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As part of a special idol/music festival in Shizuoka yesterday, Tokyo Joshi Pro held a mini-event with 3 matches held outdoors.

Yesterday’s event was held at Tsumagoi Resort Sainosato Multi-purpose Plaza in Shizuoka. There was no live broadcast.

Because this was part of a separate event and there were no ticket sales, attendance was not announced.

Match 1: Max The Impaler & Pom Harajuku beat Shoko Nakajima & Yuki Aino. Impaler pinned Aino after a popup lariat.

Match 2: Vertvixen & Hikari Noa beat Maki Itoh & Raku. Vertvixen pinned Raku after Game Over.

Match 3: Rika Tatsumi & Miu Watanabe beat Suzume & Shino Suzuki. Watanabe pinned Suzuki after Teardrop.

Tokyo Joshi Pro holds their monthly major event today, which likely will begin the setup for their annual Golden Week blowout event in early May (Golden Week, usually the first week of May, is an annual week-long holiday in Japan). There are 2 title matches scheduled today-first up, International Princess Champion Rika Tatsumi defends the title against Vertvixen, the latest in a growing number of US independent stars (and All Elite Wrestling semi-regulars) getting to visit Japan for the first time in their careers as Japan has re-opened its doors post-pandemic to foreigners, providing more dream opportunities for foreign wrestlers to come to Japan. In the main event, Princess Of Princess Champion Mizuki defends the title for the first time against Nao Kakuta, who had the champ’s number recently in tag matches and will now try to win the top prize. On the undercard, Yuki Arai returns for her first match in about a month and, in an interesting twist, her SKE48 teammate Shiori Aoki will be making her debut as referee for that match. With fellow teammate Marika Tani on commentary today this one promises to be a lot of fun, if not perhaps somewhat swervy. Finally we’ll also see the next Princess Tag Team Championship challengers together for the first time-Heidi Howitzer couldn’t return to Japan this time so Max The Impaler recruited a new Wasteland War Prry partner, and a most unlikely one…Pom Harajuku!?! When we last saw them Max was carrying Harajuku off to a worrisome and uncertain fate. And now they form perhaps the most odd couple of tag teams! Do not miss this one!

Today’s event will be held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese and English. You can also watch the first 2 matches FOR FREE on YouTube. The Japanese commentary team will be Haruo Murata, Kagehiro Osano, Sayoko Mita & special guest Marika Tani (SKE48). The English commentary team will be Chris Brookes (DDT) & Drew Parker. As there is a special post-event party planned at a nearby venue they’re on a tight clock for event length although there is flexibility, regardless I expect today’s event to run just under 2 1/2 hours today, maybe closer to 2 1/4 hours.

Today’s lineup (in order):
Moka Miyamoto vs. Kaya Toribami
Yuki Aino, Neko Haruna & Haru Kazashiro vs. Suzume, Arisu Endo & Runa Okubo
Maki Itoh, Yuki Kamifuku, Wakana Uehara & Toga vs. Miu Watanabe, Hikari Noa, Raku & Shino Suzuki
Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao vs. Yuki Arai & HIMAWARI. Shiori Aoki is special referee (Debut)
Max The Impaler & Pom Harajuku vs. Yuka Sakazaki & Mahiro Kiryu
International Princess Champion Rika Tatsumi vs. Vertvixen for the title
Princess Of Princess Champion Mizuki vs. Nao Kakuta for the title

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Updates below will begin at 10 PM ET/7 PM PT. The opening announcements are scheduled to start at 10:25 PM ET/7/25 PM PT, 5 minutes before event time. Also, for WRESTLE UNIVERSE paid subscribers, you can now watch the 10-woman TJPW match from WrestleCon on 3/30 on demand.

7 PM PT UPDATE: The live stream has started. We should be going to the venue in 15-20 minutes. Updates will continue at that time.

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 & Marika Tani. On the English side, your hosts are Chris Brookes & Drew Parker.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. They are once again at 50% capacity because of when the event was announced, but this is the last time at the venue, next time it’s full capacity going forward. So that will keep the number low again, and there were same-day tickets available. Barring a strong walk-up I’ll guess 500-550.

The matches should begin in 25-30 minutes. As planned, opening announcements begin at 7:25 PM PT.

