The opening night of New Japan Pro Wrestling's annual junior heavyweight round-robin tournament took place on May 14, 2026, at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.
Francesco Akira Begnini
Kosei Fujita
Daisuke Sasaki
Kyosuke Mikami
Palacio Negro
Hirai Kawato
Yujiro Kushida
James McMath
Robert Bell
Nicholas Finley
Yōhei Komatsu
Hyo Watanabe
Ryusuke Taguchi
Daiki Nagai
Yoshinobu Kanemaru
Sho Tanaka
Taiji Ishimori
Jacob Austin Criger