AJPW Reveals All The Participants For Champion Carnival 2026

By: Lewis Carlan

The All Japan Pro-Wrestling Champion Carnival 2026 tournament is set to kick off on April 12th at Korakuen Hall and will run through May 17th with the finals taking place at Ota Ward General Gymnasium in Tokyo.

At the Feb. 15th EXCITE SERIES 2026 event at Korakuen Hall, AJPW revealed all 16 participants for the prestigious Champion Carnival 2026.

Scheduled to compete in this years tournament are as follows:

• Rei Saito
• Kento Miyahara
• Go Shiozaki
• Hideki Suzuki
• Jun Saito
• Ryuki Honda
• Ren Ayabe
• Yuma Anzai
• Xyon
• Oddyssey
• Talos
• Cyrus
• Kuma Arashi
• Kengo Mashimo
• Daisuke Sekimoto
• Madoka Kikuta (Dragon Gate)

The winner of the tournament will go on to challenge for the AJPW Triple Crown Championship currently held by Kento Miyahara. The title could very well be in the possession of Jun Saito when the Champion Carnival 2026 tournament gets underway. Saito will challenge Miyahara for the title on Feb. 23rd at the Ota Ward General Gymnasium.

AJPW released the full schedule of Champion Carnival 2026 dates and locations which can be seen here.

Monthly Puroresu recently interviewed AJPW suoerstar Yuma Anzai. That interview can been read here.