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Tokyo Joshi Pro ran the second event of their 3-event US return trip today, the second of 2 events in Houston, TX.

Today’s event was held at Post in Houston, TX and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English.

The announced paid attendance was 415, a legit advance sellout.

There were some technical difficulties during the Up Up Girls performance pre-event. It was also announced before the event that Miyu Yamashita would not be part of this event. Schedule conflicts.

Match 1: Wakana Uehara beat Shino Suzuki by submission.

Match 2: Arisu Endo beat Kaylia Capri.

Match 3: Yuki Kamifuku beat Pom Harajuku.

Match 4: Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao beat Miu Watanabe & Vertvixen. Nakajima pinned Watanabe with a Locomotion Northern Lights suplex hold.

Match 5: Maki Itoh beat Raku by submission.

Main Event: Yuki Arai & Moka Miyamoto beat Mizuki & Suzume. Miyamoto pinned Suzume after Korokan.

The next event, the last of this US tour, is Sunday at The OC in Forney, TX. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English will begin at 10:30 AM PT/1:30 PM ET.

In other news, the Japanese commentary guests for SUMMER SUN PRINCESS ’25 on 7/21 have been announced: Former figure skating champion turned sportscaster & talent Mai Asada and, for the first time since her retirement from wrestling in 2023, the Strong, Noble, Beautiful Saki Akai will return to TJPW as a guest. Akai has been keeping busy since leaving DDT & Tokyo Joshi Pro between her new front office job in DDT, her beauty salon/spa and, over the past year, as an actress in various stage performances. She has gotten widespread praise from theatergoers and fellow wrestlers for her appearances in theater performances based on the video games “Final Fantasy 7” and “NIKKE”, the latter of which just completed its run in Japan earlier this week (albeit under apparent unexpected circumstances).

Tokyo Joshi Pro returned to the US today for the first of 3 events this weekend in Texas, with just over half the roster participating. And even better, our beloved former ring announcer Sayuri Namba is back for these events as she flew down from Canada to join them…and if you haven’t already check out Namba’s brand-new YouTube channel where she is uploading daily shorts following her move from Japan and her adjusting to new life in Vancouver. It’s quite fun so far!

Today’s event was held at Post in Houston, TX and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English.

The announced paid attendance was 415, a legit advance sellout.

Match 1: Miu Watanabe beat Wakana Uehara by submission.

Match 2: Yuki Arai beat Kaylia Capri.

Match 3: Vertvixen beat Yuki Kamifuku & Raku in a 3-way by pinning Raku.

Match 4: Suzume & Arisu Endo beat Moka Miyamoto & Shino Suzuki. Suzume pinned Suzuki after Ring A Bell.

Match 5: Miyu Yamashita beat Maki Itoh.

Main Event: Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao beat Mizuki & Pom Harajuku. Misao pinned Harajuku after I Am A Hero.

The next event is tomorrow. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English will begin at 4:30 PM PT/7:30 PM ET. (I was not able to do live results today and will not be able to tomorrow due to work schedule conflicts. However I hope to be able to Sunday as that is a 10:30 AM PT start)

Tokyo Joshi Pro held a special retirement event today for Yoshiko Hasegawa, who called it a career after just under a decade between Ganbare Pro and later TJPW.

Today’s event was held at Shinjuju Face in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese. Former TJPW wrestler Nao Kakuta was a guest on commentary except for the main event, where Teppei Arita was the guest.

The announced paid attendance was 417, a super full house/very near sellout.

There was an “emergency announcement” during pre-match announcements: Another Hyper Misao Produced event was urgently announced for 8/5 at Kitazawa Town Hall.

Match 1: Kira Summer, Chika Nanase & Ivy Steele beat Maki Itoh, Mifu Ashida & Ren Konatsu. Nanase pinned Konatsu.

Tokyo Princess Cup Qualifier Finals:
Match 2: HIMAWARI beat Pom Harajuku.
Match 3: Moka Miyamoto beat Kaya Toribami.
As a result, HIMAWARI & Miyamoto are in the Tokyo Princess Cup.

Match 4: Raku beat Mahiro Kiryu & Shino Suzuki in a 3-way by pinning Suzuki.

Match 5: Shoko Nakajima, Hyper Misao & Yuki Aino beat Rika Tatsumi, Miu Watanabe & Toga. Nakajima pinned Toga with a Northern Lights suplex hold.

