September 12, 2026
Opening / Trainee Chieri Sakimori to Debut on Oct. 3 at Ota Ward / Up Up Girls (Pro-Wrestling) Mini-Live
Ring announcer Shirai stepped into the ring for the opening, making the usual announcements and venue guidelines before introducing a trainee scheduled to make her pro wrestling debut. Hailing from Fukuoka Prefecture, her name is Chieri Sakimori. “I will do my very best from here on alongside everyone in the sparkling Tokyo Joshi Pro-Wrestling! Please lend me your support!” she announced to the crowd (profile details below). Up Up Girls (Pro-Wrestling) then took the ring to perform a mini-live concert of “Stand up! Koi no Shoumei” (Proof of Love) to officially kick off the event.
Chieri Sakimori
- Height: 154 cm
- Birthdate: August 4
- Hometown: Fukuoka Prefecture
- Blood Type: AB
Profile: Spurred by her love for the idol group OCHA NORMA, she attended the “Ocha Pro ☆ Korakuen” event on December 7, 2025. That was her very first time watching Tokyo Joshi Pro-Wrestling live, and she was instantly captivated by the magic of pro wrestling. She subsequently took part in the “Joshi Pro-Wrestling Camp,” an instructional wrestling workshop for women, which inspired her decision to enter the dojo. Throughout elementary and junior high school, she was a member of a competitive rhythmic gymnastics club team. She currently runs her own private salon, working actively as an eyelash technician (eyelist).
Match 1: Singles Match (15-Minute Time Limit) 〇 HIMAWARI (9:39, Single-Leg Boston Crab) Shion Kanzaki ●
The match opened with a collar-and-elbow tie-up and cautious jockeying for position. HIMAWARI swept the leg to ground Kanzaki, but Kanzaki reversed. When Kanzaki seized the arm, HIMAWARI countered with a headscissors before breaking clean. Following rope-running sequences, HIMAWARI executed a takedown and repeatedly whipped Kanzaki across the ropes. Catching on mid-stride, Kanzaki launched an attack, but HIMAWARI rolled her up, popped right back up, and leveled her with a shoulder tackle. HIMAWARI whipped Kanzaki into the corner and unleashed a flurry of hair-whip attacks, but Kanzaki dodged the final strike to start a crowd call-and-response. When Kanzaki went for a dropkick, HIMAWARI snagged her by the hair mid-air to intercept and locked in a single-leg Boston crab. After escaping, Kanzaki ate repeated snapmares, kicked out of a pinfall attempt, and caught HIMAWARI with a counter back elbow. Kanzaki followed with a corner elbow and a dropkick for a two-count.
At the five-minute mark, HIMAWARI reached the ropes to escape the Midnight Blues (Fujiwara armbar). HIMAWARI reversed the follow-up, hit a bodyslam, and went back to the single-leg Boston crab, but Kanzaki scrambled to the ropes before it could be fully cinched. The two traded forearm strikes until HIMAWARI connected with a shoulder tackle and reapplied the single-leg Boston crab. Kanzaki barely managed to force a rope break. When Kanzaki kept fighting back, HIMAWARI planted her with the Princess Drop. Kanzaki fired back with a running back elbow and landed another blow off the turnbuckles, but it only yielded a count of two. Looking to end it, Kanzaki went for the arm, but HIMAWARI powered through and hit a neckbreaker. Cinching in the single-leg Boston crab once more, HIMAWARI finally forced the tap out.
Match 2: 6-Woman Tag Match (20-Minute Time Limit) 〇 Mizuki & Uta Takami & Mifu Ashida (9:02, Diving Foot Stomp → Pinfall) Raku & Pom Harajuku & Chika Nanase ●
The contest opened with an Up Up Girls showdown between Raku and Takami. Raku wasted no time flopping onto the canvas in the center of the ring to sleep; when Takami moved in for a cover, Raku trapped her in a surprise roll-up. When Mizuki came in to break it up, Raku sang a lullaby to put both opponents to sleep, resulting in a back-and-forth duel against Ashida’s peppy “Go! Go! Let’s Go!” chants. Ashida used her pom-poms to swat Raku away, while Pom’s signature shin kick misdirected straight into her own partner Nanase. Raku sidestepped Takami’s dropkick, fired off a chop, and the trio united for the Goodnight Express (Oyasumi Express). Nanase tagged in and went on the attack in the corner while Pom rattled off the Denden Daiko spinning double chops. Takami secured a roll-up and darted up the turnbuckles, but Pom pleaded with her: “You really should climb down!” Takami stepped down for a second, only to leap right back up and deliver a reverse missile dropkick before tagging Ashida. Ashida hammered home big boots into a kama-gatame (scythe hold); Pom escaped, swept Ashida’s legs out, and landed a missile dropkick.
