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Tokyo Joshi Pro wraps up the Tokyo Princess Cup today with the Finals. It’s a rather unlikely final and one that has a lot of fans disappointed and unsure about the future, not because it’s Suzume vs. Rika Tatsumi but because it’s the International Princess Champion vs. half of the Princess Tag Team Champions, and the winner goes on to face Yuki Arai for the Princess Of Princess Championship at WRESTLE PRINCESS 7 in October. I think it’s more if Suzume wins and potentially becomes a double champion but to me all signs point to Tatsumi taking the cup. Anyway, we’ll see what happens. As for Arai, she will be facing off against one of her mentors, Hiroyo Matsumoto, in a tag match today as Arai teams with Miyu Yamashita to face Matsumoto & Shoko Nakajima. Today also features the popular Ober Eats duo back together one more time as Yuki Kamifuku & Wakana Uehara team up again Mifu Ashida & Sumire Natsu, the latter making a special appearance today for her TJPW debut. The lower matches will also see the return of Kira Summer as she’s back from her first wrestling tour of her native Australia, much to the delight of her bestie & partner (at least today) Chika Nanase. Oh, and we also will have STREAMERS!!!

Today’s event will be held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese & English. Yuka Okiguchi will be a special guest on commentary and regular UNIVERSE guest (and former SKE48 member & Arai teammate) Marika Tani is also expected to be on commentary at times. There are 8 matches planned with no time limit for the main event but there’s also the usual post-event gathering scheduled so although times for the latter can change, that suggests this will be a “standard” Korakuen event with a running time of about 2 1/2 hours.

Today’s lineup:
Shion Kanzaki vs. Momo Sato
Sakura Hattori vs. Haru Kazashiro
Hyper Misao, Mahiro Kiryu & Shino Suzuki vs. Yuki Aino, Raku & Pom Harajuku
Yuki Kamifuku & Wakana Uehara vs. Mifu Ashida & Sumire Natsu
HIMAWARI & Toga vs. Kira Summer & Chika Nanase
Miu Watanabe, Arisu Endo & Ren Konatsu vs. Mizuki, Mei Suruga & Uta Takami
Yuki Arai & Miyu Yamashita vs. Hiroyo Matsumoto & Shoko Nakajima
Tokyo Princess Cup Finals: Suzume vs. Rika Tatsumi

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Updates below will begin at 7:10 PM PT/10:10 PM ET when the livestream begins. The opening announcements are scheduled to begin at 7:20 PM PT/10:20 PM ET. The event is scheduled to begin at 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM ET.

7:10 PM PT UPDATE: The live stream has begun. We should be going to the venue in 5 minutes.

7:15 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Your hosts are Haruo Murata, Kagehiro Osano, Sayoko Mita & guest Yuna Okiguchi, and we will be joined later by Marika Tani. Your English hosts are Mr. Haku & Baliyan Akki.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. Advance ticket sales were good but not as high as the last couple events, so they’ll need a strong same day/walk-up to get a sellout. But hopefully they will extend their 1000+ Korakuen run to 3 events despite their usual reduced capacity setup-I’m predicting they will with a crowd of around 1050. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 927. While not the hoped for 1000+, still much higher than average for Korakuen)

The opening announcements will begin in 5 minutes. If nothing breaking comes out of it that I can figure out without translating, updates will resume when the matches begin, which should be in about 20 minutes.

BREAKING: Acclaimed manga artist Go Nagai will be a special guest appearing at WRESTLE PRINCESS 7 on 10/3. Very cool! Big fan of his mainly for his manga/anime “Cutey Honey/New Cutey Honey”. (Correction: He actually will be creating the art visual. May not be in attendance)

Thankfully today will be the last time we see the Tokyo Princess Cup lead-in video that has started broadcasts for the tournament, cool but it was getting annoying…oh wait, just the finalists today! They also show the prior winners-we’re going to have a first time champion today. Also, it looks like Mahiro Kiryu is back from a back injury that caused her to miss the last event.

