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Ganbare Pro held their 13th Anniversary event today in Tokyo.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Tuesday.

The announced paid attendance was 588.

Match 1: PSYCHO, Yuya Susumu & Chou-un Shiryu beat Shota Kawakami, Sentaro Motojima & Munetatsu Nakamura. PSYCHO pinned Nakamura after High Fly Bum.

Match 2: Ram Kaichow beat Moeka Haruhi.

Match 3: Ken Ohka 25th Anniversary Match: Ryota Nakatsu & Masaaki Mochizuki beat Ken Ohka & Guts Ishijima. Nakatsu beat Ohka with a spinning leg lock.

Match 4: Akira Koji & Hideki Sekine beat Minoru Suzuki & Shuichiro Katsumura, Koji pinned Katsumura after a modofied jackhammer.

Match 5: Utami Hayashishita beat YuuRI.

Match 6: Takuya Wada & Tyson Maeguchi beat Spirit Of Ganbare World Openweight Champions Yumehito Imanari & Shinichiro Tominaga to win the titles. Wada & Maeguchi become the 6th Spirit Of Ganbare World Openweight Champions. Wada pinned Imanari.

Main Event: Spirit Of Ganbare World Openweight Champion Mizuki Watase beat Keisuke Ishii to retain the title. V2 for Watase.

The next event is 5/6 at Takashimadaira Community Center. On demand TBA.

In other news, the promotion announced an update on the status of Yuna Manase, who is out due to a broken clavicle…pre-surgery blood testing revealed swelling in her ovary. As a result, she remains out indefinitely with no estimated return date. Manase posted a string of updates/comments on social media, she may not have had the clavicle surgery yet so she does not know when she may be cleared. She will continue selling merchandise and has also started an OnlyFans (quite a few Japanese female wrestlers have them, some post sexy photos/videos but not porn/sexually explicit, Saki Akai primarily uses hers to post diary/blog-like content) as ways to help raise funds to go towards medical ezpenses/support.

UPDATE: Manase posted a further update today (4/30) after another medical exam. Uterine fibroid. Additional surgery needed. Best wishes to Manase for a full and speedy recovery.

Ganbare Pro ran their latest event Sunday in Tokyo.

Sunday’s event was held at Takashimadaira Community Center in Tokyo and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Friday.

The paid attendance has not yet been announced.

Match 1: Ryuma Sekimo & Takuya Wada beat Sentaro Motojina & Shuichiro Katsumura.

Match 2: Moeka Haruhi & YuuRI beat Konomi Hori & Yuki Mashiro.

Match 3: Shinichiro Tominaga beat Tyson Maeguchi.

Match 4: Mizuki Watase & SUSHI beat Akira Raijin & Leatherface.

Main Event: Banana Senga, Guts Ishijina & Ken Ovka beat Fuminori Abe, Shota Kawakami & Yumehito Imanari.

The next event is 4/29 at Korakuen Hall for the promotion’s 13th Anniversary event. It will be available on demand on 5/5.

Ganbare Pro ran their latest event Saturday in Tokyo.

Saturday’s event was held at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Thursday.

The announced paid attendance was 134.

Match 1: Keisuke Ishii beat Yuya Susumu.

Match 2: PSYCHO beat Shuichiro Katsumura.

Match 3: Moeka Haruhi beat Taiwan Ramen Man & Hora Chan in a 3-way by pinning both.

Match 4: Mizuki Watase & Shigehiro Irie beat Shota Kawakami & Sentaro Motojima. Watase pinned Motojima.

Match 5: Rin beat YuuRI.

Match 6: Yumehiro Imanari, Takuya Wada & Tyson Maeguchi beat Ken Ohka, Akira Koji & Shinichiro Tominaga. Maeguchi pinned Tominaga.

Main Event: Keisuke Ishii beat PSYCHO. As a result, Ishii will get the next Spirit Of Ganbare World Openweight Championship shot. That match will happen on 4/29 at Korakuen Hall.

The next event is Sunday at Takashimadaira Community Center. On demand on 4/9.

Ganbare Pro ran their latest event Saturday in Tokyo.

Saturday’s event was held at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Wednesday (PT)/Thursday (ET).

The announced paid attendance was 143.

There was a late change to Match 2 due to Morka Haruhi being pulled off the event. Fever. Mainly precautionary as Haruhi stated on social media she was feeling much better earlier in the week but didn’t want to get anyone else sick.

Match 1: Yumehito Imanari beat Sentaro Motojima.

Match 2: Ken Ohka, Akira Koji & Kotaro Suzuki beat Chou-un Shiryu, Trans-Am Hiroshi & Chika. Koji beat Shiryu with STO.

Match 3: Shigehiro Irie beat Shota Kawakami.

