Tokyo Joshi Pro continues the Tokyo Princess Cup today in Shizuoka with the second half of Round 1. This will be a placeholder for results and will be updates when possible.
Today’s event will be held at Act City Hamamatsu in Shizuoka and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Monday. There will be no live broadcast, but there is a chance they will try to stream live FOR FREE on YouTube using an iPad but that depends on network conditions at the venue. Waiting on updates as to whether this will happen.
There has been a last-minute change to today’s card just before this was posted as Maki Itoh is now off. The always-vague poor health. She was to have teamed with Kira Summer, Chika Nanase & Ivy Steele to face Miu Watanabe, Yuki Aino, Raku & Pom Harajuku. Watanabe is the replacement and it will now be a handicap match of Aino/Raku/Harajuku vs. Watanabe/Summer/Nanase/Steele. She also has been added to 8/23 because while she was supposed to be on an international excursion that means she would not be in the Tokyo Princess Cup, she cancelled and won’t be going. On 8/23 she will face TBA, which will be one of the wrestlers already eliminated from the tournament so it could be any of the 14 that don’t make the Finals.
Today’s current lineup (match order TBA):
Suzume & Ren Konatsu vs. Shino Suzuki & Uta Takami
Mizuki, Kakeru Sekiguchi, Mahiro Kiryu & Kaya Toribami vs. Miyu Yamashita, Wakana Uehara, Toga & Mifu Ashida
Miu Watanabe, Kira Summer, Chika Nanase & Ivy Steele vs. Yuki Aino, Raku & Pom Harajuku in a handicap match
Tokyo Princess Cup:
HIMAWARI vs. Haru Kazashiro
Arisu Endo vs. Hyper Misao
Rika Tatsumi vs. Shoko Nakajima
Yuki Arai vs. Yuki Kamifuku
The event will begin at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET. I anticipate being able to start posting updates with results roughly 30 minutes after the event begins.
7:40 PM PT UPDATE: You will be able to watch the event LIVE FOR FREE on YouTube. Live stream only, no archived replay. Quality may vary and it’s scheduled to begin at the first match. As long as it holds up I will do live results. If you miss it live or there are problems preventing the stream from happening, on demand will be available on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Monday at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET.
8 PM PT UPDATE: The live stream was taken down at scheduled start time. It may be back in 10-15 minutes as it sounds like “first match” means after opening announcements and Up Up Girls.
8:03 PM PT UPDATE: It’s back up so…Live updates begin now.
We are LIVE from Act City Hamamtsu in Shizuoka, Japan. There is no commentary.
The paid attendance will be announced after the event. The initial setup per TJPW’s website was for around 250 and what I can see is full although tickets were still available today. If that setup holds I’ll predict it’ll be around 200. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 288)
Up Up Girls starting as I join the live stream. Since it’s an iPad it will be a fixed camera view from about 5 rows back but initially the stream quality is very good. But once matches get going and the ring moves a lot it may lose focus briefly at times, it’s happened a few times already during Up Up Girls.
The matches begin at 8:13 PM PT/11:13 PM ET. Match order is mostly as above except the handicap match is 2nd, tag match is 3rd, for the tournament matches Tatsumi-Nakajima is the main event and Arai-Kamifuku will be 6th.
Match 1: Suzume & Ren Konatsu vs. Shino Suzuki & Uta Takami. 20 minute time limit
Result: Shino Suzuki & Uta Takami beat Suzume & Ren Konatsu. Suzuki pinned Konatsu after a belly-to-belly suplex.
Match 2: Miu Watanabe, Kira Summer, Chika Nanase & Ivy Steele vs. Yuki Aino, Raku & Pom Harajuku in a handicap match. 20 minute time limit
Result: Yuki Aino, Raku & Pom Harajuku beat Miu Watanabe, Kira Summer, Chika Nanase & Ivy Steele. Aino pinned Steele after Venus DDT.
Match 3: Mizuki, Kakeru Sekiguchi (Independent/Freelancer), Mahiro Kiryu & Kaya Toribami vs. Miyu Yamashita, Wakana Uehara, Toga & Mifu Ashida. 20 minute time limit
Result: Mizuki, Kakeru Sekiguchi, Mahiro Kiryu & Kaya Toribami beat Miyu Yamashita, Wakana Uehara, Toga & Mifu Ashida. Mizuki beat Ashida with a crossface. Of note: Today is Ashida’s birthday so they sang for her early in the match.
Tokyo Princess Cup Round 1:
Match 4: HIMAWARI vs. Haru Kazashiro. No time limit
Result: Haru Kazashiro beat HIMAWARI. As a result, Kazashiro advances to the Quarterfinals and will face Miu Watanabe.
Match 5: Arisu Endo vs. Hyper Misao. No time limit
Result: Arisu Endo beat Hyper Misao. As a result, Endo advances to the Quarterfinals and will face Miyu Yamashita.
Match 6: Yuki Arai vs. Yuki Kamifuku. No time limit
Result: Yuki Arai beat Yuki Kamifuku. As a result, Arai advances to the Quarterfinals and will face Wakana Uehara.
Main Event: Rika Tatsumi vs. Shoko Nakajima. No time limit
Result: Shoko Nakajima beat Rika Tatsumi. As a result, Nakajima advances ot the Quarterfinals and will face Mizuki.
The Quarterfinals are 8/9 at Shinagawa Grand Hall in Tokyo.
For being a somewhat impromptu attempt at livestreaming the event on an iPad via YouTube, it went fairly well. For me there was only one brief instance of buffering/freezing and that came in the main event (I was watching in 1080p HD), it was only a fixed view so a few outside-the-ring spots on either side were missed (again one in the main event too) but to be able to get an event like this live when it was going to be on demand only, I’m not complaining. Thumbs up for the effort, I’d rate is an 8 out of 10. If you missed it live, it’ll be available on demand Monday.
The next event is a(nother) Hyper Misao Produced event Tuesday at Kitazawa Town Hall in Tokyo. There will be no live broadcast.