The opening night of New Japan Cup 2025 took place on March 8, 2025, at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan, marking the start of New Japan Pro-Wrestling’s annual single-elimination tournament and featured four first-round matches.
Gabriel McMenamin
Ren Narita
Steven Owens
Ryohei Oiwa
Takaaki Watanabe
Yota Tsuji
Seiya Sanada
Yuya Uemura
Tetsuya Shimizu
Tetsuya Naito
Callum Newman
Francesco Akira Begnini
Kyosuke Mikami
Riley Vigier
Shoji Akiyoshi
Tomoyuki Oka
Jacob Austin Criger
Jeffrey Cobb
Hirooki Goto
Hiroshi Tanahashi
Tomoaki Honma
Toru Yano
Hiroyoshi Yamamoto
Satoshi Kojima
Yoshihiro Yamazaki
Yuji Nagata
Katsuya Murashima
Daiki Nagai