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Tokyo Joshi Pro held what is now becoming an annual hometown event for Yuki Kamifuku in her home city of Fujisawa City.

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. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 347.

There was a last-minute change to the event as Mahiro Kiryu was removed due to a lower back injury. She was to have teamed with Uta Takami to face Runa Okubo & Toga. Kakeru Sekiguchi was the replacement, making her first TJPW appearance.

Match 1: Nao Kakuta beat Haru Kazashiro.

Match 2: Kakeru Sekiguchi & Uta Takami beat Runa Okubo & Toga. Sekiguchi beat Okubo with SG Clutch.

Match 3: Suzume, Arisu Endo & Chika Nanase beat Raku, Pom Harajuku & Kira Summer. Endo beat Summer with a camel clutch.

Match 4: Alexis Lee & Kaya Toribami beat Shoko Nakajima & HIMAWARI. Lee pinned HIMAWARI after Noble Way.

Match 5: Miu Watanabe & Shino Suzuki beat Maki Itoh & Wakana Uehara. Watanabe pinned Uehara.

Main Event: Aja Kong & Yuki Kamifuku beat Rika Tatsumi & Moka Miyamoto. Kamifuku pinned Miyamoto after a diving Fameasser. Afterwards, Kong may have asked for a future match against Kamifuku.

The next event is PRISM ’24 on 6/9 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Already set for that event are International Pricess Champion Yuki Arai vs. LA Taylor for the title, Princess Of Princess Champion Miu Watanabe vs. Vertvixen for the title and the return of AEW star Hikaru Shida to the promotion. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin on 6/8 at 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM ET.

Many fans and even some wrestlers recently, including occasional visitor Max The Impaler (and myself too), have been wondering about Hikari Noa. She has been absent from Tokyo Joshi Pro since missing events in December due to the ever-vague poor physical condition. Now we have an update on her status, but it’s not good for us-Noa has left the promotion. They say she “graduated” and the promotion’s announcement made it sound like a personal decision to leave after discussing future plans there is/will be no comment from Noa but TJPW said she apologized to fans for not being able to live up to their wishes & expectations. A separate announcement from the Up Up Girls website says Noa made the decision to leave Wednesday (May 15).

Noa’s profile page has already been removed from DDT’s website but she was both an International Princess Champion and Princess Tag Team Champion (the latter with the soon-retiring Nao Kakuta, who has posted fond memories of them on Twitter) and also was in the first true hardcore matches in TJPW. No was also a member of the Up Up Girls group with (at the time) Miu Watanabe, Raku and-when she first joined-Shino Suzuki. She has been wrestling for 7 years but it’s not known if that will continue.

We join on wishing Noa the best in her future endeavors

Tokyo Joshi Pro announced the full 5/12 card today, and some unplanned absences with it-one is not injury-related as Nao Kakuta is off due to a scheduling conflict (stage performance) but one is as rookie Kira Summer will be out of action for the first time in her career. The always-vague poor physical condition coming out of yesterday, but serious enough to require a second examination. Out indefinitely. No changes will be needed for 5/12.

More as it becomes available.

In unrelated TJPW news, I also join her many fans and the roster in wishing Yuki Arai a happy 26th birthday!

Tokyo Joshi Pro holds their annual Golden Week blowout event, YES! WONDERLAND” 2024, today. Usually events like this would have all 3 titles defended but there are only 2 title matches today on the 8-match lineup as the International Princess Championship will not be fought for. Instead, to commemorate the 3rd Anniversary of Yuki Arai’s debut (which was in actuality a day or two ago) she will be in a special tag match. The 2 title matches are headlining the event of course-first up, Princess Tag Team Champions Suzume & Arisu Endo will defend their titles against the team of Wakana Uehara & HIMAWARI. In the main event, Princess Of Princess Champion Miu Watanabe defends against Shoko Nakajima, who will try to become the 3rd 3-time champion in history and end Watanabe’s reign in her first defense. Also on the undercard will be an appearance by Ganbare Women flag-bearer Yuna Manase.

Today’s event will be held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese and English. Fans will be able to throw streamers/paper tape today as well. The 8 match lineup combined with an off-site post-event party means, based on time limits, the total running time today should be just under 3 hours.

