Results
- Uta Takami def. Shion Kanzaki (5:44)
- Sumire Uesaka def. Minimo, Raku, Mifu Ashida, Momo Sato, Chika Nanase, Kira Summer, Great Wakabayashi-kun (Rika Tatsumi), Sakura Hattori, Matcha, Mahiro Kiryu, Antonio Honda (DDT Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship) (Rumble) (26:49)
- HIMAWARI & Shino Suzuki def. Ren Konatsu & Toga (10:49)
- Shoko Nakajima, Haru Kazashiro & Yuki Aino def. Aja Kong, Pom Harajuku & VENY (13:09)
- Mizuki def. Andreza Giant Panda (8:05)
- Sareee & Takumi Iroha def. Miyu Yamashita & Arisu Endo (18:45) (Recommended)
- Yuka Sakazaki & Konosuke Takeshita def. Hyper Misao & Super Sasadango Machine (21:29)
- Suzume def. MIRAI (TJPW International Princess Championship) (15:25) (Recommended)
- Cassie Lee & Jessie McKay def. Yuki Kamifuku & Wakana Uehara (TJPW Princess Tag Team Championships) (12:15)
- Yuki Arai def. Miu Watanabe (TJPW Princess of Princess Championship) (21:20) (Recommended)
For the first time in her career, Yuki Arai is on top of TJPW.
Arai won the TJPW Princess of Princess Championship, working a physical 21-minute contest to defeat Miu Watanabe on Sunday night. The win headlined TJPW’s Grand Princess ’26 card, which took place in front of more than 3,000 attendees inside Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo.
After a gruelling performance which saw her near the finish with a pair of Sharpshooters, Arai put away Watanabe with her “Finally” head kick.
The win, Arai’s biggest since first stepping into a wrestling ring eight years ago, caused her to break down in tears afterward. She mentioned what it meant to headline against the person she teamed with in her debut and described the influence Watanabe has had on her career.
Arai joined the TJPW roster in 2021, when she was known as a J-pop idol who moonlighted as a professional wrestler. After graduating from idol group SKE48 in 2025, Arai turned her focus fully to wrestling.
Arai spent years as a notable midcarder for TJPW, teaming with the now-retired Saki Akai as part of a tag title run, and carrying the International Princess Championship for a record-setting 366 days.
TJPW protects its main title picture, with only the brand’s top names getting a run with the Princess of Princess Championship. With her win on Sunday, Arai became just the ninth woman to hold the title. In comparison, the International Princess Championship, which was introduced three years after the promotion’s main title, has seen 12 different wrestlers carry the title.
In other words, Arai’s win on Sunday put her in an exclusive club of names TJPW has deemed its upper echelon over the years, associating her with figures like Miyu Yamashita, Mizuki, Shoko Nakajima, Yuka Sakazaki and others.
Sunday’s main event was a rare first-time ever singles matchup in TJPW. Due to the promotion’s small roster and tendency to book singles bouts, it’s unusual to come across a never-before-seen meeting between a pair of women who have been frequent performers for the brand over the course of years.
The IInspiration earns tag team gold in co-main event
AEW’s The IInspiration duo of Cassie Lee and Jessie McKay picked up gold in the co-main event, defeating Wakana Uehara and Yuki Kamifuku for the Princess Tag Team Championships.
After Lee took Kamifuku out of the equation with a Twist of Fate, the former Knockouts tag champs finshed Uehara with a Magic Killer.
Uehara and Kamifuku, “Ober Eats,” had one of the longer tag title reigns in the promotion’s recent history, carrying the titles for 190 days. They first captured the belts at last year’s Wrestle Princess card and defended twice over the past few months.
The IInspiration had appeared on TJPW’s Texas tour prior to this weekend, winning in their promotional debut against Uehara and Shoko Nakajima. Commentary noted that this was their first non-WWE booking in Japan.
Suzume regains International title against MIRAI
Suzume is champ once again.
Suzume became the first woman to beat MIRAI in singles action since she returned to TJPW earlier this year, taking her down in a 15-minute battle for the International Princess Championship.
A trio of cutters from Suzume put away JTO talent MIRAI late in the title match. The first cutter from Suzume didn’t take out MIRAI, who responded moments later by turning her inside out with a hard lariat.
A Death Valley Driver from MIRAI was countered into a second cutter from Suzume, who then followed with a springboard cutter for the pinfall.
Sunday’s result kicked off Suzume’s second run with TJPW’s alternate singles title. She carried the title for nearly 200 days last year, a run which concluded after she dropped the belt to Moka Miyamoto.
MIRAI took down Arisu Endo as part of TJPW’s January 4 Korakuen Hall card to begin her campaign with the belt. The victory kicked off her return to the promotion, coming back to TJPW after putting together runs in STARDOM and MARIGOLD.
The only previous one-on-one matchup between these two dated back to MIRAI’s first TJPW stint back in 2019, a matchup which went just five minutes.
Earlier in the night: Takeshita/Sakazaki team up, Mizuki faces a panda, DDT title changes hands & more
AEW’s Konosuke Takeshita and Yuka Sakazaki teamed for the first time in years on Sunday night, taking down the comedy duo of Hyper Misao and Super Sasadango Machine in 21 minutes. Misao gave a lengthy, heartfelt speech mid-way through the match to Sakazaki, goading her into a handshake which she transitioned into a roll-up pin attempt. Unfortunately for Misao, that wasn’t enough to end the match.
In arguably the best non-title match of the night, freelancers Sareee and Takumi Iroha prevailed in a physical 18-minute contest against Miyu Yamashita and Arisu Endo. The bout was Sareee’s first appearance in TJPW since 2020. This match was built around a feud between hard-hitting stars Yamashita and Sareee, but was also like a huge spotlight for Endo, who worked a large portion of the match’s second half and had her resilience put over significantly in the way the performance played out. Both Endo vs. Iroha & Sareee vs. Yamashita feel like matchups that should be made coming out of this.
Andreza Giant Panda, a gigantic inflatable mascot who has made appearances in DDT and TJPW since 2018, lost an eight-minute battle to Mizuki. Andreza’s size means that he must be deflated each time he enters and exits the ring, which caused a notable delay partway through the performance.
This match was made in response to the numerous times Mizuki and Andreza have gone viral online due to their 2023 match. Specifically, a moment from the match where Mizuki came off the top rope and hit the panda over the head with a hammer has been passed around social media frequently, often escaping wrestling circles and going into more mainstream feeds. In the hours that have passed since the event this Sunday, they have gone viral once again.
In one of the wackier matches of the night, a multi-person battle royal for the DDT Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship ended with voice actress Sumire Uesaka on top.
Uesaka, the 1,815th holder of the title, rolled rumble finalist Mahiro Kiryu into a kneebar to win the comedy match, which wrapped at just under 27 minutes.
DDT’s Antonio Honda was scheduled to enter the match as champ, but was pinned backstage by Raku, who tricked him into falling asleep before pinning him for the 24/7 title. Rika Tatsumi (who was wrestling under alter ego Great Wakabayashi-kun) and Mahiro Kiryu also briefly held the belt after pinning the champ during the battle royal.
TJPW vet Sakura Hattori, who for a long time wrestled under the persona Kaya Toribami, made her first appearance in Japan on Sunday since undergoing her recent rebrand. Other entrants in the match included Thai wrestler Matcha, Morning Musume idol group mascot Minimo, and Momo Sato, sister of DDT wrestler Daichi Sato.
