Tokyo Joshi Pro - Smile YES Shinjuku (11/23/2017)

1. Maho Kurone vs. Yuki Kamifuku

The work was much better in this match than their previous match, the character work, I mean... once they got to the wrestling portion, it lost me.

*1/2

2.  Ito Respect Army (Maki Ito & Mizuki) vs. Nodoka-oneesan & Marika Kobashi

**

3. Hyper Misao vs. Rika Tatsumi

***

4. Saki-sama vs. Azusa Takigawa

**1/2

5. TOKYO Princess of Princess Championship Next Challenger & Iron Man Heavymetalweight Championship: Yuu (c) vs. Miyu Yamashita

Yuu is on another level when it comes to making her offense look legit. I was wincing at some of the things she was doing to her opponent. Miyu went through hell, her chest reddened from Yuu's chops. She fought hard for the comeback and it felt earned. What a match.

****1/2

6. TOKYO Princess Tag Team Championship: MiraClians (Yuka Sakazaki & Shoko Nakajima) (c) vs. Super Milk Combination (Nonoko & Yuna Manase)

Fun match between two fun teams. I thought the boob double teams were clever. I didn't feel strongly about the closer between Shoko and Nonoko, would've been much better if Yuka was there. I think she could have put together a more compelling finishing run. Good match, still.

***

Tokyo Joshi Pro - Girls Fight Out #6 (10/29/2017)

2. Ito Respect Army (Maki Ito & Mizuki) vs. Yuki Kamifuki & Yuna Manase

Yuna needs to improve that Raiden Drop. She's probably afraid of hurting her opponents, but come on, it has no impact. Kamifuku performed well.

**

3. Nodoka-oneesan vs. Saki-sama

Good one-sided beatdown. I could watch Saki-sama's control segments all day, that paradise lock into the PK is wicked.

***1/4

4. Nonoko vs. Shoko Nakajima

Shoko is becoming my least favorite TJPW performer to watch, her offense is sloppy and weak and she hasn't shown any signs of improvement. Nonoko's portion was good, the Oppai Driver is an awesome move.

**

5. Azusa Takigawa, Miyu Yamashita & Reika Saiki vs. Rika Tatsumi, Yuka Sakazaki & Yuu

This was a solid build for Reika/Tatsumi. Miyu had fucking awesome segments with Yuka and Yuu; Yuka was out to steal the show as always. Azusa was awful, but I'm happy that she got to main event. She was over. Good main event.

***

Tokyo Joshi Pro - Smile YES Shinkiba (11/3/2017)

1. Shoko Nakajima vs. Yuki Kamifuku

Kamifuku is learning how to move around the ring better and is wearing smaller cutoff shorts, that's all I got from this. Not a good match.

*

2. Miyu Yamashita & Maki Ito vs. Yuu & Marika Kobashi

The sequence between Yuu and Ito was gripping. I thought Ito could pull it off.

**1/4

3. Azusa Takigawa vs. Nodoka-oneesan

*

4. Saki-sama vs. Mizuki

The struggle that Mizuki was facing was well-told, and Saki-sama's workovers are always compelling. That little interaction between Sama and Ito was great, they need a match together.

***

5. Yuka Sakazaki & Maho Kurone vs. Super Milk Combination (Nonoko & Yuna Manase)

Amazing debut for Super Milk Combination. Yuna looked really motivated, and Nonoko and Yuka were good as always. Maho is obviously the designated fall person, but she was fighting hard. That headscissors counter into the Oppai Driver from Nonoko was nuts. Good stuff.

***3/4

6. TOKYO Princess of Princess Championship: Reika Saiki (c) vs. Rika Tatsumi

Rika has been building the strength of her hip attacks and they were a serious threat to Saiki's title. There's a cool spot where Reika counters one with a kick and ends up hurting herself. This was fantastic; the crowd was hot and the action was engaging and full of emotion.

