KO-D 6-Man Tag Titles Rematch, TJPW RUSH Teams, Young Ganbare Summit

April 28, 2025

BASARA “BASARA 277 ~UTAGE~”, 30/04/2025
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Chouten ~Itadaki~ 2025 – Round 1 Block A1 – 2 Count Fall Rules: Takumi Tsukamoto Vs Lil’ Kraken
2. Chouten ~Itadaki~ 2025 – Round 1 Block B1 – 2 Count Fall Rules: Daiki Shimomura Vs Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi
3. Chouten ~Itadaki~ 2025 – Round 1 Block A2 – 2 Count Fall Rules: Daichi Kazato Vs Takato Nakano
4. Chouten ~Itadaki~ 2025 – Round 1 Block B2 – 2 Count Fall Rules: Tomoki Hatano Vs SAGAT
5. Chouten ~Itadaki~ 2025 – Round 1 Block A3 – 2 Count Fall Rules: Isami Kodaka Vs Masato Kamino
6. Chouten ~Itadaki~ 2025 – Round 1 Block B3 – 2 Count Fall Rules: Ryota Nakatsu Vs Minoru Fujita
7. Chouten ~Itadaki~ 2025 – Round 1 Block A4 – 2 Count Fall Rules: Ryuichi Sekine Vs Keisuke Ishii
8. Chouten ~Itadaki~ 2025 – Round 1 Block B4 – 2 Count Fall Rules: FUMA Vs Ayumu Honda

This is the match order for the 1st Round of Chouten ~Itadaki~ 2025. Every match in the opening round is 2 Count Pinfall rules with a 10 minute time limit. Any draws will restart with 1 Count Sudden Death rules applied.

DDT “HELLO☆DRAMATIC DREAM 2025”, 03/05/2025
Yokohama Radiant Hall

1. Danshoku Dieno & Antonio Honda Vs Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata
2. Yuki Ueno & To-y Vs Yuya Koroku & Daichi Sato
3. Special Single Match: Kazusada Higuchi Vs MJ Paul
4. Special Tag Match: Chris Brookes & Takeshi Masada Vs HARASHIMA & Akito
5. Special Tag Match: MAO & KANON (w/ KIMIHIRO) Vs Soma Takao & Yukio Naya
6. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles: Daisuke Sasaki, Hideki Okatani & Ilusion (c) Vs Shunma Katsumata, Yuni & Kazuma Sumi

The former KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champions are getting an immediate rematch. NωA Jr. lost the belts to DAMNATION T.A over the weekend leading to a dilemma for Shunma Katsumata. He wants to win the titles again but this time with Yuki Ueno & To-y in The 37KAMIINA. However Yuni & Kazuma Sumi wanted this rematch to win back the titles with Katsumata under the NωA Jr. unit. DDT decided to go with NωA Jr. over The 37KAMIINA for the next title match.

The Strange Love Connection’s MC KIMIHIRO finally makes his DDT debut on this show.

On yesterday’s DDT show Yuki Ishida got beaten up pretty badly so he has been taken off this weekend’s two shows in order to recover. He is expected to be back in action on the 6th May Korakuen Hall show unless he hasn’t recovered in time.

DDT “SENDAI NEW LEGEND 2025 ~SASA KAMABOKO~”, 04/05/2025
Miyagi Yume Messe Miyagi

1. 3 Way Match: Danshoku Dieno Vs Toru Owashi Vs Yuni
2. Hideki Okatani Vs Kazuma Sumi
3. Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul & Ilusion Vs Makoto Oishi, Akito & Yukio Naya
4. Special Tag Match: Jun Akiyama & Kazuki Hirata Vs Kazusada Higuchi & Yuya Koroku
5. SCHADENFREUDE International Vs The 37KAMIINA!: Chris Brookes, Antonio Honda & Takeshi Masada Vs Yuki Ueno, Shunma Katsumata & To-y
6. Special Tag Match: MAO & KANON (w/ KIMIHIRO) Vs HARASHIMA & Daichi Sato

There are a couple of times a year I get reminded that DDT can book Jun Akiyama and Kazuki Hirata as a team together. This is one of those times.