Match 6: Mizuki, Suzume, Arisu Endo & Haru Kazashiro beat Yuki Arai, Yuki Kamifuku, Wakana Uehara & Uta Takami. Mizuki pinned Takami with Cutie Special.

Main Event: Yoshiko Hasegawa Retirement Match 3 Match Series:
1-DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Yoshiko Hasegawa beat Tetsuya Koda to retain the title.
2-Suzume beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Yoshiko Hasegawa to win the title. Suzume becomes the 1752nd champion. Which led to…
Unpoe beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Suzume to win the title. Unpoe becomes the 1753rd Champion. Which led to…
Mizuki beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Unpoe to win the title. Mizuki becomes the 1754th Champion,
3-In a 27 vs. 1 handicap match, the entire roster beat Yoshiko Hasegawa. Shoko Nakajima pinned Hasegawa after a diving senton.

After the matches, the retirement ceremony for Hasegawa was held. Several of her former partners & rivals from other promotions including Ganbare Pro & Marigold were present. Hasegawa said she had no regrets and leaves happy.

The next event is TJPW LIVE in Houston, the start of their next US tour, Thursday at USA Post in Houston, TX. Our beloved former ring announcer Sayuri Namba, who just relocated from Japan to Canada (and has started a YouTube channel documenting her journey via daily shorts), will return as the ring announcer for these events. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English is scheduled to begin at 4:30 PM PT/7:30 PM ET but they are calling it a “Trial” with no guarantee of the entire broadcast happening live due to on-site equipment.

Tokyo Joshi Pro kicks off a very busy & exciting July today, which includes their return to the US next week, with an event perhaps appropriately called “CAN’T WAIT UNTIL SUMMER SUN PRINCESS ’25!” Besides continuing the build to their annual July blowout event in just over 2 weeks, 2 more Tokyo Princess Cup spots will be filled with the first half of the qualifier final matches, with the winners of Haru Kazashiro vs. Ivy Steele and Wakana Uehara vs. Shino Suzuki advancing to the promotion’s annual singles tournament. The event will also feature Yoshiko Hasegawa’s final TJPW match before her retirement event next week and her last “real match” as her retirement match will be the TJPW standard handicap match of Hasegawa vs. the rest of the roster. So something like a 27 vs. 1 handicap match.

The promotion has announced that Maki Itoh is off today’s event. Schedule conflicts. No impact on the card.

Today’s event will be held at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. The event is a legit advance sellout. You will also be able to watch the full event FOR FREE on YouTube (live broadcast only, no on demand replays). There will be no commentary. There are 6 matches planned and while the qualifier matches will have no time limit I anticipate this bring a standard house show with a running time of around 2 hours (and it can’t run too long because there is a DDT event at the venue shortly after this one)

Today;s lineup (match order TBA):
Mizuki, Shoko Nakajima, Hyper Misao & Suzume vs. Yuki Arai, Rika Tatsumi, Miu Watanabe & Moka Miyamoto
Yuki Kamifuku, Mifu Ashida & Kira Summer vs. Yuki Aino, Raku & Pom Harajuku
Yoshiko Hasegawa & Kaya Toribami vs. HIMAWARI & Riara (Independent/Freelancer)
Mahiro Kiryu, Toga & Chika Nanase vs. Arisu Endo, Uta Takami & Ren Konatsu
Tokyo Princess Cup Qualifier Finals (winners get into the tournament):
Haru Kazashiro vs. Ivy Steele
Wakana Uehara vs. Shino Suzuki

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Updates below will begin at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET. The WRESTLE UNIVERSE broadcast is scheduled to begin 15 minutes prior to the event. The YouTube broadcast will begin at event start time.

(On a TJPW side note, Sayuri Namba has made it to Canada safely to start her new life and hopeful new career as a language teacher and started a YouTube channel today to chronicle her journey. She uploaded her first video today and promises much more. Check it out at the below link and subscribe too:

https://youtube.com/@sayuri_namvancouver?si=jIyAgX5hEjG8r4hg

PRE-SHOW UPDATE: BREAKING PRE-EVENT DEVELOPMENT…There’s been an impromptu title change in the locker room!
Riara beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Sanshiro Takagi to win the title. Riara becomes the 1750th Champion.

