GANBARE☆PRO “A SCANNER DARKLY 2026” Results

February 22, 2026

GANBARE☆PRO “A SCANNER DARKLY 2026”, 22/02/2026
Tokyo Takashimadaira Kumin Center
??? Fans

1. Reiya Igarashi defeated Sentaro Motoshima (?:??).
2. 3 Way Match: Moeka Haruhi defeated Papillon Akemi and Hora-chan (?:??).
3. Takuya Wada & PSYCHO defeated Ken Ohka & Shota Kawakami (?:??).
4. Shuichiro Katsumura, Yuya Susumu & YuuRI defeated Akira Shoji, Tyson Maeguchi & Chanyota (?:??).
5. Yumehito Imanari & Shinichiro Tominaga defeated Keisuke Ishii & Choun Shiryu (?:??).
6. Spirit Of Ganbare World Openweight Title: Mizuki Watase defeated Masaaki Mochizuki (c) with an Elbow Butt (?:??).
*Masaaki Mochizuki fails in V6. Mizuki Watase becomes the 10th Spirit Of Ganbare World Openweight Champion!

Report to come soon.


DDT “HYBRID PERFORMER 2026 ~KAISEI TAKECHI 2ND ANNIVERSARY~” Results

February 22, 2026

DDT “HYBRID PERFORMER 2026 ~KAISEI TAKECHI 2ND ANNIVERSARY~”, 22/02/2026
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
??? Fans – Unannounced

1. Jun Akiyama, Makoto Oishi & Yukio Naya defeated Sanshiro Takagi, Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Ryoma Tsukamoto when Naya pinned Matsunaga with The World’s Best Back Drop (9:11).
2. Chris Brookes, HARASHIMA, Antonio Honda & Hinata Kasai defeated To-y, Toru Owashi, Kazuki Hirata & Yuni when Honda pinned Hirata with the Diving Fist Drop (9:41).
3. Special Tag Match: Shinya Aoki & Junta Miyawaki defeated Yuya Koroku & Rukiya when Miyawaki pinned Rukiya with the Sunshine Clutch (10:32).
4. DAMNATION T.A Vs Harimao!: Naomi Yoshimura, Ryota Nakatsu & Yuki Ishida defeated Daisuke Sasaki, Hideki Okatani & Ilusion (w/ MJ Paul) when Yoshimura pinned Ilusion with the Harai-goshi (10:56).
5. Special 6-Man Tag Match: MAO, KANON & Viento Maligno (w/ KIMIHIRO) defeated Danshoku Dieno, Super Sasadango Machine & Akito when Maligno pinned Akito with the Maligno Driver (10:37).
6. D GENERATIONS CUP 2026 – Final: Kazuma Sumi defeated Takeshi Masada with the School Boy (17:08).
7. Kaisei Takechi 2nd Anniversary Match: Yuki Ueno defeated Kaisei Takechi with WR (20:50).

Full report to come soon.

After the main event Kaisei Takechi said he intends to enter this year’s King Of DDT tournament and will plans to be at “WRESTLE PETER PAN 2026”.

Kazuma Sumi won the D GENERATIONS CUP and will receive a DDT Universal Title match against Daisuke Sasaki on 22nd March.

Danshoku Dieno & Super Sasadango Machine challenged Strange Love Connection for the KO-D Tag Team Titles on 11th March.

Former JTO wrestler Masami Inahata has signed with DDT. His previous ring name with JTO was Thunder Masami.

DDT have invited John Robinson to be in Kazuki Hirata’s corner for his match against Konosuke Takeshita on 22nd March. Robinson is the DJ responsible for “TOKYO GO!” and he will play the song live for Hirata’s entrance!

Shunma Katsumata’s return match on 22nd March will be against MAO.


