January 15, 2024
DDT “INTO THE FIGHT 2024 TOUR IN SHINJUKU”, 07/02/2024
Shinjuku FACE
1. Yukio Sakaguchi Retirement Match: Yukio Sakaguchi Vs HARASHIMA
An emergency press conference was held by DDT in Shibuya today for the announcement that Yukio Sakaguchi will soon retire from pro wrestling. His final match will take place on 7th February. Sakaguchi said his reason for retiring is a personal matter but it is not because of lost motivation or declining physical ability. He is currently 50 years old and originally thought to keep wrestling until he was 55. However he thinks everybody in the business knows when the day they want to retire will come and for Sakaguchi that day has come to him now. Sanshiro Takagi wanted Sakaguchi to reconsider and tried to pursuade him to stay because he still has a lot to offer as an older brother figure to the rest of the roster. Instead Sakaguchi could not be convinced and is sticking with his decision.
Sakaguchi does not want his road to retirement to last long so he is only wrestling a couple more matches until his retirement bout. Three of them will be in DDT and he also has a booking in Taiwan next week. He remembers when his father Seiji Sakaguchi retired it was in a tag team match with Kengo Kimura. It was a normal match but still very memorable which is why Sakaguchi does not want to do anything drastic for his own retirement match. He has chosen HARASHIMA to be his final opponent because he holds a lot of respect for him and they have been regular opponents in DDT. Sakaguchi has already told his father about his decision to retire.
Sakaguchi was asked about his favorite memories in DDT. He said his family was always involved in pro wrestling. When he was a child his playground was the New Japan dojo. It felt like destiny he would become a pro wrestler. However he grew up resenting the Sakaguchi name due to his strained relationship with his father and brother. He even wanted to change his surname so he could finally escape it. Joining DDT gave him the freedom to be himself and have fun. He got to wrestle wearing pantyhose over his head, get drunk at Beer Garden shows, have hard hitting fights with the likes of HARASHIMA, Shigehiro Irie & Naomi Yoshimura, laughing at the silly jokes Antonio Honda & Kazuki Hirata came up with and forming Eruption with Kazusada Higuchi & Saki Akai. DDT was where this serious and scary looking man covered in tattoos could go do stupid things inside a ring. He has so many memories he could write a book about them.
There was a question asking if Sakaguchi would still be retiring if Eruption did not lost the All Asia Tag Team Titles yesterday. He went into the match treating it like Eruption must split up if they lost. He admits he would still go through with this announcement if Eruption were still the champions and he would have held onto the belts until retirement. He praised his tag partner Hideki Okatani for growing tremendously over the last couple of months. For that reason Sakaguchi also asked for a singles match against Okatani to happen before he retires. That match will take place on 28th January.
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January 14, 2024
TOKYO JOSHI PRO “THE 4TH “FUTARI WA PRINCESS” MAX HEART TOURNAMENT”, 20/01/2024
Tokyo Shinagawa Prince Hotel Club eX
1. “Futari wa Princess” Max Heart Tournament – Round 1A: Kaya Toribami & Haru Kazashiro Vs Yuki Arai & Wakana Uehara
2. “Futari wa Princess” Max Heart Tournament – Round 1B: Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao Vs Yuki Kamifuku & Mahiro Kiryu
3. “Futari wa Princess” Max Heart Tournament – Round 1C: Nao Kakuta & HIMAWARI Vs Raku & Pom Harajuku
4. “Futari wa Princess” Max Heart Tournament – Round 1D: Miyu Yamashita & Toga Vs Moka Miyamoto & Juria Nagano
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TOKYO JOSHI PRO “THE 4TH “FUTARI WA PRINCESS” MAX HEART TOURNAMENT”, 21/01/2024
Tokyo Shinagawa Prince Hotel Club eX
1. “Futari wa Princess” Max Heart Tournament – Round 2A: Winners Of Match 1A Vs Mizuki & Shino Suzuki
