The opening night of New Japan Cup 2019 took place on March 8, 2019, at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan, and featured four first-round matches. This was the first edition of the tournament to include 32 participants, up from the usual 16.
Yuji Nagata
Tomohiro Ishii
Joseph Robinson
Steven Owens
Tomoaki Honma
Maki Taichiro
Manabu Nakanishi
Nobuo Yoshihashi
Scott Colton
Aaron Frobel
Ryusuke Taguchi
Shota Umino
Hiroshi Tanahashi
Hiroyoshi Yamamoto
Kazuchika Okada
Togi Makabe
Hirooki Goto
Sho Tanaka
Kota Ibushi
Seiya Sanada
Shin Takagi
Tetsuya Naito
Takao Yoshida
Luke James Uggles Eatwell
Tetsuya Shimizu
Takaaki Watanabe
Satoshi Kojima
Aaron Henry
Toru Yano
Harry Smith
Lance Hoyt
Minoru Suzuki
Michael Nicholls
John Raymond Rivera
William Ospreay
Fale Simitaitoko
Taula Fifita
Taiji Ishimori
Kevin Foote
Donald Callis