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Marking one year since they became independent by breaking away from DDT and CyberFight Corporation, Ganbare Pro ran their biggest event since yesterday in Tokyo, which might be their biggest event of the year and was also the promotion’s 12th Anniversary event.

Yesterday’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Thursday. There was no live broadcast.

The paid attendance has not yet been announced. These results are courtesy of Japanese website Tokyo Headline Web.

Match 1: Yasu Urano, PSYCHO & Bunny Oikawa beat Hartley Jackson, Daisuke & HARUKAZE. Urano pinned HARUKAZE.

Match 2: Hikaru Sato & Tyson Maeguchi beat Toru Sugiura & Munetatsu Nakamura. Sato beat Nakamura with an armbar.

Match 3: Mizuki Watase Return Match: Mizuki Watase, Shigehiro Irie, Chou-un Shiryu & Rekka beat Koki Iwasaki, Takuya Wada, Fuminori Abe & Shodai Kawakami. Watase pinned Kawakami after Venetian.

Match 4: Yuna Manase, Hazuki & Koguma (Stardom) beat Moeka Haruhi, YuuRI & Ami Manase. Yuna Manase pinned Ami Manase after a lariat. Ami is Yuna’s real-life younger sister.

Match 5: Masaaki Mochizuki (Dragon Gate) beat Ken Ohka.

Match 6: Yuji Nagata (New Japan) & Tatsuhito Takaiwa beat Shuichiro Katsumura & Keisuke Ishii. Nagata pinned Katsumura with a backdrop hold.

Main Event: Spirit Of Ganbare World Openweight Champion Tumehito Imanari beat Shinichiro Tominaga to retain the title. V4 for Imanari.

The next event is 5/5 at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama. It will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date.

It was announced after the event they will next run Korakuen on 8/26, which will be a Mizuki Watase 10th Anniversary event which will feature Watase vs. Jun Kasai in a Fluorescent Lighttube Death Match, and also that former Ganbare wrestler Yoshiko Hasegawa, currently with Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling, will make a final appearance in the promotion on 6/22 before she retires in July.

Ganbare Pro held their latest event last week in Tokyo.

The event was held at Takashimadaira Community Center in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The announced paid attendance was 138.

Match 1: Shodai Kawakami beat Shota Oto. This was Kawakami’s first career win. It was also announced he would face Shota (different one) in his 1st Anniversary natch on 5/5.

Match 2: Yuna Manase, YuuRI & Bunny Oikawa beat Hanako Nakamori, Moeka Haruhi & HARUKAZE. YuuRI pinned Harukaze after a swanton bomb. Afterwards, HARUKAZE announced she will be going on an indefinite hiatus after the 5/5 event. The promotion reported she recently began working for her father outside the ring and thus it’s too much to balance that and wrestling. She will still appear as a staff member when circumstances permit.

Match 3: Shinichiro Tominaga & Rekka beat Takuya Wada & PSYCHO. Tominaga pinned Wada after JK.

Match 4: Ken Ohka beat Tyson Maeguchi.

Match 5: Shuichiro Katsumura, Yuki Kanzaki & Munetatsu Nakamura beat Keisuke Ishii, Shinnaba (?) & Zhao Yunzulong (?). Nakamura pinned Zhao with a German suplex hold.

Main Event: Spirit Of Ganbare World Openweight Cganpion Yumehito Imanari beat Fuminori Abe to retain the title. V3 for Imanari. Next up: Tominaga. That match will happen at the next event on 4/11.

The next event is the promotion’s 12th Anniversary event on 4/11 at Korakuen Hall. Broadcast plans TBA. At this time there is no live broadcast scheduled

Ganbare Pro ran their latest house show Monday in Tokyo, a “Men’s Wrestlers Association Box Office” event so no women’s matches this time.

Monday’s event was held at Takashimadaira Community Center in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The announced paid attendance was 101.

At the start of the event, it was announced that Mizuki Watase, who has been out long-term due to injury, will return on 4/11.

