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Tokyo Joshi Pro celebrated their 10th Anniversary today with an event highlighting how far they have cone from humble beginnings as part of a DDT event to a growing spinoff that continues its worldwide expansion, even as it prepares to say goodbye to original member Yuka Sakazaki next week.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE on Japanese and English.

The announced paid attendance was 714.

At the start they announced the 12/14 USA event will be a PPV.

Match 1: Kaya Toribami, Toga & Runa Okubo beat Juria Nagano, Shino Suzuki & Haru Kazashiro. Toga pinned Kazashiro after Rock Bottom.

Match 2: In a Random Official Weapons Rules Match, Yuki Aino & Raku beat Hyper Misao & Mahiro Kiryu. Aino pinned Kiryu after Venus DDT.

At this point it was announced they would be part of The Collective with a 4/5 event in Philadelphia, PA. There also will be an Aquarium Wrestling PPV later this month.

Match 3: NextGen Tournament Finals: Wakana Uehara beat HIMAWARI by submission to win the tournament.

Match 4: Queen Of Asia Champion Yuki Kamifuku beat VIVA VAN to retain the title. V1 for Kamifuku.

Match 5: Princess Tag Team Champions Hikari Noa & Nao Kakuta beat Max The Impaler & Pom Harajuku to retain the titles. Kakuta pinned Harajuku after Shiden Kai. V2 for the champs.

Main Event: In a 3 Falls Match, Miyu Yamashita, Shoko Nakajima, Yuka Sakazaki, Rika Tatsumi & Mizuki beat Miu Watanabe, Yuki Arai, Moka Miyamoto, Suzume & Arisu Endo 2-1. Fall 1: Endo pinned Nakajima. Fall 2: Sakazaki pinned Miyamoto after Magical Merry-Go-Round. Fall 3: Yamashita pinned Watanabe after Skull Kick.

The next event is the official 10th Anniversary event Wednesday at Kitazawa Town Hall in Tokyo, the exact date of the promotion’s 10th Anniversary at the location of their very first event. It will be headlined by Sakazaki’s final TJPW match, where she will face Yamashita & Nakajima in a 3-way. While plans may change, at this time there will be no live broadcast.

In a social media post just made moments ago, Tokyo Joshi Pro has announced a change to their US event on 12/14 in Los Angeles, co-promoted with PRESTIGE: Johnnie Robbie is now off due to an undisclosed injury. She was to have teamed with Janai Kai to face Hikari Noa & Nao Kakuta. Shazza McKenzie is the replacement.

[Card Change]

Unfortunately, due to an injury Johnnie Robbie can no longer compete at Combat Princess USA.

Shazza McKenzie will replace her in the team with Janai Kai to face Free Wifi.

Look forward to the match!https://t.co/8H0bioxVqG#tjpw #CombatPrincessUSA pic.twitter.com/7Padc7wWuW

— TJPW 東京女子プロレス (@tjpw2013) November 29, 2023

Tokyo Joshi Pro continued the CITY CIRCUIT Tour today with the final event before their 10th Anniversary event.

Today’s event was held at NGK Sports Plaza Stadium 3 in Aichi and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 403, a full house/near sellout.

Match 1: Arisu Endo beat Runa Okubo by submission.

Match 2: Suzume beat Haru Kazashiro.

Match 3: In a match where each wrestler could bring in a weapon that could be legally exchanged and used without DQ, Hyper Misao beat Raku.

Match 4: VIVA VAN & Yuki Kamifuku beat Shoko Nakajima & Kaya Toribami. VAN pinned Toribami after Helevator.

Match 5: Rika Tatsumi, Miu Watanabe & HIMAWARI beat Miyu Yamashita, Mahiro Kiryu & Toga. Tatsumi pinned Toga after Twist OF Fate.

Match 6: Max The Impaler, Yuki Aino & Pom Harajuku beat Hikari Noa, Nao Kakuta & Shino Suzuki. Harajuku pinned Suzuki after Pomu. Do. Justis.

Main Event: Yuka Sakazaki & Mizuki beat Yuki Arai & Moka Miyamoto. Sakazaki pinned Miyamoto after Toy Story 4. This is the last time Sakazaki & Mizuki team up in a regular tag match as Sakazaki is leaving TJPW after the next event to continue her 10-year career overseas (probably returning to All Elite Wrestling).

