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Tokyo Joshi Pro held the first Noto Genki Pro Wrestling event today, visiting part of Ishikawa that was devastated by the Noto Peninsula earthquake in 2024.

Today’s event was held at Wadauchi Sports Center in Ishikawa and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Tuesday. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 625, a legit sellout.

Match 1: HIMAWARI beat Chieri Sakimori.

Match 2: Rika Tatsumi & Ren Konatsu beat Mahiro Kiryu & Chika Nanase. Tatsumi beat Nanase with a dragon sleeper.

Match 3: Raku beat Mifu Ashida.

Match 4: Suzume & Sakura Hattori beat Toga & Shion Kanzaki. Suzume pinned Kanzaki after Ring A Bell.

Match 5: Yuki Aino & Haru Kazashiro beat Miyu Yamashita & Kira Summer. Aino pinned Summer after Venus DDT.

Match 6: Aja Kong (OZ Academy) & Yuki Kamifuku beat Miu Watanabe & Pom Harajuku. Kamifuku pinned Harajuku after Fameasser.

Main Event: Yuki Arai, Mizuki & Uta Takami beat Shoko Nakajima, Wakana Uehara & Shino Suzki. Arai beat Suzuki with a scorpion deathlock.

The next event is Saturday at Kasukabe Fureai Cube in Saitama to resume the (I thought it was over but it’s not) fall house show tour. The matches could also set up the finals of the NexGene Tournament depending on results. There will be no live broadcast. On demand 10/26.

UPDATE: After the event, added to 11/8 at Korakuen Ball in Tokyo was what will be the Shiori Futaba Debut Match: Shiori Futaba, Miu Watanabe & Rika Tatsumi vs. Mifu Ashida, Wakana Uehara & Mizuki. The current card suggests either it’s now final at 7 matches or there may be one more match added.

Tokyo Joshi Pro ran their latest TJPW INSPIRATION event today, continuing the usually-quarterly series of shorter events focused on comedy matches and match types & wrestlers rarely seen in the promotion.

Today’s event was held at Tokyo Square in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The announced paid attendance was 202, a super full house/very near sellout.

Match 1: Nexgene Tournament: Shion Kanzaki beat Chieri Sakimori by submission. This is double-elimination so Sakimori is out with another loss.

Match 2: MIRAI (Michinoku Pro) beat Momo Sato.

Match 3: Great Wakabayashi-kun aka Rika Tatsumi beat Pom Harajuku & HIMAWARI in a 3-way by pinning HIMAWARI.

Match 4: Yuki Kamifuku & Zac (Battle Mode) beat Shoko Nakajima & Pocotan Kamifuku pinned Pocotan after Fameasser. Zac was a full-size costumed version of Kamifuku’s actual pet dog, which she brought to the ring with her. Almost certainly the only time given the dog is 13 and Kamifuku has about 70 days left until retirement.

Main Event: Suzume & Arisu Endo vs. Haru Kazashiro & Uta Takami went to a 20 minute time limit draw. Afterwards, Takami issued an International Princess Championship challenge to Suzume. That match will happen on 11/8 at Korakuen Hall once it is made official. So we’ve got our 3 title matches for the next signature event.

The next event is Sunday at Wadanai Sports Center in Ishikawa. There will be no live broadcast. On demand 10/20.

UPDATE: It’s now official. Suzume-Takami has just been announced for 11/8.

Tokyo Joshi Pro held a Shion Kanzaki hometown event for the first time today in Chiba, with pre-event festivities including Raku & Shino Suzuki serving as special train conductors for a train headed to the event.

Today’s event was held at Inubosaki Hotel Banquet Hall in Chiba and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Wednesday. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 279, a legit sellout.

Match 1: Nexgene ‘26 Tournament: Ren Konatsu beat Momo Sato. This is a double-elimination format tournament so Sato is out with another loss.

Match 2: Mahiro Kiryu & Salura Hattori beat Rika Tatsumi & Chieri Sakimori. Hattori pinned Sakimori.

Match 3: Hyper Misao beat Mifu Ashida.