Five minutes elapsed. Raku followed up with a brain chop for a two-count. Dodging a high kick, she nailed a facebuster, but Ashida thwarted a corner charge, rolling Raku up before drilling her with a high kick. Mizuki tagged in. Raku struck with a chop into the Kagayaki and tagged Nanase. Nanase connected with a John Woo missile dropkick, a corner tackle, and a running elbow. When Mizuki bridged out of the cover, Pom hit a dropkick, and Nanase dropped an elbow. Nanase set up the Inari Torii, but Mizuki escaped before the hold was locked. After trading elbows, Mizuki stomped Nanase in the face and flew off the top turnbuckle with a crossbody. Ashida hit Raku with the Cheerful Kick, and Pom struck Ashida with the P-Attack. Pom attempted to wield her giant boot weapon, but Mizuki snatched it and hurled it out into the audience, then ducked Nanase’s running elbow, causing Nanase to blast Pom instead. Following tandem teamwork between Mizuki and Takami, Mizuki soared with the Diving Foot Stomp to secure the three-count.
Backstage Comments: Mizuki: “My singles match against Pami-san (Hyper Misao) for October 3rd is officially set! It’s been a while since I had a singles match in such a huge arena, so I’m super excited and nervous at the same time. But the special guest referee is… Jushin Thunder Liger-san?! That makes zero sense to me, but it feels so incredibly special that all I can do is be shocked! They said he’s going to enforce the rules very strictly, so wouldn’t that actually be an advantage for me? After all, Pami-san is an arch-villain hero, right? Meanwhile, I’m an exceptionally good girl, so I feel like I can go in feeling completely secure, even though my heart is pounding!”
Match 3: Tag Team Match (20-Minute Time Limit) 〇 Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao (8:10, Inside Cradle) Wakana Uehara & Momo Sato ●
Misao was still deep in the middle of writing the script for “HYPE!”, walking out with a laptop in one hand. She had finished a full manuscript once, but explained on the microphone that it could still be improved, so “I wiped the slate completely clean to start over!” Entrusting the match entirely to Shoko Nakajima, Misao set up camp right on the entrance ramp to furiously type away. Facing the starting Sato, Nakajima kept her in a persistent headlock while keeping an eye on Misao’s writing progress, then squared off against Uehara. Uehara landed a dropkick, and Sato tagged in for corner train attacks. Sato leveled Nakajima with a shoulder tackle for a two-count. Nakajima reversed the follow-up and used the ropes to mount an offense. From the entrance ramp, Misao’s voice echoed: “I’m so sorry!” Sato hit a dropkick, and Uehara connected with a Space Rolling Elbow into a headscissors. Right then, Misao shouted, “I finished the draft!” and rushed back to the apron. Nakajima hit a Rider Kick and finally made the tag.
Celebrating with a back elbow, the match crossed the five-minute mark. Misao hit a crossbody into a chickenwing facelock, but Uehara reversed it into the Banana Pillow. Misao’s foot reached the ropes. Uehara connected with an enzuigiri, Misao hit a Busaiku-style running knee, and Uehara answered with a snap suplex. Sato tagged back in, unleashing a series of shoulder tackles. Misao countered a Boston crab and tagged Nakajima. The Kyoraku Kyomei duo executed tandem offense; Misao went for the cover while Nakajima slapped the mat to count along with the referee. After dumping Uehara from the ring, Sato flattened Misao with a shoulder tackle and hooked her leg. However, because Nakajima was the legal competitor, the pin was completely invalid. As a rattled Sato realized her mistake, Nakajima rolled her up in an inside cradle to snatch the three-count in an instant.
