NJPW Announces KUSHIDA, Ryusuke Taguchi, & Hyo as Next Set of Entrants for Best of the Super Juniors 2026 Tournament

New Japan Pro Wrestling announced the next set of official competitors for this year’s Best of the Super Juniors 33 tournament, which takes place from May 14th to June 7th in Japan.

These new competitors announced were KUSHIDA, Ryusuke Taguchi, and Dragongate talent Hyo.

It was also announced that the next announcement will be featuring the final two competitors for this year’s tournament. The group blocks lineups were also announced to be getting officially revealed at their Sakura Genesis 2026 event on April 4th in Tokyo, Japan.

Best of the Super Jr. 33 begins May 14!

Here are your next three entrants!

Next announcement will be our final two participants and the block lineups during Sakura Genesis!

Full lineup so far: https://t.co/dIPmTz8taf#njpw #BOSJ33 pic.twitter.com/M5t0tinsI5

— NJPW Global (@njpwglobal) April 2, 2026

Current field for NJPW Best of the Super Juniors 33:

• Kosei Fujita
• DOUKI
• El Desperado
• Yoshinobu Kanemaru
• SHO
• Daisuke Sasaki (DDT Pro)
• YOH
• Master Wato
• Valiente Jr. (CMLL)
• Robbie Eagles
• Francesco Akira
• Jakob Austin Young
• Taiji Ishimori
• Robbie X
• Titan (CMLL)
• KUSHIDA
• Ryusuke Taguchi
• Hyo (Dragongate)