★7月5日　神奈川・横浜ラジアントホール
▼アイアンマンヘビーメタル級選手権試合
＜王者＞●髙木三四郎　vs　リアラ○＜挑戦者＞
10時48分　体固め
※窒息から。髙木が防衛に失敗、リアラが第1750代王者となる。#tjpw#ddtpro pic.twitter.com/S5iFy6TwX8

— TJPW 東京女子プロレス (@tjpw2013) July 5, 2025

7:45 PM PT UPDATE The WRESTLE UNIVERSE livestream has begun. We should be going to the venue in 10-15 minutes. The YouTube livestream should begin at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET.

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

We are LIVE from Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama, Japan. There is no commentary.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. It’s a legit advance sellout so it’ll depend on the setup-the venue’s max capacity is just under 400 but is usually set up for anywhere from 290-350 so I’ll guess it’ll be, give or take a few, roughly 300. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance-a legit advance sellout-was 273)

The matches will begin shortly. During opening announcements they brought out Shoko Nakajima for an announcement. More on that as it becomes available. (UPDATE: It was the announcement of a new training program for women only who want to be pro wrestlers, to be led by Nakajima & Miyu Yamashita. It will be held irregularly starting in August, probably once a month, and if neither is available due to events or other schedule conflicts other wrestlers will fill in)

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

Match 1: Tokyo Princess Cup Qualifier Final 1: Wakana Uehara vs. Shino Suzuki. No time limit
Result: Wakana Uehara beat Shino Suzuki by submission. As a result, Uehara qualifies for the Tokyo Princess Cup.

Match 2: Tokyo Princess Cup Qualifier Final 2: Haru Kazashiro vs. Ivy Steele. No time limit
Result: Haru Kazashiro beat Ivy Steele. As a result, Kazashiro qualifies for the Tokyo Princess Cup.

Match 3: Mahiro Kiryu, Toga & Chika Nanase vs. Arisu Endo, Uta Takami & Ren Konatsu. 20 minute time limit
Result: Mahiro Kiryu, Toga & Chika Nanase beat Arisu Endo, Uta Takami & Ren Konatsu. Toga pinned Konatsu after a chokeslam.

Match 4: Yoshiko Hasegawa & Kaya Toribami vs. HIMAWARI & Riara (Independent/Freelancer). 20 minute time limit
Result: Yoshiko Hasegawa & Kaya Toribami beat HIMAWARI & DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Riara, with Hasegawa beating Riara to win the title. Hasegawa becomes the 1751st Champion.

Match 5: Yuki Kamifuku, Mifu Ashida & Kira Summer vs. Yuki Aino, Raku & Pom Harajuku. 20 minute time limit
Result: Yuki AIno, Raku & Pom Harajuku beat Yuki Kamifuku, Mifu Ashida & Kira Summer. Aino pinned Summer after Venus DDT.

Quick break for ring maintenance.

Main Event: Mizuki, Shoko Nakajima, Hyper Misao & Suzume vs. Yuki Arai, Rika Tatsumi, Miu Watanabe & Moka Miyamoto. 20 minute time limit
Result: Yuki Arai, Rika Tatsumi, Miu Watanabe & Moka Miyamoto beat Mizuki, Shoko Nakajima, Hyper Misao & Suzume. Arai pinned Mizuki after Finally. Much to my delight. 16 more days until it hopefully happens again and I will be HAPPY HAPPY!!!

The next event is the Yoshiko Hasegawa Retirement Event Tuesday at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese (there will be commentary) will begin at 3 AM PT/6 AM ET. After that event the US-bound wrestlers will hustle to Texas for those events starting Thursday. For the Thursday (7/10) & Friday (7/11) events, I will not be able to do live results due to work schedule conflicts (I have a new schedule) but will do NEAR LIVE results instead on about a one hour tape delay.

This one makes me very sad…Tokyo Joshi Pro has announced that, to many fans’ dismay, Max The Impaler is now off SUMMER SUN PRINCESS ’25 on 7/21. Unspecified health issues. Max was to have teamed with Pom Harajuku to face Raku & Andreza Giant Panda. So no Wasteland Pom Party. Kyoko Inoue is the replacement. It’s mot known what the specific issues are keeping Max out but I hope for a speedy recovery.