The matches begin at 7:37 PM PT/10:37 PM ET.

Match 1: Shion Kanzaki vs. Momo Sato. 15 minute time limit
Result: Shion Kanzaki beat Momo Sato by submission

Your new host for the next match is Marika Tani. For now it sounds like they’ll be alternating matches. (Actually they’re not)

Match 2: Sakura Hattori vs. Haru Kazashiro. 15 minute time limit
Result: Sakura Hattori beat Haru Kazashiro

Match 3: Hyper Misao, Mahiro Kiryu & Shino Suzuki vs. Yuki Aino, Raku & Pom Harajuku. 20 minute time limit
Result: Yuki Aino, Raku & Pom Harajuku beat Hyper Misao, Mahiro Kiryu & Shino Suzuki. Aino beat Suzuki with Full Nelson Of Love & Flame. They added some kind of comedy stip to this match before it began.

Match 4: Yuki Kamifuku & Wakana Uehara vs. Mifu Ashida & Sumire Natsu (Independent/Freelancer). 20 minute time limit
Result: Yuki Kamifuku & Wakana Uehara beat Mifu Ashida & Sumire Natsu. Kamifuku pinned Ashida after Fameasser.

Marika Tani returns to commentary for the next match.

Match 5: HIMAWARI & Toga vs. Kira Summer & Chika Nanase. 20 minute time limit
Result: HIMAWARI & Toga beat Kira Summer & Chika Nanase. Toga beat Nanase with a modified knee & ankle hold.

Match 6: Miu Watanabe, Arisu Endo & Ren Konatsu vs. Mizuki, Mei Suruga (Chocolate Pro Wrestling) & Uta Takami. 20 minute time limit
Result: Mizuki, Mei Suruga & Uta Takami beat Miu Watanabe, Arisu Endo & Ren Konatsu. Mizuki pinned Konatsu with Cutie Special.

Match 7: Yuki Arai & Miyu Yamashita vs. Hiroyo Matsumoto (Independent/Freelancer) & Shoko Nakajima. 20 minute time limit
Result: Yuki Arai & Miyu Yamashita beat Hiroyo Matsumoto & Shoko Nakajima. Arai beat Nakajima with a scorpion deathlock.

Main Event: Tokyo Princess Cup Finals: Suzume vs. Rika Tatsumi. No time limit
Result: Suzume beat Rika Tatsumi to win the tournament. It’s the first tournament win for Suzume, who now is 3-0 vs. Tatsumi in the event. As a result, Suzume will face Yuki Arai for the Princess Of Princess Championship at WRESTLE PRINCESS 7 on 10/3. That means she potentially could be a double champion but if that happened Suzume almost certainly would vacate the International Princess Championship. But time will tell. Of course Arai came out for the post-match promo now that the match is official. Naturally I hope it will wind up being V5 for Arai, but Suzume has already broken my heart once when she beat Arai to win the IP title for the first time and I’m worried it will happen again. I certainly hope not.

The next event is Saturday at Tokyo Square in Tokyo, which is a special mini-event featuring only wrestlers who have debuted since 2023. There will be no live broadcast. On demand 9/1.

UPDATE: It’s now official. As expected, Arai-Suzume is set for 10/3 and will only be for the Princess Of Princess Championship if Suzume is still International Princess Champion.

There have been some cryptic social media posts the last few days from Tokyo Joshi Pro about a new “manager”, perhaps tied to the recent DDT match where Representative Director Tetsuya Koda lost to GM Imabayashi and was forced to “retire”. Then, earlier today, this:

https://x.com/tojojo_tjpw/status/2089647755144884226?s=46

Loose Twitter translation:

“Everyone, sorry to keep you waiting, Tojo!

It’s “Tojojo,” the manager of TJPW!

From now on, I’ll be posting lots about all the wrestlers and TJPW!

Looking forward to it, Tojo!”

