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After running a “Winter Festival West” event in Osaka recently, Tokyo Joshi Pro runs an East version today in Tokyo. It’s mostly a regular house show although the main event, an 8-woman tag match, will continue the build to GRAND PRINCESS ’25 and, in today’s case, all 3 title matches as it’s champions on one team and their respective challengers on the other.

The promotion announced 2 absences today-HIMAWARI remains out due to a shoulder injury and Mifu Ashida is out today due to schedule conflicts. (Pre-show Update: HIMAWARI will be in attendance today and will participate in post-event autograph sessions)

Today’s event will be held at Ryogoku KFC Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. You will also be able to watch the entire live broadcast FOR FREE on YouTube (but only live, no on demand archive on YouTube-only on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE). There will be no commentary. With only 6 matches and no intermission this will likely be a standard house show with a total running time of just under 2 hours.

Today’s lineup (match order TBA):
Toga vs. Ivy Steele
Yuki Kamifuku vs. Neko Haruna & Shino Suzuki in a 3-way
Mahiro Kiryu, Kira Summer & Chika Nanase vs. Yoshiko Hasegawa, Kaya Toribami & Wakana Uehara
Miu Watanabe & Uta Takami vs. Raku & Pom Harajuku
Yuki Aino & Haru Kazashiro vs. Yuki Arai & Moka Miyamoto
Mizuki, Miyu Yamashita, Maki Itoh & Suzume vs. Rika Tatsumi, Shoko Nakajima, Hyper Misao & Arisu Endo

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Updates below will begin at 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM ET. The WRESTLE UNIVERSE broadcast is scheduled to begin 15 minutes before event time. The YouTube broadcast is scheduled to begin at event time.

You can watch the live YouTube broadcast below (the video will be removed after the live broadcast ends as there will be no archive available):

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UPDATE (Pre-show): Just after 5 PM PT/8 PM ET it was announced that Yuki Kamifuku is now off today’s event. The always-vague poor health. The 3-way will now be a single match (Haruna vs. Suzuki).

7:15 PM PT UPDATE: The WRESTLE UNIVERSE broadcast has started. We should be going to the venue in about 15 minutes. The YouTube broadcast will start at that time.

7:28 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now, as does the YouTube live broadcast.

We are LIVE from Ryogoku KFC Hall in Tokyo, Japan. There is no commentary.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. So far looks like an average crowd for events at the venue, which suggests 225-250. Maximum capacity is roughly 450. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 335, a super full house/very near sellout)

The matches should begin in 10-15 minutes. During the opening announcements Yuki Arai is brought out, then Sayuri Namba announces her match for GRAND PRINCESS ’24…Arai will face…Meiko Satomura!!!

The matches begin at 7:44 PM PT/10:44 PM ET.

Match 1: Toga vs. Ivy Steele. 15 minute time limit
Result: Toga beat Ivy Steele by submission

Match 2: Mahiro Kiryu, Kira Summer & Chika Nanase vs. Yoshiko Hasegawa, Kaya Toribami & Wakana Uehara. 20 minute time limit
Result: Yoshiko Hasegawa, Kaya Toribami & Wakana Uehara beat Mahiro Kiryu, Kira Summer & Chika Nanase. Uehara beat Nanase with Banana Pillow.

Match 3: Neko Haruna vs. Shino Suzuki. 15 minute time limit
Result: Neko Haruna beat Shino Suzuki

Match 4: Miu Watanabe & Uta Takami vs. Raku & Pom Harajuku. 20 minute time limit
Result: Raku & Pom Harajuku beat Miu Watanabe & Uta Takami. Raku pinned Takami after Doctor Yellow. Afterwards, Raku issued a challenge for the SETUP All-Asia Championship held by Harajuku. That may happen at GRAND PRINCESS ’25.

Match 5: Yuki Aino & Haru Kazashiro vs. Yuki Arai & Moka Miyamoto. 20 minute time limit
Result: Yuki Arai & Moka Miyamoto beat Yuki Aino & Haru Kazashiro. Arai beat Kazashiro with a scorpion deathlock.

Main Event: Mizuki, Miyu Yamashita, Maki Itoh & Suzume vs. Rika Tatsumi, Shoko Nakajima, Hyper Misao & Arisu Endo. 20 minute time limit
Result: Mizuki, Miyu Yamashita, Maki Itoh & Suzume beat Rika Tatsumi, Shoko Nakajima, Hyper Misao & Arisu Endo. Yamashita pinned Nakajima after Skull Kick.

The next event is Go Girl 5, an event that only female fans can attend, on 3/1 at Kitazawa Town Hall in Tokyo. The only male fans allowed are preschool boys with an adult. For everyone else, live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin on 2/28 at 7 PM PT/10 PM ET.

UPDATE 2: Per SETUP Thailand Pro Wrestling, it’s now official-Harajuku vs. Raku for the SETUP All-Asia Championship will happen on 3/16 at GRAND PRINCESS ’25. The winner’s next/first challenger will be determined on 3/22 at an event in Bangkok.

Tokyo Joshi Pro ran a pair of events today, the first being a Sanshiro Takagi Produced Bullet Train Wrestling special event, the second being a house show in Osaka.

The first event was held on a bullet train traveling from Tokyo to Shin-Osaka station in Osaka and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Wednesday, possibly with Japanese commentary. There was no live broadcast. (UPDATE: There is Japanese commentary for the on demand version, the hosts are Haruo Murata & Suzume, which surprised me a little because I thought for sure they would have Raku on commentary even though she participated in the event. Raku is a noted train enthusiast)

The announced paid attendance was 75, a legit sellout.

The first leg from Tokyo to Yokohama featured the opening announcements & Up Up Girls performance, albeit with some technical difficulties.

The match began en route from Yokohama to Hamamatsu as more wrestlers began boarding. Then en route from Hamamatsu to Nagoya the “train conductor” boarded, which actually was Minoru Suzuki. Then after all that and on the way to Nagoya and Osaka…

Main Event: Miyu Yamashita, Maki Itoh, Max The Impaler & Yuki Arai beat Mizuki, Aja Kong, Miu Watanabe & Raku. Yamashita pinned Raku after Crash Rabbit Heat. The match went just short of 45 minutes.

After that there was some fun downtime with Arai & Raku posing as train conductors and some other fun stuff. Which led to…
Raku beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Tetsu Inada to win the title. Raku becomes the 1731st Champion.

After they arrived in Osaka, today’s second event was held at Osaka Azalea Taisho in Osaka and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 300, a legit advance sellout.

Before the event, it was announced a Golden Week Fan Appreciation Day event in Osaka will be held on 5/5 at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2.

Match 1: Moka Miyamoto beat Chika Nanase by submission.

Match 2: Pom Harajuku beat Uta Takami & Arisu Endo in a 3-way by pinning Takami.

Match 3: Yuki Aino, Yoshiko Hasegawa & Shino Suzuki beat Yuki Kamifuku, Kira Summer & Ivy Steele. Aino beat Steele with Full Nelson Of Love & Fire.

Match 4: Suzume & Haru Kazashiro beat Toga & Mifu Ashida. Suzume pinned Ashida after Ring A Bell.

Match 5: Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao beat Mahiro Kiryu & Neko Haruna. Misao pinned Haruna after Hypami Returns.

Match 6: Jada Stone & Kaya Toribami beat Rika Tatsumi & Wakana Uehara. Toribami pinned Uehara after Sweeping Bird Style.

Main Event: Miyu Yamashita, Maki Iroh, Max The Impaler & Yuki Arai beat Mizuki, Aja Kong, Miu Watanabe & DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Raku, with Yamashita pinning Raku to win the title. Yamashita becomes the 1732nd Champion. Afterwards, Itoh & Arai both immediately attempted to win the title but failed.

After all this and during backstage comments…
Mecha Fist beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Miyu Yamashita to win the title. Fist becomes the 1733rd Champion. Which led to…
Tetsu Inada beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Mecha Fist to win the title. Inada becomes the 1734th Champion.

The next event is 2/22 at Ryogoku KFC Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Friday at 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM ET.

2/20/25 UPDATE: You will also be able to watch the entire 2/22 event live FOR FREE on YouTube. There will be no on demand replay on YouTube.

Tokyo Joshi Pro ran a unique outdoor event in Tokyo today, a combination of wrestling and the wrestlers doing solo music performances (not just Up Up Girls).