Match 4: Shoko Nakajima (Tokyo Joshi Pro) beat YuuRI.

Match 5: Shuichiro Katsumura & Yuya Susumu beat Keisuke Ishii & Shinichiro Tominaga. Susumu beat Tomonaga with a crossface.

Main Event: Spirit Of Ganbare World Openweight Champion Mizuki Watase beat Takuya Wada to retain the title. V1 for Watase.

The next event is 3/28. On demand on 4/1-4/2.

Ganbare Pro ran their latest event this past Sunday, it’s been tricky finding results prior to being able to watch the videos outside of the main event.

Sunday’s event was held at Hirano Community Hall in Osaka and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. (It went up this morning, a day earlier than anticipated)

The paid attendance has not yet been announced.

Match 1: Sora Fujikawa beat Santaro Motoshima.

Match 2: Moeka Haruhi & Fairy Nohonbashi beat Kyusei Ninja Ranmaru & Hibiscus Mii. Haruhi pinned Ranmaru after a diving foot stomp.

Match 3: Keisuke Ishii, PSYCHO & Thson Maeguchi beat Shuichiro Katsumura, Tsuyodhi Okada & YuuRI. Maeguchi pinned Okada.

Match 4: Yuto Kikuchi & Violence Dragon beat Mizuki Watase & Shota Kawakami. Kikuchi pinned Kawakami after a diving foot stomp.

Main Event: Spirit Of Ganbare World Tag Team Champions Yumehito Inanari & Shinichiro Tominaga beat Ken Ohka & Hiroaki Moriya to retain the titles. Imanari pinned Moriya after a lariat. V2 for the champs.

The next event is Saturday at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo. It will be available on demand on 3/11 or 3/12.

The promotion also provided an injury update on Munetatsu Nakamura as he continues to rehab a cervical spine injury-out at least the rest of this month.

UPDATE: It has also been announced that Moeka Haruhi is now off Saturday. Fever. She posted on socials that she is feeling better but will be absent as a precaution. She was to have teamed with Ken Ohka & Akira Shoji to face Chika, Chou-un Shiryu and (a different) Akira Shoji. Shin Suzuki is the replacement.

Ganbare Pro ran their latest event yesterday in Tokyo.

Yesterday’s event was held at Takashimadaira Community Center in Tokyo and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Thursday.

The announced paid attendance was 187.

There were last-minute changes tot he card due to Yuna Manase being pulled off the event. Broken collarbone suffered in training last week. Out indefinitely but she revealed on social media she will have surgery on 3/3 so it’s going to be weeks and probably months. (Although a social media post from Manase since hints at surgery being postponed due to illness)

Match 1: Reiya Igarashi beat antaro Motojima.

Match 2: Moeka Haruhi beat Papillon Akemi & Hora-chan in a 3-way by pinning Akemi.

Match 3: Takuya Wada & PSYCHO beat Ken Ohka & Shota Kawakami. Wada beat Kawakami with an armbar.

Match 4: Shuichiro Katsumura, Yuya Susumu & YuuRI beat Akira Shoji, Tyson Maeguchi & Chanyota. Susumu beat Maeguchi with a crossface.

Match 5: Yumehito Imanari & Shinichiro Tominaga beat Keisuke Ishii & Chou-un Shiryu. Tominaga pinned Shiryu.

Main Event: Mizuki Watase beat Spirit Of Ganbare World Openweight Champion Masaaki Mochizuki to win the title. Watase becomes the 10th Spirit Of Ganbare World Openweight Champion.

The next event is Sunday at Hirano Kumin Hall in Osaka. On demand broadcast date TBA.

UPDATE: Next up for the World Openweight Title: Takuya Wada. That match will happen on 3/7 at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring.

Ganbare Pro has announced an injury update that unfortunately has wide-reaching implications-their women’s flagbearer, Yuna Manase, went down in practice yesterday with an injury seemingly worse than feared. Broken collarbone. It was originally thought she had a shoulder injury. Based on Ganbare’s announcement she will be out at least several weeks including Sunday. The previously announced cards were already updated but I believe she was to have been in a 6-person tag match. Chanyota is the replacement. On 3/1 she was to have teamed with Keisuke Ishii & Tyson Maeguchi to face YuuRI, Shuichiro Katsumura & Tsuyoshi Okada. No replacement named yet.

It’s not yet known how long Manase will be out. Updates on other participation changes-namely GLEAT-hopefully will come soon.

More as it becomes available.

Ganbare Pro ran their first official event of the year today in Tokyo.

Today’s event-originally to have been held at Takashimadaira Community Center in Tokyo-was moved to Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo because the original venue had to cancel in order to prepare for early voting in the upcoming Japanese snap elections coming up in a couple weeks, and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Thursday.