The next event is the Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling 10th Anniversary Event-We Are TJPW-Friday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. There has been one change announced to the card-because Yuki Kamifuku recently won the Queen Of Asia Championship in Singapore, her scheduled match against VIVA VAN will now be for the title. There also will be a Princess Tag Team Championship match as the popular Wasteland Pom Party (Max The Impaler & Pom Harajuku) challenge Hikari Noa & Nao Kakuta for the titles, and the main event will be a TJPW 10th Anniversary 10-woman tag with Sakazaki’s final match in the promotion and perhaps a ceremonial passing of the torch to the next generation: Miyu Yamashita, Shoko Nakajima, Yuka Sakazaki, Mizuki & Rika Tatsumi vs. Miu Watanabe, Yuki Arai, Suzume, Moka Miyamoto & Arisu Endo. (No Maki Itoh, you ask? Nope. Overseas again) Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET.

This is the kind of stuff you never want to read about and never happen…while browsing socials just now, I discovered there were apparent death threats made against Tokyo Joshi Pro wrestler Wakana Uehara today (yesterday Japan time). The posts in Japanese and English were reported on by her official Twitter/X account. One post, in Japanese but also in English, stated the threats said someone was sent to Shinjuku (part of Tokyo) today to kill Uehara in front of her mother and her family. So far Uehara appears to be safe and unharmed and while this may have been a joke, she is wisely taking it very seriously and will be more aware of her surroundings. She closed by thanking the fans who have always supported her.

Uehara had a stage performance scheduled today and, as a result, is not at today’s TJPW event (in progress at the time of this post, there is no live WRESTLE UNIVERSE broadcast) in Aichi.

More as it becomes available.

UPDATE: Yahoo Japan via Nikkan Sports reports the social media account in question has been identified and shut down, and Uehara posted on social media post-event today, all went well and she is okay but will continue to be careful going forward. Probably will be little to no criminal action because of lax/weak laws against this sort of behavior online in Japan, as sadly is still the case following the tragic Hana Kimura suicide caused by cyberbullying. Hopefully an incident like this lends more fuel to the fire and helps the neverending push by Hana’s mother, former wrestler Kyoko Kimura, to toughen the laws in Japan about this.

Tokyo Joshi Pro ran a special standalone event today ahead of their major 10th Anniversary event next week.

Today’s event was held at Tsurumi Fruit & Vegetable Market in Kanagawa and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at some point next week. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 210, a full house/near sellout.

Before the matches began, former TJPW wrestler Nodoka Tenma, who retired last year, returned for the opening call along with Minami Momochi, TJPW’s original ring announcer who also came back for today. Still wearing that Kigurumi mask as she always did.

Match 1: Shoko Nakajima beat Pom Harajuku.

Match 2: In a Ghost Story Death match, Yumehito Imanari beat DDT GM Hisaya Imabayashi, Super Sasadango Machine & Antonio Honda in a 4-way by beating Imabayashi. Of course it was a comedy match.

There was a break here for a mini-live performance by “Bad In” (?), a sexy idol duo.

Match 3: In a No Time Limit match, Rika Tatsumi beat Demonio.

Nodoka Tenma returned to the ring for a “Ping-Pong-Pan Exercises” segment.

Main Event: Yuka Sakazaki, Mizuki & Hyper Misao beat Miyu Yamashita, Hikari Noa & Yuki Aino. Sakazaki pinned Aino after Burning Magical Merry-Go-Round.

Most if not all the matches were comedy matches to some extent, as evident by the phoos posted on DDT’s website.

The next event is Sunday at NGK Sports Plaza 3rd Stadium in AIchi to continue the CITY CIRCUIT Tour. Wakana Uehara is off the event due to a scheduled stage performance. There will be no live broadcast.

Tokyo Joshi Pro returned to Osaka today for “The Mountain Top 2023”., which just wrapped up.

Today’s event was held at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka 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 413.

In pre-event announcements, they announced the return date will be 2/24. Also, Hyper Misao is crowdfunding for a new bicycle.

Match 1: Nextgen Tournament Semifinals: HIMAWARI beat Shino Suzuki.

Match 2: Nextgen Tournament Semifinals: Wakana Uehara beat Toga by submission.

Match 3: Yuki Aino, Raku & Pom Harajuku beat Hyper Misao, Mahiro Kiryu & Haru Kazashiro. Taku pinned Kazashiro after Doctor Yellow.

Match 4: Hikari Noa & Nao Kakuta beat Yuki Kamifuku & Runa Okubo. Noa pinned Okubo after a running neckbreaker drop.

Match 5: Yuki Arai, Suzume & Arisu Endo beat Moka Miyamoto, Juria Nagano & Kaya Toribami. Arai pinned Toribami after Finally.

