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Tokyo Joshi Pro wraps up the Futari-wa Princess Max Heart Tournament 3 today with the Finals, which likely will set up a Princess Tag Team Championship match at GRAND PRINCESS ’23 in March. The Finals will be Miyu Yamashita & Maki Itoh vs. Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao with the winners expected to challenge Heidi Howitzer & Max The Impaler for the titles. Elsewhere on the event, Janai Kai-the next challenger for International Princess Champion Miu Watanabe-will make her TJPW debut and Juria Nagano will appear to address the crowd. Nagano was to have competed today but is out due to a finger injury suffered on 1/29. Sayuri Namba also has 3 announcements to make before the matches begin, expected to be 5 minutes before start time.

Today’s event will be held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese & English. The Japanese commentary team will be Haruo Murata, Kagehiro Osano & Sayoko Mita. The English commentary team will be Chris Brookes (DDT) & Drew Parker. If you’re watching live and planning to watch the usual other US Friday night wrestling, plan on split-screening throughout except on the west coast if you’re waiting for AEW Rampage as I expect this event’s running time to be about 2 1/2 hours. There is a post-event party scheduled elsewhere in Tokyo at 2:45 PM JST (event begins at 11:30 AM) so they’re on a tight schedule-they may have to keep it closer to 2 hours.

Today’s lineup (in order):
Wakana Uehara vs. HIMAWARI
Yuki Kamifuku, Nao Kakuta & Mahiro Kiryu vs. Raku, Neko Haruna & Kaya Toribami
Moka Miyamoto vs. Arisu Endo
Yuki Arai vs. Pom Harajuku
Rika Tatsumi & Yuki Aino vs. Hikari Noa & Janai Kai
Yuka Sakazaki & Mizuki vs. Miu Watanabe & Suzume
Futari-wa Princess Max Heart Tournament Finals: Miyu Yamashita & Maki Itoh vs. Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao
Juria Nagano will appear and address the crowd (probably pre-show)

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Updates below will begin at 9 PM ET/6 PM PT.

9 PM ET UPDATE: The live stream has just started. Updates will begin when we go to the venue in 15-20 minutes.

9:20 PM ET UPDATE: Live updates begin now…
We are LIVE from Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Your hosts are Haruo Murata, Kagehiro Osano & Sayoko Mita. Your English hosts are Chris Brookes & Drew Parker.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. Not sure what the capacity is today and plenty of tickets were available before the event. It looks like 50% capacity and mostly full so probably in the 650-700 range, likely closer to 700 and maybe even 750.

The matches should begin in about 20 minutes. Sayuri Namba’s introduction & opening announcements began at 9:25 PM ET, to be followed by the Up Up Girls performance. During the announcements, 3 new debuting wrestlers are introduced-one, Toga, will debut on 3/6 at Shinjuku Face, the other 2, Haru & Momo, will debut at GRAND PRINCESS ’23 on 3/18. Then a Yuki Kamifuku hometown event is announced for 5/27, I think it’ll be at Fujisan Messe in Shizuoka (this will be updated later). Also on 6/25 at Nishitetsu Hall in Fukuoka will be a Miyu Yamashita & Maki Itoh hometown event. Then we get the super-cute pairing of Miu Watanabe & Suzume out to promote just-as-supercute Idolmaster Cinderella Girls towels featuring both their animated likenesses along with plenty more goods. Times like this that being an American really sucks…but someday I hope to get to Japan! And then suddenly…A GIANT 12+ FOOT PANDA APPEARS! And it can’t get into the ring even with help! Its “handler” looks like a colonial-era Tiger Mask. Serious inflation action going on inside that costume. It’s part of the collaboration…apparently it’s name is Takumi Mukai aka Andreza (I think). And it’s going to be at GRAND PRINCESS ’23! Chris Brookes is enjoying this way too much.

