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Tokyo Joshi Pro has announced another last-minute change for today’s (12/24) event: Rika Tatsumi is now off. Gastroenteritis. It was diagnosed after she was hospitalized for the always vague “poor physical condition”. She was to have faced Mahiro Kiryu. Yuki Kamifuku, who lost her scheduled match when Nao Kakuta was pulled due to coronavirus, is the replacement. The event will now have 6 matches, all but the main event have 10 minute time limits.

DDT has just announced the field for Tokyo Joshi Pro’s 3rd Futari-wa Princess Max Heart Tournament in January & February. There will be 10 teams entered this year, which are as follows:
Yuki Arai & Saki Akai
Rika Tatsumi & Miu Watanabe
Miyu Yamashita & Maki Itoh
Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao
Hikari Noa & Nao Kakuta
Yuki Kamifuku & Mahiro Kiryu
Yuki Aino & Raku
Suzume & Arisu Endo
Moka Miyamoto & Juria Nagano
Neko Haruna & Kaya Toribami

Noticeably missing: Yuka Sakazaki & Mizuki. Sakazaki plans to go back to the US during this time, presumably for a return to All Elite Wrestling, and being the obnoxious, privileged brat she is Mizuki won’t enter the tournament if she can’t team with Sakazaki. Also out is Pom Harajuku, she is out in order to support Aino & Raku.

The first round will be on 1/15 at Otemachi Mitsui Hall in Tokyo with 2 teams getting a free pass to the Quarterfinals. The Quarterfinals will be on 1/19 at Shinjuku Face with 2 of the 1/15 winners getting a free pass to the Semifinals. The Semifinals are on 1/29 at Kusakabe Fureai Cube in Saitama with the Finals on 2/11 at Korakuen Hall. The tournament winners likely will get a Princess Tag Team Championship match at GRAND PRINCESS ’23 in March against whoever comes out of the upcoming Arai/Akai-Heidi Howitzer/Max The Impaler title match as champions.

Matchups TBA.

DDT just announced on Twitter and their website that, although it’s not because of her stage schedule this time, Nao Kakuta is now out of yet another event as she is off Saturday’s year-ending Tokyo Joshi Pro event. Coronavirus. She was to have faced Yuki Kamifuku. No replacement named yet.

Tokyo Joshi Pro held a Mizuki 10th Anniversary event today, which also featured a fan lottery to determine the pairings for a number of 1-minute matches at their upcoming Christmas event.

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

The announced paid attendance was 316, a super full house/very near sellout.

During the opening announcements, 2 new wrestlers debuting soon are introduced and the fan lottery to determine matches for 12/24 were held. Those matches will be announced soon.

Match 1: Shoko Nalajima beat Juria Nagano.

Match 2: Yuki Kamifuku, Mahiro Kiryu & Neko Haruna beat Hikari Noa, Raku & Kaya Toribami. Kamifuku pinned Toribami after Fameasser.

Match 3: Yuki Aino won a “Full Of Mizuki 10th Anniversary” battle royal, last eliminating Pom Harajuku. Order of elimination: Miyu Yamashita DQ’d, Suzume by Hyper Misao, Hyper Misao by Aino, Miu Watanabe by Aino & Harajuku, Harajuku by Aino.

Match 4: Rio & Maki Itoh beat Yuki Arai & Moka Miyamoto. Rio pinned Miyamoto after Draised End. Rio is now returning to Pro Wrestling EVE in England.

Main Event: Mizuki 10th Anniversary Match: Mizuki & Rika Tatsumi beat Yuka Sakazaki & Nao Kakuta. Mizuki pinned Kakuta with Cutie Special.

The next event is “Se-no, Merry Christmas! 2022”, their final event of the year, on 12/24 at Ryogoku KFC Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin on 12/23 at 10 PM ET/7 PM PT.

UPDATE: The new wrestlers introduced are Wakana Uehara & HIMAWARI. They will debut on 1/4. Uehara, 26, is also an actress who makes occasional appearances on NTV (Nippon TV) and YouTube programs. Her athletic background includes swimming, martial arts, dance and ballet and she once placed 3rd in a Japanese national cheerleading competition. HIMAWARI will turn 25 Sunday but nothing else was revealed about her.

