January 4, 1957 … Osaka (Prefectural Gymnasium) [first night]
Rikidozan drew Adrien Baillargeon … Surugaumi drew Michiaki Yoshimura (Surugaumi
retained the Japanese Junior Heavyweight Title) … Toyonobori beat Shiro Tsukikage …
Kaichi Nagasawa beat Jiro Yamazaki … Osamu Abe beat Hiroyasu Kato … Takeo Hayanami
beat Yusuf Turk … Sanshiro Miyama beat Hideo Higashi … Kanji Higuchi beat Kazuo Ando

January 5, 1957 … Osaka (Prefectural Gymnasium) [second night]
Rikidozan beat Adrien Baillargeon … Yoshinosato beat Kiyotaka Otsubo (Yoshinosato
retained the Japanese Light Heavyweight Title) … Toyonobori beat Daidozan … Kaichi
Nagasawa beat Osamu Abe … Yusuf Turk beat Hajime Deguchi (Mr. Chin) … Shiro
Tsukikage beat Jiro Yamazaki … Kanji Higuchi beat Hideo Higashi … Kazuo Ando beat Itsuo
Komatsubara … Genji Umeda drew Noboru Ichikawa

January 12, 1957 … Naha, Okinawa [first day]
Rikidozan drew Adrien Baillargeon … Kaichi Nagasawa and Surugaumi beat Yusuf Turk and
Yoshinosato … Toshiichi Higa beat Osamu Abe … Rashomon beat Yonetaro Tanaka …
Yasuhiro Kojima beat Paul Kaymorse (exhibition match) … Yasuhiro Kojima (Hiro Matsuda)
beat Masafumi Okuma (additional match) … Isao Yoshihara beat Yoshidagawa

January        13, 1957 … Naha, Okinawa [second day]
Rikidozan drew Adrien Baillargeon … Azumafuji and Surugaumi vs. Toyonobori and
Yoshinosato … Yasuhiro Kojima beat Paul Macess (exhibition match)

January 14, 1957 … Naha, Okinawa [third day]
Rikidozan beat Adrien Baillargeon (Rikidozan retained the Asian Heavyweight Title)

January 18, 1957 … Yokohama
Kaichi (Hideyuki) Nagasawa and Yoshinosato beat Osamu Abe and Masaaki Takemura …
Toshiichi Higa beat Yonetaro Tanaka … Takeo Kaneko beat Yasuhiro Kojima
NOTE: Rikidozan vs. Adrien Baillargeon match was canceled because of poor attendance …
Yasuhiro Kojima (Hiro Matsuda) made his official début in his hometown.

January 25, 1957 … Sagamihara
Rikidozan drew Adrien Baillargeon … Azumafuji beat Surugaumi … Yusuf Turk beat
Tamanokawa … Toshiichi Higa drew Yonetaro Tanaka … Takeo Kaneko drew Isao
Yoshihara … Rashomon beat Tomio Miyajima … Yasuhiro Kojika drew Yoshidagawa

January 31, 1957 … Tachikawa
Rikidozan beat Adrien Baillargeon … Azumafuji and Surugaumi beat Toyonobori and
Yoshinosato … Kaichi Nagasawa beat Masaaki Takemura … Tamanokawa beat Toshiichi
Higa … Yusuf Turk beat Isao Yoshihara … Yonetaro Tanaka drew Rashomon … Takeo
Kaneko drew Tomio Miyajima … Yasuhiro Kojima drew Yoshidagawa

February 1, 1957 … Yokohama (Fryar Gym)
Rikidozan beat Adrien Baillargeon … Azumafuji beat Toyonobori … Toshiichi Higa and
Yoshinosato drew Kaichi Nagasawa and Masaaki Takemura … Tomio Miyajima beat Jimmy
Gragg … Yusuf Turk beat Takeo Kaneko … Rashomon beat Isao Yoshihara … Yasuhiro
Kojima drew Tamanokawa

April 8, 1957 … Osaka (Prefectural Gymnasium)
Yoshinosato beat Isao Yoshihara (Yoshinosato retained the Japanese Light Heavyweight
Title) … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Surugaumi (Michiaki Yoshimura won the Japanese Junior
Heavyweight Title) … Daidozan and Shiro Tsukikage beat Osamu Abe and Masaaki
Takemura … Kiyotaka Otsubo beat Yusuf Turk … Kaichi Nagasawa beat Rashomon by
default … Takeo Hayanami beat Takeo Kaneko … Kazuo Ando beat Tomio Miyajima …
Tamanokawa beat Genji Umeda

April 25, 1957 … Komoro
Azumafuji, Takeo Kaneko and Tamanokawa vs. Osamu Abe, Surugaumi and Masaaki
Takemura … Michiaki Yoshimura vs. Kaichi Nagasawa … Isao Yoshihara vs. Yusuf Turk …
Rashomon beat Tomio Miyajima … Yasuhiro Kojima drew Yoshidagawa
NOTE: It began to rain after two preliminary matches were finished and the show was
postponed until May 8.

