Ruaka

[8.0] "Ruaka deserves much better than this rating. She has grown into a really fun midcard heel in Stardom, and in especially whenever she is in Oz. She's cartoonishly evil (positive), and she always makes the babyface look good. All I can imagine is that the rating being this low is a symptom of people not updating in 2026."

[2.0] "Quite bad, and incredibly boring. Brings down every single match she is in. One of the worst in Joshi today, never walked away from a match being impressed by Ruaka. 9 years of experience and you wouldn't be able to tell if you watched her, still works like someone with 2-3 years experience."

[3.0] "she's not really a good wrestler, doesn't stand out much other than she's a taller version of Natsuko tora, Her 5 star gp run in 2024 sucked, her 2025 5 strap gp run felt like they were trying to industry plant her as a future star in STARDOM."

[5.0] "Ruaka is just kinda there right now at the moment. I don't think she's awful by any means, her job is just to be a brute powerhouse style wrestler, and she does it adequately. Plus, she has improved quite a lot since her debut, the problem is people don't really remember that because of how slow she was to do so compared to other rookies who started at the same time. She doesn't really have any charisma or in-ring presence to speak of, and most of her good or even decent matches happen in tag team or multi-woman action where she can work off of other opponents. In any sort of singles match, it just unfortunately feels like she bogs things down."

[4.0] "If Natsuko Tora makes you roll your eyes, Ruaka might just make you reach for the remote. Harsh? Maybe. But let's be real--it's getting harder and harder to justify her presence on the main cards of STARDOM. Ruaka is, at best, serviceable. She throws her weight around, has a few convincing-looking power spots, and sometimes plays the lumbering heel role decently enough in multi-woman matches. But beyond that? The in-ring work is slow, uninspired, and often outright sloppy. There's no presence, no gravitas--just a lot of stomping, shouting, and going through the motions. She doesn't have Tora's aura (for better or worse), nor does she bring anything particularly new or memorable to the table. Matches feel like filler, character work feels half-baked, and development? Minimal. She's been around long enough that the "she's still young" excuse doesn't really hold anymore. At this point, Ruaka feels like a relic of a past direction--a leftover from when Oedo Tai leaned into chaos without quality. There are rookies coming up with ten times the hunger and polish. Ruaka simply isn't keeping up. A 4.0 is generous, and mostly out of respect for tenure. But if STARDOM wants to move forward, they'll have to stop dragging dead weight."

[2.0] "To be blunt, I think she's pretty bad. He mostly futzes around & seems to be taking a space in the heel group from someone who might bring something more dynamic to the position. She's so young that there's still time to turn it all around. But there would need to be a major change for that to happen."

[6.0] "By no means 'great', but some of the low ratings seem a touch harsh to me. Needs to be in there with the right opponent, when she is Ruaka is capable of having a good match. Tag team with Natsuko Tora works well as a monster heel unit. 6/10"

[3.0] "Ruaka is not very good right now. A lot of heel shenanigans but she has little to no charisma. She is slow and kinda boring in the ring. Shes had a couple of good matches here and there but more often than not, she is getting carried by the other wrestlers"

[3.0] "probably the single most unimpressive person on stardom's roster today. slow, boring, and stagnant. even her finisher looks accidental. all of this would be at least tolerable if she had even the slightest amount of charisma or even presence in the ring. all that said, i love her look, i just wish there was literally anything else to her."

[8.0] "I feel like Ruaka is very underrated here. Ruaka works more of a powerhouse style and she works it well. She isn't so flashy, but she definitely has a presence in the ring. Although she doesn't have many chances to do so, she can often be highly entertaining when the right moments present themselves. She has a long way to go before she's on the same level as some on the roster but the potential is absolutely there, and, meanwhile, the roster just wouldn't feel quite right without her. At the very least, she does not deserve to be ranked below the rookies and, while I've got nothing against them, she is better than some who have been in Stardom for a few years."

[6.0] "She has improved quite abit recently. While she is fairly slow and lack smoothness in her transitions, she has acquired a fairly intimidating presence with good power and an organic viciousness. Her delivery on promos has also improved. Now she just needs to be more consistent in her work."

[5.0] "Overall it doesn't feel like she improved a lot and she seems okay with her position in the company right now. Once in a while she can have a good showing but otherwise she is pretty bland and not charismatic."

[5.0] "She's young and, I think, still needs to improve a lot. At this point she's fairly slow, but without a clear power moveset that would allow her to really shine in Stardom."

[5.0] "Yes, she's young and has time to improve, but at the moment Ruaka is just a Tora clone with less talent and even less charisma. She's probably the weakest link in the Stardom roster."

[8.0] "This recent tag league was a big coming out party for Ruaka. She has really been proving herself to be an underrated young wrestler who is only going to get better as she enters her twenties."

[6.0] "She's not good at all at the moment. She lacks charisma and her performances are unconvincing. But she's only 17 and she's definitely progressing. UPD: She made quite a progress in the first half of 2022."

[7.0] "People are way too harsh on Ruaka! She is only a kid after all. She has improved massively over the last couple of years and has warranted her slight push up the card for me. I like her focus towards power-moves. She could do with a better look though."

[4.0] "She's not great to be honest. Arguably the weakest of the Stardom roster because at least the ones who are worse in ring (which isn't many), have some personality and charisma to them. Beyond a decent look and a bit of power, Ruaka doesn't bring much to the table. Still young though so sure she can improve once she learns how to work to her strengths a bit more. Definitely potential there. I've watched back some of her older matches when she was even younger and she was arguably better than she is now. I don't think it's a case of having regressed skill wise though. She's a lot more impressive physically now and I just think she hasn't adapted and adjusted to that yet. Once she gets to grips with working a powerhouse style and improves at selling, she'll be perfectly decent."

[5.0] "Although she's particularly good right now, I still think Ruaka has a pretty high ceiling. Give her a few more years, and she could possibly become the muscle of Stardom, similar to someone like a Mirai Maiumi over at TJPW."

[4.0] "At the current moment she is the least skilled wrestler in stardom, although she's not the least experienced. I really hope she will get better with age, but comparing to at her age AZM, she could be much better at the age of 16 now."

[6.0] "She keeps improving and is only 16. She's starting to have good matches and I feel like in a few years, she's got the potential to be a powerhouse. Fully expect this rating to change in the coming years."

[7.0] "Stardom has a decent sized roster of really young women wrestling for them. But of them, the only one who like, really shows me much is Ruaka. She's got clean moves, and an actual style of selling. Most of the younger women just sort of sell very much as if they very taking their first bumps (some of them might be, honestly), but Ruaka looks like an actual wrestler when she sells. She has a handful of high impact moves, which a lot of the young women appear to lack. She's not bad at all, considering she's 15. I think by the time she's 22 she'll be one of the stronger Stardom competitors, if she keeps improving at her current rate."