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In addition to their events in the US today and tomorrow, the Tokyo Joshi Pro wrestlers who remained in Japan will have an event today in Tokyo. The highlight is a unique one-day tournament to determine the next challenger for whoever leaves Las Vegas today as International Princess Champion (Suzume or Jada Stone). It starts as an 8-woman tag match, with the winning team then being split up for a tag match, then the second match winners face off in a single match for the title shot. Teams/pairings will be determined by random draws today.
There also has been a late addition to the card-Pom Harajuku was scheduled to be at the US events but could not make it due to visa issues, so she has been added to this event last-minute and will face Moeka Haruhi.

Today’s event will be held at Kanda Myojin Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. There will be no commentary. With the tournament and the late match add that makes 7 matches total, and the event will probably run a little longer than a normal house show and go about 2 1/4 hours.

Today’s lineup (match order TBA):
Kaya Toribami vs. Tabata
Toshiko Hasegawa vs. Kakeru Sekiguchi
Ryo Mizunami & Moka Miyamoto vs. Mahiro Kiryu & Neko Haruna
Pom Harajuku vs. Moeka Haruhi
International Princess Championship Next Challenger Tournament:
Match 1-8-woman tag match. Participants: HIMAWARI, Toga, Haru Kazashiro, Mifu Ashida, Kira Summer, Chika Nanase, Uta Takami, Ivy Steele
Match 2-Match 1 winners face off in a tag match
Match 3-Match 2 winners face off, winner gets title shot

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

8:15 PM PT UPDATE: The live stream has begun. We should be going to the venue in 10-15 minutes.

8:30 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from Kanda Myojin Hall in Tokyo, Japan. There is no commentary.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. This is the first time I’m seeing an event at this venue, the seating I can see appears to be very full. I’m thinking it’ll be around 300. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 215, a legit sellout)

Lots of announcements today before, well, Up Up Girl performance because it’s only Uta Takami today. All the others (Miu Watanabe, Raku, Shino Suzuki) are in the US. And during said announcements…it’;s Sayuri Namba’s turn for the idol rite-of-passage ahead of her pending departure…her first sexy model photobook! Coming late May in Japan.

The matches begin at 8:52 PM PT/11:52 PM ET.
Match 1: International Princess Championship Next Challenger Tournament: Mifu Ashida, Ivy Steele, Kira Summer & Toga vs. HIMAWARI, Haru Kazashiro, Chika Nanase & Uta Takami. No time limit
Result: HIMAWARI, Haru Kazashiro, Chika Nanase & Uta Takami beat Mifu Ashida, Ivy Steele, Kira Summer & Toga. Kazashiro pinned Summer. As a result, the winners will now be split up for a tag match later today. They draw straws to determine the teams. As a result, it’s Kazashiro & Nanase vs. HIMAWARI & Takami. The winners will face each other for the title shot.

Match 2: Moeka Haruhi (Ganbare Pro) vs. Pom Harajuku. 15 minute time limit
Result: Moeka Haruhi beat Pom Harajuku

Match 3: Kaya Toribami vs. Tabata (CMLL). 15 minute time limit
Result: Kaya Toribami beat Tabata

Quick break for ring repairs/maintenance.

Match 4: International Princess Championship Next Challenger Tournament: Haru Kazashiro & Chika Nanase vs. HIMAWARI & Uta Takami. No time limit
Result: HIMAWARI & Uta Takami beat Haru Kazashiro & Chika Nanase. Takami beat Nanase with a front neck lock. As a result, HIMAWARI & Takami will face each other later for the next title shot.

Match 5: Yoshiko Hasegawa vs. Kakeru Sekiguchi (Independent/Freelancer). 15 minute time limit
Result: Kakeru Sekiguchi beat Yoshiko Hasegawa

Match 6: Ryo Mizunami (Independent/Freelancer) & Moka Miyamoto vs. Mahiro Kiryu & Neko Haruna. 20 minute time limit
Result: Ryo Mizunami & Moka Miyamoto beat Mahiro Kiryu & Neko Haruna. Mizunami pinned Haruna after a spear.

Main Event: International Princess Championship Next Challenger Tournament Finals: HIMAWARI vs. Uta Takami. No time limit
Result: HIMAWARI beat Uta Takami to win the tournament. As a result, HIMAWARI will be the next challenger for International Princess Champion Suzume. When is TBA.

The next event is 4/26 at Sapporo Sun Plaza in Hokkaido. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

UPDATE: TBA for Suzume-HIMAWARI will be 5/3 at Kasukabe Fureai Cube in Saitama.