June 15, 1957 … Tokyo (Nihonbashi)
Michiaki Yoshimura beat Surugaumi (Michiaki Yoshimura retained the Japanese Junior
Heavyweight Title) … Yusuf Turk drew Isao Yoshihara … Takeo Kaneko beat Tomio Miyajima
… (Rikidozan worked out with Yoshidagawa, Rashomon, Yonetaro Tanaka, Tamanokawa,
Masaaki Takemura, and Kaichi Nagasawa)

June 22, 1957 … Tokyo (Nihonbashi)
Azumafuji and Kaichi Nagasawa drew Surugaumi and Michiaki Yoshimura … Daidozan beat
Yusuf Turk … Masaaki Takemura beat Tamanokawa … (Rikidozan worked out with Takeo
Kaneko, Yoshidagawa, Rashomon, Isao Yoshihara and Yonetaro Tanaka)

June 29, 1957 … Tokyo (Nihonbashi)
Michiaki Yoshimura drew Yoshinosato to (Michiaki Yoshimura retained the Japanese Junior
Heavyweight Title) … Surugaumi vs. Daidozan … Tamanokawa vs. Osamu Abe … Rashomon
vs. Yusuf Turk

July 6, 1957 … Tokyo (Nihonbashi)
Michiaki Yoshimura beat Daidozan (Michiaki Yoshimura retained the Japanese Junior
Heavyweight Title) … Kokichi Endo vs. Kaichi Nagasawa … Yoshinosato vs. Osamu Abe …
Yusuf Turk beat Yasuhiro Kojima … (Rikidozan worked out with Yoshidagawa, Yonetaro
Tanaka, Rashomon, Masaaki Takemura, Tomio Miyajima and Kiyotaka Otsubo)

July 20, 1957 … Tokyo (Nihonbashi)
Osamu Abe and Masaaki Takemura vs. Surugaumi and Michiaki Yoshimura … Yoshinosato
vs. Kaichi Nagasawa … Kiyotaka Otsubo vs. Tamanokawa … Tomio Miyajima vs. Isao
Yoshihara … Daidozan vs. Yonetaro Tanaka … (Rikidozan worked out with Azumafuji and
Kokichi Endo)

July 27, 1957 … Tokyo (Ryogoku)
Kokichi Endo and Yoshinosato beat Azumafuji and Kaichi Nagasawa (Kokichi Endo and
Yoshinosato won the Japanese Tag Team Title) (referee: Rikidozan) … Michiaki Yoshimura
beat Masaaki Takemura … Isao Yoshihara beat Kiyotaka Otsubo … Daidozan beat
Tamanokawa … Surugaumi beat Rashomon … Yonetaro Tanaka beat Tomio Miyajima …
Takeo Kaneko beat Osamu Abe

August 3, 1957 … Tokyo (Nihonbashi)
Kokichi Endo and Yoshinosato vs. Osamu Abe and Masaaki Takemura … Azumafuji vs.
Michiaki Yoshimura … Kaichi Nagasawa vs. Surugaumi … Daidozan vs. Takeo Kaneko …
Tamanokawa vs. Kiyotaka Otsubo … Tomio Miyajima vs. Isao Yoshihara

August 10, 1957 … Tokyo (Nihonbashi)
Kokichi Endo and Yoshinosato beat Surugaumi and Michiaki Yoshimura … Toyonobori beat
Kaichi Nagasawa … Masaaki Takemura beat Daidozan … Osamu Abe beat Tamanokawa …
Isao Yoshihara beat Tomio Miyajima

August 13, 1957 … Nagoya
Bobo Brazil and Danny Plechas beat Rikidozan and Kokichi Endo (dq)

August 14, 1957 … Tokyo (Metropolitan Gymnasium) [first night]
Rikidozan beat Bobo Brazil … Kokichi Endo and Toyonobori beat Danny Plechas and Lord
Layton

August 15, 1957 … Tokyo (Metropolitan Gymnasium) [second night]
Rikidozan and Toyonobori beat Bobo Brazil and Lord Layton

August 16, 1957 … Takasaki
Rikidozan and Azumafuji beat Bobo Brazil and Danny Plechas

