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All-Japan kicked off the 2026 Champions Carnival, the annual spring Heavyweight singles tournament, today in Tokyo.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on drmand on AJPW.TV. This will also be a taped Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan at a later date.

The announced paid attendance was 1194.

Match 1: Dan Tamura, Hokuto Omori & Hikaru Sato beat Seigo Tachibana, Shota Kofuji & Seiki Yoshioka. Tamura pinned Tachibana with La Magistral.

Match 2: Champions Carnival Block A: Rei Saito beat Kumaarashi.

Match 3: Champions Carnival Blovk B: Daisuke Sekimoto beat Yuma Aoyagi.

Match 4: Champions Carnival Block A: Kengo Mashimo beat Talos.

Match 5: Kento Miyahara, Atsuki Aoyagi, Ryuki Honda & Rising Hayato beat Odyssey, Shotaro Ashino, MUSASHI & Ryo Inoue. Miyahara pinned Inoue with a shutdown suplex hold.

Match 6: Champions Carnival Block B: Xyon beat Hideki Suzuki.

Match 7: Champions Carnival Block B: Ren Ayabe beat Jun Saito.

Main Event/ Champions Carnival Block A: Go Shiozaki beat Yuma Anzai.

The next event is Saturday at Kinjo Pier Arena in Nagoya. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin Friday at 11 PM PT/2 AM ET.

In other news, it was announced that Yasutaka Yano, who first appeared in the promotion as masked wrestler KURAMA before unmasking, will re-debut on 5/17.

All-Japan has announced pending changes to the upcoming Champions Carnival tournament as Cyrus, who was to be in the tournament, is now out. After travel arrangements were made, the airline ticket was supposedly cancelled by Cyrus and the promotion has been unable to contact him. No further details are known at this time. A replacement in the tournament will be announced tomorrow.

More as it becomes available.

UPDATE: Yuma Aoyagi is the replacement.

All-Japan ran a standalone “spring fan festival” event today in Tokyo.

Today’s event was held at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV. The entire event also streamed live on YouTube but no archive is currently available.

The announced paid attendance was 337, a legit advance sellout.

Match 1: Daisuke Sekimoto beat Shota Kofuji.

Match 2: Kengo Mashimo & Yuko Miyamoto beat Yuma Aoyagi & Hokuto Onori. Mashimo pinned Omori.

Match 3: MUSASHI, Hikaru Sato & Seiki Yoshioka beat Atsuki Aoyagi, Rising Hayato &. Ryo Inoue. MUSASHI pinned Inoue.

Match 4: Shotaro Ashino beat Ayumu Honda (2AW).

Match 5: Dan Tamura & Odyssey beat Seigo Tachibana & Fuminori Abe. Tamura pinned Tachibana after a powerbomb.

Main Event: Kento Miyahara, Go Shiozaki, Jun Saito & Yuma Anzai vs. Rei Saito, Hideki Suzuki, Ryuki Honda & Xyon went to a 20 minute time limit draw.

The next event is the Champions Carnival, the annual spring tournament, starting on 4/12 at Korakuen Hall. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET. This will also be a Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan, likely taped at a later date.

UPDATE: Tamura beating Tachibana has led to him getting an All-Japan World Junior Heavyweight Championship match. That match will happen on 6/18.

All-Japan wrapped up the Dream Power Series 2026 Tour today with a Yuma Anzai hometown event.

Today’s event was held at Anaka Shinkuni Sports Center in Gunma and will be available on demand on AJPW.TV at 6 PM PT/9 PM ET. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 1365.

Match 1: Yuma Aoyagi beat Shota Kofuji.

Match 2: Dan Tamura & Ryo Inoue beat Seiki Yoshioka & Seigo Tachibana. Tamura pinned Tachibana after a powerbomb.

Match 3: Ren Ayabe & Talos beat Kengo Mashimo & Fuminori Abe. Ayabe pinned Abe after a double chokeslam.

