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In a post made on her social media accounts a short time ago, and confirmed in a brief card update by Tokyo Joshi Pro, Kira Summer is leaving the promotion temporarily, probably for the rest of the month. Her father died recently (sudden and unexpected) and she will be returning to Australia for the funeral and to spend Christmas with her family. She will miss the remainder of this month’s TJPW events as a result. In announcing the 12/14 card, TJPW stated her absence is due to family reasons. Summer said she will moss the next 2 events so she could be back for either 12/29 or 1/4, both at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. She also intends to talk more about the situation later.

I join in sending condolences & prayers to Kira in this very difficult time.

Following her announcement of her leaving SKE48 at the end of March, Tokyo Joshi Pro announced an update that has me breathing easier-after that separation it was decided that Yuki Arai will continue her wrestling career. She will remain active with the promotion and under her current management by the Zest Corp. talent agency. Arai is approaching one year as International Princess Champion, a milestone she will reach at her next defense on 1/4.

Tokyo Joshi Pro celebrates their 11th birthday/anniversary today with an event in Tokyo on the day they began as a DDT sub-brand in 2013, and appropriately this kicks off a doubleheader with DDT following. The event will also feature a title match main event as, after winning the NEXGENE Tournament in a bit of an upset, Haru Kazashiro earned a title shot of her choice and chose the Princess Tag Team Championship with Toga, who she beat to win the tournament, so they will face current champions Miyu Yamashita & Maki Itoh for the titles headlining the card. The likely semi-final match features all the Up Up Girls together in an 8-woman tag.
The promotion has already announced that Pom Harajuku will miss the event due to having competed in Thailand today, where she won the SETUP Thailand All-Asia Women’s Championship for her first career championship. I’m sure Max The Impaler is very proud of Pom too!

Today’s event will be held at Club eX in Shinagawa Prince Hotel in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. The event is a legit advance sellout. There will be no commentary. With 6 matches and a bit of a time limit due to DDT following them I don’t see this event running longer than the potential limit if everything went the distance, meaning it should be just under 2 hours. The longest it could go is just over 2 hours.

Today’s lineup:
Rika Tatsumi vs. Kaya Toribami & Chika Nanase in a 3-way
Moka Miyamoto vs. Kira Summer
Hyper Misao & Neko Haruna vs. Mahiro Kiryu & HIMAWARI
Yuki Kamifuku & Wakana Uehara vs. Shoko Nakajima & Yuki Aino
Miu Watanabe, Raku, Shino Suzuki & Uta Takami vs. Mizuki, Suzume, Arisu Endo & Yoshiko Hasegawa
Princess Tag Team Champions Miyu Yamashita & Maki Itoh vs. Haru Kazashiro & Toga for the titles

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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.

6:15 PM PT UPDATE: The live stream has begun. We should be going to the venue in about 15 minutes.

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. It’s a legit advance sellout so it will depend on the setup which I’m thinking will be 450-500. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 333, a legit advance sellout. A smaller setup than anticipated)

The matches should begin in about 10 minutes. During the opening announcements one match was announced for 1/4 at Korakuen Hall, which is Shoko Nakajima vs. Hyper Misao. Must be a tradition because it’s happening on that date for the 6th straight year. Then a new trainee was introduced (a foreigner). She spoke pretty good Japanese though. Then she spoke in English-she is originally from Manchester, England. When DDT hopefully posts more on their website a little later I’ll edit this with more about her. And they already have…Her name is Ivy Steele, she is 25 and currently is an exchange student. She will be changing her ring name, possibly to her original ring name FiFi. She has been wrestling for almost 7 years (debuted in February 2018) and attended & passed the TJPW fall auditions. Her TJPW debut will be on 12/14 at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama.

The matches begin at 6:50 PM PT/9:50 PM ET.

Match 1: Moka Miyamoto vs. Kira Summer. 15 minute time limit
Result: Moka Miyamoto beat Kira Summer by submission

Match 2: Rika Tatsumi vs. Kaya Toribami & Chika Nanase in a 3-way. 20 minute time limit
Result: Rika Tatsumi beat Kaya Toribami & Chika Nanase in a 3-way by pinning Nanase.

