Stardom kicked off the 2026 5STAR GP today, the beginning of their annual singles tournament which is their biggest non-single event of the year.
Today’s event was held at Ebara Wave Arena Ota/Ota City General Gym in Tokyo and can be watched on demand as a PPV on Stardom World until roughly early August. You can also watch the first 4 matches (pre-show and first 2 PPV matches) FOR FREE on YouTube.
The announced paid attendance was 2193.
Pre-show:
Match 1: AZM beat Fuwa-chan.
Match 2: Starlight Kid, Maki Itoh, Utami Hayashishita & Kiyoka Kokatsu beat Waka Tsukiyama, Rian, Matoi Hamabe & Ema Maishima. Hayashishita pinned Maishima after a lariat.
PPV:
Match 1: Saya Kamitani, Natsuko Tora, Konami & Rina beat Suzu Suzuki, Hanan, Saori Anou & Maika. Rina pinned Hanan after Pink Devil. This was the return match for Rina after an excursion to Mexico and, towards the end, the US for a couple All Elite Wrestling matches.
5STAR GP:
Match 2: Red A: Sayaka Kurara beat Akira Kurogame.
Match 3: Blue B: Momo Watanabe beat Yuna Mizumori.
Match 4: Blue B: Koguma beat Kikyo Furusawa.
Match 5: Blue A: Ruaka beat Miyu Amasaki.
Match 6: Red B: Saya Iida beat Azusa Inaba.
Match 7: Red B: Mei Seira beat Rina Yamashita.
Match 8: Red A: Itsuki Aoki beat Tomoka Inaba.
Match 9: Blue A: Aya Sakura beat HANAKO.
Match 10: Thekla, Julia Hart & Skye Blue (All Elite Wrestling) beat Artist Of Stardom Champions Ami Sohrei, Hina & Lady C to win the titles. Thekla, Hart & Blue become the 37th Artist Of Stardom Champions. Thekla pinned Sohrei. UPSET ALERT!!! Although if it means more Thekla showing up to torment Taro Okada, I’m all for it.
Main Event: IWGP Women’s Champion Syuri beat Natsupoi to retain the title. V5 for Syuri.
The next event is tomorrow at Loisir Hotel Toyohashi in Aichi. Live streaming on Stardom World will begin TONIGHTat 11 PM PT/2 AM ET.