Rikidozan wins WWA World Heavyweight Title from Fred Blassie at the Los Angeles Olympic Auditorium and becomes the first Asian to win a world title belt.
04/12
BIRTHDAY: Nobuhiko Takada [Yokohama]
04/23
Rikidozan defends WWA World Heavyweight Title against Blassie in a bloody match which causes a death from shock to an aged person who was watching the match on TV. It is the second case since 04/171962.
Rikidozan has a 6-man tag macth, teaming with Great Togo and Michiaki Yoshimura against the team of The Destroyer, Killer Buddy Austin, and Ilio DiPaolo at Hamamatsu City Gym. This match turns out to be his last match.
OBITUARY: Banboku Ohno - Japan Pro-Wrestling Commissioner
Because of the death of the Japan Pro-Wrestling Commissioner Banboku Ohno dies, and Seijiro Kawashima, the vice-chairman of Liberal Democratic Party, is selected as the new commissioner.
Toyonobori wins WWA World Heavyweight Title from The Destroyer at the Tokyo Gym. However, the Destroyer continues to defend the title in Los Angeles and loses to Pedro Morales on 03/12/65.
JWA expells Toyonobori and announces Antonio Inoki's cancellation in the annual round-robin tournament.
04/23
Toyonobori and Antonio Inoki announce the foundation of Tokyo Pro-Wrestling. Toyonobori has stopped Inoki in Hawaii on the way home from the mainland US.
After leaving JWA, the former chairman of the JWA business department Isao Yoshiwara announces the foundation of a new promotion with Kouji Sugiyama and Kiyomasa Kusatsu.
10/12
Tokyo Pro has its first card at Kuramae Kokugikan (old Sumo Hall). Antonio Inoki defeats Johnny Valentine in an upset.
Japan Women's Pro-wrestling Association is established to unify the women's promotions and the titles. They recognize the titles in three weight divisions: heavyweight, middleweight, and lightweight.
Kintaro Ohki(Ill Kim) gives the notice to JWA. Great Togo and Lou Thesz have been trying to take pro-wrestling in Japan over, and Ohki sings the contract with them.
Kintaro Ohki returns to JWA. Youssef Toruko claims that he stopped the take-over of the puroresu scene by Great Togo and Lou Thesz after going to Togo's hotel room and beating him up.
Women's Japanese heavyweight champion Yukiko Tomoe becomes the first Japanese to win NWA Women's World Title, defeating Fabulous Moolah in Osaka. Moolah regains the title around 04/01/68. However, Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling Association breaks up after this tour.
After the conflict within the Japan Women's Pro-wrestling Association, the Matsunaga Brothers start All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling with eleven female wrestlers and four midget wrestlers. Matsunaga Brothers and Jack Briton, a Detroit promoter, establish American Girls' Wrestling Association.
Toyonobori & Thunder Sugiyama vacate TWWA World Tag Team Title after losing a match to Stan Stasiak & Tank Morgan via DQ in Kumagaya, Saitama.
05/12
NET (today's TV Asahi) announces the weekly program for the JWA. From this point, Nippon TV is not to air Antonio Inoki's matches while NET is not allowed to air Giant Baba's matches.
On JWA's first card at the Nippon Budokan, Baba defends 