TOKYO JOSHI PRO “LOVE AND FLAME ~ THE BURNING VENUS RETURNS” Results

February 22, 2026

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “LOVE & FLAME ~ THE BURNING VENUS RETURNS”, 22/02/2026
Okayama Mirai Hall
297 Fans – Super No Vacancy

1. HIMAWARI defeated Shion Kanzaki with a Half Crab Hold (8:00).
2. Raku defeated Ren Konatsu with the Doctor Yellow (6:41).
3. Wakana Uehara defeated Chika Nanase with the Sushi Tornado (7:13).
4. Sara Phoenix defeated Pom Harajuku with the Dracarys (5:47).
5. Suzume & Mahiro Kiryu defeated Hyper Misao & Shino Suzuki when Suzume pinned Suzuki with the Ring A Bell (9:15).
6. Yuki Arai, Toga & Mifu Ashida defeated Miu Watanabe, Rika Tatsumi & Kira Summer when Arai submitted Summer with the Scorpion Death Lock (12:37).
7. Shoko Nakajima, Yuki Aino & Haru Kazashiro defeated Mizuki, Arisu Endo & Uta Takami when Aino pinned Takami with the UBV (15:59).

Earlier in the weekend Super Sasadango Machine sent a message to the ToJo Tokusatsu Club giving them more detailed instructions over the Super Sentai training they were tasked with doing. They were specifically told to take part in the “Fireball Return Training” that was seen in Episode 19 of Gekisou Sentai Carranger. The training hasn’t solved their problem of being unable to combine together successfully since neither Yuki Aino nor Haru Kazashiro have become strong enough to carry the others on top of their shoulders. Thankfully Aino was fired up by wrestling in her hometown and got her team the victory. She was happy the show got a full house today because Tokyo Joshi Pro usually comes to Okayama in January so she was worried the later date this year meant some fans who usually come to the shows wouldn’t appear. Shoko Nakajima called Okayama her second hometown because so many of her relatives live there. Kazashiro joked that Okayama is her third hometown next to the place where she was born and the place where she lives.

Tensions between Miu Watanabe and Yuki Arai is also firing up those two wrestlers and continues to reveal a more agressive side of Arai that hasn’t been seen before. The finish to the match had Mifu Ashida hold Watanabe back on the ring apron while Yuki Arai made Kira Summer tap out to the Scorpion Death Lock. But before Arai applied the move she shouted “I’m not giving up” and she refused to let go of the hold until the referee pulled her off of Summer. Backstage Arai said she wants to continue cherishing everything that is important to her but she also knows she may need to throw some of those things away in order to change what she needs to change. However Watanabe said nothing Arai did today has changed her expectations of her. There are two things in particular about Arai that she wants to explore before their Princess Of Princess Title match but they didn’t show up today. She won’t reveal what those two factors are until the next prelim match.

After yesterday’s show in Kobe, backstage shenanigans ended up with Rika Tatsumi winning the Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title from Aja Kong. She is thinking about taking it all the way to Sumo Hall to defend the title there but is worried that Watanabe will want to take it off her before then. Watanabe assured Tatsumi that she will pass on any opportunity to take the belt from her. Summer also think she isn’t strong enough yet to beat Tatsumi and asked her to remain the champ until she is ready to challenge.

Hyper Misao’s pre-match promo had her talk about how great the Okayama delicacy kibidango is. According to her, many pro wrestlers eat kibidango to gain power before their matches. She & Shino Suzuki then ate some during their match to power themselves up into a frenzy. Mahiro Kiryu used her attacks to knock them back to their senses (and of course apologized to everyone afterwards). Suzume went on to win the match by pinning Suzuki with the Ring A Bell.

TJPW OG, Okayama local and Aino’s older sister Nodoka Tenma greeted everyone at the start of the show. She promoted the upcoming Gaisen Sakura Pro Wrestling show taking place on 11th April.

A mystery suddenly opened up backstage during the show. Mizuki’s Pico Pico Hammer was stolen by an unknown person and they removed the hammer head while leaving a small American flag next to the pole. Mizuki found the remains of the hammer with the flag alongside it and is currently wondering what could this mean?

Just like yesterday, parts of the undercard were changed around because Yuki Kamifuku was too sick to be at the show.


TOKYO JOSHI PRO “FINAL CURTAIN IN KOBE ART CENTER” Results

February 21, 2026

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “FINAL CURTAIN IN KOBE ART CENTER”, 21/02/2026
Kobe Art Center
273 Fans

1. Haru Kazashiro defeated Shion Kanzaki with the Fisherman Suplex (6:04).
2. Wakana Uehara defeated Kira Summer with the Sushi Tornado (8:15).
3. Yuki Aino & Pom Harajuku defeated Rika Tatsumi & Mahiro Kiryu when Aino pinned Kiryu with the Venus DDT (9:54).
4. Aja Kong, Raku & Ren Konatsu defeated Hyper Misao, Mifu Ashida & Sara Phoenix when Kong pinned Ashida with a Jumping Elbow Drop (10:10).
5. Yuki Arai & HIMAWARI defeated Shoko Nakajima & Chika Nanase when Arai pinned Nanase with the Modified Brainbuster (10:28).
6. Suzume & Arisu Endo defeated MIRAI & Toga when Suzume pinned Toga with the Ring A Bell (13:20).
7. Mizuki & Uta Takami defeated Miu Watanabe & Shino Suzuki when Mizuki pinned Suzuki with the Cutie Special (16:03).

Up until a month ago Mizuki thought she would never main event a show in Kobe with Uta Takami as her tag partner. She is happy to have Miu Watanabe & Shino Suzuki as her opponents for Tokyo Joshi Pro’s final visit to Kobe Art Center. It is the last time because upcoming building renovations will make the venue unsuitable for holding wrestling shows once they’re completed (at least that’s according to Tetsuya Koda). Takami too was almost overwhelmed with emotion over it because she didn’t expect to get more chances to team with Mizuki after the Max Heart Tournament ended. Mizuki doesn’t know when TJPW will ever come back to Kobe so she wanted to create as many memories as she could today.

It’s been over four years since MIRAI and Suzume were last in the same match together. Today they were able to go back and forth in a preview of their International Princess Title match. Suzume had the advantage of being with her Daisy Monkey teammate Arisu Endo while MIRAI was teaming up with her previous challenger Toga for the first time. Daisy Monkey got the win after Double Dropkicking MIRAI, leaving Toga alone for Suzume to finish off. MIRAI said this will likely be the last preview before the title match due to her schedule elsewhere. She could tell some things about Suzume have changed since they last wrestled but there are other things that have stayed the same. The two have mixed feelings for each other that only they understand and MIRAI is determined not to lose the title to her. Toga was apologetic for losing today’s match and in response MIRAI offered her to be her ringside second for the title match. Toga agreed to do it if she is allowed to do so. Meanwhile Endo told Suzume she will always be by her side cheering her on. She wants her own feelings to be carried by Suzume in order to help her beat MIRAI for the title. Suzume said she will because she wants to fight Endo for the belt again some day in the future.

Yuki Kamifuku had to pull out of this weekend’s show after becoming sick. Two of the undercard matches had to be changed around to make up for her absence.


Newcomer Viento Maligno Joins SLC, Manase Gets Injured

February 20, 2026

DDT “HYBRID PERFORMER 2026 ~KAISEI TAKECHI 2ND ANNIVERSARY~”, 22/02/2026
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Jun Akiyama, Makoto Oishi & Yukio Naya Vs Sanshiro Takagi, Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Ryoma Tsukamoto
2. Chris Brookes, HARASHIMA, Antonio Honda & Hinata Kasai Vs To-y, Toru Owashi, Kazuki Hirata & Yuni
3. Special Tag Match: Shinya Aoki & Junta Miyawaki Vs Yuya Koroku & Rukiya
4. DAMNATION T.A Vs Harimao!: Daisuke Sasaki, Hideki Okatani & Ilusion Vs Naomi Yoshimura, Ryota Nakatsu & Yuki Ishida
5. Special 6-Man Tag Match: MAO, KANON & Viento Maligno (w/ KIMIHIRO) Vs Danshoku Dieno, Super Sasadango Machine & Akito
6. D GENERATIONS CUP 2026 – Final: Kazuma Sumi Vs Takeshi Masada
7. Kaisei Takechi 2nd Anniversary Match: Yuki Ueno Vs Kaisei Takechi

Earlier today DDT revealed the identity of Strange Love Connection’s newest member. A new mysterious looking luchador has emerged going by the name Viento Maligno. Not much is known about this newcomer other than he is nicknamed “EL TORBELLINO” and he claims he had been stripped of his identity one time before.