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “GOLDEN WEEK FAN APPRECIATION DAY 「WEST」”, 05/05/2025
Osaka Edion Arena #2

1. TJPW RUSH! Osaka Special Team Competition 5 Vs 5 Knockout Match: Mizuki, Rika Tatsumi, Pom Harajuku, Haru Kazashiro & Shino Suzuki Vs Suzume, Miu Watanabe, Arisu Endo, HIMAWARI & Uta Takami
2. Mahiro Kiryu, Haruna Neko & Toga Vs Moka Miyamoto, Kira Summer & Ivy Steele
3. Ryo Mizunami & Mifu Ashida Vs Yoshiko Hasegawa & Kaya Toribami
4. Wakana Uehara Vs Chika Nanase
5. 3 Way Match: Yuki Kamifuku Vs Yuki Aino Vs Yuki Arai
6. SETUP All Asia Women’s Title: Raku (c) Vs Nor ‘Phoenix’ Diana
7. Princess Tag Team Titles: Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao (c) Vs Matcha & Alexis Lee

Both Mizuki and Suzume have picked their teams from a random lottery. Mizuki’s team is the Takoyaki Team while Suzume’s team is the Kushikatsu Team. Now the two captains will decide on their entry order based on Kendo team competitions (Senpo, Jiho, Chuken, Fukusho and Taisho) which doesn’t necessarily mean they will be ordered from weakest to strongest.

GANBARE☆PRO “YOUNG GANBARE SUMMIT”, 10/05/2025
Tokyo Takashimadaira Kumin Center

1. Tyson Maeguchi Vs MASA☆TAKA
2. Shota Kawakami & Shota Kofuji Vs Kazumasa Yoshida & Ali Najima
3. YuuRI, Nanami & Kirari Wakana Vs Chanyota, Honoka & Saran
4. Munetatsu Nakamura Vs Mochizuki Jr.

A new show is being put together by Ganbare☆Pro where everyone booked on the show has less than 5 years of experience as a pro wrestler. GanPro recently had Masaaki Mochizuki on their Korakuen Hall show so now his son Mochizuki Jr. enters their ring for the first time for a clash against Munetatsu Nakamura. Also a lot of fresh faces from around the scene are on board from Chanyota to Kirari Wakana to Ali Najima to MASA☆TAKA and plenty more in between.


Meanwhile Back In Japan, TJPW Golden Week Title Matches, Namba’s Dream Coming True

April 14, 2025

I’m going to be travelling to Las Vegas tomorrow and it’s going to be a long trip ahead. You will know I have arrived safe and sound when the guides for the DDT and Tokyo Joshi Pro shows get posted. That should be on Tuesday night Vegas time but if more things get announced or even changed it will have to wait until Wednesday morning. I’ll try to at least stay up to date with the show results for the rest of the week but show reports may take a while because I’m still meant to be on holiday. Enjoy the week and let it all seep in!

DDT “KANDA MYOJON CULTURAL EXCHANGE CENTER PRESENTS LAS VEGAS SERIES ~JITSUGETSU~”, 19/04/2025
Tokyo Kanda Myojin Hall

1. KANON Vs Yuki Ishida
2. Kazusada Higuchi & Akito Vs Yuya Koroku & Keigo Nakamura
3. Hideki Okatani & MJ Paul Vs Toru Owashi & Tomomitsu Matsunaga
4. Special Tag Match: Chris Brookes & Takeshi Masada Vs HARASHIMA & Daichi Sato
5. Special 6-Man Tag Match: Yuki Ueno, To-y & Mikosee Vs Danshoku Dieno, Soma Takao & Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi
6. DDT Extreme Title: Super Sasadango Machine (c) Vs Kazuki Hirata

The cards for the DDT shows going on in Japan while the Las Vegas tour is going on have been finalized. The local mascot Mikosee joins forces with The 37KAMIINA to complete the lineup.

DDT “KANDA MYOJON CULTURAL EXCHANGE CENTER PRESENTS LAS VEGAS SERIES ~NESHIN~”, 20/04/2025
Tokyo Kanda Myojin Hall

1. 3 Way Match: Danshoku Dieno Vs Toru Owashi Vs Yuki Ishida
2. Hideki Okatani & MJ Paul Vs KANON & Tomomitsu Matsunaga
3. Special Single Match: Kazusada Higuchi Vs Soma Takao
4. Special Single Match: HARASHIMA Vs Keigo Nakamura
5. Twilight Rouge Cup Battle Royal: Chris Brookes Vs Yuki Ueno Vs Akito Vs Kazuki Hirata Vs To-y Vs Yuya Koroku Vs Takeshi Masada

Seven people will take part in the Twilight Rouge Cup. Meanwhile HARASHIMA and Keigo Nakamura have their last singles match together for a while.