2. “Futari wa Princess” Max Heart Tournament – Round 2B: Winners Of Match 1B Vs Rika Tatsumi & Miu Watanabe
3. “Futari wa Princess” Max Heart Tournament – Round 2C: Winners Of Match 1C Vs Suzume & Arisu Endo
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TOKYO JOSHI PRO “THE 4TH “THE FUTARI WA PRINCESS” MAX HEART TOURNAMENT”, 27/01/2024
Tokyo Ryogoku KFC Hall
1. “Futari wa Princess” Max Heart Tournament – Semi-Final: Winners Of Match 2A Vs Winners Of Match 2B
2. “Futari wa Princess” Max Heart Tournament – Semi-Final: Winners Of Match 2C Vs Winners Of Match 1D
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TOKYO JOSHI PRO “THE 4TH “FUTARI WA PRINCESS” MAX HEART TOURNAMENT”, 10/02/2024
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1. “Futari wa Princess” Max Heart Tournament – Final: X & X Vs X & X
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January 14, 2024
DDT “NEW YEAR’S CURRENT BLAST! 2024”, 14/01/2024
Kanagawa Tsurumi Fruit & Vegetable Market
220 Fans – Super No Vacancy
1. Wind And Clouds! Takagi Castle Match: Kazuki Hirata & Danshoku Dieno defeated Sanshiro Takagi, HARASHIMA & Masahiro Takanashi when Takagi’s team were unable to build the Castle (10:00).
2. Special 6-Man Tag Match: Tetsuya Endo, Yuki Iino & Yusuke Okada defeated Yoshitatsu, Kazusada Higuchi & Akito when Iino pinned Akito with the Spear (10:56).
3. Special Single Match: Daisuke Sasaki defeated Shota with the Crossface Lock (8:58).
4. Special Single Match: Soma Takao defeated KANON with the Sorarina (8:24).
5. Special 4 Way Match: Demonio Uno defeated MAO, Mecha Mummy and Mecha Pandita when Uno pinned Pandita after Pandita was run over with a car (14:06).
6. Special Tag Match: Yuki Ueno & Shunma Katsumata defeated Yukio Naya & Rukiya when Katsumata pinned Rukiya with the Totonou Splash (15:32).
7. All Asia Tag Team Titles – Current Blast Bat & Board Tag Death Match: Atsushi Onita & Toy Kojima defeated Yukio Sakaguchi & Hideki Okatani (c) when Kojima pinned Okatani after a Sandwich Current Blast Bat Full Swing with Onita (11:36).
*Eruption fails in V2. DDO becomes the 122nd All Asia Tag Team Champions!
Once again the All Asia Tag Team Titles have been taken by Atsushi Onita. This time around Toy Kojima is his partner in crime, earning the first proper championship of his career. They defeated Eruption in an Exploding Bat & Board Death Match where the items were rigged with three and a half times the amount of explosives than they normally would be. Onita himself took the first explosion when Yukio Sakaguchi hit him with a baseball bat. Kojima grabbed the bat and hit Sakaguchi with an explosion for revenge. Sakaguchi got his own back by Power Bombing Kojima through an exploding board. Onita blinded Hideki Okatani with the Poison Mist. Together with Kojima, they each grabbed an exploding bat and hit Okatani with it at the same time. Kojima then pinned him for the three count.
The team known as Dramatic Dream Onita (or DDO for short) celebrated their prize and left ringside. That left Eruption defeated in the ring. Sakaguchi had said leading up to the match that they were going to fight as if they would disband if they lost. It turns out he was living up to his word and Eruption are splitting up as of today! Okatani said everyone in Eruption helped get him to this point but he cannot rely on Sakaguchi forever. From here on out Okatani is going to tell his own story. The final two members of Eruption then thanked the fans for their support, took off their Eruption shirts and left them behind in the ring.
As for DDO they already have new plans in the works after becoming the All Asia Tag Champions. Onita wants to bring the belts back to All Japan! Kojima will follow him, ready to make an explosion anytime, anywhere. There is also a third member of DDO that should not be forgotten about. Shunma Katsumata is on their side and wants the three of them to challenge for the KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles! If they win they will then exclusively defend the titles in exploding death matches! DDO is ready to take over DDT!