****1/2

Tokyo Joshi Pro - Smile YES Yokohama (10/14/2017)

2. Miyu Yamashita vs. Nodoka-oneesan vs. Yuna Manase

***

4. NEO Biishiki-gun (Saki-sama & Masa) vs. Konkatsu-gun (Azusa Takigawa & Nonoko)

***

5. TOKYO Princess Tag Team Championship Tournament - Final: MiraClians (Yuka Sakazaki & Shoko Nakajima) vs. Dragon Bombers (Rika Tatsumi & Maho Kurone)

***1/4

Tokyo Joshi Pro - Osaka de Bakon (9/30/2017)

2. Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship: Yuu (c) vs. Marika Kobashi

Good amount of violence in this match. Yuu doesn't show much emotion, but her body language and movements can get intense.

***

5. Azusa Takigawa & Miyu Yamashita vs. Yuka Sakazaki & Yuna Manase

***

6. TOKYO Princess of Princess Championship: Reika Saiki (c) vs. Mizuki

This started off rough, but they found their rhythm quickly. I was impressed with the pacing; the comebacks were timed well, and the submission sequences were very compelling. There's a dramatic moment where Maki Ito motivates Mizuki at ringside and it's amazing. Ito has such a strong presence and it heightens the intensity of the match. Great main event!

****1/4

Tokyo Joshi Pro - YOKOHAMA DE BAKOON! (9/16/2017)

1. Miyu Yamashita vs. Yuki Kamifuku

This was everything I had hoped for, just Miyu putting the beatdown on the rookie. Nice little match.

***1/4

2. Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship: Yuu (c) vs. Nonoko

Yuu has a dangerous arsenal of chops, judo throws and submissions, but Nonoko has her powerful boobs. They were brutalizing each other, and Nonoko shows that she can be just as vicious as Yuu. This was a spectacular 7 minutes.

****1/2

4. TOKYO Princess Tag Team Championship Tournament - Semi-Final: Dragon Bombers (Rika Tatsumi & Maho Kurone) vs. trick student (Yuna Manasa & Marika Kobashi)

**1/4

5. TOKYO Princess Tag Team Championship Tournament - Semi-Final: Ito Respect Army (Maki Ito & Mizuki) vs. MiraClians (Yuka Sakazaki & Shoko Nakajima)

Another great underdog performance from Ito Respect Army.

****

Tokyo Joshi Pro - Delicious Sacas Pro Wrestling 2017 ~Tokyo Joshi Pro~ (7/26/2017)

1. Maki Ito vs. Rika Tatsumi

Lots of screaming in this. This was meant to be a showcase for Ito, but it felt like it went on forever. A good chunk of the action was aimless, and the match feels like it hit its peak long before it ends. 

*1/2

2. Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship: Maho Kurone (c) & Nonoko vs. Marika Kobashi & Miyu Yamashita

Marika wasn't a complete disaster here, it surprised me. Great things happened once Miyu got into the mix with her high-impact offense, especially during her segment with Nonoko. The closing segment with Maho was also super fun.

***1/2

4. Nodoka-oneesan & Shoko Nakajima vs. Yuka Sakazaki & Yuu

Another really awesome tag match. Yuu & Yuka were doing amazing things.

***1/2

Tokyo Joshi Pro - SHINKIBA DE BAKOON! (9/9/2017)

3. TOKYO Princess Tag Team Championship Tournament – Round 1C: BRAVE☆MATES (Yuu & Nodoka-oneesan) vs. Dragon Bombers (Rika Tatsumi & Maho Kurone)

***1/4

4. TOKYO Princess Tag Team Championship Tournament - Round 1B: MiraClians (Yuka Sakazaki & Shoko Nakajima) vs. Konkatsu-gun (Azusa Takigawa & Nonoko)

***1/2

5. TOKYO Princess Tag Team Championship Tournament - Round 1A: Ito Respect Army (Maki Ito & Mizuki) vs. Muscle Strikers (Reika Saiki & Miyu Yamashita)

This was one of those matches that is made 10x better due to crowd reaction, 1stRING is hanging on every movement, and the performers were playing to that with very dramatic moments. Mizuki & Ito deliver one of the best underdog performances I've seen this year, it was magnificent.