Match 4: Suzume & HIMAWARI beat Yuki Kamifuku & Kira Summer. Suzume pinned Summer after Ring A Bell.

Match 5: Mizuki, Raku & Pom Harajuku beat Yuki Aino, Haru Kazashiro & Chika Nanase. Raku pinned Aino. Afterwards, Raku issued a Princess Tag Team Championship challenge with Harajuku as her partner. That match will happen on 11/8 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. So now we just need a challenger for Suzume and the International Princess Championship.

Match 6: Miyu Yamashita, Wakana Uehara & Toga beat Yuki Arai, Arisu Endo & Shino Suzuki. Yamashita pinned Suzuki after Attitude Adjustment.

Main Event: Shoko Nakajima & Uta Takami beat Miu Watanabe & Shion Kanzaki. Nakajima pinned Kanzaki with a Northern Lights suplex hold. Wait, isn’t the hometown wrestler supposed to win in the main event? That’s usually how it goes so this feels wrong.

The next event is a TJPW INSPIRATION event Wednesday at Tokyo Square in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 3 AM PT/6 AM ET.

Since the weather cooperated, Tokyo Joshi Pro was able to hold a special outdoor Rooftop Gardn Pro Wreslting & BBQ event today in Tokyo.

Today’s event was held at Gran Hammer Floor 8 in Tokyo and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Tuesday. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 108, a legit advance sellout.

The event began with a special Rakugo (storytelling) performance by referee Fumirin.

After this, a talk event was held with Yui, a new trainee who will debut on 11/8 at Korakuen Hall. Ring name TBA.

Match 1: Yuki Aino & Haru Kazashiro beat Yuki Kamifuku & Chieri Sakimori. Kazashiro beat Sakimori with 16 Nights.

Match 2: Shoko Nakajima, Hyper Misao & Wakana Uehara beat Suzume, Arisu Endo & Shion Kanzaki. Nakajima pinned Kanzaki with a fisherman’s suplex hold.

Match 3: Miu Watanabe, Rika Tatsumi & Toga beat Miyu Yamashita, Sakura Hattori & Chika Nanase. Watanabe pinned Nanase after Daydream Carousel (Tatsumi Missile Hip during Watanabe’s Giant Swing).

Main Event: Mizuki, Raku & Pom Harajuku beat Yuki Arai, HIMAWARI & Shino Suzuki. Mizuki pinned Suzuki.

The next event is Monday at Inubosaki Hotel in Chiba for a Shion Kanzaki hometown event. There will be no live broadcast. On demand Wednesday.

In other news, the schedule for the 7th Max Heart Tournament, the promotion’s annual tag team tournament, was announced. It’s a single-elimination bracket format event. It will be held on 1/16/27 at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama, 1/24/2027 at Ryogoku KFC Hall in Tokyo, 1/30/2027 at Osaka Azalea Taisho in Osaka and wrap up on 2/13/27 at Korakuen Hall.

Tokyo Joshi Pro hasn’t yet announced much for ALL RISE ‘26, the next Korakuen Hall event, aside from Yuki Arai vs. Shoko Nakajima, but they did announce several absences for the event-Miyu Yamashita, Sakura Hattori & HIMAWARI are all off the event. Yamashita-another international excursion, which I’m guessing is back to England for Pro Wrestling EVE for a defense of the EVE International Championship. Hattori & HIMAWARI-scheduling conflicts. It’s not yet known if Yamashita will miss additional events due to this excursion but it seems unlikely as the events just before and just after 11/8 are a week before and after. I’m thinking no but we’ll see.

WRESTLE PRINCESS 7, Tokyo Joshi Pro’s second biggest but perhaps still most important event of the year, is now in the books.

Today’s event was held at Ebara Wave Arena Ota/Ota City General Gym in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The announced paid attendance was 1357.

Match 1: Uta Takami beat Ren Konatsu by submission.

Match 2: Chieri Sakamori Debut Match: HIMAWARI, Shino Suzuki & Mifu Ashida beat Chieri Sakamori, Shion Kanzaki & Momo Sato. HIMAWARI beat Sakamori with Robin GoodFellow.