Yuki Ueno had some harsh words for Yukio Naya after their tag match. He said it cannot be helped whenever Naya loses a match and he just rushes home. Being strong is not enough to take the KO-D Openweight Title from Ueno. If all Naya has is strength then there is no way he will win at Korakuen Hall on 28th January. Naya brushed off the comments and said he is looking forward to the actual title match. He is strong now and able to beat Ueno.
Kazuki Hirata is trying to gain membership into The 37KAMIINA even if it is just temporary. He tried interviewing Ueno & Katsumata after their match and joined in on the NeppoWER!! pose. However that does not mean he’s been fully accepted into the unit yet.
Fresh back from America, MAO had a lot of crazy ideas he wanted to do so DDT stuck him in a match with Mecha Mummy, Mecha Pandita and Demonio Uno. That way when things went out of control no living creature under contract to DDT would be harmed. MAO brought out a bazooka that shot fireworks at Mummy and then drove a van into Pandita. Demonio took advantage and pinned Pandita to win.
The latest batch of matches between ROMANCE DAWN and DAMNATION T.A has resulted in ROMANCE DAWN declaring war on their enemies! Daisuke Sasaki cheated to beat Shota by using a chair and giving him a Low Blow. Sasaki then immediately tried to interfere in the match between Soma Takao and KANON but Shota was right behind him to get back in his way. In the chaos Sasaki hit KANON with a chair by mistake and Takao used the opportunity to get the win. Shota complained about Sasaki’s attitude and said ROMANCE DAWN will still be the top tag team throughout 2024.
The opening match had to be changed in the last minute because Yuni caught the flu and couldn’t be at the show. So instead the other five wrestlers came up with a new match type. Sanshiro Takagi, HARASHIMA & Masahiro Takanashi were given the task of building a castle of chairs inside the ring within a 10 minute time limit. It was up to Hirata & Danshoku Dieno to stop them and knock over the castle whenever they could. If Takagi’s team couldn’t complete the castle after 10 minutes then Hirata & Dieno were the winners.
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January 14, 2024
TOKYO JOSHI PRO “TJPW LIVE TOUR 2024 ~YUKI’S HOMETOWN IS OKAYAMA!~”, 14/01/2024
Okayama Convention Center Event Hall
273 Fans – No Vacancy
1. Kaya Toribami defeated Shino Suzuki with the Bird Cage (6:01).
2. Nao Kakuta defeated Toga with the Shiden Kai (6:35).
3. Raku & Pom Harajuku defeated Arisu Endo & Haru Kazashiro when Harajuku pinned Kazashiro with the Pom de Justice (8:31).
4. Hyper Misao & Mahiro Kiryu defeated Mizuki & HIMAWARI when Misao submitted HIMAWARI With the Chickenwing Face Lock (8:50).
5. Rika Tatsumi & Miu Watanabe defeated Suzume & Wakana Uehara when Watanabe submitted Uehara with the Canadian Backbreaker (12:36).
6. Shoko Nakajima & Yuki Aino defeated Miyu Yamashita & Moka Miyamoto when Aino pinned Miyamoto with the UBV (15:04).
It’s becoming a tradition that whenever Tokyo Joshi Pro holds an event in Okayama in January, the hometown girl Yuki Aino gets to team with Shoko Nakajima. Today is the third year in a row the two were on the same team for this show. It has caused Nakajima to act like Okayama is now her hometown too! Nakajima also suggested that if Yukiniki are still the Princess Tag Team Champions next January she should team up with them in Okayama as Yukinikishoko. They won the match and credited a certain local farmer for giving them the food that powered them up. They brought the farmer into the ring and it was revealed to be Nodoka Tenma! She told the fans not only is TJPW in Okayama now a January tradition but she is also trying to put together an annual Okayama wrestling event called Gaisen Sakura Pro Wrestling starting this April.
Miyu Yamashita said she is aiming to win the Max Heart Tournament for the second year in a row. She will be teaming with Toga in the tournament this year instead of Maki Itoh and wants to show her strength as both a singles and tag team wrestler.
