Hirai Kawato

The second night of Road to King of Pro-Wrestling 2026 took place on October 7, 2026, at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan, and was headlined by an IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title Match between current champion YOH and challenger Robbie X.

The first night of Road to King of Pro-Wrestling 2026 took place on October 6, 2026, at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan, and was headlined by an IWGP Tag Team Title Match between current champions Great-O-Khan & HENARE and challengers OSKAR & Yuto-Ice, The Knockout Brothers.

The ninth night of Road to Destruction 2026 took place on September 21, 2026, at Kitami Sports Center in Kitami, Hokkaido, Japan.

The eleventh and final night of Road to Destruction 2026 took place on September 23, 2026, at Kitagas Arena Sapporo 46 in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan.

The second night of Road to Destruction 2026 took place on September 9, 2026, at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.

Dominion 6.15 in Osaka-Jo Hall was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), held on June 15, 2025, at Osaka-Jo Hall in Osaka, Japan, and was headlined by Hirooki Goto (c) vs. Shingo Takagi for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship.

The third night of Road to Destruction 2026 took place on September 10, 2026, at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.

The fourth night of Road to Destruction 2026 took place on September 13, 2026, at Sendai Sun Plaza Hall in Sendai, Miyagi, Japan.

The seventh night of Road to Destruction 2026 took place on September 17, 2026, at Asahikawa City General Gymnasium in Asahikawa, Hokkaido, Japan.

The sixth night of Road to Destruction 2026 took place on September 16, 2026, at Tomakomai City Gymnasium in Tomakomai, Hokkaido, Japan.

The eighth night of Road to Destruction 2026 took place on September 19, 2026, at Kuribayashi Shokai Arena in Muroran City, Hokkaido, Japan.

The fifth night of Road to Destruction 2026 took place on September 15, 2026, at Hokuto City General Gymnasium in Hokuto City, Hokkaido, Japan.

Dominion 6.4 in Osaka-jō Hall was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) that took place on June 4, 2023, in Osaka, Japan, headlined by SANADA (c) vs. Yota Tsuji for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship.

NJPW Dominion 6.12 in Osaka-jō Hall was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) that took place on June 12, 2022, at Osaka-jō Hall in Osaka, Japan, and was headlined by Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Jay White for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship.

NJPW Destruction In Kobe 2025 was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) that took place on September 27, 2026, at Kobe World Hall in Kobe, Hyogo, Japan. The show was headlined by Yota Tsuji (c) vs. Hirooki Goto for the IWGP World Heavyweight Title.

The first night of Road to Destruction 2026 took place on September 5, 2026 at Light Cube Utsunomiya in Utsunomiya, Tochigi, Japan.

The fourth night of Fantastica Mania 2026 was a professional wrestling event co-produced by Japanese promotion New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) and Mexican promotion Consejo Mundial De Lucha Libre (CMLL) that took place on February 23, 2026 at Aichi Budokan in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan.

The seventh and final night of Fantastica Mania 2026 was a professional wrestling event co-produced by Japanese promotion New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) and Mexican promotion Consejo Mundial De Lucha Libre (CMLL) that took place on February 27, 2026 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.

Dominion 7.12 in Osaka-jo Hall was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling on July 12, 2020, at Osaka-jo Hall in Osaka, Japan, and was headlined by Tetsuya Naito (c) vs. EVIL for the IWGP Heavyweight and Intercontinental Championships.

The third night of Fantastica Mania 2026 was a professional wrestling event co-produced by Japanese promotion New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) and Mexican promotion Consejo Mundial De Lucha Libre (CMLL) that took place on February 22, 2026 at ATC Hall in Osaka, Japan.

The sixth night of Fantastica Mania 2026 was a professional wrestling event co-produced by Japanese promotion New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) and Mexican promotion Consejo Mundial De Lucha Libre (CMLL) that took place on February 26, 2026 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.

The opening night of New Japan Cup 2026 took place on March 4, 2026, at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan, marking the start of New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW)’s annual heavyweight single-elimination tournament and featured two first-round matches.

