Tokyo Joshi Pro had announced that Runa Okubo, the youngest member of the roster, is going on another indefinite hiatus, and likely a long-term one. Because of changes in her life right now, pertaining in large part to education (she started high school earlier this year), she would have a hard time balancing wrestling & school so after discussions with the promotion and her parents, it was decided she would take another extended hiatus from wrestling after next Sunday’s event at Ryogoku KFC Hall in Tokyo. Her final match will be against Yuki Kamifuku. Okubo will be back at some point like last time but when isn’t known. Not knowing bow the Japanese education calendar works I’m thinking at least 6 months.
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Tokyo Joshi Pro 10/19/24 Results
Tokyo Joshi Pro continued their fall 2024 house show tour today in Sendai.
Today’s event was held at Yume Messe Miyagi West Hall in Sendai 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 159.
It was announced before the event that Miyu Yamashita would miss this event due to being on an excursion to the US.
As part of her usual opening announcements, Sayuri Namba gave a short personal speech as today is her birthday (she’s in her early 30s I think). It’s also Miu Watanabe’s birthday (she’s 25 today).
Match 1: Moka Miyamoto beat Chika Nanase by submission.
Match 2: Mahiro Kiryu beat Haru Kazashiro & Kaya Toribami in a 3-way by pinning Kazashiro.
Match 3: NEXGENE Tournament 2024 Quarterfinals: Kira Summer beat Shino Suzuki. As a result, Summer advances to the Semifinals and will face Toga. That match will happen on 11/16.
Match 4: Yuki Aino, Raku & Pom Harajuku beat Maki Itoh, Toga & Uta Takami. Aino pinned Takami after Venus DDT.
Match 5: Mizuki beat Yoshioko Hasegawa.
Match 6: Rika Tatsumi & Suzume beat Shoko Nakajima & Wakana Uehara. Suzume pinned Uehara after Ring A Bell.
Main Event: Miu Watanabe & Arisu Endo beat Yuki Kamifuku & HIMAWARI. Watanabe pinned HIMAWARI after Teardrop.
The next event is 10/27 at Ryogoku KFC Hall in Tokyo. Neko Haruna will return at this event after being out since mid-2023 due to injuries and the NEXGENE Tournament continues with Kazashiro vs. Takami. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin on 10/26 at 8:30 PM PT/11:30 PM ET.
News: 2024 PWI Women’s 250 Notes (SPOILERS!)
On the heels of their annual PWI 500 issue, I just became aware that Pro Wrestling Illustrated just published their latest issue featuring an expanded women-only ranking, this year growing the list to 250. The digital version is out now, for those waiting for the print edition in 3-4 weeks and/or who want to avoid SPOILERS, stop reading now. Otherwise, click below to see the top 10 and notable Japan wrestler rankings.
Continue reading “News: 2024 PWI Women’s 250 Notes (SPOILERS!)”BREAKING: TJPW Title Match Set For Osaka
Tokyo Joshi Pro just announced a big title match for later this year when Zara Zakher returns to the promotion…remember her impressive showing in the Tokyo Princess Cup, which included beating Princess Of Princess Champion Miu Watanabe in Round 2 in a massive upset? Rematch time and this time it’s for the title. That match will happen on 11/16 at “The Mountain Top ’24” at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka. It will be the first such title match in Osaka in over 5 years (September 2019). Zakher also has been announced for the 11/22 event at Shibjuku Face in Tokyo.
Tokyo Joshi Pro 10/13/24 Results
Tokyo Joshi Pro continued their fall 2024 house show tour today in Saitama.
Today’s event was held at Kasukabe Fureai Cube in Saitama 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 218.
Before the matches began, it was annoonced that Neko Haruna’s return match on 10/27 at Ryogoku KFC Hall in Tokyo will be Neko Haruna, Suzume & Mahiro Kiryu vs. Yuki Aino, Raku & Pom Harajuku. Haruna has been out since last 2023 due to injuries.
Match 1: Wakana Uehara & Shino Suzuki beat Haru Kazashiro & Chika Nanase. Suzuki beat Nanase with a body chokehold.
Match 2: Mizuki beat Uta Takami & Raku in a 3-way by pinning Takami.
Match 3: Kaya Toribami beat Yoshiko Hasegawa.
Match 4: Rika Tatsumi & Arisu Endo beat Miki Fortune & Kira Summer. Tatsumi pinned Summer after Twist Of Fate. This was Fortune’s TJPW debut-she is Kira’s real-life older sister.
