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Tokyo Joshi Pro today announced this weekend’s card and more details regarding Hikari Noa’s first international excursion, which was announced at this past weekend’s event:
As revealed Sunday, Noa is headed to England for an International Princess Championship match against current Champion Alex Windsor. That match will happen during the Pro Wrestling Eve event on Thursday, September 1 at 229 The Venue in London. The event starts at 8 PM BST, which is 3 PM ET/Noon PT, in Japan that’s (I believe) on 9/2 at 4 AM JST. It will be streamed live on YouTube, but in all likelihood it will be behind a paywall so to see most of the event you’ll have to pay. I don’t know how much yet. This will be the first title defense for Windsor.

The full card for Saturday at Ryogoku KFC Hall (Friday night US time) has been announced:
Miu Watanabe & Shoko Nakajima vs. Suzume & Arisu Endo
Miyu Yamashita vs. Pom Harajuku
Yuka Sakazaki vs. Raku
Rika Tatsumi & Neko Haruna vs. Nao Kakuta & Hikari Noa
Maki Itoh & Moka Miyamoto vs. Yuki Kamifuku & Mahiro Kiryu
Mizuki vs. Hyper Misao & Yuki Aino in a 3-way
Kaya Toribami is off this event and 9/4 at Nagoya Congress Center due to scheduling issues. Status is unknown for 9/3 (Narimasu Act Hall, Tokyo) and currently is not on the 8/28 (Korakuen Hall) card.

With the Tokyo Princess Cup now behind us, Tokyo Joshi Pro is filling the time between that and the upcoming Fall 2022 tour with a couple of standalone events, beginning today with a “TJPW PERFECTION” doubleheader. This will be a standard house show that may start the build to the WRESTLE PRINCESS 3 main event in October when Shoko Nakajima will again defend the Princess Of Princess Championship against Yuka Sakazaki. Maki Itoh is also back from the US for this event, as is Mizuki from an overseas event.

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. Based on the card and time limits today’s event likely will run a little under 2 hours, so you’re not pulling an all-nighter in the US to watch. (it wound up running about 1 hour, 45 minutes)

Today’s lineup:

Hyper Misao vs. Moka Miyamoto

Miyu Yamashita & Maki Itoh vs. Yuki Aino & Raku

Hikari Noa & Nao Kakuta vs. Suzume & Neko Haruna

Rika Tatsumi vs. Kaya Toribami

Miu Watanabe vs. Pom Harajuku

Shoko Nakajima, Yuki Kamifuku & Mahiro Kiryu vs. Yuka Sakazaki, Mizuki & Arisu Endo

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

11 PM ET UPDATE: The stream is now up and running in pre-show mode. The live broadcast will begin in about 30 minutes.

11:28 PM ET 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, while the crowd is still filing in it looks smaller than usual for a Sunday matinee. Maybe 200 although as low as 175 wouldn’t surprise me.

The matches should begin in about 15 minutes.

During her opening announcements Sayuri Namba brings out Hikari Noa. It sounds like Noa will soon be headed to England to compete in Pro Wrestling EVE, possibly challenging International Princess Champion Alex Windsor for the title. (Update: That will happen on 9/1) Also…Max The Impaler returns on 10/9 at WRESTLE PRINCESS 3…

Match 1: Kaya Toribami vs. Rika Tatsumi. 15 minute time limit

Result: Rika Tatsumi beat Kaya Toribami

Match 2: Hyper Misao vs. Moka Miyamoto. 15 minute time limit
Result: Hyper Misao beat Moka Miyamoto

Match 3: Hikari Now & Nao Kakuta vs. Neko Haruna & Suzume. 20 minute time limit
Result: Hikari Noa & Nao Kakuta beat Neko Haruna & Suzume. Noa pinned Haruna with a Blizzard suplex hold.

Match 4: Miyu Yamashita & Maki Itoh vs. Yuki Aino & Raku. 20 minute time limit
Result: Miyu Yamashita & Maki Itoh beatYuki Aino & Raku. Yamashita pinned Raku after Attitude Adjustment.

Match 5: Miu Watanabe vs. Pom Harajuku. 15 minute time limit
Result: Miu Watanabe beat Pom Harajuku

Main Event: Shoko Nakajima, Yuki Kamifuku & Mahiro Kiryu vs. Yuka Sakazaki, Mizuki & Arisu Endo. 20 minute time limit
Result: Shoko Nakajima, Yuki Kamifuku & Mahiro Kiryu beat Yuka Sakazaki, Mizuki & Arisu Endo. Nakajima pinned Endo with a Northern Lights suplex hold.

The next event is Saturday. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Friday at 11:30 PM ET/8:30 PM PT.

Post show Updatw: The announced paid attendance was 180. That’s low for KFC Hall.

Tokyo Joshi Pro wraps up the 9th Tokyo Princess Cup Tournament today with the Finals, and among other things a likely chance at Princess Of Princess Champion Shoko Nakajima for the title is on the line. The favorite is Yuka Sakazaki, who will be hoping to get another shot at Nakajima to try and join Miyu Yamashita as 3-time champions, but her opponent is the petite powerhouse Miu Watanabe, who upset Yamashita yesterday to earn her spot in the finals and move one upset away from her first title opportunity. Who will be the strongest-The Magical Girl or Up Up Girl?

Today’s event will be held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese. You can also watch the first 30 minutes FOR FREE on YouTube. Because there is a special fan event planned immediately after the show, I expect today’s event to be on the short side at right about 2 hours. So if you’re staying up late to watch New Japan or Pro Wrestling NOAH, you won’t miss anything.

Today’s lineup:
Nao Kakuta vs. Moka Miyamoto
Yuki Kamifuku & Mahiro Kiryu vs. Hyper Misao & Kaya Toribami
Miyu Yamashita, Suzume & Neko Haruna vs. Mizuki, Raku & Pom Harajuku
Saki Akai & Yuki Arai vs. Hikari Noa & Arisu Endo
Shoko Nakajima & Rika Tatsumi vs. Yuki Aino & Max The Impaler
Tokyo Princess Cup Finals: Yuka Sakazaki vs. Miu Watanabe
Once again Maki Itoh will be absent due to competing in the US for Game Changer Wrestling this weekend.

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Updates below will begin at 10:30 PM ET/7:30 PM PT. The live stream will begin at 10 PM ET/7 PM PT. The first match should begin around 10:45 PM ET/7:45 PM PT.

We are LIVE from Korakuen hall in Tokyo, Japan. Your hosts are Haruo Murata, Kagehiro Osano & Sayoko Mita.

Ring announcer/MC Sayuri Namba is beginning her pre-event introduction and announcements. The matches should begin in about 15 minutes.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. Looks like the same setup as yesterday, smaller capacity than normal so anticipating around 450 again.

There’s a new Up Up Girl! Shino is introduced as a new member after their performance. No opening recap video, which surprised me given it’s a Korakuen event. But then again, they’re in a time limit of sort s because the post-event special event is scheduled for in just over 2 hours.

Match 1: Nao Kakuta vs. Moka Miyamoto. 15 minute time limit
Result: Nao Kakuta beat Moka Miyamoto

Match 2: Yuki Kamifuku & Mahiro Kiryu vs. Hyper Misao & Kaya Toribami. 20 minute time limit
Result: Yuki Kamifuku & Mahiro Kiryu beat Hyper Misao & Kaya Toribami. Kiryu pinned Toribami after a spinebuster.

Match 3: Miyu Yamashita, Suzume & Neko Haruna vs. Mizuki, Raku & Pom Harajuku. 20 minute time limit
Result; Miyu Yamashita, Suzume & Neko Haruna beat Mizuki, Raku & Pom Harajuku. Yamashita pinned Harajuku after Attitude Adjustment.

Match 4: Saki Akai & Yuki Arai vs. Hikari Noa & Arisu Endo. 20 minute time limit
Result: Saki Akai & Yuki Arai beat Hikari Noa & Arisu Endo. Arai pinned Endo after Finally.

Mizuki joins commentary.

Match 5: Shoko Nakajima & Rika Tatsumi vs. Yuki Aino & Max The Impaler. 20 minute time limit
Result: Shoko Nakajima & Rika Tatsumi beat Yuki AIno & Max The Impaler. Nakajima pinned Aino after a diving senton.

Miyu Yamashita replaces Mizuki on commentary.

Main Event: Tokyo Princess Cup Finals: Yuka Sakazaki vs. Miu Watanabe. No time limit
Result: Yuka Sakazaki beat Miu Watanabe to win the tournament. It’s the first time Sakazaki has won the Cup. As a result, Sakazaki likely will face Princess Of Princess Champion Shoko Nakajima for the title at an upcoming event, likely WRESTLE PRINCESS 3 in October. Excellent match.

The next event is “TJPW PERFECTION”, a doubleheader beginning on 8/21 at Ryogoku KFC Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin on 8/20 at 11:20 PM ET/8:30 PM PT.

Post-Show Update: The announced paid attendance was 551. Also, Maki Itoh lost to Billie Starks in Game Changer Wrestling last night in the US. The event can be watched on demand FOR FREE on YouTube.

Tokyo Joshi Pro returns to Tokyo this weekend to wrap up the 9th Tokyo Princess Cup. The first half of the doubleheader is today with the Semifinals, consisting of two veterans looking to earn another shot at Shoko Nakajima with tournament victories, and two younger opponents each looking for two more big upsets and their first tournament triumph. The undercard features the TJPW debut of massive US indy wrestler Max The Impaler (poor Pom Harajuku, she might just get killed today) and some AA Eye Candy as Yuki Arai & Saki Akai will be in tag team action.

Today’s event will be held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese and English. And if you’re looking to pass the time until the start, last weekend’s Yuki Kamifuku Hometown Event is now available on demand. I anticipate today’s event having around a 2 1/2 hour runtime. (It can’t really go past 3 hours because there is a Ganbare Pro event coming up shortly after this one finishes)

Maki Itoh will miss this weekend’s events due to being in the US for an appearance in Game Changer Wrestling, while Yuki Aino is expected to return today after missing several events due to a leg injury.

Today’s lineup:
Shoko Nakajima vs. Kaya Toribami
Hikari Noa & Nao Kakuta vs. Yuki Aino & Raku
Rika Tatsumi vs. Mizuki & Hyper Misao in a 3-way
Saki Akai, Yuki Arai & Moka Miyamoto vs. Yuki Kamifuku, Mahiro Kiryu & Neko Haruna
Arisu Endo vs. Mei Suruga
Max The Impaler vs. Pom Harajuku
Tokyo Princess Cup Semifinals:
Miyu Yamashita vs. Miu Watanabe
Yuka Sakazaki vs. Suzume

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Updates below will begin at 10:30 PM ET/7:30 PM PT. The live stream will begin at 10 PM ET/7 PM PT. The first match should begin around 10:50 PM ET/7:50 PM PT.

We are LIVE from Korakuen Hall in TOkyo, Japan. Your hosts are Haruo Murata, Kagehiro Osano & Sayoko Mita. There is no English commentary despite WRESTLE UNIVERSE advertising it on their website.
The paid attendance will be announced after the event but it is a reduced capacity setup on the opposite-hard camera side. That probably means a top crowd of 450-500.

The first match should begin in about 20 minutes (as of 10:30 PM ET).

After the opening announcements & Up Up Girls performance, a video recap of the Tokyo Princess Cup so far is shown before the opening card rundown.

Match 1: Kaya Toribami vs. Shoko Nakajima. 15 minute time limit
Result: Shoko Nakajima beat Kaya Toribami

Match 2: Yuki Aino & Raku vs. Nao Kakuta & Hikari Noa. 20 minute time limit
Result: Nao Kakuta & Hikari Noa beat Yuki AIno & Raku. Kakuta pinned Raku after Shiden Kai.

Shoko Nakajima joins commentary for the next match.
Match 3: Arisu Endo (and her ever-changing hair color, now it’s blonde) vs. Mei Suruga. 15 minute time limit
Result: Mei Suruga beat Arisu Endo by submission

Match 4: Hyper Misao vs. Mizuki & Rika Tatsumi in a 3-way. 20 minute time limit
Result: Rika Tatsumi beat Hyper Misao & Mizuki in a 3-way by pinning Misao.

Match 5: Pom Harajuku vs. Max The Impaler. 15 minute time limit
Result: Max The Impaler beat Pom Harajuku. Glorified (and borderline comedy) squash.

Match 6: Saki Akai, Yuki Arai & Moka Miyamoto vs. Yuki Kamifuku, Mahiro Kiryu & Neko Haruna. 20 minute time limit
Result Yuki Kamifuku, Mahiro Kiryu & Neko Haruna beat Saki Akai, Yuki Arai & Moka Miyamoto. Kiryu pinned Arai after a spinebuster. Afterwards, Kiryu with microphone. Challenge issued for the Princess Tag Team Championship-Kiryu & Kamifuku, seemingly accepted by Akai. More to come post-event.

Match 7: Tokyo Princess Cup Semifinals: Yuka Sakazaki vs. Suzume. No time limit
Result; Yuka Sakazaki beat Suzumu. As a result, Sakazaki advances to the Finals.

Main Event: Tokyo Princess Cup Semifinals: Miyu Yamashita vs. Miu Watanabe. No time limit
Result: Miu Watanabe beat Miyu Yamashita. As a result, Watanabe advances to the Finals. UPSET ALERT!
The Final will be Sakazaki vs. Watanabe. Will The Magical Girl get her chance to join Yamashita as 3-time Princess Of Princess Champions or will the Up Up Girl idol break through with one final upset?