It’s a brand new account apparently created in the last week. It’s first of 6 posts so far was Saturday. Many TJPW wrestlers are making posts wondering what’s going on and a “manager” is certainly news to TJPW all-but-in-charge Miyu Yamashita. And apparently it now has a profile on TJPW’s website. A loose translation of its (?) profile:

“One day, a mysterious figure appears out of nowhere, claiming to be the ‘manager of Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling’ without being appointed by anyone. Her hometown, purpose, and even who she is are completely unknown. Even if you ask him personally, he doesn’t really understand, but today he updates his social media with a mysterious sense of mission.”

Maybe we’ll find out more soon but I have one thought given it’s also happening indirectly under the DDT umbrella…Pro Wrestling, Everybody! (And they do love their wrestling giant mascots over there)

(And yeah, this is usually the slowest time of the year in Japanese pro wrestling)

Tokyo Joshi Pro continues the Tokyo Princess Cup today with the Semifinals. The Final 4 get narrowed down to the Finals today and the odds are high of two things: A first-time winner and huge upset as the eventual winner will face Yuki Arai for the Princess Of Princess Championship at WRESTLE PRINCESS 7. Said Semifinals are Suzume vs. HIMAWARI & Rika Tatsumi vs. Toga. I know what the odds suggest and what I expect the Finals to be, which means…it’s probably not going to be that particular match. Who knows.

There have been many changes to the original card due to Mahiro Kiryu being pulled off the event. Back. Out indefinitely. It notably denied us a 3-way Full Of Yuki as instead of Yuki Arai, Yuki Kamifuku & Yuki Aino facing each other, they’re now teaming as a Full Of Yuki 6-woman tag..

Today’s event will be held at 176BOX in Osaka and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. There will be no commentary. There are 7 matches planned today and the TPC Semifinals are no time limit so this will probably go a little longer than a regular TJPW event with a running time close to 2 1/2 hours. (Actually didn’t even go 2 hours)

Today’s lineup (match order TBA):
Chika Nanase vs. Momo Sato
Mizuki vs. Shion Kanzaki
Miyu Yamashita vs. Pom Harajuku
Shoko Nakajima, Wakana Uehara, Haru Kazashiro & Ren Konatsu vs. Miu Watanabe, Raku, Shino Suzuki & Uta Takami
Yuki Arai, Yuki Kamifuku & Yuki Aino vs. Hyper Misao, Arisu Endo & Sakura Hattori
Tokyo Princess Cup Semifinals:
Suzume vs. HIMAWARI
Rika Tatsumi vs. Toga

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Updates below will begin at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET. The live stream is scheduled to begin 10 minutes before the event.

7:50 PM PT UPDATE: The live stream has begun. We should be going to the venue in about 10 minutes. If what the UNIVERSE page says is correct, Suzume-HIMAWARI will be the main event.

7:55 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from 176BOX in Osaka, Japan. There is no commentary.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. It’s a very small venue and will probably be set up for around 300, the crowd is still filing in but it sounds like it’ll be around 250. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 384, a super full house/very near sellout)

The matches should begin in 10-15 minutes.

The matches begin at 8:10 PM PT/11:10 PM ET.

Match 1: Chika Nanase vs. Momo Sato. 15 minute time limit
Result: Chika Nanase beat Momo Sato by submission

(Side note: The high-up hard camera is making the audio for entrance themes sound really bad today)

Match 2: Mizuki vs. Shion Kanzaki. 15 minute time limit
Result: Mizuki beat Shion Kanzaki by submission

Match 3: Shoko Nakajima, Wakana Uehara, Haru Kazashiro & Ren Konatsu vs. Miu Watanabe, Raku, Shino Suzuki & Uta Takami. 20 minute time limit
Result: Miu Watanabe, Raku, Shino SUzuki & Uta Takami beat Shoko Nakajima, Wakana Uehara, Haru Kazashiro & Ren Konatsu. Raku pinned Konatsu after Doctor Yellow.

Match 4: Miyu Yamashita vs. Pom Harajuku. 15 minute time limit
Result: Miyu Yamashita beat Pom Harajuku. Comedy match with Pom disappearing before it began and re-emerging as a…Pombie?!? And even getting Shion Kanzaki briefly involved in her place.