Today’s event was held at Hibiya Open Air Concert Hall in Tokyo and should be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 202.

There was a last-minute change to the card due to no HIMAWARI. Shoulder injury apparently suffered last week at the Korakuen Hall event. Out indefinitely including this coming weekend. She was to have teamed with Kira Summer to face Suzume & Mahiro Kiryu. That match became a 3-way instead.

The event began with several solo music performances by various wrestlers.

Match 1: Arisu Endo beat Chika Nanase by submission.

Match 2: Neko Haruna, Yoshiko Hasegawa & Kaya Toribami beat Yuki Kamifuku, Toga & Mifu Ashida. Toribami beat Ashida with Birdcage.

Match 3: Suzume beat Mahiro Kiryu & Kira Summer in a 3-way by pinning Summer.

Match 4: Mizuki & Jada Stone beat Shoko Nakajima & Haru Kazashiro. Stone pinned Kazashiro after Spark Stunner.

Main Event: Rika Tatsumi, Yuki Aino, Max The Impaler, Pom Harajuku & Wakana Uehara beat Hyper Misao, Raku, Miu Watanabe, Shino Suzuki & Uta Takami. Tatsumi beat Suzuki with a dragon sleeper. Afterwards, the entire roster came back out for one final musical performance together. Well, almost the entire roster…unfortunately, much to the dismay of fans like myself, Max did not sing even though Pom did.

The next event is Saturday at Osaka Azalea Taisho in Osaka. There will be no .live broadcast.

Tokyo Joshi Pro wrestler HIMAWARI has built herself around having long hair styled similar to WWE wrestler Bianca Belair, albeit much thinner, but doing similar hair twirling pre-match and on occasion during matches. That’s on hold for a bit as she was injured in a recent match, maybe at Korakuen Hall this past weekend. Shoulder. Out indefinitely and off tomorrow. She was to have teamed with Kira Summer to face Suzume & Mahiro Kiryu. It’s now a 3-way. While it doesn’t sound serious it’s known how long HIMAWARI may be out.

More as it becomes available.

Tokyo Joshi Pro wraps up the 5th Futari-wa Princess Max Heart Tournament today, with the winners getting the next Princess Tag Team Championship shot at GRAND PRINCESS ’25 on 3/30. Who that will be against will be determined in a couple days as Miyu Yamashita & Maki Itoh are in Chile this weekend to defend the titles. The tournament has been full of upsets and unexpected results but we’ve reached the Finals and it will be the internet’s favorite women’s odd couple and my pick to win-Wasteland Pom Party aka Max The Impaler & Pom Harajuku-vs. Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao. If you haven’t seen the promotion’s latest promo poster online for this event go check it out because once again it’s spot-on. As long as you’re not rooting for Nakajima & Misao. There is also one title match scheduled as International Princess Champion Suzume defends the title against Jada Stone, the latest young foreign prospect with a bright future to come over and make an instant impact in Japan much like Zara Zakher and others.

In addition to Yamashita & Itoh, Moka Miyamoto is also off this event as she is also competing in Chile along with the tag champs.

Today’s event will be held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese & English. Voice actress Hana Hishikawa will be a special guest on Japanese commentary. This will also be a live Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan. Streamers/paper tape throwing by fans is also allowed today. It’s a longer than normal card with 9 matches and no time limit for the main event, but I anticipate it being a typical Korakuen event with a running time of about 2 1/2 hours (plus they have a usual post-event gathering at a nearby venue).

Today’s lineup:
Yoshiko Hasegawa, Kaya Toribami & Chika Nanase vs. Shino Suzuki, Ivy Steele & Kira Summer
Yuki Kamifuku vs. Mifu Ashida
Raku & Ram Kaichow vs. Mahiro Kiryu & Neko Haruna
Arisu Endo vs. Wakana Uehara
Miu Watanabe vs. Uta Takami
Yuki Aino vs. Haru Kazashiro
Mizuki & HIMAWARI vs. Rika Tatsumi & Toga
International Princess Champion Suzume vs. Jada Stone for the title
Max Heart Tournament Finals: Max The Impaler & Pom Harajuku vs. Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao

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Updates below will begin at 6 PM PT/9 PM ET. The event is scheduled to begin at 6:30 PM PT/9:30 PM ET. (Pre-show Update: Opening announcements are scheduled to begin at 6:20 PM PT/9:20 PM ET)

6 PM PT UPDATE: The live stream has begun. We should be going to the venue in about 10 minutes.

6:15 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Your hosts are Haruo Murata, Kagehiro Osano, Sayoko Mita & Hana Hishikawa. Your English hosts are Mr. Haku & Baliyan Akki.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. It’s reduced capacity on the commentary side and while the crowd is still filing in it’s mostly empty so far. Advance sales seemed to be average so I’ll predict it’ll be a close to “average” Korakuen crowd of around 700. (Mid-show update, I’m revising it down to around 550, not a big looking crowd at all) (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 551. Wow, nailed the revision! Definitely disappointing attendance)

The opening announcements should begin in 5 minutes with the matches starting in about 30 minutes.

Opening announcements begin a few minutes behind schedule. The Samurai! TV feed joins in progress at 6:30 PM PT/9:30 PM ET via on-screen graphics. Once aware of this Sayuri Namba quickly pivots to welcome those viewers before Up Up Girls come out.

The matches begin at 6:40 PM PT/9:40 PM ET.

Match 1: Yoshiko Hasegawa, Kaya Toribami & Chika Nanase vs. Shino Suzuki, Ivy Steele & Kira Summer. 20 minute time limit
Result: Yoshiko Hasegawa, Kaya Toribami & Chika Nanase beat Shino Suzuki, Ivy Steele & Kira Summer. Hasegawa beat Suzuki with a high-angle single leg Boston Crab.

Match 2: Yuki Kamifuku vs. Mifu Ashida. 15 minute time limit
Result: Yuki Kamifuku beat Mifu Ashida

Match 3: Raku & Ram Kaichow (666) vs. Mahiro Kiryu & Neko Haruna. 20 minute time limit
Result: Raku & Ram Kaichow beat Mahiro Kiryu & Neko Haruna. Raku pinned Haruna.

Match 4: Arisu Endo vs. Wakana Uehara. 15 minute time limit
Result: Arisu Endo beat Wakana Uehara. But back-to-back outstanding efforts by Uehara against Endo, the first time a win in the Max Heart Tournament. Uehara is starting to break through.

Match 5: Miu Watanabe vs. Uta Takami. 15 minute time limit
Result: Miu Watanabe beat Uta Takami. Maybe Takami’s best match so far in her rookie campaign and career.

New GRAND PRINCESS ’25 Match Announcement: Miu Watanabe vs. Willow Nightingale! The Babe With The Power is coming back to TJPW!

Match 6: Yuki Aino vs. Haru Kazashiro. 15 minute time limit
Result: Yuki Aino beat Haru Kazashiro

Match 7: Mizuki & HIMAWARI vs. Rika Tatsumi & Toga. 20 minute time limit
Result: Rika Tatsumi & Toga beat Mizuki & HIMAWARI. Tatsumi pinned HIMAWARI after Twist Of Fate.

Match 8: International Princess Champion Suzume vs. Jada Stone for the title. 30 minute time limit
Result: International Princess Champion Suzume beat Jada Stone to retain the title. V1 for Suzume. Next up: Well, since she couldn’t beat Yuki Arai for the title…Endo wants another shot, this time at her longtime tag team partner. Seems like she’ll get it. I have a feeling this will happen at GRAND PRINCESS ’25.

Main Event: Max Heart Tournament Finals: Max The Impaler & Pom Harajuku vs. Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao. No time limit
Result: Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao beat Max The Impaler & Pom Harajuku to win the tournament. Nakajima pinned Harajuku after a diving senton. As a result, Nakajima & Misao will face the Princess Tag Team Champions for the titles at GRAND PRINCESS ’25.

The next event is a Sanshiro Takagi Produced Bullet Train Women’s Pro Wrestling event on 2/15 on the Nozomi Shinkansen train from Tokyo to Shin-Osaka. It will have one match, a Falls Count Anywhere match of Mizuki, Miu Watanabe, Raku & Aja Kong vs. Miyu Yamashita, Maki Itoh, Yuki Arai & Max The Impaler. There will be no live broadcast but it will be on demand at a later date with commentary.