Match 5: NEXGENE 2024 Tournament Quarterfinals: Toga beat HIMAWARI. As a result, Toga advances to the Semifinals and will face the Shino Suzuki-Kira Summer winner. That match is scheduled for 10/19 with the Semifinals scheduled for 11/16.
Match 6: Miyu Yamashita & Maki Itoh beat Mahiro Kiryu & Moka Miyamoto. Itoh beat Kiryu with Itoh Punish.
Main event: Miu Watanabe & Suzume beat Yuki Aino & Pom Harajuku. Watanabe pinned Harajuku after Teardrop.
The next event is Saturday at Yume Messe Miyagi in Sendai. There will be no live broadcast.
Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling “ALL RISE ’24” LIVE Results (10/6/24)
Tokyo Joshi Pro runs their monthly mid-major event, ALL RISE ’24, today in Tokyo. It’s not quite as major as most monthly events because in an unusual occurrence there are no TJPW title matches and the only title match is for outside titles. The main attraction is an appearance by Meiko Satomura-the highly respected 30-year veteran is retiring in April and will find herself opposite Miyu Yamashita for the first time in 7 years, which was early on in Yamashita’s career when they faced each other in a single match. This time it’s a tag match as an early stop in Satomura’s farewell tour as her career has taken her from All-Japan Women to being a co-founder of Sendai Girls with Jinsei Shinzaki, to WWE in recent years (as part of the NXT brand, mostly it’s short-lived UK spinoff and as a coach) and now back to Japan and TJPW. As for the title match, Yuki Kamifuku will defend the Queen Of Asia & VPW (Vietnam) Certified Women’s Championships against Xia Zhao, the former Xia Li in WWE (the first Chinese woman wrestler in the promotion) who also has begun competing in TNA Wrestling under a different name.
Today’s event will be held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese and English. There are 8 matches scheduled but only the title match and main event have more than 20 minute time limits so expect this to be a “standard” Korakuen event with a running time of about 2 1/2 hours, the longest it could possibly go is about 3 hours.
Today’s lineup (in order):
Wakana Uehara & Haru Kazashiro vs. Toga & Uta Takami
Yuki Aino, Raku & Pom Harajuku vs. Kakeru Sekiguchi, Kira Summer & Chika Nanase
Suzume & Yoshiko Hasegawa vs. Moka Miyamoto & Kaya Toribami
Mizuki & Mahiro Kiryu vs. Andreza Giant Panda & Shino Suzuki
Maki Itoh & Rika Tatsumi vs, Yuna Manase & HIMAWARI
Ryo Mizunami vs Arisu Endo
Yuki Kamifuku vs. TBA (see update below)
Miu Watanabe & Miyu Yamashita vs. Meiko Satomura & Shoko Nakajima
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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.
UPDATE (Pre-show): The double title match is now off. Zhao is now off the event. Visa issues. It will be rescheduled for a later date. Replacement TBA and it will be a NON-TITLE match with a 15 minute time limit instead of 30..
7 PM PT UPDATE: Live stream launch has been pushed back 10 minutes and will now begin at 7:10 PM PT/10:10 PM ET.
7:10 PM PT UPDATE: The live stream has launched. We should be going to the venue in 10-15 minutes.
7:20 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. Your English hosts are Mr. Haku & Baliyan Akki.
The paid attendance will be announced after the event. Both north side bleachers behind commentary are tarped off so it’s the usual reduced capacity setup and the Xia Zhao absence announcement may hurt same-day ticket sales. Advance sales seemed to be “as usual” so while it’s too early to take a guess I’ll predict it’ll be “my usual guess” of around 700. (After seeing some wider shots of the reserved seats mid-event I’m revising my prediction downward quite a bit to around 550) (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 611)
The matches should begin in about 20 minutes.
During the opening announcements two new trainees were introduced (didn’t get their names). One of them might be part of Up Up Girls in the future. The promotion will be holding tryouts on 10/31 (anyone can apply with the only requirements being between 13-25 years old and able to come to Tokyo for practice). Also announced recently was the bracket for the NEXGENE ’24 Tournament and that the winner gets a future title shot of their choice (Princess Of Princess, International Princess or Princess Tag Team). So one of them could be the next challenger for either Miu Watanabe or Yuki Arai. Neko Haruna then came out. She has been out most of the year due to injuries but it sounds like she may be very close to returning, possibly when they go back to Ryogoku KFC Hall later this month. Updates will follow. Then it’s Up Up Girls time so we’re trending for a roughly 7:45 PM PT start for the matches. (Update: Neko Haruna will return on 10/27)
The TBA for Kamifuku’s opponent will not be revealed until match time. It was also moved from match 7 to match 6 with Ryo Mizunami vs. Arisu Endo now the semifinal.
