All-Japan runs the penultimate event of the Excite Series 2026 Tour today in Tokyo, which also kicks off the Zennichi Jr. Tag Festival Tournament. This Junior Heavyweight Tag Team tournament is a bracket-style single-elimination format event with the first two matches today-a field of 8 means today’s winners will advance to to the Semifinals on 3/15. In the first match, Atsuki Aoyagi & Rising Hayato will face Fuminori Abe & Seigo Tachibana, while in the second match Ryo Inoue teams with Dragon Gate wrestler Mochizuki Junior to face Senor Saito & Naruki Doi. The other two matches will be held on 2/23.
There has been a last-minute change to the card due to an “emergency decision” of Hikaru Sato & Yuko Miyamoto participation today. Because of this, what was planned to be MUSASHI, Kota Sekifuda & Toshiyuki Sakuda vs. Dan Tamura, Seiki Yoshioka & Yuya Susumu is now MUSASHI/Sekifuda/Sakuda/Miyamoto vs. Tamura/Yoshioka/Susumu/Sato. No injuries or anything negative behind this change though.
Today’s event will be held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on AJPW.TV in Japanese. This will be taped for broadcast on Samurai! TV in Japan on 2/22. Rei Saito will be a special guest on commentary. There are 7 matches planned today with an intermission after the 4th match and no time limit for the tournament matches, so this event may run a little longer than usual for a non-major Korakuen event and probably will wind up closer to 3 hours.
Today’s lineup:
Shota Kofuji vs. Kengo Mashimo
Go Shiozaki, Shotaro Ashino, Xyon & Odyssey vs. Hokuto Omori, Takashi, Aizawa No. 1 & Jack Kennedy
MUSASHI, Kota Sekifuda, Toshiyuki Sakuda & Yuki Miyamoto vs. Dan Tamura, Seiki Yoshioka, Yuya Susumu & Hikaru Sato
Ren Ayabe, Talos & Kumaarashi vs. Suwama, Hideki Suzuki & Daisuke Sekumoto
Intermission
Kento Miyahara & Ryuki Honda vs. Jun Saito & Yuma Anzai
Zennichi Jr. Tag Festival:
Ryo Inoue & Mochizuki Junior vs. Naruki Doi & Senor Saito
Atsuki Aoyagi & Rising Hayato vs. Fuminori Abe & Seigo Tachibana
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Updates below will begin at 6:30 PM PT/9:30 PM ET. The live stream is scheduled to begin 10 minutes before the event.
6:20 PM PT UPDATE: The live stream has begun. We should be going to the venue in just under 10 minutes.
6:26 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.
We are LIVE from Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Commentary will join in a few minutes.
The paid attendance will be announced after the event. The lights were turned down at the start but from what I could see opposite hard camera looked pretty full, and it’s full-capacity setup so I’ll predict it’ll wind up around 1200. Actually it’s not full capacity due to commentary positioning so I’ll revise my prediction down to 1000. (UDPATE: The announced paid attendance was 1135)
The trophies for the Jr. Tag Festival are in the ring which leads to opening announcements starting a moment later. The matches should begin in 10-15 minutes.
The event begins with the introduction of the tournament participants, set to the song “Night Flight” from the Sega video game “Out Run 2”.
The matches begin at 6:40 PM PT/9:40 PM ET. Your host is Shoichi Nakamoto (?) with special guest Rei Saito.
Match 1: Shota Kofuji vs. Kengo Mashimo. 15 minute time limit
Result: Kengo Mashimo beat Shota Kofuji by submission
Match 2: Go Shiozaki, Shotaro Ashino, Xyon & Odyssey vs. Hokuto Omori, Takashi, Aizawa No. 1 & Jack Kennedy. 30 minute time limit
Result: Go Shiozaki, Shotaro Ashino, Xyon & Odyssey beat Hokuto Omori, Takashi, Aizawa No. 1 & Jack Kennedy. Xyon pinned Omori after a diving headbutt.
Match 3: MUSASHI, Kota Sekifuda, Toshiyuki Sakuda & Yuko Miyamoto vs. Dan Tamura, Seiki Yoshioka, Yuya Susumu & Hikaru Sato. 30 minute time limit
Result: MUSASHI, Kota Sekifuda, Toshiyuki Sakura & Yuko
Miyamoto beat Dan Tamura, Seiki Yoshioka, Yuya Susumu & Hikaru Sato. Sakuda pinned Sato after a swanton bomb with a chair.
Match 4: Ren Ayabe, Talos & Kumaarashi vs. Suwama, Hideki Suzuki & Daisuke Sekimoto. 30 minute time limit
Result: Suwama, Hideki Suzuki & Daisuke Sekimoto beat Ren Ayabe, Talos & Kumaarashi by ref stoppage. Suzuki beat Ayabe with a sleeper hold.
Intermission.
When we return the entrants for the 2026 Champions Carnival are announced: Rei Saito, Kento Miyahara, Go Shiozaki, Hideki Suzuki, Jun Saito, Ryuki Honda, Ren Ayabe, Yuma Anzai, Xyon, Odyssey, Talos, Cyrus, Kumaarashi, Kengo Mashimo, Daisuke Sekimoto, Madoka Kikuta (Dragon Gate). The tournament runs 4/12-5/17 with the matches to be announced on 3/15.
The matches resume at 7:47 PM PT/10:47 PM ET.
Match 5: Kento Miyahara & Ryuki Honda vs. Jun Saito & Yuma Anzai. 30 minute time limit
Result: Jun Saito & Yuma Anzai beat Kento Miyahara & Ryuki Honda. Saito pinned Honda after a chokeslam. Afterwards, Saito & Miyahara went at it more with Saito getting the better of Miyahara. After this, Saito with microphone. DOOM!
Match 6: Zennichi Jr. Tag Festival: Ryo Inoue & Mochizuki Junior (Dragon Gate) vs. Naruki Doi (Independent/Freelancer) & Senor Saito. No time limit
Result: Ryo Inoue & Mochizuki Junior beat Naruki Doi & Senor Saito. Inoue pinned Doi after countering Bakatare Sliding Kick into a rollup. As a result, Inoue & Junior advance to the Semifinals.
Main Event: Zennichi Jr. Tag Festival: Atsuki Aoyagi & Rising Hayato vs. Fuminori Abe & Seigo Tachibana. No time limitResult: Atsuki Aoyagi & Rising Hayato beat Fuminori Abe & Seigo Tachibana. Aoyagi pinned Tachibana after a 450 splash. As a result, Aoyagi & Hayato advance to the Semifinals.
The Semifinals will be Aoyagi/Hayato vs. the MUSASHI/Shota Kofuji-Yuya Susumu/Seiki Yohsioka winner and Inoue/Junior vs. the Dan Tamura/Hikaru Sato-Kota Sekifuda/Toshiyuki Sakuda winner.
The next event is the tour-ender on 2/23 at Ota City General Gym with the other Quarterfinals, Rei Saito’s return and 3 title matches including Miyahara-Jun Saito for the Triple Crown. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin on 2/22 at 9 PM PT/midnight ET. This will also be a taped GAORA SPORTS broadcast in Japan on 3/8.