Wrestler Profile

Mayu Iwatani

Mayu Iwatani is the Icon of Stardom — the promotion's greatest homegrown star and the wrestler most responsible for carrying joshi's flag through the 2010s into global consciousness. From painfully shy trainee to generational ace, her career arc is Stardom's founding myth made flesh.

A multi-time World of Stardom and Wonder of Stardom Champion, her dragon suplexes and moonsaults anchor a style both fragile-looking and ferociously resilient — the signature contradiction that makes her matches emotionally devastating. Classics against Io Shirai, Tam Nakano and Syuri fill joshi's modern canon.

International tours with Ring of Honor and beyond spread what Japanese fans long protected as their secret. WrestleRanks voters rank the Icon on reverence: joshi's beating heart, still setting the tempo.

Promotions

Mayu Iwatani is associated with NJPW (2023–2026).

Championship history

No championship history is recorded for Mayu Iwatani in the WrestleRanks database.

Mayu Iwatani in the WrestleRanks rankings

Mayu Iwatani is tracked as a respected veteran on WrestleRanks. Rankings are decided one week at a time, based on who had the strongest individual week across matches, promos, momentum and championship activity. Learn more about how our rankings work, or see the live, interactive profile with weekly rank history and voting on the Mayu Iwatani ranking page.

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