Stardom 5 STAR GP 2023 Schedule, Preview & Rankings

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Stardom 5 STAR GP 2023 Schedule, Preview & Rankings

5STAR Grand Prix 2023 Preview & Rankings

By: James Carlin

This year Stardom’s annual round-robin tournament, the 5★STAR GP, returns to a twenty-woman playing field from 2021 after last year’s had a staggering twenty-six women competing.

The amount of talent in the company has risen, and the amount of spots has lowered, making the tournament all the more prestigious and all to play for this time around.

Finishing at the Yokohama Budokan on September 30, this year’s tournament seems less predictable than previous years as multiple people could step up and earn the right to challenge current World of Stardom champion Tam Nakano at the end of the year.

Potential Winners

Utami Hayashishita: The Red Queen has had a rather quiet few years since losing the Red Belt to Syuri at Dream Queendom in 2021. While she has challenged for numerous other championships, such as for the White Belt against her AphroditE partner Saya Kamitani last year, it looks as though Hayashishita’s short excursion abroad could be the start of a bright new future for the former World of Stardom champion.

Saya Kamitani: The former record-setting Wonder of Stardom champion has already told Tokyo Sports of her promise to become the “Undisputed Ace of Stardom” by defeating previous tournament winners Syuri and Mayu Iwatani, but her momentum may be halted if she ends up facing off against her partner and Queen’s Quest leader in the finals.
Note: As of July 25th, Saya Kamitani has withdrawn from this year’s tournament due to injury.

MIRAI: She’s already had an electric first year in the company, and MIRAI looks to add onto her recent tournament successes by being the second person after Toni Storm to win the Cinderella and 5★STAR tournaments in the same year, which could give us another Champion vs. Champion showdown if she manages to hold onto her new Wonder of Stardom title until the end of the year as well.

Maika: The Crimson Empress looks to win her first singles tournament and major singles championship by being the last woman standing in the 5★STAR. She’s had multiple challenges for the White Belt and Red Belt to no success, but this year could be the one that her luck changes once and for all.

Suzu Suzuki: There’s no way to get around it, Suzuki is the future of women’s pro-wrestling, and in her own words – the face of the entirety of pro-wrestling itself too. Her rise has been rapid, and her draw with Giulia in last year’s tournament is nothing to scoff at either, and there’s a very likely chance she could be the youngest winner of the tournament ever at just twenty one years old.

【いよいよ明日開幕 5★STAR GP】

🏆歴代優勝者
2012 愛川ゆず季
2013 高橋奈七永
2014 紫雷イオ
2015 KAIRI
2016 美闘陽子
2017 トニーストーム
2018 岩谷麻優
2019 木村花
2020 林下詩美
2021 朱里
2022 ジュリア

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5★STAR GP 2023 Schedule

July 23

Red Stars

Ami Sourei vs. Natsuko Tora
Natsupoi vs. Starlight Kid
Syuri vs. Suzu Suzuki
Mayu Iwatani vs. Hazuki
Tam Nakano vs. Saya Kamitani

Blue Stars

Maika vs. Hanan
AZM vs. Mariah May
MIRAI vs. Momo Watanabe
Utami Hayashishita vs. Mina Shirakawa
Giulia vs. Saori Anou

July 29

August 12

Blue Stars

Utami Hayashishita vs. Saori Anou
Giulia vs. Mina Shirakawa
AZM vs. Hanan

August 13

Red Stars

Starlight Kid vs. Natsuko Tora

August 15

Red Stars

Tam Nakano vs. Mayu Iwatani
Saya Kamitani vs. Natsupoi
Syuri vs. Hazuki

Blue Stars

Utami Hayashishita vs. AZM
Saori Anou vs. Momo Watanabe
Mina Shirakawa vs. Mariah May

August 20

Blue Stars

Blue Stars

Giulia vs. Utami Hayashishita
MIRAI vs. Maika
AZM vs. Momo Watanabe
Hanan vs. Mariah May
Mina Shirakawa vs. Saori Anou

Current Block Standings

*Ranking up to date as of September 24th

5★STAR Fast Facts

Only four of the eleven winners of the 5STAR went on to win their championship match – the last three all won their title challenges.
The World of Stardom championship has been challenged for the most at nine times, whilst the Wonder of Stardom champion and Goddess of Stardom titles have only been challenged for once each.
Three of the tournament winners never ended up as holder of the Red Belt – Yuzuki Aikawa, Yoko Bito and Hana Kimura.
There have been no two time winners of the tournament.
Io Shirai was challenged the most by winners, being challenged three times; all for the World of Stardom championship.

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July 22, 2023

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