Despite Being Winless in the STARDOM 5★STAR GP 2026, Rian Vows To Fight On To The End

By: Lewis Carlan

The STARDOM 5★STAR GP 2026 tournament is in full swing as there are only five events left before we find out who is heading to the knockout stage on Aug. 18th and who has been eliminated.

Itoh Respect Army faction member Rian has been struggling throughout the tournament. The 21 year old rising star has competed in five STARDOM 5★STAR GP 2026 matches and has lost them all. In fact, dating back to the STARDOM 5★STAR GP 2025 tournament, she holds a record of 0-12 in STARDOM 5★STAR GP matches.

She is desperately looking for her first win in the prestigious tournament and thought she had her last opponent on Aug. 3rd Hina scouted with a planned strategy to secure her first 5★STAR GP victory. Unfortunately, Rian fell in defeat to Hina in just under ten minutes.

Rian took to X and expressed her disappointment in not being able to secure a victory but vowed to win her final two tournament bouts.

From Rian:

Thank you for coming to the Korakuen Hall event! Precisely because I’ve fought so many matches up to this point, I felt today was my chance to win. I went into the match having carefully planned out many strategies, but I fell just short. I absolutely have to win the remaining two matches! I’m going to shift my mindset and give it my all until the very end.” (Translated via Deepl.com)

Photo Credit: STARDOM

It won’t be easy for Rian to win her final bouts as they come against tough competitors in the form of Aya Sakura on Aug. 9th and HANAKO on Aug. 14th. At this point, Rian has basically clinched a tie for last place in the Blue Stars A Block as the best she could do is finish with four points.

One thing is certain, fans can expect to see Rian fight with all her might in her remaining two STARDOM 5★STAR GP 2026 matches to prevent her from accumulating a record of 0-14 in 5★STAR GP tournament bouts.