Tokyo Joshi Pro-Wrestling ( 東京女子プロレス , Tōkyō Joshi Puroresu , TJPW ) is a Japanese joshi puroresu or women's professional wrestling promotion founded in 2012 as a sister promotion of DDT Pro-Wrestling . Initially running alongside other shows such as live music and other idol performances , it became its own standalone promotion starting on February 28, 2015.
25-488: As of 2024, TJPW is promoted under the CyberFight banner as a sister promotion to both DDT Pro-Wrestling and Pro Wrestling Noah . On June 4, 2012, Tokyo Joshi Pro was announced by DDT Pro-Wrestling . Set to be run by former Ice Ribbon and NEO Japan Ladies Pro-Wrestling promoter and booker Tetsuya Koda and wrestler Nozomi, the promotion was established in late 2012 and thus a recruitment process began for wrestlers. Four of
50-474: A sambo exhibition between trainee Chikage Kiba and DDT referee and former sambo competitor Daisuke Kiso, and a singles match between trainees Miyu Yamashita and Kanna. The show did not use a wrestling ring, and instead all matches took place on training mats, similar to the Ice Ribbon promotion in its early years. Along with wrestling matches, the debut show featured live music from idol units . As TJP's roster
75-636: A press conference was held to announce Ganbare Pro-Wrestling would become independent from CyberFight at the end of March, with the final GanPro event under the CyberFight umbrella to be held on March 28. On May 16, 2024, it was announced that Takagi would be stepping down as president of CyberFight to assume the position of executive vice president on June 1, and the new president become Yasuo Okamoto . International Princess Championship The International Princess Championship ( Japanese : インターナショナル・プリンセス王座 , Hepburn : Intānashonaru Purinsesu Ōza )
100-661: A scandal revealed that some of the Noah management had had ties to a Yakuza syndicate between 2003 and 2010. As part of the fallout, Noah lost its TV show. In the years that followed, many major stars such as Kenta Kobashi , Kenta and Jun Akiyama left the company. On October 1, 2016, it was announced that Noah had been purchased by IT company Estbee, Co., Ltd. As a result, former AJPW president Masayuki Uchida replaced Taue as president. On November 7, Estbee changed its legal name to Noah Global Entertainment, Inc. ( ノア・グローバルエンタテインメント株式会社 , Noa Gurōbaru Entateinmento Kabushiki gaisha ) . At
125-476: A wrestling/idol group to be known as the "Up-Up Girls". On July 20, four women were picked and began training to wrestle shortly after. On December 4, the Up-Up Girls debuted with an idol performance, but didn't appear in ring until January 4, 2018. On January 4, 2018, TJP's third annual Korakuen show proved to be a success, drawing over 1000 fans for the first time ever. The show was also broadcast on AbemaTV for
150-463: Is a women's professional wrestling championship owned by the CyberFight and promoted by Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling (TJPW). The title was introduced on July 16, 2019, and the inaugural champion was crowned on August 25, 2019, when Natsumi Maki defeated Gisele Shaw . On August 25, 2019, Natsumi Maki was crowned the inaugural champion by defeating Gisele Shaw at Brand New Wrestling 3: Stronger Than Anyone!. On September 16, 2019, Maki dropped
175-519: Is a Japanese professional wrestling parent company based in Tokyo . It is a subsidiary of the CyberAgent digital advertising company. CyberFight serves as an umbrella brand for three promotions: Pro Wrestling Noah , DDT Pro-Wrestling and Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling . In April 1997, following the success of the first Judgement event held on March 25, Sanshiro Takagi , Mikami and Nosawa Rongai left
200-545: The COVID-19 pandemic . Sanshiro Takagi was named as president of the promotion and he established a plan of running events at the Tokyo Dome and overtaking NJPW in popularity. It was also revealed that the Noah and DDT brands would not be retired and would maintain their unique and current brand names, logos, etc. and would act as two separate brands within CyberFight. On June 6, 2021, CyberFight held its first event promoted under
225-531: The CyberAgent company. Sanshiro Takagi remained as the DDT president. On January 28, 2020, it was announced that CyberAgent had purchased Pro Wrestling Noah from Lidet Entertainment. On July 27, 2020, it was announced that Noah, DDT Pro-Wrestling and the DDT Foods company would merge in a new company that would eventually be called CyberFight . The decision came after financial troubles faced by Noah and DDT due in part to
250-482: The Pro Wrestling Crusaders promotion to start their own promotion called Dramatic Dream Team with Takagi and Shoichi Ichimiya as owners. In June 2000, the promotion was incorporated as Dramatic Dream Team, Co., Ltd. ( 有限会社ドラマチック・ドリーム・チーム , Yūgen gaisha Doramachikku Dorīmu Chīmu ) and Koichiro Kimura was appointed director. In 2003, Ichimiya was appointed representative director . In April 2004,
275-821: The Tokyo Princess Tag Team Championship would be dropping "Tokyo" from their names. On March 31, 2023, TJPW held their first event in the United States in Los Angeles , California at the Globe Theater. On December 15, TJPW was announced as one of the founding members of the United Japan Pro-Wrestling alliance, a joint effort to further develop professional wrestling in Japan through promotion and organization, with Seiji Sakaguchi being named as
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#1732876117787300-536: The CyberFight name, CyberFight Festival 2021 , at the Saitama Super Arena . On December 15, 2023, the four brands of CyberFight were announced as founding members of the United Japan Pro-wrestling alliance, a joint effort to further develop professional wrestling in Japan through promotion and organization, with Seiji Sakaguchi being named as the chairman of the project. On January 31, 2024,
