--Have you ever grown tired of Stardom?
>▼Iwatani: "Not at all. I've never grown tired of Stardom, and I think it's the best promotion in the world, so there's almost no point in quitting. I even think it was a stupid choice, and that I'm stupid. But I think staying on like this would be selfish. Since she is an icon of Stardom, I feel safe in the company called Stardom. That means that after I lost the IWGP, when I asked myself what other belt I wanted to challenge for, it was not white, red, or high-speed. If I had to say, I would have liked to win a six-man tag with STARS, but I wondered if I had any goals as Mayu Iwatani. If that were the case, rather than staying in a safe place, I would have looked for a place where I was more wanted, and wondered if I could change something, or if I could become a new Mayu Iwatani... I think it would have been a bit stale. I think it would have been safest to end it as it was, but I thought I would try a little adventure. There was talk of Stardom splitting up two years ago, and I thought I would go then. But, after all, if Rossy Ogawa and Mayu Iwatani were gone, Stardom would no longer be Stardom. I felt that I absolutely had to protect Stardom, which I love, but I wondered if it would be okay even if I was not there. When I say "will it be okay," I mean I'm confident that it will be absolutely okay even without me, and conversely, sometimes the lower ranks grow when the higher ranks are gone. Stardom is an amazing organization, so don't worry... that's what I was going to say at the press conference. Yesterday, I wanted to tell you that I didn't lose because I'm quitting. I fought with all my might, and I was completely defeated. That's what I wanted to convey on YouTube. I was eating Pocky with President Okada just now, and I thought the atmosphere was friendly, so I didn't think I'd cry. I guess I still had attachments to Stardom (wry smile)."