Yuki Kamifuku is still out sick so Hyper Misao took her place in Match #4. Misao is also under the weather with a sore throat so Mahiro Kiryu spoke on the microphone for her before the match began. Mizuki joined in too but knew an ambush was coming so she & HIMAWARI were ready to defend themselves. Later in the match Kiryu’s apology spot was for Misao losing her voice.
Tenma also appeared at the start of the show to promote Gaisenzakura Pro Wrestling. She announced Aino, Nakajima and Aja Kong will be appearing on the show.
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January 13, 2024
TOKYO JOSHI PRO “TJPW LIVE TOUR 2024 ~MIZUKI’S HOMETOWN IS KOBE!~”, 13/01/2024
Kobe Art Center
230 Fans
1. Moka Miyamoto defeated Haru Kazashiro with the Rashomon (6:16).
2. Raku defeated Shino Suzuki with the Doctor Yellow (7:17).
3. 3 Way Match: Arisu Endo defeated Kaya Toribami and Toga when Endo submitted Endo with the Camel Clutch (7:32).
4. Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao defeated Mahiro Kiryu & HIMAWARI when Nakajima pinned HIMAWARI with the Northern Lights Suplex (9:01).
5. Ryo Mizunami & Yuki Aino defeated Suzume & Wakana Uehara when Mizunami pinned Uehara with the Spear (13:00).
6. Miyu Yamashita, Mizuki & Nao Kakuta defeated Rika Tatsumi, Miu Watanabe & Pom Harajuku when Mizuki pinned Harajuku with the Cutie Special (15:10).
The crowd in Kobe welcomed Mizuki back home as part of Tokyo Joshi Pro’s visit there. She was the first to admit her teamwork with Miyu Yamashita & Nao Kakuta was not very good today but the three of them still won in the main event. Miu Watanabe used the match as a chance to test herself against Yamashita on the road to Sumo Hall. It was also a warm up match for Daydream going into the Max Heart Tournament starting later this month. Rika Tatsumi said if Daydream wins it she would be ok with Watanabe wrestling twice at Sumo Hall, once for the Princess Of Princess Title match and once for the Princess Tag Team Titles match. Watanabe hasn’t agreed to that but promised to do her best if the idea does become a reality. Meanwhile Tatsumi thinks Pom Harajuku will get eliminated in the 1st Round.
Things are going great for Yuki Aino at the moment. She recently won the Princess Tag Titles with Ryo Mizunami, they won their tag match today and now she gets to enjoy a homecoming show in Okayama tomorrow. Mizunami & Aino have agreed to call their team Yukiniki but are keeping what it stands for as their secret.
Hyper Misao had a sore throat and lost her voice so Shoko Nakajima had to do the microphone work in their tag match. HIMAWARI got to join in until Kyoraku Kyomei attacked her.
Yuki Kamifuku was feeling unwell and did not wrestle on the show. She went to a hospital for an examination instead and a few matches on the undercard had to be changed around. That means she won’t be at tomorrow’s show too.
Trainee Chika announced she will have her debut match in her hometown of Osaka on 24th February. She is really happy that is where her first match will be held.
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January 12, 2024
DDT “NEW YEAR’S CURRENT BLAST! 2024”, 14/01/2024
Kanagawa Tsurumi Fruit & Vegetable Market
1. Kazuki Hirata, Danshoku Dieno & Yuni Vs Sanshiro Takagi, HARASHIMA, Masahiro Takanashi
2. Special 6-Man Tag Match: Tetsuya Endo, Yuki Iino & Yusuke Okada Vs Yoshitatsu, Kazusada Higuchi & Akito
3. Special Single Match: Shota Vs Daisuke Sasaki
4. Special Single Match: Soma Takao Vs KANON
5. Special 4 Way Match: MAO Vs Mecha Mummy Vs Mecha Pandita Vs Demonio Uno
6. Special Tag Match: Yuki Ueno & Shunma Katsumata Vs Yukio Naya & Rukiya
7. All Asia Tag Team Titles – Current Blast Death Match: Yukio Sakaguchi & Hideki Okatani (c) Vs Atsushi Onita & Toy Kojima
Now Kazuma Sumi is out with the flu and cannot wrestle on Sunday’s DDT show. Sanshiro Takagi will replace him in the opening match.
