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SUMMER SUN PRINCESS ‘26, Tokyo Joshi Pro’s annual July blowout event, finally happens today. The hype is over and it’s time for Princess Of Princess Champion Yuki Arai to make her toughest title defense yet against the Final Boss of TJPW-Miyu Yamashita, who hasn’t held the title on over 2 years and looks to become the first 5-time champion. Arai has beaten Yamashita by submission before in a tag match so there is hope, but part of me fears her first title reign ends today…elsewhere there of course are 2 other title matches. International Princess Champion Suzume defends against Wakana Uehara, with the Super Big Eater looking to turn all those YouTube calorie hunts into her first singles championship. And the Princess Tag Team Championship is on the line as Miu Watanabe & Rika Tatsumi defend against Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao in a match that promises a lot of hijinks. Elsewhere, the Yuki Kamifuku retirement road kicks off as The Casual Beauty has a really fun match, and quite the appropriate partner in the TJPW debut of O-MENZ Kumadori, who joins Kamifuku & Sakura Hattori to face Sanshiro Takagi, Yumehito Imanari & Mahiro Kiryu. The opening match will see the debut of Momo Sato, as the idol-turned-wrestler follows her big brother, DDT’s Daichi Sato, into the ring.

There has been a last-minute change to the card due to Willow Nightingale (All Elite Wrestling) being pulled off the event. Travel issues-her flight to Japan was cancelled and while alternate arrangements have been made it sounds like she won’t make it in time. She was to have faced Mizuki. Chris Brookes (DDT) is the replacement.

Today’s event will be held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese & English. Rio Omori of idol group Ma’Scar’Piece will be the guest on Japanese commentary. It was previously announced that the event’s expected running time will be 3 hours so no speculation needed.

Today’s lineup:
Momo Sato Debut Match: Momo Sato & Shion Kanzaki vs. Uta Takami & Ren Konatsu
Sakura Hirota, HIMAWARI & Mifu Ashida vs. Raku, Pom Harajuku & Chika Nanase
Yuki Aino & Haru Kazashiro vs. MIRAI & Toga
Aja Kong vs. Arisu Endo
Yuki Kamifuku, O-MENZ Kumadori & Sakura Hattori vs. Sanshiro Takagi, Yumehito Imanari & Mahiro Kiryu
Mizuki vs. Chris Brookes
International Princess Champion Suzume vs. Wakana Uehara for the title
Princess Tag Team Champions Miu Watanabe & Rika Tatsumi vs. Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao for the titles
Princess Of Princess Champion Yuki Arai vs. Miyu Yamashita for the title

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Updates below will begin at 7 PM PT/10 PM ET. The live stream is scheduled to begin 20 minutes before the event.

6:40 PM PT UPDATE: The live stream has begun. It now says hwen the stream will start instead of the matches, so if accurate we will be going to the venue in 10 minutes.

6:48 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 & guest Rio Omori. WRESTLE UNIVERSE page also lists Marika Tani as a host, maybe later but not now. Your English host is Mr. Haku.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. Advance sales were much stronger than usual for Korakuen but it’s till the reduced capacity setup which means probably 1100-1150 tops. Based on sales so far I’m thinking they’ll get to at least 1000. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 1204, a full house/near sellout)

The opening announcements begin almost right away. The matches should begin in about 15 minutes. During announcements the promotion’s final Shinjuku Face event is announced for 9/27.

The matches begin at 7:05 PM PT/10:05 PM ET. And today we ahve STREAMERS!!!

Match 1: Momo Sato Debut Match: Momo Sato & Shion Kanzaki vs. Uta Takami & Ren Konatsu. 20 minute time limit
Result: Uta Takami & Ren Konatsu beat Momo Sato & SHion Kanzaki. Takami beat Sato with Koala Clutch.

Match 2: Sakura Hirota, HIMAWARI & Mifu Ashida vs. Raku, Pom Harajuku & Chika Nanase. 20 minute time limit
Result: Sakura Hirota, HIMAWARI & Mifu Ashida beat Raku, Pom Harajuku & Chika Nanase. Hirota pinned Harajuku. Comedy match of course.

Your new host (for now) is Marika Tani.

Match 3: Yuki Aino & Haru Kazashiro vs. MIRAI (Michinoku Pro) & Toga. 20 minute time limit
Result: Yuki AIno & Haru Kazashiro beat MIRAI & Toga. Kazashiro pinned Toga. (Something has me thinking Aino & Kazashiro will be making a Princess Tag Team Championship challenge after today’s match…UPDATE: Nope. No title matches were announced post-event)

Hiroyo Matsumoto participation is announced for the next Korakuen event on 8/23.

