September 23, 2026
President Satomura’s Opening Address
“Shinjuku FACE supported the pro-wrestling world throughout its leanest years.”
Before the matches, President Meiko Satomura addressed the crowd.
President Satomura: “Thank you all very much for coming to Sendai Girls’ Pro Wrestling’s final Shinjuku FACE event today. Since today is our last time at FACE, I saw this (T-shirt) being sold at the venue, bought it just a moment ago, and put it on knowing this was the right attire for today. Speaking of Shinjuku FACE, I have so many memories here from my active career. Going quite a way back, it was here that I served as Sonoko Kato’s opponent for her return match. In 2011, during the Great East Japan Earthquake charity event, Minoru Suzuki and Yoshihiro Takayama reached out to me, and getting to wrestle Takayama here remains an incredibly fond memory. I’ve also had singles matches here against Syuri, as well as Ayako Hamada—truly, the memories are endless.
Looking back, I honestly feel that Shinjuku FACE supported the pro-wrestling world throughout its leanest years. From 2004 for about 15 years, times were quite tough, but women’s pro-wrestling has resurged, and seeing Reina Takano debut in time for this final show makes me incredibly happy. Even after Shinjuku FACE is gone, a new era of women’s pro-wrestling will be forged. Today’s main event is a 6-woman tag match strictly between Sendai Girls’ roster members; we are going to hype this place up, so I need all of you to keep that energy high until the very end! Please support us through to the final bell today!”
1. 15-Minute Time Limit
◯ Yura Suzuki & Kirari Wakana (11:56, Cutback Cradle / Ebi-Gatame) Reina Takano ● & Rana Hisaki
Winning Move: Running Knee Lift
Takano, Wakana, and Hisaki will be making their first appearances in the “Jajauma Tournament” kicking off October 1st at Shin-Kiba. Takano and Wakana locked up to start. Wakana pushed her into the ropes and delivered an elbow, but Takano slipped under with a tackle. Breaking Wakana’s headlock, Takano hit a dropkick, though Wakana immediately returned fire.
Hisaki unloaded a barrage of body blocks on Suzuki before hitting a body slam. She hoisted her up into an Argentine backbreaker, followed up with a tackle from behind, and locked in a Boston Crab. Suzuki slipped out and secured a sleeper hold, forcing Hisaki to the ropes. Suzuki kicked her in the back and aimed for the front, but Hisaki dodged and caught her in a roll-up.
Tagging in, Wakana hit a dropkick and a flurry of foot stomps. Hisaki planted her feet for a body slam and tangled Wakana up. As Hisaki broke free to counterattack, Takano came in with five consecutive dropkicks. Refusing to be outdone, Wakana hit another foot stomp. Takano pushed forward with a tackle and connected with a dropkick.
However, Wakana responded with a body slam and a dropkick of her own. Driving in another strike, she went to the second rope for a diving foot stomp. Suzuki tagged in and laid in the kicks. Takano desperately fought back with a flurry of front kicks, but Suzuki trapped her arm. Takano escaped and fired off repeated dropkicks; Suzuki answered with a knee.
Takano managed a dropkick and a neckbreaker, but Suzuki turned the tide with a body slam and a running knee. She mowed Takano down with an elbow and drove a final knee lift in to secure the three-count.
2. 10-Minute Time Limit
◯ Chi Chi (6:56, Pinfall / Kata-Ebi Gatame) Saira ●
Winning Move: Exploder
This marked Chi Chi’s return match after being sidelined with a neck injury. Sending Saira flying off a lock-up, Chi Chi yelled, “Bring it on!”. Saira charged with body blocks, but Chi Chi didn’t budge an inch, answering with a front kick. As Saira rolled to the outside in agony, Chi Chi taunted, “Are you just a pretty face?”
Saira retaliated with a flurry of elbows. Standing unflinching, Chi Chi mowed her down with a front kick and locked in a Boston Crab, eventually transitioning into a single-leg Crab and wrenching it back. Saira barely reached the ropes, only for Chi Chi to kick her in the face. Saira fired off more elbows, but Chi Chi blasted her away with a single strike.
