# Stardom Cinderella Tournament 2025

The 2025 Stardom Cinderella Tournament (スターダムシンデレラトーナメント2025, Sutādamushindereratōnamento 2025) was the eleventh annual professional wrestling single-elimination tournament promoted by World Wonder Ring Stardom. The event took place between March 8 and 15, 2025.

## Storylines

The show featured professional wrestling matches with scripted storylines, where wrestlers portray villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches. The matches can be won by pinfall, submission or elimination over the top rope. A time-limit draw or a double elimination means a loss for each competitor.

## Event
### Night 1 (March 8)

The first day of the event which took place on March 8, 2025, portraited the first-round tournament matches. All eight of the first round matches were disputed in the first day, where Ranna Yagai picked up a victory over Akira Kurogane, Rina over Yuria Hime, Azusa Inaba over Rian, Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL)'s Tabata over Hina, Sayaka Kurara over Ruaka, Miyu Amasaki over Lady C, and Hanan over Tomoka Inaba, while Hanako time-limit drew against Aya Sakura, granting Azusa Inaba a walkover victory through the semifinals. Four routine matches were also contested into the first day where Lluvia defeated Fukigen Death, Koguma, Mei Seira and Waka Tsukiyama in a five-way bout, Hazuki and Saya Iida defeated the teams of Saori Anou and Yuna Mizumori, and AZM and Suzu Suzuki in three-way tag team competition, Mayu Iwatani and Momo Kohgo outmatched Natsuko Tora and Thekla via disqualification, and Maika and Mina Shirakawa picked up a victory over Starlight Kid and Tam Nakano.

### Night 2 (March 9)

The second day of the event which took place on March 9, 2025 portraited the second-round tournament matches where Rina defeated Tabata, Hanan picked up a victory over Miyu Amasaki and Sayaka Kurara defeated Ranna Yagami. Besides the tournament matches, five other bouts were also contested. Mayu Iwatani, Momo Kohgo and Saya Iida outmatched Aya Sakura, Tam Nakano and Yuna Mizumori in six-woman tag team competition, Azusa Inaba defeated Akira Kurogane, and Hanako defeated Yuria Hime in singles competitions, Hina, Saki Kashima, Syuri and Tomoka Inaba picked up a victory over Maika, Mina Shirakawa, Rian and Waka Tsukiyama in eight-woman tag team action, and AZM, Mei Seira, Starlight Kid and Suzu Suzuki defeated Konami, Natsuko Tora, Ruaka and Saya Kamitani in the main event.

### Night 3 - Finals (March 10)

The third day of the tournament took place on March 15, 2025 and started with two preshow confrontations. In the first one Fukigen Death defeated Rian in singles competition, and in the second one, Maika, Hanako and Waka Tsukiyama picked up a victory over Tabata, Akira Kurogane and Yuria Hime in six-woman tag team competition.
In the first main card bout, Sayaka Kurara defeated Azusa Inaba in the semifinals of the Cinderella Tournament. Next up, Rina outmatched Hanan in the second semifinal. Next up, Saya Kamitani, Natsuko Tora, Momo Watanabe and Ruaka defeated AZM, Suzu Suzuki, Mei Seira and Miyu Amasaki in eight-woman tag team action. The sixth bout saw Syuri, Saki Kashima, Lady C, Tomoka Inaba and Ranna Yagami outmatching Mayu Iwatani, Hazuki, Koguma, Saya Iida and Momo Kohgo in ten-woman tag team competition. After the bout concluded, Syuri challenged Iwatani for the latter's IWGP Women's Championship in a bout set to take place at All Star Grand Queendom on April 27, 2025. Next up, Tam Nakano and Saori Anou defeated Yuna Mizumori and Aya Sakura in tag team competition. After the bout concluded, Unagi Sayaka showed up to invite Anou to tag up with her in a match hosted in the independent scene. The eighth bout saw Thekla defeat Mina Shirakawa in singles competition. In the semi main event, Sayaka Kurara defeated Rina in the finals of the Cinderella Tournament.
In the main event, Starlight Kid defeated Konami to secure the second consecutive defense of the Wonder of Stardom Championship in that respective reign.
| No. | Results | Stipulations | Times |
| 1$^P$ | Fukigen Death defeated Rian | Singles match | 4:38 |
| 2$^P$ | Empress Nexus Venus (Maika, Hanako and Waka Tsukiyama) defeated Tabata, Akira Kurogane and Yuria Hime | Six-woman tag team match | 8:32 |
| 3 | Sayaka Kurara defeated Azusa Inaba | Cinderella tournament semifinals match | 13:13 |
| 4 | Rina defeated Hanan | Cinderella tournament semifinals match | 14:15 |
| 5 | H.A.T.E. (Saya Kamitani, Natsuko Tora, Momo Watanabe and Ruaka) defeated Neo Genesis (AZM, Suzu Suzuki, Mei Seira and Miyu Amasaki) | Eight-woman tag team match | 9:47 |
| 6 | God's Eye (Syuri, Saki Kashima, Lady C, Tomoka Inaba and Ranna Yagami) defeated Stars (Mayu Iwatani, Hazuki, Koguma, Saya Iida and Momo Kohgo) | Ten-woman tag team match | 11:18 |
| 7 | Cosmic Angels (Tam Nakano and Saori Anou) defeated Sakuradamon (Yuna Mizumori and Aya Sakura) | Tag team match | 14:23 |
| 8 | Thekla defeated Mina Shirakawa | Singles match | 16:07 |
| 9 | Sayaka Kurara defeated Rina | Cinderella tournament finals | 15:08 |
| 10 | Starlight Kid (c) defeated Konami | Singles match for the Wonder of Stardom Championship | 16:53 |
| (c) – the champion(s) heading into the matchP – the match was broadcast on the pre-show ||||

