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Following up on a hint dropped in the preview for Sunday’s event, Tokyo Joshi Pro announced today that International Princess Champion Maki Itoh is returning to the US later this month, and this time she’s bringing bestie/frenemy Miyu Yamashita with her. They will be appearing in Portland, OR on 5/28 and 5/29 US time for local independent PRESTIGE Wrestling. On 5/28, Itoh will defend the International Princess Championship against former WWE star and indy standout Mia Yim, who was recently let go by WWE and apparently has not yet followed fiance Keith Lee to All Elite Wrestling (Itoh made a couple appearances in AEW during their pandemic stay in Jacksonville, FL as part of a #1 Contender Tournament for the AEW Women’s Championship and has an 0-2 AEW record). This is significant for the title because it’s the first time a defense will happen outside TJPW, which was one of the plans for the championship before the coronavirus pandemic derailed those plans. Yamashita will face indy and Impact Wrestling star Masha Slamovich on 5/28.
On 5/29, Yamashita & Itoh will face each other for the first time since WRESTLE PRINCESS 2 in October. Presumably this will be a non-title match if Itoh retains.
As a result, both will miss the 5/29 TJPW event at Otemachi Mitsui Hall in Tokyo.

The events will be available to stream worldwide on the IWTV streaming service, which I believe costs around $15/month. No word on when/if their matches will become available on WRESTLE INIVERSE.

Tokyo Joshi Pro ran their second Golden Week event today, GO GO DO IT, making their return to Osaka for their first event at Osaka Prefectural Gym #2 in several years.

Today’s event was held at Osaka Prefectural Gym #2 in Osaka and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese.

The announced paid attendance was 348, a super full house/very near sellout. They only used floor seating close to the ring as apparently Osaka is still under major coronavirus safety protocols and very reduced capacity limits (normally the venue can hold 1500-2000). Your hosts are Haruo Mutata & Kagehiro Osano. SKE48 member Marika Tani was a special guest on commentary.

Match 1: Yuki Aino beat Neko Haruna.

Match 2: In a 3 Falls Osaka Ultra Quiz Match, where the first to answer two Osaka-related questions correctly wins, Hyper Misao beat Kaya Toribami.

Match 3: Yuna Manase (Ganbare Pro Wrestling) beat Mahiro Kiryu.

Match 4: Hikari Noa & Nao Kakuta beat Raku & Pom Harajuku. Kakuta pinned Harajuku after Shiden Kai.

Match 5: Saki Akai (DDT) & Yuki Kamifuku beat Miyu Yamashita & Miu Watanabe. Kamifuku pinned Watanabe after Fameasser.

Main Event: In a 3 Falls Match, Shoko Nakajima, Maki Itoh, Mizuki & Rika Tatsumi beat Yuki Arai, Moka Miyamoto, Arisu Endo & Suzume. Fall 1-Tatsumi beat Endo with a dragon sleeper. Fall 2-Nakajima pinned Arai after a diving senton. This match went just short of 30 minutes.

The next event is 5/15 at Ryogoku KFC Hall in Tokyo. They’re taking most of the next month off after a busy last couple months as only 3 more events are scheduled before CyberFight Festival on 6/12.

Tokyo Joshi Pro ran the first event of a doubleheader today that will lead into their major Golden Week event on Tuesday.

Today’s event was held at Ryogoku KFC Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. Remember that starting today new subscribers can get a 2-week trial of the service FOR FREE! Cancel before the end of the 13th day (Japan time) and pay nothing.

The announced paid attendance was 150. This snaps a long sellout streak at the venue.

Before the matches, a Shoko Nakajima talk event was held where she discussed her trip to England last week to compete in Pro Wrestling EVE.

Match 1: Yuki Aino beat Kaya Toribami.

Match 2: Miu Watanabe beat Neko Haruna.

Match 3: Hikari Noa & Nao Kakuta beat Rika Tatsumi & Arisu Endo. Kakuta pinned Endo after Shiden Kai.

Match 4: Miyu Yamashita beat Moka Miyamoto.

Match 5: Yuka Sakazaki, Mizuki & Raku beat Maki Itoh, Yuki Kamifuku & Mahiro Kiryu. Sakazaki pinned Kiryu after Toy Story 4.

Main Event: Shoko Nakajima & Pom Harajuku beat Hyper Misao & Suzume. Nakajima pinned Suzume with a Northern Lights suplex hold.

The next event is tomorrow. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin TONIGHT at 11 PM ET/8 PM PT. A contract signing for Tuesday’s title matches will open the event.

Tuesday’s full card has also been announced:

Exhibition Match-Reika Saiki vs. Arisu Endo. 3 minute time limit (Saiki is a former TJPW wrestler who is now technically retired, but is coming back for a farewell appearance)

Yuki Kamifuku & Mahiro Kiryu vs. Neko Haruna & Kaya Toribami

Juria Nagano vs. Suzume

Rika Tatsumi, Miu Watanabe & Yuki Arai vs. Yuki Aino, Raku & Pom Harajuku

Miyu Yamashita & Maki Itoh vs. Hikaru Shida (All Eite Wrestling) & Moka Miyamoto

Princess Tag Team Champions Yuka Sakazaki & Mizuki vs. Hikari Noa & Nao Kakuta for the titles

Princess Of Princess Champion Shoko Nakajima vs. Hyper Misao for the title

The full card for Thursday (Osaka Prefectural Gym #2) will be announced after the event

The event will stream live on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Monday at 10:30 PM ET/7:30 PM PT.

Tokyo Joshi Pro has announced the full cards for this week’s events and an update for 5/5 at Osaka Prefectural Gym #2:

First, 5/5-the second official match is Saki Akai & Yuki Kamifuku vs. Miu Watanabe & Miyu Yamashita. The first official match (previously announced) is Yuki Arai, Suzume, Moka Miyamoto & Arisu Endo vs. all the current champions at the time (Maki Itoh is set, meaning there likely will be no International Princess Championship match on 5/3). Those other 3, and the rest of the card, will be announced after the 5/3 event.
The full cards for this week’s events, both at Ryogoku KFC Hall (and unless she tests positive for the coronavirus, Shoko Nakajima will be back for both):
4/29 (Friday):
Miu Watanabe vs. Neko Haruna
Yuki Aino vs. Kaya Toribami
Hikari Noa & Nao Kakuta vs. Rika Tatsumi & Arisu Endo
Miyu Yamashita vs. Moka Miyamoto
Shoko Nakajima & Pom Harajuku vs. Hyper Misao & Suzume
Yuka Sakazaki, Mizuki & Raku vs. Maki Itoh, Yuki Kamifuku & Mahiro Kiryu

4/30 (Saturday):
Yuki Aino vs. Arisu Endo
Suzume vs. Kaya Toribami
Maki Itoh vs. Moka Miyamoto
Rika Tatsumi vs. Raku & Neko Haruna in a 3-way
Miyu Yamashita & Miu Watanabe vs. Yuki Kamifuku & Mahiro Kiryu
Shoko Nakajima, Yuka Sakazaki & Mizuki vs. Hyper Misao, Nao Kakuta & Hikari Noa
Pom Harajuku will miss Saturday due to family circumstances.

Both events will be brodcast LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE beginning Thursday and Friday at 11 PM ET/8 PM PT.