****

Tokyo Joshi Pro - Brand New Wrestling ~The Beginning of the New Era~ (8/26/2017)

1. Yuna Manase & Yuki Kamifuku vs. Mizuki & Nonoko

*

2. Idol Lumberjack Death Match (Referee: Sanshiro Takagi): Azusa Takigawa vs. Maki Ito

*1/2

3. Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship: Yuu (c) vs. Nodoka-oneesan vs. Marika Kobashi

This was a fun 3WAY match. I was really into the Marika-Yuu chop battle.

***1/2

4. Shoko Nakajima Vs Solo Darling

**

5. Miyu Yamashita vs. Meiko Satomura

Satomura was mowing down Miyu with kicks, but Miyu manages to cut Satomura off and rallies with head stomps. I liked Miyu's aggression when she locks in the cobra clutch. Satomura gave Miyu more than I expected, so kudos to that.

****

6. Dream Dragon Bombers (Rika Tatsumi, Maho Kurone & Shiro Koshinaka) vs. NEO Biishiki-gun (Saki-sama, Masa & Yukio Saint Laurent)

Koshinaka was the most over performer in the building. I'm liking Yukio in this doctor gimmick. Rika getting her big win over Saki-sama was a nice moment.

***3/4

7. TOKYO Princess of Princess Championship: Yuka Sakazaki (c) vs. Reika Saiki

This is one of those matches that has a gradual build up to a great finishing run, and it makes everything that happened leading up to it worth it.

****

Rika Tatsumi vs. Yuka Sakazaki (Tokyo Joshi Pro, 7/15/2017)

Tokyo Joshi Pro - 4th Tokyo Princess Cup 2nd ROUND (7/15/2017)

Tokyo Princess Cup - 2nd Round: Rika Tatsumi vs. Yuka Sakazaki

The leg work here was brutal, on both sides -- these two were fucking each other up. Yuka was also putting a workover on Rika's midsection. I don't know when she got so good. Mil Clown wasn't this good! Where did this come from!? It drags towards the middle, and Yuka's selling could have been better, but it wasn't as offensive as her match with Yuu. Solid match; good stuff.

***1/2

Tokyo Joshi Pro - At this Time, Get Excited In Itabashi! (8/12/2017)

2. Nodoka-oneesan vs. Shoko Nakajima

**1/2

3. Konkatsu-gun (Azusa Takigawa & Nonoko) vs. Dragon Bombers (Maho Kurone & Rika Tatsumi)

***1/4

4. Yuna Manase vs. Yuu

Yuna uses her stature and size to overpower/wear down Yuu, and I thought her work on top was generally good. Yuu's comeback is vicious and makes the match!

***

5. Maki Ito & Reika Saiki vs. Miyu Yamashita & Yuka Sakazaki

This was one hell of a prelude to Reika/Yuka. Such an incredible, well-worked match by all four competitors. Miyu & Yuka were a surprisingly cohesive duo, Reika stepped it up, and Ito's charisma was off the charts in her fighting spirit sequence.

****1/4

Tokyo Joshi Pro - At This Time, Get Excited in Shinjuku! (6/4/2017)

1. Nodoka-oneesan vs. Marika Kobashi

This was remarkably bad. A match worthy of a billion DUDs.

2. Maki Ito vs. Azusa Takigawa

no

3. Miyu Yamashita vs. Mizuki

*1/2

4. Yuna Manase vs. Nonoko

Dug the boinmaker sequence where Yuna hits a boinmaker of her own, and the angry Nononko boob-onslaught was awesome; Nonoko was hammering Yuna into her boobs, and Yuna was selling the destruction well. I'd like to see more of that from Nonoko.