The announced paid attendance was 185. All tickets sold before the venue change were honored today.

There was a super-last-minute change to the card due to Moeka Haruhi being off the event. Based on posts on her social media regarding this, it actually appeared to be storyline and she may have been there after all. She was to have faced Chou-un Shiryu, who also wasn’t on the event. Apparently was in a hurry. Hong Kong International Policewoman was the replacement…which apparently turned out to be Haruhi. Hong Kong International Policeman replaced Shiryu.

Match 1: Akira Koji beat Sentaro Motojima.

Match 2: Hong Kong International Policewoman-apparently Moeka Haruhi-beat Hong Kong International Policeman, who I’m guessing was Chou-un Shiryu.

Match 3: Yuna Manase & YuuRI beat Chanyota & Tiger Fang Non. Manase pinned Non after a lariat.

Match 4: Ken Ohka & Mizuki Watase beat Fuminori Abe & Shota Kawakami. Watase pinned Kawakami after a bear elbow.

Match 5: Shuichiro Katsumura & Yuya Susumu beat Yumehito Imanari & Keisuke Ishii. Susumu beat Ishii with a crossface.

Main Event: Spirit Of Ganbare World Openweight Champion Masaaki Mochizuki beat Shinichiro Tominaga to retain the title. V5 for Mochizuki. Next up: Watase. That amtch will happen on 2/22.

The next event is 2/22 at Takashimadaira Civic Hall. It is scheduled to be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE on 2/26.

UPDATE: After Ken Ohka completed early voting for the upcoming Japanese elections, he announced the next Spirit Of Ganbare World Tag Team Challengers-himself and Hiroaki Moriya. That match will happen on 3/1 at Hirano City Citizen Hall in Osaka.

Ganbare Pro announced today that their planned 1/31 event at Takashimadaira Community Center in Tokyo has now been moved to Shin-Kiba 1st Ring at the same scheduled time. This is because of the upcoming snap elections (impromptu and unscheduled) in Japan called recently by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (which last bappened last year and, for the ruling party, backfired) so use of the original venue that day is not allowed to prepare for early voting. Tickets already purchased for the event will be honored at the new location although refunds are being offered due to Munetatau Nakamura being off due to injuries-Nakamura was to have challenges for the Spirit Of Ganbare World Openweight Championship. Nakamura is off due to a neck injury, and Takuya Wada is also off due to family circumstances. Shinichiro Tominaga now gets the title shot against Masaaki Mochizuki.

UPDATE: The promotion has also provided an update on the Nakamura injury Cervical disc hernia. Out indefinitely but now at least 6 more weeks. Best-case return date is now 3/7 but further decisions will be made closer to that time.

Ganbare Pro held an event Sunday with several matches spread out between boat races at a venue in Saitama.

Sunday’s event was held at Boat Race Toda 1st Floor Event Hall in Saitama and may be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date.

This was a free event outside of venue admission so there was no paid attendance announced.

There was a last-minute change to the event due to Takuya Wada being pulled off the card. Unspecified circumstances. Match 2 was changed as a result.

Match 1: Yoshihiro Toguchi & Gabai Ji-chan beat Chou-un Shiryu & Kokoro Suzuki. Gabai pinned Suzuki after a swanton bomb.

Match 2: Mizuki Watase, Gota Ihashi & Munetatsu Nakamura beat Keisuke Ishii, Yuki Kanzaki & Sentaro Motoshima. Nakamura pinned Motoshima after Michinoku Driver 2.

Match 3: Moeka Haruhi, Yuna Manase & YuuRI beat Maya Yukihi, Bunny Oikawa & Yuki Mashiro. YuuRI pinned Oikawa after a swanton bomb.

Match 4: Akira Koji & Tyson Maeguchi beat Ken Ohka & Shota Kawakami. Koji beat Kawakami with an armbar.

Main Event: Spirit Of Ganbare World Tag Team Champions Yumehito Imanati & Shinichiro Tomonaga beat Minoru Suzuki & Shuichiro Katsumura to retain the titles. Imanari pinned Katsumura after a lariat. V1 for the champs.

The next event is 1/31 at Takashimadaira Community Center in Tokyo. It will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE on 2/5.

UPDATE: Injury Report-Munetatsu Nakamura may have been injured during this event. Neck. Out at least several weeks and will miss 1/31. Status for February and beyond TBD. This means a significant 1/31 change because Nakamura was supposed to face Spirit Of Ganbare World Openweight Champion Masaaki Mochizuki for the title. Shinichiro Tominaga is the replacement. The promotion is also offering refunds for purchased tickets as a result. On social media, Nakamura posted he should know more on his recovery after a doctor’s visit next week.