Tokyo Joshi Pro holds their latest TJPW INSPIRATION event today, continuing the series of occasional (usually 2-3 times a year) series of special off-beat events focused on match types not normally seen in the promotion. These events focus more on comedy matches and outside participation along with special guest appearances-in this case it’s former TJPW favorite Nao Kakuta, who retired last year, who will be a special referee for one match today. It will also be the official debut for Rise Shirai as the new ring announcer…but if you missed the news yesterday, although she is now on her way to Canada former ring announcer Sayuri Namba will be coming back for all the US events in July in Texas.

Today’s event will be held at Tokyo Square in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. There will be no commentary. These are shorter events than regular TJPW events and there are just 5 matches planned, but one is a 3 minute exhibition match, so the event will only go a little over an hour, probably around 75 minutes.

Today’s lineup (match order TBA):
Mizuki & Miu Watanabe vs. Haru Kazashiro & Uta Takami
Tae Honma & Miyuki Takase vs. Yoshiko Hasegawa & Kaya Toribami. Nao Kakuta is special referee
Suzume & Arisu Endo vs. Gabai G-chan & Mahiro Kiryu
Exhibition Match: Ai Shimizu vs. Yoshiko Hasegawa
Shoko Nakajima vs. Ren Konatsu

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Updates below will begin at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET. The live stream is scheduled to begin 15 minutes before the event.

7:45 PM PT UPDATE: The live stream has begun. We should be going to the venue in 10-15 minutes.

8 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

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

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. The initial setup posted on TJPW’s website was for, by my count, a max capacity of 214. I could see a number of empty seats on one side from the initial overhead camera shot and the layout was subject to change. I’m guessing it’ll be closer to 125. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 214, a super full house/very near sellout. That was the estimated original setup total but there clearly were visible empty seats so either not a legit number or there were no-shows)

The matches should begin shortly. The exhibition match will be first. Rise Shirai makes her official ring announcer debut today. No Up Up Girls.

The matches begin at 8:10 PM PT/11:10 PM ET. Hard camera is at an unusual corner angle on the west side.

Match 1: Exhibition Match: Ai Shimizu vs. Yoshiko Hasegawa. 3 minute time limit
Result: Time Limit Draw. Noteworthy moment about a minute in when Shimizu did the old Undertaker-style rope walk across just under half the distance around the ring.

Match 2: Shoko Nakajima vs. Ren Konatsu. 15 minute time limit
Result: Shoko Nakajima beat Ren Konatsu by submission

Match 3: Suzume & Arisu Endo vs. Gabai G-chan & Mahiro Kiryu. 20 minute time limit
Result: Suzume & Arisu Endo beat Gabai G-chan & Mahiro Kiryu. Suzume pinned Kiryu after Ring A Bell.

Match 4: Tae Honma & Miyuki Takase vs. Yoshiko Hasegawa & Kaya Toribami. Nao Kakuta is special referee. 20 minute time limit
Result: Tae Honma & Miyuki Takase beat Yoshiko Hasegawa & Kaya Toribami. Takase beat Hasegawa with an armbar.

Main Event: Mizuki & Miu Watanabe vs. Haru Kazashiro & Uta Takami. 20 minute time limit
Result: Mizuki & Miu Watanabe beat Haru Kazashiro & Uta Takami. Mizuki pinned Kazashiro with Cutie Special. Mizuki continues her subtle heel turn and gets more boos as her hopefully losing the Princess Of Princess Championship to Yuki Arai draws closer.

The next event is 7/5 at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Friday at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET.

UPDATE: It has been announced that SUMMER SIN PRINCESS ’25 on 7/21 will also be a live ABEMA broadcast in Japan. It will also be live worldwide on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. Also added to 7/21 is Chris Brookes (DDT) & Emi Sakura vs. Maki Itoh & El Desperado (New Japan).

Tokyo Joshi Pro held a Hyper Misao Produced event today, the 3rd such event she has put on under the “HYPE” label.

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

The announced paid attendance was 235, a legit sellout.

The event was largely a theatrical-style show with the participating wrestlers participating in 8 different storytelling segments like a stage play, culminating in the one actual match of the event.

Main Event: Hyper Misao vs. Yuki Aino went to a 15 minute time limit draw.

The performance will “conclude” with a special behind-the-scenes talk show event Monday at Loft9 Shibuya in Tokyo, which is open to fans and will also be streamed live online via TwitCasting. It is available for pre-order for 1500 yen (around $10.25 US) The event is scheduled for 3:30 AM PT/6:30 AM ET.