****

5. Shoko Nakajima vs. Reika Saiki

**1/4

6. Losing Unit Dissolution Match: SIN Biishiki-gun (Saki-sama & Masa) (w/ Dr. Hayashi) vs. Dragon Bombers (Rika Tatsumi & Maho Kurone)

***

7. TOKYO Princess of Princess Championship: Yuu (c) Vs Yuka Sakazaki

no

Tokyo Joshi Pro - At this Time, Get Excited In Kasukabe! (5/14/2017)

1. Mizuki vs. Nodoka-oneesan

*

2. Nonoko vs. Yuna Manase vs. Maho Kurone

**

3. Miyu Yamashita vs. Azusa Takigawa

*1/4

4. Saki-sama vs. Rika Tatsumi

***1/2

5. Yuu & Shoko Nakajima vs. Yuka Sakazaki & Reika Saiki

**1/4

Tokyo Joshi Pro - At This Time, Get Excited in Osaka! (4/30/2017)

1. Ito Respect Army (Maki Ito & Mizuki) vs. Reika Saiki & Marika Kobashi

**1/4

2. Azusa Takigawa vs. Yuna Munase

*1/2

3. Miyu Yamashita vs. Nonoko

***3/4

4. No Countout Rules: Dragon Bombers (Rika Tatsumi & Maho Kurone) vs. SIN Biishiki-gun (Saki-sama & Masa)

***

5. Shoko Nakajima & Mil Clown vs. Yuu & Nodoka-oneesan

This a prelude to Yuu's defense against Mil Clown's relative Yuka Sakazaki. There were cute moments here where Yuu was confused by Mil Clown antics.

****

Tokyo Joshi Pro - Shinjuku Love Rin (9/22/2016)

3. Rika Tatsumi vs. Yuka Sakazaki

A surprising submission-based match. The struggles were nice, but I wish they could have sold better.

**

4. Biishiki-gun (Saki Akai, Ai Shimizu & KANNA) vs. Shoko Nakajima, Akane Miura & Maho Kurone

There's a dramatic moment where Ai and Saki crawl across the battlefield, bodies scattered everywhere, and reach out for one another only to faint before they can touch. Fun match for KANNA's graduation.

***1/2

5. TOKYO Princess of Princess Championship: Miyu Yamashita (c) vs. Yuu

An intense, fast-paced clash with some great mat wrestling. I liked the aggression from Miyu in her grappling, the Cobra Clutch slam she does is always great. Yuu does her Judo slams and those stiff chops.

****1/2

Tokyo Joshi Pro - At this Time, Get Excited In Yokohoma! (3/25/2017)

1. Maho Kurone vs. Yuna Manase

Maho's offense is doing a better job incorporating those zombie mannerisms into her offense. Yuna puts Maho to rest with an axe kick that sounded vicious.

**

2. Mil Clown & Nodoka-oneesan vs. Maki Ito & Reika Saiki

Maki Ito has all of the tools to become a Sakura Hirota-level comedy performer. Reika looked the best she has ever looked in her hot tag sequence.

**3/4

3. Konkatsu-gun (Azusa Takigawa & Nonoko) vs. Yuu & Shoko Nakajima

Nonoko is a genus of the ring. How often do you see a wrestler block a 619 with their boobs? Yuu effortlessly dispatches #1 contender Azusa with a sleeper, which has me interested in how they'll work their title match.

***3/4

4. Rika Tatsumi vs. Saki-sama (w/ Masa)

Saki-sama whips Rika with red roses and uses a Paradise Lock to turn her into furniture. Fun match. I can't say enough about how great Bii-gun is.

***1/4

5. Akane Miura vs. Miyu Yamashita

This was Akane Miura's graduation so they were putting forth a lot of effort to make this special. Great arm work from Miyu, and I liked that sequence where Akane absorbs Miyu's strikes Ishii-style and roars back on the offensive. An awesome clash of power and technique.

***3/4

Yuu vs. Rika Tatsumi (Tokyo Joshi Pro, 10/29/2016)

Tokyo Joshi Pro - In a Corner of a City Called Yokohama (10/29/2016)

TOKYO Princess of Princess Championship: Yuu (c) vs. Rika Tatsumi

The intensity here is tangible. The submissions are sold so effectively, especially in the finish. This builds into a spectacular, emotional climax. Tatsumi is so good at conveying struggle and Yuu is just a machine.