Backstage Comments: Misao: “Yeah! My match for October 3rd at Ota Ward has been decided! It’s a singles match against Mizuki-san, but amazingly, Jushin Thunder Liger-san is coming to serve as our special guest referee, so I’m insanely excited for it! After all, we’re fellow masked wrestlers. I’ve always admired that iconic pointed cape of his, and since I’m the type of wrestler who fights with complete honor and sportsmanship, I’m sure Liger-san will officiate in my favor, so expectations are sky-high. I am definitely winning this!”
Match 4: Singles Match (15-Minute Time Limit) 〇 Yuki Kamifuku (9:20, Famouser → Pinfall) Shino Suzuki ●
Dodging a big boot, Suzuki struck Kamifuku’s midsection with a back elbow, snapped a headlock takeover, and rained down stomps. Suzuki then took Kamifuku on a “Sightseeing Tour into Kamifuku’s Bright Future.” However, Kamifuku reversed a bodyslam into one of her own and delivered a sharp message: “Instead of worrying about someone else’s future, you better worry about your own present!” Kamifuku fired off a dropkick and hung Suzuki over the top rope with a big boot. Feigning an elbow, Kamifuku raked Suzuki’s eyes. As Kamifuku hit the ropes, Suzuki intercepted her with a counter dropkick. Suzuki drilled another dropkick in the corner and repeatedly slammed Kamifuku into the turnbuckles. After a corner elbow into a bodyslam, Kamifuku kicked up from the canvas and hurled Suzuki down with a headscissors. An elbow exchange followed; when Suzuki let out a roar, Kamifuku silenced her with a knife-edge chop and a stinging open-hand slap. Kamifuku ran the ropes and hit a big boot as five minutes elapsed.
Suzuki reversed an Octopus Hold, leaping onto Kamifuku’s back with a sleeper hold. Ducking a big boot, Suzuki unloaded a barrage of elbows in the corner. Grabbing each other by the hair, Suzuki hit a hair whip followed by a neckbreaker drop. Suzuki locked in the sleeper hold again, but Kamifuku powered out and applied the Octopus Hold, taking it down to the mat, though Suzuki still managed to reach the ropes. Kamifuku landed a big boot to the side of the head, followed by a dropkick. Suzuki resisted the Famouser, countering with a dropkick of her own. Letting out a yell, Suzuki went for a belly-to-belly suplex, but Kamifuku reversed it into a brainbuster. Immediately following up with the Famouser, Kamifuku put Suzuki away for the three-count.
Match 5: 6-Woman Tag Match (20-Minute Time Limit) 〇 Miu Watanabe & Rika Tatsumi & Toga (15:51, Reverse Paradox) Yuki Aino & Haru Kazashiro ● & Ren Konatsu
A preview bout for the Princess Tag Team Championship. The teams made their entrances to Haru-Retsu and Daydream’s respective theme songs. Tatsumi and Kazashiro started the action. Following mat exchanges, Tatsumi surprised Kazashiro with a low-angle dropkick before tagging Toga. Konatsu stepped in. Feigning a lock-up, Konatsu pulled Toga into an embrace. After battling for wrist control, Toga locked in a side headlock. Reversing position, Konatsu forced Toga into a rear hug, prompting a furious Tatsumi to rush the ring and unleash a flurry of elbows. In the middle of the melee, Aino sneakily had Konatsu wrap her up in a back hug as well! Tatsumi was then scooped up bridal-style by Toga, charging together for a tandem corner splash before tagging Watanabe. Watanabe hit a bodyslam on Konatsu and applied a headlock. Daydream executed double-team combinations as the clock passed five minutes.
Toga tagged back in and cinched in a facelock; Konatsu desperately scrambled to the ropes. Konatsu blocked a corner charge, secured a roll-up, and hit a dropkick before tagging Aino. Aino blew Toga away with a shoulder tackle, hit a flying shoulder tackle, and covered for two. Toga answered with a counter elbow and tagged Tatsumi. Forearms were traded before Aino charged with a ferocious shoulder block. Tatsumi evaded a senton, and Aino’s sliding hip attack missed the mark, leaving the two locked in a tense staredown. Aino connected with a rolling sobat into a reverse suplex. As Aino ascended the turnbuckles, Tatsumi dropkicked her from behind and executed a Dragon Screw out on the entrance ramp! Back in the ring, Tatsumi locked in the Figure-Four Leglock.