Haruo Murata returns as host now.

Match 4: Aja Kong (OZ Academy) vs. Arisu Endo. 15 minute time limit
Result: Aja Kong beat Arisu Endo

Match 5: Yuki Kamifuku, O-MENZ Kumadori (SST) & Sakura Hattori vs. Sanshiro Takagi (DDT), Yumehito Imanari (Ganbare Pro) & Mahiro Kiryu. 20 minute time limit
Result: Yuki Kamifuku, O-MENZ Kumadori & Sakura Hattori beat Sanshiro Takagi, Yumehito Imanari & Mahiro Kiryu. Kamifuku pinned Kiryu after a diving Fameasser.

Another 8/23 special participant announced: Sumire Natsu.

Match 6: Mizuki vs. Chris Brookes (DDT). 15 minute time limit
Result: Chris Brookes beat Mizuki

Match 7: International Princess Champion Suzume vs. Wakana Uehara for the title. 30 minute time limit
Result: International Princess Champion Suzume beat Wakana Uehara to retain the title. V4 for Suzume. No post-match promo.

Match 8: Princess Tag Team Champions Miu Watanabe & Rika Tatsumi vs. Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao for the titles. 30 minute time limit
Result: Princess Tag Team Champions Miu Watanabe & Rika Tatsumi beat Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao to retain the titles.Tatsumi pinned Misao. V2 for the champs.

Main Event: Princess Of Princess Champion Yuki Arai vs. Miyu Yamashita for the title. 30 minute time limit
Result: Princess Of Princess Champion Yuki Arai beat Miyu Yamashita to retain the title. V4 for Arai. Final Boss Vanquished! It was a hoss fight but somehow Arai prevailed and the reign continues and I go home happy for a little longer. Next up: Likely the Tokyo Princess Cup winner unless, best-case scenario, Arai wins it. But that could very well mean a rematch if Yamashita wins. That match will probably happen at WRESTLE PRINCESS 7 but we’ll find out as it gets closer.

The next event is the Tokyo Princess Cup starting Monday at Act City Hamamatsu in Shizuoka. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Sunday at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET. All tournament events will air live and be available on demand immediately afterwards.

Nothing announced post-event.

Just announced on social media-Tokyo Joshi Pro is returning to the US later this year They will again be visiting Texas with events in Houston & Dallas between December 4-6. 12/4 & 12/5 will be at Pasadena Roder Arena in Pasadena, 12/6 at The OC in Forney.

More as it becomes available.

A bit of Tokyo Joshi Pro News:

When the full SUMMER SUN PRINCESS ‘26 card for 7/18 was announced the other day, they left one gap unfilled-an opponent for Mizuki. She was listed only as facing “Sweet Secret” which was TBA. Now we know that TBA and I like it a lot-the TJPW return of Willow Nightingale, currently in All Elite Wrestling. Okay, mostly because I am both a big fan of the Babe With The Power and because it raises hopes she will squash Mizuki, much to my delight. Anyway, moving on…

Also announced today was the full initial bracket for the Tokyo Princess Cup, determined by random draw. With 24 participants that means 8 Round 1 matches and 8 get free passes to Round 2. Here’s how those first 2 rounds look, with all Round 1 matches on 7/20:
1-Uta Takami vs. Miyu Yamashita. Winner faces Rika Tatsumi
2-Raku vs. Mizuki. Winner faces Hyper Misao
3-Arisu Endo vs. Sakura Hattori. Winner faces Chika Nanase
4-Wakana Uehara vs. Mifu Ashida. Winner faces HIMAWARI
That’s the left half. Here is the right half:
5-Toga vs. Momo Sato. Winner faces Mahiro Kiryu
6-Miu Watanabe vs. Ren Konatsu. Winner faces Yuki Aino
7-Suzume vs. Shion Kanzaki. Winner faces Pom Harajuku
8-Haru Kazashiro vs. Yuki Arai. Winner faces Shoko Nakajima
Round 2 will be 7/25 for the left half, 7/30 for the right half. The Quarterfinals will be on 8/8. Then they re-draw for the Semifinals on 8/16. The Finals are on 8/23. All matches until after the Quarterfinals will be 30 minute time limit. Semifinals & Finals are no time linit. The winner will presumably face the Princess Of Princess Champion for the title at WRESTLE PRINCESS 7 later this year, we should know after 7/18 if that’s Yuki Arai or Miyu Yamashita. Of course if one of then wins as champion who knows what happens. As a reminder, Kira Summer & Yuki Kamifuku are not participating this year-Summer is returning home to Australia for her first wrestling tour there, Kamifuku elected not to enter after announcing her upcoming retirement. The other nonparticipants are long-term inactive (Runa Okubo [focusing on education] & Shino Suzuki [medical]).