The Final is tomorrow. The full card will be announced shortly. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 10:30 PM ET/7:30 PM PT.

UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 444.
Today’s card has only 6 matches and will be a shorter event due to a special event being held immediately after the show.

Tokyo Joshi Pro ran another of their special house shows focused on homecoming events for their talent, today it was Yuki Kamifuku getting the chance to compete in her hometown for a special event as “The Casual Beauty” donated part of today’s ticket sales to a scholarship fund for students.

Today’s event was held at Shonandai Culture Center Civic Theater in Fujisawa City (Kanagawa Prefecture) and should be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 335.

Shortly before the event it was announced Mizuki would miss the event due to an overseas excursion.

Match 1: Hikari Noa beat Neko Haruna.

Match 2: Hyper Misao beat Pom Harajuku & Mahiro Kiryu in a 3-way by pinning Harajuku.

Match 3: Yuna Manase (Ganbare Pro) beat Moka Miyamoto.

Match 4: Yuka Sakazaki & Raku beat Suzume & Kaya Toribami. Sakazaki pinned Toribami after Magical Merry-Go-Round.

Match Rika Tatsumi & Miu Watanabe beat Shoko Nakajima & Arisu Endo. Watanabe pinned Endo after Teardrop.

Main Event: Yuki Kamifuku & Maki Itoh beat Miyu Yamashita & Nao Kakuta. Kamifuku pinned Kakuta after a diving Fameasser. Afterwards, Kamifuku gave an emotional hometown speech to close out a successful career milestone.

The next event is Saturday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo with the Tokyo Princess Cup Semifinals. Itoh will miss next weekend due to overseas excursions, while Yuki Aino is expected to return from injury after being out the last couple weeks. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Friday at 10:30 PM ET/7:30 PM PT.

Tokyo Joshi Pro continued the Tokyo Princess Cup today with the Quarterfinals. After today the Semifinals would be determined by a random draw rather than the established bracket.

Today’s event was held at Otemachi Mitsui Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The announced paid attendance was 284.

Match 1: Maki Itoh & Arisu Endo beat Moka Miyamoto & Juria Nagano. Itoh beat Nagano with Itoh Punish.

Match 2: Yuki Kamifuku beat Neko Haruna & Mizuki in a 3-way by pinning Haruna.

Match 3: Yuki Arai, Raku & Pom Harajuku beat Hyper Misao, Mahiro Kiryu & Kaya Toribami. Arai pinned Toribami after Finally.

Tokyo Princess Cup:
Match 4: Suzume beat Rika Tatsumi.
Match 5: Miyu Yamashita beat Nao Kakuta.
Match 6: Yuka Sakazaki beat Hikari Noa.
Main Event: Miu Watanabe beat Shoko Nakajima. That means whoever wins the tournament gets to face Nakajima for the Princess Of Princess Championship, possibly at WRESTLE PRINCESS 3 in October.
As a result of the random post-event draw, the Semifinals will be Sakazaki-Suzume & Yamashita-Watanabe. The Semifinals are on 8/13 at Korakuen Hall.

The next event is 8/7 at Fujisawa City Shonandai Cultural Children’s Center Citizen’s Theater in Kanagawa, which will be a Yuki Kamifuku Homecoming event. Yuna Manase (Ganbare Pro) participation has been announced for the event. There will be no live broadcast.

Post-show news: The following was announced for 8/13 at Korakuen Hall:
Max The Impaler vs. Pom Harajuku (that’s gonna be ugly squash)
Arisu Endo vs. Mei Suruga
Tokyo Princess Cup Semifinals
AA Eye Candy (Saki Akai & Yuki Arai) participation

Tokyo Joshi Pro continued the Tokyo Princess Cup today with the last Round 2 match, finishing the setup for the Quarterfinals. One match was a forfeit because Mizuki is out of the tournament due to missing today’s event (fever). While not scheduled in tournament action today, Miyu Yamashita also missed the event because she is in the US for some events this next week including a return to All Elite Wrestling on Wednesday.

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

The announced paid attendance was 202.

Match 1: Moka Miyamoto beat Arisu Endo by submission.

Match 2: Hikari Noa & Nao Kakuta beat Hyper Misao & Kaya Toribami. Kakuta pinned Toribami after Shiden Kai.

Match 3: Mahiro Kiryu beat Neko Haruna.

Match 4: Maki Itoh & Yuki Kamifuku beat Yuki Aino & Raku. Itoh beat Raku with Itoh Deluxe.

