TJPW News: Full 10/9 Card Announced

Tokyo Joshi Pro has announced the full card for WRESTLE PRINCESS 4 on 10/9 at Tama Mirai Messe in Tokyo, their most important event of the year. The full lineup is as follows (in order):
Haru Kazashiro vs. Runa Okubo
Arisu Endo, Kaya Toribami & HIMAWARI vs. HARUKAZE, Yoshiko Hasegawa & Riara
Moka Miyamoto vs. Juria Nagano
Aja Kong, Raku & Shino Suzuki vs. Hyper Misao, Wakana Uehara & Toga
Ryo Mizunami & Yuki Aino vs. Miu Watanabe & Yuki Arai
Saki-sama (Saki Akai), May Saint-Michel (Mei Suruga), Yukio Saint Laurent (Yukio Sakaguchi( & Martha vs. :Shoko Nakajima, Suzume, Pom Harajuku & Antonio Honda
Maki Itoh vs. Nyla Rose
Hikari Noa & Nao Kakuta vs. Yuki Kamifuku & Mahiro Kiryu for the vacant Princess Tag Team Championship
International Princess Champion Rika Tatsumi vs. NWA Women’s TV Champion Max The Impaler for the titles (double title match)
Princess Of Princess Champion Mizuki vs. Miyu Yamashita for the title
Neko Haruna will appear at an onsite autograph session but will not compete (injured).

Tickets are still available and the event will also stream LIVE on WRESTLE UNVIERSE beginning on 10/8 at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET.

Tokyo Joshi Pro 9/23/23 Results

Tokyo Joshi Pro continued the CITY CIRCUIT Tour today with an event in Yokohama, likely the last time Saki Akai would appear in the promotion as her sexier Saki-sama persona.

Today’s event was held at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The announced paid attendance was 270, a legit advance sellout.

Match 1: Yuki Aino beat Runa Okubo.

Match 2: Kaya Toribami beat Haru Kazashiro.

Match 3: Hyper Misao beat HIMAWARI & Pom Harajuku in a 3-way by beating HIMAWARI.

Match 4: Raku, Suzume & Arisu Endo beat Moka Miyamoto, Wakana Uehara & Toga. Suzume pinned Toga after Ring A Bell.

Match 5: Saki-sama (Saki Akai) & May Saint-Michel beat Miu Watanabe & Shino Suzuki. Saki-sama pinned Suzuki after Academy Awards.

Main Event: Mizuki, Rika Tatsumi, Hikari Noa & Nao Lakuta beat Miyu Tamashita, Maki Itoh, Yuki Kamifuku & Mahiro Kiryu. Noa pinned Kiryu with a blizzard suplex hold.

The next event is WRESTLE PRINCESS 4, what the promotion considers their biggest & most important major event of the year, on 10/9 at Tama Mirai Messe in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTE UNIVERSE will begin on 10/8 at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET.

Tokyo Joshi Pro 9/18/23 Results

Tokyo Joshi Pro continues the CITY CIRCUIT Tour today with their twice-yearly SKE48-focused event in Nagoya, featuring a mini-live concert by the group and the last chance for some AA Eye Candy.

Today’s event was held at Nagoya International Conference Center Event Hall in Nagoya and can be watched on demand on WRESTE UNIVERSE.

The announced paid attendance was 681, a full house/near sellout.

Match 1: Suzume beat Shino Suzuki.

Match 2: Arisu Endo & Haru Kazashiro beat Kaya Toribami & Runa Okubo. Endo beat Okubo with a camel clutch.

An SKE48 mini-concert featuring Yuki Arai was held. This will only be available on demand for the next month.

Match 3: Rika Tatsumi, Miu Watanabe & HIMAWARI beat Hyper Misao, Raku & Pom Harajuku. Tatsumi beat Harajuku with a dragon sleeper. SKE48 member Shiori Aoki was the special referee, making her second such appearance in TJPW.

Match 4: Yuki Kamifuku, Mahiro Kiryu & Toga beat Hikari Noa, Nao Kakuta & Wakama Uehara. Kamifuku pinned Uehara after Fameasser.

Match 5: Mizuki & Shoko Nakajima beat Miyu Yanashita & Maki Itoh. Mizuki pinned Yamashita.

Main Event: Yuki Arai & Saki Akai beat Yuki Aino & Moka Miyamoto. Akai pinned Miyamoto after Double Newcomer Award. Now it’s on to their first and last single match before Akai retires later this year.

The next event is Saturday at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Tokyo with Akai returning as Saki-sama one more time alongside May Saint-Michel (Mei Suruga) to face Miu Watanabe & Shino Suzuki in the only official match so far. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Friday at 8:30 PM PT/11:30 PM ET.

