Tokyo Joshi Pro has their monthly big event on tap today, but it’s not as big as planned because of major changes due to injuries. With Yuka Sakazaki now out indefinitely but at least a month with a neck injury, the planned Princess Tag Team Championship main event of Sakazaki & Mizuki defending against Rika Tatsumi & Miu Watanabe is now off and the titles are VACANT. Watanabe & Tatsumi now have to settle for getting to beat up Mizuki in a handicap match instead. It also means the planned Sakazaki-Nyla Rose match at SUMMER SUN PRINCESS in July is now off with a replacement TBA to face Rose. Sakazaki is scheduled to be at the event and address the live crowd. As a result, the new main event is Yuki Aino vs. Arisu Endo with the winner getting the next shot at Tatsumi’s International Princess Championship. On the flip side, Yuki Arai will return from a few weeks out due to injury today. A post-event party and autograph session will be held at Bellesalle Iidabashi Station in Tokyo.
Today’s event will be held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese and English. This will also be broadcast live on Samurai! TV in Japan. The Japanese commentary team will be Haruo Murata, Kagehiro Osano & Sayoko Mita. The English commentary team will be Chris Brookes (DDT), Drew Parker & Baliyan Akki (Chocolate Pro Wrestling). With the post-event party planned they’re on a strict albeit flexible clock today but based on the lineup, I anticipate the total event’s running time being just over 2 hours.
Today’s lineup (in order):
Hikari Noa & Nao Kakuta vs. Toga & Runa Okubo
Pom Harajuku vs. HIMAWARI
Yuki Kamifuku, Kaya Toribami & Wakana Uehara vs. Yuki Arai, Raku & Shino Suzuki
Hyper Misao vs. Mahiro Kiryu
Shoko Nakajima & Moka Miyamoto vs. Suzume & Haru Kazashiro
Mizuki vs. Rika Tatsumi & Miu Watanabe in a handicap match
Arisu Endo vs. Yuki Aino for the next International Princess Championship match
Refresh this page occasionally for the latest results.
Updates below will begin at 7 PM PT/10 PM ET or whenever the stream goes live. The event will begin at 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM ET.
7 PM PT UPDATE: The live stream has started. The event will begin in 30 minutes.
7:20 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.
We are LIVE from Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Your Japanese hosts are Haruo Murata, Kagehiro Oasno & Sayoko Mita. Your English hosts are Chris Brookes, Drew Parker & Baliyan Akki.
The paid attendance will be announced after the event. It’s reduced capacity as the seats behind commentary are curtained off and won’t be a sellout anyway without a huge walk-up crowd. These events typically average 600-700 so that’s where I’m guessing it will be. Based on the pre-event views I’m estimating it’ll be closer to 600.
The matches should begin in about 25 minutes.
The opening announcements begin a couple minutes before start time. During the announcements, new TJPW branded caps from New Era are unveiled. Solid black with the TJPW logo stitched on the front in white. Of course no word on whether they’ll be Japan-only. Juria Nagano then makes an appearance. She will be returning from injury at SUMMER SUN PRINCESS ’23 on 7/8.
Yuka Sakazaki & Mizuki then come out to vacate the Princess Tag Team Championship due to Sakazaki being injured. Out at least 1 month.
Up Up Girls come out after this for their performance. Matches will now start closer to 8 PM PT. After the performance they introduce a new trainee and new member-to-be of the group: Uta. So perhaps by the end of the year the 4 girls will be 5! And she seems to be a big Miu Watanabe fan!
The matches begin at 7:55 PM PT.
Match 1: Hikari Noa & Nao Kakuta vs. Toga & Runa Okubo. 20 minute time limit
Result: Hikari Noa & Nao Kakuta beat Toga & Runa Okubo. Noa pinned Toga after a running neckbreaker drop.
Match 2: Pom Harajuku vs. HIMAWARI. 15 minute time limit
New referee here giving regular ref Daisuke Kiso a break as soon as he gets Harajuku out of the streamers she wrapped herself up in.
Result: Pom Harajuku beat HIMAWARI
Match 3: Yuki Kamifuku, Kaya Toribami & Wakana Uehara vs. Yuki Arai, Raku & Shino Suzuki. 20 minute time limit
Result: Yuki Kamifuku, Kaya Toribami & Wakana Uehara beat Yuki Arai, Raku & Shino Suzuki. Kamifuku pinned Suzuki after Fameasser.
SUMMER SUN PRINCESS announcement…NEO BISHIKI GUN returns one more time…Saki-sama & May Saint Michel vs. Wakana Uehara & Yuki Arai. Oh man, AA Eye Candy facing off against each other…I don’t know if I can handle it…(Saki-sama is really Saki Akai)
Match 4: Hyper Misao vs. Mahiro Kiryu. 15 minute time limit
Result: Hyper Misao beat Mahiro Kiryu
The 10th Tokyo Princess Cup entrants are announced: Mizuki, Rika Tatsumi, Miyu Yamashita, Shoko Nakajima, Miu Watanabe, Huper Misao, Yuki Aino, Yuki Kamifuku, Nao Kakuta, Hikari Noa, Raku, Suzume, Arisu Endo, Yuki Arai, Moka Miyamoto, Mahiro Kiryu, Round 1 will be 7/15-7/17 and 7/22, all at Ryogoku KFC Hall in Tokyo. Quarterfinals are 7/29, Semifinals are 8/12, Finals are 8/13, all at Korakuen. Single-elimination format. Actual matches TBA. Notably absent from the tournament: Maki Itoh. 7/8 Princess of Princess Championship Match spoiler? (Unless she is going overseas again). Also suggests Yuka Sakazaki will be out at least 2-3 months with the neck injury.
Match 5: Shoko Nakajima & Moka Miyamoto vs. Suzume & Haru Kazashiro. 20 minute time limit
Result: Shoko Nakajima & Moka Miyamoto beat Suzume & Haru Kazashiro. Miyamoto beat Kazashiro with Rashomon.
Match 6: Mizuki (with Yuka Sakazaki) vs. Rika Tatsumi & Miu Watanabe in a handicap match. 20 minute time limit
Result: Miu Watanabe & Rika Tatsumi beat MIzuki. Tatsumi pinned Mizuki after Missile Hip.
Main Event: Arisu Endo vs. Yuki Aino for the next International Princess Championship match. 30 minute time limit
Result: Yuki Aino beat Arisu Endo. As a result, Aino will face International Princess Champion Rika Tatsumi for the title at SUMMER SUN PRINCESS ’23. Tatsumi came back to the ring after the match for the obligatory promo and photo ops for the ringside cameras before Aino finished to close the show.
The next event is 6/18 at Ryogoku KFC Hall. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin on 6/17 at 8:30 PM PT/11:30 PM ET.
UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 604.
Rika Matsumoto, an actress & singer best known for her work on the Japanese version of the Pokemon anime (the voice of one of the main characters and also sings the theme song), will be a special guest commentator at SUMMER SUN PRINCESS ’23.