Tokyo Joshi Pro makes their first 2025 trip to the US today as part of The Collective, which sees them take part in 2 WrestleMania week events in addition to some wrestlers participating in other events. This first event is their spotlight event with a number of wrestlers making their US debuts, including the returning Yuki Arai as she begins her full-time pro wrestling career (and model too as her first sexy photobook, announced almost as soon as she left SKE48 at the end of March, took no time at all to reach #1 in the bestseller list for pre-orders in Japan). The card was already big with 3 major title matches but the other day it got bigger with a 4th title match announced-a previously announced match between Miu Watanabe & Masha Slamovich will now be for the TNA Knockouts World Championship held by Slamovich. The other title matches are for TJPW’s 3 major titles headlined by Miyu Yamashita hopefully ending Mizuki’s second reign as Princess of Princess Champion today.

Today’s event will be held at The Pearl Theater at The Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, NV and can be watched LIVE on TrillerTV/FITE with a Triller+ subscription ($7.99/month or $71.99/year, new subscribers get a 1 week free trial) in English. It will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date, probably in 2-3 months. Since it’s not Japan there will likely be no time limits for the matches but there are other events right after this event including a DDT event so it can’t run too long and probably will go no more than 2 1/2 hours.

Today’s lineup (match order TBA):
Yuki Arai vs. Arisu Endo
Rika Tatsumi, Shino Suzuki & VertVixen vs. Yuki Aino, Raku & Viva Van (Updated-see below)
Maki Itoh & Zara Zakher vs. Max The Impaler & Pom Harajuku (Updated-see below)
TNA Knockouts World Champion Masha Slamovich vs. Miu Watanbe for the title
International Princess Champion Suzume vs. Jada Stone for the title
Princess Tag Team Champions Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao vs. Yuki Kamifuku & Wakana Uehara for the titles
Princess Of Princess Champion Mizuki vs. Miyu Yamashita for the title

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Updates below will begin at 11 AM PT/2 PM ET.

UPDATE (Pre-show): There has been a last minute change to the event because unfortunately for us who were looking forward to Wasteland Pom Party, the party is cancelled…Pom Harajuku is now off. Visa issues. They tried to get it resolved but were unsuccessful. Raku will now team with Max The Impaler and Ram Kaichow will replace Raku in the 6-woman tag.

11 AM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

Mandatory FBI Warning, 10 second start countdown, Mandatory Copyright Notice and then…

We are LIVE from The Pearl Theater at The Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, NV. Your hosts are Dave Prazak & Nick Knowledge. The ring announcer is the GCW regular announcer (no Sayuri Namba).

The paid attendance should be announced after the event. Despite it being a Friday morning it sounds like a good crowd, I’m not sure what the venue setup is for but it looks like it’ll probably be in the 600-700 range. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 812)

Up Up Girls come out right away for their usual opening song performance. Just 3 today because no Uta Takami (didn’t come to the US). Commentary joins after the performance ends.

The matches begin at 11:08 AM PT/2:08 PM ET.

Match 1: Yuki Arai vs. Arisu Endo. And Arai gets STREAMERS!!! And Endo gets STREAMERS!!! That’s how it should be (Japan’s really cut down on it since the pandemic)
Result: Yuki Arai beat Arisu Endo. That makes me very happy, and even better she’s been added to tomorrow’s event so we get another chance to see her in the US!

Match 2: Rika Tatsumi, Shino Suzuki & VertVixen vs. Yuki Aino, Ram Kaichow & Viva Van. The graphics incorrectly said Raku but commentary then mentioned the absent Pom Harajuku which forced the changes
Result: Yuki Aino, Ram Kaichow & Viva Van beat Rika Tatsumi, Shino Suzuki & VertVixen. Aino pinned Suzuki after Venus DDT.

Match 3: Maki Itoh & Zara Zakher vs. Max The Impaler & Raku
Result: Maki Itoh & Zara Zakher beat Max The Impaler & Raku. Itoh beat Raku with Itoh Deluxe.

Match 4: International Princess Champion Suzume vs. Jada Stone for the title
Result: International Princess Champion Suzume beat Jada Stone to retain the title. V3 for Suzume.

Match 5: Princess Tag Team Champions Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao vs. Yuki Kamifuku & Wakana Uehara for the titles
Result: Princess Tag Team Champions Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao beat Yuki Kamifuku & Wakana Uehara to retain the titles. Nakajika pinned Uehara after a diving senton. V1 for the champs.