Match 5: Shoko Nakajima & Yuka Sakazaki beat Rika Tatsumi & Miu Watanabe. Nakajima pinned Watanabe with a rotating Northern Lights suplex hold.

Main Event: Tokyo Princess Cup Round 2: Suzume beat Pom Harajuku. As a result, Suzume advances to the Qurterfinals and will face Tatsumi.
Tokyo Princess Cup Round 2: Shoko Nakajima beat Mizuki by forfeit. As a result, Nakajima advances to the Quarterfinals and will face Watanabe.

The other quarterfinals are Yamashita-Kakuta and Noa-Sakazaki.

The next event is 7/31 at Otemachi Mitsui Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin on 7/30 at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET.

BREAKING: Ahead of tomorrow’s Tokyo Joshi Pro event, the Tokyo Princess Cup Tournament has lost it’s biggest non-Final match and perhaps the favorite…Mizuki is now off tomorrow and is OUT of the tournament as a result. Fever. Not yet known if it’s coronavirus. She was to have faced Shoko Nakajima in Round 2 of the Cup. The Princess Of Princess Champion now gets a free pass and will advance to the Quarterfinals to face Miu Watanabe. Nakajima will now team with Yuka Sakazaki to face Rika Tatsumi & Watanabe. Also remember no Miyu Yamashita tomorrow as she is in the US.
Tomorrow’s event starts at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET.

Tokyo Joshi Pro continues the Tokyo Princess Cup 2022 today with the start of Round 2, which will feature two of the Round 2 matches along with a slate of non-tournament matches that will be announced when the event begins. Today’s tournament matches are Miyu Yamashita vs. Raku and Yuki Arai vs. Hikari Noa. Everyone is scheduled to be on the event except for Juria Nagano. After this event Yamashita is headed overseas and will miss next weekend.

Today’s event will be held at Ryogoku KFC Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE and on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. There will be no commentary. Like the first two events, I anticipate today’s event having a total run time of just under 2 hours.

Today’s lineup:
Tokyo Princess Cup:
Miyu Yamashita vs. Raku
Yuki Arai vs. Hikari Noa
At least 3-4 more non-tournament matches TBA when the event begins

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Updates below will begin at 11 PM ET/8 PM PT. The live stream is up and running in pre-show mode as of 10:30 PM ET/7:30 PM PT.

11 PM ET-We are LIVE from Ryogoku KFC Hall in Tokyo, Japan. There is no commentary.
The paid attendance will be announced after the event. Appears and sounds comparable to the last 2 days so it likely will be around 250.
The first match will begin in 10-15 minutes.

There will be 5 total matches today, 3 non-tournament matches before the tournament matches. Arai-Noa will be the main event.

Match 1: Maki Itoh, Yuki Kamifuku & Mahiro Kiryu vs. Rika Tatsumi, Miu Watanabe & Neko Haruna. 20 minute time limit
Result: Maki Itoh, Yuki Kamifuku & Mahiro Kiryu beat Rika Tatsumi, Miu Watanabe & Neko Haruna. Itoh beat Haruna with Itoh Perish.

Match 2: Arisu Endo vs. Nao Kakuta & Shoko Nakjima in a 3-way. 20 minute time limit
Result: Nao Kakuta beat Shoko Nakajima & Arisu Endo in a 3-way by pinning Endo.

Match 3: Hyper Misao, Pom Harajuku, Kaya Toribami & Yuki Aino vs. Yuka Sakazaki, Suzume, Moka Miyamoto & Mizuki. 20 minute time limit
Result: Yuka Sakazaki, Suzume, Moka Miyamoto & Mizuki beat Hyper Misao, Pom Harajuku, Kaya Toribami & Yuki Aino. Suzume pinned Toribami after Ring A Bell.

Match 4: Tokyo Princess Cup Round 2-Raku vs. Miyu Yamashita. No time limit
Result: Miyu Yamashita beat Raku. As a result, Yamashita advances to the Quarterfinals and will face Nao Kakuta on 7/31.

Main Event: Tokyo Princess Cup Round 2-Yuki Arai vs. Hikari Noa. No time limit
Result: Hikari Noa beat Yuki Arai. As a result, Noa advances to the Quarterfinals and will face Yuka Sakazaki. And leaves me heartbroken over Arai losing another tough one.

This was a shorter event than I expected, the matches only went a collective 80 minutes and the event just 90 minutes.

The next event is Saturday at Shinjuku Face with the remaining Round 2 matches-Nakajima vs. Mizuki and Suzume vs. Harajuku. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET.

UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 251.