Tokyo Joshi Pro begins their July today with the last house show before their annual July blowout event. That means it’s the last time champions & challengers will be on opposite sides before their respective title matches, but it also marks the beginning of the Yuki Kamifuku retirement tour. Kamifuku shocked everyone by announcing her retirement earlier this week, calling it a career at the end of the year and will focus on having fun & good matches instead of contending for titles (and she also opted out of the upcoming Tokyo Princess Cup Tournament too). This also will be the last appearance by Kira Summer for a month or two as she prepares to return home to Australia for her first wrestling tour. She announced her first match today on social media, and fittingly it’s against Miki Fortune, her real-life older sister.

Today’s event will be held at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. There will be no commentary. There are 6 matches planned so this will be on the slightly shorter side for a standard house show and probably won’t go more than 2 hours (if every match went the distance it would top out at roughly that), closer to 1 3/4 hours I think.

Today’s lineup (match order TBA):
Yuki Kamifuku vs. Raku & Kira Summer in a 3-way
Mizuki & Uta Takami vs. Pom Harajuku & Mahiro Kiryu
Haru Kazashiro & Chika Nanase vs. Ren Konatsu & Shion Kanzaki
Suzume & Arisu Endo vs. Wakana Uehara & Toga
Miu Watanabe, Rika Tatsumi & HIMAWARI vs. Shoko Nakajima, Hyper Misao & Yuki Aino
Yuki Arai & Mifu Ashida vs. Miyu Yamashita & Sakura Hattori

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

7:20 PM PT UPDATE: The live stream has begun. We should be going to the venue in 8-10 minutes.

7:28 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo, Japan. There is no commentary.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. Advance sales hinted at a potential sellout with enough walk-up sales today, I think they’ll get there which would mean anywhere between 275-340 depending on the setup. I’ll predict 300 but could see it being around 325 (while the venue’s max capacity is 600 it’s usually been capped at maybe 350 post-pandemic). (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 275, a super full house/very near sellout. That does not include Raku before Match 2)

The matches should begin in about 15 minutes. It looks like the order above has been changed for the first 3 matches. The last 3 will be in the above order.

The matches begin at 7:40 PM PT/10:40 PM ET. Getting a bit annoying and silly that they have to wait 20-30 seconds sometimes after the card announcement for the theme music to finish. They used to cut it off early in the Sayuri Namba days. Anyway…

Match 1: Haru Kazashiro & Chika Nanase vs. Ren Konatsu & Shion Kanzaki. 20 minute time limit
Result: Haru Kazashiro & Chika Nanase beat Ren Konatsu & Shion Kanzaki. Nanase beat Kanzaki with a full nelson.

Match 2: Yuki Kamifuku vs. Raku & Kira Summer in a 3-way. 20 minute time limit
Result: Yuki Kamifuku beat Raku & Kira Summer in a 3-way by pinning Summer.

Match 3: Mizuki & Uta Takami vs. Pom Harajuku & Mahiro Kiryu. 20 minute time limit (Why Pom is coming out with a giant fake tree branch with paper slips hanging on it, I don’t know…)
Result: Mizuki & Uta Takami beat Pom Harajuku & Mahiro Kiryu. Mizuki beat Harajuku with a crossface.

Match 4: Suzume & Arisu Endo vs. Wakana Uehara & Toga. 20 minute time limit
Result: Wakana Uehara & Toga beat Suzume & Arisu Endo. Uehara beat Suzume with Banana Pillow.

Match 5: Miu Watanabe, Rika Tatsumi & HIMAWARI vs. Shoko Nakajima, Hyper Misao & Yuki Aino. 20 minute time limit
Result: Miu Watanabe, Rika Tatsumi & HIMAWARI beat Shoko Nakajima, Hyper Misao & Yuki Aino. Watanabe pinned Nakajima after Teardrop. Nakajima went for the 619 twice but Watanabe dodged each time, second time was the end.

Main Event: Yuki Arai & Mifu Ashida vs. Miyu Yamashita & Sakura Hattori. 20 minute time limit
Result: Miyu Yamashita & Sakura Hattori beat Yuki Arai & Mifu Ashida. Yamashita beat Ashida with a deformed cobra clutch.