Match 6: TNA Knockouts World Champion Masha Slamovich vs. Miu Watanbe for the title
Result: TNA Knockouts World Champion Masha Slamovich beat Miu Watanabe to retain the title.

Main Event: Princess Of Princess Champion Mizuki vs. Miyu Yamashita for the title
Result: Princess Of Princess Champion Mizuki beat Miyu Yamashita to retain the title. V2 for Mizuki. UNHAPPY UNHAPPT. And a rough couple days for Yamashita, this coming less than 24 hours after a tough loss to Natalya at Josh Barnett’s Bloodsport last night where she got an extra post-fight beatdown after Stone Cold Saluting Natalya. DAMN! They really went at it to build it up on social media and delivered. After commentary signed off, Mizuki promo post-match to end the event along with all the roster coming out. Followed very reluctantly by Max (no doubt disappointed because of no Pom)

Overall this was a fun event that felt like TJPW with a very supportive crowd and I loved how they gave everyone the streamers. The unexpected absence of Pom Harajuku was disappointing but they did everything they could to resolve the visa issues right up until the last second. This kind of stuff unfortunately is a regular occurrence for foreign wrestlers both ways, including those competing regularly in the US and US wrestlers competing abroad sometimes. They will be back in the US again this summer and deservedly so as they continue to grow and build their fanbase.

End Show.

The next event is tomorrow at Kanda Myojin Hall in Tokyo with those who did not participate in the US events. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin TONIGHT at 8:30 PM PT/11:30 PM ET. The second US event is DDT vs. TJPW vs. GCW tomorrow on Triller+ beginning at 2 PM PT/5 PM ET.

And it’s a good one…at Friday’s Tokyo Joshi Pro event in Las Vegas an already big match between Masha Slamovich & Miu Watanabe is set. But now a major change has been announced by TJPW…it’s now for Slamovich’s TNA Knockouts World Championship! Massive opportunity for Watanabe! That makes 4 title matches for the event.

The event happens Friday at the Pearl Theater at The Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, NV and if you can’t be there in person it will stream live on TrillerTV/FITE with a Triller+ subscription-and if you never have subscribed before there is a 1 week free trial so you can watch this and all The Collective FOR FREE! It will also be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date.

Before they head to the US for The Collective along with DDT and others, Tokyo Joshi Pro holds a special WRESTLE UNIVERSE Members Only event today, with admission limited to members of WRESTLE UNIVERSE, which is the promotion’s fan club (also for DDT and one of two for Pro Wrestling NOAH) as well as subscription streaming service. Most of today’s card will not be announced in advance with one exception-the annual fan-favorite “Costume Change” match will be held today which will consist on paper of Mizuki, Suzume, Pom Harajuku & Yoshioko Hasegawa vs. Wakana Uehara, HIMAWARI, Toga & Haru Kazashiro. It’s gonna be wacky and fun if just because of Pom who is at her comedy best in matches like this.

It has also been announced that Mifu Ashida will miss this event. Scheduling conflicts.

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. There will be 6 matches total so the event probably will be a standard house show running just under 2 hours.

Today’s lineup:
Mizuki, Suzume, Pom Harajuku & Yoshioko Hasegawa vs. Wakana Uehara, HIMAWARI, Toga & Haru Kazashiro in a Costume Change match
5 other matches TBA

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Updates below will begin at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET. The live stream is scheduled to begin 15 minutes before the event.

9:45 PM PT UPDATE: The live stream has begun. We should be going to the venue in just under 15 minutes. Remember no matches will be announced before they happen except the one above already announced.

9:59 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. Ticket sales were limited to paid WRESTLE UNIVERSE members only but it’s going to be close to a full crowd, it’s a very small venue so said crowd will probably be around 175. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 258, a super full house/very near sellout)

Even ring announcer Sayuri Namba is getting in on the costume change theme today as she came out dressed as a Chinese woman instead of her usual Final Fantasy-themed outfit.

The matches are announced after the Up Up Girls performance. The costume change match announced before is the main event.

The matches begin at 10:13 PM PT/1:13 AM ET.

Match 1: Chika Nanase vs. Yuki Kamifuku. 15 minute time limit
Result: Yuki Kamifuku beat Chika Nanase

Match 2: Ivy Steele vs. Kira Summer. 15 minute time limit
Result: Kira Summer beat Ivy Steele. Comedy match with both dressed up and repping their native homelands-Steele from the UK and Summer from Australia with a stuffed Koala bear and dressed like an Australian wildlife explorer.

