News, results & more from Japanese Pro Wrestling & Sumo
In a post a short time ago on social media that was shared by her mother, former longtime wrestler Kyoko Kimura, the now-annual Hana Kimura Memorial Event for 2026 has been confirmed as happening on 5/23 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. The date will be the 6th anniversary of her death at only 22.
More as it becomes available.
All-Japan continues the Excite Series 2026 Tour today in Tokyo as the build to its upcoming Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Tournament winds down. The first half of today’s events feature tag matches with the spotlight on the Junior Heavyweights before the second half focuses on upcoming Heavyweight Tag Team and Triple Crown matches. In the middle was planned to be a grudge match of sorts as the Hokuto Army has basically imploded. Unfortunately…
There has bern a late change to the card due to Hokuto Omori being pulled off the event. Flu. He was to have faced Kumaarashi in said grudge match. Takashi is the replacement.
Today’s event will be held at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on AJPW.TV. You will also be able to watch the first 3 matches FOR FREE on YouTube. The event is a legit advance sellout. It’s not yet known if there will be any commentary. There are 6 matches scheduled with an intermission at the halfway point so even with the break the event probably won’t run longer than 2 1/2 hours, and should be closer to 2 hours. The longest it could go would be just under 3 hours.
Today’s lineup:
Go Shiozaki & Shotaro Ashino vs. Seigo Tachibana & Yuko Miyamoto
MUSASHI & Shota Kofuji vs. Dan Tamura & Hikaru Sato
Atsuki Aoyagi & Rising Hayato vs. Seiki Yoshioka & Yuya Susumu
Ibtermission
Takashi vs. Kumaarashi
Ren Ayabe, Talos & Yuma Anzai vs. Daisuke Sekimoto, Hideki Suzuki & Kengo Mashimo
Kento Miyahara, Ryuki Honda & Ryo Inoue vs. Jun Saito, Naruki Doi & Senor Saito
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Updates below will begin at 7 PM PT/10 PM ET. A link to the YouTube feed will be added closer to the start time.
In a not-related-to-today update, the next All-Asia Tag Team Championship match has been announced: Next up for Masaaki Mochizuki & Don Fujii-Tatsumi Fujinami & Strong Machine J. That match will happen on 3/3 at the Dragon Gate Korakuen Hall event. (For the youngins, Fujinami is an example of how wrestlers never really retire until they die. He is 70 and still going after over 50 years)
Pre-show Update: Below is the link/embed for the YouTube broadcast, which is scheduled to begin 5 minutes before event time (the AJPW.TV broadcast should begin 10 minutes before event time):
Dragon Gate kicked off the TRUTH GATE 2026 Tour, their February tour, today with the monthly Tokyo event.
Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on DRAGONGATE NETWORK. You can also watch the first match FOR FREE on YouTube.
The paid attendance has not yet been announced. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 1142)
There was a last-minute change to the event due to Ryu Fuda being pulled off the card. Shoulder injury.
Match 1: Naruki Doi (Independent/Freelancer) & KAGETORA beat Kenichiro Arai & Kazuma Kimura. KAGETORA pinned Kimura.
Match 2: Ultimo Dragon, Masaaki Mochizuki, Don Fujii & Punch Tominaga beat YAMATO, Dragon Kid, BxB Hulk & Susumu Yokosuka. Dragon pinned Hulk with a dragon suplex hold.
Match 3: Luis Mante beat Marcus Mathers.
Match 4: KAI & Yoshiki Kato beat Homare & El Cielo by DQ. Cielo DQ’d. Chair use.
Match 5: Madoka Kikuta, Kota Minoura & ISHIN beat Yuki Yoshioka, Dragon Dia & Ryoya Tanaka by countout. Yoshioka counted out.
Match 6: Shun Skywalker beat BIGBOSS Shimizu by DQ. Mask removal.
Main Event: Strong Machine J, U-T, Kzy, Akihiro Sahara & Daiki Yanahiuchi beat Hyo, Ben-K, JACKY KAMEI, Riiita & Mochizuki Junior. Kzy pinned Ben-K after a running elbow smash.
The next event is Saturday at Kobe Art Center in Kobe. Live streaming on DRAGONGATE NETWORK will begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET.
UPDATE: There are some name changes on the roster to report-Akihiro Sahara is now known as (at symbol)KEY and Daiki Yanagiuchi is now known as GuC. They along with Kzy are the next challengers for the Open The Triangle Gate Championship.