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January 11, 2024
DDT “NEW YEAR’S CURRENT BLAST! 2024”, 14/01/2024
Kanagawa Tsurumi Fruit & Vegetable Market
1. Kazuki Hirata, Danshoku Dieno & Yuni Vs HARASHIMA, Masahiro Takanashi & Kazuma Sumi
2. Special 6-Man Tag Match: Tetsuya Endo, Yuki Iino & Yusuke Okada Vs Yoshitatsu, Kazusada Higuchi & Akito
3. Special Single Match: Shota Vs Daisuke Sasaki
4. Special Single Match: Soma Takao Vs KANON
5. Special Tag Match: Yuki Ueno & Shunma Katsumata Vs Yukio Naya & Rukiya
6. Special 4 Way Match: MAO Vs Mecha Mummy Vs Mecha Pandita Vs Demonio Uno
7. All Asia Tag Team Titles – Current Blast Death Match: Yukio Sakaguchi & Hideki Okatani (c) Vs Atsushi Onita & Toy Kojima
Takeshi Masada has been diagnosed with the flu and will not be at the shows this weekend. The first two matches have been changed around to make up for his absence. Yuni is now wrestling on the show.
DDT “NEW YEAR FAN APPRECIATION DAY!”, 20/01/2024
Tokyo Shinagawa Prince Hotel Club eX
1. 4 Way Tag Match: Yuki Ueno & Kazuki Hirata Vs Makoto Oishi & Yoshitatsu Vs HARASHIMA & Kazusada Higuchi Vs Yuki Iino & Yusuke Okada
2. New Year’s Six Major Single Match: KANON Vs Yuni
3. New Year’s Six Major Single Match: Daisuke Sasaki Vs Ilusion
4. New Year’s Six Major Single Match: Danshoku Dieno Vs Kazuma Sumi
5. New Year’s Six Major Single Match: Yukio Naya Vs Takeshi Masada
6. New Year’s Six Major Single Match: Jun Akiyama Vs Rukiya
7. New Year’s Six Major Single Match: Tetsuya Endo Vs Hideki Okatani
8. Special 6-Man Tag Match: MAO, Shunma Katsumata & Toi Kojima Vs Bryan Keith, Soma Takao & Shota
With DISASTER BOX now gone Kazuki Hirata is looking for a new unit to join. The 37KAMIINA found him all alone backstage recently but wouldn’t commit to bringing him into their group. Hirata wants the chance to join them so he is switching teams in the 4 Way Tag Match in order to wrestle with Yuki Ueno. That means Makoto Oishi & Yoshitatsu now have to team together in the match.
BASARA “BASARA 240 ~UTAGE~”, 23/01/2024
Shin-Kiba 1st RING
1. SAGAT Vs Fuminori Abe
2. Takumi Tsukamoto Vs Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi
3. FUMA & Daichi Kazato Vs Ryota Nakatsu & Gouma Ryu
4. KUBITO & Yasu Urano Vs Tsutomu Oosugi & Banana Senga
5. Isami Kodaka & Minoru Fujita Vs Takato Nakano & Masato Kamino
A warm up for next month’s Union MAX Title match is a clash between Sento Minzoku and Aijin Tag.
DDT “SWEET DREAMS! 2024”, 28/01/2024
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1. Special 10-Man Tag Match: Yukio Sakaguchi, Hideki Okatani, Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Rukiya Vs HARASHIMA, Tomoya, Toi Kojima, Takeshi Masada & Kazuma Sumi
2. Special 6-Man Tag Match: Tetsuya Endo, Yuki Iino & Yusuke Okada Vs Daisuke Sasaki, KANON & Bryan Keith (w/ MJ Paul)
3. MAO Birthday Commemorative Match: MAO & TAKA Michinoku Vs Chris Brookes & Masahiro Takanashi
4. Special Single Match: KONOSUKE TAKESHITA Vs Naruki Doi
5. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles – DEAD OR ALIVE Contra DEAD OR ALIVE: Jun Akiyama, Danshoku Dieno & Makoto Oishi (c) Vs Hikaru Sato, Kazusada Higuchi & Ryo Kawamura
6. DDT Extreme Title: Kazuki Hirata (c) Vs Shunma Katsumata
7. KO-D Openweight Title: Yuki Ueno (c) Vs Yukio Naya
With a successful surgery out of the way, Chris Brookes will be ready to return at DDT’s next Korakuen Hall show. CDK will be together to give MAO a birthday bashing!