Match 5: Yuki Arai, Yuki Kamifuku & Yuki Aino vs. Hyper Misao, Arisu Endo & Sakura Hattori. 20 minute time limit
Result: Yuki Arai, Yuki Kamifuku & Yuki Aino beat Hyper Misao, Arisu Endo & Sakura Hattori. Kamifuku pinned Hattori after Fameasser.

Match 6: Tokyo Princess Cup Semifinals: Rika Tatsumi vs. Toga. No time limit
Result: Rika Tatsumi beat Toga. As a result, Tatsumi advances to the Finals.

Main Event: Tokyo Princess Cup Semifinals: Suzume vs. HIMAWARI. No time limit
Result: Suzume beat HIMAWARI
As a result, the Finals will be Tatsumi vs. Suzume.

The Finals are 8/23 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin on 8/22 at 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM ET.

Tokyo Joshi Pro wrestler Mahiro Kiryu has made a gimmick out of comedy bowing & kneeling during matches, usually on a downed opponent’s back (fun side note: I recently learned she is also at least part-German. I think she was born in Germany). That won’t happen for a bit as the promotion announced she is injured…and how ironic where. Back. Out indefinitely including Sunday. She was to have teamed with Shoko Nakajima, Hyper Misao & Pom Harajuku to face Miu Watanabe, Raku, Shino Suxuki & Uta Takami. Because of this, that match will now be Nakajima, Wakana Uehara, Haru Kazashiro & Ren Konatsu vs. Up Up Girls, Harajuku will now face Miyu Yamashita and the 3-way Yuki match of Yuki Arai vs. Yuki Kamifuku & Yuki Aino is now Arai, Kamifuku & Aino vs. Misao, Arisu Endo & Sakura Hattori. A planned match of Yanashita, Hattori & Konatsu vs. Endo, Uehara & Kazashiro is now off. The other matches-Mizuki vs. Shion Kanzaki, Chika Nanase vs. Momo Sato and the Tokyo Princess Cup Semifinals-are on as planned.I

t’s not yet known how long Kiryu will be out.

More as it becomes available.

UPDATE: Kiryu has been announced for the next Hyper Misao Produced event on 9/15 at Kitazawa Town Hall in Tokyo. That’s usually more a theater/comedy event with just one match so not the best barometer for a return.

Tokyo Joshi Pro continues the Tokyo Princess Cup today with the Quarterfinals. We now know the eventual tournament winner will be facing Yuki Arai for the Princess Of Princess Championship at WRESTLE PRINCESS 7 in October, but not yet who. Today the field gets narrowed down to 4 then a redraw will be held to mix up the Semifinals so it may not match what the bracket looks like so far.

Today’s event will be held at Ryogoku KFC Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. You will also be able to watch THE FULL EVENT FOR FREE on YouTube (only the live broadcast, no archive/on demand replay). The event is a legit advance sellout. There will be no commentary. There are 7 matches planned and the tournament matches have 30 minute time linits so with the post-event draw it will likely go a little longer than a regular house show, probably about 2 1/4 hours.

Today’s lineup (match order TBA):
Miu Watanabe & Ren Konatsu vs. Wakana Uehara & Mono Sato
Miyu Yamashita, Sakura Hattori, Haru Kazashiro & Chika Nanase vs. Yuki Kamifuku, Raku, Shino Suzuki & Uta Takami
Yuki Arai, Mifu Ashida & Shion Kanzaki vs. Mizuki, Mahiro Kiryu & Pom Harajuku
Tokyo Princess Cup Quarterfinals:
Suzume vs. Shoko Makajima
Toga vs. Yuki Aino
Arisu Endo vs. HIMAWARI
Rika Tatsumi vs. Hyper Misao

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Updates below will begin at 8:30 PM PT/11:30 PM ET. The UNIVERSE live stream is scheduled to begin 10 minutes before the event. The YouTube live stream should begin at start time or when we go live to the venue.