The matches begin at 7:45 PM PT/10:45 PM ET.
Match 1: Wakana Uehara & Haru Kazashiro vs. Toga & Uta Takami. 20 minute time limit
Result: Wakana Uehara & Haru Kazashiro beat Toga & Uta Takami. Uehara beat Takami with a rolling armbar.
Match 2: Yuki Aino, Raku & Pom Harajuku vs. Kakeru Sekiguchi )Independent/Freelancer), Kira Summer & Chika Nanase. 20 minute time limit
Result: Yuki Aino, Raku & Pom Harajuku bea Kakeru Sekiguchi, Kira Summer & Chika Nanase. Aino pinned Nanase after Venus DDT.
Match 3: Suzume & Yoshiko Hasegawa vs. Moka Miyamoto & Kaya Toribami. 20 minute time limit
Result: Suzume & Yoshiko Hasegawa beat Moka Miyamoto & Kaya Toribami. Hasegawa pinned Toribami after a diving double kneedrop.
Match 4: Mizuki & Mahiro Kiryu vs. Andreza Giant Panda & Shino Suzuki. 20 minute time limit
Result: Mizuki & Mahiro Kiryu beat Andreza Giant Panda & Shino Suzuki. Mizuki pinned Suzuki with Cutie Special.
Match 5: Maki Itoh & Rika Tatsumi vs, Yuna Manase (Ganbare Pro) & HIMAWARI. 20 minute time limit
Result: Maki Itoh & Rika Tatsumi beat Yuna Manase & HIMAWARI. Tatsumi pinned HIMAWARI with a rollup.
Match 6: Yuki Kamifuku vs. TBA. 15 minute time limit. TBA is…Kuroshio TOKYO Japan!?! As usual his entrance is/will be longer than the actual match!
Result: Yuki Kamifuku beat Kuroshio TOKYO Japan. Mostly a comedy match.
Quick break for ring repairs.
Match 7: Ryo Mizunami (Independent/Freelancer) vs. Arisu Endo. 15 minute time limit
Result: Ryo Mizunami beat Arisu Endo
Main Event: Miu Watanabe & Miyu Yamashita vs. Meiko Satomura & Shoko Nakajima. 30 minute time limit
Result: Meiko Satomura & Shoko Nakajima beat Miu Watanabe & Miyu Yamashita. Satomura pinned Yamashita after Death Valley Bomb. Satomura followed with a few words post-match as Yamashita was left stunned & speechless to end the show.
The next event is 10/13 at Kasukabe Fureai Cube in Saitama with the first match of the NEXGENE ’24 Tournament, which will be Toga vs. HIMAWARI. Shoko Nakajima will miss the event due to a US tour. There will be no live broadcast.
Tokyo Joshi Pro 9/28/24 Results
Tokyo Joshi Pro kicked off their fall house show tour today in Tokyo.
Today’s event was held at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.
The announced paid attendance was 219.
There was no Raku and no Pom Harajuku at this event as both are on international excursions.
Match 1: Haru Kazashiro beat Chika Nanase.
Match 2: Kaya Toribami beat Wakana Uehara.
Match 3: Mahiro Kiryu & Toga beat Mizuki & Uta Takami. Toga pinned Takami after Rock Bottom.
Match 4: Yuki Kamifuku beat Kira Summer.
Match 5: Suzume, Arisu Endo & Moka Miyamoto beat Rika Tatsumi, Yuki Aino & Shino Suzuki. Suzume pinned Suzuki after Ring A Bell.
Main Event: Miu Watanabe, Miyu Yamashita & Maki Itoh beat Max The Impaler, Shoko Nakajima & HIMAWARI. Watanabe pinned HIMAWARI after Teardrop.
The next event is ALL RISE ’24 on 10/6 at Korakuen Hall featuring appearances by former WWE wrestler Xia Li and current WWE wrestler & Japanese legend Meiko Satomura. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin on 10/5 at 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM ET.
In other news, the promotion announced thie year’s NEXGENE tournament, only for rookies and second year wrestlers, will begin on 10/13. It’s a single-elimination event with 8 participants, which is everyone who’s debuted on the last year-plus except for Runa Okubo.
Tokyo Joshi Pro 9/22/24 Results (Updated)
WRESTLE PRINCESS 5, Tokyo Joshi Pro’s signature fall blowout event and second-biggest event of the year (it was the biggest until being usurped by GRAND PRINCESS a couple years ago), is in the books.
