NJPW Announces Jun Kasai & Hyo To Miss Select Tournament Events and Full Matches Schedule for Best of the Super Juniors 2026

New Japan Pro Wrestling announced that Jun Kasai and Hyo will miss select tournament dates for their upcoming Best of the Super Juniors 2026 tournament due to scheduling conflicts.

It was announced that Kasai will be absent from the May 14th, 29th, and 30th events and Hyo will be absent from the May 16th event.

NJPW also announced the full match schedule for this year’s tournament, which takes place from May 14th to June 7th in Japan.

Full Block schedule for Best of the Super Juniors 2026:

May 14 (A & B Block) – Tokyo, Japan:

• B Block – Taiji Ishimori vs. Jakob Austin Young
• B Block – SHO vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru
• A Block – Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Daiki Nagai
• B Block – YOH vs. Hyo
• A Block – Robbie X vs. Nick Wayne
• B Block – KUSHIDA vs. Robbie Eagles
• A Block – Master Wato vs. Titan
• B Block – El Desperado vs. Daisuke Sasaki
• A Block – Kosei Fujita vs. Francesco Akira

May 16 (A & B Block) – Tokyo:

• A Block – Valiente Jr. vs. Daiki Nagai
• A Block – Master Wato vs. Ryusuke Taguchi
• B Block – YOH vs. Jakob Austin Young
• A Block – Robbie X vs. Francesco Akira
• B Block – KUSHIDA vs. Daisuke Sasaki
• A Block – Titan vs. Jun Kasai
• B Block – Robbie Eagles vs. SHO
• A Block – Kosei Fujita vs. Nick Wayne
• B Block – El Desperado vs. Taiji Ishimori

May 17 (A & B Block) – Tokyo:

• A Block – Titan vs. Daiki Nagai
• B Block – Jakob Austin Young vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru
• A Block – Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Valiente Jr.
• B Block – KUSHIDA vs. SHO
• A Block – Nick Wayne vs. Francesco Akira
• B Block – Hyo vs. Daisuke Sasaki
• A Block – Master Wato vs. Robbie X
• B Block – YOH vs. Taiji Ishimori
• A Block – Kosei Fujita vs. Jun Kasai
• B Block – El Desperado vs. Robbie Eagles

May 20 (A & B Block) – Tokyo:

• B Block – KUSHIDA vs. Jakob Austin Young
• A Block – Daiki Nagai vs. Jun Kasai
• B Block – Robbie Eagles vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru
• A Block – Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Nick Wayne
• B Block – Taiji Ishimori vs. Daisuke Sasaki
• A Block – Titan vs. Valiente Jr.
• B Block – El Desperado vs. Hyo
• A Block – Master Wato vs. Francesco Akira
• B Block – YOH vs. SHO
• A Block – Robbie X vs. Kosei Fujita

May 22 (A Block) – Osaka:

• A Block – Daiki Nagai vs. Nick Wayne
• A Block – Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Titan
• A Block – Valiente Jr. vs. Francesco Akira
• A Block – Robbie X vs. Jun Kasai
• A Block – Master Wato vs. Kosei Fujita

May 23 (A & B Block) – Himeji:

• A Block – Valiente Jr. vs. Jun Kasai
• B Block – KUSHIDA vs. Hyo
• B Block – Jakob Austin Young vs. Daisuke Sasaki
• B Block – Taiji Ishimori vs. Yoshinobu Kamemaru
• B Block – El Desperado vs. SHO
• B Block – YOH vs. Robbie Eagles

May 24 (A Block) – Kyoto:

• A Block – Daiki Nagai vs. Francesco Akira
• A Block – Master Wato vs. Valiente Jr.
• A Block – Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Kosei Fujita
• A Block – Titan vs. Robbie X
• A Block – Jun Kasai vs. Nick Wayne

May 27 (A & B Block) – Numazu:

• B Block – Daisuke Sasaki vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru
• B Block – Hyo vs. SHO
• B Block – El Desperado vs. Jakob Austin Young
• B Block – KUSHIDA vs. YOH
• B Block – Taiji Ishimori vs. Robbie Eagles
• A Block – Jun Kasai vs. Francesco Akira

May 29 (A & B Block) – Tsubame:

• B Block – Hyo vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru
• A Block – Master Wato vs. Daiki Nagai
• A Block – Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Robbie X
• A Block – Nick Wayne vs. Titan
• A Block – Kosei Fujita vs. Valiente Jr.

May 30 (B Block) – Takaoka:

• B Block – Hyo vs. Jakob Austin Young
• B Block – YOH vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru
• B Block – Robbie Eagles vs. Daisuke Sasaki
• B Block – El Desperado vs. KUSHIDA
• B Block – Taiji Ishimori vs. SHO

June 2 (A & B Block) – Tokyo:

• A Block – Robbie X vs. Daiki Nagai
• B Block – KUSHIDA vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru
• A Block – Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Francesco Akira
• B Block – Daisuke Sasaki vs. SHO
• A Block – Valiente Jr. vs. Nick Wayne
• B Block – Robbie Eagles vs. Jakob Austin Young
• A Block – Master Wato vs. Jun Kasai
• B Block – Taiji Ishimori vs. Hyo
• A Block – Titan vs. Kosei Fujita
• B Block – El Desperado vs. YOH

June 3 (A & B Block) – Tokyo:

• A Block – Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Jun Kasai
• A Block – Master Wato vs. Nick Wayne
• A Block – Valiente Jr. vs. Robbie X
• A Block – Titan vs. Francesco Akira
• A Block – Kosei Fujita vs. Daiki Nagai
• B Block – El Desperado vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru
• B Block – KUSHIDA vs. Taiji Ishimori
• B Block – YOH vs. Daisuke Sasaki
• B Block – Robbie Eagles vs. Hyo
• B Block – Jakob Austin Young vs. SHO

June 5 – Takasaki:

• Best of the Super Juniors 2026 Semifinal Round match – A Block winner vs. B Block runner-up
• Best of the Super Juniors 2026 Semifinal Round match – B Block winner vs. A Block runner-up

June 7 – Tokyo:

• Best of the Super Juniors 2026 Finals – TBA vs. TBA