8:20 PM PT UPDATE: The UNIVERSE live stream has begun. We should be going to the venue in about 10 minutes.

8:25 PM PT UPDATE: Following a Tokyo Princess Cup promo video with everyone, live updates-and the YouTube live stream-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 which means it could be as high as roughly 500, but based on past sellouts they’ve had here it likely will be 390-400. )UPDATE: The announced paid attendance, a legit advance sellout, was 365. A couple empty front-row seats could be seen at times on the hard camera when close-up though)

The matches should begin in 15-20 minutes.

The matches begin at 8:40 PM PT/11:40 PM ET.

Match 1: Miu Watanabe & Ren Konatsu vs. Wakana Uehara & Mono Sato. 20 minute time limit
Result: Miu Watanabe & Ren Konatsu beat Wakana Uehara & Momo Sato. Watanabe pinned Sato after a giant swing.

Match 2: Miyu Yamashita, Sakura Hattori, Haru Kazashiro & Chika Nanase vs. Yuki Kamifuku, Raku, Shino Suzuki & Uta Takami. 20 minute time limit
Result: Yuki Kamifuku, Raku, Shino Suzuki & Uta Takami beat Miyu Yamashita, Sakura Hattori, Haru Kazashiro & Chika Nanase. Kamifuku pinned Nanase after Fameasser.

Match 3: Yuki Arai, Mifu Ashida & Shion Kanzaki vs. Mizuki, Mahiro Kiryu & Pom Harajuku. 20 minute time limit
Result: Mizuki, Mahiro Kiryu & Pom Harajuku beat Yuki Arai, Mifu Ashida & Shion Kanzaki. Harajuku pinned Kanzaki after Pomu. Do. Justis.

Quick break for ring repairs/maintenance.

Tokyo Princess Cup Quarterfinals (30 minute time limit):
Match 4: Arisu Endo vs. HIMAWARI
Result: HIMAWARI beat Arisu Endo. UPSET ALERT!!!

Match 5: Toga vs. Yuki Aino
Result: Toga beat Yuki Aino by submission. That makes 2 heavy underdogs in the Semifinals. Are we gonna have a Toga Party when it’s over?

Match 6: Rika Tatsumi vs. Hyper Misao
Result: Rika Tatsumi beat Hyper Misao by submission. No comedy or hijinks this time.

Main Event: Suzume vs. Shoko Makajima
Result: Suzume beat Shoko Nakajima

There will be a first-time tournament winner this year as a result of today (Nakajima won it in 2015).

The Semifinals draw will be held at a later time. I thought is would be after the main event but it was not. Updates to follow.

The Semifinals are 8/16 at 176BOX in Osaka. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin on 8/15 at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET.

UPDATE: As a result of the post-event draw (not shown on stream), the Semifinals will be Suzume vs. HIMAWARI and Tatsumi vs. Toga. Before the draw my pick to win was Tatsumi but my heart wanted Toga to win as she’s been right on the verge of a major breakout for quite a while now. We’ll see what happens.

Tokyo Joshi Pro is taking part in this weekend’s TIF LOVE&PEACE event in Tokyo, featuring some wrestling matches alongside J-Pop idol-centric performances and more. The wrestling matches were split between two sessions.

Today’s events were held at an unspecified location in Tokyo. There is/was (and likely will be) no live or on demand broadcast.

The attendance was not announced due to being a special event.

The morning session began with appaearances by Yuki Arai & Wakana Uehara (both former J-Pop idols) explaining the wrestling tules to the fans.

Match 1: Suzume & Arisu Endo beat Toga & Shion Kanzaki. Endo pinned Kanzaki after The 10th Law.

After this was a segment with ring announcer Rise Shirai, a performance by Nagoya group THE ENCORE, and STREAMERS!!!

Match 2: Raku won a 10 woman battle royal, last eliminating Mizuki & Uta Takami together. Mainly TJPW wrestlers but former TJPW wrestler Marika Kobashi, now a freelancer, also participated.