DDT “DDT HARU NO KEN FESTIVAL ~STILL GOING ON IN UENO~”, 23/04/2025
Tokyo Ueno Park Outdoor Stage

1. Daisuke Sasaki, Hideki Okatani & Ilusion Vs Yukio Naya, Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Yuya Koroku
2. Special Tag Match: Chris Brookes & Takeshi Masada Vs Jun Akiyama & Daichi Sato
3. O-40 Title: Toru Owashi (c) Vs Antonio Honda
4. Staggered Entry Tag Rumble: Shunma Katsumata & Yuni Vs MAO & KANON Vs HARASHIMA & Kazuma Sumi Vs Kazusada Higuchi & Yuki Ishida Vs Akito & Kazuki Hirata Vs Danshoku Dieno & To-y
5. Keigo Nakamura Send Off Match ~ Special Single Match: Yuki Ueno Vs Keigo Nakamura

Once the American trip is done it’s back to work with another show at Ueno Park. It includes a rare defence of the O-40 Title that Toru Owashi won last October. He hasn’t defended it yet so he has to put it on the line against Antonio Honda.

The winners of the Tag Rumble will apparently get a wish granted as their prize.

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “GOLDEN WEEK FAN APPRECIATION DAY 「EAST」”, 03/05/2025
Saitama Kasukabe Fureai Cube

1. VPW Women’s Title: Yuki Kamifuku (c) Vs Viva Van

In December 2023 Viva Van came to TJPW as a challenger for Yuki Kamifuku to defend the Queen Of Asia Title against. Next month the rematch will happen this time with the VPW Women’s Title on the line. Van is a Vietnamese-American wrestler so it will mean a lot to her to win a championship from Vietnam Pro Wrestling.

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “GOLDEN WEEK FAN APPRECIATION DAY 「WEST」”, 05/05/2025
Osaka Edion Arena #2

1. SETUP All Asia Women’s Title: Raku (c) Vs Nor ‘Phoenix’ Diana
2. Princess Tag Team Titles: Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao (c) Vs Matcha & Alexis Lee

When Matcha and Alexis Lee both come back to Japan they will team up as an “All Southeast Asian Team” challenging for the Princess Tag Team Titles. I also heard Sayuri Namba refer to them as SEA Storm but I don’t know if it will be their official team name. They will face either Kyoraku Kyomei or Ober Eats for the belts depending on which team wins the title match this week in Vegas.

GANBARE☆PRO “SUICIDE SQUAD 2025”, 05/05/2025
Yokohama Radiant Hall

1. Moeka Haruhi, Yuna Manase & Banny Oikawa Vs YuuRI, Nanami & Kirari Wakana
2. Shuichiro Katsumura & Hartley Jackson Vs Toru Sugiura & Dragon Libre
3. Yumehito Imanari, Keisuke Ishii & Shinichiro Tominaga Vs Yuki Kanzaki, Munetatsu Nakamura & Daisuke®️
4. Shota Kawakami 1st Anniversary Match: Shota Kawakami Vs Shota
5. HARUKAZE’s Last Match Before Her Hiatus: Ken Ohka Vs HARUKAZE
6. Spirit Of Ganbare World Tag Team Titles: Shigehiro Irie & Mizuki Watase (c) Vs Yasu Urano & PSYCHO

The SOG World Tag Team Titles haven’t been defended since last November because of Mizuki Watase’s injury. Both he and Shigehiro Irie want to make up for lost time and start fighting in tag title matches again. Yasu Urano & PSYCHO have stepped up to be their first challengers. They believe Watase is not being honest about his recovery and is not wrestling at 100%. The sooner this match happens, the better their chances are to win the tag titles.

There is only one person HARUKAZE believes she can beat in a fair fight and she is desperate to finally win one match before her wrestling career is put on hiatus. So she’s breaking the emergency glass and picked Ken Ohka to be her final opponent!

The Ganbare☆Joshi match will feature Nanami from Diana and Kirari Wakana from Ice Ribbon.

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “SAYURI NAMBA’S DREAM COME TRUE SPECIAL”, 14/06/2025
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. LEONA Vs X
2. Mizuki & Suzume (w/ Sayuri Namba) Vs X & X

Namba is starting to put her special show together. She has opted to be in the corner for Mizuki & Suzume in the main event tag match. The opponents as well as the ring announcer for the main event have not been decided on yet.