The next event is a TJPW INSPIRATION event tomorrow at Tokyo Square in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin TONIGHT at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET.

Tokyo Joshi Pro held a press conference in Tokyo today to draw the pairings for the Tokyo Princess Cup Qualifier Tournament last 4 matches. The winners of each match will advance to the main tournament to fill out the field of 16. The matches turned out as follows: Moka Miyamoto vs. Kaya Toribami, Haru Kazashiro vs. Ivy Steele, Wakana Uehara vs. Shino Suzuki and Pom Harajuku vs. HIMAWARI. The matches will happen on 7/5 and/or 7/8 depending on the other matches for each event (all TBA).

Elsewhere, it was announced the July US events in Texas will be streamed LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. No PPVs. But they caution this is a “trial” broadcast and may or may not work as planned depending on technical limitations including internet reception at the venue. The events are scheduled for 7/10 & 7/11 in Houston (4:30 PM PT/7:30 PM ET both days) and 7/13 in Dallas (10:30 AM PT/1:30 PM ET).

UPDATE: Well that was a short goodbye…much to my, and surely many fans’ delight, the promotion announced that Sayuri Namba’s goodbye was for…barely a month. While she does leave Japan for Canada after a book signing event today (6/26 Japan time), she will return for the US July events as the ring announcer. This was definitely an option when her departure was announced.

Also, I misstated the new ring announcer’s name recently in results posts. It is Rise Shirai, not Rise Suzuki.

Tokyo Joshi Pro wraps up the spring 2025 house show tour today in Tokyo, which sadly means zero hour has come…Sayuri Namba’s final event as MC/ring announcer is today. What otherwise would be a normal house show will be the last time we see her in a TJPW ring, at least for a long time. Rise Suzuki will take over after today but we at least get Namba for a couple more hours in the meantime.

It has already been announced that Mifu Ashida will miss this event due to schedule conflicts. Based on social media posts, she is outside the country doing ambassador work.

Today’s event will be held at Ryogoku KFC Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. The event is a legit advance sellout. There will be no commentary. There are 2 no time limit matches among the 7 matches scheduled so it probably will go longer than the normal house show length, maybe close to 2 1/2 hours. Although, like many TJPW fans, I won’t want it to end. I don’t want to say goodbye to Namba yet.

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

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Updates below will begin at 8:30 PM PT/11:30 PM ET. The live stream is scheduled to begin 15 minutes before the event.

Also one more recent occurrence to mention: The April TJPW & DDT events that were part of The Collective in Las Vegas during WrestleMania week are now available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. Before they were only available on TrillerTV/FITE with a Triller+ subscription.

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 a legit advance sellout so it depends on the setup but should be 400-500. Max capacity for the venue is believed to be 500. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 365)

There has been a last-second change to today’s event-Yuki Kamifuku is now off. Foot injury. The 3-way is now a single match.

During opening announcements a new match was announced for SUMMER SUN PRINCESS ’25 on 7/21: Chris Brookes & Emi Sakura vs. TBA & TBA. (Post-show Update: Also announced was GO GIRL 6, the next women-only event that only female fans can attend, which will be on 9/7 at Kitazawa Town Hall in Tokyo. Also, Wakana Uehara has been added to the next US tour in July but Miyu Yamashita is now off the 7/11 event in Houston, TX. She will appear at a fan event that morning) Additionally, WRESTLE PRINCESS 6, the promotion’s now-second-biggest event of the year, was announced for 9/20 at Ota City General Gym. It was their biggest event of the year until GRAND PRINCESS started.

The matches should begin in 10-15 minutes.

The matches begin at 8:45 PM PT/11:45 PM ET.

Match 1: Tokyo Princess Cup Qualifier Tournament: Wakana Uehara vs. Kira Summer. No time limit
Result: Wakana Uehara beat Kira Summer by submission. As a result, Uehara advances to the next round.

Rise Suzuki gets one more practice round as the ring announcer for the next 2 matches

Match 2: Tokyo Princess Cup Qualifier Tournament: Toga vs. Ivy Steele. No time limit
Result: Ivy Steele beat Toga. As a result, Steele advances to the next round. I think this is Steele’s first official win in TJPW, and it was a great match.