Match 1: PSYCHO & Rekka beat Uasu Urano & Takeshi Okada. PSUCHO pinned Okada after God Trap.

Match 2: Keisuke Ishii beat Daisuke®.

Match 3: AKIRA & Ricky Fuji beat Ken Ohka & Zhao Yunzilong. AKIRA pinned Ohka after Musasabi Press.

Match 4: Takuya Wada beat Tyson Maeguchi.

During a break here, it was announced that Munetatsu Nakamura will challenge KFC Junior Champion Yuya Susumu for the title at a Freedoms event on 3/19 at Korakuen Hall.

Match 5: Shodai Kawakami vs. Shuichiro Katsumura went to a double countout.

Main Event: Yumehito Imanari & Shinichiro Tominaga beat Toru Sugiura & Munetatsu Nakamura. Tominaga pinned ? (didn’t say clearly).

The next event is 3/16 with Spirit Of Ganbare World Openweight Champion Yumehito Imanari vs. Fuminori Abe for the title. Broadcast plans TBA, I would expect no live broadcast with on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE to follow a few days later.

Ganbare Pro ran their latest event Tuesday in Tokyo, which was a Moeka Haruhi 20th Anniversary event for the former cosplay-style wrestler turned real-life heroine for donating organs to help save her sister’s life during the pandemic.

Tuesday’s event was held at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The announced paid attendance was 228, a full house/near sellout.

Match 1: Keisuke Ishii & Hajime Enshu (?) beat Ken Ohka & Shodai Kawakami. Ishii pinned Kawakami after a rotating bomb.

Match 2: Takuya Wada beat Yoshihiro Taguchi by submission.

Match 3: Yumehito Imanari & Shigehiro Irie beat Tyson Maeguchi & Munetatsu Nakamura. Imanari pinned Nakamura after a powerbomb.

Match 4: Yasu Urano & PSYCHO beat Shuichiro Katsumura & Rekka. PSYCHO pinned Rekka iwth La Magistral.

Match 5: Takumi Iroha, Rina Kawabata & Ai Takarayama beat Yuna Manase, YuuRI & Bunny Oikawa. Kawabata pinned Oikawa after a moonsault press.

Main Event: Moeka Haruhi 20th Anniversary Match: Hanako Nakamori beat Moeka Haruhi.

The next event is 2/24 at Takashimadaira Community Center in Tokyo. There will be no live broadcast but it should be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date.

Ganbare Pro finished off 2024 Friday with their last event of the year, finishing a year that saw them break away from DDT and become independent.

Friday’s event was held at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo and can now be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The announced paid attendance was 380, a full house/near sellout.

Before the event began, Shinichiro Tominaga, who has been out long-term due to injury, announced he will return at the next event.

Match 1: Yuuki Kanzaki & Daisuke* beat Tyson Maeguchi & Shodai Kawakami. Daisuke* pinned Kawakami with a fisherman’s buster.

Match 2; PSYCHO, YuuRI & Bunny Oikawa beat Chou-un SHiryu, Moeka Haruhi & HARUKAZE. YuuRI pinned HARUKAZE after a swanton bomb.

Match 3; Minoru Fujita & Isami Kodaka beat Ken Ohka & Munetatsu Nakamura. ? pinned Nakamura after a vertical drop brainbuster.

Match 4: MICHIKO beat Kitsune Women’s Wrestling World Champion Yuna Manase to win the title. MICHIKO becomes the 3rd Kitsune Women’s Wrestling World Champion. Manase could get a rematch as the next challenger as that will be determined on 1/13 in a match of Manase vs. YuuRI for the next title shot.

Match 5: Tatsuhito Takaiwa, Shigehiro Irie & Takuya Wada beat Hartley Jackson, Koki Iwasaki & Rekka. Wada pinned Rekka after Assault Point.

Match 6: Dick Togo (New Japan) beat Shuichiro Katsumura.