GANBARE☆PRO “A SCANNER DARKLY 2026”, 22/02/2026
Tokyo Takashimadaira Kumin Center

1. Sentaro Motoshima Vs Reiya Igarashi
2. 3 Way Match: Moeka Haruhi Vs Papillon Akemi Vs Hora-chan
3. Takuya Wada & PSYCHO Vs Ken Ohka & Shota Kawakami
4. Yumehito Imanari & Shinichiro Tominaga Vs Keisuke Ishii & Choun Shiryu
5. Shuichiro Katsumura, Yuya Susumu & YuuRI Vs Akira Shoji, Tyson Maeguchi & Chanyota
6. Spirit Of Ganbare World Openweight Title: Masaaki Mochizuki (c) Vs Mizuki Watase

Yesterday Yuna Manase suffered an injury during training and it was later diagnosed as a fractured collarbone. She is out of action for the time being and Ganbare☆Pro quickly went to work in finding wrestlers to substitute for her already scheduled matches. On Sunday Chanyota has agreed to step in on short notice.

GANBARE☆PRO “KINKI CHIHO NO ARU BASHO NI TSUITE 2026”, 01/03/2026
Osaka Hirano Community Hall

1. Sentaro Motoshima Vs Sora Fujikawa
2. Moeka Haruhi & Fairy Nihonbashi Vs Kyusei Ninja Ranmaru & Hibiscus Mii
3. Mizuki Watase & Shota Kawakami Vs Yuto Kikuchi & Violence Dragon
4. Shuichiro Katsumura, Tsuyoshi Okada & YuuRI Vs Keisuke Ishii, Tyson Maeguchi & X
5. Spirit Of Ganbare World Tag Team Titles: Yumehito Imanari & Shinichiro Tominaga (c) Vs Ken Ohka & Hiroaki Moriya

GanPro are currently finalizing their decision to alter the card for the Osaka show. It may be that Manase’s match gets changed entirely rather than just having someone take her place.


BASARA “BASARA 300 ~UTAGE~” Results

February 20, 2026

BASARA “BASARA 300 ~UTAGE~”, 20/02/2026
Shin-Kiba 1st RING
??? Fans – Unannounced

1. Chicharito Shoki defeated Takeru Inoue with the Floración (7:50).
2. 3 Way Match: Yasu Urano defeated Isami Kodaka and SAGAT when Urano pinned SAGAT with a Backslide Pin (10:00).
3. Takato Nakano & Masato Kamino defeated Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi & Banana Senga when Nakano pinned Hiroshi with the Modified Kenkatabami (13:18).
4. Shuji Ishikawa, Daichi Kazato & Tsutomu Oosugi defeated FUMA, Ryuichi Sekine & Lil’ Kraken when Oosugi pinned Kraken with the Tsuki no Ishi (11:49).
5. Iron Fist Tag Team Titles: Takumi Tsukamoto & Daiki Shimomura (c) defeated Ryota Nakatsu & Yuki Ishida when Tsukamoto pinned Ishida with the Running Zudon (16:41).
*V2 for Takumi Tsukamoto & Daiki Shimomura.

The Iron Fist Tag Team Champions had some sumo spirit of their own to combat Harimao and their “Dosukoi” efforts. Ryota Nakatsu & Yuki Ishida both had Daiki Shimomura scouted and came up with ways to keep him grounded. But Takumi Tsukamoto knew to target Ishida and had counters for the Flame Palm. Nakatsu made the mistake of missing Tsukamoto with a Lariat and hitting Ishida with it instead. He made up for it by breaking the pin after the Zudon but Tsukamoto couldn’t be stopped from using the running version of his finisher to pin Ishida.

After the match Tsukamoto praised his opponents and told Ishida he loves sumo so much he may as well be an expert of the sport. He knew Ishida was a strong sumo wrestlers so he was incredibly happy to fight him today. He then told Shimomura he doesn’t expect anybody to come out and challenge them so they should leave. However Aijin Tag then walked out and told the champions they are going to get the next title shot. Tsukamoto then played it off like he was expecting this to happen and Aijin Tag just fell into his trap. Takato Nakano told him Aijin Tag will show everyone that they are BASARA’s longest running tag team for a reason. He also later told Masato Kamino that he’s been messing around too much lately.

All three participants in the next Union MAX Title match were teaming together today. Daichi Kazato made it a difficult experience for the team because he spent more time trying to provoke Shuji Ishikawa than he did their opponents. Then whenever he did try to fight the other team he kept self-destructing with his moves. Kazato finally found his groove doing double team moves with Tsutomu Oosugi until Ishikawa decided to throw him out of the ring with the Splash Mountain! Oosugi then knocked Ishikawa out of the ring and got to win the match by himself. Ishikawa criticised Kazato, calling him a boring and self-centred wrestler. Kazato wants to know why Ishikawa really came back to BASARA and likened him to a middle aged man returning to his alma mater to regain his self-esteem. Meanwhile Oosugi later let some reporters know that he will be using Kazato as his secret weapon to win the 3 Way Match for the MAX Title!