Match 3: Hyper Misao & Neko Haruna vs. Mahiro Kiryu & HIMAWARI. 20 minute time limit
Result: Hyper Misao & Neko Haruna beat Mahiro Kiryu & HIMAWARI. Misao pinned HIMAWARI after Hypami Returns.

Match 4: Yuki Kamifuku & Wakana Uehara vs. Shoko Nakajima & Yuki Aino. 20 minute time limit
Result: Shoko Nakajima & Yuki Aino beat Yuki Kamifuku & Wakana Uehara. Nakajima beat Uehara with a front neck & arm lock after reversing out of an armbar.

Match 5: Miu Watanabe, Raku, Shino Suzuki & Uta Takami vs. Mizuki, Suzume, Arisu Endo & Yoshiko Hasegawa. 20 minute time limit
Result: Mizuki, Suzume, Arisu Endo & Yoshiko Hasegawa beat Miu Watanabe, Raku, Shino Suzuki & Uta Takami. Mizuki pinned Suzuki with Cutie Special. Mizuki promo post-match, if anything of note I’ll edit later as I began simulcasting a Stardom live broadcast so audio was muted. (Update: Princess Of Princess Championship challenge. That match will happen on 1/4 at Korakuen Hall)

Main Event: Princess Tag Team Champions Miyu Yamashita & Maki Itoh vs. Haru Kazashiro & Toga for the titles. 30 minute time limit
Result: Princess Tag Team Champions Miyu Yamashita & Maki Itoh beat Haru Kazashiro & Toga to retain the titles. Itoh beat Kazashiro with Itoh Punish/Deluxe/Whatever. V2 for the champs. Next up: TBA but Yamashita issued an open challenge for 1/4/

The next event is “Winter Story” on 12/14 at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin on 12/13 at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET.

Tokyo Joshi Pro continued their fall house show tour today in Tokyo.

Today’s event was held at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo (DDT’s results page incorrectly says Korakuen Hall) and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The announced paid attendance was 429, a super full house/very near sellout.

In the opening announcements, it was announced that all 3 of the signature events next year-GRAND PRINCESS, SUMMER SUN PRINCESS, WRESTLE PRINCESS 6-will all be at Ota City General Gym in Tokyo. They will be on 3/16, 7/21 and 9/20, respectively. GRAND PRINCESS had been held at Ryogoku Kokugikan in each year of its existence, which started during the pandemic.

Match 1; HIMAWARI, Shino Suzuki & Uta Takami beat Wakana Uehara, Kira Summer & Chika Nanase. HIMAWARI beat Nanase with a single leg Boston crab.

Match 2; Pom Harajuku beat Mahiro Kiryu & Neko Haruna in a 3-way by pinning both simultaneously.

Match 3: Zara Zakher & Yuki Aino beat Mizuki & Kaya Toribami. Zakher pinned Toribami after Control Z.

Match 4: Miu Watanabe, Raku, Suzume & Moka Miyamoto beat Miyu Yamashita, Maki Itoh, Yuki Kamifuku & Yoshiko Hasegawa. Suzume pinned Hasegawa after Ring A Bell.

Match 5: Hyper Misao Return Match: Rika Tatsumi & Arisu Endo beat Hyper Misao & Shoko Nakajima. Tatsumi beat Misao with White Dragon Sleeper.

Match 6: NEXGENE Tournament ’24 Finals: Haru Kazashiro beat Toga to win the tournament. As a result, Kazashiro gets a future title shot of her choice…and immediately chose Princess Tag Team Championship with Toga as her partner. That match will happen on 12/1 at Club eX in Shinagawa Prince Hotel in Tokyo. The result definitely is an upset in my book as I had Toga winning it all.

Main Event: International Princess Champion Yuki Arai beat Shazza McKenzie to retain the title. V6 for Arai. Next up: Suzume. That match will happen at the year-opening event on 1/4 at Korakuen Hall, the traditional Tokyo Dome appetizer. This also means that, if she holds the title until then, Arai will also have the longest reign to date as 1/4 would be exactly one year.

The next event is “TJPW 11th BIRTHDAY” on 12/1 at Club eX in Shinagawa Prince Hotel in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin on 11/30 at 6:30 PM PT/9:30 PM ET.