The next actual event is after the above event that same day at Osaka Azalea Taisho in Osaka with the same match, but not Falls Count Anywhere. Jada Stone participation is also set for the event. There will be no live broadcast.

UPDATE: It’s now official-Suzume vs. Endo is set for GRAND PRINCESS ’25.

UPDATE 2: On 2/9 in Santiago, Chile, Princess Tag Team Champions Miyu Yamashita & Maki Itoh successfully defended the titles. V4 for the champs. As a result, the scheduled 3/16/25 title defense vs. Nakajima & Misao is now official.

Tokyo Joshi Pro continues the Futari-wa Princess Max Heart Tournament today with the Semifinals. It’s been a tournament full of surprises and upsets including favorites Suzume & Arisu Endo losing in Round 1 and, much to my delight, Wasteland Pom Party having no trouble getting to this point. Today they get the real surprise team of the tournament so far in Wakana Uehara & Yuki Kamifuku. On the other side, Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao seem to have a clear path to the Finals but they have to avoid the upset bid by HIMAWARI & Shino Suzuki today. 5 non-tournament matches make up the rest of the event.

Today’s event will be held at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. You can also watch the entire event LIVE FOR FREE on YouTube (YouTube will be live only, on demand replays will only be available on WRESTLE UNIVERSE). There will be no commentary. The tournament matches will have no time limit and there are 7 matches planned, so I anticipate this being a normal event with a running time of just over 2 hours.

Today’s lineup (match order TBA):
Miu Watanabe vs. Raku & Neko Haruna in a 3-way
Suzume, Arisu Endo & Uta Takami vs. Yuki Arai, Haru Kazashiro & Toga
Yuki Aino, Ivy Steele & Kira Summer vs. Moka Miyamoto, Yoshiko Hasegawa & Kaya Toribami
Miyu Yamashita & Mahiro Kiryu vs. Rika Tatsumi & Chika Nanase
Mizuki vs. Mifu Ashida
Max Heart Tournament Semifinals:
HIMAWARI & Shino Suzuki vs. Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao
Max The Impaler & Pom Harajuku vs. Wakana Uehara & Yuki Kamifuku

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Updates below will begin at 6 PM PT/9 PM ET. You can also watch the YouTube live broadcast below (will only be available during the live event, no archive available):

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5:55 PM PT UPDATE: The YouTube live stream above has begun and should be going to the venue in about 5 minutes. Remember, no on demand replay on YouTube. Only available on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

5:56 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from Shinjuku Face in Tokyo, Japan. There is no commentary. The YouTube broadcast is partially cropped for a WRESTLE UNIVERSE ad banner.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. Didn’t get a crowd shot before zoom-in but advance ticket sales have me thinking it’ll be just over half-full, or 250-300. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 312)

The matches should begin in 15-20 minutes. During opening announcements a big one is made after Yuki Arai is brought out…she’s coming to the US for the first time at the WrestleMania Week event in Las Vegas! Better get my The Collective tickets now! Luckily she has plenty of time to work on her English as she had a lot of trouble trying to greet the fans in English.

The matches begin at 6:16 PM PT/9:16 PM ET.

Match 1: Yuki Aino, Ivy Steele & Kira Summer vs. Moka Miyamoto, Yoshiko Hasegawa & Kaya Toribami. 20 minute time limit
Result: Moka Miyamoto, Yoshiko Hasegawa & Kaya Toribami beat Yuki Aino, Ivy Steele & Kira Summer. Toribami beat Steele with Birdcage.

Match 2: Miu Watanabe vs. Raku & Neko Haruna in a 3-way. 20 minute time limit
Result: Raku beat Miu Watanabe & Neko Haruna in a 3-way by pinning Haruna. Comedy match which saw Raku bring out and use a pair of yellow-painted traffic cones. Full-size ones too.

Match 3: Miyu Yamashita & Mahiro Kiryu vs. Rika Tatsumi & Chika Nanase. 20 minute time limit. During her entrance Yamashita’s foot slipped as she was climbing up the steps at ringside to the ring apron. Thankfully nothing more than embarrassing and everyone laughed it off.
Result: Miyu Yamashita & Mahiro Kiryu beat Rika Tatsumi & Chika Nanase. Yamashita pinned Nanase after Skull Kick.