During announcements some notable news:
They announce a one day 6-woman tag team tournament for 4/29. 8 teams. First team is Mizuki, Yuka Sakazaki & Shino Suzuki. Second team is Hikari Noa, Nao Kakuta & Wakana Uehara. Third team is Miu Watanabe, Rika Tatsumi & HIMAWARI. Fourth team is Shoko Nakajima, Hyper Misao & Kaya Toribami. Fifth team is Maki Itoh, Haru Fujo & Runa Okubo. 6th team is Yuki Aino, Raku & Pom Harajuku. 7th team is Yuki Kamifuku, Mahiro Kiryu & Toga. Which means the 8th and final team is Suzume, Arisu Endo & Neko Haruna. So the only regular roster member not in the tournament (excluding Miyu Yamashita) is Moka Miyamoto, who will instead face Sawyer Wreck in a non-tournament match. The winning trio gets a prize of a 1-year supple of Nivea Body Wash. They can thank Saki Akai for that.
In July, the Tokyo Princess Cup Tournament returns. This is a singles tournament. 7/15-7/17 and 7/22 at Ryogoku KFC Hall, 7/29, 8/12 and 8/13 at Korakuen.
A Hyper Misao Produced event will be held on 5/25 at Kitazawa Town Hall.
Starting next month, streamers and hanging of support banners will again be allowed at Korakuen Hall events going forward. TBA for other venues.

After their performance, a special Up Up Girls solo live event is announced for 6/10 at Shinjuku Face.

The matches begin at 7:47 PM PT.

Match 1: Moka Miyamoto vs. Kaya Toribami. 15 minute time limit
Result: Moka Miyamoto beat Kaya Toribami. A new finisher too.

Match 2: Yuki Aino, Neko Haruna & Haru Kazashiro vs. Suzume, Arisu Endo & Runa Okubo. 20 minute time limit
Result: Suzume, Arisu Endo & Runa Okubo beat Yuki Aino, Neko Haruna & Haru Kazashiro. Suzume pinned Kazashiro after Ring A Bell.

The YouTube broadcast ends here.

Match 3: Maki Itoh, Yuki Kamifuku, Wakana Uehara & Toga vs. Miu Watanabe, Hikari Noa, Raku & Shino Suzuki. 20 minute time limit
Result: Maki Itoh, Yuki Kamifuku, Wakana Uehara & Toga beat Miu Watanabe, Hikari Noa, Raku & Shino Suzuki. Itoh beat Suzuki with Itoh Special.

Match 4: Shiori Aoki Referee Debut Match: Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao vs. Yuki Arai & HIMAWARI. Shiori Aoki (SKE48) is special referee. 20 minute time limit
Result: Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao beat Yuki Arai & HIMAWARI. Nakajima pinned HIMAWARI with a Northern Lights suplex hold. This after it ended in less than 10 seconds thanks to Misao using cold spray on HIMAWARI with a quick rollup after that, but referee Daisuke Kiso ordered a restart. This was, of course, mostly a comedy match, and with Aoki being a “bad” referee at times it was hilarious and very entertaining.

Announced for 5/5 at Korakuen is Yuki Arai’s 2nd Anniversary Match: Arai & Maki Itoh vs. Shoko Nakajima & Yuka Sakazaki.

Match 5: Max The Impaler & Pom Harajuku vs. Yuka Sakazaki & Mahiro Kiryu. 20 minute time limit
Result: Max The Impaler & Pom Harajuku beat Yuka Sakazaki & Mahiro Kiryu. Harajuku pinned Kiryu after Wasteland. War. Justice. Well, they at least co-existed! Now can they win the Princess Tag Team Championship?

Match 6: International Princess Champion Rika Tatsumi vs. Vertvixen for the title. 30 minute time limit
Result: International Princess Champion Rika Tatsumi beat Vertvixen by submission to retain the title. V2 for Tatsumi. Next up: Suzume. That may happen on 5/5 at Korakuen, but we should get confirmation in a few hours after the event.

Quick break for ring maintenance.

Main Event: Princess Of Princess Champion Mizuki vs. Nao Kakuta for the title. 30 minute time limit
Result: Princess Of Princess Champion Mizuki beat Nao Kakuta by submission to retain the title. V1 for Mizuki. The on-screen graphic inadvertently said Draw at first but was quickly corrected. Next up: Sawyer Wreck, who was previously announced as getting the winner. That match will happen on 5/5.

The next event is CLIMB OVER ’23 on 4/21 at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka with Princess Tag Team Champions Yuka Sakazaki & Mizuki vs. Max The Impaler & Pom Harajuku for the titles. Unfortunately for Harajuku’s many US fans, there will be no live broadcast.

