Stardom Rookie of the Year

Stardom Rookie of the Year (スターダム新人王, Sutādamu shinjin-ō) is a tournament promoted by the Japanese professional wrestling promotion World Wonder Ring Stardom in which rookies with less than one year of in-ring experience evolve. The event has been held annually between 2011 and 2019 with a four-year break until 2023. During time, the competition took place under single-elimination tournament rules or was decided by singles or gauntlet matches.^[1]

Stardom Rookie of the Year
Promotions	World Wonder Ring Stardom
First event	2011
Signature matches	Time-limited singles matches

List of winners

Year	Tournament
	Winner	Runner-up	Ref
2011	Yoshiko	Arisa Hoshiki	[2]
2012	Yuhi	Act Yasukawa	[1]
2013	Takumi Iroha	Koguma	[1]
2014	Hazuki	Kris Wolf Momo Watanabe	[1]
2015	Jungle Kyona	Hiromi Mimura	[1]
2016	Arisu Nanase	Natsuko Tora	[1]
2017	Shiki Shibusawa	Hanan	[1]
2018	Utami Hayashishita	Rina Hina Natsumi	[3]
2019	Saya Kamitani	Saya Iida	[4]
2023	Yuzuki	Hanako	[5]

2011

The inaugural edition of 2011 took place as a one-day single-elimination tournament on December 11.^[1][6]

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

Mayu Iwatani

Draw[a]

Eri Susa

10:00[6]

Mayu Iwatani

3:28[6]

Yoshiko

Pin

Yoshiko

Pin

Arisa Hoshiki

12:35[6]

Arisa Hoshiki

Pin

Yoko Bito

6:46[6]

Saki Kashima

7:59[6]

Yoko Bito

Pin

2012

The 2012 edition of the tournament took place on December 9 during the same year edition of the Goddesses of Stardom Tag League.^[1][7]

	Semifinals					Finals
	Yuhi		Pin
	Kairi Hojo		7:07[7]
						Yuhi		Pin
						Act Yasukawa		11:12[7]
	Natsumi Showzuki		7:48[7]
	Act Yasukawa		Pin

2013

The 2013 edition of the tournament took place under a singles bout on December 8.^[1][8]

No.	Results	Stipulations	Times[8]
1	Takumi Iroha defeated Koguma	Rookie of Stardom decision match	13:40

2014

The 2014 edition of the tournament took place under a three-way match on December 7.^[1][9]

No.	Results	Stipulations	Times[9]
1	Reo Hazuki defeated Kris Wolf and Momo Watanabe	Rookie of Stardom decision match	17:41

2015

The 2015 edition returned to the traditional single-elimination tournament rules and took place on December 6.^[1][10]

	Semifinals					Finals
	Jungle Kyona		Pin
	Starlight Kid		5:09[10]
						Jungle Kyona		Pin
						Hiromi Mimura		7:36[10]
	Saori Anou		4:42[10]
	Hiromi Mimura		Pin

2016

The 2016 edition of the tournament took place on December 4.^[1][11]

	Semifinals					Finals
	Arisu Nanase		Pin
	Ruaka		5:06[11]
						Arisu Nanase		Pin
						Natsuko Tora		4:53[11]
	Azumi		5:06[11]
	Natsuko Tora		Pin

2017

The 2017 edition of the tournament took place on December 10 place under a singles bout.^[1][12]

No.	Results	Stipulations	Times[12]
1	Shiki Shibusawa defeated Hanan	Rookie of Stardom decision match	9:32

2018

The 2018 edition of the tournament took place under gauntlet match rules on December 12.^[1][13]

No.	Results	Stipulations	Times[13]
1	Utami Hayashishita defeated Rina, Hina and Natsumi	Rookie of Stardom decision match	9:55

2019

The 2019 edition returned to the traditional single-elimination tournament rules and took place on December 8.^[1][14]

	Semifinals					Finals
	Saya Kamitani		Pin
	Itsuki Hoshino		4:51[14]
						Saya Kamitani		Pin
						Saya Iida		7:09[14]
	Leo Onozaki		6:21[14]
	Saya Iida		Pin

2023

The 2023 edition took place on January 3, 2024, at Stardom New Year Stars 2024.^[15][16][17]

	Round 1				Final
	Yuzuki	Pin
	Ranna Yagami	6:52[15]
					Yuzuki	Pin
					Hanako	7:23[15]
	Hanako	Pin
	Sayaka Kurara	5:13[15]

Notes

1. Despite the match ending in a time-limit draw, Iwatani advanced in the tournament under unknown circumstances.