The next event is SUMMER SUN PRINCESS ’26, the annual July blowout event, on 7/18 at Korakuen Hall. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin on 7/17 at 7 PM PT/10 PM ET.

UPDATE: After the event, the promotion announced on social media that the full 7/18 card will be revealed later today. There are 6 matches so far so expect 3-4 more.

Ahead of this year’s Tokyo Princess Cup Tournament, Tokyo Joshi Pro just announced the entrants for this year’s event. With 24 participants that usually encompasses the entire roster it’s easier to list who IS NOT in: Kira Summer (will be back home in Australia for several events) and, notably, Yuki Kamifuku, who just announced her retirement today (will retire at the end of the year). It was her decision to not participate. Also out because they are long-term inactive are Shino Suzuki & Runa Okubo. Notably IN is Momo Sato, who will debut next month right before the tournament.

Actual matchups are TBA. Those will be determined by random drawing.

Surprise TJPW news today, we’re soon going to be without The Casual Beauty gracing us. At a presser today, Yuki Kamifuku announced she is retiring at the end of the year. Kamifuku stated it was solely her decision and she thought “maybe she was the coolest one”, and thus decided it was time. But she is leaving on good terms and TJPW is giving it the usual “graduation” treatment. TJPW President Tetsuya Koda and TJPW owner/CyberFight executive Sanshiro Takagi were also in attendance. Her final event will be on 12/26 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo but she will produce her own event before that on 11/27 at Korakuen followed by one final hometown event on 12/10 at Shonandai Cumtural Center in Fujisawa City in Kanagawa.

Kamifuku, who at 5’8” is the tallest wrestler in TJPW and also is/was a model (hence her “The Casual Beauty” moniker), debuted in 2017 and is a former Princess Tag Team Champion, most recently earlier this year with Wakana Uehara as the popular Ober Eats duo. Earlier this month she challenged for the Princess Of Princess Championship for the first time, losing to Yuki Arai. She stated there probably will be no more title matches before she retires as she wants to focus on having fun matches. No thoughts about post-retirement yet beyond perhaps focusing more on family and her dog (she also has been doing YouTube more lately).

UPDATE: TJPW has announced her first “retirement road” match, and it’s a doozy off a fun one: Kamifuku, Sakura Hattori & O-MENZ Kumadori vs. Mahiro Kiryu, Sanshiro Takagi & Yumehito Imanari. That match will happen at SUMMER SUN PRINCESS ‘26 on 7/18.

Tokyo Joshi Pro wraps up the spring house show tour today in Tokyo, even though it’s technically summer. That’s the plan, but the Tentative is there because plans are subject to change last-minute due to weather. Japan is being impacted by typhoons (hurricanes to us Americans) and conditions are being monitored. As of this post the event is on unless one of the following happens: The JR Ryogoku train station is closed, authorities issue advisories not to travel, or the venue closes. So it’s wait and see.

Today’s event, if it goes on as planned, will be held at Ryogoku KFC Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. There will be no commentary. There are 6 matches planned so the event would be a standard house show with a running time of around 2 hours.

Today’s lineup (match order TBA):
Arisu Endo & Shion Kanzaki vs. Toga & Uta Takami
Yuki Aino & Haru Kazashiro vs. HIMAWARI & Kira Summer
Raku & Pom Harajuku vs. Mifu Ashida & Mahiro Kiryu
Yuki Kamifuku & Sakura Hattori vs. Chika Nanase & YuuRI
Mizuki vs. Ren Konatsu
Yuki Arai, Suzume, Miu Watanabe & Rika Tatsumi vs. Miyu Yamashita, Wakana Uehara, Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao

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Updates below, if the event goes on as planned, will begin at 8:30 PM PT/11:30 PM ET. Updates to come on the status of today’s event as it gets closer.

Pre-show Update: As of 5 PM PT/8 PM ET the event is still ON.

Pre-Show Update 2 (7:15 PM PT): The event is now officially ON. The live stream, and updates below, will begin at 8:20 PM PT/11:20 PM ET.

8:20 PM PT UPDATE: The live stream has begun. We should be going to the venue in 10 minutes.

8:28 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

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

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. It’s hard to know how much potential weather will affect the crowd today, initially it looks and sounds like average for the venue so I’ll guess it’ll be around 250. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 347, a super full house/very near sellout. Whether they all showed up or not is debatable)

The matches should begin in 10-15 minutes.

