Kizuna Road 2012

Kizuna Road 2012 was a professional wrestling tour, produced by the Japanese New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) promotion. The tour took place between July 7 and 22, 2012, with shows taking place in Takasaki, Gunma, Tokyo, Kurihara, Miyagi, Akita, Muroran, Hokkaido, Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan, Sapporo, Hokkaido, and Yamagata. The tour celebrated NJPW's 40th Anniversary. The 2012 shows were the first time that NJPW promoted shows under the Kizuna Road name. The tour featured one title match for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship.

Storylines
The Kizuna Road 2012 involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.

On Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated Kazuchika Okada