp (Nanae Takahashi & Yuu) and Yuna Mizumori) ended in a time-limit draw | Triangle Derby group stage match | 15:00 |
6 | Queen's Quest (AphrOditE (Utami Hayashishita and Saya Kamitani) and AZM) defeated Rebel&Enemy (Ram Kaicho, Maika Ozaki and Maya Yukihi) | Triangle Derby group stage match | 13:41 |
No. | Results[28] | Stipulations | Times[29] |
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1 | Cosmic Angels (Natsupoi and Club Venus (Mina Shirakawa and Mariah May) defeated Stars (Koguma, Momo Kohgo and Hanan) | Six-woman tag team match | 8:22 |
2 | Tam Nakano vs. Saya Kamitani vs. Yuna Mizumori ended in a time-limit draw | Three-way match | 15:00 |
3 | Oedo Tai (Natsuko Tora, Saki Kashima and Momo Watanabe) defeated Stars (Mayu Iwatani, Hazuki and Saya Iida) | Six-woman tag team match | 10:10 |
4 | Abarenbo GE (Syuri, Mirai and Ami Sourei) defeated Queen's Quest (Utami Hayashishita, AZM and Miyu Amasaki) | Six-woman tag team match | 14:00 |
5 | Unique Glare (Starlight Kid, Haruka Umesaki and Ruaka) defeated Lollipop (Waka Tsukiyama, Yuko Sakurai and Rina Amikura) | Triangle Derby group stage match | 12:36 |
6 | Baribari Bombers (Giulia, Thekla and Mai Sakurai) defeated MaiHime with C (Maika, Himeka and Lady C) | Triangle Derby group stage match | 11:50 |
No. | Results | Stipulations | Times[30] |
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1 | MaiHime (Maika and Himeka) defeated Club Venus (Mina Shirakawa and Mariah May), Queen's Quest (Miyu Amasaki and Lady C) and Oedo Tai (Fukigen Death and Rina) | Four-way tag team match | 8:05 |
2 | Gold Ship (Natsuko Tora, Momo Watanabe and Saki Kashima) defeated Unique Glare (Starlight Kid, Haruka Umesaki and Ruaka) | Triangle Derby group stage match | 9:41 |
3 | Neo Stardom Army (7Upp (Nanae Takahashi & Yuu) and Yuna Mizumori) defeated Lollipop (Waka Tsukiyama, Yuko Sakurai and Rina Amikura) | Triangle Derby group stage match | 13:01 |
4 | Classmates Hazuki, Koguma and Saya Iida) defeated Queen's Quest (AphrOditE (Utami Hayashishita and Saya Kamitani) and AZM) | Triangle Derby group stage match | 10:17 |
5 | Rebel&Enemy (Ram Kaicho, Maika Ozaki and Maya Yukihi) defeated H&M's (Mayu Iwatani, Hanan and Momo Kohgo) | Triangle Derby group stage match | 10:30 |
6 | Cosmic Angels (meltear (Tam Nakano and Natsupoi) and Saki) defeated Abarenbo GE (Syuri, Mirai and Ami Sourei) | Triangle Derby group stage match | 12:44 |
7 | Prominence (Suzu Suzuki, Risa Sera and Hiragi Kurumi) defeated Baribari Bombers (Giulia, Thekla and Mai Sakurai) | Triangle Derby group stage match | 13:48 |
Triangle Derby Finals | |||
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Promotion | World Wonder Ring Stardom | ||
Date | March 4, 2023 | ||
City | Tokyo, Japan | ||
Venue | Yoyogi National Gymnasium | ||
Attendance | 1,919[31] | ||
Event chronology | |||
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The finals night took place on March 4, 2023. First three pre-show bouts were broadcast live on Stardom's YouTube channel. In the first of them, Rina picked up a victory over Queen's Quest's stablemates Miyu Amasaki and Hina in a three-way match. Next up, Utami Hayashishita and Lady C defeated Ram Kaicho and Maika Ozaki in tag team action. Next up, Maika, Thekla and Mai Sakurai picked up a victory over Mina Shirakawa, Mariah May and Waka Tsukiyama.