Match 3: Raku & Rakuga (?) beat Pom Harajuku & Pocotan and Mahiro Kiryu & Tama in a 3-way when Raku pinned Harajuku.

Match 4: Aja Kong (OZ Academy), Sakura Hattori & O-MENZ Kumadori (DDT) beat Chris Brookes (DDT), Kira Summer & Chika Nanase. Hattori pinned Nanase. Kumadori was joined by all members of O-MENZ for his entrance performance.

Match 5: Yuki Kamifuku & Veny beat Wakana Uehara & Toga. Kamifuku pinned Uehara after Fameasser. This was billed as the last time Kamifuku & Veny would team before Kamifuku retires at the end of the year.

Match 6: Mizuki beat Hyper Misao. Jushin Thunder Liger was special referee.

Match 7: SETUP All-Asia Women’s Champion Shoko Nakajima beat Zara Zakher to retain the title.

After the Intermission here, it was announced that Shiori Futaba, currently a J-Pop idol, will debut at ALL RISE ’26 on 11/8 at Korakuen Hall.

Match 8: Pro Wrestling EVE International Champion Miyu Yamashita beat Arisu Endo to retain the title.

Match 9: Yuki Aino & Haru Kazashiro beat Princess Tag Team Champions Miu Watanabe & Rika Tatsumi to win the titles. Aino & Kazashiro become the 22nd Princess Tag Team Champions. Aino beat Tatsumi with Full Nelson Of Love & Flame. Definitely at least a mild upset in part because of Kazashiro, who gets her first championship at only 18 AND they beat Daydream to do so.

Main Event: Princess Of Princess Champion Yuki Arai beat Suzume to retain the title. V5 for Arai. And once again all is well in the world for a little longer. This was not a double title match as the International Princess Championship held by Suzume was not on the line. Next up: Nakajima. Arai has never beaten Nakajima in a single match to date so hopefully that will change. That match will happen on 11/8.

The next event is 10/10 at Gran Hammer 8F in Tokyo. This is an outdoor event and is subject to cancellation in case of bad weather, which has been a constant lately in Tokyo. If the event goes on as planned, there will be no live broadcast.

It’s the sad end of an era in Japanese wrestling beginning today as Shinjuku Face, the small but iconic Tokyo venue that has hosted pro wrestling for 21 1/2 years, closes in just 4 days. It’s time for the remaining promotions running there to say goodbye, starting today with Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling’s final event there ahead of DDT’s event later today. But it’s also the last event before WRESTLE PRINCESS 7 and thus the last build before their annual other biggest event of the year.

Today’s event will be held at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. The event is a legit advance sellout. There will be no commentary. There are 7 matches planned and they’ll probably run a little longer than usual with being the final event at the venue, but not too long due to the DDT event afterwards. I anticipate it going around 2 1/4 hours.

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

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

Also on a related note, WRESTLE UNIVERSE is selling pre-orders of special PPV content for WRESTLE PRINCESS 7-a special package that will include taped day-of-camera footage and special match footage for Yuki Arai & Suzume. Each purchase also will get you an autographed digital wallpaper of the respective wrestler you purchase. The PPV pre-orders are $19.99 US and are available until 10/26. The PPV will be released a few days after the event.

6:50 PM PT UPDATE: The live stream has begun. We should be going to the venue in 10 minutes.

6:53 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from Shinjuku Face in Tokyo, Japan. There is no commentary.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. It’s a legit advance sellout, originally the setup was for about 350 but they added standing room only tickets which also sold out so unless they expanded to full capacity, which is 500, that will probably put the final number around 400. If they went full capacity, then 550. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance, a legit advance sellout with standing room tickets sold out too, was 500. That’s normal max capacity for the venue)

The matches should begin in 15-20 minutes.

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

Match 1: Shoko Nakajima vs. Momo Sato. 15 minute time limit
Result: Shoko Nakajima beat Momo Sato. Borderline glorified squash.