Match 3: Hyper Misao, Mahiro Kiryu & Moka Miyamoto (all dressed like Misao with the masks too) vs. Raku, Yuki Aino & Neko Haruna (Aino & Haruna were masked and not in their usual outfits). 20 minute time limit
Result: Hyper Misao, Mahiro Kiryu & Moka Miyamoto beat Raku, Yuki Aino & Neko Haruna. Misao pinned Haruna with La Magistral. At some point Raku disappeared and was replaced by a mystery woman dressed as a skeleton in a hoodie, which most definitely was not Raku.

Match 4: Miu Watanabe & Uta Takami vs. Miyu Yamashita & Arisu Endo. 20 minute time limit
Result: Miu Watanabe & Uta Takami beat Miyu Yamashita & Arisu Endo. Apparently the match somehow involved trivia questions being answered correctly to win (I was split-streaming another event so I didn’t have audio on)

Match 5: Shino Suzuki vs. Kaya Toribami, Maki Itoh, Rika Tatsumi & SHoko Nakajima in a 5-way. Apparently an elimination match but also a comedy match. Also changing rules after each elimination
Result: Not even gonna try to explain because I couldn’t understand but apparently itoh & Toribami won.

Main Event: Mizuki, Suzume, Pom Harajuku & Yoshioko Hasegawa vs. Wakana Uehara, HIMAWARI, Toga & Haru Kazashiro in a Costume Change match. 20 minute time limit. Change-wise, Toga was dressed as Neko Haruna, Kazashiro was Hyper Misao, HIMAWARI was Shoko Nakajima, Uehara was Miyu Yamashita. On the other side, they were all Up Up Girls.Mizuki was Suzuki, Harajuku was Takami, Hasegawa was Watanabe, Suzume was (a somewhat convincing and pretty good) Raku.
Result: Mizuki, Suzume, Pom Harajuku & Yoshiko Hasegawa beat Wakana Uehara, HIMAWARI, Toga & Haru Kazashiro. Mizuki pinned Kazashiro with Cutie Special. Comedy match of course, although one has to admit Toga was not the most convincing Neko Haruna, if only because the real Haruna is much bigger.

The next event is TJPW LIVE in Las Vegas Friday at the Pearl Theater at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, NV. Live streaming exclusively on TrillerTV/FITE with a Triller+ subscription ($7.99/month or $71.99/year, a 1 week free trial is available for new subscribers) will begin at 11 AM PT/2 PM ET. It may be on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date, but it will probably be a few weeks or even a couple months later. For the wrestlers not coming to the US, their next event is Saturday at Kanda Myojin Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Friday at 8:30 PM PT/11:30 PM ET.

UPDATE: The promotion will return to the venue on 6/27 for a Hyper Misao Produced event.

In a social media post a few minutes ago, Tokyo Joshi Pro announced 3 new US events for after The Collective-they’re headed to Texas for the first time in July. First there will be a doubleheader on 7/10 & 7/11 at POST in Houston, Texas, then on 7/13 at The OC in Forney, Texas (Dallas area).

More details TBA.

Tokyo Joshi Pro continued the spring house show tour today in Fukuoka.

Today’s event was held at Acros Fukuoka in Fukuoka and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Wednesday. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 335.

Match 1: Moka Miyamoto beat Mifu Ashida by submission.

Match 2: Mahiro Kiryu & Neko Haruna beat Yoshiko Hasegawa & Chika Nanase. Kiryu pinned Nanase after a spinebuster.

Match 3: Raku beat Shino Suzuki & Kaya Toribami in a 3-way by pinning Suzuki.

Match 4: Rika Tatsumi & Toga beat Kira Summer & Ivy Steele. Tatsumi pinned Summer after Twist Of Fate.

Match 5: Suzume & Arisu Endo beat Miu Watanabe & Uta Takami. Suzume pinned Takami after Ring A Bell.

Match 6: Mizuki & Aja Kong (OZ Academy) beat Hyper Misao & Pom Harajuku. Kong pinned Harajuku after a backdrop.

Main Event: Maki Itoh, Wakana Uehara & Yuki Kamifuku beat Miyu Yamashita, Yuki Aino & Haru Kazashiro. Itoh beat Kazashiro with Itoh Deluxe.

The next event is Friday at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 3 AM PT/6 AM ET.