The seventeenth and final night of New Japan Pro-Wrestling's annual heavyweight tag team tournament took place on December 14, 2025, at Grand Messe Kumamoto in Mashiki, Kumamoto, Japan, and featured the match to crown the winners of World Tag League 2025.

The twelfth and final night of the tournament took place on March 21, 2026, at Aore Nagaoka in Nagaoka, Niigata, Japan, and opened with an Open Challenge for Konosuke Takeshita’s NJPW World Television Championship. The show was headlined by the match to crown the winner of the 2026 New Japan Cup, who went on to face Yota Tsuji for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship at Sakura Genesis 2026.

The nineteenth and final night of the tournament took place on August 16, 2026, at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo, Japan, and featured the match to crown the winner of G1 Climax 36.

The fifth night of Fantastica Mania 2026 was a professional wrestling event co-produced by Japanese promotion New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) and Mexican promotion Consejo Mundial De Lucha Libre (CMLL) that took place on February 24, 2026 at EDION Arena Osaka #2 in Osaka, Japan.

The second night of Fantastica Mania 2026 was a professional wrestling event co-produced by Japanese promotion New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) and Mexican promotion Consejo Mundial De Lucha Libre (CMLL) that took place on February 21, 2026 at CHRES Gymnasium in Kochi, Japan.

The second night of Road to Sakura Genesis 2026 was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) that took place on March 29, 2026, at Act City Hamamatsu in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan.

Blue Justice XVII ~ Aoyi Transition ~ was a professional wrestling event produced by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) and organized by Yuji Nagata, which took place on January 18, 2026 at Sakura Civic Gymnasium in Sakura, Chiba, Japan.

The second night of New Japan Cup 2022 took place on March 6, 2022, at Big Palette Fukushimal in Koriyama, Fukushima, Japan and featured three first-round matches.

The fourteenth and final night of Burning Spirit 2022 was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) that took place on September 25, 2022, at World Hall in Kobe, Hyogo, Japan, and was headlined by Will Ospreay (c) vs. David Finlay for the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship.

The third night of Road to Wrestling Dontaku 2026 took place on April 24, 2026, at Texport Imabari in Imabari, Ehime, Japan.

The 54th Anniversary Event was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) that took place on March 6, 2026, at Ota City General Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan, and featured an IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship match between DOUKI (c) and Master Wato, as well as an IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship match between Ichiban Sweet Boys (Kosei Fujita & Robbie Eagles) (c) and Robbie X & Taiji Ishimori. The event also included the third night of the 2026 New Japan Cup, which featured two first-round matches.

The sixth night of Road to The New Beginning 2026 was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) that took place on February 2, 2026, at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.

The second night of Road to Tokyo Dome 2025 was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) that took place on December 21, 2025, at Light Cube Utsunomiya in Utsunomiya, Tochigi, Japan, and was headlined by Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. El Desperado.

The first night of Road to Sakura Genesis 2026 was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) that took place on March 28, 2026, at Lily Arena Mito in Mito, Ibaraki, Japan.

Sakura Genesis 2026 was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) that took place on April 4, 2026 at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo, Japan. The show was headlined by an IWGP Heavyweight Championship match between Yota Tsuji and the winner of the 2026 New Japan Cup tournament, Callum Newman.

The second night of Road to Sakura Genesis 2023 was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) that took place on April 2, 2023 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. The show was headlined by Shingo Takagi (c) vs. Aaron Henare in an Ultimate Triad Match for the NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling Championship.

The eighth night of Best of Super Junior 33 took place on May 27, 2026 at Kira Messe Numazu in Numazu, Shizuoka, Japan.

The first night of Wrestling Dontaku 2026 was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) that took place on May 3, 2026, at Fukuoka Convention Center in Fukuoka, Japan. The show was headlined by Yota Tsuji (c) vs. Andrade El Idolo for the IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship.

The fourth night of Road to Wrestling Dontaku 2026 took place on April 26, 2026, at KDDI Ishin Hall in Yamaguchi, Japan.