Match 2: HIMAWARI & Mifu Ashida vs. Ren Konatsu & Shion Kanzaki. 20 minute time limit
Result: HIMAWARI & Mifu Ashida beat Ren Konatsu & Shion Kanzaki. Ashida pinned Kanzaki.
As they were leaving the ring area, I noticed something besides Rise Shirai at her table…a Tojojo!

Match 3: Mizuki vs. Raku & Pom Harajuku in a 3-way. 20 minute time limit
Result: Raku beat Mizuki & Pom Harajuku in a 3-way by pinning Harajuku. Comedy match of course. At least Mizuki didn’t win.

Before the next match Rise Shirai announces new rules. Apparently this is going to be another comedy match.
Match 4: Hyper Misao, Shino Suzuki & Uta Takami vs. Mahiro Kiryu, Toga & Kira Summer. 20 minute time limit
Result: Hyper Misao, Shino Suzuki & Uta Takami beat Mahiro Kiryu, Toga & Kira Summer. Misao pinned Summer after I Am A Hero.

Match 5: Yuki Kamifuku vs. Wakana Uehara. 15 minute time limit
Result: Yuki Kamifuku beat Wakana Uehara. Kamifuku clearly came to fight and saved the pleasantries & hugs for post-match outside of throwing Uehara out of the ring one last time with a Stone Cold Salute. Maybe the last time Ober Eats share the ring either as partners or foes.

Match 6: Miu Watanabe, Rika Tatsumi & Sakura Hattori vs. Yuki Aino, Haru Kazashiro & Chika Nanase. 20 minute time limit
Result: Miu Watanabe, Rika Tatsumi & Sakura Hattori beat Yuki Aino, Haru Kazashiro & Chika Nanase. Tatsumi pinned Nanase after Daydream.

Main Event: Yuki Arai & Miyu Yamashita vs. Suzume & Arisu Endo. 20 minute time limit
Result: Suzume & Arisu Endo beat Yuki Arai & Miyu Yamashita. Suzume pinned Arai after Ring A Bell. Hopefully not an omen for next time…after the closing promo, the entire roster gathered in the ring for the final commemorative photos and to say their final goodbye to Shinjuku Face. Fitting the event’s subtitle today was “THERE’S NO WAY I’LL CRY, I’M NOT GOING TO CRY”. Arai & Suzume shared one more handshake and posted for the media to end the show.

The next event is WRESTLE PRINCESS 7, the not-counting-GRAND PRINCESS biggest event of the year, Saturday at Ebara Wave Arena Ota/Ota City General Gym. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Friday at 9:30 PM PT/12:30 AM ET.

UPDATE: As of 11:15 PM PT/2:15 AM ET the on demand replay is unavailable. Release will be delayed.

Tokyo Joshi Pro has announced that scheduled LOVE & PEACE events on 10/31 and 11/1 in Malaysia have been CANCELLED. Circumstances related to hosting events on site according to translation. All participation in related Malaysia events are also off and those who were scheduled to go will now participate in the 11/1 TJPW event at Ryogoku KFC Hall in Tokyo.

No further details were provided.

Tokyo Joshi Pro likely wrapped up the fall house show tour today in Gunma, meaning they had to (hopefully not) rush Mahiro Kiryu back from injury hiatus for a hometown event.

Today’s event was held at G Messe Gunma in Gunma and will be avialable on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Saturday. There was no live broadcast, although they did stream the last 3 matches live on the service’s UNIVERSE CAST feature (but there is no on demand of that).

The announced paid attendance was 297, a super full house/very near sellout.

Match 1: Wakana Uehara beat Shion Kanzaki by submission.

Match 2: Raku & Pom Harajuku beat Hyper Misao & Ren Konatsu. Raku pinned Konatsu after Doctor Yellow.

Match 3: Mizuki beat Momo Sato.

Match 4: Shoko Nakajima beat Arisu Endo & Shino Suzuki in a 3-way by pinning Suzuki.

Match 5: Yuki Aino, Haru Kazashiro & Uta Takami beat Miu Watanabe, Rika Tatsumi & Kira Summer. Aino pinned Summer after Venus DDT.

