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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.

A few minutes ago on Twitter in a new video drop, Tokyo Joshi Pro announced the final card for SUMMER SUN PRINCESS ’23 on 7/8 at Ota City General Gym in Tokyo. Roughly 5 matches were already official but here is the full 10 match lineup as of now:
Suzume & Arisu Endo vs. Moka Miyamoto & Juria Nagano (return from injury)
Neko Haruna (return from injury), Mahiro Kiryu, HIMAWARI & Shino Suzuki vs. Kaya Toribami, Runa Okubo, Toga & Haru Kazashiro
Nao Kakuta & Ryo Mizunami vs. Asuka (Veny) & Yuki Kamifuku
Hikari Noa vs. Vertvixen
Aja Kong & Raku vs. Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao and Pom Harajuku & Max The Impaler in a 3-way
Miu Watanabe vs. Nyla Rose
Miyu Yamashita vs. Sawyer Wreck
Yuki Arai & Wakana Uehara vs. Sakisama (Saki Akai) & May Saint-Michel
International Princess Champion Rika Tatsumi vs. Yuki Aino for the title
Princess Of Princess Champion Mizuki vs. Maki Itoh for the title

The event will be broadcast LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE worldwide, remember new first-time users can get 1 week FOR FREE so sign up a couple days before if you never have! The broadcast will begin on 7/7 at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET.

Tokyo Joshi Pto had announced a late injury change for Sunday’s event-Free WiFi may not be as reliable because Nao Kakuta is off the event. Back injury. Out indefinitely. She was to have teamed with Kaya Toribami to face Shoko Nakajima & Arisu Endo. It’s now a 3-way. Kakuta was on the 6/25 card announced today so hopefully she will be back for that event.

More as it becomes available.

Tokyo Joshi Pro has announced major changes to Sunday’s event and more…The Princess Tag Team Championship is now VACANT. Previous champions Yuka Sakazaki and Mizuki have been forced to vacate the titles due to a Sakazaki injury. Neck. Out indefinitely but it’s going to be at least a month and, as can be the case with neck injuries, possibly much longer. They were supposed to have defended the titles Sunday against Miu Watanabe & Rika Tatsumi. No new plans determined yet. Sakazaki’s 7/8 match vs. Nyla Rose is now off as well. No replacement named yet.

More as it becomes available.

UPDATE: Because of this, what had been the title match 9n 6/11 has been changes to Tatsumi & Watanabe vs. Mizuki in a handicap match. Sakazaki will be at the event to address the fans. Yuki Aino vs. Arisu Endo for the next International Princess Championship shot is now the main event.

Tokyo Joshi Pro continues their spring house show tour today with the last event before their monthly major event next Sunday. With the Big 3 (Miyu Yamashita, Yuka Sakazaki, Maki Itoh) all still overseas until next week and several others still out with injuries, the rest of the roster gets more of the spotlight once again although the missing wrestlers will subdue the potential next week build. Tag matches will be an emphasis today with a pair of 6-women tag matches and one tag match alongside 3 single matches.

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 should be another standard weekend matinee house show with a total running time of just under 2 hours.

Today’s lineup (match order TBA):
Hikari Noa, Nao Kakuta & Wakana Uehara vs. Mahiro Kiryu, Haru Kazashiro & Runa Okubo
Yuki Kamifuku vs. Toga
Moka Miyamoto vs. Shino Suzuki
Hyper Misao vs. HIMAWARI
Mizuki & Suzume vs. Shoko Nakajima & Kaya Toribami
Rika Tatsumi, Miu Watanabe & Arisu Endo vs. Yuki Aino, Raku & Pom Harajuku

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

8:26 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 on the small side for the venue, the ringside seats around the venue aren’t close to full and the “super seats” didn’t sell out in advance. Some fans may still be filing in but I’m going to estimate 175-200, which for these weekend events at the venue is on the low side.

The matches should begin in 15-20 minutes. During opening announcements, the first Up Up Girls solo event in over 4 years was announced. It will be next Saturday (6/10) at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo and will feature 3 matches. No live broadcast.

The matches begin at 8:43 PM PT. Looks like hard camera only today.

Match 1: Moka Miyamoto vs. Shino Suzuki. 15 minute time limit
Result: Moka Miyamoto beat Shino Suzuki by submission

Match 2: Yuki Kamifuku vs. Toga. 15 minute time limit
Result: Yuki Kamifuku beat Toga

Match 3: Hikari Noa, Nao Kakuta & Wakana Uehara vs. Mahiro Kiryu, Haru Kazashiro & Runa Okubo. 20 minute time limit
Result: Hikari Noa, Nao Kakuta & Wakana Uehara beat Mahiro Kiryu, Haru Kazashiro & Runa Okubo. Kakuta beat Kazashiro with an arm & neck choke.

Match 4: Hyper Misao vs. HIMAWARI. 15 minute time limit
Result: Hyper Misao beat HIMAWARI

Match 5: Mizuki & Suzume vs. Shoko Nakajima & Kaya Toribami. 20 minute time limit
Result: Mizuki & Suzume beat Shoko Nakajima & Kaya Toribami. Mizuki pinned Toribami after a diving foot stomp.

Main Event: Rika Tatsumi, Miu Watanabe & Arisu Endo vs. Yuki Aino, Raku & Pom Harajuku. 20 minute time limit
Result: Time Limit Draw

After the main event, Endo issued a challenge to Tatsumi for the International Princess Championship. But so did Aino. So it will be Aino-Endo for the next title shot on 6/11 with the winner getting to face Tatsumi, probably on 7/8 at SUMMER SUN PRINCESS ’23.

The next event, not counting the Up Up Girls one announced today, is “STICK OUT ’23” on 6/11 at Korakuen Hall. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese and English will begin on 6/10 at 10 PM ET/7 PM PT.

UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 194.

Tokyo Joshi Pro continued their spring house show tour today with a return visit to Yuki Kamifuku’s hometown of Fujisawa City. As was the case before, a portion of today’s event proceeds were donated to the city for a scholarship fund for students.

Today’s event was held at Fujisawa City Shonandai Cultural Center in Kanagawa and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date (likely Tuesday). There was no live broadcast. The event will also be aired in Japan on TV Kanagawa in June with commentary from Haruo Murata & Yuki Kamifuku.

The announced paid attendance was 361.

Match 1: Hikari Noa beat Haru Kazashiro.

Match 2: Yuki Aino & Pom Harajuku beat Toga & Runa Okubo. Aino pinned Toga after Venus DDT.

Match 3: Mizuki & Raku beat Hyper Misao & Shino Suzuki. Mizuki beat Suzuki with a facelock.

Match 4: Asuka (Veny) & Nao Kakuta beat Moka Miyamoto & Kaya Toribami. Asuka beat Toribami after a moonsault press. For those unfamiliar with her, this Asuka competes as Veny outside Japan to avoid confusion with the Asuka (formerly Kana in Japan) currently in WWE.

Match 5: Rika Tatsumi, Miu Watanabe & HIMAWARI beat Suzume, Arisu Endo & Wakama Uehara. Watanabe pinned Uehara after Teardrop.

Main Event: Shoko Nakajima & Yuki Kamifuku beat Aja Kong & Mahiro Kiryu. Kamifuku pinned Kiryu after a diving Fameasser. Afterwards, Kong challenged Kamifuku to a match in her hometown. Will it happen? Who knows…

The next event is 6/4 at Ryogoku KFC Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin on 6/3 at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET.