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BREAKING: TJPW Full US Event Card Announced (3/31/23)

Tokyo Joshi Pro has just announced the full card for their US debut event on 3/31/23 in Los Angeles, CA as part of WrestleCon:
Yuka Sakazaki & Mizuki vs. Miyu Yamashita & Maki Itoh
Shoko Nakajima & Miu Watanabe vs. Heidi Howitzer & Max The Impaler
Hyper Misao & Trish Adora vs. Yuki Aino & Raku
Hikari Noa & Nao Kakuta vs. Suzume & Arisu Endo
Rika Tatsumi vs. Billie Starkz
Yuki Kamifuku vs. Janai Kai
Sayuri Namba will be ring announcer
With regards to the Princess Tag Team Championship, it’s expected whoever is champion at the time (if Yamashita/Itoh or Howitzer/Max) would be in a NON-TITLE match.

Tickets for the event are almost sold out (only a few standing room tickets remain). It will not be available on WRESTLE UNIVERSE as a live broadcast at this time, however it will be available in the US as a PPV on FITE. You can pre-order now for $19.99, which includes the live broadcast and unlimited on demand replays. It will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later time/date. If you buy the live event on FITE, be aware that it’s a Friday 3 PM ET/12 PM PT start (3/31 is a holiday in California).

Tokyo Joshi Pro 3/4/23 Results

Tokyo Joshi Pro continued the CITY CIRCUIT Tour today with a visit to Yokohama as they wind down the build to GRAND PRINCESS ’23 in 2 weeks.

Today’s event was held at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The announced paid attendance was 194.

Match 1: Suzume & Arisu Endo beat Wakana Uehara & HIMAWARI. Suzume pinned HIMAWARI after Ring A Bell.

Match 2: Yuki Aino beat Kaya Toribami & Hikari Noa in a 3-way by pinning Toribami.

Match 3: Mizuki beat Pom Harajuku by submission.

Match 4: Yuka Sakazaki beat Raku.

Match 5: Myu Yamashita & Moka Miyamoto beat Shoko Nakajima & Mahiro Kiryu. Yamashita pinned Kiryu after Attitude Adjustment.

Main Event: Rika Tatsumi, Hyper Misao & Nao Kakuta beat Miu Watanabe, Yuki Kamifuku & Neko Haruna. Tatsumi pinned Haruna after Twist Of Fate.

The next event is “The Night Before GRAND PRINCESS ’23” Monday at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo, the final event before Ariake Arena. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET.

TJPW News: Shino Debut Information, Tag Title Update (Updated)

Tokyo Joshi Pro announced more details regarding new trainee Shino, the newest Up Up Girls member who will have her Debut Match on 3/6:

She has decided that her ring name will be Shino Suzuki. She is 24 (birthday is in July), standing about 5’1″, is from Shizuoka Prefecture and her special skill is providing tourist information. Her ring outfit is predominantly green with white arms/wrists featuring gold trim and white leggings. She will team with Raku to face Miu Watanabe & Hikari Noa in her first match, an Up Up Girls special tag match, which will happen on 3/6.

Also provided was another Princess Tag Team Championship Update: Heidi Howitzer & Max The Impaler beat Jody Threat & Blair Onyx in the US yesterday to retain the titles. V2 for the champs. Next up: Trish Adora & Jordyn Blade. That match is set for Saturday in independent promotion Enjoy Wrestling.

UPDATE: TJPW also announced that trainee Toga has chosen her ring name and will be known as Touma. She just celebrated her 20th birthday yesterday (Japan time), is/will be one of the taller wrestlers in TJPW at about 5’6″, and will debut on 3/6 against Miyu Yamashita. She has been a wrestling fan since elementary school and credits DDT wrestler Saki Akai for making her want to become a pro wrestler.

TJPW News: GRAND PRINCESS ’23 Full Card Announced (Updated)

During today’s DDT event, Tokyo Joshi Pro announced the full card for GRAND PRINCESS ’23 on 3/18 at Ariake Arena in Tokyo. The lineup is as follows (in order):
Suzume vs. Arisu Endo
4 new wrestlers Debut Match: Mahiro Kiryu, Wakana Uehara, HIMAWARI & Shino (name subject to change) vs. Kaya Toribami, Toga, Haru & Momo (names subject to change)
Hikari Noa, Nao Kakuta & Ram Kaichow vs. Yuki Aino, Raku & Pom Harajuku
Ryo Mizunami vs. Moka Miyamoto
Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao vs. Neko Haruna & Andre The Giant Panda
Saki-Sama & May Saint-Michel (Saki Akai & Mei Suruga) vs. Yuki Kamifuku & Billie Starkz
Yuki Arai vs. Aja Kong
International Princess Champion Miu Watanabe vs. Rika Tatsumi for the title
Miyu Yamashita & Maki Itoh vs. Max The Impaler & Heidi Howitzer (currently this is a NON-TITLE match with regards to the Princess Tag Team Championship)
Princess Of Princess Champion Yuka Sakazaki vs. Mizuki for the title

The event will be broadcast LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese beginning at 2 AM ET/11 PM PT. Natsuki Nakayama of J-Pop group OCHA NORMA will be a special guest on commentary.

UPDATE: THPW has announced on Twitter that if Max The Impaler & Heidi Howitzer are still Princess Tag Team Champions at match time, the match will be changed and it WILL be for the titles.

Tokyo Joshi Pro 2/25/23 Results (Updated 2/26)

Tokyo Joshi Pro continued the CITY CIRCUIT Tour today with a stop in the Ota City section of Tokyo for a house show event.

Today’s event was held at Ota City Industrial Plaza PIO Small Exhibition Hall in Tokyo and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date (probably Tuesday or Wednesday). There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 237, a super full house/very near sellout.

During pre-event announcements, it was revealed that Toga (provisional/name subject to change) will face Miyu Yamashita in her Debut Match on 3/6 at Shinjuku Face.

Match 1: Arisu Endo beat HIMAWARI by submission.

Match 2: Moka Miyamoto beat Wakana Uehara by submission.

Match 3: Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao beat Yuki Kamifuku & Pom Harajuku. Misao pinned Harajuku after Hypami Returns.

Match 4: Miyu yamashita & Maki Itoh beat Hikari Noa & Neko Haruna. Yamashita pinned Haruna after Attitude Adjustment.

Match 5: Yuka Sakazaki & Mizuki beat Nao Kakuta & Kaya Toribami. Mizuki pinned Toribami with Cutie Special.

Main Event: Miu Watanabe, Yuki Aino & Raku beat Rika Tatsumi, Suzume & Mahiro Kiryu. Watanabe pinned Kiryu after Teardrop.

The next event is 3/4 at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama. Maki Itoh will miss this event due to an overseas excursion. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Friday at 10 PM ET/7 PM PT.

UPDATE: On Twitter the promotion noted Heidi Howitzer & Max The Impaler successfully defended the Princess Tag Team Championships in the US yesterday. V1 for the champs. They will defend again today (2/26) at an independent appearance.

Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling 2/18/23 Results (Updated)

Tokyo Joshi Pro continues the CITY CIRCUIT Tour today with a return visit to Nagoya for the first time this year. Nagoya of course is the homebase of popular all-girl J-Pop megagroup SKE48 and TJPW’s Yuki Arai, an SKE48 member and the group once again will be prominently featured on today’s event. In addition to Arai being in the main event opposite her GRAND PRINCESS ’23 opponent, the legendary Hall of Famer Aja Kong, she will be part of a live SKE48 mini-concert during the event with teammates Shiori Aoki, Rika Aoki, Miki Ito & Ayaka Okamoto, and teammate Nao Fukushi will be a guest on commentary. With vocal cheering again allowed by fans it promises to be a very energetic performance and one not to miss. There’s also a title match before the main event as International Princess Champion Miu Watanabe defends the title against Janai Kai.

Today’s event will be held at Nagoya International Conference Center (aka Nagoya Congress Center) Event Hall in Nagoya and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese. The event could be a legit sellout by event time as there were only a few tickets left as of this morning. The commentary team will be Haruo Murata & Kagehiro Osano with Fukushi the special guest. Note that the SKE48 performance will only be available as part of the on demand replay for one month so watch it ASAP if you miss the live broadcast! There is a DDT event at the venue shortly after this event wraps up so they may be on a tight schedule today and the event can’t go too long, this will probably keep the whole event’s running time to 2 1/2 hours tops (the SKE48 performance probably will go about 15 minutes).

Today’s lineup (in order):
Hikari Noa & Wakana Uehara vs. Yuki Aino & HIMAWARI
Nao Kakuta vs. Neko Haruna & Pom Harajuku in a 3-way
Shoko Nakajima, Hyper Misao & Kaya Toribami vs. Rika Tatsumi, Suzume & Arisu Endo
Yuka Sakazaki, Mizuki & Raku vs. Maki Itoh, Yuki Kamifuku & Mahiro Kiryu
International Princess Champion Miu Watanabe vs. Janai Kai for the title
Miyu Yamashita & Yuki Arai vs. Aja Kong & Moka Miyamoto
It’s not known when the SKE48 performance will take place, my guess is after the second or third match.

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Updates below will begin at 10 PM ET/7 PM PT when the live stream launches. The event is scheduled to begin at 10:30 PM ET/7:30 PM PT.

10 PM ET UPDATE: The live stream has just launched. We should be going to the venue in 20-25 minutes. Updates will resume then.

10:15 PM ET UPDATE: Live updates begin now…
We are LIVE from Nagoya International Conference Center in Nagoya, Japan. Your hosts are Haruo Murata, Kagehiro Osano & SKE48 member Nao Fukushi.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event, but at worst it’s going to be very close to a legit sellout as only one seating area had seats left at the start of the day. It probably will be a sellout. As the event began there looked to be maybe 20-25 empty seats. Hard to tell how many seats the setup has but I’m going to guess the crowd will be in the range of 500.

The event should begin in about 15 minutes.

The introduction & opening announcements begin at 10:25 PM ET. New Up Up Girls member/trainee Shino is part of today’s performance. And it ends with a surprise announcement for Shino…on 3/6 at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo…DEBUT MATCH! Shiho & Raku vs. Miu Watanabe & Hikari Noa in an Up Up Girls special tag match! Very exciting! Very emotional moment for Shino.

The matches begin at 10:45 PM ET.

Match 1: Hikari Noa & Wakana Uehara vs. Yuki Aino & HIMAWARI. 20 minute time limit
Result: Yuki Aino & HIMAWARI beat Hikari Noa & Wakana Uehara. HIMAWARI beat Uehara with a single leg Boston Crab. First career victory for HIMAWARI!

Match 2: Nao Kakuta vs. Neko Haruna & Pom Harajuku in a 3-way. 20 minute time limit
Result: Nao Kakuta beat Neko Haruna & Pom Harajuku in a 3-way by pinning Haruna. Comedy match but as always a lot of fun to watch.

Time for the SKE48 mini-performance! And another surprise announcement…one of them has her TJPW DEBUT MATCH on 4/15 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo! It’ll be Shiori Aoki…as a referee! We also got a glimpse of “fans” Raku & Pom Harajuku watching in the back of the crowd, Harajuku of course in full Yuki Arai fan mode. This leads to the 4th song of the performance, my favorite so far-Finally! This concludes the performance, which went about 20 minutes. Remember, you only have ONE MONTH to watch it on demand!

And now back to the wrestling…

Match 3: Shoko Nakajima, Hyper Misao & Kaya Toribami vs. Rika Tatsumi, Suzume & Arisu Endo. 20 minute time limit
Result: Rika Tatsumi, Suzume & Arisu Endo beat Shoko Nakajima, Hyper Misao & Kaya Toribami. Endo beat Toribami with a camel clutch.

Match 4: Yuka Sakazaki, Mizuki & Raku vs. Maki Itoh, Yuki Kamifuku & Mahiro Kiryu. 20 minute time limit
Result: Yuka Sakazaki, Mizuki & Raku beat Maki Itoh, Yuki Kamifuku & Mahiro Kiryu. Mizuki pinned Kiryu with Cutie Special.