During opening announcements they bring Momo Sato out. The former idol-turned-wrestler and younger sister of DDT wrestler Daichi Sato will make her TJPW debut at SUMMER SUN PRINCESS ’26.

The matches begin at 8:41 PM PT/11:41 PM ET.

Match 1: Yuki Aino & Haru Kazashiro vs. HIMAWARI & Kira Summer. 20 minute time limit
Result: Yuki Aino & Haru Kazashiro beat HIMAWARI & Kira Summer. Aino pinned Summer after Venus DDT.

Match 2: Arisu Endo & Shion Kanzaki vs. Toga & Uta Takami. 20 minute time limit
Result: Toga & Uta Takami beat Arisu Endo & Shion Kanzaki. Toga pinned Kanzaki after Rock Bottom.

Match 3: Raku & Pom Harajuku vs. Mifu Ashida & Mahiro Kiryu. 20 minute time limit
Result: Raku & Pom Harajuku beat Mifu Ashida & Mahiro Kiryu. Raku pinned Ashida after Doctor Yellow.

Match 4: Yuki Kamifuku & Sakura Hattori vs. Chika Nanase & YuuRI (Ganbare Pro). 20 minute time limit
Result: Yuki Kamifuku & Sakura Hattori beat Chika Nanase & TuuRI. Kamifuku pinned Nanase after Fameasser.

Match 5: Mizuki vs. Ren Konatsu. 15 minute time limit
Result: Mizuki beat Ren Konatsu

Main Event: Yuki Arai, Suzume, Miu Watanabe & Rika Tatsumi vs. Miyu Yamashita, Wakana Uehara, Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao. 20 minute time limit
Result: Miyu Yamashita, Wakana Uehara, Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao beat Yuki Arai, Suzume, Miu Watanabe & Rika Tatsumi. Nakajima pinned Tatsumi after a huracanrana. Shocked that it didn’t go the distance. Almost did though.

The next event is 7/4 at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin on 7/3 at 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM ET.

In other news, the format for the Tokyo Princess Cup Tournament was announced before the event. As usual, it will be a single-elimination bracket format event, this year with 24 entrants. That means perhaps the entire roster except Shino Suzuki (inactive) and perhaps Momo Sato (about to debut) with an outsider or two so maybe expect Ryo Mizunami participation. 8 will get a free pass to Round 2 with the rest facing off in Round 1 matches. After the Quarterfinals they will re-draw pairings for the Semifinals.

Tokyo Joshi Pro runs the penultimate event of the spring house show tour today in Nagoya. The main event will continue the build to the upcoming Yuki Arai-Miyu Yamashita Princess Of Princess Championship match, but also features young Ren Konatsu in what I believe is her first main event as she celebrates completing her rookie year in wrestling. Like the other young up-and-coming wrestlers she is starting to win some matches and show more promise of bigger & better things to hopefully come soon.

Today’s event will be held at Chunichi Hall in Nagoya and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. There will be no commentary. There are 7 matches planned but it’s a regular house show lineup so the running time should be on the normal side at about 2 hours.

Today’s lineup:
Yuki Aino & Haru Kazashiro vs. Toga & Chika Nanase
Pom Harajuku vs. Mahiro Kiryu & Sakura Hattori in a 3-way
Mizuki & Uta Takami vs. Yuki Kamifuku & Raku
Suzume & Arisu Endo vs. Wakana Uehara & Kira Summer
Miu Watanabe vs. Hyper Misao
Rika Tatsumi vs. Shoko Nakajima
Yuki Arai & Ren Konatsu vs. Miyu Yamashita & Shion Kanzaki

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Updates below will begin at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET. The live stream is scheduled to begin 10 minutes before the event.

7:50 PM PT UPDATE: The live stream has begun. We should be going to the venue in about 10 minutes.

7:58 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from Chunichi Hall in Nagoya, Japan. There is no commentary.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. The venue has a few different setups with the biggest being for 650 and the rest for 425-500. It looks like the full capacity and advance ticket sales were good, so it’ll depend on today’s ticket sales but I’ll predict on the high end and say around 500. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 444, a legit sellout)

The matches should begin in 10-15 minutes.

The matches begin at 8:13 PM PT/11:13 PM ET.

Match 1: Yuki Aino & Haru Kazashiro vs. Toga & Chika Nanase. 20 minute time limit (on a side note, not really a fan of Aino’s new look with the jet black hair. I much preferred the old light blonde color)
Result: Yuki Aino & Haru Kazashiro beat Toga & Chika Nanase. Kazashiro pinned Nanase with a fisherman’s suplex hold.