In other news, it was announced that Jada Stone will return to Japan for the 5/31, 6/1 and 6/7 events. If she wins the International Princess Championship in the US on 4/18, a title defense is possible.
Speaking of which, the next challenger after 4/18 will be determined by a one-day tournament on 4/19 at Kanda Myojin Hall in Tokyo, an event featuring wrestlers not going to the US that week. It will be an 8-woman tournament with only wrestlers who debuted in 2023 or 2024, starting with an 8-woman tag match with teams determined on the day by drawing. The winners will advance to a tag match with random pairings. The two winners left after those two matches face off in a single match with the winner getting the title shot. Participants: HIMAWARI, Kira Summer, Toga, Chika Nanase, Haru Kazashiro, Uta Takami, Mifu Ashida, Ivy Steele. On paper it seems set up for Toga to win but I also like Steele’s odds or maybe even HIMAWARI. Title match date TBA and will depend on what happens on 4/18.

And in case you missed it, in the US last night Shoko Nakajima became THE NEW MLW Women’s World Featherweight Champion at MLW Battle Riot 2025. The entire event can be watched on demand FOR FREE on YouTube.

Tokyo Joshi Pro resumed the spring 2025 house show tour today in Hiroshima.

Today’s event was held at Hiroshima Sangyo Kaikan East Exhibition Hall 2 in Hiroshima and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Tuesday. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 178.

Match 1: Kaya Toribami beat Uta Takami by submission.

Match 2: Yuki Aino, Raku & Pom Harajuku beat Mahiro Kiryu, Moka Miyamoto & Chika Nanase. Raku beat Nanase with a front neck lock.

Match 3: Rika Tatsumi beat Mifu Ashida by submission.

Match 4: Miu Watanabe, Haru Kazashiro & Toga beat Yuki Kamifuku, Kira Summer & Ivy Steele. Watanabe pinned Steele after The Reverse Paradox.

Match 5: Suzume & Arisu Endo beat Hyper Misao & Neko Haruna. Suzume pinned Haruna after Ring A Bell.

Match 6: Miyu Yamashita beat Yoshiko Hasegawa.

Main Event: Mizuki & Wakana Uehara beat Maki Itoh & Shino Suzuki. Mizuki pinned Suzuki with Cutie Special.

The next event is tomorrow at Acros Fukuoka in Fukuoka. There will be no live broadcast.

With an emotional weekend in Nagoya in the books as Yuki Arai said goodbye to SKE48 after over a decade, Tokyo Joshi Pro returned to Tokyo today for an outdoor event.

Today’s event was held at Ueno Park Outdoor Stage in Tokyo and will be available on drmand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Saturday. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 136.

There were last-minute changes to the card due to Pom Harajuku being pulled off the event. The always-vague poor health. Antonio Honda was also a last-minute removal. Chronic illness. A.YAZAWA was the replacement.

Match 1: Suzume & Neko Haruna beat Toga & Chika Namase. Suzume pinned Nanase after Ring A Bell.

Match 2: Maki Itoh & Yuki Kamifuku beat Kira Summer & Ivy Steele. Itoh beat Steele with Itoh Deluxe.

Match 3: Arisu Endo beat Uta Takami & Miu Watanabe in a 3-way by pinning Takami.

Match 4: Miyu Yamashita & Moka Miyamoto beat Wakana Uehara & Mifu Ashida. Yamashita pinned Ashida after Attitude Adjustment.

Match 5: In a Rock & Roll Deathmatch, where all wrestlers must rock out when music played, Rika Tatsumi & Mahiro Kiryu beat A.YAZAWA & Trans-Am Hiroshi. Tatsumi pinned YAZAWA.

Main Event: In a 3 event competition that detetmined which team could win the actual match with 1 count pinfalls or 2 count pinfalls. Mizuki, Yuki Aino, Raku, Haru Kazashiro & Shino Suzuki beat Shoko Nakajima, Hyper Misao, Kaya Toribami, Yoshiko Hasegawa & HIMAWARI. First event: Mizuki team wins a Ball Insertion conpetition 5-2. Second event: In a 2-legged wrestling 2 count pinfalls match, Nakajima team wins (Nakajima & Hasegawa pinned Kazashiro & Suzuki). Third event: Nakajima team won a baton relay race. That meant Nakajima team could win with 1 count pinfalls, Mizuki team with 2 count pinfalls. Match result: Raku pinned Misao.

The next event is Saturday at Hiroshima Sangyo Kaikan in Hiroshima. Shoko Nakajima, Uta Takami & HIMAWARI will miss the event as they are headed to the US early for other events ahead of The Collective. There will be no live broadcast.

