It is the most wonderful time of the year for Joshi fans as we gear up for the 5STAR GP 2022 which is one of the most loaded tournaments in company history. This is your one-stop shop for all things 5STAR 2022 as we will have the schedule, blocks, and predictions for this year’s tournament. Let’s not waste any time and jump right into this year’s 5STAR Grand Prix.
5STAR GP 2022 Primer
Blocks
Red Stars
- Syuri
- Tam Nakano
- Utami Hayashishita
- AZM
- Koguma
- Maika
- Himeka
TheklaThekla is not cleared to compete. Momo Kohgo is her replacement- Unagi Sayaka
- Saki Kashima
- Mai Sakurai
- Risa Sera (Prominence)
- SAKI (COLOR’s)
Blue Stars
- Mayu Iwatani
- Giulia
- Saya Kamitani
- Starlight Kid
- Momo Watanabe
- Hazuki
- Saya Iida
- Natsupoi
- Mina Shirakawa
- Hanan
- MIRAI
- Ami Sorei
- Suzu Suzuki (Prominence)
5STAR GP 2022 Schedule
Day 1 – July 30
- Red Stars: Syuri vs AZM
- Red Stars: Maika vs Risa Sera
- Red Stars: Utami Hayashishita vs Himeka
- Red Stars: Unagi Sayaka vs SAKI
- Red Stars: Momo Kohgo vs Mai Sakurai
- Blue Stars: Giulia vs Hazuki
- Blue Stars: Mayu Iwatani vs MIRAI
- Blue Stars: Ami Sorei vs Saya Iida
- Blue Stars: Starlight Kid vs Suzu Suzuki
Day 2 – July 31
- Red Stars: Syuri vs Utami Hayashishita
- Red Stars: Tam Nakano vs Himeka
- Red Stars: Koguma vs Momo Kohgo
- Red Stars: Risa Sera vs SAKI
- Blue Stars: Giulia vs MIRAI
- Blue Stars: Saya Kamitani vs Starlight Kid
- Blue Stars: Mina Shirakawa vs Momo Watanabae
- Blue Stars: Ami Sorei vs Suzu Suzuki
Day 3 – August 6
- Red Stars: Saki Kashima vs Koguma
- Blue Stars: Mayu Iwatani vs Hanan
- Blue Stars: Hazuki vs Starlight Kid
- Blue Stars: MIRAI vs Natsupoi
- Blue Stars: Saya Kamitani vs Momo Watanabe
Day 4 – August 7
- Red Stars: Utami Hayashishita vs Unagi Sayaka
- Red Stars: Koguma vs Himeka
- Red Stars: AZM vs Mai Sakurai
- Blue Stars: Saya Kamitani vs Hanan
- Blue Stars: Natsupoi vs Ami Sorei
- Blue Stars: Mina Shirakawa vs Saya Iida
Day 5 – August 11
- Red Stars: Syuri vs Unagi Sayaka
- Red Stars: Utami Hayashishita vs Risa Sera
- Red Stars: Tam Nakano vs AZM
- Red Stars: Mai Sakurai vs Saki Kashima
- Red Stars: Koguma vs SAKI
- Red Stars: Himeka vs Momo Kohgo
- Blue Stars: Starlight Kid vs Momo Watanabe
- Blue Stars: Hazuki vs Natsupoi
- Blue Stars: MIRAI vs Suzu Suzuki
- Blue Stars: Mayu Iwatani vs Saya Iida
- Blue Stars: Ami Sorei vs Hanan
Day 6 – August 13
- Red Stars: Syuri vs Mai Sakurai
- Red Stars: Maika vs Saki Kashima
- Red Stars: AZM vs Momo Kohgo
- Blue Stars: Saya Kamitani vs Natsupoi
- Blue Stars: Hazuki vs Mina Shirakawa
- Blue Stars: Hanan vs Momo Watanabe
Day 7 – August 14
- Red Stars: Utami Hayashishita vs Momo Kohgo
- Red Stars: Koguma vs Maika
- Red Stars: Himeka vs AZM
- Red Stars: Unagi Sayaka vs Saki Kashima
- Blue Stars: Giulia vs Hanan
- Blue Stars: MIRAI vs Hazuki
- Blue Stars: Natsupoi vs Momo Watanabe
Day 8 – August 20
- Red Stars: Syuri vs Saki Kashima
