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Stardom ran another midweek Tokyo event today to finish up the build to the 5STAR GP.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 1101.

Pre-show match: Aya Sakura beat Kikyo Furusawa by submission.

Match 1: Suzu Suzuki, Rina Yamashita, Itsuki Aoki & Akira Kurogame beat Waka Tsukiyama, HANAKO, Rian & Ema Maishima. Aoki pinned Rian after a frog splash.

Match 2: Hazuki & Koguma beat Saki Kashima & Lady C and Momo Kohgo & Yuria Hime in a 3-way when Koguma pinned Hime.

Match 3: Kantan Vinegar Turtle Kid (Starlight Kid) & Miyu Amasaki beat Azusa Inaba & Vinegar Fukigen. Kid pinned Fukigen.

Match 4: Natsupoi, Saori Anou, Yuna Mizumori & Sayaka Kurara beat Ami Sohrei, Hina, Tomoka Inaba & Ranna Yagami. Anoi pinned Sohrei.

Match 5: In a 3 Falls Match, High Speed Champion Mei Seira beat Honoka 2-0 to retain the title. V6 for Seira.

Match 6: Saya Kamitani, Momo Watanabe & Konami beat Sareee (Independent/Freelancer), ChiChi & Miku Ye (?). Konami pinned Miku after Triangle Lancer.

Match 7: STRONG Women’s Champion AZM beat Bozilla to retain the title.V1 for AZM.

Main Event: Natsuko Tora & Ruaka beat Goddesses Of Stardom Champions Hanan & Saya Iida to win the titles. Tora & Ruaka become the 36th Goddesses Of Stardom Champions. Ruaka pinned Hanan with a Dharma German suplex hold.

The next event is the 5STAR GP Tournament, the promotion’s annual single tournament, starting Sunday at Ota City General Gym. Live streaming as a PPV on Stardom World will begin midnight PT/3 AM ET. It is expected to be available for all monthly paying subscribers without additional purchase on or after 8/1.

STARDOM SAPPORO RENDEZVOUS 2025, Stardom’s monthly major/blowout event, was held today.

Today’s event was held at Chateraise Gateau Kingdom Sapporo in Hokkaido and can be watched on demand as a PPV on Stardom World. It will be non-paywalled for subscribers in a week or two. You can also watch the first 2 matches FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 1056.

Match 1: Rian beat Ema Maishima.

Match 2: Future Of Stardom Champion Hina beat Sayaka Kurara to retain the title. V5 for Hina. If she keeps this up she could make a run at the defense record held by…little sister Rina. Imagine that! Long way to go though.

Match 3: Yuria Hime beat Akira Kurogame. As a result, Hime gets into the 5STAR GP.

Match 4: Suzu Suzuki, Rina Yamashita & Bozilla beat AZM, Miyu Amasaki & Mei Seira. Bozilla pinned Amasaki after a piledriver.

Match 5: Ami Sohrei & Lady C beat Hazuki & Koguma, Yuna Mizumori & Aya Sakura and Waka Tsukiyama & HANAKO in a 4-way when Sohrei pinned Koguma.

Match 6: Hanan, Saya Iida, Momo Kohgo & Kikyo Furusawa beat Natsuko Tora, Ruaka, Momo Watanabe & Konami. Hanan pinned Ruaka after 17.

Match 7: Wonder Of Stardom Champion Starlight Kid beat Saori Anou to retain the title. V5 for Kid.

Main Event: World Of Stardom Champion Saya Kamitani beat Natsupoi to retain the title. V4 for Kamitani. Another of those pesky Cosmic Angels fails, and deservedly so, to dethrone our PHENEX QUEEN. Embrace the H.A.T.E.

The next event is Thursday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo with 3 title matches before the 5STAR GP begins next weekend. The event could be a legit advance sellout. Live streaming on Stardom World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

Stardom ran their last house show for a while today in Aomori.

Today’s event was held at Ulry 1st Floor Multipurpose Hall in Aomori and will be available on demand on Stardom World at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 572.