In other news, as soon as Arai left SKE48 she announced the official idol-rite-of-passage: Her first sexy modeling photobook. Shot on location in Indonesia, it has all kinds of content-swimsuits, lingerie, implied nudity, all you’d expect from a gravure idol. It’s been all over Japanese media since Arai announced it herself. On sale in Japan on 5/23. (UPDATE: She’s announced that it’s already hit #1 on the Amazon Japan bestseller chart as a preorder) She will return to TJPW full-time in May but will be on the US event in Las Vegas, NV on 4/18. and it was announced her US debut match will be against Arisu Endo. The event will have 7 matches including 3 title matches. Broadcast plans TBA but I expect the live broadcast will be only on TrillerTV/FITE with a Triller+ membership which is $7.99/month or $71.99/year. The event is scheduled for 4/18 at 11 AM PT/2 PM ET.

It was also announced that Matcha & Alexis Lee will participate in TJPW on 5/3 & 5/5. Matches TBA.

UPDATE: WRESTLE UNIVERSE has extended the PPV viewing period for the 3/30 Yuki Arai SKE48 performance. Originally to end this weekend, the viewing period has been extended until 4/13 at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET and you can now purchase the replay until 25 hours prior. I highly recommend it.

Tokyo Joshi Pro’s second half of their Nagoya doubleheader featured a special live SKE48 concert with Yuki Arai ahead of her final performance with the group tomorrow before leaving to be part of TJPW full-time.

Today’s event was held at Chunichi Hall in Nagoya and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE as a PPV until 4/6 at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET. The replay is available for 3000 Japanese yen (around $20 US) for non-subscribers and 2500 yen (around $16.75 US) for subscribers. (UPDATE: I purchased the replay on 3/31/25 as a subscriber and, at that time, the 2500 yen translated to $16.70 US. The entire running time is 2 hours, 41 minutes. Except for the second match below, there is no commentary)

The announced paid attendance was 490, a legit advance sellout.

Match 1: In a “Class Of ’98” match, where all the participants were born in 1998, Yuki Arai, Neko Haruna & Moka Miyamoto beat Suzume, Arisu Endo & Shino Suzuki. Arai pinned Suzuki after Finally.

Match 2: Raku won a 6 woman battle royal, last eliminating Pom Harajuku. Order of elimination: Yuki Kamifuku by Miyu Yamashita, Mahiro Kiryu by Harajuku, Hyper Misao by Harajuku, Yamashita by Raku, Harajuku by Raku. Everyone in the match was dressed up as Yuki Arai. This match featured special live commentary from Haruo Murata & Marika Tani. (UPDATE: Not mentioned or noticed before was that former SKE48 member Shiori Aoki returned for this match as a special referee)

Main Event: Mizuki, Rika Tatsumi & Shoko Nakajima vs. Maki Itoh, Miu Watanabe & Yuki Aino went to a 15 minute time limit draw.

After the matches there was an intermission to remove the ropes from the ring and prepare for the concert. The matches went about an hour total.

The 90-minute (scheduled) concert featured 16 songs by Arai’s SKE48 Team KII including a 3-song encore, a final post-concert promo from Arai and group photo. Arai will now take a break next month before returning full-time in May but she will be part of the US events during The Collective in Las Vegas, NV, making what will be her US debut. It’s an enjoyable set and about halfway through featured my favorite (so far) SKE48 song, “Finally” which made me really happy. Today (3/31 in Japan) was Arai’s official final performance and at least some of the TJPW roster attended including Miu Watanabe & Miyu Yamashita. I will miss Arai as part of SKE48 but am excited to see her continue in TJPW and will continue to aupport her going forward. She also has her own new online fanclub starting which you can join at araiyuki.net.

The next event is Wednesday at Ueno Park Outdoor Stage in Tokyo. There will be no live broadcast.

There’s also been some outside-the-ring news:
Now that her SKE48 days are over, Yuki Arai has announced the release of another idol rite-of-passage: Her first photobook. It will be released in Japan on 5/23, you might be able to get it on Amazon Kindle outside Japan. It was shot in Bali, Indonesia and looks like it will be more pinup/gravure/swimsuit in nature. Of course I want it…
Also, Wakana Uehara announced today (4/1) she has left the talent agency she was previously signed with and will be independent going forward. This should not affect her TJPW participation but would also be for her other entertainment activities. She has also launched her own official website, which also notes her entrance song is available on iTunes in the US, which I thus need to download!