Pro Wrestling NOAH’s N-1 VICTORY 2026 Entrants and Blocks Revealed

By: Ian McCord

On August 10th, Pro Wrestling NOAH announced the blocks and participants for this year’s N-1 VICTORY tournament, which is set to begin on September 12th at the legendary Korakuen Hall.

This year’s tournament will include 16 competitors divided across two blocks in a round-robin format. The field will include multiple former GHC Heavyweight Champions, such as Shane Haste, Yoshiki Inamura, OZAWA, Kaito Kiyomiya, and also last year’s N-1 VICTORY winner Masa Kitamiya. The tournament will also see Kouga, formerly known as OWADASAN, return from his excursion in the UK with PROGRESS Wrestling to participate in his very first N-1 VICTORY tournament.

Here are the participants and blocks for Pro Wrestling NOAH’s N-1 VICTORY 2026:

Block A:

• “Prince of Madness” Kaito Kiyomiya
• “Mr. Smack Daddy” Yoshiki Inamura
• “Hearts on Fire” Shane Haste
• “Passion General” Yuki Iino
• “The Beast” Kazuyuki Fujita
• “Southeast Asian Standout” Chen
• “The Godfather” Takashi Sugiura
• “The Lunatic Wolf” Alpha Wolf

Block B:

• “Mr. Pain in the Ass” KENOH
• “BLACK SUN” KENTA
• “Elegant Avenger” Tetsuya Endo
• “Passion Boss” Manabu Soya
• “The Work in Progress” Kouga
• “The Franchise” Titus Alexander
• “The Chairman” Masa Kitamiya
• “The Real Rebel” OZAWA

This year’s N-1 VICTORY tournament will begin on September 12th at Korakuen Hall with the finals taking place on October 4th at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium 2nd Gymnasium in Tokyo. The winner of the tournament will receive a shot at the GHC Heavyweight Championship, which is currently held by Tetsuya Naito.

Here is the full schedule for this year’s N-1 VICTORY tournament:

• September 12th: Korakuen Hall, Tokyo
• September 14th: Okayama Convention Center
• September 15th: Kumamoto Castle Hall
• September 16th: ACROS Fukuoka
• September 17th: Hiroshima Sangyo Kaikan, East Exhibition Hall
• September 20th: Umeda Sky Building Stella Hall, Osaka
• September 21st: Tokugin Tomoni Arena, Tokushima
• September 22nd: Act City Hamamatsu, Shizuoka
• September 23rd: Korakuen Hall, Tokyo
• September 25th: Sendai PIT, Miyagi
• September 26th: Hachinohe YOUTREE, Aomori
• September 27th: Light Cube Utsunomiya, Tochigi
• October 4th: Yoyogi National Gymnasium 2nd Gymnasium, Tokyo