DDT “INTO THE FIGHT 2024 TOUR IN NAGANO”, 04/02/2024
Nagano Act Hall
1. Nagano Specialty Special 6-Man Tag Match: Jun Akiyama, Toru Owashi & Yoshihiko Vs Danshoku Dieno, Makoto Oishi & Tetsuya Endo
A special match is being put together for Toru Owashi’s homecoming show. He gets to team with both Jun Akiyama and Yoshihiko.
BASARA “BASARA 242 ~UTAGE~”, 20/02/2024
Shin-Kiba 1st RING
1. Union MAX Title: Minoru Fujita (c) Vs Takato Nakano
We’re already off to an eventful start of 2024 with BASARA. Last weekend Minoru Fujita won the MAX Title and Takato Nakano quickly made his claim for a title shot against him. Nakano thinks BASARA needs a younger champion to lead them and believes he fits the bill better than anyone else here. Fujita’s wants to prove it doesn’t matter how old he is or how long he’s been wrestling, he still has a lot of fight left in him!
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Posted by JamieOD
January 10, 2024
It’s the return of Tokyo Joshi Pro’s annual tag team tournament. The lineup for the 4th “Futari wa Princess” Max Heart Tournament has been shaken up because some of the more established teams are no longer around, a few noticeable names are missing for different reasons* and some the main eventers have chosen to team up with rookies. Kyoraku Kyomei and Daydream are going to be the only two teams to have competed in every Max Heart Tournament by the time this year’s edition has finished.
*The Princess Tag Team Champions are not taking part so expect the tournament winners to challenge Ryo Mizunami & Yuki Aino for the belts down the line. Maki Itoh is taking time off to rest and recuperate. She probably would have missed it for her next tour in America anyway. Hikari Noa is… let’s stick with the official line that she’s currently unable to wrestle because of poor health. Haruna Neko is still injured with no timetable for a return yet. Runa Okubo has taken a few months off to study for her exams.
– Miyu Yamashita & Toga
– Yuki Arai & Wakana Uehara
– Kyoraku Kyomei (Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao)
– Daydream (Rika Tatsumi & Miu Watanabe)
– Mizuki & Shino Suzuki
– Toyo Mates (Yuki Kamifuku & Mahiro Kiryu)
– Nao Kakuta & HIMAWARI
– Raku & Pom Harajuku
– Daisy Monkey (Suzume & Arisu Endo)
– Shinken Kusho (Moka Miyamoto & Juria Nagano)
– Kaya Toribami & Haru Kazashiro
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TOKYO JOSHI PRO “THE 4TH “FUTARI WA PRINCESS” MAX HEART TOURNAMENT”, 20/01/2024
Tokyo Shinagawa Prince Hotel Club eX
1. “Futari wa Princess” Max Heart Tournament – Round 1A: Tag Team 1 Vs Tag Team 2
2. “Futari wa Princess” Max Heart Tournament – Round 1B: Tag Team 4 Vs Tag Team 5
3. “Futari wa Princess” Max Heart Tournament – Round 1C: Tag Team 7 Vs Tag Team 8
4. “Futari wa Princess” Max Heart Tournament – Round 1D: Tag Team 10 Vs Tag Team 11
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TOKYO JOSHI PRO “THE 4TH “FUTARI WA PRINCESS” MAX HEART TOURNAMENT”, 21/01/2024
Tokyo Shinagawa Prince Hotel Club eX
1. “Futari wa Princess” Max Heart Tournament – Round 2A: Winners Of Match 1A Vs Tag Team 3
2. “Futari wa Princess” Max Heart Tournament – Round 2B: Winners Of Match 1B Vs Tag Team 6
3. “Futari wa Princess” Max Heart Tournament – Round 2C: Winners Of Match 1C Vs Tag Team 9
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TOKYO JOSHI PRO “THE 4TH “THE FUTARI WA PRINCESS” MAX HEART TOURNAMENT”, 27/01/2024
