Here are the 16 man competing in the 2026 Champion Carnival tournament, it starts on April 12th & ends on May 17th. The Champion Carnival is their version of G1 Climax & winner of the tournament gets a Triple Crown Heavyweight Title match.

Block A

Rei Saito (4th entry) (2025 winner)

Triple Crown Heavyweight Champion Kento Miyahara (13th entry) (2019 & 2024 winner) (2018, 2020, 2021 & 2025 runner up)

Go Shiozaki (4th entry)

Yuma Anzai (4th entry)

Kumaarashi (4th entry)

Kengo Mashimo (5th entry)

World Tag Team Champion Talos (1st entry)

Odyssey (1st entry)

Block B

Hideki Suzuki (3rd entry)

World Tag Team Champion Ren Ayabe (3rd entry)

Jun Saito (4th entry) (2024 runner up)

Ryuki Honda (5th entry)

Daisuke Sekimoto (4th entry) (2016 winner)

Madoka Kikuta (2nd entry)

Cyrus (3rd entry)

Xyon (2nd entry)