January 20 sees the New year’s Golden Series get underway. The throwback tour title is a call back to the year opening series in the early years for NJPW, and is a fitting name for our golden anniversary celebrations!

February 11 sees night nine of the New Year’s Golden Series, and the first championship action of the tour, as Sendai will see the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship defended atop a card that is dominated by junior heavyweight action.

After a fortnight’s break, NJPW resumes touring action on February 6 in Chiba, before the next night sees the New Year’s Golden Series tour return to Korakuen Hall. There a big main event will see a preview of championship action February 11 in Sendai, as Master Wato and El Desperado meet in a tag battle before their Sun Plaza Hall IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship match!

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

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 New Beginning in Sapporo 2023 - Night 1 was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW). The event took place at the Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, on February 4, 2023.

The first night of The New Beginning in Sapporo 2020 was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) that took place on February 1, 2020, at the Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center in Sapporo, Japan, and was headlined by Hirooki Goto (c) vs. Shingo Takagi for the NEVER Openweight Championship.

NJPW The New Beginning in Sapporo 2019 – Night 1 was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), held on February 2, 2019, at the Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan. The night was headlined by a tag-team main event featuring Hiroshi Tanahashi and Kazuchika Okada versus Bullet Club’s Bad Luck Fale and Jay White

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