Main Event: Yumehito Imanari beat Spirit Of Ganbare World Openweight Champion Keisuke Ishii to win the title. Imanari becomes the 8th Spirit Of Ganbare World Openweight Champion.

As they stated today in a new year’s greeting, it was a tumultuous year for the promotion but a good year and they have plans for continued growth in 2025, including more events and a return to Korakuen Hall (that will happen on 4/12 for their 12th Anniversary event). While they likely won’t have any live event broadcasts available, WRESTLE UNIVERSE will continue to have on demand broadcasts of their events at some point after they take place so fans have a way to keep up with their happenings.

The next event, their first of 2025, is 1/13 at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring. It will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date.

It’s only been a couple weeks since Moeka Haruhi returned form a long absence yo be a living kidney donor, and unfortunately Ganbare Pro has announced she has been forced out of action again already. Coronavirus. Out indefinitely. No word on how long she will be out.

At their event yesterday in Tokyo (results to be posted when available), Ganbare Pro announced that Moeka Haruhi, who has been a regular in the promotion since July 2018 as a freelancer, has joined the promotion effective immediately. She had also been working in a front office and support capacity since the promotion left CyberFight Corporation (owner of DDT, Tokyo Joshi Pro, Pro Wrestling NOAH and WRESTLE UNIVERSE) in April. Yesterday marked Haruhi’s return to action after being out since last year to be a living kidney donor to help save her sister’s life and to recover from the operation.

Ganbare Pro ran their first event as an independent promotion Saturday, having separated from CyberFight Corporation and DDT.

Saturday’s event was held at Kitazawa Town Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The announced paid attendance was 294, a legit sellout.

There were last-minute changes to the event due to Munetatsu Nakamura being off the card. Illness.

Match 1: Mizuki Watase & Rekka beat Tyson Maeguchi & Tsuyoshi Okada. Watase pinned Okada after Venetian.

Match 2: Shinichiro Tominaga beat Takuya Wada.

Match 3: PSYCHO, Yuna Manase & YuuRI beat Minoru Fujita, Sayaka Unagi & HARUKAZE. YuuRI pinned HARUKAZE after a swanton bomb.

Intermission. During this were several announcements, the biggest one being that Moeka Haruhi will return on 7/15. She has been out about a year due to being a living kidney donor for her sister. Shodai Kawakami, a trainee, will have his Debut Match on 5/18 at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring. On 7/27, a male wrestlers-only event and a joint women’s event with 666 will be held. The 7/27 event will be at Oji Basement MON*STAR in Tokyo.

Match 4: Yumehiro Imanari & Tatsuhito Takaiwa beat Ken Ohka & Fuminori Abe. Imanari pinned Ohka after a lariat.

Main Event: Keisuke Ishii beat Spirit Of Ganbare World Openweight Champions Shuichiro Katsumura to win the title. Ishii becomes the 7th Spirit Of Ganbare World Openweight Champion. Next up: Koki Iwasaki. That match will happen on 5/18.

The next event is 5/18 at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring. It’s not yet known if there will be a live broadcast but if not, it will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date.

In a Twitter post with a link to the press conference video on YouTube, Moeka Haruhi helped reveal the card for the first Ganbare Pro event as an independent promotion, which will be on 4/27 at Kitazawa Town Hall in Tokyo. The full lineup:
Takuya Wada vs. Shinichiro Tominaga
Tyson Maeguchi & Tsuyoshi Okada vs. Mizuki Watase & Munetatsu Nakamura
Rekka, Yuna Manase & YuuRI vs. Minoru Fujita, Sayaka Unagi & HARUKAZE
Ken Ohka & Funinori Abe vs. Yumehito Imanari & Tatsuhito Takaiwa
Spirit Of Ganbare World Openweight Champion Shuichiro Katsumura vs. Keisuke Ishii for the title

As far as broadcasting goes, this and future events will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date.

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— 春日萌花(はるひもえか) (@MoekaHaruhi) April 3, 2024