***3/4

Tokyo Joshi Pro - AT THIS TIME, GET EXCITED IN NERIMA! (3/12/2017)

1. Mil Clown vs. Maho Kurone vs. Maki Ito

Ito played off of Mil Clown and Maho's characters well. Really fun match.

***

2. Nodoka-oneesan vs. Yuna Manase

This was a meh debut for Yuna Manase, to be honest, but I suppose it did its job in establishing her moveset and finisher. Nothing much going for it.

*1/4

3. Miyu Yamashita & Shoko Nakajima vs. Bust Deluxe (Nonoko & Akane Miura)

Bust Deluxe reunited for one last time as part of Akane's graduation road. Akane did not wear her old gear. Some decent tag action, I liked the Miyu-Nonoko segment and Shoko was generally interesting.

**1/2

4. SIN Biishiki-gun (Saki-sama & Masa) vs. Rika Tatsumi & Azusa Takigawa

Biishiki-gun is one of my favorite joshi puroresu acts going today. Takigawa is determined to pin Saki-sama after coming so close the last time they met, scoring near-falls, but ultimately falls short to the very hold that beat her before.

***

5. TOKYO Princess of Princess Championship: Yuu (c) vs. Reika Saiki

I liked when Reika started laying in those kicks in response to Yuu's stiffness. The judoka bear Yuu was on a different level with those throws and submissions, though. Yuu's last ride looked frightening.

***1/2

Miyu Yamashita & Rika Tatsumi vs. SIN Biishiki-gun (Masa & Saki-sama) (Tokyo Joshi Pro, 1/21/2017)

Tokyo Joshi Pro - Girls Fight Out #1 (1/21/2017)

Miyu Yamashita & Rika Tatsumi vs. SIN Biishiki-gun (Masa & Saki-sama)

I didn't know what to expect from Masa's debut, but I ended up loving everything she did here. She's all gimmick, but she never overdid it and she compliments Saki's persona well. Yamashita and Saki traded gnarly kicks, and Rika hit her hip attacks and applied a wicked dragon sleeper on Saki.

***1/2

Tokyo Joshi Pro - '17 (1/4/2017)

2. Hyper Misao vs. Maho Kurone vs. Rika Tatsumi

This was exactly what you'd want from these wrestlers, a match based mostly around character-work. This also served as farewell to Minami, the kigurumi ring announcer. I'm uncertain how Maho is still alive after that surfboard hip attack.

***

3. Konkatsu-gun (Azusa Takigawa & Nonoko) vs. Ai Shimizu & Laura James (Special Referee: Joey Ryan)

People give Joey a lot of flack, but I appreciate him. This was mostly comedy that built up to a fun spot involving Zexy magazine.

**

4. Ito Maki vs. Reika Saiki

Man, the crowd was going absolutely bonkers for Maki Ito, popping for every single thing she did. Ito has a lot of heart and keeps getting back up for more and more, and the fans loved every second of her comeback sequences.

***3/4

5. Candice LeRae vs. Mil Clown

Mil Clown dresses up like the long lost member of Los Psycho Circus, but incorporates little clown antics into her moveset. I wish she would have incorporated more character work. This was decent; the Ballplex spot was great.

**1/2

6. Miyu Yamashita vs. Saki Akai

Saki Akai's tall, lanky body gives her kicks a whip-like effect and they look especially devastating. Yamashita isn't the most charismatic wrestler, but you can feel her intensity through body language and when she's had enough of Akai's shit, you can definitely sense her frustration. These two are the perfect opponents, wonderful match.

****1/2

7. TOKYO Princess of Princess Championship: Yuu (c) vs. Shoko Nakajima

This was a big improvement over their 2016 match. The groundwork was tighter with smoother transitions, but still has that roughness to it that makes the struggle look genuine. Yuu was amazing as the aggressor, she tosses and drops Nakajima with reckless abandon. Nakajima hits the best Nothern Lights suplex I've ever seen, the torque, the speed, the impact. This was an excellent clash.

****3/4