August 20, 1957 … Osaka (Prefectural Gymnasium) [first night]
Rikidozan and Kokichi Endo drew Bobo Brazil and Danny Plechas

August 21, 1957 … Osaka (Prefectural Gymnasium) [second night]
Rikidozan beat Bobo Brazil … Azumafuji and Toyonobori beat Lord Layton and Danny
Plechas … Kokichi Endo beat Surugaumi … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Yoshinosato …
Tamanokawa beat Osamu Abe … Kaichi Nagasawa beat Yusuf Turk … Daidozan (Ko
Taemun) beat Takeo Kaneko … Kiyotaka Otsubo beat Tomio Miyajima … Kanji Higuchi drew
Isao Yoshihara

August 22, 1957 … Tottori
(no results known)

August 23, 1957 … Matsue
Rikidozan and Kokichi Endo drew Bobo Brazil and Lord Layton

August 24, 1957 … Hiroshima
(no results known)

August 25, 1957 … Kokura [present-day Kitakyushu]
Rikidozan beat Bobo Brazil

August 26, 1957 … Karatsu
(no results known)

August 27, 1957 … Yoshii [present-day Ukiha]
(no results known)

August 28, 1957 … Fukue
Rikidozan and Toyonobori beat Bobo Brazil and Danny Plechas

August 30, 1957 … Yatsushiro
(no results known)

August 31, 1957 … Kagoshima
Rikidozan and Toyonobori beat Bobo Brazil and Danny Plechas

September 2, 1957 … Hitoyoshi
(no results known)

September 3, 1957 … Minamata
(no results known)

September 4, 1957 … Hondo [present-day Amakusa]
(no results known)

September 6, 1957 … Fukuoka
Rikidozan and Toyonobori beat Bobo Brazil and Danny Plechas

September 7, 1957 … Oita
(probably canceled due to a typhoon)

September 8, 1957 … Ogori
(no results known)

September 9, 1957 … Ube
(no results known)

September 10, 1957 … Iwakuni
(no results known)

September 11, 1957 … Ota
Rikidozan and Toyonobori beat Bobo Brazil and Danny Plechas

September 12, 1957 … Hamada
(no results known)

September 14, 1957 … Kure
(no results known)

September 15, 1957 … Kurashiki
(no results known)

September 17, 1957 … Tsuyama
(no results known)

September 18, 1957 … Okayama
(no results known)

September 19, 1957 … Tokushima
Rikidozan and Toyonobori beat Bobo Brazil and Danny Plechas

September 20, 1957 … Himeji
(no results known)

September 21, 1957 … Nishiwaki
(no results known)

September 22, 1957 … Kobe
Rikidozan and Toyonobori beat Bobo Brazil and Danny Plechas

September 25, 1957 … Kawasaki (Kawasaki Ballpark)
Rikidozan and Toyonobori beat Bobo Brazil and Danny Plechas

October 6, 1957 … Tokyo (Korakuen Stadium)
The show was postponed until the next day because of heavy rain.

October 7, 1957 … Tokyo (Korakuen Stadium)
Lou Thesz drew Rikidozan (Lou Thesz retained the NWA World Heavyweight Title) (Al
Karasick served as a witness) … Azumafuji and Toyonobori drew Danny Plechas and Harold
Sakata … Kokichi Endo beat Michiaki Yoshimura … Surugaumi drew Yoshinosato … Osamu
Abe beat Kaichi Nagasawa … Masaaki Takemura beat Tamanokawa … Yusuf Turk beat Isao
Yoshihra … Takeo Kaneko beat Yonetaro Tanaka
NOTE: The Thesz vs. Rikidozan match was televised live and it achieved an unbelievably
high audience rating (87.0%), though this figure was based on an unofficial rating survey.
Allegedly, 27,000 fans enjoyed their match at the stadium.

October 13, 1957 … Osaka (Ogimachi Park)
Lou Thesz drew Rikidozan (both cor) (Lou Thesz retained the NWA World Heavyweight Title)
(Al Karasick served as a witness) … Azumafuji and Kokichi Endo drew Danny Plechas and
Harold Sakata … Toyonobori beat Masaaki Takemura … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Surugaumi
… Yoshinosato beat Osamu Abe … Kaichi Nagasawa beat Tamanokawa … Yusuf Turk beat
Yonetaro Tanaka

October 15, 1957 … Fukuoka
Lou Thesz drew Rikidozan (both cor) … Azumafuji and Toyonobori beat Danny Plechas and
Harold Sakata … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Surugaumi … Yoshinosato beat Osamu Abe …
Masaaki Takemura beat Kaichi Nagasawa … Yonetaro Tanaka beat Yusuf Turk

