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WRESTLE PRINCESS 4, Tokyo Joshi Pro’s most important annual event, is now in the books.

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

The announced paid attendance was 868, a super full house/very near sellout. Almost standing room only as only unreserved seats were available before the event.

Match 1: Runa Okubo beat Haru Kazashiro.

Match 2: Arisu Endo, Kaya Toribami & HIMAWARI beat HARUKAZE, Yoshiko Hasegawa & Riara (Ganbare Women). Endo beat Hasegawa with a camel clutch.

Match 3: Moka Miyamoto beat Juria Nagano.

Match 4: Aja Kong, Raku & Shino Suzuki beat Hyper Misao, Wakana Uehara & Toga. Kong pinned Uehara after a backdrop.

The 6-Woman Tag Match participants for DDT’s 11/12 event at Ryogoku Kokugikan were announced: It’s Yuki Arai (YES!!!), Moka Miyamoto & Shino Suzuki vs. Suzume, Arisu Endo & Wakana Uehara. Having Arai in the match makes sense given it’s Saki Akai’s retirement event…one last helping of AA Eye Candy please!

Match 5: Miu Watanabe & Yuki Arai beat Ryo Mizunami & Yuki Aino. Arai pinned Aino after Finally.

Match 6: Sakisama (Saki Akai), May Saint-Michel, Yukio Saint-Laurent (Yukio Sakaguchi) & Martha beat Shoko Nakajima, Suzume, Pom Harajuku & Antonio Honda (DDT). Sakisama pinned Harajuku after Academy Awards. This likely is the final time we’ll see NEO Bishiki-gun in TJPW. They will be missed.

Major announcement…GRAND PRINCESS ’24 returns to Ryogoku Kokugikan on March 31!

Match 7: Nyla Rose (All Elite Wrestling) beat Maki Itoh.

Match 8: Nao Kakuta & Hikari Noa beat Yuki Kamifuku & Mahiro Kiryu to win the vacant Princess Tag Team Championship. Kakuta & Noa become the 14th Princess Tag Team Champions. Kakuta pinned Kiryu after Shiden Kai.

Match 9: Max The Impaler beat International Princess Champion Rika Tatsumi to win the title and retain the NWA Women’s TV Championship. Impaler becomes the 11th International Princess Champion.

Main Event: Miyu Yamashita beat Princess Of Princess Champion Mizuki to win the title. Yamashita becomes the 13th Princess Of Princess Champion. And first & only for now 4-time champion. The Champ Is Here again! HAPPY HAPPY!!!

The next event is a doubleheader Sunday at Club eX in Shinagawa Prince Hotel in Tokyo. The first event is Go Girl 4, the first women-only special event in over a year where only female fans can attend. The second event will be continuing the CITY CIRCUIT Tour with a regular event. The only announcements so far for both are Yuki Arai & Max The Impaler participation. There will be no live broadcasts.

Tokyo Joshi Pro continued the CITY CIRCUIT Tour today with an event in Yokohama, likely the last time Saki Akai would appear in the promotion as her sexier Saki-sama persona.

Today’s event was held at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The announced paid attendance was 270, a legit advance sellout.

Match 1: Yuki Aino beat Runa Okubo.

Match 2: Kaya Toribami beat Haru Kazashiro.

Match 3: Hyper Misao beat HIMAWARI & Pom Harajuku in a 3-way by beating HIMAWARI.

Match 4: Raku, Suzume & Arisu Endo beat Moka Miyamoto, Wakana Uehara & Toga. Suzume pinned Toga after Ring A Bell.

Match 5: Saki-sama (Saki Akai) & May Saint-Michel beat Miu Watanabe & Shino Suzuki. Saki-sama pinned Suzuki after Academy Awards.

Main Event: Mizuki, Rika Tatsumi, Hikari Noa & Nao Lakuta beat Miyu Tamashita, Maki Itoh, Yuki Kamifuku & Mahiro Kiryu. Noa pinned Kiryu with a blizzard suplex hold.

The next event is WRESTLE PRINCESS 4, what the promotion considers their biggest & most important major event of the year, on 10/9 at Tama Mirai Messe in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTE UNIVERSE will begin on 10/8 at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET.