As part of the promotional push to their 2/11/26 Korakuen Hall event, GLEAT ran a surprise mini-event yesterday with a handful of G PROWRESTLING matches.
Yesterday’s event was held at an undisclosed location and can be watched on demand FOR FREE on YouTube with Japanese commentary. (You can also watch below, thought I was having an issue embedding the video but the issue may have been something on WordPress’ end with their embed tool):
This was a closed-venue event with no fans in attendance.
Match 1: Kotaro Suzuki & Minoru Tanaka beat MICHIKO & T-Hawk. Tanaka beat MICHIKO with a ground cobra.
Match 2: Tetsuya Izuchi vs. Junjie went to a 20 minute time limit draw.
Match 3: ARASHI, JD Lee & Soma Watanabe beat Kaito Ishida, KAZMA SAKAMOTO & Black Andromeda. Lee pinned SAKAMITO.
Main Event: Ryuichi Kawakami & Keiichi Sato beat El Lindaman & Takehiro Yamamura. Kawakami pinned Lindaman after Thunder Fire Bomb.
An additional video previewing the 2/11 event featuring former wrestler Kaz Hayashi, who now works in their front office, can also be watched FOR FREE on YouTube on the GLEAT channel.
All-Japan has announced pending changes to upcoming events because Hokuto Omori is headed to the sidelines. Flu. Out Saturday and maybe a little longer. He was to have faced Kunaarashi. Card change(s) TBA. It’s not yet known how long Omori may be out but for now I’d call him questionable for Wednesday in Shizuoka but hopefully he will be back in time for 2/15 at Korakuen Hall.
A fan club event Sunday to have featured Omori is also off with MUSASHI being the replacement. Refunds will be offered to those who purchased tickets.
More as it becomes available.
UPDATE: Takashi is the replacement. Omori has also apologized on the socials for getting sick.
According to an article just published by the Yomiuri Shinbun website, Ryuto Mochizuki, aka Dragon Gate wrestler Mochizuki Junior, received a letter of appreciation from Himeji City, Hyogo Prefecture, for his actions in helping prevent further damage from an apparent arson attempt at Himeji Castle in November 2025. According to a translation of the article, on November 9 just after midnight Junior was visiting the castle with an unnamed American wrestler and witnessed someone setting a “No Trespassing” sign on fire. Junior put out the fire and tried to chase the suspect, who escaped but was later identified and arrested. Today or yesterday he received the letter from the mayor of Himeji City. The castle is considered a cultural asset to both Hyogo Prefecture and Japan as a whole.
DDT continued the D GENERATIONS CUP today in Tokyo.
Today’s event was held at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.
The paid attendance was not announced.
There were late changes to the card due to Rukiya being pulled off the event. Illness.
Match 1: D GENERATIONS CUP Block B: Yuya Koroku beat Hinata Kasai.
Match 2: D GENERATIONS CUP Block B: Takeshi Masada beat Yuni.
Match 3: Jun Akiyama & Danshoku Dieno vs. Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata went to a no contest in 20 seconds. GM Imabayashi stoppage. Which led to…
Match 3 (again): In a handicap match, Jun Akiyama & Danshoku Dieno beat Toru Owashi, Kazuki Hirata & GM Imabayashi. Akiyama beat Imabayashi.
Match 4: Daisuke Sasaki, Hideki Okatani & MJ Paul beat Chris Brookes, HARASHIMA & Antonio Honda and Akito, Junta Miyawaki & Yuki Ishida in a 3-way when Okatani pinned Honda.
Match 5: MAO, KANON & Yukio Naya beat Yuki Ueno, Shinya Aoki & Tomomitsu Matsunaga. KANON pinned Matsunaga after a lariat.
Match 6: D GEBERATIONS CUP Block A: Illusion beat To-y.
Main Event: D GENERATIONS CUP Block A: Kazuma Sumi beat Daichi Sato.
Standings:
Block A:
1-Sumi, 2-1, 4 pts
2-Satoh, 2-1, 4 pts
3-To-y, 1-1-1, 3 pts
4-Ishida, 1-1-1, 3 pts
5-Illusion, 1-3, 2 pts (OUT)
Block B:
1-Koroku, 3-0, 6 pts
2-Rukiya, 2-1, 4 pts
3-Masada, 2-1, 4 pts
4-Yuni, 1-3, 2 pts (OUT)
5-Kasai, 0-3, 0 pts (OUT)
The winners of each block advance to the Finals. In Block A the remaining matches are Sato-To-y and Ishida-Sumi. Sumi advances with a win. Sato advances with a win AND Sumi loss or draw (Sumi beat Sato for tiebreaker). To-y advances with a win AND Sumi-Ishida draw or no points finish. Ishida advances with a win AND To-y-Sato no points finish. If both To-y and Ishida win, there will be a tiebreaker rematch because their match went to a draw.