325-468: The best weekly television show in 2003 by the Wrestling Observer . On June 13, 2009, after taking a belly to back suplex from Akitoshi Saito , Misawa lost consciousness in the ring and was taken to a hospital. He was pronounced dead in the hospital later that day due to spinal damage. Two weeks later, Akira Taue was named as Misawa's successor, taking over as president of Noah. In March 2012,
350-876: The chairman of the project. In TJPW, the Grand Slam consists of all the available titles promoted by the company. They are the Princess of Princess Championship , the Princess Tag Team Championship , and the International Princess Championship . On March 18, 2023, during the Grand Princess event, Rika Tatsumi became the first Grand Slam champion in TJPW's history. CyberFight CyberFight Co., Ltd. ( 株式会社CyberFight , Kabushiki gaisha Saibāfaito ) , operating simply as CyberFight (CF),
375-484: The company changed its name to DDT Pro-Wrestling, Co., Ltd. ( 有限会社DDTプロレスリング , Yūgen gaisha Dī Dī Tī Puroresuringu ) . On December 28, 2005, Ichimiya announced his retirement from professional wrestling and stepped down from his position in the company, leaving Takagi as the sole owner and new president. In 2009, DDT changed its legal form of incorporation to a kabushiki gaisha . On January 31, 1999, All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) founder Giant Baba died and left
400-412: The company to his widow Motoko Baba as owner and Mitsuharu Misawa as president. Disagreements over the proposed direction for the company led Misawa to leave AJPW on May 28, 2000, to form a new promotion called Pro Wrestling Noah . He was followed in this venture by almost the entire AJPW roster. The promotion quickly rose in popularity and was even named best promotion in 2004 and 2005, as well as having
425-414: The end of 2016, relations between Noah and New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) reportedly turned "extremely sour" and NJPW pulled all of its wrestlers from Noah. In the months following the end of the relationship, Noah's attendance numbers went down by 29%. On January 29, 2019, Uchida announced that Lidet Entertainment had acquired 75% of Noah's shares. On September 1, 2017, 100% of DDT's shares were sold to
450-500: The first time, as well as DDT's streaming service DDT Universe . The show was main evented by TJPW ace Miyu Yamashita defeating Reika Saiki to win back the Tokyo Princess of Princess Championship. On February 28, the TJPW show from Shinjuku Face was once again broadcast on AbemaTV, and it was announced Abema had picked up TJPW to broadcast it regularly. This also marked the end of TJPW being broadcast on Pigoo. On November 1, 2018,
475-613: The first wrestlers recruited were Miyu Yamashita , Shoko Nakajima , Kanna and Chikage Kiba. The training of the wrestlers was mostly handled by Nozomi herself, with help from DDT wrestler Kyohei Mikami . Nozomi left DDT on November 30, 2012, but on the same day the trainees were introduced to the public in a press conference and it was announced they would debut in 2013. Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling's debut show took place on January 30, 2013, at Akihabara Twin Box in Tokyo. The show featured just two matches,
500-452: The previous champion Miu Watanabe to win the title, thus becoming TJPW's first Grand Slam Champion . As of November 29, 2024, there have been 12 reigns between 11 champions and one vacancy . Natsumi Maki was the inaugural champion. Maki Itoh holds the record for most reigns at two. Thunder Rosa has the longest reign at 276 days, while Natsumi Maki has the shortest at 22 days. Rosa is the oldest champion at 33 years old, while Hikari Noa
525-522: The show, Ai Shimizu and Saki Akai confirmed they would be competing with the promotion regularly, and more trainees debuted at the show. On January 4, 2016, TJPW held its first ever show in Korakuen Hall , a famed wrestling venue in puroresu . Main evented by Miyu Yamashita defeating Shoko Nakajima to become the first ever Tokyo Princess of Princess Champion , it also featured the debut of Yuu and an appearance from American wrestler Candice LeRae . In
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#1732876117787550-435: The spring of 2016, Ai Shimizu and Erin announced their departure from the promotion, however, the summer was a success for the promotion, and TJPW earned a broadcasting deal to be shown on idol-centric channel Pigoo. On January 4, 2017, TJPW held its second annual Korakuen show, main evented by Yuu retaining the Tokyo Princess of Princess title over Shoko Nakajima. On May 29, an audition was held for four young wrestlers to form
575-425: The three trainee rules were officially bought to an end, allowing wrestlers to drink, smoke and have relationships on their own accord. The 2019 January 4 show was once again a success, drawing 1,300 fans to Korakuen Hall. On July 16, 2019, TJPW announced, via their Twitter account, a new title called the International Princess Championship . They also announced that the Tokyo Princess of Princess Championship and
600-451: The title to Yuna Manase after sustaining an injury. On October 7, 2020, then-champion Thunder Rosa relinquished the championship as she was unable to travel to Japan due to COVID-19 restrictions. A new champion was crowned on November 7, at Wrestle Princess , where Yuki Kamifuku won the vacant title by defeating Hikari Noa in the finals of an eight-woman single-elimination tournament . On March 18, 2023, Rika Tatsumi defeated
625-627: Was very small at the start, most of their early shows followed this same formula and only ran small venues. Entry to their first few shows was free as a way of introducing themselves to a bigger audience, and their first paid show was held on April 26. As their roster of trainees expanded in 2014, TJPW began including more matches on their cards, and began using a ring. They also ran a show with an appearance from voice actress /wrestler Ai Shimizu in November 2014. TJPW held its first full show without an idol performance on February 28, 2015 at Shinjuku Face . At
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