FREE VIDEO: Shiori Aoki Referee Debut in TJPW

Ahead of her return to Tokyo Joshi Pro as a referee this weekend, SKE48 has posted the full video of a Tokyo Joshi Pro match earlier this year when group member Shiori Aoki made her wrestling debut as a referee-in a match featuring SKE48 teammate Yuki Arai, no less! Fellow teammate Marika Tani was a guest on Japanese commentary. They’ll all do it again Monday (Sunday night US time) and you can watch LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE beginning Sunday at 8:30 PM PT/11:30 PM ET, featuring a special SKE48 mini-live performance with Arai and 4 of her SKE48 teammates. Until then, check out the video below (video courtesy of the SKE48 Official YouTube channel):

Tokyo Joshi Pro 9/10/23 Results

Tokyo Joshi Pro continued the CITY CIRCUIT Tour with an event in Kyoto, a hometown event for Yuki Arai.

Today’s event was held at Kyoto KBS Hall in Kyoto and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 289.

Match 1: Kaya Toribami beat Shino Suzuki.

Match 2: Raku & Pom Harajuku beat Wakana Uehara & HIMAWARI. Raku pinned HIMAWARI after Doctor Yellow.

Match 3: Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao beat Nao Kakuta & Yoshiko Hasegawa. Nakajima pinned Hasegawa with a Northern Lights Suplex hold.

Match 4: Hikari Noa beat Moka Miyamoto & Miyu Yamashita in a 3-way by pinning Miyamoto.

Match 5: Yuki Aino beat Yuki Arai.

Main Event: Yuki Kamifuku & Mahiro Kiryu beat Suzume & Arisu Endo and Rika Tatsumi & Miu Watanabe in a 3-way when Kiryu pinned Endo. As a result, Kamifuku & Kiryu sill face Hikari Noa & Nao Kakuta for the vacant Princess Tag Team Championship at WRESTLE PRINCESS 4 on 10/9.

The next event is Saturday at Kissei Cultural Hall Middle Hall in Nagano. There will be no live broadcast.

Tokyo Joshi Pro 9/9/23 Results

Tokyo Joshi Pro continued the CITY CIRCUIT Tour today with their first-ever event in Hiroshima.

Today’s event was held at Hiroshima Industrial Hall West Exhibition Hall 2nd Exhibition Hall in Hiroshima 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 223.

Match 1: Yuki AIno beat HIMAWARI.

Match 2: Mahiro Kiryu beat Kaya Toribami.

Match 3: Yuki Kamifuku beat Toga.

Match 4: Yuki Arai, Suzume & Arisu Endo beat Mizuki, Wakana Uehara & Shino Suzuki. Arai beat Suzuki with a scorpion deathlock.

Match 5: Rika Tatsumi & Miu Watanabe beat Miyu Yamashita & Moka Miyamoto. Watanabe pinned Miyamoto after Daydream Eternity.

Main Event: Princess Tag Team Championship Tournament: Nao Kakuta & Hikari Noa beat Hyper Misao & Shoko Nakajima and Raku & Pom Harajuku in a 3-way when Kakuta pinned Nakajima. As a result, Kakuta & Noa will face the winners of a second 3-way scheduled for tomorrow at WRESTLE PRINCESS 4 on 10/9 for the titles.

The next event is tomorrow at Kyoto KBS Hall in Kyoto. There will be no live broadcast.

Injury Report: TJPW Body Count Rising Again

Tokyo Joshi Pro is going through another tough injury absence stretch. Suzume missed an event lat week but should be back this weekend, however they have announced two new absences-Neko Haruna (again) & Haru Kazashiro. Haruna recently just returned from injury but now is out due to a knee injury. Kazashiro is out due to coronavirus. Both will miss the two events this weekend. Their status beyond that is mot yet known but both should be considered questionable for the upcoming events on 9/15 and 9/17.

More as it becomes available.

Tokyo Joshi Pro 8/5/23 Results

Tokyo Joshi Pro continued the CITY CIRCUIT 2023 Tour today with a visit to Shoko Nakajima’s hometown of Joetsu City.

Today’s event was held at Duo Cerezo in Niigata and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 349, a full house/near sellout.

Match 1: Suzume beat Runa Okubo.

Match 2: Hyper Midao beat HIMAWARI & Neko Haruna in a 3-way by pinning HIMAWARI.

Match 3: Hikari Noa & Nao Kakuta beat Mahiro Kiryu & Toga. Kakuta pinned Kiryu after Shiden Kai.

Match 4: Mizuki, Shino Suzuki & Haru Kazashiro beat Yuki Arai, Raku & Pom Harajuku. Mizuki pinned Harajuku with Cutie Special.