In Block B the remaining matches are Koroku-Masada and Rukiya-Kasai. The Koroku-Masada winner, if there is one, advances. If it’s a draw, Koroku advances. Rukiya can’t advance with a win because he lost to Koroku. His only hope is a win AND Masada win to force a 3-way tiebreaker match. That of course assumes Rukiya can return at the next event. If mot, the Koroku-Masada winner advances.
The next event is Saturday at Imaike Gas Hall in Nagoya. There will be no live broadcast. On demand Tuesday.
New Japan continued the Road To THE NEW BEGINNING Tour today in Fukushima.
Today’s event was held at Toyota Crown Arena in Fukushima. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.
The announced paid attendance was 713.
Match 1: Shoma Kato beat Masatora Yasuda.
Match 2: Katsuya Murashima & Tiger Mask beat Tatsuya Matsunoto & Tomoaki Honma. Murashima pinned Matsunoto.
Match 3: Kosei Fujita, Hartley Jackson, Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Ryusuke Taguchi, Boltin Oleg, Jackson pinned Taguchi after Death Valley Bomb.
Match 4: Master Wato, Yoh, Toru Yano & Aaron Wolf beat Dick Togo, DOUKI, Yujiro Takahashi & Ren Narita. Wato beat Togo with Vendeval.
Match 5: El Deaperado, Yuya Uemura & Shota Umino beat Daiki Nagai, OSKAR (The Grouch) & Yuto Ice (Ice Baby). Desperado pinned Nagai after Pinche Loco.
Match 6: Jacob Austin Young, Great-O-Khan, HENARE & Callum Newman beat Gedo, Robbie X, Drilla Moloney & Yota Tsuji. Khan beat Gedo with Domination Claw.
Main Event: Taiji Ishimori, Hiromu Takahashi & Yota Tsuji beat Zane Jay, Francesco Akira & Jake Lee. Tsuji pinned Jay after Gene Blaster. This apparently was Takahashi’s final main event before leaving New Japan next week.
The next event is Saturday at Habikino City Sports Center in Osaka. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.
In other news, after a couple days of teasing Syuri vs. Athena for the IWGP Women’s Championship…it’s now official. That match will happen on 2/27 at THE NEW BEGINNING USA.
UPDATE: Injury Report-the promotion now says Moloney was injured today or yesterday. Right triceps. For now he will finish the tour per his request and will be closely monitored by doctors so subject to change.
Stardom ran their second NEW BLOOD event of the month today, finishing up a doubleheader of this month’s sub-label events.
Today’s event was held at Tokyo Square in Tokyo and can be watched on demand FOR FREE on YouTube.
The paid attendance has not yet been announced but it was a legit advance sellout. They did announce yesterday’s attendnace today which was 153 so today will probably be around that.
Match 1: Aya Sakura & Sayaka Kurara beat Mesa & Moe Hisai. Kurara pinned Moe Hisai after Tokimeki Spear. (Stardom’s website incorrectly says it was Sakura who pinned Hisai)
Match 2: Hona & Kiyoka Kokatsu beat Azusa Inaba & Kikyo Furusawa. Kokatsu beat Furusawa with an Achilles lock.
Match 3: Xena beat Rian.
Match 4: Tomoka Inaba, Ranna Yagami & Nanami Hatano beat Yuria Hime, Anne Kanaya & Meilan. Hatano pinned Hime after a diving body press.
Main Event: HANAKO beat Akira Kurogame.
Next month’s event will be on 3/25 at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring.
The next event is STARDOM Supreme Fight in Osaka Saturday at Osaka Prefectural Gym in Osaka. Live streaming as a PPV on Stardom World will begin Friday at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET. The PPV can be purchased now for 4620 Japanese yen (around $30 US) and will be available for on demand viewing and purchase until 2/23. It will be non-paywalled some time after that.
While Dragon Gate has not officially announced this on their website, their English language social media accounts-which are considered official-have announced that Ryu Fuda was injured during Saturday’s event in Okayama. Shoulder. Out indefinitely starting with Thursday’s event. He was to have teamed with Kazuma Kinura to face Naruki Doi & KAGETORA. Kenichiro Arai is the replacement. It’s not yet known how long Fuda may be out.
More as it becomes available