Up Up Girls performance up now. Start of matches pushed back to roughly 10 PM ET as the pre-event announcements went almost 25 minutes

The matches begin at 9:57 PM ET.

Match 1: Wakana Uehara vs. HIMAWARI. 15 minute time limit
Result: Wakana Uehara beat HIMAWARI by submission. First career victory! And the emotions flowed immediately and freely when she knew she had won. Congratulations!

Match 2: Yuki Kamifuku, Nao Kakuta & Mahiro Kiryu vs. Raku, Neko Haruna & Kaya Toribami. 20 minute time limit
Result: Yuki Kamifuku, Nao Kakuta & Mahiro Kiryu beat Raku, Neko Haruna & Kaya Toribami. Kamifuku pinned Toribami after Fameasser.

Juria Nagano comes out. Close-up of her injured fingers (two broken on her left hand). Out at least 3 months. So unfortunately she will miss GRAND PRINCESS ’23 but she’ll be back later this year, probably sometime this summer.

Match 3: Moka Miyamoto vs. Arisu Endo. 15 minute time limit
Result: Arisu Endo beat Moka Miyamoto by submission.

Match 4: Yuki Arai vs. Pom Harajuku. 15 minute time limit. Harajuku came out wearing a Yuki Arai shirt with blue colored hair and a red/white headband and red/white/blue lights like she’s a big fan. Yep, definitely a comedy match.
Result: Yuki Arai beat Pom Harajuku. Really fun match.

New match for GRAND PRINCESS ’23 is announced: NEO Bishiku-Gun is back! Saki-sama (Saki Akai’s sexier, darker alter-ego) & May Saint-Michel (Mei Suruga) vs. Yuki Kamifuku & Billie Starks. So I guess AA Eye Candy is done for now but I always love me some Saki-sama so no complaints.

Match 5: Rika Tatsumi & Yuki Aino vs. Hikari Noa & Janai Kai. 20 minute time limit
Result: HIkari Noa & Janai Kai beat Rika Tatsumi & Yuki Aino. Kai pinned Aino after a rolling head kick.

Match 6: Yuka Sakazaki & Mizuki vs. Miu Watanabe & Suzume. 20 minute time limit
Result: Yuka Sakazaki & Mizuki beat Miu Watanabe & Suzume. Sakazaki pinned Suzume after Toy Story 4.

Main Event: Futari-wa Princess Max Heart Tournament Finals: Miyu Yamashita & Maki Itoh vs. Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao. No time limit
Result: Miyu Yamashita & Maki Itoh beat Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao to win the tournament. Itoh beat Nakajima with Itoh Special. This went almost 25 minutes. As a result, Yamashita & Itoh will probably get a Princess Tag Team Championship match soon, confirmation should come later.

The next event is 2/18 at Nagoya International Conference Center in Nagoya for a CITY CIRCUIT event, which will feature Yuki Arai as part of an SKE48 LIVE mini-performance. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese will begin on 2/17 at 10:30 PM ET/7:30 PM PT. The SKE48 performance will only be available on demand for one month after the event so don’t waste time checking it out if you miss the live event.

UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 657, a super full house/very bear sellout.

Yamashita & Itoh will face Max The Impaler & Heidi Howitzer on 3/18 now as expected. However, there is one Princess Tag Team Championship defense scheduled before that so it’s not for the titles yet.

Tokyo Joshi Pro continued the CITY CIRCUIT Tour today with their first visit of the year to Osaka.

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

The announced paid attendance was 166.

Match 1: Kaya Toribami beat HIMAWARI.

Match 2: Suzume beat Wakana Uehara.

Match 3: Hikari Noa, Nao Kakuta & Yoshiko Hasegawa (Ganbare Pro) beat Yuki Kamifuku, Mahiro Kiryu & Neko Haruna. Kakuta pinned Haruna after Shiden Kai.

Match 4: Mizuki beat Raku.

