STARDOM Announces 2024 Cinderella Tournament Entrants

STARDOM has announced the participants for this year’s edition of their single elimination tournament

By: James Carlin

After MIRAI became the second person to win the Cinderella Tournament twice, and second to do it back-to-back, she looks to become the first to three-peat by entering this year’s Cinderella Tournament. This is the tenth edition of the tournament, first starting in 2015 as the Cinderella Champions Fiesta. Since 2021, it has been a multi-day tournament, but was originally a one-day event.

This year’s tournament looks to be very different than most, with the rumours going around of Rossy Ogawa wanting to take some of STARDOM’s stars to his new company; many big names are noticeably absent – Giulia, Utami Hayashishita, Mayu Iwatani, Syuri, Saya Kamitani – but this means opportunity has now opened up for talents lower down on the card to be focal points for the future moving forward upon winning the tournament, which is what the original iterations of the tournament were intended to be like.

Cinderella Tournament Participants:

AZM
Xena
MIRAI
Ruaka
Yuzuki
Hanan
Lady C
Hazuki
Koguma
Saya Iida
HANAKO
Mei Seira
Ami Sohrei
Mai Sakurai
Suzu Suzuki
Starlight Kid
Saki Kashima
Natsuko Tora
Momo Kohgo
Miyu Amasaki
Ranna Yagami
Sayaka Kurara
Yuna Mizumori
Waka Tsukiyama

• Hazuki, AZM and Mei Seira will have first-round byes, as chosen by STARDOM.
• Suzu Suzuki has a bye for being the 2023 5STAR GP winner.
• MIRAI has a bye for being the 2023 Cinderella Tournament winner.
• Ami Sohrei, Mai Sakurai and Waka Tsukiyama get first round byes for being in the final four of last year’s Cinderella Tournament.

Previous Cinderella Tournament Winners

2015: Mayu Iwatani (lost Red Belt match vs. Kairi Hojo)
2016: Mayu Iwatani (lost Red Belt match vs. Io Shirai)
2017: Toni Storm (lost Red Belt match vs. Io Shirai)
2018: Momo Watanabe (defeated Io Shirai for White Belt)
2019: Arisa Hoshiki (defeated Momo Watanabe for White Belt)
2020: Giulia (defeated Tam Nakano to win vacant White Belt)
2021: Saya Kamitani (lost White Belt match vs. Tam Nakano)
2022: MIRAI (lost White Belt match vs. Saya Kamitani)
2023: MIRAI (defeated Tam Nakano for the White Belt)

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