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SUMMER SUN PRINCESS ’23, Tokyo Joshi Pro’s annual summer blowout event, is now in the books.

Today’s event was held at Ota City General Gym in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese. Japanese voice actress Rika Matsumoto, part of the case of the Japanese version of the iconic “Pokemon” anime (I believe she voiced Brock), was a special guest on commentary. You can also watch a pre-show public signing ceremony that began one hour before the event and the first match FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 1222. While probably only about half or close to half capacity depending on the layout, they actually sold out of all but the cheapest seats so this was still a strong number.

Match 1: Juria Nagano Return Match: Suzume & Arisu Endo beat Moka Miyamoto & Juria Nagano. Endo beat Nagano with a camel clutch. This was Nagano’s first match in roughly 6 months (she was out due to a broken finger).

Match 2: Mahiro Kiryu, Neko Haruna, HIMAWARI & Shino Suzuki beat Kaya Toribami, Toga, Haru Kazashiro & Runa Okubo. HIMAWARI beat Kazashiro with a single leg Boston Crab. This was Haruna’s first match in roughly 2 months due to injury.

Match 3: Ryo Mizunami (Independent/Freelancer) & Nao Kakuta beat Yuki Kamifuku & Asuka (Veny). Kakuta pinned Kamifuku after Shiden Kai.

Match 4: DEFY Women’s Champion Vertvixen beat Hikari Noa to retain the title. V6 for Vertvixen.

Match 5: Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao beat Max The Impaler & Pom Harajuku and Aja Kong (OZ Academy) & Raku in a 3-way when Nakajima pinned Harajuku. Probably not a popular result with the outside-Japan internet fanbase who absolutely loves Wasteland Pom Party.

Match 6: Nyla Rose (All Elite Wrestling) beat Miu Watanabe. And yes, it appears Watanabe managed to EPIC GIANT SWING Rose during the match! This originally was to have been Rose vs. Yuka Sakazaki but plans had to be changed due to a Sakazaki injury.

Match 7: Pro Wrestling EVE Champion Miyu Yamashita beat Sawyer Wreck to retain the title. V7 for Yamashita. This match was held under Spirit Of EVE Rules, which meant no countouts and failure to display sufficient fighting spirit at the referee’s discretion meant a wrestler would be DQ’d.

Match 8: Saki-sama (Saki Akai) & May Saint-Michel (Mei Suruga) beat Yuki Arai & Wakana Uehara. Saki-sama pinned Uehara after Academy Awards. This is the first-and perhaps will be the only-time that Saki & Arai, former Princess Tag Team Champions, will face each other as opponents due to Saki retiring later this year, but we’ll see.

Match 9: International Princess Champion Rika Tatsumi beat Yuki Aino to retain the title. V4 for Tatsumi.

Main Event: Princess Of Princess Champion Mizuki beat Maki Itoh to retain the title. V3 for Mizuki. Once again Itoh is denied the one prize that has eluded her to this date in TJPW. Admittedly the only outcome that would’ve satisfied me here would have been a draw but I guess UNHAPPY UNHAPPY is the lesser of two evils. Next up: Almost certainly the Tokyo Princess Cup winner unless it’s Mizuki. Tentatively put that match down for WRESTLE PRINCESS 4 on 10/8 at Tama Mirai Messe in Tokyo.

The next event is the Tokyo Princess Cup Tournament, the promotion’s annual singles tournament, a single-elimination format with 16 participants this year, beginning Saturday at Ryogoku KFC Hall in Tokyo. The first round will be held over 3 straight days of events there. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Friday at 8:30 PM PT/11:30 PM ET. Live results are scheduled.

The promotion has also announced a Summer Athletic Park Match PPV event will be held on 7/27 at Lake Sagami Pleasure Forest in Tokyo. 18 wrestlers are scheduled to participate including Yuki Arai & ring announcer Sayuri Namba, Yuka Sakazaki is listed as participating but should be considered questionable due to injury. Everyone will be divided into 2 teams for a best-of-5 Street Pro Wrestling Showdown with a special prize for the winning team. This will be available only as a PPV on WRESTLE UNIVERSE with a separate purchase required. The PPV can be pre-ordered now for 2800 yen (around $19) for paying subscribers and 3500 yen (around $25) for non-subscribers. The PPV will be available to buy until 8/2 at 4 AM PT/7 AM ET and can then be watched on demand until 10/30 at 10 AM PT/1 PM ET. On or after 11/1 it may be available to all WRESTLE UNIVERSE paying subscribers. There will be Japanese commentary for this event. Special support ticket packages with specific wrestler goods/rewards are also available for purchase but this may be Japan-only.

