NJPW Sets 11 New Beginning Dates, Ending in Osaka on Feb. 13
Summary: NJPW announced dates for its 2027 The New Beginning tour, Fightful reported on Nov. 6. It runs from Jan. 18 to Feb. 13, ending with The New Beginning in Osaka at the Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium.
The quick version
- NJPW's 2027 The New Beginning tour has 11 dates, from Monday, Jan. 18, to Saturday, Feb. 13, 2027, per Fightful on Nov. 6.
- The finale, The New Beginning in Osaka, is Feb. 13 at the Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium.
- The tour follows Wrestle Kingdom 21 on Jan. 4 at the Tokyo Dome. No matches are announced for it yet.
New Japan Pro-Wrestling has announced the dates and venues for its 2027 The New Beginning tour, according to Fightful, which reported it on Friday, Nov. 6. The tour starts at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo on Jan. 18 and ends with The New Beginning in Osaka on Feb. 13. It comes out of Wrestle Kingdom 21 on Jan. 4.
The dates, per Fightful
- Mon., Jan. 18: Korakuen Hall, Tokyo
- Tue., Jan. 19: Korakuen Hall, Tokyo
- Fri., Jan. 29: New Life Arena Ryugasaki, Ibaraki
- Sat., Jan. 30: Saku City General Gymnasium, Nagano
- Sun., Jan. 31: Iwaki City General Gymnasium, Fukushima
- Mon., Feb. 1: Isle Arena Wing Hat Kasukabe, Saitama
- Thu., Feb. 4: Ashikaga City Gymnasium (Fukai Square Garden Ashikaga), Tochigi
- Sun., Feb. 7: Korakuen Hall, Tokyo
- Mon., Feb. 8: Korakuen Hall, Tokyo
- Thu., Feb. 11: Tosho Arena Anjo, Aichi
- Sat., Feb. 13: The New Beginning in Osaka, Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium (Edion Arena Osaka)
Context
Wrestle Kingdom 21 is Jan. 4, 2027, at the Tokyo Dome, with IWGP Heavyweight Champion Yota Tsuji against Kenny Omega as the main event. See our card story. NJPW's other recent calendar news includes the World Tag League field, which starts Nov. 23 and ends Dec. 13.
Fightful lists the Osaka venue under two names, Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium and Edion Arena Osaka. It does not explain why, and we did not check.
What is not known
- Matches for any date. None are announced in what we read.
- Ticket on-sale dates and prices. Fightful's list does not give them.
- Start times, and whether every date will be streamed.
Note: this rests on a single outlet. We could not open NJPW's own announcement, so we cannot confirm the dates against the promotion's page.
Source: Fightful's report of NJPW's announced schedule, Nov. 6, 2026. We read the date list as Fightful printed it and could not open NJPW's own page. Nothing in this story is a rumor, but the dates rest on one outlet.
Sources
- Fightful, "NJPW Announces Dates & Locations For 2027 The New Beginning Tour", Nov. 6, 2026. https://www.fightful.com/wrestling/njpw-announces-dates-locations-for-2027-the-new-beginning-tour/
- WrestlingNews.com staff reporting: compared the dates with our own Wrestle Kingdom 21 and World Tag League stories. We did not contact NJPW.
How we credit sources: Editorial standards.