UPDATE 2: The “Full Of Mizuki” Battle Royal was named that because all the participants were dressed as Mizuki (they all wore copies of her ring outfit. Yes, even Yamashita)

Tokyo Joshi Pro continues the CITY CIRCUIT 2022 series with a visit to Hamamatsu City in Shizuoka Prefecture today. For the most part it’s a regular house show but there is a title match on tap-Miyu Yamashita will defend the EVE Championship against Rio, and it’s been decided that it will have EVE rules. This differs from a regular title match in that there are no countouts, and if a wrestler isn’t fighting with enough spirit after ref warnings, they can be DQ’d.

Also, once again there are several missing names from the lineup-Maki Itoh & Yuki Kamifuku are out due to being in Malaysia, while Nao Kakuta continues to be absent due to stage performances.

Today’s event will be held at Entetsu Hall in Shizuoka and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. There will be no commentary. Since there are 4 single matches on the 6 match card it should be an average house show length-wise, with an anticipated total running time of just under 2 hours.

Today’s lineup:
Suzume vs. Kaya Toribami
Hyper Misao vs. Mahiro Kiryu
Hikari Noa vs. Neko Haruna
Yuka Sakazaki & Mizuki vs. Raku & Pom Harajuku
Shoko Nakajima, Yuki Aino & Arisu Endo vs. Miu Watanabe, Rika Tatsumi & Moka Miyamoto
Pro Wrestling EVE Champion Miyu Yamashita vs. Rio for the title

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Updates below will begin at 11 PM ET/8 PM PT.

11 PM ET UPDATE: Live updates start now.

We are LIVE from Entetsu Hall in Shizuoka, Japan. There is no commentary. Already technical issues at the start but they hopefully fixed it by restarting the stream.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event but vocal cheering is allowed so lower capacity. Most tickets were sold in advance but it looks like a potential sellout, likely in the 150-200 range.

The matches begin at 11:15 PM ET. We may be hard-camera only again even though there’s one video cameraman at ringside.

In the early moments of the event, TJPW announced on Twitter the Shizuoka return date is 5/13/23 at Act City Hamamatsu Exhibition Event Hall.

Match 1: Suzume vs. Kaya Toribami. 15 minute time limit
Result: Suzume beat Kaya Toribami

Match 2: Hyper Misao vs. Mahiro Kiryu. 15 minute time limit
Result: Hyper Misao beat Mahiro Kiryu

Match 3: Hikari Noa vs. Neko Haruna. 15 minute time limit
Result: Hikari Noa beat Neko Haruna

Quick break for ring maintenance.

Match 4: Yuka Sakazaki & Mizuki vs. Raku & Pom Harajuku. 20 minute time limit
Result: Yuka Sakazaki & Mizuki beat Raku & Pom Harajuku. Sakazaki pinned Harajuku after a diving body press.

Match 5: Shoko Nakajima, Yuki Aino & Arisu Endo vs. Miu Watanabe, Rika Tatsumi & Moka Miyamoto. 20 minute time limit
Result: Miu Watanabe, Rika Tatsumi & Moka Miyamoto beat Shoko Nakajima, Yuki Aino & Arisu Endo. Watanabe pinned Endo after Teardrop.

Main Event: Pro Wrestling EVE Champion Miyu Yamashita vs. Rio for the title. EVE Rules (no countouts, can be DQ’s for lack of fighting spirit after referee warnings). 30 minute time limit
Result: Pro Wrestling EVE Champion Miyu Yamashita beat Rio to retain the title. V2 for Yamashita.

The next event is “Angel And Rabbit” Thursday at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo, which will be a Mizuki 10th Anniversary event. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET.

UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 215, a super full house/very near sellout.