Tokyo Ryogoku KFC Hall
1. “Futari wa Princess” Max Heart Tournament – Semi-Final: Winners Of Match 2A Vs Winners Of Match 2B
2. “Futari wa Princess” Max Heart Tournament – Semi-Final: Winners Of Match 2C Vs Winners Of Match 1D
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TOKYO JOSHI PRO “THE 4TH “FUTARI WA PRINCESS” MAX HEART TOURNAMENT”, 10/02/2024
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1. “Futari wa Princess” Max Heart Tournament – Final: X & X Vs X & X
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Posted by JamieOD
January 9, 2024
TOKYO JOSHI PRO “JURIA NAGANO GRADUATION”, 13/04/2024
Tokyo Kitazawa Town Hall
It was announced today that Juria Nagano will be graduating from Tokyo Joshi Pro this April. She broke this news with Tetsuya Koda at a press conference earlier today. Nagano explained the reason for her graduation is so she can put more effort into her work in the entertainment industry while keeping her other career as a nurse. If she were to continue pro wrestling at this rate she would only be able to do it half-heartedly due to her busy schedule. She first considered making her decision when she broke a bone in her hand while wrestling last January and was unable to work for 6 months. There have been tough times when she wanted to give up wrestling sooner but she enjoyed being in the ring and thinks TJPW was a great environment for her.
Nagano’s graduation is going to be a complete exit from pro wrestling. She is calling it a graduation rather than a retirement because she’s seen other TJPW wrestlers “graduate” when they quit pro wrestling and TJPW is the only wrestling she knows. Her final match will be on 13th April. Until then she wants to keep fighting until she burns out. In her brief time as a wrestler she has not won a championship so her goal now is to win a title with her tag team partner Moka Miyamoto. For that reason Shinken Kusho will be entering the Max Heart Tournament beginning next month. She would also like to win a singles match, which she has not accomplished yet. Koda asked Nagano if she can still support TJPW after she graduates. She promised she will as a fan.
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January 9, 2024
TOKYO JOSHI PRO “TJPW LIVE TOUR 2024 ~MIZUKI’S HOMETOWN IS KOBE!~”, 13/01/2024
Kobe Art Center
1. Moka Miyamoto Vs Haru Kazashiro
2. Raku Vs Shino Suzuki
3. Suzume & Arisu Endo Vs Kaya Toribami & Toga
4. Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao Vs Mahiro Kiryu & HIMAWARI
5. Ryo Mizunami & Yuki Aino Vs Yuki Kamifuku & Wakana Uehara
6. Miyu Yamashita, Mizuki & Nao Kakuta Vs Rika Tatsumi, Miu Watanabe & Pom Harajuku
An emergency decision was made by Tokyo Joshi Pro to book Ryo Mizunami for this Saturday’s show. There should be more appearances to come for her while she holds the Princess Tag Team Titles with Yuki Aino.
TOKYO JOSHI PRO “TJPW LIVE TOUR 2024 ~YUKI’S HOMETOWN IS OKAYAMA!~”, 14/01/2024
Okayama Convention Center Event Hall
1. 3 Way Match: Hyper Misao Vs Kaya Toribami Vs Shino Suzuki
2. Nao Kakuta Vs Toga
3. Raku & Pom Harajuku Vs Arisu Endo & Haru Kazashiro
4. Yuki Kamifuku & Mahiro Kiryu Vs Mizuki & HIMAWARI
5. Rika Tatsumi & Miu Watanabe Vs Suzume & Wakana Uehara
6. Miyu Yamashita & Moka Miyamoto Vs Shoko Nakajima & Yuki Aino
Sadly Mizunami will not be at the show in Aino’s hometown the next day.
