Stardom Cinderella Tournament

Stardom Cinderella Tournament (スターダムシンデレラトーナメント, Sutādamushindereratōnamento) is an annual single-elimination tournament created and promoted by the Japanese professional wrestling promotion World Wonder Ring Stardom. The event has been held since 2015 and aired domestically on Tokyo MX, Fighting TV Samurai and Nippon TV, and later as an internet pay-per-view on Stardom's streaming service Stardom World.^[1]

Stardom Cinderella Tournament
Promotions	World Wonder Ring Stardom
First event	2015
Signature matches	Time-limited singles matches

The main gimmick of the tournament is that the winner is being granted a wish, which usually turns up to be a championship match of their choice. Just as the real life fairytale of Cinderella depicting a girl who achieves fame after being obscure, the winner of the tournament transits from "neglected" to "famous", eventually moving up to a championship scene.^[2]

Events

As of 2024, there have been a total of ten events. The first one was presented under the name of "Cinderella Champions Fiesta", and later on the series began being known simply as the "Cinderella Tournament". Until 2021, the event used to be a one-day pay-per-view but later switched to a multi-day event.

No.	Event	Date	City	Venue	Attendance	Ref(s)
1	Stardom Ryogoku Cinderella Champions Fiesta 2015	April 23, 2015	Tokyo, Japan	Korakuen Hall	925	[3]
2	Stardom Cinderella Tournament 2016	April 29, 2016			1,050	[4]
3	Stardom Cinderella Tournament 2017	April 30, 2017			1,150	[5]
4	Stardom Cinderella Tournament 2018	April 30, 2018			987	[6]
5	Stardom Cinderella Tournament 2019	April 29, 2019			1,050	[7]
6	Stardom Cinderella Tournament 2020	March 24, 2020			538	[8]
7	Stardom Cinderella Tournament 2021	April 10 – June 12, 2021	Various	Various	Highest: Night 3 – 1,240	[9]
8	Stardom Cinderella Tournament 2022	April 3 – 29, 2022			Highest: Night 4 – 2,017	[10]
9	Stardom Cinderella Tournament 2023	March 26 – April 15, 2023			Highest: Night 3 – 1,295	[11]
10	Stardom Cinderella Tournament 2024	March 9 – 20, 2024			Highest: Night 1 – 1,555	[12]
11	Stardom Cinderella Tournament 2025	March 8 – 15, 2025			Highest: Night 3 – 1,378	[13]

Stats

List of winners

Year	Tournament				Aftermath
	Winner	Runner-up	Times won	No. of entrants	Challenged for	Match	Result	Ref
2015	Mayu Iwatani	Koguma	1	14	World of Stardom Championship	vs. Kairi Hojo at Stardom Gold May 2015	Lost	[14]
2016		Hiroyo Matsumoto	2	16		vs. Io Shirai at Stardom Gold May 2016	Lost	[15]
2017	Toni Storm	Mayu Iwatani	1			vs. Io Shirai at Stardom Gold May 2017	Lost	[16]
2018	Momo Watanabe	Bea Priestley			Wonder of Stardom Championship	vs. Io Shirai at Stardom Gold Star	Won	[17]
2019	Arisa Hoshiki	Konami				vs. Momo Watanabe at Stardom Gold May 2019	Won	[18]
2020	Giulia	Natsuko Tora				vs. Tam Nakano at Cinderella Summer in Tokyo	Won	[19]
2021	Saya Kamitani	Maika		20		vs. Tam Nakano at Yokohama Dream Cinderella 2021 in Summer	Lost	[20]
2022	Mirai	Koguma		31		vs. Saya Kamitani at Stardom Flashing Champions	Lost	[21]
2023		Mai Sakurai	2	36		vs. Tam Nakano at Stardom Mid Summer Champions 2023	Won	[22]
2024	Hanan	Ami Sohrei	1	24		vs. Saori Anou at Stardom All Star Grand Queendom 2024	Lost	[23]
2025	Sayaka Kurara	Rina	1	16	World of Stardom Championship	vs. Saya Kamitani at Stardom Nighter In Korakuen	Lost	[24]

Record

Championship	Successful challenges	Attempts	Success rate
World of Stardom Championship	0	4	.000
Wonder of Stardom Championship	4	7	.571

