Tokyo Joshi Pro continues the Tokyo Princess Cup Tournament today with the Quarterfinals. All 4 matches are on tap today with a random draw afterwards to determine the Semifinals pairings (it may not be as the bracket suggests). The tournament matches today are Miyu Yamashita vs. Moka Miyamoto, Rika Tatsumi vs. Shoko Nakajima, Yuki Kamifuku vs. Miu Watanabe and Yuki Arai vs. Arisu Endo. On paper Yamashita and the Tatsumi-Nakajima winner seem to be the favorites left but anything is possible. 3 non-tournament matches open the event and feature most of the rest of the roster. A special autograph and fan photo event at a separate location in Tokyo follows the event.
Today’s event will be held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese and English. The broadcast should begin 10-15 minutes before the scheduled event start time. Due to the after-event party they’ll be on a slightly strict time limit although the event time is subject to change, even though there is no time limit for the tournament matches-that means nonetheless the event’s total runtime probably will not be more than 2 1/2 hours.
Today’s lineup:
Juria Nagano & Kaya Toribami vs. Wakana Uehara & HIMAWARI
Hyper Misao, Nao Kakuta & Yuki Aino vs. Mahiro Kiryu, Pom Harajuku & Neko Haruna
Mizuki, Toga, Haru Kazashiro & Runa Okubo vs. Hikari Noa, Raku, Suzume & Shino Suzuki
Tokyo Princess Cup Quarterfinals:
Yuki Arai vs. Arisu Endo
Miu Watanabe vs. Yuki Kamifuku
Rika Tatsumi vs. Shoko Nakajima
Miyu Yamashita vs. Moka Miyamoto
Refresh this page occasionally for the latest results.
Updates below will begin at 7 PM PT/10 PM ET. The event is scheduled to begin at 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM ET.
7 PM PT UPDATE: The stream has begun. According to the page on WRESTLE UNIVERSE, the match order has changed slightly from above-Tatsumi vs. Nakajima apparently will be the main event while Yamashita-Miyamoto will be Match 6. The first 5 matches otherwise should be in order as listed above.
7:22 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. If you’re watching in English, your hosts are Chris Brookes, Baliyan Akki & Ash.
The paid attendance will be announced after the event. The crowd is still filing in but it’s reduced capacity on the opposite hard-camera side where the commentary setups are. Sellouts lately have been close to 1500 but with this setup they’ll probably top out closer to 1000 and normally they do in the 500s-600s at Korakuen recently. (From the opening shots it’s early but definitely on the low side. Maybe they’ll get to around 500) (Update: The announced paid attendance was 437)
The matches should begin in 15-20 minutes.
During opening announcements two new trainees are introduced. Didn’t get names but one looked to be a teenager while the second one was from Australia based on her slow and uncertain Japanese…props for trying and managing to get through her intro in Japanese! (Updates: their tentative ring names are Chika & Kira, respectively)
Then announced for an event later this year in Nagoya is…OMG, the match I hoped would maybe happen before Saki Akai retires later this year…Saki Akai vs. Yuki Arai! AA Eye Candy faces each other for the first, last and only time, at least in singles action. Could this be Saki passing the torch to Yuki? FEELS!!! (Update: That match will happen on 9/18 in Nagoya)
The matches begin at 7:48 PM PT.
Match 1: Juria Nagano & Kaya Toribami vs. Wakana Uehara & HIMAWARI. 20 minute time limit
Result: Juria Nagano & Kaya Toribami beat Wakana Uehara & HIMAWARI. Nagano pinned HIMAWARI after a spinning head kick.
Match 2: Hyper Misao, Nao Kakuta & Yuki Aino vs. Mahiro Kiryu, Pom Harajuku & Neko Haruna. 20 minute time limit
Result: Hyper Misao, Nao Kakuta & Yuki Aino beat Mahiro Kiryu, Pom Harajuku & Neko Haruna. Misao pinned Kiryu with La Magistral. This ended very quickly, just a couple minutes. Comedy promos afterwards. Which led to…
Match 2 (Again): Hyper Misao, Nao Kakuta & Yuki Aino vs. Mahiro Kiryu, Pom Harajuku & Neko Haruna. 20 minute time limit
Result: Hyper Misao, Nao Kakuta & Yuki Aino beat Mahiro Kiryu, Pom Harjauku & Neko Haruna. Kakuta beat Harajuku with a combination toe hold/guillotine choke.
Match 3: Mizuki, Toga, Haru Kazashiro & Runa Okubo vs. Hikari Noa, Raku, Suzume & Shino Suzuki. 20 minute time limit
Result: Hikari Noa, Raku, Suzume & Shino Suzuki beat Mizuki, Toga, Haru Kazashiro & Runa Okubo. Noa pinned Toga with a blizzard suplex hold.
Quick break for ring repairs/maintenance.
Match 4: Tokyo Princess Cup Quarterfinals: Yuki Arai vs. Arisu Endo. No time limit
Result: Yuki Arai beat Arisu Endo. As a result, Arai advances to the Semifinals. Halfway there! Now the wait for the rest of the matches and the random draw afterwards to find out who’s next.
Match 5: Tokyo Princess Cup Quarterfinals: Miu Watanabe vs. Yuki Kamifuku. No time limit
Result: Yuki Kamifuku beat Miu Watanabe. As a result, Kamifuku advances to the Semifinals. She’s really turning heel based on her antics.
Match 6: Tokyo Princess Cup Quarterfinals: Miyu Yamashita vs. Moka Miyamoto. No time limit
Result: Miyu Yamashita beat Moka Miyamoto. As a result, Yamashita advances to the Semifinals. One step closer to finally taking that Princess Of Princess Championship away from Mizuki.
Main Event: Tokyo Princess Cup Quarterfinals: Rika Tatsumi vs. Shoko Nakajima. No time limit
Result: Rika Tatsumi beat Shoko Nakajima by submission. As a result, Tatsumi advances to the Semifinals.
The Semfinalists come out. It sounds like the draw will happen at a later time on TJPW’s official YouTube channel. Tatsumi finishes the post-main event promo to end the event.
The Semifinals will be on 8/12.
The next event is 8/5 at Duo CEREZO in Niigata for a Shoko Nakajima hometown event, featuring Yuki Arai participation and Aja Kong vs. Super Sasadango Machine (DDT). There will be no live broadcast.
UPDATE: The Semifinal draw was held at the post-event party. The matches will be Arai vs. Yamashita & Tatsumi vs. Kamifuku.