Match 3: Uta Takami vs. Yoshiko Hasegawa. 15 minute time limit
Result: Yoshiko Hasegawa beat Uta Takami by submission

Sayuri Namba returns to announce now.

Match 4: Maki Itoh & Ren Konatsu vs. Raku & Shino Suzuki. 20 minute time limit
Result: Raku & Shino Suzuki beat Maki Itoh & Ren Konatsu. Raku pinned Konatsu after Doctor Yellow.

Match 5: Suzume & Arisu Endo vs. Moka Miyamoto & Kaya Toribami. 20 minute time limit
Result: Suzume & Arisu Endo beat Moka Miyamoto & Kaya Toribami. Suzume pinned Miyamoto after Ring A Bell.

Match 6: Shoko Nakajima & Chika Nanase vs. Rika Tatsumi & Miu Watanabe. 20 minute time limit
Result: Rika Tatsumi & Miu Watanabe beat Shoko Nakajima & Chika Nanase. Tatsumi beat Nanase with a dragon sleeper hold.

Main Event: Mizuki, Hyper Misao, Yuki Aino & Pom Harajuku vs. Yuki Arai, Mahiro Kiryu, HIMAWARI & Haru Kazashiro. 20 minute time limit. During her usual pre-match promo, Misao brought Namba into the ring to do her usual comedy intro and opening trickery since it’s her final match as announcer.
Result: Mizuki, Hyper Misao, Yuki Aino & Pom Harajuku beat Yuki Arai, Mahiro Kiryu, HIMAWARI & Haru Kazashiro. Harajuku pinned Kazashiro after Pomu. Do. Justis. Afterwards, Harajuku with microphone, very emotional as she had Namba return to the ring. A little comedy to start as the emotions continued coming out as the moment has come…time to say goodbye. Rise Suzuki took over announcing to allow Aino & Raku to come in and present the customary celebratory flowers. Then Kiryu & Suzume presented the customary photo album gift. And then…a nosebleed? Kiryu taking emergency tissue action! Then the entire roster gathered in the ring to give her the traditional announcement send-off before the final customary group photo. Understandably no dry eyes in the ring and probably not many in the venue. Kira Summer made sure to ragdoll hug her goodbye before plenty of group hugs from the others. One final goodbye followed to end the show.

We all love Namba and will miss her so much but hopefully our paths will cross again someday. Until that day comes…

The next event is a Hyper Misao Produced event Friday at Kitazawa Town Hall. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

Tokyo Joshi Pro visited Yamanashi for the first time ever today, what was planned to be a Neko Haruna hometown event but was slightly ruined by her latest injury that will again keep her out long-term. It also starts the weekend where we say the official goodbye to Sayuri Namba as she is leaving the promotion.

Today’s event was held at Kofu City Kose Sports Park Gym Sub Arena in Yamanashi and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Monday. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 117.

Tokyo Princess Cup Qualifier Tournament:
Match 1: Haru Kazashiro beat Ren Konatsu. As a result, Kazashiro advances to the next round.
Match 2: Shino Suzuki beat Uta Takami. As a result, Suzuki advances to the next round.
Match 3: Kaya Toribami beat Chika Nanase. As a result, Toribami advances to the next round.

Neko Haruna appeared after the 3rd match to greet the hometown crowd. This is her final appearance before surgery for her latest injury, which will likely keep her out until at least sometime next year.

Match 4: Moka Miyamoto & HIMAWARI beat Maki Itoh & Ivy Steele. Miyamoto beat Steele with Rashomon.

Match 5: Shoko Nakajima, Hyper Misao & Mahiro Kiryu beat Yuki Aino, Yoshiko Hasegawa & Kira Summer. Nakajima pinned Summer with a Northern Lights suplex hold.

Match 6: Yuki Kamifuku & Wakana Uehara beat Rika Tatsumi & Toga. Kamifuku pinned Toga after Fameasser.

Main Event: Mizuki, Suzume & Arisu Endo beat Miu Watanabe, Raku & Pom Harajuku. Mizuki pinned Harajuku after a diving foot stomp.

The next event is tomorrow at Ryogoku KFC Hall in Tokyo, which wraps up the spring 2025 house show tour and is Namba’s farewell event (the day we didn’t want to come is sadly here). The event is a legit advance sellout. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin TONIGHT at 8:30 PM PT/11:30 PM ET.