Aino broke free and countered a backbreaker into a side suplex as ten minutes elapsed. Kazashiro tagged in and nailed a leg lariat, but Tatsumi thwarted Haru-Retsu’s tandem maneuver with a dropkick. Kazashiro hit another leg lariat on Watanabe, but Watanabe popped straight up and flattened her with a shoulder tackle. Watanabe hoisted Kazashiro into a Canadian Backbreaker. Kazashiro slipped free; when Aino charged in, Toga planted her with a fallaway slam. Daydream crushed Kazashiro with a tandem body press, and Watanabe whirled her in the Giant Swing. Aino broke up the follow-up, and Tatsumi charged in right behind her. Haru-Retsu countered a Twist of Fate attempt, and Konatsu hit the Hitsujiza Comet (Aries Comet). Haru-Retsu landed their signature combination move on Watanabe, and Kazashiro locked in the Izayoi. Watanabe powered out and wrenched Kazashiro’s leg.
Reversing into a cross armbreaker, Kazashiro reapplied the Izayoi, but Watanabe deadlifted her right off the mat and drilled her with a powerbomb! As Kazashiro charged back in, Watanabe cut her down with a double axe handle. Kazashiro tenaciously snapped on an armbar once more. Watanabe shook free and locked in the Reverse Paradox, forcing Kazashiro to submit.
Backstage Comments: Tatsumi: “That was a total breeze.” Watanabe: “It really was.” Tatsumi: “A complete breeze. Well, we already know what Yuki’s capable of, but what did you think of Haru?” Watanabe: “Right. Scoring the win over Haru at the end, I felt her momentum, but it was still well within our expectations—I went in feeling like we’d easily take it. I felt her drive to win during the match, but seeing her look so down and broken afterward… When I looked at her holding my belt, she didn’t look me in the eye even once. I want her to come at us with so much more fire. I’m looking forward to seeing how much harder she can push us in the month we have left.” Tatsumi: “Exactly. If they’re going to get in the way of our precious, vital title defense road, they need to bring way more grit and hunger, or else I can’t see anything but an easy victory for us.” Watanabe: “Show us you can whip up a storm!” Tatsumi: “Piece of cake! Total piece of cake!” Watanabe: “A total breeze!”
Kazashiro: “…………” Aino: “We’ve only faced them once so far, but as things stand, this isn’t enough to beat Daydream. We have to get much, much stronger before Ota Ward. We can’t let things stay like this. In a way, I think it’s a blessing that we realized that right away in this first preview match. Right?” Kazashiro: “………” Aino: “Right?!” Kazashiro: “…I was weak. I realized that I’m the one who is overwhelmingly lacking in power.” Aino: “And now that you realize that, where else is there for us to go from here?” Kazashiro: “………” Aino: “We are going to get stronger!”
Match 6: 6-Woman Tag Match (20-Minute Time Limit) Yuki Arai & 〇 Miyu Yamashita & Sakura Hattori (17:27, Attitude Adjustment → Pinfall) Suzume & Arisu Endo & Kira Summer ●
“I want to be your rival.” Endo issues challenge to Yamashita; EVE International Championship match made official for Oct. 3 at Ota Ward!
Arai and Suzume, who are set to clash for the Princess of Princess Championship, started the match. Following wristlock exchanges, Arai cinched in a headlock. Taking it to the mat, Arai trapped Suzume in an Indian Deathlock, forcing Suzume to the ropes. Suzume countered with a roll-up and an armlock; Arai reversed with an armdrag, and both tagged out to Yamashita and Endo. Mat grappling saw Endo launch a dropkick; Yamashita sidestepped it and unleashed rapid kicks. Endo evaded the barrage and landed another dropkick. Summer tagged in against Hattori; off the ropes, Summer hit a shoulder tackle, while Hattori answered with a leaping kick. The “Kick Slash” tandem coordinated, and Arai connected with a dropkick.