Match 2: Pom Harajuku vs. Mahiro Kiryu & Sakura Hattori in a 3-way. 15 minute time limit
Result: Sakura Hattori beat Mahiro Kiryu & Pom Harajuku in a 3-way by pinning both.

Match 3: Mizuki & Uta Takami vs. Yuki Kamifuku & Raku. 20 minute time limit (Kamifuku is wearing her new sexier outfit that she wore in her title shot against Yuki Arai earlier this month)
Result: Mizuki & Uta Takami beat Yuki Kamifuku & Raku. Mizuki pinned Raku after a diving foot stomp.

Match 4: Suzume & Arisu Endo vs. Wakana Uehara & Kira Summer. 20 minute time limit
Result: Suzume & Arisu Endo beat Wakana Uehara & Kira Summer. Suzume pinned Summer after Ring A Bell.

Match 5: Miu Watanabe vs. Hyper Misao. 15 minute time limit
Result: Hyper Misao beat Miu Watanabe

Quick break for ring repairs. They tore off all the corner pads and more last match.

Match 6: Rika Tatsumi vs. Shoko Nakajima. 15 minute time limit
Result: Time Limit Draw

Main Event: Yuki Arai & Ren Konatsu vs. Miyu Yamashita & Shion Kanzaki. 20 minute time limit
Result: Yuki Arai & Ren Konatsu beat Miyu Yamashita & Shion Kanzaki. Konatsu pinned Kanzaki after a missile dropkick. (Postscript: According to the results, Konatsu’s missile dropkick is/will be called Aries Comet)

The next event is Saturday at Ryogoku KFC Hall in Tokyo to wrap up the spring house show tour. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Friday at 8:30 PM PT/11:30 PM ET.

Tokyo Joshi Pro continues the spring house show tour today in Yokohama. With SUMMER SUN PRINCESS ‘26 just over a month away the build to the annual July blowout event begins now, namely the next and biggest hurdle for Yuki Arai to overcome if she is to still be Princess Of Princess Champion. That, of course, would be The Champ-Miyu Yamashita. Arai has beaten Yamashita before in a tag match but this will be different. Their collision course begins today.

Today’s event will be held at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. There will be no commentary. The event is a legit advance sellout. There are 6 matches planned and a DDT event follows them so the event has to be on the short side, probably going just under 2 hours.

Today’s lineup (match order TBA):
Mizuki vs. Pom Harajuku & Arisu Endo in a 3-way
HIMAWARI & Mifu Ashida vs. Toga & Uta Takami
Yuki Kamifuku vs. Shion Kanzaki
Suzume & Mahiro Kiryu vs. Wakana Uehara & Chika Nanase
Miu Watanabe, Rika Tatsumi & Ren Konatsu vs. Shoko Nakajima, Hyper Misao & Raku
Yuki Arai, Yuki Aino & Haru Kazashiro vs. Miyu Yamashita, Sakura Hattori & Kira Summer

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Updates below will begin at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET. The live stream is scheduled to begin 10 minutes before the event.

7:50 PM PT UPDATE: The live stream has begun. We should be going to the venue in 5-10 minutes.

8 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama, Japan. There is no commentary. Also only hard camera views.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. It’s a legit advance sellout although I saw one empty front row seat in front of the hard camera. This means the number depends on the setup-full capacity is just under 400 but they usually set up for between 290-350, so it should be in that range. I’ll guess 300. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance , a legit advance sellout, was 273)

The matches should begin in 10-15 minutes.

The matches begin at 8:12 PM PT/11:12 PM ET. Slight changes to above match order, the 3-way match and single match positions are swapped.

During the opening announcements there was an announcement of BECOMING, a presumably one-day tournament only for wrestlers who debuted in or after 2023. Right now there are 10 scheduled participants: Wakana Uehara, Toga, HIMAWARI, Haru Kazashiro, Mifu Ashida, Uta Takami, Chika Nanase, Kira Summer, Ren Konatsu & Shion Kanzaki. That tournament will happen on 8/29 at Tokyo Square in Tokyo. (The other eligible participants-Runa Okubo & Shino Suzuki-are currently inactive)

Match 1: Yuki Kamifuku vs. Shion Kanzaki. 15 minute time limit (Kamifuku is back to her “regular” outfit today, the sexy one she sported last weekend for the Princess Of Princess Championship match seemed to be a one-time thing. It was Kamifuku’s idea & design)
Result: Yuki Kamifuku beat Shion Kanzaki by submission

Match 2: HIMAWARI & Mifu Ashida vs. Toga & Uta Takami. 20 minute time limit
Result: Toga & Uta Takami beat HIMAWARI & Mifu Ashida. Toga pinned Ashida after Rock Bottom.

