Yuki Kamifuku To Graduate From TJPW This December

June 29, 2026

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “KAMIYU AND HER MERRY FRIENDS ~A SPECIAL CLASS GRADE CURSED OBJECT ENCOUNTERED IN A SQUARE~”, 27/11/2026
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “YUKI KAMIFUKU HOMECOMING”, 10/12/2026
Fujisawa City Shonandai Cultural Center

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “TJPW YEAR-END PARTY 2026 ~YUKI KAMIFUKU GRADUATION SPECIAL~”, 26/12/2026
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

A press conference was held inside the Korakuen Hotel in Tokyo today to announce that Yuki Kamifuku will be graduating from Tokyo Joshi Pro and retiring from pro wrestling at the end of 2026. Kamifuku has decided to retire on 26th December and she assured everyone there is no bad reason for it happening. Her explanation is she feels the best time to end her career is to do it while she is at her coolest. After thinking about it recently, she believes she is at her coolest right now so now is the right time to quit being a wrestler. Both Tetsuya Koda and Sanshiro Takagi attended the conference and spoke about Kamifuku’s plan to graduate. Koda calls her an indispensable presence for TJPW and he was saddened to hear the news from her. He praised her for being a good person who always worked hard and conveyed a lot of love in her own way. Kamifuku’s last match on 26th December will not be the culmination of her career but it will be when everyone sees Kamifuku in her completed and most beautiful form.

Takagi told the story of how Kamifuku came to TJPW in the first place. He knew a manager from a talent agency called Star Ray Production and this manager recommended he come meet a model of theirs who stands 170cm tall. Takagi took her to TJPW and felt obligated to turn her into a star even though she had absolutely no knowledge of pro wrestling. He remembers how Kamifuku would constantly call him in the middle of the night with questions about wrestling that she didn’t understand. He considered blocking her number but felt she had a strong determination to become a pro wrestler and make TJPW successful as her top priority. He is grateful that Kamifuku begun in TJPW and stayed with the company for her entire career. To thank her for that, he and Koda will give her a road to retirement that will make her feel glad she was with TJPW until the very end and can leave without any regrets.

A key part of the retirement road will be Kamifuku producing her own wrestling show at Korakuen Hall on 27th November. She intends to invite her close friends and other important people she met in wrestling to gather together for a fun event. Confirmed to appear so far are Aja Kong, VENY, Yuki Iino and Sumire Natsu while Kumadori was brought up as a possible guest. Kamifuku would also like to have a match with Takagi on the show. Takagi suggested they should be opponents instead of tag partners so he can get revenge for all the times she called him in the middle of the night. Takagi also said he can get Yumehito Imanari to produce a special video for Kamifuku that she can use on the show. Other than that, Kamifuku doesn’t really have anything in mind for what she wants to do during the last six months of her career. She isn’t interested in winning one more championship and would rather have fun matches with her friends.

Kamifuku was asked about when she realized she felt she was at her peak? She noticed in the last six months her follower count on social media was growing at a steady pace and she’s been getting more praise from fans over the period. Also since she is no longer getting yelled at by her senpais, she hasn’t felt like she’s been doing anything wrong lately. That feels like being at the peak to her. The recent Princess Of Princess Title challenge involved a lot of hard work to get ready for it but she came feeling a lot of motivation afterward. She thinks she could continue wrestling for another three or four years but it would be a gamble if she achieves even more success or just end up being stuck where she is now. She’s already taken enough gambles, comparing her career to playing a slot machine 30 times and thinking she’s had enough.

She was then asked about her post-retirement plans, like would she get married? Kamifuku joked that she has plenty of imaginary fiancés but doesn’t know what lies in her future. She has thought about having a family someday but she isn’t particularly fond of children to begin with. However her pet dog Zac is getting old and she wants to be there for him just like he’s been there for her throughout the toughest times of her life. She also wants to be around for her parents as they get older too.


UJPW Updates, Diana Upgraded, GLEAT Becomes A Member

June 29, 2026

The fourth official board meeting for United Japan Pro Wrestling took place earlier this month on 19th June. First on the agenda was for the directors to establish a “Customer Harassment Response Policy” to be used among all of the member promotions and it was unanimously approved. This is to cover rules and measures regarding interactions between fans and employees of any of the wrestling companies in the UJPW. The goal of the policy is to maintain a safe working environment for employees while also protecting the rights of the fans.

After that, the meeting turned its attention towards some applications regarding UJPW’s membership. For over a year now World Women’s Pro Wrestling Diana has been a Supporting Member of the federation, the lesser of the two tiers in UJPW’s membership system. It was revealed that they had applied to be upgraded to Regular Member status. There was also an application from GLEAT requesting to join UJPW as a Supporting Member. Both application were accepted by the board after a rigorous review. GLEAT’s president Hiroyuki Suzuki said the promotion will use this opportunity to learn from their predecessors. GLEAT Executive Kaz Hayashi promised to do his utmost no matter how small his contribution to the UJPW may be.

The meeting ended with a seminar held by a Japanese sports agency about the role of governing organizations in the sports world. One of the topics touched upon was how UJPW can collaborate with government agencies.

As of 19th June, 2026 there are now thirteen Regular Members and three Supporting Members in UJPW to make up sixteen members in total. They are as follows.

Regular Members: New Japan, All Japan, Big Japan, NOAH, DDT, Dragon Gate, Kyushu Pro, Stardom, Tokyo Joshi Pro, Ganbare☆Pro, FREEDOMS, Sendai Girls, Diana

Supporting Members: Dradition, WAVE, GLEAT

Representative Director: Sanshiro Takagi (CyberFight Vice President)
Executive Director: Naoki Sugabayashi (New Japan Pro Wrestling Chairman)
Executive Director: Ryo Saito (DRAGONGATE Director)
Executive Director: Ryota Chikuzen (Kyushu Pro Wrestling Chairman)
Director: Takeshi Fukuda (All Japan Pro Wrestling President)
Director: Yasuo Okamoto (CyberFight President)
Director: Narihiro Takeda (CyberFight Director)
Director: Eiji Tosaka (Yotsuba Kogei President)
Director: Michiyoshi Mishima (Ganpro Entertainment President)
Director: Takaaki Kidani (Bushiroad President)
Director: Hiroshi Tanahashi (New Japan Pro Wrestling President)
Director: Taro Okada (Stardom President)
Director: Hitoshi Matsumoto (New Japan Pro Wrestling Director)
Director: Yukito Nagaoka (TMI Associates)
Director: Takashi Sasaki (Pro Wrestling FREEDOMS President)
Director: Meiko Satomura (Sendai Girls Pro Wrestling President)
Auditor: Shinya Yamada (New Japan Pro Wrestling Auditor)