The show will also have LEONA from Dradition taking part in a match. He and Namba were classmates in the same university so they both know each other from before they entered the pro wrestling industry. One of Namba’s dreams was to announce LEONA for a match so it will come true after all.

DDT “CHARISMANIA II”, 18/06/2025
Shinjuku FACE

1. GREATEST WRESTLING MATCH EVER: Dick Togo Vs Daisuke Sasaki

For the second “CHARISMANIA” show Daisuke Sasaki most wants to have a singles match against his mentor Dick Togo.

The rest of DAMNATION T.A will be on the show. That means Hideki Okatani, MJ Paul and Ilusion.


TOKYO JOSHI PRO “THE 5TH “FUTARI WA PRINCESS” MAX HEART TOURNAMENT” Results

January 25, 2025

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “THE 5TH “FUTARI WA PRINCESS” MAX HEART TOURNAMENT”, 25/01/2025
Shinjuku FACE
312 Fans

1. Moka Miyamoto, Yoshiko Hasegawa & Kaya Toribami defeated Yuki Aino, Ivy Steele & Kira Summer when Toribami submitted Steele with the Bird Cage (10:25).
2. 3 Way Match: Raku defeated Miu Watanabe and Haruna Neko when Raku pinned Neko with the Hurricane Turn (6:36).
3. Miyu Yamashita & Mahiro Kiryu defeated Rika Tatsumi & Chika Nanase when Yamashita pinned Nanase with the Buzzsaw Kick (9:46).
4. Mizuki defeated Mifu Ashida with the Face Lock (10:01).
5. Yuki Arai, Haru Kazashiro & Toga defeated Suzume, Arisu Endo & Uta Takami when Arai submitted Takami with the Scorpion Death Lock (13:05).
6. “Futari wa Princess” Max Heart Tournament – Semi-Final: Max The Impaler & Pom Harajuku defeated Yuki Kamifuku & Wakana Uehara when Max pinned Uehara with a Piledriver (10:37).
7. “Futari wa Princess” Max Heart Tournament – Semi-Final: Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao defeated HIMAWARI & Shino Suzuki when Misao pinned HIMAWARI with the Hypami Returns (13:31).

The Max Heart Tournament final is set. A girl and her monster is going to fight a superhero and her kaiju. Kyoraku Kyomei have a second crack at the final after failing to win it all in 2023. Today’s semi final was so important that Hyper Misao wouldn’t decide if she would use the Seven Hyper Tools to win. Instead she will let her heart and soul decide what to do. Her decision was to wrap up Shino Suzuki with the ring apron and tape her to the corner post. Suzuki was eventually able to be freed and tried to put Shoko Nakajima in the Sleeper Hold only to get fought off. Misao then hit HIMAWARI with the Kingslayer and pinned her with the Hypami Returns to win.

Meeting the long established tag team in the final is Pompaler. This time Pom Harajuku was spared from being thrown around like a missile by Max The Impaler. Instead it was Wakana Uehara that felt Max’s power firsthand. Yuki Kamifuku did her best to keep things even and gave Harajuku the Famouser but Max then took her out with a Spear. Uehara took a chance by putting Max in the Banana Pillow but that proved to be a costly mistake. Max picked her up out of the move, slammed their way out of it and then finished Uehara off with a Piledriver. Max was probably the most annoyed by the result because Harajuku was too loud with her celebrations afterward.

The two finalist teams confronted each other in the ring at the end of the show. Kyoraku Kyomei were talking about their goal to win the tournament and then beat 121000000 for the Princess Tag Team Titles when Max suddenly attacked them. Harajuku told them that Pompaler are the obvious winners and Max then picked her up and threw her at Kyoraku Kyomei before leaving. Misao swore to get revenge on the rampage that was just set upon them. Nakajima agreed and warned Pompaler that their weapons are infinite!

Raku wanted to sleep through the 3 Way Match so she set up traffic cones with a No Entry sign attached to them in the middle of the ring where she slept. Miu Watanabe and Haruna Neko had to wrestle around her unaware that it was all just a trap so she could roll them up for sneaky pinfalls. She eventually gave up with the plan and attacked her opponents with a pillow. She also blinded Watanabe by placing one of the cones over her head so Watanabe couldn’t see Raku pinned Neko to win the match.

