NJPW Road to The New Beginning 2026 - Day 1
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172 min
The first night of Road to The New Beginning 2026 was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) that took place on January 19, 2026, at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan, marking the opening of the 2026 Young Lion Cup and featuring two first-round matches of the tournament. The show was headlined by Taichi & Tomohiro Ishii vs. RoughStorm (Shota Umino & Yuya Uemura) in an IWGP Tag Team Title #1 Contendership Match.
Cast
| Name | Character | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Maki Taichiro | Taichi | Unowned |
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Tomohiro Ishii | Tomohiro Ishii | Unowned |
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Shota Umino | Shota Umino | Unowned |
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Yuya Uemura | Yuya Uemura | Unowned |
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Hartley Jackson | Hartley Jackson | Unowned |
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Ryohei Oiwa | Ryohei Oiwa | Unowned |
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Luke James Uggles Eatwell | Zack Sabre Jr. | Unowned |
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Hirooki Goto | Hirooki Goto | Unowned |
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Nobuo Yoshihashi | YOSHI-HASHI | Unowned |
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Oleg Igorevich Boltin | Oleg Boltin | Unowned |
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Yoshinobu Kanemaru | Yoshinobu Kanemaru | Unowned |
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James McMath | Robbie Eagles | Unowned |
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Sho Tanaka | SHO | Unowned |
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Kosei Fujita | Kosei Fujita | Unowned |
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Callum Newman | Callum Newman | Unowned |
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Francesco Akira Begnini | Francesco Akira | Unowned |
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Tomoyuki Oka | Great-O-Khan | Unowned |
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Lee Jae-kyung | Jake Lee | Unowned |
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Jacob Austin Criger | Jakob Austin Young | Unowned |
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Keiji Takayama | Gedo | Unowned |
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Hiromu Takahashi | Hiromu Takahashi | Unowned |
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Shin Takagi | Shingo Takagi | Unowned |
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Taiji Ishimori | Taiji Ishimori | Unowned |
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Yota Tsuji | Yota Tsuji | Unowned |
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Aaron Phillip Wolf | Aaron Wolf | Unowned |
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Kyosuke Mikami | El Desperado | Unowned |
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Hirai Kawato | Master Wato | Unowned |
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Toru Yano | Toru Yano | Unowned |
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Yohei Komatsu | YOH | Unowned |
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Shigeki Sato | Dick Togo | Unowned |
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Tatsuya Hayama | DOUKI | Unowned |
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Takaaki Watanabe | EVIL | Unowned |
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Ren Narita | Ren Narita | Unowned |
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Yujiro Takahashi | Yujiro Takahashi | Unowned |
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Zane Jay | Zane Jay | Unowned |
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Daiki Nagai | Daiki Nagai | Unowned |
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Masatora Yasuda | Masatora Yasuda | Unowned |
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Tatsuya Matsumoto | Tatsuya Matsumoto | Unowned |
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Chris Charlton | Chris Charlton - English Commentary | Unowned |
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Jacob Austin Criger | Jakob Austin Young - English Commentary | Unowned |