Match 5: Rika Tatsumi & Miu Watanabe beat Yuki Aino & Pom Harajuku. Tatsumi pinned Harajuku after Daydream Eternity.

Main Event: Miyu Yamashita, Maki Itoh & Moka Miyamoto vs. Shoko Nakajima, Hyper Misao & Arisu Endo went to a 20 minute time limit draw.

The next event is 2/11 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo with the Futari-wa Princess Max Heart Tournament 3 Finals. Juria Nagano was scheduled for the event but is off due to injury. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Friday at 6:30 PM PT/9:30 PM ET.

Tokyo Joshi Pro held a special 10th Anniversary event today dubbed “Beyond the origin, to the future”, a one-day tournament following the format of the promotion’s very first event. 19 of the roster’s members participated as the rest were unavailable for various reasons (Yuka Sakazaki & Yuki Kamifuku are on international excursions, Wakana Uehara had scheduling issues and Juria Nagano & Yuki Arai were not scheduled to participate). Every match was held on floor mats and not a ring, there was a 5 minute time limit and only 2 count pinfalls. Time limit draws used rock-paper-scissors games as tiebreakers except the Finals, which would continue with no time limit and 1 count pinfalls.

Today’s event was held at Twin Box Akihabara in Tokyo (the venue that hosted the inaugural event) and can be watched on demand as a PPV on WRESTLE UNIVERSE until February 6. After that it hopefully will be available for all subscribers.

This was a closed venue event with no fans in attendance. All matches were tournament matches.

Round 1:
Match 1: Moka Miyamoto beat HIMAWARI.

Match 2: Suzume beat Kaya Toribami.

Match 3: Hyper Misao vs. Miu Watanabe went to a 5 minute time limit draw. Misao wins tiebreaker.

Round 2:
Match 4: Rika Tatsumi beat Pom Harajuku.

Match 5: Hikari Noa beat Moka Miyamoto.

Match 6: Mahiro Kiryu vs. Maki Itoh went to a 5 minute time limit draw. Kiryu wins tiebreaker.

Match 7: Neko Haruna beat Yuki Aino.

Match 8: Nao Kakuta beat Arisu Endo.

Match 9: Miyu Yamashita vs. Raku went to a 5 minute time limit draw. Yamashita wins tiebreaker.

Match 10: Shoko Nakajima beat Suzume.

Match 11: Mizuki beat Hyper Misao.

Quarterfinals:
Match 12: Rika Tatsumi beat Hikari Noa.

Match 13: Mahiro Kiryu beat Miyu Yamashita.

Match 14: Shoko Nakajima beat Neko Haruna.

Match 15: Nao Kakuta beat Mizuki.

Semifinals:
Match 16: Rika Tatsumi beat Mahiro Kiryu by submission.

Match 17: Shoko Nakajima beat Nao Kakuta.

Finals: Rika Tatsumi vs. Shoko Nakajima went to a 5 minute time limit draw. Which led to…
Continuation (1 Count, no time limit): Rika Tatsumi beat Shoko Nakajima to win the tournament.

Afterwards, Tatsumi did the show-ending promo then, as is their post-major event custom, all the participants gathered for a group photo. You can see it on the results page of DDT’s website.

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

Tokyo Joshi Pro continued the Futari-wa Princess Max Heart Tournament today with the Semifinals.

Today’s event was held at Kasukabe Fureai Cube in Saitama and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The announced paid attendance was 251, a full house/near sellout.

Match 1: Mahiro Kiryu beat HIAMWARI.

Match 2: Mizuki beat Wakana Uehara by submission.

Match 3: Raku beat Yuki Aino & Neko Haruna in a 3-way by pinning Haruna.

Match 4: Yuki Arai, Suzume & Arisu Endo beat Hikari Noa, Nao Kakuta & Kaya Toribami. Suzume pinned Toribami after Ring A Bell.

