Here is a preview of the long-awaited 2026 NJPW New Japan Cup, the tournament begins on March 4th & ends on March 21st.

Yuya Uemura

Entry: 4th

Career Best: Quarter Finals (2025 lost to David Finlay)

Worst: 1st Round (2020 lost to Yoshinobu Kanemaru & 2024 lost to Shingo Takagi)

Great O Khan

Entry: 6th

Career Best: 3rd Round (2022 lost to ZSJ)

Worst: 1st Round (2021 lost to Toru Yano & 2024 lost to Tonga Loa)

Drilla Moloney

Entry: 2nd

Career Best: Quarter Finals (2025 lost to Shingo Takagi)

Worst: Quarter Finals (2025 lost to Shingo Takagi)

Aaron Wolf

Entry: 1st

Career Best: N/A

Worst: N/A

Don Fale

Entry: 10th

Career Best: Finals (2014 lost to Shinsuke Nakamura & 2017 lost to Katsuyori Shibata)

Worst: 1st Round (2019 lost to Will Ospreay, 2021 lost to Toru Yano & 2025 lost to Boltin Oleg)

Shingo Takagi

Entry: 7th

Career Best: Finals (2021 lost to Will Ospreay)

Worst: 1st Round (2020 lost to Sho & 2023 lost to Aaron Henare)

Taichi

Entry: 7th

Career Best: Quarter Finals (2020 lost to Sanada & 2025 lost to ZSJ)

Worst: 1st Round (2023 lost to Sanada & 2024 lost to Ren Narita)

NEVER Openweight Champion Ren Narita

Entry: 5th

Career Best: Quarter Finals (2021 USA lost to Tom Lawlor & 2024 lost to Yota Tsuji)

Worst: 1st Round (2023 lost to Evil & 2025 lost to Gabe Kidd)

Satoshi Kojima (He is replacing Ishii due to a neck injury)

Entry: 9th

Career Best: Quarter Finals (2016 lost to Toru Yano)

Worst: 1st Round (2011 lost to Togi Makabe, 2012 lost to Tetsuya Naito, 2013 lost to Tomohiro Ishii, 2015 lost to Shibata, 2019 lost to Minoru Suzuki, 2020 lost to Evil & 2021 lost to Jeff Cobb)

El Phantasmo

Entry: 5th

Career Best: 2nd Round (2022 lost to Will Ospreay & 2024 lost to Yota Tsuji)

Worst: 1st Round (2023 lost to Tetsuya Naito & 2025 lost to Great O Khan)

NEVER Openweight 6 Man Tag Team Champion & Strong Openweight Champion Boltin Oleg

Entry: 3rd

Career Best: 1st Round (2024 lost to Hikuleo & 2025 lost to Shingo Takagi)

Worst: 1st Round (2024 lost to Hikuleo & 2025 lost to Shingo Takagi)

Henare

Entry: 5th

Career Best: 2nd Round (2022 lost to Sanada & 2023 lost to Tama Tonga)

Worst: 1st Round (2019 lost to Lance Archer & 2021 lost to Jay White)

NEVER Openweight 6 Man Tag Team Champion Yoshi Hashi

Entry: 12th

Career Best: Quarter Finals (2019 lost to Tomohiro Ishii)

Worst: 1st Round (2015 lost to Yujiro Takahashi, 2016 lost to Tetsuya Naito, 2017 lost to Sanada, 2018 lost to Kota Ibushi & 2023 lost to Kyle Fletcher)

Jake Lee

Entry: 1st

Career Best: N/A

Worst: N/A

NEVER Openweight 6 Man Tag Team Champion Hirooki Goto

Entry: 17th

Career Best: Finals (2009 defeated Giant Bernard, 2010 defeated Togi Makabe & 2012 defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi)

Worst: Finals (2013 lost to Kazuchika Okada, 2015 lost to Kota Ibushi, 2016 lost to Tetsuya Naito & 2024 lost to Yota Tsuji)

IWGP Tag Team Champion Oskar

Entry: 1st

Career Best: N/A

Worst: N/A

Callum Newman

Entry: 3rd

Career Best: 1st Round (2024 lost to Gabe Kidd & 2025 lost to Tetsuya Naito)

Worst: 1st Round (2024 lost to Gabe Kidd & 2025 lost to Tetsuya Naito)

Hartley Jackson

Entry: 1st

Career Best: N/A

Worst: N/A

Shota Umino

Entry: 5th

Career Best: Finals (2025 lost to David Finlay)

Worst: 1st Round (2019 lost to Hiroshi Tanahashi & 2024 lost to Jack Perry)

Chase Owens

Entry: 7th

Career Best: Quarter Finals (2020 USA lost to David Finlay)

Worst: 1st Round (2021 lost to David Finlay & 2025 lost to Ryohei Oiwa)

Yujiro Takahashi

Entry: 15th

Career Best: Quarter Finals (2010 lost to Hirooki Goto. 2013 lost to Davey Boy Smith Jr & 2015 lost to Togi Makabe)

Worst: 1st Round (2011 lost to Manabu Nakanishi, 2012 & 2020 lost to Hirooki Goto, 2014 lost to Shelton Benjamin, 2016 & 2024 lost to Toru Yano, 2017 & 2018 lost to Juice Robinson, 2021 lost to Yoshi Hashi, 2022 lost to Tetsuya Naito & 2023 lost to Shota Umino)

IWGP Tag Team Champion Yuto Ice

Entry: 1st

Career Best: N/A

Worst: N/A

Ryohei Oiwa

Entry: 3rd

Career Best: 2nd Round (Lost to ZSJ)

Worst: 1st Round (Lost to ZSJ)

Zack Sabre Jr

Entry: 8th

Career Best: Finals (2018 defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi & 2022 defeated Tetsuya Naito)

Worst: 1st Round (2020 lost to Kota Ibushi & 2023 lost to Shota Umino)