Video – CHOSHI ELECTRIC RAIL X DDT “TRAIN PRO WRESTLING”

February 20, 2026


CHOSHI ELECTRIC RAIL X DDT “TRAIN PRO WRESTLING”, 16/04/2017
Nakano Town Station
40 Fans – 100% Boarding Rate

1. Falls Count Anywhere Time Difference Battle Royal: Sanshiro Takagi Vs Rekka Vs HARASHIMA Vs Nobuhiro Shimatani Vs Yasu Urano Vs Keisuke Ishii Vs Mad Paulie Vs Danshoku Dieno Vs Royce Isaacs Vs Guanchulo Vs Makoto Oishi Vs Shunma Katsumata Vs MAO Vs Saki Akai Vs Lady Beard Vs Kazusada Higuchi


Hybrid Performer Match Order, Sara Phoenix’s TJPW Finale

February 19, 2026

BASARA “BASARA 300 ~UTAGE~”, 20/02/2026
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Takeru Inoue Vs Chicharito Shoki
2. 3 Way Match: Isami Kodaka Vs SAGAT Vs Yasu Urano
3. Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi & Banana Senga Vs Takato Nakano & Masato Kamino
4. FUMA, Ryuichi Sekine & Lil’ Kraken Vs Shuji Ishikawa, Daichi Kazato & Tsutomu Oosugi
5. Iron Fist Tag Team Titles: Takumi Tsukamoto & Daiki Shimomura (c) Vs Ryota Nakatsu & Yuki Ishida

A long weekend of shows starts off tomorrow with BASARA hosting an Iron Fist Tag Team Titles defence. Ryota Nakatsu is trying to rebound from losing the Union MAX Title through Harimao. It’s a chance for Yuki Ishida to move on from his D GENERATIONS CUP performance too. But Takumi Tsukamoto & Daiki Shimomura aren’t ready to lose the belts jus yet.

DDT “HYBRID PERFORMER 2026 ~KAISEI TAKECHI 2ND ANNIVERSARY~”, 22/02/2026
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Jun Akiyama, Makoto Oishi & Yukio Naya Vs Sanshiro Takagi, Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Ryoma Tsukamoto
2. Chris Brookes, HARASHIMA, Antonio Honda & Hinata Kasai Vs To-y, Toru Owashi, Kazuki Hirata & Yuni
3. Special Tag Match: Shinya Aoki & Junta Miyawaki Vs Yuya Koroku & Rukiya
4. DAMNATION T.A Vs Harimao!: Daisuke Sasaki, Hideki Okatani & Ilusion Vs Naomi Yoshimura, Ryota Nakatsu & Yuki Ishida
5. Special 6-Man Tag Match: MAO, KANON & X (w/ KIMIHIRO) Vs Danshoku Dieno, Super Sasadango Machine & Akito
6. D GENERATIONS CUP 2026 – Final: Kazuma Sumi Vs Takeshi Masada
7. Kaisei Takechi 2nd Anniversary Match: Yuki Ueno Vs Kaisei Takechi

This show has been hyped up for so long it feels a little funny that it’s now here. Yuki Ueno has to forget about KANON for a little while in order to give Kaisei Takechi the special match he wants. We also have the DGC final as well as Strange Love Connections revealing their newest member. I thought it would be Kazuma Sumi but he has the match with Takeshi Masada. The rest of D GENERATIONS are accounted for on the card too. Well, all but one of them. Could Keigo Nakamura finally be coming home?

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “FIRST SPARKLE AT AIOI HALL”, 28/02/2026
Aichi Kariya City Industrial Promotion Center (Aioi Hall)

1. 3 Way Match: Hyper Misao Vs Uta Takami Vs Kira Summer
2. Suzume & Ren Konatsu Vs HIMAWARI & Shion Kanzaki
3. Mizuki Vs Mahiro Kiryu
4. Toga Vs Chika Nanase
5. Miyu Yamashita & Kaya Toribami Vs Shoko Nakajima & Sara Phoenix
6. Yuki Kamifuku, Wakana Uehara & Mifu Ashida Vs Rika Tatsumi, Raku & Pom Harajuku
7. Miu Watanabe, Yuki Aino & Haru Kazashiro Vs Yuki Arai, Arisu Endo & Shino Suzuki

For Sara Phoenix’s last match of her tour she gets to team with Shoko Nakajima again, this time to take on K!SS//.


