AJPW Reveals All Participants and Match-Ups For the Upcoming 13th Oudou Tournament

By: Lewis Carlan

The 13th annual All Japan Pro-Wrestling Oudou Tournament is set to kick off on Sept. 9th at the Shinagawa Prince Hotel Stella Ball. The tournament will be contested under round robin elimination rules and will run through Sept. 22nd where the semi-finals and finals are scheduled to take place at Korakuen Hall.

There are 16 participants in the AJPW 13th Oudou Tournament and they are as follows:

• Kento Miyahara
• Jun Saito
• Rei Saito
• Go Shiozaki
• Hideki Suzuki
• Yuma Aoyagi
• Shotaro Ashino
• Ryuki Honda
• Ren Ayabe
• Yuma Anzai
• Daisuke Sekimoto
• Kuma Arashi
• Xyon
• Oddyssey
• Timothy Thatcher
• Hyo Ogawa

The winner of the tournament will earn the right to challenge for the AJPW Triple Crown Championship. The current champion is Kento Miyahara but he is set to defend the title against Yuma Anzai on Aug. 29th. Either Miyahara or Anzai will go into the tournament as the Triple Crown Titleholder. If the Triple Crown Champion wins the tournament, they will have the right to nominate their challenger.

AJPW revealed all the tournament match-ups for the 13th Oudou Tournament as well as all the venues where the elimination bouts will take place.

Here are all the dates and matches courtesy of purolove.com:

AJPW, 09.09.2026
Shinagawa Prince Hotel Stella Ball

• Oudou Tournament – Round 1: Go Shiozaki vs. Ren Ayabe
  
• Oudou Tournament – Round 1: Kento Miyahara vs. Hyo Ogawa
  
• Oudou Tournament – Round 1: Hideki Suzuki vs. Timothy Thatcher

AJPW, 09.12.2026
Kurobe City General Sports Center Main Arena

• Oudou Tournament – Round 1: Ryuki Honda vs. Kuma Arashi
  
• Oudou Tournament – Round 1: Shotaro Ashino vs. Daisuke Sekimoto
  
• Oudou Tournament – Round 1: Xyon vs. Oddyssey

AJPW, 09.13.2026
Kissei Bunka Hall Medium Hall (Matsumoto)

• Oudou Tournament – Round 1: Jun Saito vs. Yuma Aoyagi
  
• Oudou Tournament – Round 1: Rei Saito vs. Yuma Anzai

AJPW, 09.16.2026
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

• Oudou Tournament – Round 2: Suzuki/Thatcher vs. Rei/Anzai (1)
  
• Oudou Tournament – Round 2: Jun/Aoyagi vs. Ashino/Sekimoto (2)

AJPW, 09.17.2026
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

• Oudou Tournament – Round 2: Miyahara/Ogawa vs. Honda/Arashi (3)
  
• Oudou Tournament – Round 2: Xyon/Oddyssey vs. Shiozaki/Ayabe (4)

AJPW, 09.22.2026
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

• Oudou Tournament – Semi Final: (1) vs. (2)
  
• Oudou Tournament – Semi Final: (3) vs. (4)
  
• Oudou Tournament – Final:

The AJPW Oudou Tournament began in 2013 and the inaugural tournament was won by Akebono who defeated Go Shiozaki in the finals. Kento Miyahara won last years tournament which gives him three career wins. If Miyahara wins this year, he will become the first wrestler to win the Oudou Tournament four times.