Match 4: Kumaarashi beat Hokuto Omori.

Match 5: Go Shiozaki, Shotaro Ashino, Xyon & Odyssey beat Jun & Rei Saito, Senor Saito & Makoto Oishi (Independent/Freelancer). Xyon pinned Oishi.

Main Event; Yuma Anzai, Ryuki Honda & Atsuki Aoyagi beat Kento Miyahara, Hideki Suzuki & Rising Hayato. Anzai pinned Hayato after Gimlet.

The next event is 4/3 at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

All-Japan continued the Dream Power Series 2026 today in Tokyo.

Today’s event was held at Esforta Arena Hachioji in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV. This also may have been a GAORA SPORTS broadcast in Japan or will be a taped broadcast at a later date.

The announced paid attendance was 1750.

Match 1: Ryuki Honda & Yuma Anzai beat Yuma Aoyagi & Hokuto Omori. Honda pinned Omori after Final Vent.

Match 2: Naruki Doi (Independent/Freelancer) & Senor Saito beat Kota Sekifuda & Toshiyuki Sakuda. Doi pinned Sakuda after Bakatare Sliding Kick.

Match 3: Talos beat Jun Saito.

Match 4: MUSASHI, Dan Tamura, Yuya Susumu & Fuminori Abe beat Seigo Tachibana, Shota Kofuji, Hikaru Sato & Seiki Yoshioka. Tamura pinned Tachibana after a powerbomb.

Match 5: Suwama, Hideki Suzuki, Kengo Mashimo & Daisuke Sekimoto beat Go Shiozaki, Shotaro Ashino, Xyon & Odyssey. Suwama pinned Ashino after a backdrop.

Match 6: Rem Ayabe beat Rei Saito.

Match 7: Zennichi Jr. Tag Festival Finals: Rising Hayato & Atsuki Aoyagi beat Mochizuki Junior (Dragon Gate) & Ryo Inoue to win the tournament. Aoyagi pinned Inoue after a firebird splash.

Main Event: All-Japan Triple Crown Champion Kento Miyahara beat Kumaarashi to retain the Triple Crown. V6 for Miyahara. Next up: The Champions Carnival winner unless it’s Miyahara.

The next event is tomorrow at Anaka Shinkuni Sports Center in Gunma for a Yuma Anzai hometown event and the tour-ender. There will be no live broadcast. On demand Sunday.

All-Japan kicks off their March tour, the Dream Power Series 2026, today in Tokyo. The Zennichi Jr. Tag Festival continues today with the Semifinals, which are Dan Tamura & Hikaru Sato vs. Ryo Inoue & Mozhicuki Junior and Atsuki Aoyagi & Rising Hayato vs. Seiki Yoshioka & Yuya Susumu. The main event will be an All-Japan World Tag Team Title match: Ren Ayabe & Talos have been a giant team the last year and are the current champions, but today they run into DOOM! Jun & Rei Saito are back together now that Rei has returned from a shoulder in jury and they’re coming to take the titles back.

There will also be a pre-show match that marks Yuma Aoyagi’s return to the promotion after a 3-month suspension for a major traffic accident in November 2025 where he was found to be at fault and driving without a license among other charges. He was also docked 50% of his pay before being reinstated this past week.

Today’s event will be held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on AJPW.TV in Japanese. This will also be a Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan, but it’s not known if it will be live or be taped to air at a later date. The pre-show match will not be part of the AJPW.TV live broadcast. The main card has 6 matches planned, the Tag Festival matches are no time limit so it’s a little harder to predict a total running time but based on the other matches, and taking an intermission into account, I’m guessing it will be close to 3 hours.