Ohka Wins TTT Gold, The Iinspiration Coming To TJPW, Minimo-chan Is Training

February 18, 2026

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “FINAL CURTAIN IN KOBE ART CENTER”, 21/02/2026
Kobe Art Center

1. 3 Way Match: Rika Tatsumi Vs Pom Harajuku Vs Mahiro Kiryu
2. Haru Kazashiro Vs Shion Kanzaki
3. Yuki Kamifuku & Wakana Uehara Vs Yuki Aino & Kira Summer
4. Shoko Nakajima & Chika Nanase Vs Yuki Arai & HIMAWARI
5. Aja Kong, Raku & Ren Konatsu Vs Hyper Misao, Mifu Ashida & Sara Phoenix
6. MIRAI & Toga Vs Suzume & Arisu Endo
7. Miu Watanabe & Shino Suzuki Vs Mizuki & Uta Takami

This will be the final time Tokyo Joshi Pro comes to Kobe Art Center. The venue will be going under changes and the planned finished layout is considered to be unsuitable for holding wrestling shows according to Tetsuya Koda. So in the future TJPW will be looking for another venue in Kobe to host Mizuki’s homecoming shows. Somehow I don’t expect the Ring Soul bar to be among the options.

The International Princess Title scene gathers together for an important preview match. The current champion MIRAI is hanging around for a while and is teaming with her previous challenger Toga. On the other team is MIRAI’s next challenger Suzume along with her Daisy Monkey partner and former champion Arisu Endo.

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “LOVE & FLAME ~ THE BURNING VENUS RETURNS”, 22/02/2026
Okayama Mirai Hall

1. 3 Way Match: Raku Vs HIMAWARI Vs Ren Konatsu
2. Pom Harajuku Vs Sara Phoenix
3. Wakana Uehara Vs Chika Nanase
4. Yuki Kamifuku Vs Shion Kanzaki
5. Hyper Misao & Shino Suzuki Vs Suzume & Mahiro Kiryu
6. Miu Watanabe, Rika Tatsumi & Kira Summer Vs Yuki Arai, Toga & Mifu Ashida
7. Shoko Nakajima, Yuki Aino & Haru Kazashiro Vs Mizuki, Arisu Endo & Uta Takami

Yuki Aino doesn’t have to worry about a potential relocation for her homecoming shows though. She and the rest of the ToJo Tokusatsu Club will be headlining the event. Maybe they’ll get an update on their Super Sentai goal for Sumo Hall along the way.

GANBARE☆PRO “A SCANNER DARKLY 2026”, 22/02/2026
Tokyo Takashimadaira Kumin Center

1. Sentaro Motoshima Vs Reiya Igarashi
2. 3 Way Match: Moeka Haruhi Vs Papillon Akemi Vs Hora-chan
3. Takuya Wada & PSYCHO Vs Ken Ohka & Shota Kawakami
4. Yumehito Imanari & Shinichiro Tominaga Vs Keisuke Ishii & Choun Shiryu
5. Shuichiro Katsumura, Yuya Susumu & YuuRI Vs Yuna Manase, Akira Shoji & Tyson Maeguchi
6. Spirit Of Ganbare World Openweight Title: Masaaki Mochizuki (c) Vs Mizuki Watase

Over the weekend Ken Ohka won gold over at Total Triumph Team. He beat his one time nemesis Guts Ishijima to win the TTT Indie Unified Openweight Title. Also I didn’t find out about this until around the same time but Mizuki Watase won the KING Of FREEDOM World Tag Team Titles with Jun Kasai back on 23rd January.

DDT “IKETA ZE! IMAIKE 2026”, 07/03/2026
Aichi Imaike Gas Hall

1. 3 Way Match: Danshoku Dieno Vs Kazuki Hirata Vs Yuki Ishida
2. Junta Miyawaki Vs Yuni
3. STRANGE LOVE CONNECTION Vs FANTÔMES DRAMATIC!: MAO, KANON, Yukio Naya & X (w/ KIMIHIRO) Vs Chris Brookes, HARASHIMA, Antonio Honda & Hinata Kasai

While Yuki Iino is away training for his American Football career, the still unknown new member of Strange Love Connection will take his place.