Match 1: Saya Kamitani & Momo Watanabe beat Natsupoi & Sayaka Kurara. Kamitani pinned Natsupoi after Star Crusher.

Match 2: Miyu Amasaki beat Saki Kashima & Ema Maishima in a 3-way by pinning Maishims.

Match 3: Ranna Yagami & Kiyoka Kotatsu beat Yuria Hime & Kikyo Furusawa. Yagami pinned Furusawa after Beat Master.

Match 4: Hazuki & Koguma beat Ami Sohrei & Lady C. Koguma pinned C after a diving body press.

Match 5: Natsuko Tora, Konami & Ruaka beat Hanan, Saya Iida & Momo Kohgo. Ruaka pinned Iida after Freezer Bomb.

Match 6: Suzu Suzuki, Bozilla & Akira Kurogame beat Waka Tsukiyama, HANAKO & Rian. Bozilla pinned Rian after a piledriver.

Main Event: Saori Anou, Yuna Mizumori & Aya Sakura beat Starlight Kid, AZM & Mei Seira. Anou pinned Kid after Tantan Dollar.

The next event is STARDOM SAPPORO RENDEZVOUS 2025 Monday at Chateraise Gateau Kingdom Sapporo in Hokkaido. Live streaming as a PPV on Stardom World will begin Sunday at 11 PM PT/2 AM ET.

In other news, after the champion issued a challenge yesterday, High Speed Champion Mei Seira vs. Honoka (WAVE) for the title has been added to 7/24 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo.

Stardom headed to northern Japan today to start a rare midweek doubleheader, today running an event in Akita.

Today’s event was held at Akita Selion Plaza in Akita and will be available on demand on Stardom World at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 456.

Match 1: Suzu Suzuki, Bozilla & Akira Kurogame beat AZM, Miyu Amasaki & Ema Maishima. Bozilla pinned Maishima after a piledriver.

Match 2: Hazuki & Koguma beat Sayaka Kurara & Yuria Hime. Hazuki pinned Hime after a diving senton.

Match 3: Saki Kashima, Ami Sohrei, Lady C & Kiyoka Kokatsu beat Waka Tsukiyama, HANAKO, Rian & Kikyo Furusawa. Sohrei pinned Rian after a brainbuster.

Match 4: Konami beat Aya Sakura & Ranna Yagami in a 3-way by pinning Yagami.

Match 5: Starlight Kid & Mei Seira beat Saori Anou & Yuna Mizumori. Kid beat Mizumori with Black Tiger Leg Murder.

Main Event: Saya Kamitani, Natsuko Tora, Ruaka & Momo Watanabe beat Hanan, Saya Iida, Natsupoi & Momo Kohgo. Tora pinned Hanan after a swanton bomb.

The next event is tomorrow at Ulry 1st Floor Multipurpose Hall in Aomori. There will be no live broadcast.

Stardom headed to Fukushima today for an Ami Sohrei hometown event.

Today’s event was held at Parse Izaka in Fukushima and can be watched on demand on Stardom World. You can also watch the first match FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 302.

There were several last-minute changes due to Ruaka being pulled off the event. The always-vague poor health.

Match 1: Aya Sakura & Sayaka Kurara beat Hina & Kiyoka Kokatsu. Kurara pinned Hina after Tokimeki Spear.

Match 2: Yuna Mizumori beat Akira Kurogame.

Match 3: Starlight Kid & Miyu Amasaki beat Koguma & Ema Maishima. Kid beat Maishima with Black Tiger Leg Murder.

Match 3: Natsuko Tora beat Kikyo Furusawa.

Match 4: Hanan, Saya Iida & Momo Kohgo beat Waka Tsukiyama, HANAKO & Rian. Hanan pinned Rian with a blockbuster hold.

Match 5: Suzu Suzuki & Bozilla beat AZM & Mei Seira. Bozilla pinned AZM after a sitout powerbomb.

Main Event: Ami Sohrei, Saki Kashima & Lady C beat Saya Kamitani, Momo Watanabe & Konami. Sohrei pinned Konami.