All-time participants list

Record two-time Cinderella Tournament winners, Mayu Iwatani (left) and Mirai (right)

As of the 2025 edition, there have been a total of 84 participants who entered the tournament. Mayu Iwatani and Mirai are the only two wrestlers who won the competition on two separate occasions (as well as the only two to win on two consecutive occasions). Iwatani shares the record for the most appearances with Momo Watanabe at 8. Koguma is the only competitor to be a two-time runner up. Mayu Iwatani, Giulia, Toni Storm and Hanan won the tournament while holding other titles, respective the Artist of Stardom Championship (Giulia), the SWA World Championship (Storm), the Goddesses of Stardom Championship (Iwatani) and the New Blood Tag Team Championship (Hanan).

Legend

• W – Winner
• F – Finals
• SF – Semi-finals
• QF – Quarter-finals
• R2 – Round 2
• R1 – Round 1
• ‡ – Deceased

Wrestler	Victories	Apps	Best result
Mayu Iwatani	2	8	W
Mirai	2	2
Momo Watanabe	1	8
Hanan	1	5
Giulia	1	4
Saya Kamitani	1	4
Sayaka Kurara	1	2
Arisa Hoshiki	1	1
Toni Storm	1	1
Natsuko Tora	0	6	F
AZM	0	6	SF
Tam Nakano	0	6	SF
Saki Kashima	0	6(7)[a]	QF
Starlight Kid	0	6	QF
Konami	0	5	F
Hazuki/HZK	0	5	SF
Ruaka	0	5	SF
Jungle Kyona	0	5	R2
Koguma	0	4	F
Maika	0	4	F
Syuri	0	4	SF
Kaori Yoneyama/Fukigen Death	0	4	R1
Lady C	0	4	R1
Hana Kimura ‡	0	4	R2
Kagetsu	0	4	R2
Utami Hayashishita	0	4	R2
Rina	0	3	F
Himeka	0	3	SF
Natsupoi	0	3	SF
Kairi Hojo	0	3	QF
Saya Iida	0	3	QF
Miyu Amasaki	0	3	R2
Hina	0	3	R1
Mina Shirakawa	0	3	R1
Momo Kohgo	0	3	R1
Mai Sakurai	0	2	F
Ami Sourei	0	2	SF
Waka Tsukiyama	0	2	SF
Bea Priestley	0	2	QF
Miyu Amasaki	0	2	QF
Unagi Sayaka	0	2	QF
Xena	0	2	QF
Io Shirai	0	2	R2
Kyoko Kimura	0	2	R2
Ranna Yagami	0	2	R2
Thekla	0	2	R2
Yuna Mizumori	0	2	R2
Hanako	0	2	R1
Hiromi Mimura	0	2	R1
Kris Wolf	0	2	R1
Aya Sakura	0	2	R1
Sumire Natsu	0	2	R1
Tomoka Inaba	0	2	R1
Hiroyo Matsumoto	0	1	SF
Brandi Rhodes	0	1	R2
Chelsea	0	1	R2
Jessicka Havok	0	1	R2
Mariah May	0	1	R2
Queen Maya	0	1	R2
Santana Garrett	0	1	R2
Star Fire	0	1	R2
Tessa Blanchard	0	1	R2
Akira Kurogane	0	1	R1
Alex Lee	0	1	R1
Alpha Female	0	1	R1
Andras Miyagi	0	1	R1
Candy Floss	0	1	R1
Chardonnay	0	1	R1
Diosa Atenea	0	1	R1
Haruka Kato	0	1	R1
Haruka Umesaki	0	1	R1
Hatsuhinode Kamen	0	1	R1
Hetzza	0	1	R1
Jamie Hayter	0	1	R1
Nanae Takahashi	0	1	R1
Martina	0	1	R1
Rebel	0	1	R1
Rebel Kel	0	1	R1
Rian	0	1	R1
Saori Anou	0	1	R1
Tabata	0	1	R1
Thunder Rosa	0	1	R1
Yuria Hime	0	1	R1
Yuzuki	0	1	R1

Notes

1. At the 2021 edition of the tournament, Kashima was not able to make it to the show and had Rina replacing her.