Stardom Year-End Awards

Stardom Year-End Awards
Country	Japan
Presented by	World Wonder Ring Stardom
First awarded	December 25, 2011; 13 years ago (2011-12-25)

The Stardom Year-End Awards is a concept used by World Wonder Ring Stardom where awards, similar to the Academy and Grammy Awards, are given to professional wrestlers at the end of the year who have performed on Stardom. The first award ceremony took part on December 25, 2011.[1]

Active awards

Best Match Award

This award was originally named the Best Bout Award, from 2011 to 2012.

Year	Date	Match	Event	Location	Notes
2011[1]	November 12	Nanae Takahashi vs. Natsuki☆Taiyo	Goddesses of Stardom Tag League - Day 3	Tokyo	For the World of Stardom Championship
2012[2]	September 17	Nanae Takahashi vs. Yuzuki Aikawa	5★Star Grand Prix - Day 4
	December 24		Year-End Climax		For the World of Stardom Championship
2013^[citation needed]	April 29	Yoshiko vs. Yuzuki Aikawa	Ryogoku Cinderella Champions Fiesta
2014[3]	December 23	Kairi Hojo and Nanae Takahashi vs. Risa Sera and Takumi Iroha	Year-End Climax		For the Goddesses of Stardom Championship
2015[4]	December 23	Io Shirai vs. Meiko Satomura	Year-End Climax		For the World of Stardom Championship
2016[5]	December 22	Io Shirai vs. Mayu Iwatani	Year-End Climax
2017[6]	October 17	Takumi Iroha vs. Yoko Bito	True Fight		For the Wonder of Stardom Championship
2018[7]	June 17	Oedo Tai (Hazuki and Kagetsu) vs. Thunder Rock (Io Shirai and Mayu Iwatani)	Goddesses of Destiny		For the Goddesses of Stardom Championship
2019[8]	June 16	Arisa Hoshiki vs. Tam Nakano	Shining Destiny		For the Wonder of Stardom Championship
2020[9]	November 15	Mayu Iwatani vs. Utami Hayashishita	Sendai Cinderella	Sendai	For the World of Stardom Championship
2021[10]	March 3	Giulia vs. Tam Nakano	All Star Dream Cinderella	Tokyo	Hair vs. Hair match for the Wonder of Stardom Championship
2022[11]	December 29	Giulia vs. Syuri	Dream Queendom		For the World of Stardom Championship
2023[12]	December 29	Giulia vs. Megan Bayne	Dream Queendom		For the Strong Women's Championship
2024[13]	November 17	Mayu Iwatani vs. Momo Watanabe	Historic X-Over 2	Osaka	For the IWGP Women's Championship

Best Tag Team Award

Year	Team
2012[2]	Natsuki☆Taiyo and Yoshiko
2013	Miho Wakizawa and Nanae Takahashi
2014[3]	7Kairi (Kairi Hojo and Nanae Takahashi)
2015[4]	Thunder Rock (Io Shirai and Mayu Iwatani)
2016[5]	BY Ho (Kairi Hojo and Yoko Bito)
2017[6]	Hana Kimura and Kagetsu
2018[7]	Momo Watanabe and Utami Hayashishita
2019[8]	Tokyo Cyber Squad (Jungle Kyona and Konami)
2020[9]	AphroditE (Saya Kamitani and Utami Hayashishita)
2021[10]	FWC (Hazuki and Koguma)
2022[11]	meltear (Natsupoi and Tam Nakano)
2023[12]	REStart (Natsupoi and Saori Anou)
2024[13]	wing★gori (Hanan and Saya Iida)

Best Technique Award

AZM (left) and Mayu Iwatani (right) are two-time winners of the category

Year	Wrestler
2012[2]	Act Yasukawa
2013	Natsuki☆Taiyo
2014[3]	Mayu Iwatani
2015[4]
2016[5]	Kairi Hojo
2017[6]	Hiromi Mimura
2018[7]	Starlight Kid
2019[8]	AZM
2020[9]	Konami
2021[10]	Saya Kamitani
2022[11]	AZM (2)
2023[12]	Mirai
2024[13]	Mei Seira

Best Unit Award

Year	Unit
2018[7]	Stars
2019[8]	Oedo Tai
2020[9]	Donna Del Mondo (Giulia, Himeka, Maika, Natsupoi and Syuri)
2021[10]	Oedo Tai (2) (Momo Watanabe, Natsuko Tora, Rina, Ruaka, Saki Kashima and Starlight Kid)
2022[11]	Stars (2) (Hanan, Hazuki, Koguma, Mayu Iwatani, Momo Kohgo and Saya Iida)
2023[12]	Queen's Quest (Utami Hayashishita, Saya Kamitani, AZM, Lady C, Miyu Amasaki and Hina)
2024[13]	Cosmic Angels (Tam Nakano, Natsupoi, Saori Anou, Yuna Mizumori, Kurara Sayaka, Aya Sakura)

Fighting Spirit Award

Act Yasukawa is a two-time winner of the category

The Fighting Spirit Award is given to a wrestler who remained active throughout the year.[1]

Year	Wrestler
2011[1]	Yoshiko
2012[2]	Miho Wakizawa
2013	Act Yasukawa
2014[3]	Koguma
2015[4]	Act Yasukawa (2)
2016[5]	Momo Watanabe
2017[5]	Mayu Iwatani
2018[7]	Natsuko Tora
2019[8]	Hana Kimura
2020[9]	Tam Nakano
2021[10]	Unagi Sayaka
2022[11]	Starlight Kid
2023[12]	Suzu Suzuki
2024[13]	Momo Watanabe (2)

MVP Award

Io Shirai is a three-time winner of the category

The MVP Award is given to a wrestler who shined the most throughout the year.[1]

Year	Wrestler
2011[1]	Yuzuki Aikawa
2012[2]	Nanae Takahashi
2013	Io Shirai
2014[3]
2015[4]	Kairi Hojo
2016[5]	Io Shirai (3)
2017[6]	Toni Storm
2018[7]	Momo Watanabe
2019[8]	Mayu Iwatani
2020[9]	Giulia
2021[10]	Utami Hayashishita
2022[11]	Syuri
2023[12]	Tam Nakano
2024[13]	Maika

Outstanding Performance Award

Kairi Hojo is a two-time winner of the category

Year	Wrestler
2011[1]	Yoko Bito
2012[2]	Yuzuki Aikawa
2013	Kairi Hojo
2014[3]	Yoshiko
2015[4]	Kairi Hojo (2)
2016[5]	Yoko Bito (2)
2017[6]	Io Shirai
2018[7]	Utami Hayashishita
2019[8]	Arisa Hoshiki
2020[9]	Bea Priestley
2021[10]	Syuri
2022[11]	Saya Kamitani
2023[12]	Mayu Iwatani
2024[13]	Saori Anou

Shining Award

The Shining Award is the only award where the winner is chosen by fan vote.[10]

Year	Wrestler
2020[9]	Giulia
2021[10]	Starlight Kid
2022[11]	Tam Nakano
2023[12]	Maika
2024[13]	Starlight Kid

Special Merit Award (特別賞, Tokubetsu-shō)

Year	Wrestler
2014[3]	Miho Wakizawa
2021[10]	Mayu Iwatani
2024[13]	Saya Kamitani Mina Shirakawa

See also

• List of professional wrestling awards
• List of Pro Wrestling Illustrated awards
• List of Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards
• Slammy Awards

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