It was announced that Yuki Arai will be part of Tokyo Joshi Pro’s Las Vegas show on 18th April. She tried to cut a promo in English to promote it. Later backstage she said it’s been her dream to wrestle overseas so she’s looking forward to doing it with TJPW. She’ll do her best to make her American debut a success.


Tomorrow’s BASARA Card, Princess Cup Round 2, Ice Ribbon Heading Back To GanPro

July 29, 2024

BASARA “BASARA 253 ~UTAGE~”, 30/07/2024
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Takumi Tsukamoto & Fuminori Abe Vs Ryota Nakatsu & Masato Kamino
2. Gouma Ryu Vs Judomaster
3. Takato Nakano, Daiju Wakamatsu & Yuki Kanzaki Vs Lil’ Kraken, Tsutomu Oosugi & Banana Senga
4. SAGAT Vs Yasu Urano
5. Elimination 6-Man Tag Match: Isami Kodaka, Ryuichi Sekine & Minoru Fujita Vs FUMA, KUBITO & Daichi Kazato

Tomorrow is BASARA’s go home show for this Sunday’s event in Korakuen Hall.

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “TOKYO PRINCESS CUP”, 03/08/2024
Shinjuku FACE

1. Suzume, Arisu Endo & Uta Takami Vs Shino Suzuki, Runa Okubo & Chika Nanase
2. Miyu Yamashita, Mahiro Kiryu, Moka Miyamoto & Kaya Toribami Vs Mizuki, Raku, HIMAWARI & Kira Summer
3. Tokyo Princess Cup – Round 2E: Pom Harajuku Vs Yuki Kamifuku
4. Tokyo Princess Cup – Round 2H: Haru Kazashiro Vs Ryo Mizunami
5. Tokyo Princess Cup – Round 2G: Rika Tatsumi Vs Toga
6. Tokyo Princess Cup – Round 2D: Miu Watanabe Vs Zara Zakher
7. Tokyo Princess Cup – Round 2F: Yuki Aino Vs Shoko Nakajima
8. Tokyo Princess Cup – Round 2B: Yuki Arai Vs Wakana Uehara

The Pom Harajuku Vs Yuki Kamifuku match was postponed to this show because Kamifuku was too unwell to wrestle yesterday. So now it is the six remaining Round 2 matches that will be completed on the same day. Miu Watanabe, Yuki Aino and Yuki Arai are the three that advanced past the opening round to get here.

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “TOKYO PRINCESS CUP”, 10/08/2024
Osaka Edion Arena #2

1. Tokyo Princess Cup – Quarter Final: Suzume Vs Winner Of Match 2B
2. Tokyo Princess Cup – Quarter Final: Mizuki Vs Winner Of Match 2D
3. Tokyo Princess Cup – Quarter Final: Winner Of Match 2E Vs Winner Of Match 2F
4. Tokyo Princess Cup – Quarter Final: Winner Of Match 2G Vs Winner Of Match 2H

So far Mizuki and Suzume are the first wrestlers to qualify for the Quarter Finals thanks to how the bracket was laid out. Suzume will face the winner of Yuki Arai Vs Wakana Uehara. Mizuki will take one the winner of Miu Watanabe Vs Zara Zakher.

GANBARE☆PRO “UNCUT DIAMONDS 2024”, 16/08/2024
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Hartley Jackson Vs Munetatsu Nakamura
2. Yuna Manase & YuuRI Vs Tsukasa Fujimoto & Kirari Wakana
3. Yumehito Imanari & Rekka Vs Tyson Maeguchi & Shota Kawakami
4. Shuichiro Katsumura, PSYCHO & Moeka Haruhi Vs Masamune, Daisuke®️ & HARUKAZE
5. Spirit Of Ganbare World Tag Team Titles: Shigehiro Irie & Mizuki Watase (c) Vs Ken Ohka & Shuji Ishikawa
6. Spirit Of Ganbare World Openweight Title: Keisuke Ishii (c) Vs Takuya Wada

Another Ganbare☆Joshi Vs Ice Ribbon tag match is coming up. This time Ice Ribbon are sending people from both sides of the experience scale. There should be no need to explain who Tsukasa Fujimoto is at this point. She has been a central figure for the company for so long now. Teaming with her is the brand new rookie Kirari Wakana. The 18 year old only just had her debut match earlier this month and is already getting some good results her way. Yuna Manase & YuuRI better watch out and not take her lightly.