On the counteroffensive, Saira hit repeated dropkicks, followed by another barrage of elbows and a diving body attack. Yelling “I’m throwing you!”, Saira attempted a suplex, but Chi Chi reversed it into a brainbuster. Saira fought back with a corkscrew press. Chi Chi dodged it, landed a thrust kick, and finished the match with an Exploder.
3. 15-Minute Time Limit
◯ Spike Nishimura & ZONES (9:40, Pinfall / Kata-Ebi Gatame) Hiroyo Matsumoto & Lady Leigh ●
Winning Move: Angel’s Wings
Making her first trip to Japan, Leigh hails from Maryland, USA. Debuting in December ’24 (Note: Date transcribed exactly as printed) and boasting a 170cm frame, she doesn’t look out of place standing next to Matsumoto. Nishimura took the initiative against Leigh with a headlock. Leigh slipped out and wrenched the wrist.
Matsumoto and ZONES collided head-on, with Matsumoto eventually plowing through. She cornered ZONES and hit a splash. Leigh followed up with kicks and a heel drop; Matsumoto delivered a chop. ZONES planted her feet, grabbed Matsumoto’s hair, and tried to throw her, but Matsumoto countered by throwing ZONES by the hair instead. ZONES returned the favor and hit a backflip.
Nishimura hit a corner lariat and targeted the arm with repeated strikes. Kicking Leigh in the back, she locked in a Crossface. Matsumoto escaped to the ropes, disrupted the opponents’ double-team, and unleashed a string of lariats. Leigh went on the offensive against Nishimura, but Nishimura held her ground with a front kick.
Nishimura blasted her with a lariat followed by a Michinoku Driver. After clearing Matsumoto from the ring to stop the save, she put Leigh away with the Angel’s Wings.
4. 20-Minute Time Limit
◯ VENY (7:16, Pinfall / Kata-Ebi Gatame) YUNA ●
Winning Move: Spin Kick
YUNA’s First Singles Match Against Idol VENY
“I have no intention of letting this end as just admiration.”
This was YUNA’s first singles match against her idol, VENY—the very person who inspired her to join Sendai Girls. Recently, the two had frequently been teaming up. YUNA offered a handshake; VENY slapped it away. YUNA immediately charged with rapid-fire dropkicks, but VENY dumped her out of the ring with a single blow. YUNA blocked a moonsault attack and hit a standing dropkick.
Rolling VENY back into the ring, YUNA stomped away. However, VENY hit an open-hand slap, stomped on YUNA, and delivered a dropkick straight to the face. YUNA fired back with elbows, but VENY mounted her and rained down slaps. Even so, YUNA pushed forward with a tackle, hitting a corner dropkick followed by a swinging DDT. She caught VENY in a Wakigatame (Fujiwara armbar) and trapped the other arm as well.
YUNA went for a missile dropkick off the top rope, but VENY stood unfazed and countered with a thrust kick, before blasting YUNA away with a missile dropkick of their own. YUNA dodged a moonsault press and hit a Sling Blade. She unloaded a flurry of elbows, but VENY answered with a devastating strike. Refusing to give up, YUNA hit the GO STRAIGHT. VENY shook it off, landed a kneel kick, and drove in a spin kick for the pin.
VENY: “YUNA, we finally meet. You’re just like me—your kindness and earnestness slip out in the ring. From now on, whether you’re standing next to me or across from me, fight without showing that side of yourself. I’ll be waiting for you further down the road. Let’s fight again.”
Backstage
YUNA: “When this singles match against VENY was booked, I instantly remembered what they told me at the merch table back when I was just a fan: ‘If we ever meet in the ring, I’m absolutely gonna beat the crap out of you.’ We first wrestled a year ago, but this was our first singles match, and only our second time facing each other. It sounds weird to say they kept their word, but I did get the crap beaten out of me. Whether I’m fighting them or teaming with them, I always realize just how much I truly love VENY as a wrestler. I’ve always admired and loved women who are beautiful with incredible style. Because I can’t be that myself, the admiration is just so strong. But I have no intention of letting this end as just admiration. I want to keep facing them, and my biggest goal is to team with them and leave a real mark.