Match 6: Yuki Arai, HIMAWARI & Mifu Ashida beat Suzume, Toga & Chika Nanase. Arai beat Nanase with a scorpion deathlock.

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

The next event is Sunday at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo for their final event at the venue before it closes at the end of next week. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Saturday at 7 PM PT/10 PM ET. (The only match announced so far is Yuki Kamifuku vs. Wakana Uehara)

Tokyo Joshi Pro continues the fall house show tour today with a rare weekday matinee in Tokyo. It’s another week-long national holiday which makes the early time possible. With WRESTLE PRINCESS 7 less than 2 weeks away, the build to that major event continues.

There has been a last-minute change to the card due to Mifu Ashida being pulled off the event. Weather-related travel issues-she was working outside Japan (she has a role as a “Japan Ambassador” which she often travels outside the country for) and, due to a hurricane/typhoon affecting the eastern Japan region, her return flight yesterday was cancelled and she can’t make it back to Japan in time for today’s event. She was to have teamed with HIMAWARI to face Raku & Pom Harajuku. It’s now a 3-way.

Today’s event will be held at Ryogoku KFC Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. You can also watch THE FULL EVENT FOR FREE on YouTube (live only, no archive/on demand. On demand will be available only on WRESTLE UNIVERSE). The event is a legit advance sellout. There will be no commentary. There are 6 matches planned and the card change may shorten the event a little but it should be on the short side anyway with a running time of just under 2 hours.

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

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Updates below will begin at 8:30 PM PT/11:30 PM ET. The UNIVERSE broadcast is scheduled to begin 10 minutes before the event. The YouTube broadcast is scheduled to begin at event time or when we go live to the venue.

8:20 PM PT UPDATE: The UNIVERSE live stream has begun. We should be going to the venue in about 10 minutes. The YouTube stream should start at that time.

8:29 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates, and the YouTube live stream, 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 a legit advance sellout which I would think means close to 400 but last time I believe that wound up being 335 so I’ll go with that 335. Not sure if weather will impact the actual crowd that showed up, but there are a few empty seats at ringside opposite hard camera so the simple answer is yes, the actual number will probably be an over-reporting. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance, a legit advance sellout, was 363. In reality, probably a few less)

The matches should begin in about 10 minutes.

The matches begin at 8:40 PM PT/11:40 PM ET.

Match 1: Sakura Hattori vs. Momo Sato. 15 minute time limit
Result: Sakura Hattori beat Momo Sato by submission

Match 2: Shino Suzuki & Uta Takami vs. Ren Konatsu & Shion Kanzaki. 20 minute time limit
Result: Shino Suzuki & Uta Takami beat Ren Konatsu & Shion Kanzaki. Takami beat Kanzaki with Koala Clutch.

Match 3: Raku vs. Pom Harajuku & HIMAWARI in a 3-way. 20 minute time limit
Result: Pom Harajuku beat Raku & HIMAWARI in a 3-way by pinning Raku.

Match 4: Wakana Uehara & Toga vs. Chika Nanase & Kira Summer. 20 minute time limit
Result: Wakana Uehara & Toga beat Chika Nanase & Kira Summer. Uehara pinned Summer.

Match 5: Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao vs. Mizuki & Yuki Kamifuku. 20 minute time limit
Result: Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao beat Mizuki & Yuki Kamifuku. Nakajima pinned Kamifuku.

Main Event: Yuki Arai, Miu Watanabe, Rika Tatsumi & Miyu Yamashita vs. Suzume, Arisu Endo, Yuki Aino & Haru Kazashiro. 20 minute time limit
Result: Yuki Arai, Miu Watanabe, Rika Tatsumi & Miyu Yamashita beat Suzume, Arisu Endo, Yuki Aino & Haru Kazashiro. Arai beat Suzume with a scorpion deathlock. This round to the champs.

The next event is Wednesday at Wednesday at G Messe Gunma in Gunma, which will possibly be the tour-ender. There will be no live broadcast. On demand Friday.

UPDATE: You will now be able to watch the last 3 matches of Wednesday’s event LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE via the UniverseCast feature. It will be live only (no archive).