アップタウン旗揚げ戦、 2025/4/16 Up Town Launch Show

プロレスリング・アップタウン旗揚げ戦 Pro-Wrestling Up Town Launch Show

２０２５年4月16日（水曜日 Wednesday）

新宿FACE Shinjuku FACE

全席完売！All seats sold out!

4月16日、プロレスリング・アップタウン旗揚げ戦を観に行って来ました！

素晴らしかった！

On April 16th, I went to see Pro-Wrestling Up Town's launch show! It was wonderful!

「だるまさんがころんだ！」

(Daruma-san Ga Koronda is a children's game similar to Red Light, Green Light. They decided to play this game with a bear, because of reasons.)

花園選手の勝ち！

Momoka Hanazono won that one!

アップタウンには、全試合は当日までわからない！大会中にスクリーンで発表されます！

At Up Town, the matches are not announced until the day of the show. In fact, you only find out what the matches are when the card graphics are displayed on the screen before each match!

第1試合　First Match

黒潮TOKYOジャパン、立花誠吾　vs バラモン・シュウ、バラモン・ケイ

Kuroshio TOKYO Japan and Seigo Tachibana vs. Brahman Shu and Brahman Kei

かぴぃ登場！！

Kapy (Takahiro Katori) turned up!

入団したいつもりだったけど、固く断れた。。。

It looks like he wanted to join Up Town's roster, but he was rejected...

第2試合　Second Match

花園桃花　vs ソフト今井

Momoka Hanazono vs. Soft Imai (a referee)

改め、第2試合 The Second Match was changed to...

花園桃花 vs くまさん

Momoka Hanazono vs. Kuma-san

Momoka literally chose the bear. Good for her!

Trusting the bear was the correct option! Momoka wins!

8.30大阪大会決定！

A show was confirmed for Osaka on August 30th!

第3試合 Third Match

芦野祥太郎、児玉裕輔　vs 男色ディーノ、アンドレザジャイアントパンダ

Shotaro Ashino and Yusuku Kodama vs. Danshoku Dieno and Andreza Giant Panda

Ashino tried to suplex the panda.

I love pro-wrestling.

第4試合 Fourth Match

立花誠吾　vs クリス・ブルックス

Seigo Tachibana vs. Chris Brookes

Kapy?!

初代チャンピオンを決める、参加者全員Xのトーナメント！

A tournament will be held to determine Up Town's inaugural champion! All of the participants are X!

場所は全て新宿FACEで19:00開始！

All the tournament shows will be held at Shinjuku FACE and start at 7pm!

初代チャンピオンになるのは誰だ？

Who will be Up Town's first champion?

(ところで、6/12ではなく、6/11(水曜日)ですね！)

(by the way, it isn'y 6/12, it's 6/11!)

メインイベント Main Event

ハードコアマッチ

黒潮TOKYOジャパン　vs DASH・チサコ

Hardcore Match

Kuroshio TOKYO Japan vs. DASH Chisako

Match photos and videos by Michelle @puroresueikaiwa

Please do not use without permission and credit.

来日記念日

✨来日18周年記念日を迎えた！✨

皆さん、今までありがとうこざいます！

今年もよろしくお願いします！✨💕

これからが楽しみだ！

🩷Celebrating 18 years in Japan!🩷

Yuma Anzai's "Promise To Me", part 15 (English)

English translation

Yuma Anzai's "Promise to Me" (part 15)

Weekly Pro-Wrestling

No.2346, 2025/3/26 issue, p.40

What are some good graduation stories?

☆March is graduation season, so what are your graduation memories?

Anzai:

It's kind of bragging, is that OK?

☆Of course.

Anzai:

I was pretty popular in high school.

☆Figures, yeah.

Anzai:

Hahahaha! When you're in high school, the first years see the third years as being mature, and maybe about 50% cooler. 

☆And you became another 50% cooler on top of that, right?

Anzai:

Yeah (*laughs*). I turned out to be pretty popular in my third year of high school, so I naturally lost all the buttons off my uniform, and people said they wanted my sweater and my shirt, too, so I ended up giving them all away. After the graduation ceremony, I went out with my class, and I remember everyone was wearing their uniform except for me. 

☆You were the only person in your class like that?

Anzai:

There were a few people who had one or two buttons missing, but I was the only one who had all their buttons missing.

☆Even so, that was generous of you. Buttons are understandable, but you even gave some of your clothes away.

Anzai:

I guess I've always been that way, but I think it's just that I'm happy when I make other people happy. So, when people say they want something of mine, that's fine by me, of course there are things I want to keep for the memories, but they'll just end up cluttering up my house, right? If it's gonna be like that, then I think it's better to make someone happy, even if it's just for that moment. It's not like they're definitely going to remember it five or ten years down the line. Like, "Oh, I got this from that guy". 

☆Nah, they'll remember more than you expect. There'll be people who you're an important memory for.

Anzai:

Is that so? Then, if I become more and more famous, they'll be able to say, "I got Anzai's second button", or "I got Anzai's sweater" or whatever.

☆They'll get bragging rights.

Anzai:

I want them to be able to do that.

☆Come to think of it, those things are potential treasures.

Anzai:

Hahahaha! Just because I wanted to make someone happy at that time in the moment.

☆Do you think those people will be happy to hear this?

Anzai:

It's definitely better than them not hearing about this. That's about it, it's a good thing.

☆So, you're saying you've always been popular?

Anzai:

Are you gonna edit that out? (laughs)

☆By the way, is there anything you'd like to graduate from now?

Anzai:

When you say "graduate from" something, can I talk about some kinda careless habits? I've got lots of those.

☆What things?

Anzai:

First of all, I wanna graduate from undisciplined things like pulling all-nighters and procrastinating, and eating sweet things even though I know they're bad for me. I've got a lot of things I want to graduate from.

☆But, you can't quite do it?

Anzai:

Yeah. They've all become part of my lifestyle somehow.

☆But, some of those things can relieve stress, right?

Anzai:

I guess so. I don't want to do anything even a little bit stressful before a title match, because, weirdly, I feel like it'll have an effect on the match. Also... well, I have to look good in my current position.

☆Current position?

Anzai:

When I say current position, I mean that I'm absolutely not a rookie any more. I've been the Triple Crown Champion, and I'm currently an Asia Tag champion. But, although it could be said that I'm already in the next stage up, in reality, I haven't landed there with both feet yet. I feel like I want to graduate from this incomplete version of myself.

☆What a wonderful way to end the interview.

Anzai:

Sorry for being so serious (laughs).

Translated into English by Michelle @puroresueikaiwa

Please do not use without permission and credit.