Post-show note: The announced paid attendance was 620.

UPDATE: Tatsumi-Suzume is now official for 5/5.

Tokyo Joshi Pro is back from their USA debut (but reportedly it was quite an adventure getting back to Japan from Los Angeles…some apparently wound up in Washington, DC after their flights got cancelled!) and continues their spring house show tour today with the first event post-USA and last one before their next big event next week. Not all the roster came back as Miyu Yamashita, Maki Itoh & Yuka Sakazaki remained overseas for now with Yamashita not expected back until at least June. They also added a pre-event signing ceremony for next week’s Princess Of Princess Championship match between Mizuki & Nao Kakuta to lead off the event.

There was also a last-minute change to today’s event, what had been a 3-way is now a single match between Hyper Misao & HIMAWARI because of no Raku, who is off due to the ever-vague “poor physical condition”. She posted on Twitter earlier that she will be back next week.

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. With mostly tag matches and the signing ceremony this event will run longer than most weekend house shows-I anticipate the total running time being just over 2 hours, closer to 2 1/4 hours.

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

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

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. Ringside looks full, the othe seats we can see look 65-70%, since they’re back at full capacity there I’ll guess it’ll be around 325.

A table is set up in the ring as we’ll begin with the Mizuki-Nao Kakuta contract signing for 4/15.

The matches should begin in about 30 minutes. Contract signing lasts about 10 minutes and pre-event announcements begin at 8:40 PM PT to be followed by Up Up Girls. During announcements, Max The Impaler & Vertvixen were announced for 4/16 and there will be a screening event in the near future (it will be after the 4/29 event at Shinagawa Club eX).

The matches begin at 8:55 PM PT. Hard camera only views today. (They totally blew up the card last-minute. The original lineup posted above is completely inaccurate except for the first match) (Late update: Turns out both Hyper Misao & Yuki Aino were also last-minute removals from the event. Poor physical condition)

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

Match 2: Mahiro Kiryu, Wakana Uehara & Toga vs. Arisu Endo, Haru Fujo & Runa Okubo. 20 minute time limit
Result: Arisu Endo, Haru Fuji & Runa Okubo beat Mahiro Kiryu, Wakana Uehara & Toga. Endo beat Uehara with a camel clutch. (Did I miss something? I thought it was Yuki Aino here)

Match 3: Suzume vs. HIMAWARI. 15 minute time limit
Result: Suzume beat HIMAWARI

Match 4: Neko Haruna vs. Yuki Kamifuku. 15 minute time limit
Result: Yuki Kamifuku beat Neko Haruna’

Match 5: Shoko Nakajima & Kaya Toribami vs. Miu Watanabe & Rika Tatsumi. 20 minute time limit
Result: Miu Watanabe & Rika Tatsumi beat Shoko Nakajima & Kaya Toribami. Tatsumi pinned Toribami after a Watanabe Teardrop into Twist Of Fate.

Main Event: Nao Kakuta & Pom Harajuku vs. Mizuki & Moka Miyamoto. 20 minute time limit
Result: Nao Kakuta & Pom Harajuku beat Mizuki & Moka Miyamoto. Kakuta pinned Miyamoto after Shiden Kai.

With the majority of the card being shifted due to 3 unexpected absences today (Raku, Hyper Misao, Yuki Aino) this wound up being a much shorter event than expected, checking in at only about 1 hour, 45 minutes. All 3 missing wrestlers should be back next time out though. It was a tough week of travel back from the USA as things did not go well due to flight cancellations and trouble getting out of Los Angeles, CA with some even being diverted all the way to Washington, DC. So they get a free pass and at least they shared a lot of great photos on social media…Endo acting like she just won the lottery holding a 40-count box of Rice Krispies Treats in a Target was just priceless.

The next event is “STAND ALONE ’23” on 4/15 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Based on pre-sale ticket schedules, this will be the last time they are only at 50% capacity in the venue (starting in May they’ll be back to full capacity). Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin on 4/14 at 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM ET.

UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 223.

Tokyo Joshi Pro has announced a last minute change to today’s event card because Raku is now off. The ever-vague poor physical condition. She was to have faced Hyper Misao & HIMAWARI in a 3-way. It’s now just Misao vs. HIMAWARI.