Match 5: Aja Kong (OZ Academy) beat Super Sasadango Machine (DDT).

Match 6: Rika Tatsumi & Miu Watanabe beat Moka Miyamoto & Kaya Toribami. Tatsumi pinned Toribami after a sliding hip attack.

Main Event: Shoko Nakajima & Yuki Aino beat Miyu Yamashita & Arisu Endo. Nakajima pinned Endo after a diving senton.

The next event is 8/12 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo for the Tokyo Princess Cup Semifinals. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling 7/29/23 Results (Updated)

Tokyo Joshi Pro continues the Tokyo Princess Cup Tournament today with the Quarterfinals. All 4 matches are on tap today with a random draw afterwards to determine the Semifinals pairings (it may not be as the bracket suggests). The tournament matches today are Miyu Yamashita vs. Moka Miyamoto, Rika Tatsumi vs. Shoko Nakajima, Yuki Kamifuku vs. Miu Watanabe and Yuki Arai vs. Arisu Endo. On paper Yamashita and the Tatsumi-Nakajima winner seem to be the favorites left but anything is possible. 3 non-tournament matches open the event and feature most of the rest of the roster. A special autograph and fan photo event at a separate location in Tokyo follows the event.

Today’s event will be held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese and English. The broadcast should begin 10-15 minutes before the scheduled event start time. Due to the after-event party they’ll be on a slightly strict time limit although the event time is subject to change, even though there is no time limit for the tournament matches-that means nonetheless the event’s total runtime probably will not be more than 2 1/2 hours.

Today’s lineup:
Juria Nagano & Kaya Toribami vs. Wakana Uehara & HIMAWARI
Hyper Misao, Nao Kakuta & Yuki Aino vs. Mahiro Kiryu, Pom Harajuku & Neko Haruna
Mizuki, Toga, Haru Kazashiro & Runa Okubo vs. Hikari Noa, Raku, Suzume & Shino Suzuki
Tokyo Princess Cup Quarterfinals:
Yuki Arai vs. Arisu Endo
Miu Watanabe vs. Yuki Kamifuku
Rika Tatsumi vs. Shoko Nakajima
Miyu Yamashita vs. Moka Miyamoto

Refresh this page occasionally for the latest results.

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

7 PM PT UPDATE: The stream has begun. According to the page on WRESTLE UNIVERSE, the match order has changed slightly from above-Tatsumi vs. Nakajima apparently will be the main event while Yamashita-Miyamoto will be Match 6. The first 5 matches otherwise should be in order as listed above.

7:22 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. If you’re watching in English, your hosts are Chris Brookes, Baliyan Akki & Ash.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. The crowd is still filing in but it’s reduced capacity on the opposite hard-camera side where the commentary setups are. Sellouts lately have been close to 1500 but with this setup they’ll probably top out closer to 1000 and normally they do in the 500s-600s at Korakuen recently. (From the opening shots it’s early but definitely on the low side. Maybe they’ll get to around 500) (Update: The announced paid attendance was 437)

The matches should begin in 15-20 minutes.

During opening announcements two new trainees are introduced. Didn’t get names but one looked to be a teenager while the second one was from Australia based on her slow and uncertain Japanese…props for trying and managing to get through her intro in Japanese! (Updates: their tentative ring names are Chika & Kira, respectively)

Then announced for an event later this year in Nagoya is…OMG, the match I hoped would maybe happen before Saki Akai retires later this year…Saki Akai vs. Yuki Arai! AA Eye Candy faces each other for the first, last and only time, at least in singles action. Could this be Saki passing the torch to Yuki? FEELS!!! (Update: That match will happen on 9/18 in Nagoya)

The matches begin at 7:48 PM PT.

Match 1: Juria Nagano & Kaya Toribami vs. Wakana Uehara & HIMAWARI. 20 minute time limit
Result: Juria Nagano & Kaya Toribami beat Wakana Uehara & HIMAWARI. Nagano pinned HIMAWARI after a spinning head kick.

Match 2: Hyper Misao, Nao Kakuta & Yuki Aino vs. Mahiro Kiryu, Pom Harajuku & Neko Haruna. 20 minute time limit
Result: Hyper Misao, Nao Kakuta & Yuki Aino beat Mahiro Kiryu, Pom Harajuku & Neko Haruna. Misao pinned Kiryu with La Magistral. This ended very quickly, just a couple minutes. Comedy promos afterwards. Which led to…
Match 2 (Again): Hyper Misao, Nao Kakuta & Yuki Aino vs. Mahiro Kiryu, Pom Harajuku & Neko Haruna. 20 minute time limit
Result: Hyper Misao, Nao Kakuta & Yuki Aino beat Mahiro Kiryu, Pom Harjauku & Neko Haruna. Kakuta beat Harajuku with a combination toe hold/guillotine choke.