Today’s lineup:
Pre-show:
Yuma Aoyagi Return Match: Yuma Aoyagi vs. Hideki Suzuki (will not be broadcast live on AJPW.TV)

Main Show:
Shota Kofuji vs. MAZADA
Go Shiozaki, Shotaro Ashino, Xyon & Odyssey vs. Hokuto Omori, Naruki Doi, Kota Sekifuda & Toshiki Safuda
Kento Miyahara, Ryuki Honda, Yuma Anzai & MUSASHI vs. Kumaarashi, Daisuke Sekimoto, Masayuki Kono & Seigo Tachibana
Intermission
Zennichi Jr. Tag Festival Semifinals:
Dan Tamura & Hikaru Sato vs. Ryo Inoue & Mochizuki Junior
Atsuki Aoyagi & Rising Hayato vs. Seiki Yoshioka & Yuya Susumu
All-Japan World Tag Team Champions Ren Ayabe & Talos vs. Jun & Rei Saito for the titles

Refresh this page occasionally for the latest results.

Updates below will begin at 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM ET. The pre-show match is scheduled to begin 15 minutes before the event-the result will be posted below when it becomes available.

7:30 PM PT UPDATE: Delayed in starting due to technical issues with AJPW.TV. Right at start time it unexpectedly went down.

7:35 PM PT UPDATE: Back up and running, so live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. I came in during the opening video so commentary will start shortly.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. Advance ticket sales seemed pretty good, could have a chance at a sellout with good same-day walkups. Based on so far I’ll predict around 1200 depending on the setup. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 1278)

The matches will begin momentarily.

The matches begin at 7:38 PM PT/10:38 PM ET. Your host is Shoji Nakamoto.

Match 1: Shota Kofuji vs. MAZADA (Independent/Freelancer). 20 minute time limit
Result: MAZADA beat Shota Kofuji

Match 2: Go Shiozaki, Shotaro Ashino, Xyon & Odyssey vs. Hokuto Omori, Naruki Doi, Kota Sekifuda & Toshiki Safuda (Independent/Freelancers). 20 minute time limit
Result: Go Shiozaki, Shotaro Ashino, Xyon & Odyssey beat Hokuto Omori, Naruki Doi, Kota Sekifuda & Toshiki Safuda. Ashino beat Omori with a toe hold.

Match 3: Kento Miyahara, Ryuki Honda, Yuma Anzai & MUSASHI vs. Kumaarashi, Daisuke Sekimoto, Masayuki Kono & Seigo Tachibana. 30 minute time limit
Result: Kumaarashi, Daisuke Sekimoto, Masayuki Kono & Seigo Tachibana beat Kento Miyahara, Ryuki Honda, Yuma Anzai & MUSASHI. Kumaarashi pinned Honda. Afterwards, the winners laid out Miyahara. Promo followed.

Intermission.

The event resumes at 8:40 PM PT/11:40 PM ET (10 minute break). When we come back, the news update video is updates for the Champions Carnival 2026, including revealing the entrants and the blocks for the round-robin format tournament (after the “Out Run” remix music last time, back to the “Space Harrier” remix music today):
Block A: Rei Saito, Kento Miyahara, Go Shiozaki, Yuma Anzai, Kumaarashi, Kengo Mashimo, Talos, Odyssey
Block B: Hideki Suzuki, Ren Ayabe, Jun Saito, Ryuki Honda, Daisuke Sekimoto, Madoka Kikuta, Xyon, Cyrus
This is followed by match announcements for several dates. The 5/5 announcements are with an incorrect graphic for Talos-Kumaarashi as it has the kanji for Yuma Anzai instead of Talos.

Match 4: Zennichi Jr. Tag Festival Semifinals: Dan Tamura & Hikaru Sato vs. Ryo Inoue & Mochizuki Junior (Dragon Gate). No time limit
Result: Ryo Inoue & Mochizuki Junior beat Dan Tamura & Hikaru Sato. Inoue pinned Sato after a buzzsaw kick. Afterwards, Inoue & Junior join commentary for the next match.