[32] The first main card bout saw Oedo Tai's Natsuko Tora, Momo Watanabe, Saki Kashima, Ruaka and Fukigen Death outmatching Stars members Mayu Iwatani, Koguma, Momo Kohgo, Hanan and Saya Iida in a Ten-woman tag team match. The fifth match of the night saw Syuri, Mirai and Ami Sourei outlasting Tam Nakano and Natsupoi and Saki in the Triangle Derby's first semifinal. Next up, Prominence (Suzu Suzuki, Risa Sera and Hiragi Kurumi) defeated Neo Stardom Army's Nanae Takahashi, Yuu and Yuna Mizumori in the other semifinal. After the bout concluded, Suzuki announced they put their Artist of Stardom Championship on the line against Syuri, Mirai and Sourei in the Triangle finals. In the seventh bout, Chihiro Hashimoto defeated Himeka by submission in one of the latter's last matches before retirement. After the bout concluded, Hashimoto finally challenged Syuri to a match at All Star Grand Queendom on April 23, 2023. In the eighth bout, Saya Kamitani secured the fifteenth consecutive defense of the Wonder of Stardom Championship against Hazuki. She nominated Mina Shirakawa as her next opponent for All Star Dream Queendom on April 23. Next up, AZM defeated Starlight Kid to secure the tenth consecutive defense of the High Speed Championship, setting a record at the time. In the semi main event, Giulia drew with Maya Yukihi for the World of Stardom Championship as a result of a double count-out after they brought the fight outside the ring. After the bout concluded, Giulia received a title challenge from Tam Nakano for All Star Grand Queendom on April 23, 2023.[33][34]
In the main event, Suzu Suzuki, Risa Sera and Hiragi Kurumi defeated Syuri, Mirai and Ami Sourei to win the first edition of the Triangle Derby as well as retaining the Artist of Stardom Championship for the first time in that respective reign.[35][36]
No. | Results[37][38] | Stipulations | Times[31] | ||||
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1P | Rina defeated Hina and Miyu Amasaki | Three-way match | 5:53 | ||||
2P | Queen's Quest (Lady C and Utami Hayashishita) defeated Rebel and Enemy (Maika Ozaki and Ram Kaicho) | Tag team match | 7:25 | ||||
3P | Donna Del Mondo (Mai Sakurai, Maika, Thekla) defeated Club Venus (Mariah May and Mina Shirakawa) and Waka Tsukiyama | Six-woman tag team match | 10:20 | ||||
4 | Oedo Tai (Fukigen Death, Momo Watanabe, Natsuko Tora, Ruaka and Saki Kashima) defeated Stars (Hanan, Koguma, Mayu Iwatani, Momo Kohgo, and Saya Iida) | Ten-woman tag team match | 8:20 | ||||
5 | Abarenbo GE (Ami Sourei, Mirai and Syuri) defeated Cosmic Angels (meltear (Natsupoi and Tam Nakano) and Saki) | Triangle Derby semifinal match | 11:30 | ||||
6 | Prominence (Hiragi Kurumi, Risa Sera and Suzu Suzuki) defeated (Neo Stardom Army (7Upp (Nanae Takahashi and Yuu) and Yuna Mizumori) | Triangle Derby semifinal match | 10:31 | ||||
7 | Chihiro Hashimoto defeated Himeka by submission[c] | Singles match | 8:52 | ||||
8 | Saya Kamitani (c) defeated Hazuki | Singles match for the Wonder of Stardom Championship | 22:48 | ||||
9 | AZM (c) defeated Starlight Kid | Singles match for the High Speed Championship | 17:05 | ||||
10 | Giulia (c) vs. Maya Yukihi ended in a double count-out | Singles match for the World of Stardom Championship | 17:57 | ||||