Today’s lineup (in order):
Toga vs. Shino Suzuki
Mahiro Kiryu, Chika Nanase & Kira Summer vs. Moka Miyamoto, Kaya Toribami & Uta Takami
Yuna Manase vs. Runa Okubo
Maki Itoh vs. Haru Kazashiro
Rika Tatsumi & Yuki Aino vs. Raku & Pom Harajuku
Yuki Arai & Yuki Kamifuku vs. Mizuki & Nao Kakuta
Princess Tag Team Champions Suzume & Arisu Endo vs. Wakana Uehara & HIMAWARI for the titles
Princess Of Princess Champion Miu Watanabe vs. Shoko Nakajima for the title

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Updates below will begin at 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM ET. The live stream is scheduled to begin at 7 PM PT/10 PM ET.

7 PM PT UPDATE: The live stream has begun. We should go to the venue shortly before the event begins.

7:17 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. The English commentary is Mr. Haku & Gaia something.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. Too early to make a prediction as the crowd is still filing in but with the normal setup they have (only using the middle bleacher section on the opposite-hard camera side), and considering it’s a holiday in Japan despite a Monday morning matinee, I’ll make my usual guess of around 750. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 756)

The matches should begin in 20-25 minutes.

Sayuri Namba’s opening announcements begin at 7:24 PM PT, notable response from the crowd as she’s ditched her usual black/white dress for a more Final Fantasy-inspired all-black Tifa Lockheart-style look. During this Arisu Endo was brought out, at which time a hometown return event in her hometown of Aizuwakamatsu was announced for 9/14. Yuki Kamifuku ios also out, now having won the VPW (Vietnam) Women’s Championship in addition to her Queen Of Asia (Singapore) Championship match. And on 5/18 at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring she will defend both titles against Alexis Lee.

Up Up Girls follows and…wait, only 2? 3? Shino Suzuki is running late! Then…5 more?!? New recruits it seems-and now there are 9! Catching up to the 48s! The new girls will have a special event on 7/7 in Tokyo, based on the kanji I believe it could be at Ueno Park Outdoor Stage. (Update: The Up Up Girls official social media account announced it’s a collaboration between a second unit of the group and TJPW and it will be at Ueno Park Outdoor Stage)

The matches begin at 7:50 PM PT/10:50 PM ET.

Match 1: Toga vs. Shino Suzuki. 15 minute time limit
Result: Shino Suzuki beat Toga

Match 2: Mahiro Kiryu, Chika Nanase & Kira Summer vs. Moka Miyamoto, Kaya Toribami & Uta Takami. 20 minute time limit
Result: Moka Miyamoto, Kaya Toribami & Uta Takami beat Mahiro Kiryu, Chika Nanase & Kira Summer. Toribami beat Nanase with a reverse armbar.

Match 3: Yuna Manase (Ganbare Pro) vs. Runa Okubo. 15 minute time limit
Result: Yuna Manase beat Runa Okubo

Match 4: Maki Itoh vs. Haru Kazashiro. 15 minute time limit
Result: Maki Itoh beat Haru Kazashiro by submission. Afterwards, Itoh with microphone. In Japanese, possibly putting Kazashiro the slightest bit over.

Match 5: Rika Tatsumi & Yuki Aino vs. Raku & Pom Harajuku. 20 minute time limit
Result: Rika Tatsumi & Yuki Aino beat Raku & Pom Harajuku by ref stoppage (technical submission). Aino beat Harajuku.

Match 6: Yuki Arai & Yuki Kamifuku vs. Mizuki & Nao Kakuta. 20 minute time limit
Result: Yuki Arai & Yuki Kamifuku beat Mizuki & Nao Kakuta. Arai pinned Kakuta after Finally. Happy Happy!

Match 7: Princess Tag Team Champions Suzume & Arisu Endo vs. Wakana Uehara & HIMAWARI for the titles. 30 minute time limit
Result: Princess Tag Team Champions Suzume & Arisu Endo beat Wakana Uehara & HIMWARI to retain the titles. Endo pinned HIMAWARI after a neckbreaker drop. V1 for the champs.