- Red Stars: Momo Kohgo vs Risa Sera
- Red Stars: Koguma vs Mai Sakurai
- Red Stars: Maika vs SAKI
- Blue Stars: Hazuki vs Suzu Suzuki
- Blue Stars: Starlight Kid vs Hanan
- Blue Stars: Giulia vs Saya Iida
- Blue Stars: Ami Sorei vs Momo Watanabe
Day 9 – August 27
- Red Stars: Utami Hayashishita vs Maika
- Red Stars: Tam Nakano vs Koguma
- Red Stars: Himeka vs Risa Sera
- Red Stars: AZM vs SAKI
- Red Stars: Unagi Sayaka vs Mai Sakurai
- Blue Stars: Giulia vs Starlight Kid
- Blue Stars: Natsupoi vs Suzu Suzuki
- Blue Stars: Mayu Iwatani vs Mina Shirakawa
- Blue Stars: MIRAI vs Ami Sorei
- Blue Stars: Hazuki vs Hanan
Day 10 – August 28
- Red Stars: Syuri vs Koguma
- Red Stars: Tam Nakano vs Mai Sakurai
- Red Stars: Maika vs AZM
- Blue Stars: Mayu Iwatani vs Ami Sorei
- Blue Stars: Giulia vs Natsupoi
- Blue Stars: Saya Kamitani vs Hazuki
- Blue Stars: MIRAI vs Hanan
- Blue Stars: Saya Iida vs Momo Watanabe
Day 11 – September 3
- Red Stars: Syuri vs Maika
- Red Stars: Tam Nakano vs Saki Kashima
- Red Stars: Himeka vs Mai Sakurai
- Blue Stars: Mayu Iwatani vs Saya Kamitani
- Blue Stars: Giulia vs Saki Kashima
- Blue Stars: Starlight Kid vs Ami Sorei
Day 12 – September 4
- Red Stars: Syuri vs Himeka
- Red Stars: Tam Nakano vs Maika
- Red Stars: Momo Kohgo vs Saki Kashima
- Blue Stars: Mayu Iwatani vs Natsupoi
- Blue Stars: Saya Kamitani vs Saya Iida
- Blue Stars: Hazuki vs Ami Sorei
- Blue Stars: MIRAI vs Momo Watanabe
Day 13 – September 11
- Red Stars: Utami Hayashishita vs AZM
- Red Stars: Himeka vs SAKI
- Red Stars: Unagi Sayaka vs Risa Sera
- Blue Stars: Mayu Iwatani vs Giulia
- Blue Stars: Saya Kamitani vs Suzu Suzuki
Day 14 – September 12
- Red Stars: Utami Hayashishita vs Mai Sakurai
- Red Stars: Syuri vs Momo Kohgo
- Red Stars: Tam Nakano vs Unagi Sayaka
- Red Stars: AZM vs Risa Sera
- Red Stars: Saki Kashima vs SAKI
- Blue Stars: Mayu Iwatani vs Suzu Suzuki
- Blue Stars: Hazuki vs Saya Iida
- Blue Stars: Natsupoi vs Hanan
- Blue Stars: Mina Shirakawa vs Ami Sorei
Day 15 – September 17
- Red Stars: Syuri vs SAKI
- Red Stars: Utami Hayashishita vs Saki Kashima
- Red Stars: Mai Sakurai vs Risa Sera
- Red Stars: Maika vs Unagi Sayaka
- Blue Stars: Natsupoi vs Starlight Kid
- Blue Stars: Saya Iida vs Suzu Suzuki
- Blue Stars: MIRAI vs Mina Shirakawa
Day 16 – September 18
- Red Stars: Tam Nakano vs Risa Sera
- Red Stars: Koguma vs Unagi Sayaka
- Red Stars: Mai Sakurai vs SAKI
- Blue Stars: Giulia vs Ami Sorei
- Blue Stars: Saya Kamitani vs MIRAI
- Blue Stars: Momo Watanabe vs Suzu Suzuki
- Blue Stars: Mina Shirakawa vs Starlight Kid
Day 17 – September 19
- Red Stars: Utami Hayashishita vs SAKI
- Red Stars: Koguma vs Risa Sera
- Red Stars: AZM vs Unagi Sayaka
- Red Stars: Tam Nakano vs Momo Kohgo
- Red Stars: Maika vs Mai Sakurai
- Blue Stars: Mina Shirakawa vs Suzu Suzuki
Day 18 – September 23
- Red Stars: Syuri vs Tam Nakano
- Red Stars: AZM vs Koguma
- Red Stars: Saki Kashima vs Risa Sera