(On what she absorbed from VENY) Given the size difference between us, I realized firsthand that doing the exact same things won’t work. But there was so much to learn—like how they captivate the audience. VENY has a charm that is completely unique to them, and that’s exactly what drew me in and made me a fan. I want to stand next to them and learn that ability to pull people in.
(On shedding tears during VENY’s post-match mic) I had been so tense the whole time, and it wasn’t that my guard dropped, but… more than anything, I realized VENY isn’t someone who goes easy on you. I want them to be even stricter with me. Still, having them speak to me directly, one-on-one like that, made me incredibly happy.
(On when she bought VENY’s portrait) I was in high school. The first time we met was at a Senjo show at Sunplaza; they were a wrestler I had wanted to meet for so long. I was so happy I started crying at the merch table, and they were so incredibly kind to me then, too. After that, they started competing at Miyabun (Miyagino Ward Cultural Center), and I’d go straight to the venue in my uniform after school to watch the matches. That was my life. I received that portrait in high school, and they gave me those words when I told them I was going to become a pro-wrestler.”
5. 30-Minute Time Limit
Chihiro Hashimoto, Ryo Mizunami & ◯ Manami (22:13, Pinfall / Kata-Ebi Gatame) Mika Iwata, Miyuki Takase & Yurika Oka ●
Winning Move: FOURWARD
Senjo’s final Shinjuku FACE match was a rare 6-woman tag consisting exclusively of roster regulars. Chaos erupted immediately into an outside brawl. Back in the ring, Mizunami unloaded a barrage of chops on Iwata. “Shinjuku FACE’s final Happy Chop Time, 467!” setting a new record. With Iwata’s tanned chest turned bright red, Manami showed no mercy with a “Foh!” followed by a cross chop.
Oka tagged in with an endless volley of dropkicks. Takase followed up with a Giant Swing-style Dial Hold, spinning more times than usual. Manami found herself trapped but managed to hit a desperation dropkick to finally make the tag. Mizunami cleared out Oka and Iwata, hitting them both with a leg drop, then delivered one to Takase as well. Takase fought back with chops, elbows, and a lariat. She sent Mizunami flying with a missile dropkick, but Mizunami held her ground and fired back with a powerslam.
Both sides tagged, leading to a stare-down between Hashimoto and Iwata. Iwata unleashed vicious kicks. She leaped in, but Hashimoto caught her mid-air and smoothly transitioned into a brainbuster. Iwata threw a thrust kick, but Hashimoto answered with a lariat. Iwata returned fire with a knee. As Manami trapped Oka in an Octopus Hold (Manji-Gatame), Hashimoto caught Iwata, and Mizunami caught Takase, both in Argentine backbreakers.
Manami hit a double knee, then dropped another knee from the top rope. Her follow-up ‘Foh! Press’ missed as Oka dodged and hit an elbow. Manami fought back, sparking a strike exchange. Manami hit a running knee; Oka swung her around into a backflip, following up with a spinning body press. Oka went for the Okatika, but Manami countered it.
After a frantic exchange of roll-ups, Mizunami hit Oka with a lariat. Hashimoto’s lariat accidentally struck Mizunami, allowing Oka to hit a brainbuster on the powerhouse. However, Manami struck with a jumping knee. A ‘Foh! Press’ only yielded a two-count. Deciding enough was enough, Manami finished Oka off with the FOURWARD (Modified Facebuster).
Senjo’s Final Shinjuku FACE Closes with a Circle
Victorious Manami: “My dream is Osaka-Jo Hall.”
Hashimoto: “I am the current Senjo champion. I have no intention of passing the baton.”
Manami: “We won the last Shinjuku FACE show! Everyone in Senjo is aiming for the Nippon Budokan. But my personal dream is Osaka-Jo Hall. And the person I believe I will fight in the main event there is Yurika Oka. To make that happen, I have to take down every single one of these seniors. I’m going to crush them one by one! Alright, let’s end FACE with a smile on our faces!”
Mizunami: “Manami just shared her wonderful dreams and hopes. Shinjuku FACE is a place that has made the dreams and hopes of so many wrestlers come true. And I believe it’s a place stained with the sweat, tears, and blood of many wrestlers. Today is Sendai Girls’ last time here, so everyone in Senjo, please get in the ring!”