Tokyo Joshi Pro continues the CITY CIRCUIT Tour today with their twice-yearly SKE48-focused event in Nagoya, featuring a mini-live concert by the group and the last chance for some AA Eye Candy.

Today’s event was held at Nagoya International Conference Center Event Hall in Nagoya and can be watched on demand on WRESTE UNIVERSE.

The announced paid attendance was 681, a full house/near sellout.

Match 1: Suzume beat Shino Suzuki.

Match 2: Arisu Endo & Haru Kazashiro beat Kaya Toribami & Runa Okubo. Endo beat Okubo with a camel clutch.

An SKE48 mini-concert featuring Yuki Arai was held. This will only be available on demand for the next month.

Match 3: Rika Tatsumi, Miu Watanabe & HIMAWARI beat Hyper Misao, Raku & Pom Harajuku. Tatsumi beat Harajuku with a dragon sleeper. SKE48 member Shiori Aoki was the special referee, making her second such appearance in TJPW.

Match 4: Yuki Kamifuku, Mahiro Kiryu & Toga beat Hikari Noa, Nao Kakuta & Wakama Uehara. Kamifuku pinned Uehara after Fameasser.

Match 5: Mizuki & Shoko Nakajima beat Miyu Yanashita & Maki Itoh. Mizuki pinned Yamashita.

Main Event: Yuki Arai & Saki Akai beat Yuki Aino & Moka Miyamoto. Akai pinned Miyamoto after Double Newcomer Award. Now it’s on to their first and last single match before Akai retires later this year.

The next event is Saturday at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Tokyo with Akai returning as Saki-sama one more time alongside May Saint-Michel (Mei Suruga) to face Miu Watanabe & Shino Suzuki in the only official match so far. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Friday at 8:30 PM PT/11:30 PM ET.

Tokyo Joshi Pro continued the CITY CIRCUIT Tour with an event in Kyoto, a hometown event for Yuki Arai.

Today’s event was held at Kyoto KBS Hall in Kyoto and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 289.

Match 1: Kaya Toribami beat Shino Suzuki.

Match 2: Raku & Pom Harajuku beat Wakana Uehara & HIMAWARI. Raku pinned HIMAWARI after Doctor Yellow.

Match 3: Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao beat Nao Kakuta & Yoshiko Hasegawa. Nakajima pinned Hasegawa with a Northern Lights Suplex hold.

Match 4: Hikari Noa beat Moka Miyamoto & Miyu Yamashita in a 3-way by pinning Miyamoto.

Match 5: Yuki Aino beat Yuki Arai.

Main Event: Yuki Kamifuku & Mahiro Kiryu beat Suzume & Arisu Endo and Rika Tatsumi & Miu Watanabe in a 3-way when Kiryu pinned Endo. As a result, Kamifuku & Kiryu sill face Hikari Noa & Nao Kakuta for the vacant Princess Tag Team Championship at WRESTLE PRINCESS 4 on 10/9.

The next event is Saturday at Kissei Cultural Hall Middle Hall in Nagano. There will be no live broadcast.

Tokyo Joshi Pro continued the CITY CIRCUIT Tour today with their first-ever event in Hiroshima.

Today’s event was held at Hiroshima Industrial Hall West Exhibition Hall 2nd Exhibition Hall in Hiroshima and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date (probably Tuesday). There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 223.

Match 1: Yuki AIno beat HIMAWARI.

Match 2: Mahiro Kiryu beat Kaya Toribami.

Match 3: Yuki Kamifuku beat Toga.

Match 4: Yuki Arai, Suzume & Arisu Endo beat Mizuki, Wakana Uehara & Shino Suzuki. Arai beat Suzuki with a scorpion deathlock.

Match 5: Rika Tatsumi & Miu Watanabe beat Miyu Yamashita & Moka Miyamoto. Watanabe pinned Miyamoto after Daydream Eternity.

Main Event: Princess Tag Team Championship Tournament: Nao Kakuta & Hikari Noa beat Hyper Misao & Shoko Nakajima and Raku & Pom Harajuku in a 3-way when Kakuta pinned Nakajima. As a result, Kakuta & Noa will face the winners of a second 3-way scheduled for tomorrow at WRESTLE PRINCESS 4 on 10/9 for the titles.