The event also will now start with a public contract signing for the Princess Of Princess Championship Match between Mizuki & Nao Kakuta on 4/15. The event begins tonight at 11:30 PM ET/8:30 PM PT and streams live on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

As part of WrestleCon weekend, Tokyo Joshi Pro made their US debut today with about half the roster participating.

Today’s event was held at the Globe Theater in Los Angeles, CA and can be watched on demand on FITE for $19.99. It is not available on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The announced paid attendance was 665, a legit sellout.

Match 1: Hikari Noa & Nao Kakuta beat Suzume & Arisu Endo. Kakuta pinned Endo after 5G.

Match 2: Janai Kai beat Yuki Kamifuku.

Match 3: Hyper Misao & Trish Adora beat Yuki Aino & Raku. Misao pinned Raku after I Am A Hero.

Match 4: Max The Impaet & Heidi Howitzer beat Shoko Nakajima & Miu Watanabe. Impaler pinned Nakajima after Master Blaster.

Match 5: International Princess Champion Rika Tatsumi beat Billie Starkz to retain the title. V1 for Tatsumi.

Match 6: Mizuki & Yuka Sakazaki beat Princess Tag Team Champions Miyu Yamashita & Maki Itoh to win the titles. Mizuki & Sakazaki become the 13th Princess Tag Team Champions. Mizuki pinned Itoh after a diving foot stomp.

All but Yamashita, Itoh & Sakazaki are now headed back to Japan as those 3 will stay in the US a little longer. Yamashita is not expected back in TJPW until June.

The next event is 4/8 at Ryogoku KFC Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin on 4/7 at 8:30 PM PT/11:30 PM ET.

UPDATE: Next up for Tatsumi and the International Princess Chanpionship: Vertvixen. That match will happen on 4/15 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo.

A bit of Tokyo Joshi Pro news today:

The next foreigner to visit Japan will be Sawyer Wreck from the US. A giant of a woman by Japanese height standards at about 6’2″, she trained at the 3D Academy under WWE Hall Of Famers Bully Ray & D-Von Dudley and currently has 4 years of experience, primarily competing in Game Changer Wrestling (GCW) these days. That experience includes a GCW match against Maki Itoh.

Wreck has been added to the just-announced TJPW INSPIRATION event on 5/1 at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo and will face Hikari Noa in a deathmatch. Specific deathmatch type/fotmat is TBA. After that, Wreck will challenge the Princess Of Princess Champion (the 4/15 Mizuki-Nao Kakuta winner) for the title on 5/5 at Korakuen Hall (TJPW’s annual major Golden Week event). That’s the first match set for 5/5. Yuki Arai participation has also been announced.

The rest of the 5/1 card was also announced, as is usually the case with TJPW INSPIRATION events this is a short 4-match event with mostly comedy/unusual matches:
Mahiro Kiryu vs. Gabai Ji-Chan
HIMAWARI vs. Toga
Suzume & Arisu Endo vs. Moka Miyamoto & Kaya Toribami

The event will be streamed live on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

UPDATE: Some of the talent not coming to the US this week will be in a special match Sunday at GOTANDA G6/G7, an all-day music festival in Japan. The match will be Moka Miyamoto & Neko Haruna vs. Mahiro Kiryu & HIMAWARI.

UPDATE 2: On 3/29 TJPW announced, in revealing the first post-US lineup for 4/8 (Ryogoku KFC Hall, Tokyo) that Miyu Yamashita, Maki Itoh & Yuka Sakazaki will not return to Japan for this event. They will stay abroad on excursions a little longer, but Yamashita likely won’t return to Japan until at least June. She already has some US independent dates set for mid-April. This may affect the Princess Tag Team Championship she currently holds with Itoh. Sakazaki may be back with All Elite Wrestling and/or Ring Of Honor for another stint as she will be on the ROH PPV Friday.

UPDATE 3: Yamashita is now schedules to return to Japan for a 6/25 TJPW event at Nishitetsu Hall in Fukuoka. However, this is subject to change as her International schedule is not set in stone.

UPDATE 4: TJPW has announced on Twitter that SKE48 member Marika Tani will be making her next semi-regular appearance as a guest on Japanese commentary for the 4/15 event on WRESTLE UNIVERSE, which features teammate Yuki Arai in tag team action and fellow teammate Shiori Aoki making her debut as a referee for said match. The event will also have English commentary with DDT’s Chris Brookes & Drew Parker.

