STARS
Mayu Iwatani
- The Ace: She's one of the three best Joshi wrestlers in recent memory (alongside with KAIRI and IYO SKY) and was the face of STARDOM for a long time.
- Badass Adorable: Don't let her cute face fool you. She's tough as nails!
- Dented Iron: She's had a lot of wear and tear on her and she regularly enters matches covered in tape.
- Failure Heroine: Blames herself for Starlight Kid switching sides with Oedo Tai, even though she worked hard in an attempt to get her former ally back.
- The Leader: Of STARS.
- Red Baron: "The Stardom Icon"
- The Ditz: Has moments that fans would nickname "Mayu moments".
Hanan
- Blue Is Heroic: Her main gears are colored blue and is a genuine Babyface.
- Perpetual Smiler: Her entrance pose is her pointing to her smiling face.
- Shout-Out: Her gears are inspired in J-Pop idol groups.
Saya Iida
Koguma
- Animal Motifs: The Bear.
- Tag Team: With Hazuki in Fukuoka Double Crazy (FWC).
- Troll: Her favorite way to open up a match is to irritate her opponent and then bait them into chasing her around outside of the ring to exhaust them.
Hazuki (Reo Hazuki)
- Tag Team: With Koguma in Fukuoka Double Crazy (FWC).
- She's Back: Returned from a prolonged hiatus.
- Veteran Instructor: She's one of Stardoms top trainers at the moment and plays the role of taskmaster on-screen with the younger wrestler, chiding them for mistakes, but she doesn't quite cross over into Drill Sergeant Nasty.
Momo Kohgo
- One-Steve Limit: Averted, as she's the second wrestler with the "Momo" name, the first being Momo Watanabe.
- Older Than She Looks: Is one of the oldest wrestlers in Stardom, being 37.
Oedo Tai
Natsuko Tora
Saki Kashima
- Dirty Coward: Absolutely terrified of Syuri despite having a pretty successful record against her and has turned down singles matches with her because of fear.
- Lethal Joke Character: Though she has held gold as part of a group and inflates her wins by beating up rookies, Saki is mostly a pushover...except for her multiple upset wins over the top champions in the company.
- The Trickster: Can't match speed, strength or size with her opponents but she has a highly effective pinning combination she can hit in a million ways that she tricks her opponents into falling for.
Rina
Ruaka
- The Big Gal: She's one of the bigger wrestlers in the company and wrestles like, using her size to crush other wrestlers.
- Iconic Item: The Oedo Tai branded luggage she brings to the ring to beat her opponents with.
Fukigen DEATH (Kaori Yoneyama)
Starlight Kid
- Dark Is Evil: When she was Face, used light and vivid colors. Wheh she became Heel, changed her colors for mostly black and purple.
- Distaff Counterpart: Is considered one to Tiger Mask. Since her turn she has incorporated moves from Black Tiger as well.
- Evil Feels Good: Despite being drafted into Oedo Tai against her will, Starlight Kid took to evil with aplomb, enjoying brutalizing and bullying her opponents without a shred of guilt or regret.
- Face–Heel Turn: Defected from STARS alongside Fugiken DEATH.
- This needed a bit more explanation behind this turn. In a wager match, she was taken from by Odeo Tai. When Mayu fought really hard to get her back, it turns out she actually liked being apart of Odeo Tai, so she stayed.
- Masked Luchador: Her real face and name are as of yet unknown to the general public.
Momo Watanabe
- Beat Them at Their Own Game: Her heel turn to Oedo Tai was motivated by repeatedly coming up short with her clean and above board technical style, so she figured she'd join the bad guys and has embraced cheating.
- Iconic Item: In Oedo Tai it's her trusty crescent wrench which she uses to load the boot for a devastating kick.
- Kick Chick: One of the most feared strikers in the company.
Queen's Quest
Utami Hayashishita
- The Leader: Co-leads alongside AZM.
- The Quiet One: Compared to the other top wrestlers in Stardom, Utami is far more reserved, quiet and composed.
- Red Baron: "The Red Queen"
- The Rival: To Syuri, though their competition, while heated, hasn't ever crossed over to the point of pre or post-match attacks or threats outside of "I will beat."
