During Yokohama Dream Cinderella 2021 In Summer Stardom announced the lineup and blocks for the 5STAR Grand Prix 2021. The GP is Stardom’s biggest tournament of the year splitting its top performers into two blocks for round robin action. The winners of each block will meet in the final which will take place at the Ota Ward Gymnasium this year. Let’s take a spoiler-free look at the lineup.
Check our our in-depth preview of the tournament HERE
5STAR Grand Prix 2021 Blocks
Red Stars
- Giulia
- Mayu Iwatani
- Momo Watanabe
- Fukigen Death (replacing Natsuko Tora)
- Saki Kashima
- Starlight Kid
- Himeka
- Natsupoi
- Koguma
- Mina Shirakawa
Blue Stars
- Utami Hayashishita
- Syuri
- Tam Nakano
- Saya Kamitani
- Maika
- AZM
- Konami
- Ruaka
- Unagi Sayaka
- X (from another promotion) Update: Takumi Iroha has been announced as X
Note: This section contains spoilers for Yokohama Dream Cinderellla
With Natsuko Tora suffering an unfortunate injury that ended her match with Utami Hayashishita early her status in this year’s GP is up in the air as early indications are that she suffered a serious knee injury.
X is likely to be a member of Marvelous with Rin Kadokura currently the favorite as she is wrestling Mayu Iwatani on the July 19 Marvelous event and could earn herself a spot in the GP there. Other names that are in contention include Nanae Takahashi of SEAdLINNNG, Mei Hoshizuki, and the returning Takumi Iroha.
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