Five minutes elapsed. Following a bodyslam, Hattori tagged back in, landing a stiff soccer kick into a roll-up. Summer kicked out and fired off an elbow. Catching Hattori’s kick, Summer hit a bodyslam and tagged Endo. Endo landed a counter dropkick and mounted a fast-paced offense. Hattori responded with a palm strike into a modified waterwheel drop; Endo answered with a running neckbreaker drop. Hattori shifted her weight to escape a Camel Clutch attempt. Following a strike exchange, Endo hit a waterwheel drop, leaving both down on the canvas. Both tagged out to Arai and Suzume. After ducking each other’s strikes, Suzume landed a dropkick, while Arai answered with a big boot.
Arai followed with a legbreaker into a knee drop. Suzume fought out of a Full Nelson Buster and used the ropes to apply the Hachinosu (Eight Knot). Suzume landed the Mikazuki Ryuuseigun (Crescent Meteor Shower) for a two-count. Arai blocked the Ring a Bell, but Suzume stepped off her knee to drill a facebuster. Arai stopped Suzume’s follow-up with a corner big boot as ten minutes passed. In the center of the ring, Suzume caught Arai’s big boot, but Arai stomped straight through it and locked in the Scorpion Deathlock. Endo broke the hold in time. Suzume countered a vertical suplex into an inside cradle, then found an opening to hit a low-angle Ring a Bell before tagging Summer. Summer connected with a shoulder tackle into a backdrop, but Arai countered with a big boot and tagged Yamashita.
Yamashita landed a knee strike and a lariat. Summer blocked the Attitude Adjustment and delivered a Samoan Drop. Yamashita locked in a sleeper hold, setting up a sandwich strike with Hattori. Daisy Monkey intervened, clearing the ring with simultaneous dropkicks, then sprinting across the apron to dive to the outside in unison. Endo hit a dropkick on Yamashita on the floor and tossed her back inside, where Summer hit a backdrop for a two-count. Fifteen minutes elapsed. Following a strike duel, Summer hit the ropes and landed a lariat. Yamashita sidestepped a corner charge, hit the Return Crash, and went for the Attitude Adjustment, but Endo broke it up with a superkick. The remaining four competitors spilled into the ring; Arai and Suzume faced off, trading elbows until Arai planted Suzume with the Full Nelson Buster.
With three minutes remaining, Yamashita drilled Summer with a high kick and hoisted her up for the Attitude Adjustment to pick up the three-count.
Post-Match In-Ring Speeches: Yamashita: “Thank you so much! I knew it would be tough, but that turned into an insanely fierce match. Kira’s gotten so much stronger, which made it so fun. Teaming with Hattori in Kick Slash and fighting alongside Arai was an absolute blast today!”
As Endo was heading toward the exit, she returned to the ring.
Endo: “Excuse me, sorry to interrupt. Today, it hit me all over again. I want to stand on equal footing with you, Yamashita-san. Always. I want to keep fighting you as an equal. That’s what I truly felt. Even though I beat you once, I don’t feel like I’ve really won at all. I haven’t even become your rival yet, have I? I want to be your rival. That’s why I absolutely had to tell you today. And while I’ve been thinking about you, I’ve developed an interest in that belt too. I’m going to take that belt from you and rise above you. Please let me challenge for it!”
Yamashita: “Arisu, that’s the very first time you’ve ever told me to my face that you want to surpass me. How many years have we known each other? Is it finally happening? You’re late! Just challenging isn’t enough, you know. You’d better come to destroy me, got it? If you can promise me that, I’ll put the EVE belt on the line against you. Declare it one more time! Don’t come at me with small-time talk like ‘I want to challenge.’ If you’re going to stand across from me, come to beat
Endo: “I will definitely defeat Miyu Yamashita, and I will take this belt! I declare it!”
The two shook hands—and immediately, Endo blasted Yamashita with a forearm elbow, sending Yamashita stumbling backward before making her exit alongside Suzume.