Match 4: Mizuki vs. Mifu Ashida. 15 minute time limit
Result: Mizuki beat Mifu Ashida by submission

Match 5: Suzume, Arisu Endo & Uta Takami vs. Yuki Arai, Haru Kazashiro & Toga. 20 minute time limit
In progress.

Tokyo Joshi Pro continues the Futari-wa Princess Max Heart Tournament today with the Quarterfinals as part of another doubleheader with DDT. Yesterday’s Round 1 saw Wasteland Pom Party advance, much to my delight, but also a shocking upset as Arisu Endo & Suzume, undoubtedly an early favorite to win the tournament, were beaten by Wakana Uehara & Yuki Kamifuku when Uehara submitted Endo in perhaps the biggest win yet of Uehara’s young career. Today’s results will set up the Semifinals in a couple weeks.

Today’s event will be held at Club eX in Shinagawa Prince Hotel in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. There will be no commentary. Although there are 8 matches today instead of 7 they are on a tight clock again because there’s a DDT event to follow them. Yesterday’s event was shorter than I anticipated and I expect more of the same with today running around 2 hours.

Today’s lineup: (match order TBA):
Rika Tatsumi vs. Arisu Endo & Chika Nanase in a 3-way
Miu Watanabe vs. Kira Summer
Miyu Yamashita vs. Ivy Steele
Mizuki, Jada Stone & Uta Takami vs. Suzume, Moka Miyamoto & Mifu Ashida
Max Heart Tournament Quarterfinals:
Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao vs. Yoshiko Hasegawa & Kaya Toribami
Haru Kazashiro & Toga vs. HIMAWARI & Shino Suzuki
Max The Impaler & Pom Harajuku vs. Yuki Aino & Raku
Yuki Kamifuku & Wakana Uehara vs. Neko Haruna & Mahiro Kiryu

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Updates below will begin at 6:30 PM PT/9:30 PM ET. The live stream is scheduled to begin 15 minutes before the event.

6:30 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from Club eX in Shinagawa Prince Hotel in Tokyo, Japan. There is no commentary.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. Didn’t get a good look because they came in right as the opening announcements began, but yesterday did a near-sellout of just under 300 so that’ll be my guess for today. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 223)

The matches should begin in 10-15 minutes.

The matches begin at 6:42 PM PT/9:42 PM ET.

Match 1: Miu Watanabe vs. Kira Summer. 15 minute time limit
Result: Miu Watanabe beat Kira Summer by submission

Match 2: Miyu Yamashita vs. Ivy Steele. 15 minute time limit
Result: Miyu Yamashita beat Ivy Steele

Match 3: Rika Tatsumi vs. Arisu Endo & Chika Nanase in a 3-way. 20 minute time limit
Result: Rika Tatsumi beat Arisu Endo & Chika Nanase in a 3-way by pinning Nanase.

Match 4: Mizuki, Jada Stone & Uta Takami vs. Suzume, Moka Miyamoto & Mifu Ashida. 20 minute time limit
Result: Mizuki, Jada Stone & Uta Takami beat Suzume, Moka Miyamoto & Mifu Ashida. Stone pinned Suzume after Spark Stunner. Afterwards, Stone made it very clear to Suzume that she wanted an International Princess Championship shot. We’ll see what happens. (1/21/25 UPDATE: It’s now official. That match will happen on 2/8 at Korakuen Hall)

Futari-wa Princess Max Heart Tournament Quarterfinals:
Match 5: Yuki Kamifuku & Wakana Uehara vs. Neko Haruna & Mahiro Kiryu. No time limit
Result: Yuki Kamifuku & Wakana Uehara beat Neko Haruna & Mahiro Kiryu. Kamifuku pinned Kiryu after Fameasser. As a result, Kamifuku & Uehara advance to the Semifinals on 1/25.

Quick break for ring repairs/maintenance.

Match 6: Haru Kazashiro & Toga vs. HIMAWARI & Shino Suzuki. No time limit
Result: HIMAWARI & Shino Suzuki beat Haru Kazashiro & Toga. HIMAWARI beat Toga with a single leg Boston Crab. As a result, Kamifuku & Uehara advance to the Semifinals on 1/25.