Tokyo Joshi Pro continues the Fall ’22 house show tour today with a midday matinee event. The build should begin to the next Princess Of Princess Championship match, which should be another epic match between Yuka Sakazaki & Miyu Yamashita, undoubtedly the top two stars of TJPW, but also more international focus as Millie McKenzie will make another appearance before returning to England, and Yamashita will follow in January as she returns to Pro Wrestling EVE to defend the EVE Championship. Also expected back today is Raku after she lost her Princess Tag Team Championship chance last week because of coronavirus, but no Nao Kakuta again as she will miss the event due to her stage performance schedule.

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. If you have not taken advantage of the 2-week free trial for first-time subscribers, THIS IS YOUR LAST CHANCE! The offer ends after this weekend. The cost has gone up a bit since last month but is still a bargain at around $6.50 US/month. With 6 matches today and half being single matches, this will be another short event, I anticipate the entire event running just under 2 hours.

Today’s lineup:
Mizuki vs. Neko Haruna
Rika Tatsumi vs. Pom Harajuku
Miu Watanabe vs. Mahiro Kiryu
Yuki Kamifuku & Millie McKenzie vs. Shoko Nakajima & Suzume
Yuki Aino & Raku vs. Hyper Misao & Kaya Toribami
Yuka Sakazaki, Hikari Noa & Arisu Endo vs. Miyu Yamashita, Maki Itoh & Moka Miyamoto

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Updates below will begin at 10 PM ET/7 PM PT.

9:58 PM ET 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 concludes, but there’s no vocal cheering so potentially full capacity, I’m going to guess it’ll be around 200 as the visible seating around the ring looks completely full (only about 2 rows).

The matches should begin in about 10 minutes.

The matches begin at 10:11 PM ET. Looks like it’s hard camera view only today (it’s a very small venue).

Match 1: Mizuki vs. Neko Haruna. 15 minute time limit
Result: Mizuki beat Neko Haruna

Match 2: Yuki Aino & Raku vs. Hyper Misao & Kaya Toribami. 20 minute time limit
Result: Yuki Aino & Raku beat Hyper Misao & Kaya Toribami. Raku pinned Toribami after Doctor Yellow.

Match 3: Rika Tatsumi vs. Pom Harajuku. 15 minute time limit
Result: Rika Tatsumi beat Pom Harajuku

Match 4: Miu Watanabe vs. Mahiro Kiryu. 15 minute time limit
Result: Miu Watanabe beat Mahiro Kiryu

Match 5: Yuki Kamifuku & Millie McKenzie vs. Shoko Nakajima & Suzume. 20 minute time limit
Result; Yuki Kamifuku & Millie McKenzie beat Shoko Nakajima & Suzume. McKenzie pinned Suzume after a release German suplex. Afterwards, McKenzie stayed in the ring for a few extra moments to show appreciation to the fans as this is her last appearance in TJPW for now before returning to England.

Main Event: Yuka Sakazaki, Hikari Noa & Arisu Endo vs. Miyu Yamashita, Maki Itoh & Moka Miyamoto. 20 minute time limit
Result: Miyu Yamashita, Maki Itoh & Moka Miyamoto beat Yuka Sakazaki, Hikari Noa & Arisu Endo. Yamashita pinned Endo after Attitude Adjustment. During the live broadcast of this match there were technical issues that began to emerge during intros, once the match began I noticed the audio was notably off-sync with and was behind the video by a good 2-3 seconds. Hopefully this will be resolved soon but it might result in the event video, or at least the main event, being taken down for a time to fix.

This event went faster than expected at just 1 hour, 45 minutes.

The next event is 12/10 at Hamamatsu City Entetsu Hall in Shizuoka for a CITY CIRCUIT event. Already announced is EVE Champion Miyu Yamashita vs. “The Unbreakable” Rio for the title. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin on 12/9 at 11 PM ET/8 PM PT.

UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 210, a super full house/very near sellout.

UPDATE 2: TJPW and WRESTLE UNIVERSE have confirmed the technical difficulties with today’s live broadcast and the video has been removed and is not available on demand. A resolved version will be uploaded at a later date.