- Something about a Rose: She walks to the ring with a rose and usually gives it to somebody in the crowd.
AZM
Hina
Saya Kamitani
- Animal Motifs: The Phoenix.
- Lightning Bruiser: Saya has a rare combination of the speed and agility of the High Speed division and the size and power to match up with the heavyweights.
Lady C
Miyu Amasaki
Donna Del Mondo
Giulia
- But Not Too Foreign: She's born in the United Kingdom and has both Italian and Japanese ancestry.
- Chronic Backstabbing Disorder: Giulia has a host of enemies from her habit of betraying people at the slightest notice. Even wrestlers from other companies go to stardom to seek vengeance.
- The Leader: Of Donna Del Mondo
- The Rival: One notable rivalry is with Tam Nakano to the point where hair was on the line
- The Bully: Towards Starlight Kid
Maika
- Battle Couple: Maika refers to Himeka as her 'wife' and Himeka has called Maika her 'husband.'
- Lady Drunk: Her love of sake ain't exactly a secret.
- Good Old Fisticuffs: Maika has one of the simpler movesets of the wrestlers in Stardom, relying on some judo throws and a lot of lariats and forearms.
- Tag Team: With Himeka as Mai Hime.
Himeka (Himeka Arita)
- Badass Teacher: trained with Jun Akiyama and Yumiko Hotta
- Distaff Counterpart: She uses a lot of the offense, taunts, and poses of Jumbo Tsuruta, even taking her nickname "Jumbo Princess" from him.
- Idol Singer: was a member of Through Skills
- The Big Gal: The biggest member of DDM by a significant margin.
- Tag Team: With Maika as Mai Hime. Weirdly enough for a team with their size disparity, it's Himeka who often takes most of the offense.
Thekla (Thekla Kaischauri)
- Animal Motifs: The Spider.
- Hidden Depths: She was a member of an Austrian hardcore punk band called Death Row Groupies before going to wrestle for Stardom, she's also a painter who has had work exhibited.
- Austria: She's a native from that country.
- Tag Team: With Giulia as Mafia Bella.
Mai Sakurai
Cosmic Angels
Tam Nakano (Ai Taniguchi)
- Idol Singer: info.mate and Stardomidols
- I Know Kung Fu: trained in Wushu.
- The Leader: Of Cosmic Angels
-
The Cast Showoff: Was a dancer before becoming a wrestler and choreographs Cosmic Angels entrance. - Power Trio: With Mina and Unagi in the original formation before the expansion.
- Purple Is Powerful: Her attires are colored purple by default and is a professional butt kicker.
- The Rival: To Giulia
- Shares one outside of the promotion with TJPW's Maki Itoh as both compete for 'the cutest' moniker. Both have competed in a gameshow against each other.
Saki (Saki Watanabe)
- Gondor Calls for Aid: After Colors and Cosmic Angels decided to merge and not subjugate the other stable, this is the deal they made with both coming to each others assistance as needed.
- Hero of Another Story: SAKI is an established star on Japan's indie scene holding multiple titles, but in Stardom she's mostly there as backup for the Cosmic Angels.
- One-Steve Limit: Averted. She's the second wrestler with the "Saki" name, the first being Saki Kashima.
- Only One Name: She's only billed with her given name.
- Red Baron: "Battle Girl Of Love & Justice"
Hikari Shimizu
Rina Amikura
Yuko Sakurai
Natsupoi (Natsumi Maki)
God's Eye
Syuri (Syuri Kondo)
- But Not Too Foreign: Her (deceased) mother was Filipina.
- Defector from Decadence: A former member of Donna Del Mondo but defected out of dissatisfaction. Her motive to form God's Eye is a remainder of this.
- The Four Gods: She has four unique submission moves named after them.
- Jack of All Trades: Is a very balanced wrestler, with a few signature top rope moves, strikes, submissions, and even a few power moves as finishers.
- The Leader: Of God's Eye
- Kick Chick: Has legit Kickboxing credentials.