Today’s event was held at Makuhari Messe Industrial Exhibition Hall 6 in Chiba and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. (Normally it would be held in Tokyo but Korakuen Hall wasn’t available)
The announced paid attendance was 756.
Match 1: Haru Kazashiro beat Runa Okubo.
Match 2: Yoshiko Hasegawa, Kaya Toribami & HIMAWARI beat Kira Summer, Chika Nanase & Uta Takami. Toribami pinned Nanase.
Match 3: Kakeru Sekiguchi (Independent/Freelancer) & Mahiro Kiryu beat Wakana Uehara & Toga. Kiryu pinned Toga after a spinebuster.
Match 4: Ram Kaichow (666) beat Raku.
Match 5: Aja Kong (OZ Academy), Max The Impaler & Pom Harajuku beat Rika Tatsumi, Yuki Aino & Shino Suzuki. Kong pinned Suzuki after a backdrop. Soon-to-be-former SKE48 member Shiori Aoki was special referee.
Match 6: Emi Sakura beat Shoko Nakajima.
Match 7: Xia Zhao (formerly Xia Li in WWE) & Mizuki beat Yuki Kamifuku & Veny. Zhao pinned Kamifuku after Thunder Strike. Post-match, Zhao challenged Kamifuku for both her current Asia promotion championships. (Zhao is also headed to TNA Wrestling soon but under a different name)
Match 8: International Princess Champion Yuki Arai beat Moka Miyamoto to retain the title. V5 for Arai. That’s a new record for most successful defenses in a reign. Obviously this all makes me very happy.
Match 9: Miyu Yamashita & Maki Itoh beat Princess Tag Team Champions Suzume & Arisu Endo to win the titles. Yamashita & Itoh become the 17th Princess Tag Team Champions. Yamashita pinned Endo after Crash Rabbit Heat.
Main Event: Princess Of Princess Champion Miu Watanabe beat Ryo Mizunami to retain the title. V4 for Watanabe. Over the last month or so Watanabe did her pre-GRAND PRINCESS ritual of counting down the days left each night before signing off on social media so it had me worried she might wind up losing the title. Thankfully that did not happen.
The next event is Saturday at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo to kick off the fall house show tour. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET.
In other news, only one match was announced for upcoming events today: Miu Watanabe & Miyu Yamashita vs. Meiko Satomura (WWE) & Shoko Nakajima will happen at ALL RISE ’24 on 10/6 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Ryo Mizunami participation has also been confirmed for the event.
UPDATE: Injury Report-Runa Okubo suffered an undisclosed injury today in her match. Out indefinitely and will miss Saturday. Also off Saturday are Raku, Pom Harajuku and Yoshiko Hasegawa. Raku & Harajuku will be at events in Thailand. Hasegawa is off due to scheduling conflicts.
Tokyo Joshi Pro 9/14/24 Results
Tokyo Joshi Pro returned to Fukushima yesterday for another Arisu Endo hometown event.
Yesterday’s event was held at Aizuwakamatsu City Tsuruga Castle Gym in Fukushima and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Tuesday. There was no live broadcast.
The announced paid attendance was 462, a super full house/very near sellout. (For the seating configuration, the venue’s actual capacity is much higher)
Match 1: Toga beat Uta Takami.
Match 2: Match 2: Pom Harajuku beat Chika Nanase.
Match 3: Yoshiko Hasegawa & Runa Okubo beat Yuki Aino & Shino Suzuki. Hasegawa beat Suzuki with a muffler hold.
Match 4: Moka Miyamoto beat Wakana Uehara.
Match 5: Miu Watanabe & HIMAWARI beat Mizuki & Haru Kazashiro. Watanabe beat Kazashiro with Reverse Paradox.
Match 6: Aja Kong (OZ Academy) & Raku beat Rika Tatsumi & Mahiro Kiryu. Kong pinned Kiryu after a second rope diving elbow drop.
Main Event: Arisu Endo & Suzume beat Miyu Yamashita & Kaya Toribami. Endo pinned Toribami after The Tenth Law.
The next event is WRESTLE PRINCESS 5, their second-biggest annual event, on 9/22 at Makuhari Messe International Exhibition Hall 6 in Chiba. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Saturday at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET. Former SKE48 member Marika Tani will make her regular major-event appearance as a guest on commentary along with former AKB48 member Chiyori Nakanishi. SKE48 member Shiori Aoki will return as a special referee for one match, possibly her last as she will be leaving SKE48 later this year (I believe it’s at the end of November).
Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling 9/8/24 Results (Updated)
Tokyo Joshi Pro returns to Nagoya today for “Always Be A Challenger ’24”, with the focus on both Nagoya-based SKE48 and next week’s house show in Aizawakamatsu. That’s because SKE48’s Yuki Arai defends the International Princess Championship today against Arisu Endo, who wants nothing more than to go home as a double champion (she is half of the current Princess Tag Team Champions). Considering there’s only 2 weeks left until WRESTLE PRINCESS 5, one of the promotion’s biggest events of the year, there’s not much else build-wise to that event today. Also no SKE38 performance which is unusual for a Nagoya event, but Yoshiko Hasegawa makes her first appearance as a full-time participant in TJPW today as well.
Today’s event will be held at Nagoya International Conference Center Event Hall in Nagoya and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. There will be no commentary. It’s a 7 match card and with only the main event possibly going longer than 20 minutes this event wouldn’t go much longer than 2 1/2 hours at most but probably will be just over 2 hours. Results may also be on slight delay because I will be simulcasting this event and a Stardom event today for most of the event.
Today’s; lineup:
Toga vs. Kira Summer
Raku vs. Mahiro Kiryu & HIMAWARI in a 3-way
Yuki Kamifuku & Pom Harajuku vs. Wakana Uehara & Chika Nanase
Rika Tatsumi & Yuki AIno vs. Kaya Toribami & Moka Miyamoto
Miyu Yamashita, Runa Okubo & Haru Kazashiro vs. Mizuki, Shino Suzuki & Uta Takami
Miu Watanabe & Suzume vs. Shoko Nakajima & Yoshiko Hasegawa
International Princess Champion Yuki ARai vs. Arisu Endo for the title
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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.
8:30 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.
We are LIVE from Nagoya International Conference Center Event Hall in Nagoya, Japan. There is no commentary.
The paid attendance will be announced after the event. Advance sales were good and while this venue can be configured for nearly 3000, today’s capacity will be much smaller. Probably going to be close to maybe 500. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 507)
They wasted little time getting right to Up Up Girls.
The matches begin at 8:38 PM PT/11:38 PM ET.
Match 1: Toga vs. Kira Summer. 15 minute time limit
Result: Toga beat Kira Summer
Match 2: Raku vs. Mahiro Kiryu & HIMAWARI in a 3-way. 15 minute time limit
Result: Raku beat Mahiro Kiryu & HIMAWARI in a 3-way by pinning HIMAWARI.
Match 3: Yuki Kamifuku & Pom Harajuku vs. Wakana Uehara & Chika Nanase. 20 minute time limit
Result: Yuki Kamifuku & Pom Harajuku beat Wakana Uehara & Chika Nanase. Kamifuku pinned Nanase after Fameasser.
Match 4: Rika Tatsumi & Yuki AIno vs. Kaya Toribami & Moka Miyamoto. 20 minute time limit
Result: Rika Tatsumi & Yuki AIno beat Kaya Toribami & Moka Miyamoto. Aino pinned Toribami after Venus DDT.
Match 5: Miyu Yamashita, Runa Okubo & Haru Kazashiro vs. Mizuki, Shino Suzuki & Uta Takami. 20 minute time limit
Result: Miyu Yamashita, Runa Okubo & Haru Kazashiro beat Mizuki, Shino Suzuki & Uta Takami. Yamashita pinned Suzuki after Attitude Adjustment.
Match 6: Miu Watanabe & Suzume vs. Shoko Nakajima & Yoshiko Hasegawa. 20 minute time limit
Result: Miu Watanabe & Suzume beat Shoko Nakajima & Yoshiko Hasegawa. Watanabe beat Hasegawa with a modified sharpshooter.
Main Event: International Princess Champion Yuki ARai vs. Arisu Endo for the title. 30 minute time limit
Result: International Princess Champion Yuki Arai beat Arisu Endo to retain the title. V4 for Arai. And I go home happy, although Endo will not. Next up: Moka Miyamoto. Maybe in 2 weeks at WRESTLE PRINCESS 5. Updates to follow.
The next event is Saturday at Aizuwakamatsu City Tsuruga Castle Gym in Fukushima for the next Arisu Endo hometown event. Streamers/paper tape throwing will be allowed only for Endo. Shoko Nakajima will not be at the event due to a US tour and Yuki Kamifuku will miss the event due to a China tour. There will be no live broadcast.
UPDATE: It’s now official. Arai-Miyamoto at WRESTLE PRINCESS 5. With zero pre-match build because Arai is not on next week’s event unless plans change, and that’s it before WRESTLE PRINCESS 5. Arai has a great title reign going but much to my dismay this could be the end.