Match 6: Yuka Sakazaki & Mizuki vs. Ruka Tatsumi & Miu Watanabe went to a 20 minute time limit draw.

Main Event: International Princess Champion Max The Impaler beat Shoko Nakajima to retain the title. V2 for Impaler.

The next event is Thursday at Tsurumi Fruit & Vegetable Market in Kanagawa. There will be no live broadcast.

Tokyo Joshi Pro reports that, in a scheduled title match held in London, England yesterday. International Princess Champion Max The Impaler beat KASEY to retain the title. V1 for Impaler. As a result, the planned 11/19/23 title match vs. Shoko Nakajima is now official. There will be no live broadcast of the event.

Tokyo Joshi Pro continued the CITY CIRCUIT Tour today with a hometown event for Shino Suzuki.

Today’s event was held at Shimizu Marine Building in Shizuoka and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 224, a full house/near sellout.

Match 1: Arisu Endo beat Haru Kazashiro by submission.

Match 2: Pom Harajuku beat Kaya Toribami & Suzume in a 3-way by pinning Toribami.

Match 3: Hyper Misao beat Runa Okubo by submission.

Match 4: Mizuki & Toga beat Yuki Aino & HIMAWARI. Mizuki beat HIMAWARI with a crossface.

Match 5: Miu Watanabe beat Shino Suzuki.

Match 6: Miyu Yamashita & Moka Miyamoto beat Rika Tatsumi & Wakana Uehara. Yamashita pinned Uehara after Attitude Adjustment.

Main Event: Hikari Noa, Nao Kakuta & Yuka Sakazaki beat Yuki Kamifuku, Raku & Mahiro Kiryu. Sakazaki pinned Kiryu after Magical Merry-Go-Round.

The next event is “The Mountain Top ’23” on 11/19 at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka, with a scheduled International Princess Championship match of Max The Impaler defending vs. Shoko Nakajima. This is subject to change pending upcoming title matches before then. Miyu Yamashita will miss the event due to an international excursion. Unless plans change, there will be no live broadcast.

Tokyo Joshi Pro continued the CITY CIRCUIT Tour today with an event in Tokyo, featuring Saki Akai’s final match in the promotion and, in all likelihood, the last match before her retirement match next weekend in DDT.

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

The announced paid attendance was 500, a legit advance sellout. 100% full.

It was announced in advance that Shoko Nakajima was off this event and the next event as well. US expedition.

Match 1: NexGene Tournament: HIMAWARI beat Haru Kazashiro.

Match 2: NexGene Tournament: Toga beat Runa Okubo.

Match 3: Miu Watanabe, Moka Miyamoto & Shino Suzuki beat Mahiro Kiryu, Kaya Toribami & Wakana Uehara. Watanabe pinned Uehara after Teardrop.

Match 4: Miyu Yamashita, Nao Kakuta & Hikari Noa beat Yuki Aino, Raku & Pim Harajuku. Yamashita pinned Harajuku after Attitude Adjustment.

Match 5: Yuka Sakazaki & Mizuki beat Suzume & Arisu Endo. Sakazaki pinned Endo after Magical Girl Splash.

Main Event: Saki Akai Last TJPW Match: Saki Akai & Yuki Kamifuku beat Rika Tatsumi & Hyper Misao. Akai pinned Misao after Quetzalcoatl. Which led to…
Impromptu Match: In a handicap match, Saki Akai beat the entire TJPW roster that was present for the event (23 people) by beating Hyper Misao. Afterwards, the roster gave Akai her final sendoff including the customary flowers and group photo in the ring as Akai encouraged them to keep moving TJPW forward and to be her motto-Strong, Noble, Beautiful. She then took a final bow for the second time today at the venue to say farewell to Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling. On to her retirement match…

In upcoming event announcements, Impact Wrestling’s Masha Slamovich is coming to TJPW in January. She will face Miyu Yamashita for the Princess Of Princess Championship on 1/4 and then Hikari Noa in a death match on 1/6, which will be a TJPW INSPIRATION event.

The next event is Sunday at Shimizu Marine Building in Shizuoka. There will be no live broadcast.

According to the Twitter accounts for Pro Wrestling EVE and current champion Max The Impaler. Tokyo Joshi Pro’s International Princess Championship will be defended in England at the 11/10 EVE event when Max The Impaler faces Kasey for the title.

The original posts are below:

MAX FIRST DEFENSE AS A LONE PRINCESS https://t.co/2an14EI589 pic.twitter.com/PCaVWvPyT9

— PRINCESS IMPALER マックス・ジ・インペイラー (@_theyaremax_) November 1, 2023