Futari-wa Princess Max Heart Tournament Semifinals:
Match 5: Miyu Yamashita & Maki Itoh beat Moka Miyamoto & Juria Nagano. Itoh beat Nagano with Itoh Punish.
Main Event: Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao beat Rika Tatsumi & Miu Watanabe. Nakajima pinned Tatsumi after a diving senton.
As a result, the Finals will be Yamashita/Itoh vs. Nakajima/Misao. That will happen on 2/11.

The next event is “Beyond the origin, to the future” tomorrow at Twin Box Akihabara in Tokyo, the promotion’s 10th Anniversary event. It will be a one-day single-elimination tournament, matches will not be in a ring but on small mats with no ropes, 5 minute time limits and only 1 or 2-count pinfalls. The entire roster will participate with the following exceptions: Yuka Sakazaki (in the US for All Elite Wrestling), Yuki Kamifuku (in Singapore for events), Yuki Arai (not scheduled to participate) and Wakana Uehara (scheduling conflicts), so 19 total. This will be a closed event with no fans in attendance and will be available as a PPV on WRESTLE UNIVERSE for around $27 for non-subscribers and around $20 for monthly subscribers (a 20% discount for subscribers). You must order the PPV via the website version of the service and not the mobile app, then you can use the app to watch. The live broadcast will begin at 3 AM PT/6 AM ET. It’s not known when the replay will be available on demand for all subscribers.

Tokyo Joshi Pro continued the Futari-wa Princess Max Heart Tournament today with the rest of the Quarterfinals.

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

The announced paid attendance was 268.

During opening announcements, a 10th Anniversary event for 1/30 was announced for WRESTLE UNIVERSE and International Princess Champion Miu Watanabe vs. Janai Kai for the title was announced for 2/18. If they can’t defend the title overseas (the original plan before the pandemic took hold) this is the next best thing.

Match 1: Hikari Noa beat Wakana Uehara.

Match 2: Mizuki & Mahiro Kiryu beat Nao Kakuta & HIMAWARI. Mizuki beat HIMAWARI with a facelock.

Match 3: Miyu Yamashita, Maki Itoh & Yuki Kamifuku beat Yuki Aino, Raku & Pom Harajuku. Itoh beat Harajuku.

Futari-wa Princess Max Heart Tournament Quarterfinals:
Match 4: Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao beat Neko Haruna & Kaya Toribami. Misao pinned Haruna after Hypami Returns.
Match 5: Moka Miyamoto & Juria Nagano beat Suzume & Arisu Endo. Miyamoto pinned Endo after Korokan.
Main Event: Rika Tatsumi & Miu Watanabe beat Saki Akai & Yuki Arai. Tatsumi beat Arai with White Dragon Sleeper. The defending champs move on and Arai was left crying backstage, and once again I’m heartbroken over another painful loss for Arai & Akai.
As a result, the Semifinals will be Miyamoto/Nagano vs. Yamashita/Itoh and Nakajima/Misao vs. Tatsumi/Watanabe.

The next event is 1/29 at Kusakabe Fureai Cube in Saitama with the Semifinals. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 3 AM ET/midnight PT.

UPDATE: The 1/30 event will be a PPV on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. It will be held at TwinBox AKIBAHARA and will be a closed event with no fans in attendance. The event will have a one-night Princess Of The Decade tournament with all participating wrestlers. The PPV will be available for pre-order starting Tuesday and will cost 3500 Japanese yen or 2800 yen for WRESTLE UNIVERSE monthly subscribers. For subscribers, that works out to around $23 US and around $30 for non-subscribers.

More as it becomes available.

UPDATE 2: On 1/20 TJPW announced Yuka Sakazaki, currently in the US for her latest return to All Elite Wrestling, will return to TJPW on 2/11. Also, at some point in March Maki Itoh will miss some events due to returning to Game Changer Wrestling in the US.