Match 3: Mizuki vs. Pom Harajuku & Arisu Endo in a 3-way. 20 minute time limit
Result: Mizuki beat Pom Harajuku & Arisu Endo in a 3-way by beating Harajuku.

Match 4: Suzume & Mahiro Kiryu vs. Wakana Uehara & Chika Nanase. 20 minute time limit
Result: Suzume & Mahiro Kiryu beat Wakana Uehara & Chika Nanase. Suzume pinned Nanase after Ring A Bell.

Match 5: Miu Watanabe, Rika Tatsumi & Ren Konatsu vs. Shoko Nakajima, Hyper Misao & Raku. 20 minute time limit
Result: Shoko Nakajima, Hyper Misao & Raku beat Miu Watanabe, Rika Tatsumi & Ren Konatsu. Misao pinned Konatsu after Hypami Returns. Surprised there wasn’t a DQ near the end for a ref bump by Tatsumi and subsequent chair use in the ring. Yeah, the tag team champs & challengers plain just don’t like each other.

Main Event: Yuki Arai, Yuki Aino & Haru Kazashiro vs. Miyu Yamashita, Sakura Hattori & Kira Summer. 20 minute time limit
Result: Yuki Arai, Yuki Aino & Haru Kazashiro beat Miyu Yamashita, Sakura Hattori & Kira Summer. Arai beat Summer with a scorpion deathlock.

The next event is 6/21 at Chunichi Hall in Nagoya. No HIMAWARI & Mifu Ashida at that event due to scheduling conflicts. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin on 6/20 at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET.

Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling runs their monthly signature event, Stand Alone ’26, today in Tokyo. That means it’s a major event with all 3 titles on the line. The headliner is Yuki Arai defending the Princess Of Princess Championship against Yuki Kamifuku. Many fans are surprised that this is the first time “The Casual Beauty” is challenging for the top title in the promotion but Kamifuku, among the oldest in the promotion at 33 (and also the tallest wrestler), is claiming it’s part of an “anti-aging” strategy. Nonetheless it’s certainly interesting. In the other title matches, Suzume defends the International Princess Champoinship against (very unworthy challenger) Mahiro Kiryu, and Miu Watanabe & Rika Tatsumi defend the Princess Tag Team Championship against Mizuki & Uta Takami. Additionally, outside participation today will feature the returning MIRAI (Michinoku Pro) and YuuRI (Ganbare Pro).

It also was announced that Miyu Ywmaahita will miss this event due to Pro Wrestling EVE participation in England (it looks like she won that promotion’s championship last night for the second time).

Today’s event will be held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE and ABEMA (WRESTLE UNIVERSE paid live-add-on required) in Japanese & English.. Current (at last check) DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Sumire Uesaka will be a guest on commentary so it could get wacky. Uesaka will present a prize to the winners of Match 5 so that’s when to pay attention. There are 8 matches planned for today with the usual post-event gatherings set so this probably will be a “standard for them” Korakuen event with a running time of about 2 1/2 hours.

Today’s lineup:
Yuki Aino, Ren Konatsu & Shion Kanzaki vs. Arisu Endo, Sakura Hattori & Kira Summer
YuuRI vs. Chika Nanase
Wakana Uehara vs. Toga
MIRAI vs. Haru Kazashiro
Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao vs. Raku & Pom Harajuku and HIMAWARI & Mifu Ashida in a 3-way
International Princess Champion Suzume vs. Mahiro Kiryu for the title
Princess Tag Team Champions Miu Watanabe & Rika Tatsumi vs. Mizuki & Uta Takami for the titles
Princess Of Princess Champion Yuki Arai vs. Yuki Kamifuku for the title

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Updates below will begin at 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM ET. The live stream is scheduled to begin 20 minutes before the event. Opening announcements will begin 10 minutes before the event.

7:10 PM PT UPDATE: The live stream has begun. We should be going to the venue shortly.

7:12 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 & current DDT Iron man Heavymetalweight Champion Sumire Uesada.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. Advance ticket sales were much better than usual for a Korakuen event so there’s a chance of a sellout with enough same-day traffic. Sounds like they should easily get to at least 1000 with reduced capacity setup in place. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 1093, a full house/near sellout. Outstanding number for Korakuen and a good 30% above their average for the venue, which is around 750)

The matches should begin in 25-30 minutes.