Main Event: Princess Of Princess Champion Miu Watanabe vs. Shoko Nakajima for the title. 30 minute time limit
Result: Princess Of Princess Champion Miu Watanabe beat Shoko Nakajima to retain the title. V1 for Watanabe. Short post-match promo from Watanabe followed to close the show. No potential next challenger emerged.

The next event is Saturday at Osaka Azalea Taisho in Osaka. There will be no live broadcast.

Tokyo Joshi Pro continues their Spring house show tour today with the final event before YES! WONDERLAND, their annual Golden Week blowout event. As such, this will represent the final builds for the 2 title matches on 5/6 (not 3 because Yuki Arai won’t defend the International Princess Championship. That may be held back for July). Interestingly there is just one single match today as trios matches feature the champions opposite their challengers one last time, an opportunity for one side to build more momentum.

While this probably didn’t affect the card at all, Kaya Toribami will miss this event due to an overseas tour.

Today’s event will be held at Kitazawa Town Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. There will be no commentary. It’s still a house show and no match should have more than a 20 minute time limit, so with 6 matches I anticipate this event will run just under 2 hours.

Today’s lineup (match order TBA):
Rika Tatsumi vs. Nao Kakuta & Chika Nanase in a 3-way
Kira Summer vs. Mahiro Kiryu
Maki Itoh & Uta Takami vs. Yuki Kamifuku & Toga
Mizuki & Shino Suzuki vs. Raku & Pom Harajuku
Suzume, Arisu Endo & Haru Kazashiro vs. Wakana Uehara, HIMAWARI & Runa Okubo
Miu Watanabe & Moka Miyamoto vs. Shoko Nakajima & Yuki Aino

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Updates below will begin at 8:30 PM PT/11:30 PM ET. The live stream is scheduled to begin at 8:15 PM PT/11:15 PM ET.

8:28 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from Kitazawa Town Hall in Tokyo, Japan. There is no commentary.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. They turned the lights down right away for the opening announcements but based on advance sales it has me thinking around 200 initially. A legit sellout at the venue is 294. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 223)

The matches should begin in about 10 minutes.

The matches begin at 8:45 PT/11:45 PM ET. The hard camera is higher-up than normal and at an angle today.

Match 1: Kira Summer vs. Mahiro Kiryu. 15 minute time limit
Result: Mahiro Kiryu beat Kira Summer by submission

Match 2: Rika Tatsumi vs. Nao Kakuta & Chika Nanase in a 3-way. 20 minute time limit
Result: Rika Tatsumi beat Nao Kakuta & Chika Nanase in a 3-way by beating Nanase.

Match 3: Maki Itoh & Uta Takami vs. Yuki Kamifuku & Toga. 20 minute time limit
Result: Maki Itoh & Uta Takami beat Yuki Kamifuku & Toga. Itoh beat Toga with Itoh Punish.

Match 4: Mizuki & Shino Suzuki vs. Raku & Pom Harajuku. 20 minute time limit
Result: Raku & Pom Harajuku beat Mizuki & Shino Suzuki. Raku pinned Suzuki after Doctor Yellow.

Match 5: Suzume, Arisu Endo & Haru Kazashiro vs. Wakana Uehara, HIMAWARI & Runa Okubo (her left eye has what looks like a massive bandage/wrap on her left cheek just under her eye, hopefully not anything serious). 20 minute time limit
Result: Wakana Uehara, HIMAWARI & Runa Okubo beat Suzume, Arisu Endo & Haru Kazashiro. HIMAWARI pinned Kazashiro.

Main Event: Miu Watanabe & Moka Miyamoto vs. Shoko Nakajima & Yuki Aino. 20 minute time limit
Result: Shoko Nakajima & Yuki Aino beat Miu Watanabe & Moka Miyamoto. Nakajima pinned Miyamoto after a diving senton.

The next event is YES! WONDERLAND ’24, the annual Golden Week blowout event, on 5/6 at Korakuen Hall. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin on 5/5 at 7 PM PT/10 PM ET.

Tokyo Joshi Pro held the second Hyper Misao Produced event today, which unfortunately was largely sans Hyper Misao due to injury.

