Mai Sakurai

Mai Sakurai (桜井 まい, Sakurai Mai, born September 14, 1990) is a Japanese professional wrestler. She currently works for World Wonder Ring Stardom, [3] where she is the current Artist of Stardom Champion (with Giulia and Thekla) in her first reign[4] and a member of Donna Del Mondo.

Mai Sakurai
Sakurai in April 2021
Born (1990-09-14) September 14, 1990[1]
Chiba, Japan
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Mai Sakurai
Billed height164 cm (5 ft 5 in)[2]
Billed weight55 kg (121 lb)[2]
Debut2020

Professional wrestling career

Actwres girl'Z (2020–2021)

Sakurai made her professional wrestling debut at AWG Act 46, an event promoted by Actwres girl'Z on February 11, 2020, where she fell short to Miku Aono.[5] At Ice Ribbon/AWG Ice Ribbon & Actwres girl'Z Joint Show on November 16, 2020, she teamed up with Maya Yukihi to defeat Miku Aono and Nao Ishikawa.[6]

Cosmic Angels (2021-2022)

Sakurai made her debut in World Wonder Ring Stardom in the sixth night of the Stardom 5 Star Grand Prix 2021 from August 13 where she unsuccessfully challenged Unagi Sayaka for the Future of Stardom Championship. After the match she was presented as the newest member of Cosmic Angels and was announced to undergo a newcomer "challenge" against ten opponents during the tournament.[7] At Stardom 10th Anniversary Grand Final Osaka Dream Cinderella on October 9, 2021, Sakurai teamed up with Mina Shirakawa in a losing effort against Marvelous (Rin Kadokura and Maria).[8] Due to Unagi Sayaka and Mina Shirakawa starting feeling underappreciated by the leader Tam Nakano and due to doubting Sakurai and Tsukiyama the newcomers, tensions raised in the Cosmic Angels unit in November 2021, aspect which led to inner clashes between stablemates. At Kawasaki Super Wars, the first event of the Stardom Super Wars trilogy from November 3, 2021, Sakurai defeated stablemate Waka Tsukiyama in a match in which had Sakurai lost, she must have left the Cosmic Angels unit.[9] At Tokyo Super Wars on November 27, 2021, Tsukiyama unsuccessfully challenged Ruaka and Waka Tsukiyama in a three-way match for the Future of Stardom Championship.[10] Sakurai competed in the 2021 edition of the Goddesses of Stardom Tag League where she teamed up with Unagi Sayaka and scored a total of four points.[11] At Stardom Dream Queendom on December 29, 2021, she teamed up with Mina Shirakawa and Unagi Sayaka to unsuccessfully challenge MaiHimePoi (Maika, Natsupoi and Himeka) in a Six-woman tag team match for the Artist of Stardom Championship.[12]

Donna Del Mondo (2022-present)
Sakurai on the second night of the Stardom World Climax 2022 on March 27

On February 12, 2022 at Stardom in Osaka, after teaming up with stablemates Tam Nakano and Unagi Sayaka in a losing effort against Donna Del Mondo's Giulia, Thekla and Mirai, Sakurai decided to leave Cosmic Angels and join Donna Del Mondo after stating that she wanted to wrestle instead of just dancing.[13] On May 27, 2023, at Flashing Champions, Sakurai alongside Giulia and Thekla, also known as the Baribari Bombers, defeated the Artist of Stardom Champions REStart (Kairi, Natsupoi and Saori Anou) to win the titles[4]

Championships and accomplishments

References
  1. Saalbach, Axel. "Mai Sakurai • General Information". wrestlingdata.com. Retrieved January 19, 2022.
  2. World Wonder Ring STARDOM. "Mai Sakurai - Stardom Wrestling Profiles". Retrieved July 27, 2023.
  3. Internet Wrestling Database (IWD). "Mai Sakurai Profile & Match Listing". profightdb.com. Retrieved January 19, 2022.
  4. Edwards, Scott (May 27, 2023). "STARDOM Flashing Champions 2023 Results (5/27/23): Tam Nakano vs. Mina Shirakawa". Fightful. Archived from the original on May 27, 2023. Retrieved May 27, 2023.
  5. Kreikenbohm, Philip (February 11, 2020). "Events/AWG Act 46". cagematch.de (in German). Retrieved January 19, 2022.
  6. Iversen, Stuart (November 17, 2020). "Ice Ribbon & Actwres girl'Z Joint Show (16/11/20) Review". ramblingsaboutwrestling.com. Retrieved January 19, 2022.
  7. Richards, Alex (August 13, 2021). "Stardom News: Mai Sakurai Joins Cosmic Angels". lastwordonsports.com. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
  8. "2021年10月9日 『10th Anniversary GRAND FINAL OSAKA DREAM CINDERELLA 2021 ～大阪めっちゃスターダム～』". World Wonder Ring Stardom. October 9, 2021. Retrieved October 10, 2021.
  9. "2021年11月3日 『KAWASAKI SUPER WARS ～川崎超女大戦～』". World Wonder Ring Stardom. November 4, 2021. Retrieved November 4, 2021.
  10. Richards, Alex (November 12, 2021). "Preview: Stardom – Tokyo Super Wars (11/27/21)". lastwordonsports.com. Retrieved November 27, 2021.
  11. World Wonder Ring Stardom (October 13, 2021). 【今年も開催】第11回『ゴッデス・オブ・スターダム～タッグリーグ戦～』タッグチーム発表＆全試合決定！. wwr-stardom.com (in Japanese). Retrieved October 13, 2021.
  12. "【全カード発表】12・29『STARDOM DREAM QUEENDOM 2021』両国大会で珠玉の4大タイトルマッチ決定！". World Wonder Ring Stardom. December 12, 2021. Retrieved December 12, 2021.
  13. World Wonder Ring Stardom (February 12, 2021). "February 12 Osaka ◆DDM vs Cosmic Angels Giulia pinned Sakurai with the Glorious Driver II". twitter.com. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
  14. Ross, Patrick (October 19, 2023). "Full 2023 PWI Women's 250 list revealed". aiptcomics.com. Retrieved October 19, 2023.
  15. Fritts, Chick (April 23, 2023). "Stardom All Star Grand Queendom live results: Mercedes Mone vs. Mayu Iwatani Giulia faces Tam Nakano in the show's main event". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved April 23, 2023.
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