- Red Stars: Momo Kohgo vs SAKI
- Blue Stars: Giulia vs Momo Watanabe
- Blue Stars: Mayu Iwatani vs Hazuki
- Blue Stars: Saya Kamitani vs Mina Shirakawa
- Blue Stars: MIRAI vs Starlight Kid
- Blue Stars: Natsupoi vs Saya Iida
- Blue Stars: Hanan vs Suzu Suzuki
Day 19 – September 24
- Red Stars: Utami Hayashishita vs Tam Nakano
- Red Stars: Himeka vs Unagi Sayaka
- Red Stars: Maika vs Momo Kohgo
- Blue Stars: Giulia vs Saya Kamitani
- Blue Stars: Momo Watanabe vs Mayu Iwatani
- Blue Stars: Starlight Kid vs Saya Iida
- Blue Stars: Hanan vs Mina Shirakawa
Day 20 – September 25
Blue Stars: Hanan vs Saya Iida
Final Day – October 1
- Red Stars: Syuri vs Risa Sera
- Red Stars: Utami Hayashishita vs Koguma
- Red Stars: Maika vs Himeka
- Red Stars: Tam Nakano vs SAKI
- Red Stars: Unagi Sayaka vs Momo Kohgo
- Red Stars: AZM vs Saki Kashima
- Blue Stars: Giulia vs Suzu Suzuki
- Blue Stars: Mayu Iwatani vs Starlight Kid
- Blue Stars: Saya Kamitani vs Ami Sorei
- Blue Stars: Hazuki vs Momo Watanabe
- Blue Stars: Natsupoi vs Mina Shirakawa
- Blue Stars: MIRAI vs Saya Iida
5STAR GP 2022 Predictions
The Favorites
Giulia
There really is only one clear favorite for this year’s tournament and that is Giulia. Ever since she walked into Stardom it has been a case of when not if, she wins the World of Stardom Championship. As we approach the 3-year mark of her stint with Stardom it would appear that it’s time for Giulia to win the big one.
It’s been over a year since Giulia held a singles title and in that time she’s managed to make even more enemies, both in Stardom and outside of Stardom. A stint as world champ would put her back on top and allow her to have plenty of high-profile grudge matches on PPV.
Dark Horses
Suzu Suzuki
It’s not very likely that Stardom lets an outsider win their biggest tournament of the year but an exception can, and probably should, be made for Suzu Suzuki. The former ICExInfinity Champion is not even 20 years old and is already one of the best wrestlers in all of Joshi.
If Suzu Suzuki vs Syuri isn’t a worthy main event of Stardom’s biggest show of the year then we don’t know what is.
Read More: Joshi Watch: Suzu Suzuki
Tam Nakano
Until a few weeks ago Nakano was neck-and-neck with Giulia as our favorite to win this year’s GP. What holds Nakano back is the fact that she challenged Syuri to a world title match for Stardom’s MidSummer Champion in Nagoya event and the two will face off in the GP. It is not impossible, but unlikely, that Stardom has the two wrestle three times in the space of five months.
Utami Hayashishita
Never rule out the franchise player. Hayashishita has already got one 5STAR GP win under her belt and she could easily add another. While Hayashishita and Syuri will renew their rivalry in the GP it is possible that Stardom wants the two to run it back at Sumo Hall this December.
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