The opening night of New Japan Cup 2026 took place on March 4, 2026, at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan, marking the start of New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW)’s annual heavyweight single-elimination tournament and featured two first-round matches.
Tomoyuki Oka
Yuya Uemura
Fale Simitaitoko
Aaron Phillip Wolf
Hartley Jackson
Kosei Fujita
James McMath
Ryohei Oiwa
Luke James Uggles Eatwell
Keiji Takayama
Robert Bell
Taiji Ishimori
Yota Tsuji
Yuto Nakashima
Hirai Kawato
Maki Taichiro
Tomoaki Honma
Shigeki Sato
Tatsuya Hayama
Ren Narita
Callum Newman
Aaron Henry
Lee Jae-kyung
Zane Jacobson
Daiki Nagai
Daniel Moloney
Oskar Münchow
Shin Takagi
Riley Vigier
Shoji Akiyoshi
Oleg Igorevich Boltin
Toru Yano
Masatora Yasuda
Shota Umino
Steven Owens
Yujiro Takahashi
Taisei Nakahara
Tatsuya Matsumoto
Chris Charlton