The first night of the tournament took place on March 5th, 2023 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.

The fourth night of the tournament took place on March 10th, 2023 at Aimesse Yamanashi in Kofu, Yamanashi, Japan.

The opening night of New Japan Cup 2025 took place on March 8, 2025, at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan, marking the start of New Japan Pro-Wrestling's annual single-elimination tournament and featured four first-round matches.

The opening night of New Japan Cup 2022 took place on March 2, 2022, at Nippon Budokan in Tokyo, Japan, marking the start of New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW)’s annual heavyweight single-elimination tournament and featured eight first-round matches.

The opening night of New Japan Cup 2019 took place on March 8, 2019, at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan, and featured four first-round matches. This was the first edition of the tournament to include 32 participants, up from the usual 16.

The opening night of New Japan Cup 2017 took place on March 11, 2017, at Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan, and featured four first-round matches.

The NJPW New Japan Cup is an annual single-elimination professional wrestling tournament held by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) since 2005. It is considered the second most prominent heavyweight tournament in NJPW, after the G1 Climax which follows a round-robin format.

The eighth night of New Japan Cup 2025 took place on March 17, 2025, at the Big Palette Fukushima in Koriyama, Fukushima, Japan and featured one semi-final match.

The seventh night of New Japan Cup 2025 took place on March 16, 2025, at Twin Messe Shizuoka in Shizuoka, Japan and featured one semi-final match.

The sixth night of New Japan Cup 2025 took place on March 15, 2025, at the Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan and featured four quarter-final matches. The show was headlined by an IWGP Heavyweight Championship match between Hirooki Goto (c) and Yuji Nagata.