Match 5: International Princess Champion Miu Watanabe vs. Janai Kai for the title. 30 minute time limit
Result: International Princess Champion Miu Watanabe beat Janai Kai to retain the title. V3 for Watanabe. Next up: Tatsumi, who made the challenge immediately afterwards. This will probably happen at GRAND PRINCESS ’23, but we’ll find out soon. (Update: Barring the unexpected, it will be at GRAND PRINCESS ’23)

Main Event: Miyu Yamashita & Yuki Arai vs. Aja Kong & Moka Miyamoto. 30 minute time limit
Result; Miyu Yamashita & Yuki Arai beat Aja Kong & Moka Miyamoto. Arai pinned Miyamoto after Finally. Arai’s SKE48 teammates watched from the back row of the crowd by the entrance area. An Arai win and show-ending promo sends the crowd home happy. Although before leaving Kong stared down Arai and let her know, one month to go…but Arai said she will win no matter what everyone says, which would be her biggest career win so far.

The next event is 2/25 at Ota City Industrial Plaza Small Exhibition Hall in Tokyo. There will be no live broadcast.

UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 604, a super full house/very near sellout. Tatsumi-Watanabe is now official for GRABD PRINCESS ’23.

Also, while it hasn’t been officially announced as such the 3/31 US debut in Los Angeles, CA will be available as a PPV on FITE for $19.99. Start time is 3 PM ET/Noon PT. Be aware this is a Friday (in California it’s a holiday).

DDT/TJPW News: Weekend Changes, Wrestler Staying In US

A couple of DDT & Tokyo Joshi Pro news items:

DDT has announced Tetsuya Endo is off this weekend’s events tomorrow in Nagoya and Subday’s Shizuoka train event. Apparent illness. Negative for coronavirus and flu. For tomorrow he was to have teamed with Keigo Nakamura in a 4-way tag match. Gota Ihashi is the replacement. For the train event, HARASHIMA is the replacement. Endo is still on for Tuesday at Tokyo Dome at this time. (For Tuesday, it was also announced that while it is a PPV, you will be able to watch the first 5 matches FOR FREE on YouTube)

TJPW’s Miyu Yamashita held a press conference today where she announced she will stay in the US after their 3/31 debut event. Her excursion will last just under 3 months and she will return to Japan for the 6/25 TJPW event. Yamashita has already been announced for some US independent events after 3/31 and there is always a chance she returns to All Elite Wrestling. Asked by ring announcer/MC Sayuri Namba what happens if she wins the Princess Tag Team Championship at GRAND PRINCESS ’23, Yamashita noted partner Maki Itoh makes semi-regular trips to the US so title defenses on the indies are a possibility. Oh, and for what it’s worth, current champions Heidi Howitzer & Max The Impaler have been added to 3/31.

Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling 2/11/23 Results (Updated)

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.

TJPW News: Injured Nagano To Appear Saturday

Tokyo Joshi Pro has announced that Juria Nagano, who is out indefinitely due to a finger injury suffered on 1/29, will make an appearance at Saturday’s (2/11) event at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to compete prior to the injury, she is expected to address the crowd in the ring and will also be part of a post-event party in front of a nearby train station for picture sales and autographs. Nagano underwent surgery after the injury according to TJPW and we may get an update Saturday. I’m hoping she will be able to return in time for GRAND PRINCESS ’23, which is just over a month away.

The event airs live on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Friday at 9:30 PM ET/6:30 PM PT. There is possibly going to be English commentary for this event.

More on Nagano’s status as it becomes available.

TJPW News: Yuki Arai March-April Schedule (Updated)

Tokyo Joshi Pro has announced the schedule of appearances for SKE48 member Yuki Arai in March & April, which is subject to change. Just 3 events are on her schedule right now-3/6 at Shinjuku Face, 3/18 at Ariake Arena (GRAND PRINCESS ’23) and 4/15 at Korakuen Hall. Most disappointing for me but completely expected is no Los Angeles, CA for TJPW’s US debut at the end of March.

UPDATE: TJPW has also announced Arai will be part of an SKE48 LIVE mini-performance during the 2/18 event on 2/18 at Nagoya International Conference Center Event Hall. SKE48 member Nao Fukushi will be a guest on Japanese commentary. This will stream LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE but the SKE48 performance will only be available on demand for one month after the event.