## Participants

The tournament consisted of 16 participants, including several champions.
*Noted underneath are the champions who held their titles at the time of the tournament.
| Wrestler | Unit | Notes |
| Akira Kurogane | Unaffiliated | |
| Aya Sakura | Cosmic Angels | |
| Azusa Inaba | H.A.T.E. | Freelancer (Just Tap Out) |
| Hanako | Empress Nexus Venus | New Blood Tag Team Champion |
| Hanan | Stars | Goddesses of Stardom Champion |
| Hina | God's Eye | Future of Stardom Champion |
| Lady C | God's Eye | |
| Miyu Amasaki | Neo Genesis | Artist of Stardom Champion |
| Ranna Yagami | God's Eye | |
| Rian | Empress Nexus Venus | |
| Rina | H.A.T.E. | |
| Ruaka | H.A.T.E. | |
| Sayaka Kurara | Cosmic Angels | |
| Tabata | Unaffiliated | Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre |
| Tomoka Inaba | God's Eye | Freelancer (Just Tap Out) |
| Yuria Hime | Unaffiliated | |

## Brackets

| Round 1 March 8 | Round 1 March 8 | Round 1 March 8 | Quarterfinals March 9 | Quarterfinals March 9 | Quarterfinals March 9 | Semifinals March 15 | Semifinals March 15 | Semifinals March 15 | | Final March 15 | Final March 15 | Final March 15 |
| Sayaka Kurara | Sayaka Kurara | Elim | | | | | | | | | | |
| Ruaka | Ruaka | 7:31 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Ruaka | Ruaka | 7:31 | Sayaka Kurara | Sayaka Kurara | Pin | | | | | | | |
| | | | Ranna Yagami | Ranna Yagami | 11:44 | | | | | | | |
| Akira Kurogane | Akira Kurogane | 6:50 | Ranna Yagami | Ranna Yagami | 11:44 | | | | | | | |
| Ranna Yagami | Ranna Yagami | Pin | | | | | | | | | | |
| Ranna Yagami | Ranna Yagami | Pin | | | | Sayaka Kurara | Sayaka Kurara | Pin | | | | |
| | | | | | | Azusa Inaba | Azusa Inaba | 13:13 | | | | |
| Aya Sakura | Aya Sakura | 15:00 | | | | | | | Azusa Inaba | Azusa Inaba | 13:13 | | | | |
| Hanako | Hanako | Draw | | | | | | | | | | |
| Hanako | Hanako | Draw | Bye | Bye | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Azusa Inaba | Azusa Inaba | N/A | | | | | | | |
| Azusa Inaba | Azusa Inaba | Sub | Azusa Inaba | Azusa Inaba | N/A | | | | | | | |
| Rian | Rian | 8:03 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Rian | Rian | 8:03 | | | | | | | | Sayaka Kurara | Sayaka Kurara | Pin |
| | | | | | | | | | | Rina | Rina | 15:08 |
| Hanan | Hanan | Pin | | | | | | | | | | | Rina | Rina | 15:08 |
| Tomoka Inaba | Tomoka Inaba | 10:19 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Tomoka Inaba | Tomoka Inaba | 10:19 | Hanan | Hanan | Pin | | | | | | | |
| | | | Miyu Amasaki | Miyu Amasaki | 7:19 | | | | | | | |
| Miyu Amasaki | Miyu Amasaki | Pin | Miyu Amasaki | Miyu Amasaki | 7:19 | | | | | | | |
| Lady C | Lady C | 2:34 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Lady C | Lady C | 2:34 | | | | Hanan | Hanan | 14:15 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Rina | Rina | Pin | | | | |
| Rina | Rina | Pin | | | | | | | Rina | Rina | Pin | | | | |
| Yuria Hime | Yuria Hime | 8:11 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Yuria Hime | Yuria Hime | 8:11 | Rina | Rina | Pin | | | | | | | |
| | | | Tabata | Tabata | 7:40 | | | | | | | |
| Hina | Hina | 5:56 | Tabata | Tabata | 7:40 | | | | | | | |
| Tabata | Tabata | Pin | | | | | | | | | | |