Match 3: Mizuki, Toga, Haru Kazashiro & Runa Okubo vs. Hikari Noa, Raku, Suzume & Shino Suzuki. 20 minute time limit
Result: Hikari Noa, Raku, Suzume & Shino Suzuki beat Mizuki, Toga, Haru Kazashiro & Runa Okubo. Noa pinned Toga with a blizzard suplex hold.

Quick break for ring repairs/maintenance.

Match 4: Tokyo Princess Cup Quarterfinals: Yuki Arai vs. Arisu Endo. No time limit
Result: Yuki Arai beat Arisu Endo. As a result, Arai advances to the Semifinals. Halfway there! Now the wait for the rest of the matches and the random draw afterwards to find out who’s next.

Match 5: Tokyo Princess Cup Quarterfinals: Miu Watanabe vs. Yuki Kamifuku. No time limit
Result: Yuki Kamifuku beat Miu Watanabe. As a result, Kamifuku advances to the Semifinals. She’s really turning heel based on her antics.

Match 6: Tokyo Princess Cup Quarterfinals: Miyu Yamashita vs. Moka Miyamoto. No time limit
Result: Miyu Yamashita beat Moka Miyamoto. As a result, Yamashita advances to the Semifinals. One step closer to finally taking that Princess Of Princess Championship away from Mizuki.

Main Event: Tokyo Princess Cup Quarterfinals: Rika Tatsumi vs. Shoko Nakajima. No time limit
Result: Rika Tatsumi beat Shoko Nakajima by submission. As a result, Tatsumi advances to the Semifinals.

The Semfinalists come out. It sounds like the draw will happen at a later time on TJPW’s official YouTube channel. Tatsumi finishes the post-main event promo to end the event.

The Semifinals will be on 8/12.

The next event is 8/5 at Duo CEREZO in Niigata for a Shoko Nakajima hometown event, featuring Yuki Arai participation and Aja Kong vs. Super Sasadango Machine (DDT). There will be no live broadcast.

UPDATE: The Semifinal draw was held at the post-event party. The matches will be Arai vs. Yamashita & Tatsumi vs. Kamifuku.

Tokyo Joshi Pro 7/27/23 Results

Tokyo Joshi Pro held a special summer athletic competition today, a break from traditional wrestling for a variety of unusual and comedy-themed activities with everyone divided into two teams for the unique event.

Today’s event was held at Sugamiku Resort Pleasure Forest in Kanagawa and is available on demand as a PPV on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. The event can be purchased until 8/2 and is available for 3500 Japanese yen (around $26) for non-monthly subscribers and 2800 yen (around $20) for monthly paying subscribers. It may be available to all paying subscribers at a later date (probably October at the earliest).

This was a closed event with no fans in attendance. The format was 5 events with 1 point for the winners, most points at the end wins.

Match 1: In a Falls Count Anywhere match, Rika Tatsumi, Hikari Noa & Nao Kakuta (Red Team) beat Pom Harajuku, Suzume & Yuki Arai (White Team). Tatsumi pinned Harajuku after Twist Of Fate.

Match 2: In a Spider Climbing Competition, where apparently the most combined distance climbed wins (and it was teams simultaneous and fighting each other), Mizuki, Miu Watanabe & Kaya Toribami (White Team) beat Yuki Aino, Moka Miyamoto & Arisu Endo 31.4 meters-22.9 meters.

Match 3: In a Steel Maze Battle, a series of 3 single battles where the first to escape a multi-level structure won, Raku, Nao Kakuta & Hyper Misao (Red Team) beat Suzume, Mahiro Kiryu & Yuki Kamifuku (White Team) 2-1.

Match 4: In a Sumo Pushing competition held in a small cage high above the ground (everyone was tethered to bungee cords and had to walk across suspension bridges to reach the structure), Red Team beat White Team 2-1. Nao Kakuta (Red) beat Pin Harajuku (White), Miu Watanabe (White) beat Moka Miyamoto (Red), Raku (Red) beat Yuka Sakazaki (White).

Main Event: In a Cavalry Deathmatch, pitting the entire teams against one another and the first to claim the opponent’s leader’s headband was the winner, White Team beat Red Team. The leaders were Yuki Arai & Moka Miyamoto, Arai won by claiming Miyamoto’s headband. White got 1 million points for winning and won the competition 1 million-3.

As a reward for winning, the White team got to enjoy a luxurious BBQ and party afterwards. And Arai being the big winner at the end made me very happy of course.

The next event is Saturday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo for the Tokyo Princess Cup Quarterfinals. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Friday at 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM ET. Live results will be posted here.

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