In other news, while the field for the upcoming Futari-wa Princess Max Heart Tournament in early 2025 isn’t yet set, the promotion confirmed Arai will not be part of it next year. When her January & February participation schedule was announced earlier this week it was reported she will not compete on 2/8 at Korakuen, which will be the Finals, due to schedule conflicts (likely with SKE48). She will participate on 1/4, 1/18 (Club eX), 1/25 (Shinjuku Face) and 2/22 (Ryogoku KFC Hall). But as always, her schedules are subject to change.

Tokyo Joshi Pro is running their big monthly event, The Mountain Top ’24, right now in Osaka. Below are in-progress NEAR LIVE results.

Today’s event is being held at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There is no live broadcast, but they did try to live stream the main event via the service’s new UNIVERSE CAST feature, which is like a live vlog for the wrestlers (frequently used multiple times daily by Miu Watanabe).

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 384)

Match 1: Yoshiko Hasegawa beat Chika NAnase by submission.

Match 2: Shoko Nakajima beat Neko Haruna & Kaya Toribami in a 3-way by pinning Haruna.

Match 3: Maki Itoh, Yuki Kamifuku & Mahiro Kiryu beat Yuki Aino, Raku & Pom Harajuku. Itoh beat Harajuku with Itoh Deluxe.

Match 4: NEXGENE Tournament Semifinals: Toga beat Kira Summer.

Match 5: NEXGENE Tournament Semifinals: Haru Kazashiro beat Wakana Uehara.
As a result, the Finals will be Toga vs. Kazashiro. The winner gets a future title shot of their choice. (Probably going to be Toga, who was my pick before the tournament) That match will happen Friday at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo.

Match 6: Shazza McKenzie & Moka Miyamoto beat Rika Tatsumi & HIMAWARI. McKenzie pinned JIMAWARI after Shazzastick Stunner.

Match 7: Yuki Arai, Suzume & Arisu Endo beat Mizuki, Shino Suzuki & Uta Takami. Arai beat ? (results don’t say exactly who yet but I’m betting Takami) with a scorpion deathlock.

Main Event: Princess Of Princess Champion Miu Watanabe beat Zara Zakher to retain the title. V5 for Watanabe.

The next event is Friday at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo with the NEXGENE Tournament Finals and Arai vs. McKenzie for the International Princess Championship. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET.

The Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling members who are not in the US this weekend are part of an event in Tokyo today, which is likely going to be a comedy-themed event as it has a Raku Army vs. Pom Harajuku Army theme. The 16 participants have been divided into 2 teams of 8 and will compete in a variety of matches, which we won’t know the format of in advance, and they will be determined today by exchange of member lists. The winning team will get to share 10 kilos (22 pounds) of grilled eel made with love as a prize from event sponsor Yamada Suisan Co Ltd.. If nothing else, this event should be a lot of fun and worth the split-screen streaming opposite the DDT event in the US at the same time.

Today’s event will be held at Ryogoku KFC Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. There will be no commentary. It’s hard to predict anything because we won’t even know the format until after the event gets underway but it probably will be a standard house show with a running time of between 1 1/2 & 2 hours. I’m thinking there will be a total of 4 or 5 matches. (Pre-show Update: According to WRESTLE UNIVERSE, 6 matches. 4 single matches and 2 tag matches)

Today’s lineup:
TBA at event/match time. We only know the teams are the Raku Army of Raku, Yuki Arai, HIMAWARI, Shino Suzuki, Haru Kazashiro, Chika Nanase, Ryo MIzunami & Ram Kaichow and the Pom Army of Pom Harajuku, Mahiro Kiryu, Neko Haruna, Kaya Toribami, Toga, Kira Summer, Uta Takami & Yoshiko Hasegawa. Sadly no Max The Impaler, at least on paper…

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Updates below will begin at 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM ET. The live stream is scheduled to begin 15 minutes prior to the event.

7:30 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

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

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. Advance sales were unusually strong for a KFC Hall event and almost sold out ahead of time. The crowd is still filing in but based on normal full capacity and advance sales it could be right around 400 for a sellout but I’m going with a guess of a near-sellout 375. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 361, a legit sellout)

The event should begin momentarily.