The next event is tomorrow at Kyoto KBS Hall in Kyoto. There will be no live broadcast.

Tokyo Joshi Pro is going through another tough injury absence stretch. Suzume missed an event lat week but should be back this weekend, however they have announced two new absences-Neko Haruna (again) & Haru Kazashiro. Haruna recently just returned from injury but now is out due to a knee injury. Kazashiro is out due to coronavirus. Both will miss the two events this weekend. Their status beyond that is mot yet known but both should be considered questionable for the upcoming events on 9/15 and 9/17.

More as it becomes available.

Tokyo Joshi Pro continued the CITY CIRCUIT 2023 Tour today with a visit to Shoko Nakajima’s hometown of Joetsu City.

Today’s event was held at Duo Cerezo in Niigata and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 349, a full house/near sellout.

Match 1: Suzume beat Runa Okubo.

Match 2: Hyper Midao beat HIMAWARI & Neko Haruna in a 3-way by pinning HIMAWARI.

Match 3: Hikari Noa & Nao Kakuta beat Mahiro Kiryu & Toga. Kakuta pinned Kiryu after Shiden Kai.

Match 4: Mizuki, Shino Suzuki & Haru Kazashiro beat Yuki Arai, Raku & Pom Harajuku. Mizuki pinned Harajuku with Cutie Special.

Match 5: Aja Kong (OZ Academy) beat Super Sasadango Machine (DDT).

Match 6: Rika Tatsumi & Miu Watanabe beat Moka Miyamoto & Kaya Toribami. Tatsumi pinned Toribami after a sliding hip attack.

Main Event: Shoko Nakajima & Yuki Aino beat Miyu Yamashita & Arisu Endo. Nakajima pinned Endo after a diving senton.

The next event is 8/12 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo for the Tokyo Princess Cup Semifinals. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

Tokyo Joshi Pro held a special summer athletic competition today, a break from traditional wrestling for a variety of unusual and comedy-themed activities with everyone divided into two teams for the unique event.

Today’s event was held at Sugamiku Resort Pleasure Forest in Kanagawa and is available on demand as a PPV on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. The event can be purchased until 8/2 and is available for 3500 Japanese yen (around $26) for non-monthly subscribers and 2800 yen (around $20) for monthly paying subscribers. It may be available to all paying subscribers at a later date (probably October at the earliest).

This was a closed event with no fans in attendance. The format was 5 events with 1 point for the winners, most points at the end wins.

Match 1: In a Falls Count Anywhere match, Rika Tatsumi, Hikari Noa & Nao Kakuta (Red Team) beat Pom Harajuku, Suzume & Yuki Arai (White Team). Tatsumi pinned Harajuku after Twist Of Fate.

Match 2: In a Spider Climbing Competition, where apparently the most combined distance climbed wins (and it was teams simultaneous and fighting each other), Mizuki, Miu Watanabe & Kaya Toribami (White Team) beat Yuki Aino, Moka Miyamoto & Arisu Endo 31.4 meters-22.9 meters.

Match 3: In a Steel Maze Battle, a series of 3 single battles where the first to escape a multi-level structure won, Raku, Nao Kakuta & Hyper Misao (Red Team) beat Suzume, Mahiro Kiryu & Yuki Kamifuku (White Team) 2-1.

Match 4: In a Sumo Pushing competition held in a small cage high above the ground (everyone was tethered to bungee cords and had to walk across suspension bridges to reach the structure), Red Team beat White Team 2-1. Nao Kakuta (Red) beat Pin Harajuku (White), Miu Watanabe (White) beat Moka Miyamoto (Red), Raku (Red) beat Yuka Sakazaki (White).

Main Event: In a Cavalry Deathmatch, pitting the entire teams against one another and the first to claim the opponent’s leader’s headband was the winner, White Team beat Red Team. The leaders were Yuki Arai & Moka Miyamoto, Arai won by claiming Miyamoto’s headband. White got 1 million points for winning and won the competition 1 million-3.

As a reward for winning, the White team got to enjoy a luxurious BBQ and party afterwards. And Arai being the big winner at the end made me very happy of course.

The next event is Saturday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo for the Tokyo Princess Cup Quarterfinals. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Friday at 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM ET. Live results will be posted here.