The next event is Wednesday at Selion Plaza in Akita. There will be no live broadcast.

Stardom continues their early July schedule and build to this year’s 5STAR GP, the field for which was announced earlier today, with an event in Tokyo. Below are NEAR LIVE results which will be updated as they become available.

Today’s event is being held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE and on demand on Stardom World. You can also watch the first 2 matches FOR FREE on YouTube.

The paid attendance will be announced later. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 1476)

There were last-minute changes to the event due to Rina being pulled off the card. Potential concussion suffered Friday at the NEW BLOOD event. Out indefinitely. She was to have challenged for the Artist Of Stardom Championship in the main event. That match is now off and no title defense.

Pre-show match: Momo Kohgo beat Kikyo Furusawa.
After this match there was a contract signing for the next Future Of Stardom Championship match which will be Hina defending against Akira Kurogame. That match is later today.

Match 1: Suzu Suzuki, Itsuki Aoki & Bozilla beat Ami Sohrei, Lady C & Kiyoka Kokatsu. Bozilla pinned Sohrei after a sitout powerbomb.

Match 2: Saki Kashima, Yuna Mizumori, Aya Sakura, Sayaka Kurara & Yuria Hime beat Hazuki, Koguma, Waka Tsukiyama, HANAKO & Rian. Kashima pinned Rian after a Kurara Tokimeki Spear.

Match 3: Mei Seira & Miyu Amasaki beat Ema Maishima & Honoka (WAVE). Seira pinned Maishima after a dropkick.

Match 4: Syuri beat Ranna Yaami. Syuri is now leaving Stardom indefinitely to go overseas but will be back at some point.

Match 5: Future Of Stardom Champion Hina beat Akira Kurogame to retain the title. V4 for HIna.

Main Event: Hanan, Saya Iida, Natsupoi, Saori Anou, Starlight Kid & AZM beat Saya Kamitani, Natsuko Tora, Konami, Ruaka, Momo Watanabe & Fukigen. Natsupoi pinned Kamitani after Fairy Real Gift.

The next event is 7/13 at Parse Izaka in Fukushima. Live streaming on Stardom World will begin on 7/12 at 9 PM PT/midnight ET.

At a press conference earlier today, Stardom announced the entire field for the 2025 5STAR GP, the promotion’s signature annual tournament. This year it’s a massive field of 32 divided into 4 blocks, which are as follows:
Red A: Saya Kamitani, Lady C, Mei Seira, Waka Tsukiyama, Azusa Inaba, Hanan, Yuna Mizumori, Bea Priestley (most recently was Blair Davenport in WWE)
Red B: Starlight Kid, Tomoka Inaba, Rian, Rina*, AZM, Natsuko Tora, Natsupoi, Sayaka Kurara
Blue A: Saya Iida, Saori Anou, Miyu Amasaki, Ami Sohrei, Aya Sakura, Bozilla, Ruaka, TBA**
Blue B: Momo Kohgo, Momo Watanabe, Sareee, Konami, Hina, Suzu Suzuki, HANAKO, Ranna Yagami
*-Subject to change due to injury suffered yesterday
**-Will be Yuria Hime or Akira Kurogame via determination match on TBA.

The tournament is round-robin format, 15 minute time limit for all matches. 2 points for win, 1 point for draw, 0 points for loss. The top 3 in each block will advance with the winner of each block going directly to the Quarterfinals and the other 2 going into elimination matches. Tiebreakers likely will be head-to-head results.

The tournament starts on 7/27 and ends on 8/23. Those two events will be PPVs and all other events will be live on Stardom World.

Stardom ran their latest NEW BLOOD event today, continuing the sub-label for younger & less experienced wrestlers.

Today’s event was held at Tokyo Square in Tokyo and can be watched on demand FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 153.

Match 1: Ema Maishima beat Rina by ref stoppage. Potential Rina injury. More at the bottom of the post. First career win for Maishima, but not the way anyone wanted it to happen.

Match 2: Kiyoka Kokatsu beat Kikyo Furusawa.