In a Twitter post from US independent promotion Deadlock Pro Wrestling (DPW), they announced Tokyo Joshi Pro Princess Tag Team Champions Heidi Howitzer & Max The Impaler will defend the titles on 2/25 in Raleigh, NC vs. Raychell Rose & Hyan. In a retweet in Japanese, TJPW confirmed this match is official. No word yet on if this match will be available live online or later on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

More as it becomes available. See the original Twitter post below:

🚨 DPW YAK UPDATE 🚨

WASTELAND WAR PARTY vs RAYCHELL ROSE & HYAN for the TJPW PRINCESS TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP is scheduled for DPW You Already Know on February 25th in Raleigh, NC!

🎟 https://t.co/zuMyEshkdN pic.twitter.com/B5M3hP2G64

— DEADLOCK Pro Wrestling (@deadlockpro) January 17, 2023

Tokyo Joshi Pro begins the 3rd Futari-wa Princess Max Heart Tournament today with opening round matches. This is a tag team tournament coming back for the second straight year in the winter as a lead-in to GRAND PRINCESS in March, featuring almost the entire TJPW roster participating. Of the 10 teams many are established to some extent and have been featured before but there are some new faces as well as notable names missing-in particular one top team absent this time is Yuka Sakazaki & Mizuki. Sakazaki is in the USA for the next month, presumably for a return to All Elite Wrestling, and won’t be back until March and thus being the privileged, snobby brat she is Mizuki refused to participate without Sakazaki. Also sitting out the tournament is Pom Harajuku, who has opted to be a cheerleader for her friends Yuki Aino & Raku. New rookies Wakana Uehara & HIMAWARI, who just debuted, also will not participate. The assumption seems to be that despite a mild concussion a couple weeks ago, Miyu Yamashita will be competing and teaming with Maki Itoh-there have been no indications Yamashita is out. The eventual tournament winners will probably get a shot at NEW Princess Tag Team Champions Heidi Howitzer & Max The Impaler at GRAND PRINCESS ’23, I’m personally hoping Yuki Arai & Saki Akai claim the tournament and can win the belts back. The defending tournament champion team is Rika Tatsumi & Miu Watanabe.

Today’s event will be held at Otemachi Mitsui Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. There will be no commentary. The event is a legit advance sellout-only 50% capacity so vocal cheering probably will be allowed. For the tournament there are 2 1st round matches and one 2nd round match today (it’s single-elimination but the bracket setup is odd because there are 10 teams participating). With 6 matches and probably no time limit for the tournament matches I anticipate the event’s running time being around 2 hours.

Today’s lineup:
Shoko Nakajima vs. Wakana Uehara
Mizuki vs. Hyper Misao & Pom Harajuku in a 3-way
Rika Tatsumi, Miu Watanabe & HIMAWARI vs. Suzume, Arisu Endo & Kaya Toribami
Futari-wa Princess Max Heart Tournament Round 1:
Yuki Kamifuku & Mahiro Kiryu vs. Moka Miyamoto & Juria Nagano
Saki Akai & Yuki Arai vs. Yuki Aino & Raku
Futari-wa Princess Max Heart Tournament Quarterfinals: Miyu Yamashita & Maki Itoh vs. Hikari Noa & Nao Kakuta

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Updates below will begin at midnight ET/9 PM PT.

11:30 PM ET UPDATE: The live stream has started. Updates will begin in about 30 minutes when we go to the venue.

11:55 PM ET UPDATE: Live updates begin now…
We are LIVE from Otemachi Mitsui Hall in Tokyo, Japan. There is no commentary.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event but it is a legit advance sellout. With only 50% capacity because vocal cheering is allowed it’s probably going to be between 250-300.

The matches begin at 12:10 AM ET. The match order listed above is today’s official match order. No time limit for the tournament matches. Looks like hard-camera only setup today.

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

Match 2: Mizuki vs. Hyper Misao & Pom Harajuku in a 3-way. 20 minute time limit
Result: Hyper Misao beat Mizuki & Pom Harajuku in a 3-way by pinning Harajuku.