Tokyo Joshi Pro runs their monthly major event today, and there’s a big international flavor to tonight’s show as wrestlers from around the world will be taking part. The 3 title matches feature Miyu Yamashita’s first defense of the EVE Championship she won recently in England, as Pro Wrestling EVE member Millie McKenzie tries to take the title back to her home promotion. The main event sees Princess Of Princess Champion Yuka Sakazaki defending the title against Billie Starkz, a 17-yes, 17-year-old from the USA. And finally we get another helping of AA Eye Candy as Yuki Arai & Saki Akai defend the Princess Tag Team Championship.

There were some late changes to the card earlier this week because Raku is now off due to coronavirus. She was to have teamed with Yuki Aino to challenge for the Princess Tag Team Championship. But the big winner in all this is Pom Harajuku, who is the replacement and now gets her first title shot after 4 years in the promotion. Can she make the most of the opportunity or will she have too much comedy in her and not take it seriously enough? The change has also resulted in a 6-woman match that Harajuku had been in being changed to a handicap match.

Today’s event will be held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese and English. The Japanese commentary will be the regular Samurai! TV trio of Haruo Murata, Kagehiro Osano & Sayoko Mita. The English commentary team will be Hiroshi Arai & Christelle Ciari. Vocal cheering by fans will be allowed at this event. This should be a longer than normal event with 8 matches (even though the majority are single matches) and 3 title matches so I anticipate the event’s runtime being about 2 1/2 hours (there is a special post-event party nearby though which may affect plans).

Today’s lineup:
Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao vs. Mahiro Kiryu, Neko Haruna & Kaya Toribami
Suzume vs. Yoshiko Hasegawa
Mizuki vs. Arisu Endo
Maki Itoh & HIkari Noa vs. Yuki Kamifuku & Nao Kakuta
Rika Tatsumi & Miu Watanabe vs. Moka Miyamoto & Juria Nagano
EVE Champion Miyu Yamashita vs. Millie McKenzie for the title
Princess Tag Team Champions Yuki Arai & Saki Akai vs. Pom Harajuku & Yuki Aino for the titles
Princess Of Princess Champion Yuka Sakazaki vs. Billie Starkz for the title

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Updates below will begin at 9 PM ET/6 PM PT. The opening announcements are scheduled to begin at 9:20 PM ET/6:20 PM PT.

9 PM ET UPDATE: The live stream has just launched. Updates will begin when we go live to the venue in about 15 minutes.

9:20 PM ET UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Your Japanese hosts are Haruo Murata, Kagehiro Osano & Sayoko Mita. Your English hosts are Hiroshi Arai & Christelle Ciari.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event, but it looks like a good crowd so far. It’ll be capped at 700 due to vocal cheering being allowed and looks like it’s going to be close to that, at least 600-625.

The opening announcements are underway. The matches should begin in 10-15 minutes. During the announcements Mizuki comes out to announce her 10th Anniversary Match-Mizuki & Rika Tatsumi vs. Yuka Sakazaki & Nao Kakuta on 12/15 at Shinjuku Face. Then Miu Watanabe comes out and they reveal her next International Princess Championship challenger-Trish Adora (Ring Of Honor/All Elite Wrestling). That match will be on 1/4 at Korakuen Hall. Up up Girls performance follows as Hikari Noa & Shiho join Watanabe (no Raku today-coronavirus).
The matches begin at 9:45 PM ET.

Match 1; Suzume vs. Yoshiko Hasegawa (Ganbare Pro). 15 minute time limit
Result: Suzume beat Yoshiko Hasegawa

Match 2: Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao vs. Mahiro Kiryu, Neko Haruna & Kaya Toribami in a handicap match. 20 minute time limit
Result: Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao beat Mahiro Kiryu, Neko Haruna & Kaya Toribami. Nakajima pinned Haruna with a Northern Lights suplex hold.

Match 3: Rika Tatsumi & Miu Watanabe vs. Moka Miyamoto & Juria Nagano. 20 minute time limit
Result: Rika Tatsumi & Miu Watanabe beat Moka Miyamoto & Juria Nagano. Tatsumi beat Nagano with a dragon sleeper hold. (Just before this, Tatsumi appeared to botch a backbreaker on Nagano. They re-did the spot immediately)

Match 4: Mizuki vs. Arisu Endo (with new entrance music). 15 minute time limit
Result: Mizuki beat Arisu Endo

Match 5: Maki Itoh & HIkari Noa vs. Yuki Kamifuku & Nao Kakuta. 20 minute time limit
Result: Yuki Kamifuku & Nao Kakuta beat Maki Itoh & Hikari Noa. Kakuta pinned Noa after Shiden Kai.