Wrestle Kingdom 20 was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) that took place on January 4, 2026, at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan, featuring the official retirement match of Hiroshi Tanahashi versus his long-time rival Kazuchika Okada and a dual title match between IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Konosuke Takeshita and IWGP Global Heavyweight Champion Yota Tsuji.

The first night of Fantastica Mania 2026 was a professional wrestling event co-produced by Japanese promotion New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) and Mexican promotion Consejo Mundial De Lucha Libre (CMLL) that took place on February 18, 2026 at Yoyogi National Gymnasium #2 in Tokyo, Japan.

New Japan Road in Karatsu 2026 ~ Ignition to Dominion was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) that took place on May 6, 2026 at Karatsu City Cultural Gymnasium in Karatsu, Saga, Japan. The show was headlined by a tag team match pitting IWGP Heavyweight Champion Callum Newman and United Empire stablemate Jake Lee against Yota Tsuji and Shingo Takagi. If Tsuji or Takagi lost, they would be barred from ever challenging Newman for the title, but if they won, whoever pinned Newman would earn a title shot at Dominion 6.14 in Osaka-Jo Hall.

The first night of Road to Tokyo Dome 2025 was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) that took place on December 19, 2025, at G Messe Gunma in Takasaki, Gunma, Japan, and was headlined by Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Hiromu Takahashi.

New Year Dash 2026 was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling that took place on January 5, 2026, at Ota City General Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan, the day after Wrestle Kingdom 20, and headlined by Knockout Brothers (OSKAR & Yuto-Ice) (c) vs. TMDK (Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr.) for the IWGP Tag Team Championships.

The fifth night of Road to The New Beginning 2026 was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) that took place on February 1, 2026, at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.

The second night of Road to Wrestling Dontaku 2026 took place on April 20, 2026, at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. The event was headlined by an IWGP Tag Team Championship #1 Contendership Match between Bishamon (Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI) and Great-O-Khan & HENARE.

The third 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 28, 2026, at Ito Mining Arena Tsugaru in Tsugaru, Aomori, Japan.

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.

The second night of New Japan Cup 2026 took place on March 5, 2026, at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan and featured two first-round matches.

The sixteenth and final night of Battle Autumn 2022 was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) that took place on November 5, 2022 at EDION Arena Osaka in Osaka, Japan. The show was headlined by Will Ospreay (c) vs. Tetsuya Naito for IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship.

The fourth night of Road to G1 Climax 36 was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) that took place on July 2, 2026, at Tokorozawa Municipal Gymnasium in Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan.

NJPW x Stardom Historic X-over in Guangzhou was a professional wrestling event co-promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) and World Wonder Ring Stardom, which also featured wrestlers from China’s own INFIN Wrestling. It took place on October 5, 2025, at Damai 66 Livehouse in Guangzhou, China, and was headlined by Cosmic Angels (Natsupoi, Saori Anou and Sayaka Kurara) against H.A.T.E (Natsuko Tora, Ruaka and Rina).

The opening night of New Japan Pro Wrestling's annual junior heavyweight round-robin tournament took place on May 14, 2026, at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.

The fifth night of Road to Wrestling Dontaku 2026 took place on April 27, 2026, at Yamaguchi Butterfly Arena in Yanai, Yamaguchi, Japan.

The twelfth night of Best of Super Junior 33 took place on June 3, 2026 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.

NJPW Dominion 6.11 in Osaka-jō Hall was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) that took place on June 11, 2017, at Osaka-jō Hall in Osaka, Japan, and was headlined by Kenny Omega (c) vs. Kazuchika Okada for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship.

Takashi Omura was once a popular professional wrestler, but he isn't popular anymore. He now wears a cockroach mask and wrestles as a villain. He is married to Shiori and they have an elementary school aged son named Shota. Takashi and Shiori have not yet told their son what Takashi does for a living. One day, Shota finds out that Takashi is a professional wrestler and a villain with a cockroach mask. Shota is shocked and tells a lie to his classmate that his dad is a popular professional wrestler.

The eleventh night of G1 Climax 27 took place at Kagoshima Arena in Kagoshima, Japan on August 1, 2017.