March was a meaty month for us joshi fans.
Pro Wrestling EVE hosted all manner of joshi wrestlers. Tokyo Joshi Pro-Wrestling had a big month including hitting us with a potential show of the year in Grand Princess. Hiroyi Yawata marched down the road to retirement. Along the way, we got some excellent wrestling to take in.
As you will see in this latest batch of match recs, our writers mostly leaned toward deeper cuts. Rina vs. Hanan in the Cinderella finals and Miyu Yamashita vs. Shoko Nakajima in Texas are both must-watch bouts, but are already being talked about plenty.
We went for stuff a little more under-the-radar aside from a few bigger-name contests. Hopefully, you’ll enjoy this curated mix of joshi hits as you do your catch up of March’s offerings.
Haru Kazashiro, Miu Watanabe & Yuki Aino vs. Arisu Endo, Shino Suzuki & Yuki Arai, TJPW – First Sparkle at Aioi Hall (Rel. March 3)
You know those “One Match Shows”? Well, this was a “Two People Tag Match”.
A pretty standard six-women tag team match in a main event of a show that wasn’t even live ended up making me even more excited for the PoP title match at Grand Princess. Miu Watanabe vs. Yuki Arai already sells itself just by the names of the participants, but since they started trying to absolutely destroy each other, this became one of the most anticipated matches in the promotion’s history.
Haru, Yuki Aino, Arisu, and Shino were the supporting cast of the war between Miu and Yuki Arai, based on the champion looking for revenge after The Genius Girl slammed her outside the ring at the last Korakuen Hall show, so naturally, the Up Up Girl targeted Yuki’s back, hitting her as hard as she could. After wearing her down with a series of nasty axe handles to the back, Miu locked in a Canadian Backbreaker to shockingly (or not) submit Yuki.
This was the first time ever the ex-idol lost by submission, and with several matches left before the big match, she will surely seek revenge.
Recommended by: Fernando
HIMAWARI, Shino Suzuki & Yuki Arai vs. Miu Watanabe, Toga & Uta Takami, TJPW – Prelude to Grand Princess ’26 (March 7)
Well, would you look at that, another Miu Watanabe/Yuki Arai singles match disguised as a six-women tag team bout.
You know the drill by now: HIMAWARI, Shino, Toga, and Uta did their thing before Miu and Yuki took the stage in the last third of the match. Miu was trying to pulverize Yuki’s back as usual, but the challenger learned from their last encounter and hit Miu even harder, to the point of locking her in one of the most wicked Sharpshooter she’s ever done. The champion couldn’t stand the pain and tapped out.
These girls are really determined to give us one of the most unpredictable matches in TJPW’s history and I’m all in for it.
Recommended by: Fernando
Sayaka Obihiro vs. Hiyori Yawata, ChocoPro – ChocoPro #507 (March 8)
A terrific main event with some of the hardest hitting action you will see in Ichigaya Square.
Obihiro vs. Yawata begins as a charged-up beatdown with dashes of comedy. Sayaka just flat out dominates. But the one-sided dynamic isn’t boring. Rather, it pumps the match full of intensity.
The fight then maintains a buzzing energy as Obihiro and Yawata go for flash pins or chop each other to hell. They used the windowsill as a weapon. The battle spills into the front row. And Baliyan Akki’s frenzied call only enhances it all.
The whole show is good and worth checking out, but this showdown in particular deserves to be on your watchlist whether you are a ChocoPro regular or not.
Recommend by: Ryan
AZM vs. Safire Reed, EVE – Wrestle Queendom 8 (March 8)
The show of the year so far for me was Wrestle Queendom 8. I’m so glad I was able to attend this live! The crowd was already electric after witnessing beautiful chaos in the opening Sudden Death Sixteen, which saw Miyu Yamashita, DASH Chisako, and a returning Yuu compete.
This second match of the night was everything and more you’d expect from the High Speed Bomb Girl. There are not many people that can hang with AZM in a match like this, let alone match her hold for hold and high-speed move for high-speed move. But Safire pulled it off! The two outdid each other with stiff kicks, suplexes, springboard leaps, and top rope dives at a speed that was dazzling to watch.
This was my first exposure to The Radioactive One, but I was thoroughly impressed by Safire Reed. I look forward to seeing her in Sendai Girls in July, alongside her Hyperactive partner Anita Vaughan. Maybe AZM and a partner will meet her there, because there should definitely be a sequel to this amazing match.
The show carried on with gems like Syuri vs. Windsor 2, a returning Charlie (Dakota Kai) and former Oedo Tai member Session Moth Martina challenging for the title. I can recommend watching the entire show, but if you check out only one match give this little gem a watch.
Recommended by: Dave
Chanyota & MIRAI vs. Echika Miyabi & Takumi Iroha, PPP TOKYO – Brilliant Dream (March 10)
Frantic and fast-paced, this tag bout is jam-packed. The Miyabi-Chanyota exchanges are entertaining slugfests by themselves. Then you get a few dramatic saves thrown in as well.
It’s a continuation of the strong years both MIRAI and Iroha are having. They both seem to be just be having fun out there, and it shows in a match like this.