Ami Sourei
Mirai (Mirai Maiumi)
- Meaningful Name: Her given name is literally translated as "Future", and she's considered one for the company.
- Mighty Glacier: Easily one of the strongest in the roster, but compared to a lot of the roster she's a little sluggish.
Tomoka Inaba
- Hero of Another Story: While mostly just being Syuri's sidekick in Stardom, she is a champion of Just Tap Out and one of their top stars.
- Promotion to Opening Titles: Went from a freelance appearance at Stardom's co-promotional New Blood shows to a signed roster member in a stable.
- Tag Team: With Syuri as Karate Brave.
Club Venus
Mina Shirakawa
- The Leader: She's now the official leader of Club Venus after the split from Cosmic Angels.
- Ms. Fanservice: Has done more Gravure photoshoots than the rest of the roster.
- Pink Heroine: Wears pink and is one of the good girls.
- Power Trio: With Tam and Unagi in the original formation before the expansion.
- After her injury and return she formed Club Venus with Xia Brookside and Mariah May.
- Tag Team: Currently with Waka Tsukiyama.
Xia Brookside
Mariah May
Xena
Jessie
Waka Tsukiyama
Neo Stardom Army
Alpha Female (Marie Kristin Gabert)
Nanae Takahashi
Yuu
Yuna Manase
Unaffiliated
Konami (Konami Takemoto)
- Defeat Means Friendship: A little more complex but it's a quick summary of the relationship between her and Syuri
- Screw This, I'm Outta Here: She didn't last long as a member of God's Eye.
- Wild Card: Has been passed around or has worked with factions within a short period of time especially while she was with Odeo Tai.
Mercedes Moné (Mercedes Justine Kaestner-Varnado) [2023-present]
See
her page for tropes dedicated to her.
Former Talent
Jungle Kyona (Kyona Yano) [2015-2021]
Unagi Sayaka (Himawari Unagi) [2020-2022]
- Animal Motifs: Has three: Tiger, Fox and T-Rex.
- Catchphrase: "Gyan" a word she made up to emulate the roar of a dinosaur.
- Cloudcuckoolander: Even in a wild stable like Cosmic Angels, Unagi's wacky behavior and general strangeness stood out.
- Power Trio: With Tam and Mina in the original formation of Cosmic Angels before the expansion.
- Put on a Bus: Her contract with Stardom expired in 2022 and didn't renew it. However, she remains part of the Cosmic Angels as a freelancer.
Himeka (Himeka Arita) [2020-2023]
- Distaff Counterpart: She uses a lot of the offense, taunts, and poses of Jumbo Tsuruta, even taking her nickname "Jumbo Princess" from him.
- The Big Gal: Was the biggest member of DDM by a significant margin.
- Tag Team: With Maika as Mai Hime. Weirdly enough for a team with their size disparity, it's Himeka who often takes most of the offense.
Riho (Riho Hime) [2019-2020]
- Pretty Princess Powerhouse: Of wrestling in general, not just STARDOM. Also "Hime" in japanese means "Princess", so using her real name doubles as "Princess Riho."
- Small Role, Big Impact: The year she was on STARDOM was very intense and she quickly became a big name there. But Riho was a part-timer because her contract on AEW, and eventually she became AEW-exclusive, leaving behind STARDOM and a full-time contract.
Hana Kimura [2016-2020]
See
her page for tropes dedicated to her.
KAIRI (Kaori Housako) [2022-2023]
- The Ace: She's one of the three best Joshi wrestlers in recent memory (alongside with Mayu Iwatani and IYO SKY).
- Finishing Move: "Insane Elbow", a jumping elbow drop from the top turnbuckle to a downed opponent.
- Guest-Star Party Member: Since her return, she can temporally join forces with an established faction member.
- Red Baron: "The Pirate Princess"
- She's Back: Returned to the promotion in 2022 after her first WWE contract expired before returning to the Stamford-based promotion in 2023.
Staff
Rossy Ogawa (Hiroshi Ogawa)
- The One Guy: With the exception of the referees and commentators, he's the only known male employee in a promotion of comprised mainly of women. In fact, he's their boss.
- Our Founder: One of the co-founders of STARDOM.