Yamashita: “Hey, throwing hands like that… That belt just hit me right in the jaw! That was dangerous! But… that’s the first time I’ve ever seen that look on Arisu’s face, and the first time I felt her genuine will and determination to surpass me and get on top. She was strong before, but I always felt something was missing. Today, I felt it from Arisu for the first time. I’ve lost to her in a singles match once before, so I have plenty of reasons to put this belt on the line against her. Arisu Endo, I’m going to beat the hell out of you. Let’s do this!
Arai: “Thank you all so much for coming out to Shin-Kiba today! It’s already official that I’ll be defending this belt against Suzume-san next month on October 3rd at Ota Ward. Clashing with her today, I found myself fighting with everything I had just to avoid being swallowed up by Suzume-san’s brilliance and momentum. It made me realize that this still isn’t enough. And seeing Arisu-chan stand up to Yamashita-san just now really tightened my focus, knowing I can’t let myself be outdone by someone from my own generation. Didn’t that make everyone in the crowd feel like you have to come watch us at Ota Ward too? Let’s all brace ourselves and get ready together!”
Hattori: (Handed the microphone) “This one hath no title challenge to make, yet thou bidst me speak here? Nevertheless, this preview bout… (her microphone cord tangles) this preview bout was fiery and intense! October 3rd may have naught to do with this one, but rest assured, this one shall deliver a truly entertaining contest. And not merely entertaining—thou canst look forward to a bout that will leave onlookers sweating from their very brows. Brace yourselves and await it with utmost preparation!”
Yamashita: “To close things out, I want to finish with these words: Don’t set your own limits, got it?! Do you hear me? Do you know what I mean? To everyone who came out to watch today, and to everyone watching on Wrestle Universe: don’t you dare set your own limits! Thank you all so much for watching today. Don’t set your own limits!”
Backstage Comments:
Yamashita on the post-handshake elbow: “It happened outside the match, so it doesn’t count. Though I can’t forgive it!” / Meanwhile, Endo flatly insists: “I didn’t do it.”
Arai: “The three of us teaming today…” Yamashita: “It’s rare, right?” Arai: “Being mixed into such an unusual tag team and watching from close up… I use kicks too, but watching you two always makes me realize how much more I can polish my own skills, and I felt that strongly today. Personally, this was my second preview match heading into October 3rd. Clashing with Suzume-san has brought to light so many things I need to work on and challenges I have to overcome. Carrying this sense of frustration right now is frustrating in itself. As champion, I feel like I haven’t even reached the point where I can properly stand face-to-face with Suzume-san. As an individual pro wrestler, I feel like I’m losing in terms of sheer brilliance, and I’m still stuck in that feeling of frustration. Today made me realize that I need to think hard about what kind of champion I want to present in our remaining preview matches and work my hardest.” Yamashita: “The three of us teamed up and got the win today. But seeing Arai and Suzume battle right up close, watching the heat between them and how intensely their emotions were running high, really pumped me up. I had a lot of clashes with Kira today too. Kira’s gotten so much stronger, which really fired me up. But then Arisu was coming after me so aggressively that I thought she was acting strange—and then she stepped up at the end. That made me really happy. I was happy that she came forward, and hearing such strong words come out of Arisu’s mouth made me ecstatic. She promised me, so I want her to come at me ready to knock me out. Since I lost to her in a singles match once before, I want payback for that humiliation and frustration, so I’m going in fully intending to beat the hell out of her too. That’s why I’m accepting the title match on October 3rd with this EVE belt on the line.