DDT “SWEET DREAMS! 2024”, 28/01/2024
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1. MAO Birthday Commemorative Match: MAO & TAKA Michinoku Vs X & X
2. Special Single Match: KONOSUKE TAKESHITA Vs Naruki Doi
3. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles – DEAD OR ALIVE Contra DEAD OR ALIVE: Jun Akiyama, Danshoku Dieno & Makoto Oishi (c) Vs Hikaru Sato, Kazusada Higuchi & Ryo Kawamura
4. DDT Extreme Title: Kazuki Hirata (c) Vs Shunma Katsumata
5. KO-D Openweight Title: Yuki Ueno (c) Vs Yukio Naya
I’m starting to think D.O.A coming up with that name for themselves was a bad idea. The phrase “Dead Or Alive” is so common that there are plenty of wrestlers out there who claim they used it first. After the unit dealt with Bodyguard’s complaints they then found out Hikaru Sato is upset with them because he thinks they stole his catchphrase. Sato sent Kazusada Higuchi to tell them they should defend both the name and the KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles against them. Sato & Higuchi will be joined by Ryo Kawamura. The previous times Kawamura has appeared in DDT he’s been using different Sylvester Stallone gimmicks (Rocky Kawamura, Rambo Kawamura, Rocky Kawamura II, etc). He might be coming back just as himself this time.
The birthday match for MAO is a special one because he gets to team with TAKA Michinoku for the first time ever! Michinoku has been a big influence for him over the years and has inspired a lot of his moveset.
GANBARE☆PRO “GANPRO 2024 DESIRE”, 23/02/2024
Yokohama Radiant Hall
1. Yuna Manase Return Match: Yuna Manase Vs X
2. Spirit Of Ganbare World Openweight Title: Shuichiro Katsumura (c) Vs Takuya Wada
The new king of Ganbare☆Pro has decided to defend the Spirit Of Ganbare Title against his own tag team partner. Over the weekend Shuichiro Katsumura defended both of his championships, including the Spirit Of Ganbare Tag Team Titles he holds with Takuya Wada. With nobody stepping up to challenge him for either title Katsumura suggested he and Wada fight each other while they wait for new opponents to emerge. The title match will happen in Katsumura’s hometown of Yokohama.
DDT “INTO THE FIGHT 2024”, 25/02/2024
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1. Kaisei Takechi Debut Match: Kaisei Takechi Vs X
Currently all tickets for this show has sold out so DDT will be adding additional seating to go on sale later this week. That’s how much of a hot ticket Kaisei Takechi’s debut match is. Takechi has a black belt in Judo and has been coached by Yuki Ueno in training. For that reason Takechi would like to team with Ueno for his first match. The 25 year old also wants to face opponents who are in the same age range as him because competition within the young generation is going to liven up the wrestling world. He cannot commit to a full match schedule due to his work with THE RAMPAGE but he would like to wrestle more after his debut. He currently weighs 77kg but feels his body as it is now is only built for dancing. So he is bulking up and aims to weigh in at 85kg for the match. Takechi is also trying to figure out what wrestling move he wants to use as his signature. When he dances he often raises his right fist into the air and shouts “THE RAMPAGE” so he wants to come up with something that will follow that.
TOKYO JOSHI PRO “GRAND PRINCESS ’24”, 31/03/2024
Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan
1. Princess Of Princess Title: Miyu Yamashita (c) Vs Miu Watanabe
The main event for Sumo Hall is a rematch from the Tokyo Princess Cup 2022 Semi Final. Miu Watanabe defeated Miyu Yamashita in what has been their last singles match together until now. Next time will be in the main event of Sumo Hall for the Princess Of Princess Title!
BASARA/TOKYO JOSHI PRO “GAISEN SAKURA PRO WRESTLING”, 14/04/2024
Okayama Shinjo Village Outdoor Ring
A free outdoor pro wrestling show is being put together by Ryuichi Sekine and Nodoka Tenma in a little village found on the northwest side of Okayama. The couple run a farm together in Shinjo Village and want people to get to know the area better. So they have come up with Gaisen Sakura Pro Wrestling an event built around agriculture, food and wrestling. The wrestling portion of the event will be split into two parts. One part will be a men’s wrestling show featuring talent from BASARA. The other part with be a women’s show with TJPW involved. If the event is a success then the plan will be to make it an annual tradition held every April when the cherry blossoms are in bloom.
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