Recommend by: Ryan
Hiyori Yawata vs. Shoko Nakajima, ChocoPro #508 (March 14)
We have another retirement tour going on.
After ChocoPro’s Hiyori Yawata announced her retirement less than a month before her final match, we didn’t know what kind of opponents she will be facing: she faced her trainers Emi Sakura and Mei Suruga, her tag team partner Sayaka Obihiro (recommended by Ryan), and one of her toughest tests in her career, Shoko Nakajima. The former two-time Princess of Princess champion showed up once again in Ichigaya and you can see how the TJPW standout got the best out of Hiyori. One single Northern Lights Suplex was enough to put away Hiyori, but she sure looked motivated to go on with her retirement tour later this month.
On a side note, Chie Koishikawa defeated her Egg Tarts tag team partner Hagane Shinno in one emotional janken tournament.
Recommended by: Fernando
Kaya Toribami vs. HIMAWARI, TJPW – Grand Princess ’26: Fate In Ryogoku (March 15)
This time, she knew it was the last time.
On March 7th, Kaya Toribami announced she will evolve into a new character named Sakura Hattori, after a life-changing expedition to a shrine and finding an Oni mask, and that her last match as Kaya was this one. HIMAWARI was the wildcard that she usually is, while Kaya showed that new energy and determination needed for the gimmick change. The Sunflower has one of her best showings to date, which tells you this was also an important match for her, but she fell victim to Kaya’s spectacular flying corkscrew senton , which gave Toribami one final victory before Sakura Hattori arrives.
It was a good four and a half years for Kaya, now let’s welcome Sakura Hattori and wish her the best.
Recommended by: Fernando
Rina Yamashita vs. Miya Yotsuba, ChocoPro #511 The Promised (March 23)
Why don’t I give up? Because she never did.
For almost two years, Rina Yamashita piled up victories over Miya Yotsuba, going back to their first encounter at the historic Korakuen Hall show in August 2024. Miya couldn’t get over the fact that the Death Match Amazon always beat her, whether in tag team matches or their one singles encounter (they even lost when they teamed up), and how bad must she have felt when she saw Rina defeat her mentor Mei Suruga to become the Super Asia champion. However, things weren’t so bad since in late 2025, Miya and SOY won the Asia Dream Tag Team titles, and although it was a short reign, it boosted Miya’s confidence to challenge Rina for ChocoPro’s top prize.
That night in Shinkiba, Miya knew it was now or never for her to finally prove she could beat Yamashita, but the champion didn’t care for her redemption arc and beat the challenger up like it was nothing, but Miya was able to hit a Miya Hammer, and then a second one like her life depended on it. She did it… she really did it, it wasn’t a dream, Miya Yotsuba had become the Super Asia champion.
After three and a half years, Miya Yotsuba is at the top of the promotion she loves and vows to put on the map, proudly defending her title.
Recommended by: Fernando
Miya Yotsuba: ChocoPro’s Strongest Lucky Charm
Mei Suruga, Miya Yotsuba & Soy vs. Chie Koishikawa, Hiyori Yawata & Sayaka Obihiro, ChocoPro #512 Hiyori Museum (March 24)
Referee, don’t ring the bell, please. I don’t want the Hiyori Museum to close.
We’ve been hit with a lot of retirements in the joshi scene as of late, but this one right here struck a chord in me, since Hiyori Yawata found in wrestling a breath of fresh air in her life, especially when she revealed she was struggling to find a steady job, a situation I have also found myself in.
For the last ever match, Hiyori teamed up with the recently crowned Super Asia Tag champions Sayaka and Chie Koishikawa to take on Mei Suruga, Soy, and the new Super Asia champion, Miya Yotsuba. This all- star main event delivered as expected, but in the final moments, Miya had the unenviable honor to put an end to Hiyori’s career with the Miya Hammer.
Once the dust settled, and the Janken tournament winner Anarko Montaña handed the retiree the chocolate square he won, everyone gathered up to celebrate Hiyori as she thanked everyone who supported her throughout her career.
She wrestled for less than two years. She didn’t win any titles. She didn’t win many matches. Still, there she goes an inspirational wrestler. So, thank YOU Hiyori, and good luck in your new life.
Recommended by: Fernando
Miyu Yamashita & Arisu Endo vs. Sareee & Takumi Iroha, TJPW – Grand Princess ’26 (March 29)
Good GOD! That was great.
In a match that wasn’t even supposed to happen, Arisu Endo gave the performance of a lifetime. Knowing she was the least experienced, and even the least tough competitor, she gave her all and more to show she is on the level of the monsters that are Miyu Yamashita, Sareee and Takumi Iroha.
Ever since they faced off at the first Wrestle Princess in 2020, I’ve been wanting a Miyu-Sareee singles match, but now I also need a Miyu-Takumin match. Spark Rush battled with the Pink Striker toe-to-toe, but they absolutely decimated poor Arisu, and it took a giant running crucifix bomb by Takumi to finally put and end to this torture.
Arisu will no doubt be at the top of TJPW one day, and this match proved she will belong there.
Recommended by: Fernando
You can check out a full review of TJPW’s Grand Princess for Ryan’s thoughts on the big show.
The RESURA crew also wrapped up the month in the first episode of RESURA Live.
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