(Was Endo an unexpected challenger?) Hmm… she wasn’t completely out of nowhere. I just didn’t expect Arisu to be the one to step up. In my own mind, I wanted to defend this belt inside Tokyo Joshi, and the first person who popped into my head was Arisu. I lost to her in singles, and simply watching how she wrestles is really fun, so I wanted to face her. That’s why having Arisu come forward makes me that much happier. (You took an elbow after shaking hands) I felt her spirit, but… it hurt a bit. Doing that outside the match is a little much. The moment she swung, the belt swung up like this—even though this belt is supposed to be my ally!” Arai: “It made a really solid thud! (laughs)” Yamashita: “I want to say, ‘That’s the kind of fighting spirit I like to see,’ but that’s a completely separate matter. I’d prefer she keep it all inside the match. She’s a bit too fired up… which is a good thing, I suppose.” Arai: “It is a good thing.” Yamashita: “Outside the match is a bit… (Will you pay her back for that at Ota Ward?) Yeah. But since that happened outside the match, I won’t bring that personal grudge into the match itself.” Arai: “You won’t bring it into the match? (laughs)” Yamashita: “Well… I still won’t forgive her for it, though.” Arai: “Such incredible sportsmanship!” Yamashita: “During the match is during the match; after the match is after the match. She got me, but because it happened outside the match, it doesn’t count. Not that I forgive her! Since I haven’t forgiven her, it might still linger in my heart, and some of it might leak out during the bout. But in my mind, not carrying outside matters into the match is what sportsmanship is all about.” Arai: “I’m taking notes!” Yamashita: “Because this is this, and that is that.” Arai: “You’re off the hook, Arisu-chan! (laughs)“
Suzume: “Well, that was my second preview match. Clashing with Yuki-chan ended in a really frustrating result. Even though we won the previous one, I felt so frustrated because Yuki-chan still seemed so unshakably composed, like I hadn’t even scratched the surface. Today, though, I feel like I caught a glimpse of a Yuki-chan who was far less composed than before. From here on heading into Ota Ward, I want to see a Yuki Arai who is more serious than ever, and I’m going to throw everything I have into a 100% serious Suzume. And it’s not just me—the card for Ota Ward is coming together fast. Kira has a special six-woman tag match, and Arisu… totally shocked me! Knowing I’m not the only one, and that my friends are chasing their dreams too, makes my excitement for Ota Ward far outweigh any frustration from today. She looked seriously cool out there.”
Endo: “I said what needed to be said! Honestly, the other day Yamashita-san mentioned wanting to defend the EVE belt in Tokyo Joshi. Hearing that made me go, ‘Whoa!’ Before that—Yamashita-san probably doesn’t even remember—when she first brought that EVE belt back, I told her, ‘Whoa, that’s so cool.’ She told me, ‘Why don’t you try holding it?’ and let me hold it. The moment I held it, I thought, ‘Man, I want to travel to all kinds of places with this belt.’ That’s one of my reasons too. First, I’m going to defeat Miyu Yamashita. And then, I’m going to go to all kinds of places with that belt. I declare it! Yay. I’m going to give it my all!”
Suzume: “Kira, you give it your all too!” Summer: “I will!” Endo: “(Do you know much about EVE itself?) I’ve never wrestled there. I’ll learn about it from here on. (How will you learn?) I’ll ask around like crazy. (Ask who?) Lots of different people!” Suzume: “That’s how it’s done.” Endo: “Exactly. (If you win the belt, will you go to the UK?) I will. I can go even by myself. To be honest, I used to say I didn’t want to travel alone, but I can definitely go alone now. I’ll defend it all by myself. I’ll go over for defense matches. (Did you hit Yamashita with an elbow after the handshake?) Huh? Did I do that? Huh? No, I didn’t. (You didn’t?) Nope. (Isn’t that unsportsmanlike…?) Didn’t happen. (Did we imagine it?) Yes, you imagined it. (Are you really sure we imagined it?) Didn’t happen!”
Translator’s Notes:
- Sightseeing Tour into Kamifuku’s Bright Future (「上福の明るい未来」へ、観光案内): Shino Suzuki formerly worked as a professional bus tour guide before becoming an idol and pro wrestler. Her signature offense includes a comedic “sightseeing tour” spot where she runs opponents from turnbuckle to turnbuckle while announcing scenic highlights like a bus guide. TXT
- Sakura Hattori’s Speech: Sakura Hattori employs an archaic, stylized samurai/ninja persona, speaking with first-person archaic pronouns (“sessha,” localized here as “this one”) and traditional theatrical phrasing. TXT
- Show Us You Can Whip Up a Storm (風を起こしてみろ！): A play on Haru Kazashiro’s family name, which contains the kanji for “wind” (風, kaze). TXT
- HYPE! Script: Hyper Misao routinely writes, directs, and produces the custom match rules and storylines for TJPW’s comedic and narrative-heavy “HYPE!” produced events. TXT+ 1