Yujiro Takahashi

Wrestle Kingdom 19 was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) that took place on January 4, 2025, at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan, and was headlined by Zack Sabre Jr. (c) vs. Shota Umino for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship.

NJPW New Year Dash!! 2025 was a New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) event held on January 6, 2025, at Ota City General Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan, headlined by CHAOS (Hirooki Goto, Rocky Romero, YOH & YOSHI-HASHI) vs. TMDK (Kosei Fujita, Robbie Eagles, Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr.) with Hartley Jackson.

NJPW Blue Justice XV - Wrestling Life 40th Anniversary Yuji Nagata was a New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) event produced by Yuji Nagata and held on January 19, 2025, at the Chiba-Sakura Municipal Gymnasium in Sakura, Japan, headlined by Hiroshi Tanahashi, Oleg Boltin, Toru Yano & Yuji Nagata vs. House of Torture (Ren Narita, SHO, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Yujiro Takahashi).

The NJPW 53rd Anniversary Event was a New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) pay-per-view held on March 6, 2025 at the Ota City General Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan, headlined by Hirooki Goto (c) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship.

Sakura Genesis 2025 was a New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) event held on April 5, 2025 at Ryōgoku Kokugikan in Tokyo, Japan, headlined by Hirooki Goto (c) vs. David Finlay for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship

The ninth and final night of the tournament took place on March 20, 2025, at the Aore Nagaoka in Nagaoka, Niigata, Japan, and featured the final match to crown the New Japan Cup 2025 winner.

Dominion 6.15 in Osaka-Jo Hall was a New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) event held on June 15, 2025, at Osaka-Jo Hall in Osaka, Japan, headlined by Hirooki Goto (c) vs. Shingo Takagi for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship.

NJPW Tanahashi Jam was a New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) event produced by Hiroshi Tanahashi and held on June 29, 2025, at Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium in Nagoya, Japan, headlined by Hiroshi Tanahashi & Naomichi Marufuji vs. Kaito Kiyomiya & Ryohei Oiwa.

The eighth night of New Japan Soul 2025 took place July 4, 2025 at Tokyo Budokan in Tokyo, Japan.

The seventeenth night of the tournament, featuring the first A Block and B Block play-off matches to determine the semifinalists, took place on August 14, 2025, at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.