Match 3: Rika Tatsumi, Miu Watanabe & HIMAWARI vs. Suzume, Arisu Endo & Kaya Toribami. 20 minute time limit
Result: Rika Tatsumi, Miu Watanabe & HIMAWARI beat Suzume, Arisu Endo & Kaya Toribami. Watanabe pinned Toribami after Teardrop. And that’s career V1 for HIMAWARI!

Match 4: Futari-wa Princess Max Heart Tournament Round 1: Yuki Kamifuku & Mahiro Kiryu vs. Moka Miyamoto & Juria Nagano. No time limit (side note: Miyamoto recently unveiled a new look and changed her outfit up. I really like it)
Result: Moka Miyamoto & Juria Nagano beat Yuki kamifuku & Mahiro Kiryu. Nagano pinned Kiryu after a spinning head kick. As a result, Miyamoto & Nagano advance to the Quarterfinals and will face Suzume & Arisu Endo.

Match 5: Futari-wa Princess Max Heart Tournament Round 1: Saki Akai & Yuki Arai vs. Yuki Aino & Raku. No time limit
Result: Saki Akai & Yuki Arai beat Yuki Aino & Raku. Akai beat Raku with an arm triangle choke. As a result, AA Eye Candy advances to the Quarterfinals and will face Miu Watanabe & Rika Tatsumi. One step closer!

Main Event: Futari-wa Princess Max Heart Tournament Quarterfinals: Miyu Yamashita & Maki Itoh vs. Hikari Noa & Nao Kakuta. No time limit
Result: Miyu Yamashita & Maki Itoh beat Hikari Noa & Nao Kakuta. Yamashita pinned Kakuta after Skull Kick. As a result, Yamashita & Itoh advance to the Semifinals and will face the 1/19 Miyamoto/Nagano-Suzume/Endo winner.

The event was a little shorter than anticipated, the total running time was 1 hour 45 minutes.

The next event is Thursday at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo with the remaining Quarterfinals: Miyamoto/Nagano-Suzume/Endo, Arai/Akai-Tatsumi/Watanabe and Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao vs. Neko Haruna & Kaya Toribami. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET. Likely no vocal cheering as it’ll be full capacity.

UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 310.

Tokyo Joshi Pro continued the CITY CIRCUIT series with a visit to Okayama today, their first trip to Yuki Aino’s hometown in about a year.

Today’s event was held at Okayama Convention Center in Okayama and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date (probably Wednesday). There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 284. Vocal cheering was allowed and despite the reduced capacity, photos on DDT’s website show a mostly full venue.

Match 1: Moka Miyamoto beat HIMAWARI by submission.

Match 2: Mizuki beat Kaya Toribami.

Match 3: Hikari Noa & Nao Kakuta beat Raku & Pom Harajuku. Noa pinned Harajuku with a blizzard suplex hold. Well, at least we know Harajuku is alive after yesterday…

Match 4: Trish Adora beat Hyper Misao.

Match 5: Miu Watanabe & Suzume beat Maki Itoh & Mahiro Kiryu. Watanabe pinned Kiryu after Teardrop.

Match 6: Max The Impaler & Heidi Howitzer beat Yuka Sakazaki & Arisu Endo. Max pinned Endo after Master Blaster.

Main Event: Shoko Nakajima & Yuki Aino beat Rika Tatsumi & Yuki Kamifuku. Aino pinned Kamifuku after Venus DDT.

The next event is 1/15 at Otemachi Mitsui Hall in Tokyo with the start of the 3rd Futari-wa Princess Max Heart Tournament. I imagine the tournament winners will now get a chance to try and regain the Princess Tag Team Championship back from Wasteland War Party, most likely at GRAND PRINCESS ’23. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Saturday at 11:30 PM ET/8:30 PM PT.