October 16, 1957 … Hiroshima
Lou Thesz beat Rikidozan (cor) … Azumafuji and Toyonobori beat Danny Plechas and Harold
Sakata … Kokichi Endo beat Michiaki Yoshimura … Yoshinosato beat Osamu Abe …
Masaaki Takemura beat Kaichi Nagasawa … Yonetaro Tanaka beat Yusuf Turk

October 17, 1957 … Kobe
Lou Thesz beat Rikidozan … Azumafuji and Toyonobori drew Danny Plechas and Harold
Sakata … Kokichi Endo beat Surugaumi … Michiaki Yoshimura drew Yoshinosato … Kaichi
Nagasawa beat Osamu Abe … Masaaki Takemura beat Kaichi Nagasawa … Yusuf Turk beat
Yonetaro Tanaka

October 19, 1957 … Nagoya
Lou Thesz beat Rikidozan (cor) … Azumafuji and Toyonobori drew Danny Plechas and
Harold Sakata … Kokichi Endo beat Michiaki Yoshimura

October 21, 1957 … Sendai, Miyagi
Lou Thesz drew Rikidozan (both cor) … Danny Plechas and Harold Sakata drew Azumafuji
and Toyonobori … Kokichi Endo beat Michiaki Yoshimura … Kaichi Nagasawa beat Masaaki
Takemura … Isao Yoshihara beat Yoshinosato … Yusuf Turk beat Yonetaro Tanaka

October 24, 1957 … Naha, Okinawa [first day]
Lou Thesz and Danny Plechas beat Rikidozan and Toyonobori … Harold Sakata beat Kokichi
Endo … Azumafuji beat Michiaki Yoshimura … Yoshinosato beat Masaaki Takemura …
Surugaumi beat Yusuf Turk … Kaichi Nagasawa beat Osamu Abe

October 25, 1957 … Naha, Okinawa [second day]
Lou Thesz drew Rikidozan (both KO’d) … Azumafuji and Toyonobori beat Danny Plechas and
Harold Sakata … Kokichi Endo beat Masaaki Takemura … Yoshinosato beat Michiaki
Yoshimura … Surugaumi beat Kaichi Nagasawa … Osamu Abe beat Yusuf Turk

November 27, 1957 … Taipei, Taiwan
Bill Savage and Harold Sakata beat Rikidozan and Azumafuji (dq) … Yoshinosato beat
Michiaki Yoshimura … Niitakayama (Rashomon / Zhuo Yíyue) beat Yusuf Turk … Osamu Abe
drew Surugaumi … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Kaichi Nagasawa

December 8, 1957 … Kanoya
(no results known)

December 10, 1957 … Miyazaki
Rikidozan and Toyonobori beat Bill Savage and Harold Sakata

December 12, 1957 … Saiki
(no results known)

December 13, 1957 … Hita
(no results known)

December 15, 1957 … Omuta
Rikidozan and Toyonobori beat Bill Savage and Harold Sakata

December 20, 1957 … Osaka (Studio of Osaka TV)
Rikidozan beat Bill Savage … Azumafuji and Michiaki Yoshimura vs. Harold Sakata and
Yoshinosato … Toyonobori vs. Kaichi Nagasawa … Osamu Abe vs. Tamanokawa

December 21, 1957 … Tokyo (Nihonbashi)
Rikidozan beat Bill Savage … Harold Sakata and Toyonobori beat Michiaki Yoshimura and
Yoshinosato … Kaichi Nagasawa beat Osamu Abe … Masaaki Takemura beat Tamanokawa
… Tony Alford beat Yonetaro Tanaka … Yusuf Turk drew Isao Yoshihara … Tomio Miyajima
beat Kiyotaka Otsubo

December 27, 1957 … Osaka (Studio of Osaka TV)
Harold Sakata and Yoshinosato beat Azumafuji and Kaichi Nagasawa … Osamu Abe vs.
Michiaki Yoshimura … Daidozan vs. Kanji Higuchi … Yusuf Turk vs. Yonetaro Tanaka

December 28, 1957 … Tokyo (Nihonbashi)
Kaichi (Hideyuki) Nagasawa and Yoshinosato beat Osamu Abe and Harold Sakata ...
Azumafuji vs. Michiaki Yoshimura … Surugaumi vs. Yusuf Turk … Tony Alford vs. Isao
Yoshihara … Takeo Kaneko vs. Tomio Miyajima … Kiyotaka Otsubo vs. Yonetaro Tanaka


Research by Haruo Yamaguchi - Updated December 17, 2018
Japan Wrestling Results - 1957
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