During the opening shadow announcements, DDT wrestler Antonio Honda comes out. With microphone and referee Daisuke Kiso. He wants the Iron Man title back! Attempt repelled by Uesaka. For now.

During opening announcements, Hyper Misao comes out. Announced is her 4th independent produced event which will be on 9/15 at Kitazawa Town Hall.

The matches begin at 7:35 PM PT/10:35 PM ET. And today we have STREAMERS!!!

Match 1: Yuki Aino, Ren Konatsu & Shion Kanzaki vs. Arisu Endo, Sakura Hattori & Kira Summer. 20 minute time limit (Aino has black hair today, almost didn’t recognize her)
Result: Arisu Endo, Sakura Hattori & Kira Summer beat Yuki Aino, Ren Konatsu & Shion Kanzaki. Endo pinned Konatsu after The 10th Law.

Match 2: YuuRI (Ganbare Pro) vs. Chika Nanase. 15 minute time limit
Result: YuuRI beat Chika Nanase by submission

Match 3: Wakana Uehara vs. Toga. 15 minute time limit
Result: Wakana Uehara beat Toga

Match 4: MIRAI (Michinoku Pro) vs. Haru Kazashiro. 15 minute time limit
Result: MIRAI beat Haru Kazashiro by submission

Match 5: Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao vs. Raku & Pom Harajuku and HIMAWARI & Mifu Ashida in a 3-way. The winners will get one million in currency to use at a restaurant/experience partly operated by Sumire Uesaka. 20 minute time limit
Result: Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao beat Raku & Pom Harajuku and HIMAWARI & Mifu Ashida in a 3-way when Nakajima pinned HIMAWARI & Harajuku. Nice consolation prize for Nakajima who, in a previously taped episode of MLW Fusion that aired earlier today (can be watched FOR FREE on YouTube), lost her MLW Women’s World Championship (no longer weight classes I guess because she was Featherweight Champion before) to former WWE wrestler Shotzi Blackheart after holding the title for over a year. WHich led to…
Shoko Nakajima beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Sumire Uesaka to win the title. Nakajima becomes the 1806th Champion. Which led to…
Hyper Misao beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Shoko Nakajima to win the title. Misao becomes the 1807th Champion. Which led to…
Pom Harajuku beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Hyper Misao to win the title. Harajuku becomes the 1808th Champion. All’s well that ends well.

Match 6: International Princess Champion Suzume vs. Mahiro Kiryu for the title. 30 minute time limit
Result: International Princess Champion Suzume beat Mahiro Kiryu to retain the title. V3 for Suzume. She almost got away to the back before…next up: Uehara. She was waiting & eager to make the challenge. She’s been keeping the Ober Eats vibe going on YouTube and the title would look great along with all those calories & good food she’s eating all over the world (she has changed the name of her channel from her name to “Wakana Eats Everything” and is doing her videos with dubbed English). Check out her videos from Las Vegas including at the Heart Attack Grill where she completed the Octuple Bypass Challenge. Right before it unfortunately closed.

Match 7: Princess Tag Team Champions Miu Watanabe & Rika Tatsumi vs. Mizuki & Uta Takami for the titles. 30 minute time limit
Result: Princess Tag Team Champions Miu Watanabe & Rika Tatsumi beat Mizuki & Uta Takami to retain the titles. Watanabe pinned Takami after Daydream. V1 for the champs. Afterwards, champs with microphone, which means we’re going to find out who is next up…and they’re en fuego…Nakajima & Misao. Hard to tell if they made up already after earlier.

Main Event: Princess Of Princess Champion Yuki Arai vs. Yuki Kamifuku for the title. 30 minute time limit
Result: Princess Of Princess Champion Yuki Arai beat Yuki Kamifuku to retain the title. V3 for Arai. Now I can breathe again for a little while and go home very happy. But now the moment when we find out who’s next…and now I’m very worried…THE CHAMP IS HERE! NEW Pro Wrestling Eve Champion Miyu Yamashita. Better enjoy it while I can because I have a feeling that, much to my dismay, it’s gonna be over at SUMMER SUN PRINCESS ’26. Hopefully not, but the greatest test for Arai as champion is next.

The next event is Saturday at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama to continue the spring house show tour. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Friday at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET.

UPDATE: It’s now official…All 3 title matches hinted at after today will happen at SUMMER SUN PRINCESS ’26 on 7/18. Also set for 7/18 is Aja Kong vs. Arisu Endo and MIRAI & Sakura Hirota participation.