After that match…

Marika Kobashi beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Raku to win the title. Kobashi becomes the 1847th Champion.

A couple minutes later…

Amanda beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Marika Kobashi to win the title. Amanda becomes the 1848th Champion.

The morning session then ended with a performance by KLP48.

Afternoon session:

The session began with Miu Watanabe demonstrating her giant swing on one of the idols.

Match 1: Miu Watanabe & Rika Tatsumi beat Haru Kazashiro & Chika Nanase. Watanabe pinned Nanase after Teardrop.

A live performance by Congracce! was held.

Match 2; Shoko Nakajima, Hyper Misao & Yuki Aino beat Miyu Yamashita, Mifu Ashida & Ren Konatsu. Nakajima pinned Ashida with a Northern Lights suplex hold.

Afterwards…

Huper Misao beat DDT Iton Man Heavymetalweight Champion Shoko Nakajima to win the title. Misao becomes the 1851st Champion. So there were 2 title changes between sessions.

A few minutes later…

Ai Asakura beat DDT Iton Man Heavymetalweight Champion Hyper Misao to win the title. Asakura becomes the 1852nd Champion.

And then…

Mifu Ashida beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Ai Asakura to win the title. Ashida becomes the 1853rd Champion.

Right after that…

Shiori Futaba beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Mifu Ashida to win the title. Futaba becomes the 1854th Champion.

A couple minutes later…

Shoko Nakajima beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Shiori Futaba to win the title. Nakajima becomes the 1855th Champion.

Later on afterwards…

Pocotan beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Shoko Nakajima to win the title. Pocotan becomes the 1856th Champion.

At some point after that…

Pocotan’s Head beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Pocotan to win the title. Pocotan’s Head becomes the 1857th Champion.

And finally…

Monene Kitazawa beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Pocotan’s Head to win the title. Kitazawa becomes the 1858th Champion.

Pro Wrestling, Everybody!!!

The festival and matches continue tomorrow. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

UPDATE: BREAKING development from early on Day 2!

Pom Harajuku beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Monene Kitazawa by submission to win the title. Harajuku becomes the 1859th Champion. Iron Pom!!!

UPDATE 2: However, because someone carelessly fell asleep later…

A Soft Drink beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Pom Harajuku to win the title. A Soft Drink becomes the 1860th Champion. God Bless Japanese Pro Wrestling!

UPDATE 3: It was announced on 8/3 (Japan Time) that all matches from this weekend will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date.

Tokyo Joshi Pro is at the TIF Idol Festival LOVE&PEACE this weekend, but it’s not like that in a certain area. There is breaking news to report…

Shoko Nakajima beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Raku to win the title. Nakajima becomes the 1845th Champion.

Then while cutting a promo backstage there was an interruption by a giant mascot with a referee…which led to…

Pocotan beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Shoko Nakajima to win the title. Pocotan becomes the 1846th Champion.

Video at the link below:

https://twitter.com/tjpw2013/status/2083107062431776840/video/1?s=46

Pro Wrestling, Everybody!!!

UPDATE: But wait, there’s more!!!

Pocotan’s Head beat DDI Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Pocotan to win the title. Pocotan’s Head becomes the 1847th Champion.

Which led to…

Monene Kitazawa beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Pocotan’s Head to win the title. Kitazawa becomes the 1848th Champion.

Actually the reigns are inaccurate because there were many title changes. At last check it was either with Mifu Ashida or back with Nakajima. More to come…

Tokyo Joshi Pro continued the Tokyo Princess Cup today with the second half of Round 2.

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

The announced paid attendance was 361, a full house/near sellout.

Before the matches began, it was announced that on 8/23 at Korakuen Hall, Yuki Kamifuku’a next retirement road match will see her re-form Ober Eats, the popular duo with Wakana Uehara, for a match against Mifu Ashida & Sumire Natsu. Kamifuku & Uehara haven’t teamed up since losing the Princess Tag Team Championship at GRAND PRINCESS ‘26. Then, the Up Up Girls performance featured the return of Shino Suzuki, who had been out since May due to medical issues but is fully recovered

Match 1: Yuki Kamifuku, Sakura Hattori & Momo Sato beat Chika Nanase, Ren Konatsu & Shion Kanzaki. Hattori pinned Kanzaki.