Match 7: Max The Impaler & Pom Harajuku vs. Yuki Aino & Raku. No time limit
Result: Max The Impaler & Pom Harajuku beat Yuki Aino & Raku. Harajuku pinned Raku after a Max-assisted diving body press. As a result, Wasteland Pom Party advance to the Semifinals, much to my delight.

Main Event: Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao vs. Yoshiko Hasegawa & Kaya Toribami. No time limit
Result: Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao beat Yoshioko Hasegawa & Kaya Toribami. Nakajima pinned Toribami after a diving senton. As a result, Nakajima & Misao advance to the Semifinals.

The Semifinals will be Uehara & Kamifuku vs. Max & Pom and HIMAWARI & Suzuki vs. Nakajima & Misao.

The Semifinals are Saturday at Shinjuku Face. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Friday at 6 PM PT/9 PM ET.

1/21/25 UPDATE 2: You will also be able to watch Saturday’s entire event LIVE FOR FREE on YouTube. It will still also air on WRESTLE UNIVERSE and YouTube will be live only (no on demand/saved replays). On demand will be only on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

Tokyo Joshi Pro begins the 5th Futari-wa Princess Max Heart Tournament today in Tokyo as part of a doubleheader with DDT. This is the promotion’s now-hopefully-annual tag team tournament which should reward the eventual winners with a Princess Tag Team Championship opportunity, possibly at GRAND PRINCESS ’25. Most of the roster participates with several exceptions this year-Rika Tatsumi, Mizuki & Yuki Arai are not participating for various reasons while Miyu Yamashita & Maki Itoh are not because Itoh is on another excxursion to the US until mid-February, plus it’s been announced Yamashita & Itoh will defend the titles in early February at an event in Santiago, Chile. So they may not even be champions when it wraps up but this still is an exciting opportunity for them and the promotion as it continues to expand outside Japan. Today features Round 1 of the tournament with 4 matches including the fan-favorite Wasteland Pom Party, as Max The Impaler returns to TJPW to team with Pom Harajuku to re-form the Internet’s favorite wrestling odd couple and my pick to win it all, despite the face the reunited Suzume & Arisu Endo have to be favorites too.

Today’s event will be held at Club eX in Shinagawa Prince Hotel in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. There will be no commentary. There should be no time limit for the tournament matches and 7 matches in all are scheduled, but the DDT event afterwards will keep them on a bit of a tight clock and should keep this event time limited to 2 1/4 to 2 1/2 hours at most.

Today’s lineup (match order TBA [Pre-show Update: This is the tentative order except for matches 4 & 5 which are reversed from what is listed below):
Rika Tatsumi, Mahiro Kiryu & Neko Haruna vs. Yuki Aino, Raku & Moka Miyamoto
Miyu Yamashita & Yoshiko Hasegawa vs. Yuki Arai & Shino Suzuki
Mizuki & HIMAWARI vs. Jada Stone & Kaya Toribami
Max Heart Tournament Round 1:
Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao vs. Mifu Ashida & Chika Nanase
Haru Kazashiro & Toga vs. Ivy Steele & Kira Summer
Miu Watanabe & Uta Takami vs. Max The Impaler & Pom Harajuku
Yuki Kamifuku & Wakana Uehara vs. Suzume & Arisu Endo

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Updates below will begin at 6:30 PM PT/9:30 PM ET. The live stream is scheduled to begin 15 minutes before the event.

6:25 PM PT UPDATE; Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from Club eX in Shinagawa Prince Hotel in Tokyo, Japan. There is no commentary.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. Crowd still filing in but most seating I can see initially is full. The setup is probably for 400-450, I’ll go with an initial guess of around 350. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 284, a full house/near sellout)

The matches should begin in 10-15 minutes. During Sayuri Namba’s opening announcements, she confirmed the tournament winner will get a Princess Tag Team Championship shot at GRAND PRINCESS.

The matches begin at 6:47 PM PT/9:47 PM ET.

Match 1: Rika Tatsumi, Mahiro Kiryu & Neko Haruna vs. Yuki Aino, Raku & Moka Miyamoto. 20 minute time limit
Result: Yuki Aino, Raku & Moka Miyamoto beat Rika Tatsumi, Mahiro Kiryu & Neko Haruna. Raku beat Haruna with a guillotine choke.