Tokyo Joshi Pro has made yet another change to this weekend’s SUMMER SUN PRINCESS ’23 card, but again it’s for an existing match and not a bad change-at the request of Miyu Yamashita, who just returned from a successful title defense in England, her match against Sawyer Wreck will now be for the Pro Wrestling EVE Championship under Spirit Of EVE rules. That means 30 minute time limit, no countouts and not displaying enough fighting spirit in the referee’s view results in being DQ’d. This will be the 7th defense of the title for Yamashita. It makes a total of 4 title matches on the event between TJPW and other titles. (And for those wondering, still no word on when the vacant Princess Tag Team Championship situation will be resolved)

Tokyo Joshi Pro wrapped up the spring 2023 house show tour today with the final event before SUMMER SUN PRINCESS ’23, their annual summer blowout event.

Today’s event was held at Nishitetsu Hall in Fukuoka and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date (probably Wednesday). There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 437, a super full house/very near sellout.

Match 1: Suzume beat Shino Suzuki.

Match 2: Moka Miyamoto beat Toga.

Match 3: Hyper Misao beat HIMAWARI & Arisu Endo in a 3-way by pinning HIMAWARI.

Match 4: Hikari Noa & Nao Kakuta beat Yuki Arai & Haru Kazashiro. Noa pinned Kazashiro after a running neckbreaker drop.

Match 5: Mizuki beat Mahiro Kiryu.

Match 6: Yuki Aino, Raku & Pom Harajuku beat Rika Tatsumi, Miu Watanabe & Kaya Toribami. Aino pinned Toribami after Venus DDT.

Main Event: Miyu Yamashita & Shoko Nakajima vs. Maki Itoh & Yuki Kamifuku went to a 20 minute time limit draw.

The next event is SUMMER SUN PRINCESS ’23, the annual summer blowout event, on 7/8 at Ota City General Gym in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin on 7/7 at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET.

Tokyo Joshi Pro continued the spring (now technically summer) house show tour today with the start of a weekend in western Japan, highlgithed by the return of Miyu Yamashita and (for a couple weeks) Maki Itoh from extended international excursions. Itoh is going away again in mid-July while Yamashita came back from what was, by all accounts, an incredibly successful 3-month trip to the US and Europe and brought back more titles with her.

Today’s event was held at Kobe Art Center in Kobe 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 316, a super full house/very near sellout.

During the opening announcements, a TJPW INSPIRATION mini-event was announced for 8/17 at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo, to include Mizuki vs. Eiger (Aiger). Eiger is a longtime wrestler whose persona is essentially a ghost. Mostly has competed in the OZ Academy promotion and is a bit of a comedy wrestler.

Match 1: Kaya Toribami beat Haru Kazashiro.

Match 2: Nao Kakuta beat Toga.

Match 3: Yuki Kamifuku beat Shino Suzuki & Hikari Noa in a 3-way by pinning Suzuki.

Match 4: Yuki Arai beat HIMAWARI by submission. Interesting…(scorpion deathlock aka sharpshooter)

Match 5: Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao beat Raku & Pom Harajuku. Nakajima pinned Harajuku with a Northern Lights suplex hold.

Match 6: Rika Tatsumi & Miu Watanabe beat Yuki Aino & Mahiro Kiryu. Tatsumi pinned Kiryu after Daydream Eternity.

Main Event: Miyu Yamashita, Maki Itoh & Moka Miyamoto beat Mizuki, Suzume & Arisu Endo. Itoh beat Endo with Itoh Deluxe.

The next event is tomorrow at Nishitetsu Hall in Fukuoka, the final event before SUMMER SUN PRINCESS ’23. Unfortunately for us outside the venue, there will be no live broadcast. You’ll have to wait for on demand, which should be available Wednesday.

Tokyo Joshi Pro has announced yet another change to the 7/8 SUMMER SUN PRINCESS ’23 card…but this time it’s a good one. A match between Hikari Noa and Vertvixen, returning to the promotion after a well-received first tour of Japan earlier this year, was already announced. But now, at the request of Vertvixen, the match has been changes to be for her DEFY Women’s Championship. DEFY is a Seattle, Washington-based independent promotion.

Tokyo Joshi Pro continues their spring house show tour today with another weekend matinee in Tokyo. It’s one more chance for the lesser-known/experienced members of the roster to get a chance to shine before the big names start coming back next week from overseas. This event also comes just 24 hours after the full SUMMER SUN PRINCESS ’23 card was announced so there are 3 weeks left until their summer blowout event.
There were some late changes for this event due to Nao Kakuta having to be pulled due to injury (back) so a planned tag team match became a 3-way. Also revealed near-last-minute was no Mizuki today. Overseas excursion. Kakuta is out indefinitely but as of now is still on the 7/8 card. Mizuki should be back next week along with Miyu Yamashita & Maki Itoh returning from their excursions (Yamashita’s went nearly 3 months and, in terms of matches and titles won, was incredibly successful). Ganbare Pro women’s wrestler Yoshiko Hasegawa also will be part of today’s event.

Today’s event will be held at Ryogoku KFC Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. There will be no commentary. This will be a longer and larger house show than usual because it has 7 matches instead of the usual 5-6 so it will run a little longer than normal, probably right about at 2 hours, give or take a minute.

Today’s lineup (match order TBA except for main event):
Moka Miyamoto vs. Runa Okubo
Hikari Noa & Haru Kazashiro vs. Mahiro Kiryu & Shino Suzuki
Miu Watanabe vs. Toga
Yuki Kamifuku vs. Wakana Uehara
Hyper Misao & Yoshiko Hasegawa vs. Raku & Pom Harajuku
Shoko Nakajima vs. Arisu Endo & Kaya Toribami in a 3-way
Rika Tatsumi & Suzume vs. Yuki Aino & HIMAWARI (main event)

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Updates below will begin at 8:30 PM PT/11:30 PM ET. The live stream is scheduled to launch at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET.

8:30 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. Looks like some fans still filing in at ringside but looking like average for these KFC events, so probably right around 200. (For the curious, max capacity depends on how many seats are set up around the ring but it’s 500 at most. The fixed seating capacity is approx. 350). (Post-Show Update: The announced paid attendance was 213)

The matches should begin in about 15 minutes. During opening announcements, Yoshiko Hasegawa comes out to promote Ganbare Pro’s biggest event of the year, WRESTLE SEKIGAHARA 2, on 7/9 at Ota City General Gym in Tokyo.

The matches begin at 8:45 PM PT. Once again hard camera view only.

Match 1: Moka Miyamoto vs. Runa Okubo. 15 minute time limit
Result: Moka Miyamoto beat Runa Okubo by submission

Match 2: Hikari Noa & Haru Kazashiro vs. Mahiro Kiryu & Shino Suzuki. 20 minute time limit
Result: Hikari Noa & Haru Kazashiro beat Mahiro Kiryu & Shino Suzuki. Noa pinned Suzuki.

Match 3: Miu Watanabe vs. Toga. 15 minute time limit
Result: Miu Watanabe beat Toga by submission

Match 4: Hyper Misao & Yoshiko Hasegawa (Ganbare Pro) vs. Raku & Pom Harajuku. 20 minute time limit
Result: Hyper Misao & Yoshiko Hasegawa beat Raku & Pom Harajuku. Misao pinned Harajuku after Hypami Returns.

Match 5: Yuki Kamifuku vs. Wakana Uehara. 15 minute time limit
Result: Yuki Kamifuku beat Wakana Uehara. Potential near-botched finish as Uehara almost kicked out of Fameasser at the 3 count. Kamifuku stomped on Uehara afterwards as if to express her displeasure with the rookie.

Match 6: Shoko Nakajima vs. Arisu Endo & Kaya Toribami in a 3-way. 20 minute time limit
Result: Shoko Nakajima beat Arisu Endo & Kaya Toribami in a 3-way by pinning Toribami. The second half of this match was really good.

.Main Event: Rika Tatsumi & Suzume vs. Yuki Aino & HIMAWARI. 20 minute time limit
Result: Rika Tatsumi & Suzume beat Yuki Aino & HIMAWARI. Tatsumi beat HIMAWARI with a dragon sleeper hold.

The next event is Saturday (Friday US time) at Kobe Art Center in Kobe. There will be no live broadcast.