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Tokyo Princess Cup

tokyo Joshi Pro-Wrestling tournament

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 17, 2026
Entity authorityQ122181996
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Tokyo Princess Cup (Japanese: 東京プリンセスカップ, Hepburn: Tōkyō Purinsesukappu) is an annual single-elimination tournament created and promoted by the Japanese professional wrestling promotion Tokyo Joshi Pro-Wrestling (TJPW). The event has been held since 2014 and would later become available as an internet pay-per-view on TJPW's streaming service Wrestle Universe.

At first, the winner of the tournament received an opportunity to produce an TJPW's event, however, since 2016, it was decided that the winner of the tournament would receive a future title match for the Princess of Princess Championship, which was previously known as the Tokyo Princess of Princess Championship, as it was established in 2016.

Events

As of 2023, there have been a total of 10 events, where the tournament being held in multi-day event.

Stats

List of winners

Tournament brackets

2014

The inaugural edition of the Cup took place between June 22 and August 2, 2014.

2015

The 2015 edition of the Cup took place between July 4 and August 8.

2016

The 2016 edition of the Cup took place between July 9 and August 13.

2017

The 2017 edition of the Cup took place between July 2 and 30.

2018

The 2018 edition of the Cup took place between June 3 and July 8.

2019

The 2019 edition of the Cup took place between May 25 and July 7.

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