Match 2: Miyu Yamashita & Yoshiko Hasegawa vs. Yuki Arai & Shino Suzuki. 20 minute time limit
Result: Miyu Yamashita & Yoshiko Hasegawa beat Yuki ARai & Shino Suzuki. Hasegawa beat Suzuki with a muffler hold.

Match 3: Mizuki & HIMAWARI vs. Jada Stone & Kaya Toribami. 20 minute time limit
Result: Jada Stone & Kaya Toribami beat Mizuki & HIMAWARI. Stone pinned HIMAWARI after Spark Stunner.

Futari-wa Princess Max Heart Tournament Round 1:
Match 4: Haru Kazashiro & Toga vs. Ivy Steele & Kira Summer. No time limit
Result: Haru Kazashiro & Toga beat Ivy Steele & Kira Summer. Kazashiro pinned Summer with a fisherman’s suplex hold. As a result, Kazashiro & Toga advance to the Quarterfinals tomorrow to face HIMAWARI & Shino Suzuki.

Match 5: Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao vs. Mifu Ashida & Chika Nanase. No time limit
Result: Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao beat Mifu Ashida & Chika Nanase. Misao beat Ashida with a chicken wing. As a result, Nakajima & Misao advance to the Quarterfinals tomorrow to face Yoshiko Hasegawa & Kaya Toribami.

Quick break for ring repairs/maintenance.

Match 6: Miu Watanabe & Uta Takami vs. Max The Impaler & Pom Harajuku. No time limit
Result: Max The Impaler & Pom Harajuku beat Miu Watanabe & Uta Takami. Max pinned Takami after a piledriver. As a result, Wasteland Pom Party advance to the Quarterfinals tomorrow to face Yuki Aino & Raku.

Main Event: Yuki Kamifuku & Wakana Uehara vs. Suzume & Arisu Endo. No time limit
Result: Yuki Kamifuku & Wakana Uehara beat Suzume & Arisu Endo. Uehara beat Endo with Banana Pillow. UPSET ALERT!!! Suzume & Endo out already? SHOCKING!!! As a result, Kamifuku & Uehara advance to the Quarterfinals tomorrow to face Neko Haruna & Mahiro Kiryu. Easily one of Uehara’s biggest career wins so far if not the biggest.

The Quarterfinals are tomorrow. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 6:30 PM PT/9:30 PM ET.

Tokyo Joshi Pro kicked off the NEW YEAR CIRCUIT 2025 Tour today with an event in Kobe.

Today’s event was held at Kobe Art Center in Kobe and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date (probably Tuesday). There was no live broadcast. They did attempt to stream 2 matches live using the UNIVERSE CAST feature on the service.

The announced paid attendance was 231.

Match 1: Miu Watanabe beat Chika Nanase by submission.

Match 2; Mahiro Kiryu, Neko Haruna & Ivy Steele beat Raku, Shino Suzuki & Uta Takami. Kiryu pinned Takami after a spinebuster.

Match 3: Moka Miyamoto & Haru Kazashiro beat Wakana Uehara & Mifu Ashida. Miyamoto beat Ashida with Rashomon.

Match 4: Jada Stone beat Kaya Toribami.

Match 5: HIMAWARI & Toga beat Maki Itoh & Kira Summer. Toga pinned Summer after Rock Bottom.

Match 6: Rika Tatsumi won a 6 woman battle royal, last eliminating Shoko Nakajima. Order of elimination: Yuki Aino, Hyper Misao, Pom Harajuku, Arisu Endo, Nakajima. As a result, Tatsumi gets the next Princess Of Princess Championship shot.

Main Event: Mizuki & Suzume beat Miyu Yamashita & Yoshioko Hasegawa. Mizuki pinned Hasegawa after a diving foot stomp. Tatsumi came out afterwards for the title shot challenge promo with Mizuki. That match will happen on 3/16 at Ota City General Gym in Tokyo, meaning it almost certainly will be the main event of GRAND PRINCESS ’25.

The next event is tomorrow (tonight US time) at Okayama Future Hall in Okayama. Yuki Kamifuku will miss the event due to a title defense in Singapore. There will be no live broadcast.