After a phenomenal show at Yokohama Arena on the 27th April, Stardom’s press conference on the 28th April seems to have bought the company down to earth with a little bit of a bump.
As well as the news that Mayu Iwatani will depart the company with immediate effect, Maika also announced that she will be taking an extended period of leave from the company to deal with an ongoing injury.
Though she will continue to wrestle through the upcoming Golden Week Fight Tour, and through her homecoming show in Fukuoka, Maika will then begin a period of recovery from an elbow injury she’s been struggling with for 3 years; something she has continued to fight through against Doctor’s wishes! The current reported timetable for her recovery is anywhere between 6 months and a year, meaning that she will almost certainly miss the remainder of 2025.
The Fukuoka show is scheduled for the 6th May, which is Maika’s last active date at the time of writing.
This news comes at a terrible time for Stardom, with Mayu Iwatani having departed, Tam Nakano having retired and Thekla and Mina Shirakawa having left for pastures new. However, the most important thing is that Maika takes all the time she needs to get better, and we at the Stardom Cast wish her all of the best, and hope she returns to in-ring action as soon as possible.
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