The High Speed Championship is a singles championship in Stardom. Originally known as the NEO High Speed Championship, it was created in 2009 in the now-defunct NEO promotion and is intended for fast, high-flying wrestlers. In November 2010, Stardom acquired the rights to the title effective at the start of 2011, and it officially was brought into the promotion in July 2011 after Natsuki*Taiyo won the title from JWP wrestler Leon. It has been a Stardom title ever since.
As of 7/28/2024 there have been 27 High Speed Champions. This includes the 4 champions in the NEO era before Stardom acquired the championship following NEO closing. They are listed in order of reign, which reign it was (some held it multiple times), length of reign and number of successful defenses.
1-Natsuki*Taiyo. 1st reign. Length: 5/5/2009-9/20/2009. Successful defenses: 2.
2-Kaori Yoneyama. 1st reign. Length: 9/20/2009-3/14/2010. Successful defenses: 1.
3-Natsuki*Taiyo. 2nd reign. Length: 3/14/2010-11/27/2010. Successful defenses: 3.
4-Leon. 1st reign. 11/27/2010-7/24/2011. Successful defenses: 3. Title moved from NEO to Stardom effective 1/1/2011. However, Stardom did not actually have the championship until 7/24/2011 because Leon competed and defended the title in JWP. NEO Title lineage ends here. Stardom title lineage begins here.
5-Natsuki*Taiyo. 3rd reign. Length: 7/25/2011-6/2/2013. Successful defenses: 4.
6-Kaori Yoneyama. 2nd reign. Length: 6/2/2013-12/29/2013. Successful defenses: 2.
7-Natsuki*Taiyo. 4th reign. Length: 12/29/2013-5/6/2014. Successful defenses: 3.
8-Io Shirai. 1st reign. Length: 5/6/2014-2/22/2015. Successful defenses: 1.
9-Koguma. 1st reign. Length: 2/22/2015-5/17/2015. Successful defenses: 1.
10-Star Fire. 1st reign. Length: 5/17/2015-9/23/2015. Successful defenses: 1.
11-La Rosa Negra. 1st reign. Length: 9/23/2015-10/11/2015. Successful defenses: None.
12-Mayu Iwatani. 1st reign. Length: 10/11/2015-2/23/2017. Successful defenses: 9.
13-Kris Wolf. 1st reign. Length: 2/23/2017-7/16/2017. Successful defenses: 4. Won title in 3-way match.
14-Shanna. 1st reign. Length: 7/16/2017-8/13/2017. Successful defenses: None.
15-Mary (Mari) Apache. 1st reign. Length: 8/13/2017-12/24/2018. Successful defenses: 4
16-Hazuki. 1st reign. Length: 12/24/2018-7/20/2019. Successful defenses: 8.
17-Death Yama-san (Kaori Yoneyama). 3rd reign. Length: 7/20/2019-8/10/2019. Successful defenses: None. Won title in 3-way match.
18-Riho. 1st reign. Length: 8/10/2019-7/26/2020. Successful defenses: 1. Won title in 3-way natch.
19-AZM. 1st reign. Length: 7/26/202-3/3/2021. Successful defenses: 4. Won title in 3-way match.
20-Natsupoi. 1st reign. Length: 3/3/2021-8/29/2021. Successful defenses: 2.
21-Starlight Kid. 1st reign. Length: 8/29/2021-2/23/2022. Successful defenses: 5.
22-AZM. 2nd reign. Length: 2/23/2022-5/27/2023. Successful defenses: 12.
23-Saki Kashima. 1st reign. Length: 5/27/2023-10/9/2023. Successful defenses: 1. Won title in 3-way match.
24-Mei Seira. 1st reign. Length: 10/9/2023-4/4/2024. Successful defenses: 4. (Note: 4th defense went to a time limit draw. Seira retained title as a result)
25-Saki Kashima. 2nd reign. Length: 4/4/2024-4/27/2024. Successful defenses: None. Won title in 3-way match.
26-Saya Kamitani. 1st reign. Length: 4/27/2024-7/27/2024. Successful defenses: 2. Won title in 4-way match.
27-Mei Seira. 2nd reign. Length: 7/27/2024-Present (Current Champion). Successful defenses: 2. Next defense: TBA. (Note: 1st defense went to a time limit draw. Seira retained title as a result).