Match 5: Zennichi Jr. Tag Festival Semifinals: Atsuki Aoyagi & Rising Hayato vs. Seiki Yoshioka & Yuya Susumu. No time limit
Result: Atsuki Aoyagi & Rising Hayato beat Seiki Yoshioka & Yuya Susumu. Hayato pinned Yoshioka after a moonsault press.
As a result, the Finals will be Inoue & Junior vs. Aoyagi & Hayato. That match will happen at a later date. (UPDATE: The Final is Friday)

Main Event: All-Japan World Tag Team Champions Ren Ayabe & Talos vs. Jun & Rei Saito for the titles. 1 Hour time limit
Result: All-Japan World Tag Team Champions Ren Ayabe & Talos beat Jun & Rei Saito to retain the titles. Ayabe pinned Jun Saito after Des Roulette. V3 for the champs. Daaaaaaamn….Next up: A rematch of sorts, but as a pair of single matches.

The next event is Friday at Esforta Arena Hachioji with Miyahara-Kumaarashi for the Triple Crown. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin Thursday at 11 PM PT/2 AM ET. This will be a taped GAORA SPORTS broadcast in Japan at a later date.

UPDATE: Pre-show match result: Yuma Aoyagi Return Match: Yuma Aoyagi vs. Hideki Suzuki went to a 15 minute time limit draw.

All-Japan ran NEW AGE CHRONICLE Z FINAL today, the end of the Rising Hayato Produced series for wrestlers with 10 years or less experience. Hayato previously announced this would be the final event in the series that has ran for over 2 years and has been quite successful.

Today’s event was held at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV.

The announced paid attendance was 337, a legit advance sellout.

Match 1: Ryo Inoue & Gaia Hox beat Dan Tamura & Nobuhiko Kimura. Inoue pinned Kimura after a buzzsaw kick.

Match 2: Hokuto Omori beat Jiro Shinbashi (Dragon Gate).

Match 3: In a handicap match, Odyssey beat Seigo Tachibana & Shota Kofuji by pinning Kofuji.

Match 4: Ren Ayabe & Talos beat Mochizuki Junior & Kazuma Kimura (Dragon Gate). Ayabe beat Kimura with Iron Maiden.

Main Event: Atsuki Aoyagi, Jun Saito & Yuma Anzai beat Rising Hayato, Rei Saito & Ryuki Honda. Anzai pinned Hayato after Gimlet.

The next event is 3/15 at Korakuen Hall. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin Saturday at 7:15 PM PT/10:15 PM ET.

All-Japan announced the following today regarding Yuma Aoyagi, who was suspended for 3 months with half pay after a serious at-fault traffic accident in November 2025 (on 11/23) which led to several citations: After discussions with him and “sufficient reflection obtained”, Aoyagi is REINSTATED as of 3/1/2026 and will return on 3/15 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. His return match will be a pre-show match against Hideki Suzuki. Both the promotion and Aoyagi sincerely apologized again for what happened and vowed do do better going forward.

This headline confused me when I saw it this morning because Weekly Pro reports All-Japan wrestler Rising Hayato is leaving the Ehime Pro Wrestling promotion soon. I couldn’t get all the details because the whole article is paywalled on their mobile site but apparently Hayato started out there and remained a member of the roster after joining All-Japan some time ago, but now he is leaving Ehime Pro. The Japanese call it “graduating” which means he is probably leaving on good terms and it’s partly his call. This shouldn’t affect his All-Japan participation, at least not negatively.

It’s not uncommon for wrestlers to be members of more than one promotion, at least where there are working relationships/shared ownership (like Pro Wrestling NOAH & DDT which are both owned by CyberFight Corporation), although there are notable outliers to this-specifically Konosuke Takeshita being a member of New Japan, DDT and All Elite Wrestling (New Japan & AEW have a working relationship, but New Japan & DDT don’t unless you count the relatively new United Japan Pro Wrestling alliance that has almost every major and notable independent promotion included EXCEPT All-Japan). All-Japan seems to be the exception though.