Match 2: Miyu Yamashita & Haru Kazashiro beat Mizuki & Shino Suzuki. Kazashiro beat Suzuki with 16th Night (armbar variation).

Match 3: Rika Tatsumi, Arisu Endo, Wakana Uehara & Uta Takami beat Hyper Misao, Raku, Uta Takami & Mifu Ashida. Tatsumi pinned Ashida after Missile Hip. Afterwards, Tatsumi tried to win the DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Championship from Raku but failed.

Tokyo Princess Cup Round 2:
Match 4: Toga beat Mahiro Kiryu.
Match 5: Suzume beat Pom Harajuku
Match 6: Yuki Aino beat Mii Watanabe by submission.
Main Event: Shoko Nakajima beat Yuki Arai. (somehow this didn’t show up in the original post)
As a result, the second half of the Quarterfinals will be Toga vs. Aino and Suzume vs. Nakajima. And the main event result means Arai will defend the Princess Of Princess Championship against the tournament winner at WRESTLE PRINCESS 7.
The Quarterfinals are 8/8 at Ryogoku KFC Hall.

The next event is TOKYO IDOL FESTIVAL 2026 Friday-Sunday in Tokyo with TJPW matches planned each day. There will be no live or on demand broadcasts.

The next actual event is 8/8. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin on 8/7 at 8:30 PM PT/11:30 PM ET

Tokyo Joshi Pro continued the Tokyo Princess Cup today with the first half of Round 2.

Today’s event was held at Osaka Azalea Taisho in Osaka and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The announced paid attendance was 294, a full house/near sellout.

Match 1: Yuki Kamifuku, Mifu Ashida & Shion Kanzaki beat Haru Kazashiro, Uta Takami & Momo Sato. Kamifuku beat Sato.

Match 2: Raku beat Sakura Hattori & Ren Konatsu in a 3-way by pinning Konatsu.

Match 3: Shoko Nakajima, Yuki Aino, Pom Harajuku & Toga beat Yuki Arai, Miu Watanabe, Suzume & Mahiro Kiryu. Nakajima pinned Suzume with a Northern Lights suplex hold. That surprised me. No, I don’t expect Nakajima to challenge Suzume for the International Princess Championship anytime soon, but that Suzume got beaten here and not Kiryu qualifies as a bit of an upset.

Tokyo Princess Cup Round 2:
Match 4: Arisu Endo beat Chika Nanase by submission.
Match 5: HIMAWARI beat Wakana Uehara.
Match 6: Hyper Misao beat Mizuki. HAPPY HAPPY!!!!
Main Event: Rika Tatsumi beat Miyu Yamashita by submission. Supposedly this was their first single match in over 5 years!?! That means my second choice to win is out and thus no trilogy/rubber match with Yuki Arai at WRESTLE PRINCESS 7. Unless Arai wins and decides one more time…based on backstage comments, Yamashita may soon be heading back to England for a Pro Wrestling EVE event and title defense in August.

As a result, the first half of the Quarterfinals will be Endo vs. HIMAWARI & Misao vs. Tatsumi. The Quarterfinals are on 8/8.

The next event is Thursday at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo with the second half of the Quarterfinals. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 3 AM PT/6 AM ET.

Some very good news for Tokyo Joshi Pro fans-according to official Up Up Girls social media updates today, Shino Suzuki will be returning from hiatus next week. She has been out a few months for unspecified medical issues but thankfully has fully recovered. She is scheduled to resume activities starting on 7/30 although Suzuki then posted with a claim it will be mid-August. However, the latter seems to be an inaccurate translation as TJPW has confirmed her return match will be 7/30 at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo, teaming with Mizuki to face Miyu Yamashita & Haru Kazashiro. Regardless, the important thing is she’s healthy and coming back.