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 in Stardom. The first award ceremony took place on December 25, 2011.
Active awards Best Match Award This award was originally named the Best Bout Award, from 2011 to 2012. YearDateMatchEventLocationNotes2011November 12Nanae Takahashi vs. Natsuki☆TaiyoGoddesses of Stardom Tag League - Day 3TokyoFor the World of Stardom Championship2012September 17Nanae Takahashi vs. Yuzuki Aikawa5★Star Grand Prix - Day 4December 24Year-End ClimaxFor the World of Stardom Championship2013April 29Yoshiko vs. Yuzuki AikawaRyogoku Cinderella Champions Fiesta2014December 23Kairi Hojo and Nanae Takahashi vs. Risa Sera and Takumi IrohaYear-End ClimaxFor the Goddesses of Stardom Championship2015December 23Io Shirai vs. Meiko SatomuraYear-End ClimaxFor the World of Stardom Championship2016December 22Io Shirai vs. Mayu IwataniYear-End Climax2017October 17Takumi Iroha vs. Yoko BitoTrue FightFor the Wonder of Stardom Championship2018June 17Oedo Tai (Hazuki and Kagetsu) vs. Thunder Rock (Io Shirai and Mayu Iwatani)Goddesses of DestinyFor the Goddesses of Stardom Championship2019June 16Arisa Hoshiki vs. Tam NakanoShining DestinyFor the Wonder of Stardom Championship2020November 15Mayu Iwatani vs. Utami HayashishitaSendai CinderellaSendaiFor the World of Stardom Championship2021March 3Giulia vs. Tam NakanoAll Star Dream CinderellaTokyoHair vs. Hair match for the Wonder of Stardom Championship2022December 29Giulia vs. SyuriDream QueendomFor the World of Stardom Championship2023December 29Giulia vs. Megan BayneDream QueendomFor the Strong Women's Championship2024November 17Mayu Iwatani vs. Momo WatanabeHistoric X-Over 2OsakaFor the IWGP Women's Championship2025April 27Saya Kamitani vs. Tam NakanoAll Star Grand QueendomYokohamaTitle vs. Career match for the World of Stardom Championship
Best Tag Team Award YearTeam2012Natsuki☆Taiyo and Yoshiko2013Miho Wakizawa and Nanae Takahashi20147Kairi2015Thunder Rock2016BY Ho2017Hana Kimura and Kagetsu2018Momo Watanabe and Utami Hayashishita2019Tokyo Cyber Squad2020AphroditE2021FWC2022meltear2023REStart2024wing★gori2025BMI2000
Best Technique Award
YearWrestler2012Act Yasukawa2013Natsuki☆Taiyo2014Mayu Iwatani20152016Kairi Hojo2017Hiromi Mimura2018Starlight Kid2019AZM2020Konami2021Saya Kamitani2022AZM (2)2023Mirai2024Mei Seira2025Syuri
Best Unit Award YearUnit2018Stars2019Oedo Tai2020Donna Del Mondo2021Oedo Tai (2)2022Stars (2)2023Queen's Quest2024Cosmic Angels2025H.A.T.E
Fighting Spirit Award
The Fighting Spirit Award is given to a wrestler who remained active throughout the year. YearWrestler2011Yoshiko2012Miho Wakizawa2013Act Yasukawa2014Koguma2015Act Yasukawa (2)2016Momo Watanabe2017Mayu Iwatani2018Natsuko Tora2019Hana Kimura2020Tam Nakano2021Unagi Sayaka2022Starlight Kid 2023Suzu Suzuki2024Momo Watanabe (2)2025Starlight Kid (2)
MVP Award
The MVP Award is given to a wrestler who shined the most throughout the year. YearWrestler2011Yuzuki Aikawa2012Nanae Takahashi2013Io Shirai20142015Kairi Hojo2016Io Shirai (3)2017Toni Storm2018Momo Watanabe2019Mayu Iwatani2020Giulia2021Utami Hayashishita2022Syuri2023Tam Nakano2024Maika2025Saya Kamitani
Outstanding Performance Award
YearWrestler2011Yoko Bito2012Yuzuki Aikawa2013Kairi Hojo2014Yoshiko2015Kairi Hojo (2)2016Yoko Bito (2)2017Io Shirai2018Utami Hayashishita2019Arisa Hoshiki2020Bea Priestley2021Syuri2022Saya Kamitani2023Mayu Iwatani2024Saori Anou2025Saya Iida
Shining Award The Shining Award is the only award where the winner is chosen by fan vote. YearWrestler2020Giulia2021Starlight Kid2022Tam Nakano2023Maika2024Starlight Kid2025Saya Kamitani
YearWrestler2014Miho Wakizawa2021Mayu Iwatani2024Saya KamitaniMina Shirakawa2025Tam Nakano
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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