The event starts with team captains Raku & Pom Harajuku coming out with envelops containing their lineups. Harajuku gets the comedy started quickly by trying to take the envelops away from ring announcer Sayuri Namba. Opening announcements follow during which an event in Las Vegas, NV is announced for April 18, 2025. I’d try to go but it’s right before I take off for a cruise in Japan! That’s also shortly before WWE WrestleMania 41 in Vegas. Up Up Girls then come out, sans Miu Watanabe of course because she’s in the US.

The matches begin at 7:50 PM PT/10:50 PM ET. The participants aren’t announced so we won’t know until they come out and their entrance music plays.

Match 1: Kaya Toribami (Pom Army) vs. Chika Nanase (Raku Army). 15 minute time limit
Result: Kaya Toribami beat Chika Nanase by submission

Match 2: Yoshiko Hasegawa (Pom Army) vs. Shino Suzuki (Raku Army). 15 minute time limit
Result: Yoshiko Hasegawa beat Shino Suzuki by submission

Match 3: Kira Summer & Neko Haruna (Pom Army) vs. Raku & Ram Kaichow (Raku Army). 20 minute time limit
Result: Raku & Ram Kaichow beat Kira Summer & Neko Haruna. Raku pinned Haruna.

Match 4: Mahiro Kiryu (Pom Army) vs. HIMAWARI (Raku Army). 15 minute time limit
Result: Mahiro Kiryu beat HIMAWARI

Match 5: Pom Harajuku (Pom Army) vs. Ryo Mizunami (Raku Army). 15 minute time limit
Result: Ryo Mizunami beat Pom Harajuku by submission

Which means the last match will be…
Main Event: Toga & Uta Takami (Pom Army) vs. Yuki Arai & Haru Kazashiro (Raku Army). 20 minute time limit
If Toga/Takami win, Pom Army wins. If Arai/Kazashiro win, tie.
Result: Yuki Arai & Haru Kazashiro beat Toga & Uta Takami. Arai beat Takami with a scorpion deathlock.

That means…TIE. 3-3. There must be a tiebreaker! Which led to…
Impromptu Match: Raku vs. Pom Harajuku in a 1 Count match. Only 1 count for pinfalls
Result: Raku beat Pom Harajuku. It only lasted a few seconds. As a result, Raku Army wins the event and the sponsor prize.

The next event is “The Mountain Top ’24” Saturday at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka with Miu Watanabe vs. Zara Zakher for the Princess Of Princess Championship and more. Unfortunately, unless plans change before then, there will be no live broadcast.

Tokyo Joshi Pro continued their fall house show tour today in Gunma for a Mahiro Kiryu hometown event.

Today’s event was held at G Messe Gunma Main Hall C in Gunma and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 262, a legit sellout.

Match 1: Yoshiko Hasegawa beat Uta Talami by submission.

Match 2: Kaya Toribami & Toga beat Suzume & Neko Haruna. Toribami pinned Haruna.

Match 3: Rika Tatsumi beat Pom Harajuku & Arisu Endo in a 3-way by pinning Harajuku.

Match 4: NEXGENE Tournament Quarterfinals: Wakana Uehara beat Chika Nanase. As a result, Uehara advances to the Semifinals and will face Haru Kazashiro. That match will happen on 11/16.

Match 6 :Maki Itoh & Kira Summer beat Shoko Nakajima & HIMAWARI. Itoh beat HIMAWARI with Itoh Deluxe.

Match 6: Mizuki, Yuki Aino & Haru Kazashiro beat Miu Watanabe, Raku & Shino Suzuki. Mizuki pinned Suzuki with Cutie Special.

Main Event: Yuki Kamifuku & Mahiro Kiryu beat Miyu Yamashita & Moka Miyamoto. Kiryu pinned Miyamoto after a spinebuster.

The next event is “Bright Eyes” Saturday at Historic Washington Hall in Seattle, WA. Live streaming will be only on TrillerTV/FITE with the Triller+ subscription package ($7.99/month or $69,99/year) although it is not yet listed on the schedule but is scheduled to begin at 2 PM PT/5 PM ET. If it streams as planned live results will be posted. This event is part of a weekend tripleheader with DDT and DEFY Wrestling (DDT runs Saturday at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET then all 3 have a joint event Sunday at 4 PM PT/7 PM ET).