Today’s event was held at Kitazawa Town Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The announced paid attendance was 227,

This event appears to have been mostly theater/play-type storytelling featuring several wrestlers playing along. Raku was the main star in the story and as it went along, it all built up to the one match of the event that was the…

Main Event: Aja Kong beat Raku.

The next event is 4/27. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin on 4/26 at 8:30 PM PT/11:30 PM ET. Live results are tentatively scheduled.

Tokyo Joshi Pro participated in “Gaisen Sakura Pro Wrestling” today, a special mini-doubleheader with the independent BASARA promotion that also featured a special training class for children between events.

Today’s event was held at a special outdoor stage at Shinjo Village in Okayama and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The attendance was not announced because this was a free event, but paid reserved seating was available.

Before the event began, former TJPW wrestler Nodoka Tenma (Yuki Aino’s real-life sister) appeared to greet the crowd.

Match 1: Miu Watanabe beat Haru Kazashiro by submission.

Match 2: Mizuki beat Pom Harajuku.

Match 3: Rika Tatsumi & Nao Kakuta beat Arisu Endo & Mahiro Kiryu. Tatsumi pinned Kiryu after Missile Hip.

Main Event: Shoko Nakajima & Yuki Aino beat Aja Kong & Raku. Aino pinned Raku after UBV.

The next event is HYPE2, the second Hyper Misao Produced event, Friday at Kitazawa Town Hall in Tokyo. Misao will not participate, however, due to injury. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

Tokyo Joshi Pro is back in Japan after another very successful WrestleMania week excursion to the US and resumes their spring house show tour with an event in Tokyo today, which will be the farewell event for Juria Nagano, who is leaving the promotion and pro wrestling after today’s event. Nagano did not say she is retiring so the door may remain open in the future, but at least for now she is going to be done. Maintaining a part-time schedule, she showed flashes of potential but unfortunately she missed a majority of the last 2 years due to injuries. She also is active as an actress and with other interests so there isn’t much time for wrestling. She will have 2 final matches today, first a trios match then her finale will be a single match against regular partner Moka Miyamoto.

There have been late changes to the event card because Hyper Misao is now off due to injury. Fractured right ankle. She was to have faced Yuki Kamifuku & Uta Takami in a 3-way. It’s now a single match. Also, for those unaware, Miyu Yamashita stayed in the US for another extended excursion and is not expected to return to Japan until mid-June. Maki Itoh also remains in the US for now.

Today’s event will be held at Kitazawa Town Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. There will be no commentary. The event is a legit advance sellout. Even with anything they may do as a send-off for Nagano this is otherwise a standard house show and should have a running time of around 2 hours.
There is a chance results at the start will be slightly delayed if the New Japan “Windy City Riot” PPV runs long. It starts 3 1/2 hours before this event and it could go 4+ hours.

Today’s lineup:
Yuki Kamifuku vs. Uta Takami
Mizuki & Nao Kakuta vs. Runa Okubo & Haru Kazashiro
Rika Tatsumi, Raku & Chika Nanase vs. Mahiro Kiryu, Toga & Kira Summer
Miu Watanabe, Suzume & Arisu Endo vs. Shoko Nakajima, Wakana Uehara & HIMAWARI
Juria Nagano, Moka Miyamoto & Kaya Toribami vs. Yuki Aino, Pom Harajuku & Shino Suzuki
Juria Nagano vs. Moka Miyamoto

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Updates below will begin at 8:30 PM PT/11:30 PM ET.

8:31 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from Kitazawa Town Hall in Tokyo, Japan. There is no commentary.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. It’s a legit advance sellout so the number will depend on the setup-the venue’s listed full capacity is 294 but it looks like it’ll be closer to 200. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 294, so it was full capacity)

The matches will begin shortly. Looks like it’s a high-up hard camera only view.

During the opening announcements, Hyper Misao is brought out. She’s on crutches and with a cast/boot on her injured foot. Safe to say she won’t be able to compete at her produced event coming up in just over 2 weeks here. Also, compared to normal the video quality for the stream is not as good as usual. Seems like SD at best where usually the highest quality is HD.