11 | Prominence (Hiragi Kurumi, Risa Sera and Suzu Suzuki) (c) defeated Abarenbo GE (Ami Sourei, Mirai and Syuri) | Triangle Derby finals for the Artist of Stardom Championship | 14:47 | ||||
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Stardom announced the official participants of the two blocks "Triangle Red" and "Triangle Blue" on December 16, 2022.[39]
Triangle Red | Triangle Blue | ||
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Neo Stardom Army (7Upp (Nanae Takahashi and Yuu) and Yuna Mizumori) | 11 | Abarenbo GE (Syuri, Mirai and Ami Sourei) | 10 |
Cosmic Angels (Tam Nakano, Natsupoi and Saki) | 10 | Prominence (Suzu Suzuki, Risa Sera and Hiragi Kurumi) | 10 |
Queen's Quest (AphrOditE (Utami Hayashishita and Saya Kamitani) and AZM) | 9 | Gold Ship (Natsuko Tora, Momo Watanabe and Saki Kashima) | 8 |
Club Venus (Mina Shirakawa, Xia Brookside and Mariah May)[d] | 8 | Rebel&Enemy (Ram Kaicho, Maika Ozaki and Maya Yukihi) | 8 |
Unique Glare (Starlight Kid, Haruka Umesaki and Ruaka) | 6 | MaiHime with C (Maika, Himeka and Lady C) | 4 |
Baribari Bombers (Giulia, Thekla and Mai Sakurai) | 6 | Classmates (Hazuki, Koguma and Saya Iida) | 6 |
H&M's (Mayu Iwatani, Hanan and Momo Kohgo) | 2 | Lollipop (Waka Tsukiyama, Yuko Sakurai and Rina Amikura) | 0 |
Blue Red |
Kaicho Ozaki Yukihi | Tsukiyama Sakurai Amikura | Hazuki Koguma Iida | Maika Himeka Lady C | Syuri Mirai Sourei | Suzuki Sera Kurumi | Tora Watanabe Kashima |
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Iwatani Hanan Kohgo |
Kaicho Ozaki Yukihi (10:30)[30] |
Iwatani Hanan Kohgo (11:15)[27] |
Hazuki Koguma Iida (9:11)[8] |
Maika Himeka Lady C (11:34)[17] |
Syuri Mirai Sourei (11:17)[23] |
Suzuki Sera Kurumi (12:24)[19] |
Tora Watanabe Kashima (9:29)[6] |
Kid Umesaki Ruaka |
Kid Umesaki Ruaka (10:55)[17] |
Kid Umesaki Ruaka (12:36)[29] |
Hazuki Koguma Iida (9:03)[25] |
Kid Umesaki Ruaka (9:12)[15] |
Syuri Mirai Sourei (12:06)[21] |
Suzuki Sera Kurumi (6:06)[6] |
Tora Watanabe Kashima (9:41)[30] |
Giulia Thekla Sakurai |
Kaicho Ozaki Yukihi (14:38)[6] |
Giulia Thekla Sakurai (9:05)[10] |
Giulia Thekla Sakurai (12:37)[21] |
Giulia Thekla Sakurai (11:50)[29] |
Syuri Mirai Sourei (13:47)[15] |
Suzuki Sera Kurumi (13:48)[30] |
Tora Watanabe Kashima (12:25)[17] |
Hayashishita Kamitani AZM |
Hayashishita Kamitani AZM (13:41)[27] |
Hayashishita Kamitani AZM (11:39)[17] |
Hazuki Koguma Iida (10:17)[30] |
Hayashishita Kamitani AZM (12:10)[19] |
Draw (15:00)[6] |
Hayashishita Kamitani AZM (13:18)[21] |
Tora Watanabe Kashima (11:06)[15] |
Nakano Natsupoi Saki |
Nakano Natsupoi Saki (11:55)[15] |
Nakano Natsupoi Saki (14:58)[13] |
Nakano Natsupoi Saki (11:42)[23] |
Maika Himeka Lady C (11:20)[6] |
Nakano Natsupoi Saki (12:44)[30] |
Suzuki Sera Kurumi (13:25)[10] |
Nakano Natsupoi Saki (9:29)[27] |
Takahashi Yuu Mizumori |
Kaicho Ozaki Yukihi (13:11)[23] |
Takahashi Yuu Mizumori (13:01)[30] |
Takahashi Yuu Mizumori (8:50)[6] |
Takahashi Yuu Mizumori (11:56)[21] |
Draw (15:00)[27] |
Takahashi Yuu Mizumori (13:21)[15] |
Takahashi Yuu Mizumori (12:10)[19] |
Shirakawa Brookside May |
Kaicho Ozaki Yukihi (13:39)[19] |
Shirakawa Brookside May (9:02)[6] |
Shirakawa Brookside May (10:03)[15] |
Shirakawa Brookside May (12:33)[23] |
Syuri Mirai Sourei (13:36)[8] |
Suzuki Sera Kurumi (11:47)[17] |
Shirakawa Brookside May (11:30)[21] |
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