Junta Miyawaki continues to get in the ring with new faces during his stay in DDT. Next up for him is Yuni in a first time ever match up.

DDT “NANIWA FIGHTERS 2026”, 08/03/2026
Osaka 176BOX

1. Naomi Yoshimura & Yuki Ishida Vs Kazuki Hirata & Akito
2. Special Tag Match: Sanshiro Takagi & Rukiya Vs Jun Akiyama & Yuni
3. Special Single Match: To-y Vs KANON

Since DDT is heading back to Osaka, that means Sanshiro Takagi & Rukiya get to reform their Toyonaka tag team. Due to injuries and other absences they haven’t been able to do this since 2024.

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “GRAND PRINCESS ’26”, 29/03/2026
Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan

1. Special Tag Match: Yuka Sakazaki & KONOSUKE TAKESHITA Vs Hyper Misao & Super Sasadango Machine
2. International Princess Title: MIRAI (c) Vs Suzume
3. Princess Tag Team Titles: Yuki Kamifuku & Wakana Uehara (c) Vs Jessie McKay & Cassie Lee
4. Princess Of Princess Title: Miu Watanabe (c) Vs Yuki Arai

Well, Ober Eats said they wanted to face a tag team that are a big deal. They also said they want to have the best match on the show and er… yeah… it’s nice to want things. Anyway TJPW went and got The Iinspiration to be Yuki Kamifuku & Wakana Uehara’s next challengers for the Princess Tag Team Titles. The Australian pair of Jessie McKay & Cassie Lee were known as The Iiconics in WWE before going to TNA with the name change. They won the women’s tag team championships in both companies and just recently signed a deal with AEW so they match the requirements Ober Eats were looking for.

The mascot Minimo-chan spent Monday training with Mahiro Kiryu for its upcoming pro wrestling debut. Super Sasadango Machine gave Minimo-chan the task of learning a special move but Kiryu was sceptical over the mascot’s ability to wrestle. Minimo-chan proved her wrong by running the ropes, doing Wrist Locks and even performing a Side Thrust Kick to the ribs with ease. It then told Kiryu that with this kick it will win its debut match in Sumo Hall! An interview was held after training where Minimo-chan revealed it used to watch All Japan VHS tapes over and over until they all wore out. Its favorite wrestlers are Steve Williams, Doug Furnas and Dan Kroffat. Minimo-chan also aims to eventually fight for a championship!

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “TJPW INSPIRATION”, 18/04/2026
TOKYO SQUARE In Itabashi

How curious. The next TJPW Inspiration show will feature Rika Tatsumi, Mahiro Kiryu, Arisu Endo, Haru Kazashiro, Mifu Ashida, Kira Summer, Chika Nanase, Ren Konatsu and Shion Kanzaki on the card along with three guest wrestlers. While this is going on Miyu Yamashita, Shoko Nakajima, Hyper Misao, Yuki Aino and Toga will be in Las Vegas for Wrestlemania Weekend. Yamashita and Toga already have match bookings but the other three are so far only advertised for a meet and greet at WrestleCon. The mystery continues.


UJPW Adds Sasaki And Satomura As Directors

February 18, 2026

A second United Japan Pro Wrestling update for the year already? They’re spoiling us.

Yesterday representatives from the UJPW met for a general meeting where two new directors were appointed. Takashi Sasaki from Pro Wrestling FREEDOMS and Meiko Satomura from Sendai Girls received unanimous approval to take on the roles after going through rigorous screening. Satomura’s appointment is notable because she has now become UJPW’s first female director since the federation was founded in 2023.

When the meeting was over everyone stayed around for a social gathering that included speeches from Ryo Saito, Hiroshi Tanahashi and Ryota Chikuzen. In the upcoming year UJPW will hold safety seminars for its members and may come up with something to better explain to wrestling fans what kind of activities the federation exists to deal with.

As of 17th February there are now twelve Regular Members and three Supporting Members in UJPW to make up fifteen 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

Supporting Members: Dradition, Diana, WAVE

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)