The matches begin at 8:46 PM PT/11:46 PM ET.

Match 1: Juria Nagano, Moka Miyamoto & Kaya Toribami vs. Yuki Aino, Pom Harajuku & Shino Suzuki. 20 minute time limit
Result: Juria Nagano, Moka Miyamoto & Kaya Toribami beat Yuki Aino, Pom Harajuku & Shino Suzuki. Nagano pinned Suzuki after a spinning right head kick. Now on to her final match, which will be the main event.

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

Match 3: Rika Tatsumi, Raku & Chika Nanase vs. Mahiro Kiryu, Toga & Kira Summer. 20 minute time limit
Result: Rika Tatsumi, Raku & Chika Nanase beat Mahiro Kiryu, Toga & Kira Summer. Tatsumi beat Summer with a dragon sleeper.

Match 4: Mizuki & Nao Kakuta vs. Runa Okubo & Haru Kazashiro. 20 minute time limit
Result: Mizuki & Nao Kakuta beat Runa Okubo & Haru Kazashiro. Mizuki pinned Kazashiro with Cutie Special.

Quick break for ring maintenance.

Match 5: Miu Watanabe, Suzume & Arisu Endo vs. Shoko Nakajima, Wakana Uehara & HIMAWARI. 20 minute time limit
Result: Shoko Nakajima, Wakana Uehara & HIMWARI beat Miu Watanabe, Suzume & Arisu Endo. Nakajima pinned Watanabe with a rollup. And there it is…as expected, Nakajima with microphone post-match. Challenge issued. Looks like we’ve got our 5/6 main event. Watanabe’s first Princess Of Princess Championship defense appears set. Then HIMAWARI with microphone. Princess Tag Team Championship challenge issued for herself & Uehara to Suzume & Endo. Uehara with microphone. She’s in too. Endo & Suzume accept. That’s two. Now one burning question left-who will International Princess Champion Yuki Arai presumably defend against on 5/6? (5/6 is YES! WONDERLAND, their annual Golden Week blowout event at Korakuen Hall)

Main Event: Juria Nagano Final Match: Juria Nagano vs. Moka Miyamoto. No time limit
Result: Moka Miyamoto beat Juria Nagano. They went just a few moments over 10 minutes.
Afterwards, Miyamoto with microphone. Time for an emotional farewell to her rival and partner, who she formed a solid team with and Nagano definitely made Miyamoto a better wrestler. It’s sad that Nagano’s injury history the last couple years cost her so much time, they could have been Princess Tag Team Champions had they reached their full potential. After Miyamoto finished, Suzume & Arisu Endo came out to present Nagano with a special photo book followed by Yuki Aino with the traditional flowers. Nagano with microphone to thank the fans and deliver her final farewell. For now at least since she never said this was retirement. Hopefully she will be back someday, she definitely has potential as a Miyu Yamashita-type fighter & striker and made such a good team with Miyamoto. I wish her all the best in her future endeavors. Sayuri Namba then made the final call to end the show as the roster came out to join Nagano for the customary final group photo in the ring followed by lots of hugs & well-wishes from everyone, and fittingly Miyamoto was the last one before Nagano said one last goodbye.

The next event is “Gaisen Sakura Pro Wrestling” tomorrow at Shinjo Village in Okayama, part of a special doubleheader with Pro Wrestling BASARA. The location is subject to change depending on weather as it is scheduled to be outdoors. There will be no live broadcast.

UPDATE: It’s now official. Both title matches are set for 5/6.

The injury bug strikes Japan again, this time Tokyo Joshi Pro and, in particularly bad timing for their hero, it’s gotten Hyper Misao. Fractured right ankle. Out indefinitely. This also means a planned return to the US on 4/27 is now off. For Saturday’s event she was to have faced Yuki Kamifuku & Uta Takami in a 3-way. It’s now a single match. On Sunday she was to have teamed with Rika Tatsumi to face Arisu Endo & Mahiro Kiryu. Nao Kakuta is the replacement, meaning a 3-way of Mizuki vs. Kakuta & Pom Harajuku in a 3-way is now Mizuki vs. Harajuku.

More as it becomes available.