Match 6: Pro Wrestling EVE Champion Miyu Yamashita vs. Millie McKenzie (Pro Wrestling EVE) for the title. 30 minute time limit
Result: Pro Wrestling EVE Champion Miyu Yamashita beat Millie McKenzie to retain the title. V1 for Yamashita.

Match 7: Princess Tag Team Champions Yuki Arai & Saki Akai vs. Pom Harajuku & Yuki Aino for the titles. 30 minute time limit
Result: Princess Tag Team Champions Yuki Arai & Saki Akai beat Pom Harajuku & Yuki Aino to retain the titles. Arai pinned Harajuku after Finally. V3 for the champs. Next up: A video plays…Wasteland War Party. Max The Impaler and Heidi Howitzer. That match will happen on 1/4. And I’m worried…

Main Event: Princess Of Princess Champion Yuka Sakazaki vs. Billie Starkz (Jersey Championship Wrestling-USA) for the title. 30 minute time limit
Result: Princess Of Princess Champion Yuka Sakazaki beat Billie Starkz to retain the title. V1 for Sakazaki. Next up…oh yeah…Yamashita! The only other 3-time Princess Of Princess Champion wants to make it 4-time! Sakazaki was not excited about this and doesn’t want it, but…1/4 main event? We’ll find out shortly.

The next event is Saturday at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Friday at 10 PM ET/7 PM PT.

UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 657, a super full house/very near sellout. Roughly 94% full with reduced capacity for vocal cheering allowed.

Tokyo Joshi Pro has announced a change to a title match at ALL RISE ’22 this weekend-the Princess Tag Team Championship match has been changed because challenger Raku is now off. Coronavirus. She was to have teamed with Yuki Aino to challenge Yuki Arai & Saki Akai for the titles. Pom Harajuku is the replacement and the match will now be her 4th Anniversary match (her debut was today Japan time in 2018) AND the first career title shot for the comedy wrestler.

AND…a huge announcement for March…GRAND PRINCESS ’23! TJPW’s Ariake Arena debut! They will visit the new Olympic venue in Tokyo for the first time on March 18, 2023, about a year to the date after their Ryogoku Kokugikan debut for their biggest event to date. They plan to run the venue at 50% capacity.

Tokyo Joshi Pro continued the Fall 2022 house show tour today with a final preview of their next major event coming up next weekend.

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

The announced paid attendance was 215. Interestingly, this was a late day event that ran opposite the New Japan/Stardom joint event and not the usual midday matinee.

Before the event, a public signing ceremony for next weekend’s title matches was held.

There were apparently some unannounced last-second changes to the card as, based on the Up Up Girls performance and 3rd match, no Hikari Noa. New Up Up Girls member-in-training Shino took part in today’s performance in her place. It’s not known what happened to Noa. She was to have faced Mizuki & Mahiro Kiryu in a 3-way. It became a single match instead.

Match 1: Miu Watanabe beat Kaya Toribami.

Match 2: Hyper Misao beat Pom Harajuku.

Match 3: Mizuki beat Mahiro Kiryu.

Match 4: Yuki Aino & Raku beat Shoko Nakajima & Neko Haruna. Raku pinned Haruna after Sunrise.

Match 5: Rika Tatsumi, Yuki Kamifuku & Nao Kakuta beat Suzume, Moka Miyamoto & Arisu Endo. Kakuta pinned Edno after Shiden Kai.

Main Event: Billie Starkz & Millie McKenzie beat Yuka Sakazaki & Miyu Yamashita. McKenzie pinned Yamashita with an arm-mounted Saito suplex.

The next event is “ALL RISE ’22” on 11/27 at Korakuen Hall. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Saturday at 9 PM ET/6 PM PT.