Match 3: Rian & Honoka (WAVE) beat Saki-ran & Asuka Goda. Rian pinned Goda.

Match 4: Hina, Lady C & Ranna Yagami beat Aya Sakura, Sayaka Kurara & Akira Kurogame. Hina pinned Kurogame with Gedo Clutch.

Main Event: New Blood Tag Team Champions Waka Tsukiyama & HANAKO beat Momo Kohgo & Yuria Hime to retain the titles. HANAKO pinned Hime after a lariat. V4 for the champs.

The next event is Sunday at Korakuen Hall. Live streaming on Stardom World will begin Saturday at 7:10 PM PT/10:10 PM ET.

Injury Report: The first match was stopped after Rina took a hard blow to the head. The ref noticed concussion-like symptoms. Rina was immediately hospitalized, examined and was released from the hospital and posted on social media that she is fine, but the promotion’s follow-up report confirmed a suspected concussion despite no abnormalities or symptoms. Out indefinitely. This is going to have potential major impacts on Sunday because she was to have challenged for the Artist Of Stardom Championship alongside Konami & Natsuko Tora. Assume she is now off Sunday.

More as it becomes available.

UPDATE: The on demand replay on YouTube is no longer available for now.

UPDATE 2: The edited on demand replay on YouTube is now available again as of 7/5. Also, because of the Rina injury above, the Artist Of Stardom Championship match scheduled for Sunday at Korakuen Hall is now off. The champions & challengers will be moved into other matches.

At least temporarily, but it’s huge nonetheless…Stardom has announced that Syuri will be leaving the promotion indefinitely after the 7/6 event at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Not injury-related but a translation of her comments from Stardom’s Japanese website suggest she’s going to go overseas for training because she wants to reclaim the IWGP Women’s Championship, which she recently lost to Sareee. I can’t help but think this could mean All Elite Wrestling but we’ll see. It’s not known how long she will be gone but definitely will be at least 1-2 months because she is now out of the upcoming 5STAR GP. Although one has to wonder, is that title cursed? Everyone that’s held it before left Stardom almost as soon as they lost it (KAIRI went to WWE, Mercedes Mone went to AEW but did come back, albeit to New Japan though, Mayu Iwatani went to Marigold, now Syuri is leaving temporarily).

More as it becomes available.

UPDATE: Syuri’s final match on 7/6 before leaving will be against Ranna Yagami. Syuri also indicated she will be back in Stardom at some point.

Stardom finished up their June schedule today with an event in Okayama.

Today’s event was held at Okayama Convention Center 3rd Floor Convention Hall in Okayama and can be watched on demand on Stardom World.

The announced paid attendance was 529.

Match 1: Bozilla & Akira Kurogame beat Hina & Ranna Yagami. Kurogame pinned Hina.

Match 2: Ami Sohrei & Lady C beat Mei Seira & Ema Maishima. C pinned Maishima after a big boot.

Match 3: Natsuko Tora & Ruaka beat Hanan & Kikyo Furusawa. Tora pinned Furusawa after a diving body press.

Match 4: Syuri, Saki Kashima & Tomoka Inaba beat Yuna Mizumori, Aya Sakura & Sayaka Kurara. Syuri beat Sakura with Ground Suzaku.

Match 5: Waka Tsukiyama, HANAKO & Rian beat Saya Iida, Momo Kohgo & Yuria Hime. Tsukiyama pinned Hime after Osui Suplex.

Main Event: Starlight Kid, AZM, Miyu Amasaki, Natsupoi & Saori Anou beat Saya Kamitani, Momo Watanabe, Konami, Rine & Azusa Inaba. AZM pinned Konami after Azumi Sushi.

The next event is NEW BLOOD 23 Friday at Tokyo Square in Tokyo. Live streaming FOR FREE on YouTube will begin at 3 AM PT/6 AM ET.

UPDATE: The promotion announced afterwards the hinted-at World Of Stardom Championship match of Kamitani vs. Natsupoi is now official. That match will happen on 7/21 in Hokkaido, which of course will be a PPV.