Takase: “Thank you, Shinjuku FACE! Shinjuku FACE ends today, but Sendai Girls’ Tokyo shows are not over yet. On October 1st, the ‘Jajauma Tournament’, where the hot blood of rookies will fly, takes place at Shin-Kiba 1stRING! And of course, we also have matches at the October 24th Shin-Kiba show, so look forward to it! I am so happy we could welcome this final Shinjuku FACE show with a packed house. I can’t express my gratitude all by myself. That’s right! Let’s have Iwata-san share her passionate thoughts. How was it, the last Shinjuku FACE? (Interrupting Iwata just as she tries to speak) Thank you!!”
Hashimoto: “Manami talked about her dreams, Takase did her best to promote the shows, and I said we wouldn’t do a huddle at Yoyogi because we aren’t just a bunch of close pals. But being an adult means adapting to the time, place, and situation—that’s what being an adult is. Sendai Girls is full of people who act like kids, but Reina is an adult, right?. Today, I want to end things with a circle. Chisako-san, please deliver a healthy baby and make sure you’re back in time for the Nippon Budokan!”
DASH Chisako: “Thank you all so much for coming today! This FACE is one of the places etched into Senjo’s history. Watching from over there while out of action, seeing how strong and resilient everyone has become, makes me incredibly proud. We are working hard toward our dream of the Budokan, but we want to grow even bigger than that, so from here on out, this is Senjo’s time. Well then, shall we form a circle?”
Hashimoto: “Everyone, please form a circle. Form a circle and put your arms nicely around the person next to you. Thank you, Shinjuku FACE! Sendai Girls will absolutely become number one in Japan, number one in the world! Ready, set! Oh!”
Backstage
Manami: “Manami won today! Winning here means that—while the Nippon Budokan is Senjo’s dream—my personal dream is Osaka-Jo Hall, and after fighting her today, I know Yurika Oka is the one I can face in the main event there. First, I need to take down these seniors and make my huge dream come true. Shinjuku FACE, thank you so much for making my dream even bigger!”
Mizunami: “Shinjuku FACE is packed with so much history, and this is Senjo’s last time here. Being able to fight in this 6-woman tag today really brought back a lot of emotions. I wrestled here a lot when I was young. I shed so many tears of frustration here back then. But I shed even more tears of joy here. It’s truly sad that this place is disappearing, but I want to express my gratitude today and use this place, and my thanks to it, as fuel for my next level up. Truly, thank you, Shinjuku FACE!”
Hashimoto: “We have such reliable seniors and such fun juniors. However, I am the current Senjo champion. First, we will achieve the dream of the Nippon Budokan, and I have no intention of passing the baton after that. I’m ready to go toe-to-toe with Manami on that front. I have a lot more I want to say, but I still have my own personal final Shinjuku FACE show left, so please look forward to that. For now, this is the end of Senjo’s final run here, so thank you very much.”
Translator’s Notes
- Shinjuku FACE: A prominent 500-600 capacity live event venue in the Kabukicho district of Shinjuku, Tokyo. For nearly two decades, it has served as a critical mid-sized venue for wrestling promotions operating in Tokyo. Due to redevelopment, the venue is slated for eventual closure, prompting promotions to hold their “final” events there.
- Jajauma (じゃじゃ馬) Tournament: Literally translating to “untamed horse” or “shrew,” Senjo has historically used the Jajauma branding for its tournaments focused on rookies and young, up-and-coming talent in the joshi scene.
- Ebi-Gatame / Kata-Ebi Gatame: Ebi-Gatame literally translates to “Shrimp Hold” (usually denoting a cradle or jackknife pin). Kata-Ebi Gatame translates to “Single-Leg Shrimp Hold,” which is the standard Japanese terminology for a traditional lateral press/pinfall where one leg is hooked.
- Happy Chop Time, 467: A recurring interactive spot in Ryo Mizunami matches where she traps an opponent in the corner and delivers rapid-fire machine-gun chops while the crowd counts along.
- Foh! (フォー！): Manami’s signature high-energy battle cry, often incorporated into the names of her moves (e.g., Foh! Press).
- Okatika (オカティカ): Yurika Oka’s signature maneuver, a rolling clutch hold.