Tokyo Joshi Pro continues their spring house show tour today with a sendoff event for about half the roster before they head to the US for their debut event next week, except for Miyu Yamashita and Maki Itoh who are already in Canada and thus will miss this event (Yamashita may be part of today’s Impact Wrestling TV tapings). There won’t be much build to anything really except perhaps in the main event now that we know NEW Princess Of Princess Champion Mizuki’s first challenger will be Nao Kakuta, to happen at the monthly Korakuen Hall event next month. But with the recent influx of new debuting talent they’ll all get more chances to gain experience today and perhaps victories as well.

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. With no matches having more than a 20 minute time limit this will be a standard short house show that should have a total runtime of just under 2 hours.

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

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

11:30 PM ET UPDATE: Live updates start 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 full capacity for the first time since pre-pandemic but not a total sellout from the opening shots. I may revise this if I see zoomed-out shots but based on what they usually did at 50% my initial guess is it’ll be 250-300.

The matches begin at 11:45 PM ET/8:45 PM PT.

Match 1: Wakana Uehara vs. Toga. 15 minute time limit
Result: Wakana Uehara beat Toga

Match 2: .Raku vs. Shino Suzuki. 15 minute time limit
Result: Raku beat Shino Suzuki by submission

Match 3: Yuka Sakazaki, Moka Miyamoto & Kaya Toribami vs. Yuki Kamifuku, Haru Fujo & Runa Okubo. 20 minute time limit
Result: Yuka Sakazaki, Moka Miyamoto & Kaya Toribami beat Yuki Kamifuku, Haru Fuji & Runa Okubo. Sakazaki pinned Okubo after Tea Time.

Match 4: Rika Tatsumi & Miu Watanabe vs. Pom Harajuku & HIMAWARI. 20 minute time limit
Result: Rika Tatsumi & Miu Watanabe beat Pom Harajuku & HIMAWARI. Tatsumi beat HIMAWARI with a dragon sleeper.

Match 5: Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao vs. Yuki Aino & Neko Haruna. 20 minute time limit
Result: Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao beat Yuki Aino & Neko Haruna. Misao pinned Haruna after Hypami Returns.

Main Event: Mizuki, Suzume & Arisu Endo vs. Nao Kakuta, Hikari Noa & Mahiro Kiryu. 20 minute time limit
Result: Mizuki, Suzume & Ariu Endo beat Nao Kakuta, Hikari Noa & Mahiro Kiryu. Mizuki pinned Jiryu after a diving double footstomp.

The next event is TJPW LIVE IN LOS ANGELES Friday at the Globe Theater in Los Angeles, CA. This will be a PPV available ONLY ON FITE for $19.99. IT WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE ON WRESTLE UNIVERSE. Live streaming will begin at 3 PM ET/Noon PT.

UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 251.

Tokyo Joshi Pro began the spring 2023 house show tour today with the first post-GRAND PRINCESS event ahead of some talent heading to the US for next week’s debut event.

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

The announced paid attendance was 207.

During opening announcements, US women’s independent wrestler Vertvixen was announced for 3 events in April. They also announced SKE48 member Shiori Aoki will make her debut as referee in a tag match featuring SKE48 teammate Yuki Arai. (Specifically it will be Arai & HIMAWARI vs. Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao)

Match 1: Suzume beat Shino Suzuki.

Match 2: Shoko Nakajima, Wakana Uehara & HIMAWARI beat Arisu Endo, Haru Fujo & Runa Okubo. Nakajima pinned Fujo.

Match 3: Max The Impaler & Heidi Howitzer beat Hyper Misao & Pom Harajuku. Impaler pinned Harajuku after a short range lariat.

Match 4: Rika Tatsumi, Miu Watanabe & Raku beat Yuki Kamifuku, Mahiro Kiryu & Toga. Tatsumi pinned Toga after Twost Of Fate.

Match 5: Miyu Yamashita & Maki Itoh beat Moka Miyamoto & Kaya Toribami. Yamashita pinned Toribami after a right high kick.

Main Event: Hikari Noa, Nao Kakuta & Yuki Aino beat Mizuki, Yuka Sakazaki & Neko Haruna. Kakuta pinned Haruna after Shiden Kai. Afterwards, Kakuta made a challenge to Mizuki for the Princess Of Princess Championship. That match will happen on 4/15 at Korakuen Hall.

The next event is Sunday at Ryogoku KFC Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Saturday at 11:30 PM ET/8:30 PM PT. Live results are scheduled.