The Kizuna Road is a professional wrestling event held annually since 2012 by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). Kizuna Road is a series of six to ten shows usually held in July, but recently in June. The first tour was to celebrate NJPW's 40th Anniversary. The tour took a hiatus in 2015, but returned the following year. The Kizuna Road tour is held after Dominion and before the G1 Climax. Since 2016, the event has aired worldwide on NJPW's Internet streaming site, NJPW World.
Since the beginning of the Kizuna Road that features title matches for most of NJPW championships titles including the IWGP Heavyweight and Junior Heavyweight and the NEVER Openweight and 6-Man Tag Team Championships. Also in the beginning until the last of the tours are usually held in the Korakuen Hall.
Dates, venues, and main events
Event series | Show # | Date | City | Venue | Main event |
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Kizuna Road 2012 | 1 | July 7, 2012 | Takasaki, Gunma, Japan | Sunpia Takasaki | CHAOS (Shinsuke Nakamura, Yujiro Takahashi and Masato Tanaka) vs. Hirooki Goto, Hiroshi Tanahashi and Tetsuya Naito |
2 | July 8, 2012 | Tokyo, Japan | Korakuen Hall | CHAOS (Shinsuke Nakamura and Masato Tanaka) vs. Hirooki Goto and Hiroshi Tanahashi | |
3 | July 10, 2012 | Kurihara, Miyagi, Japan | Wakayanagi Townsman Gymnasium | Hirooki Goto, Hiroshi Tanahashi, Tama Tonga and Tetsuya Naito vs. CHAOS (Shinsuke Nakamura, Yoshi-Hashi, Yujiro Takahashi and Masato Tanaka) | |
4 | July 11, 2012 | Akita, Japan | Furusato Village Dome Theater | Hirooki Goto, Hiroshi Tanahashi, Karl Anderson and Tama Tonga vs. CHAOS (Kazuchika Okada, Shinsuke Nakamura, Yujiro Takahashi and Masato Tanaka) | |
5 | July 13, 2012 | Muroran, Hokkaido, Japan | City Gymnasium | Hiroshi Tanahashi, Karl Anderson, Tama Tonga and Tetsuya Naito vs. CHAOS (Kazuchika Okada, Tomohiro Ishii, Yujiro Takahashi and Masato Tanaka) | |
6 | July 15, 2012 | CHAOS (Shinsuke Nakamura, Tomohiro Ishii, Yujiro Takahashi and Masato Tanaka) vs. Hirooki Goto, Hiroshi Tanahashi, Karl Anderson and Tama Tonga | |||
7 | July 16, 2012 | Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan | Citizen Gymnasium | Hirooki Goto, Hiroshi Tanahashi and Tama Tonga vs. CHAOS (Kazuchika Okada, Shinsuke Nakamura and Masato Tanaka) | |
8 | July 18, 2012 | Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan | Teisen Hall | Hiroshi Tanahashi and Tetsuya Naito vs. CHAOS (Masato Tanaka and Yujiro Takahashi) | |
9 | July 19, 2012 | Akebono, Hirooki Goto and Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. CHAOS (Shinsuke Nakamura, Tomohiro Ishii and Masato Tanaka) | |||
10 | July 22, 2012 | Yamagata, Japan | General Sports Center | Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Masato Tanaka for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship | |
Kizuna Road 2013 | 1 | July 5, 2013 | Tokyo, Japan | Korakuen Hall | Prince Devitt (c) vs. Gedo for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship |
2 | July 7, 2013 | Takasaki, Gunma, Japan | Sunpia Takasaki | Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale and Prince Devitt) vs. CHAOS (Kazuchika Okada and Gedo) | |
3 | July 9, 2013 | Fukushima, Japan | Castle Gymnasium | Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale and Prince Devitt) vs. CHAOS (Kazuchika Okada and Gedo) | |
4 | July 10, 2013 | Yamagata, Japan | General Sports Center | Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale and Prince Devitt) vs. CHAOS (Kazuchika Okada and Gedo) | |
5 | July 13, 2013 | Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan | Teisen Hall | Togi Makabe, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima, Tetsuya Naito and La Sombra vs. CHAOS (Masato Tanaka, Takashi Iizuka, Toru Yano, Shinsuke Nakamura and Yujiro Takahashi) | |
6 | July 14, 2013 | Bullet Club (Prince Devitt, Karl Anderson, El Terrible, Tama Tonga and Bad Luck Fale) vs. Jushin Thunder Liger, Manabu Nakanishi, Togi Makabe, Hiroshi Tanahashi and Captain New Japan | |||
7 | July 15, 2013 | Bullet Club (Prince Devitt, Karl Anderson, El Terrible, Tama Tonga and Bad Luck Fale) vs. CHAOS (Gedo, Yoshi-Hashi, Yujiro Takahashi, Kazuchika Okada and Jado) | |||
8 | July 17, 2013 | Obihiro, Hokkaido, Japan | General Gymnasium | Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale and Prince Devitt) vs. CHAOS (Kazuchika Okada and Gedo) | |
9 | July 20, 2013 | Akita, Japan | City Gymnasium | Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Prince Devitt for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship | |
Kizuna Road 2014 | |||||
1 | June 28, 2013 | Gifu, Japan | Industrial Hall | Great Bash Heel (Togi Makabe and Tomoaki Honma) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi and Tetsuya Naito | |
2 | June 29, 2013 | Tokyo, Japan | Korakuen Hall | Tomohiro Ishii (c) vs Yujiro Takahashi for the NEVER Openweight Championship | |
3 | July 4, 2013 | Kota Ibushi (c) vs. KUSHIDA for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship | |||
4 | July 6, 2013 | Takasaki, Gunma, Japan | Sunpia Takasaki | Bullet Club (Karl Anderson, Doc Gallows and Tama Tonga) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi, Togi Makabe and Tetsuya Naito | |
5 | July 7, 2013 | Chiba, Japan | Port Arena Sub Arena | Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale, Yujiro Takahashi and Tama Tonga) vs. CHAOS (Shinsuke Nakamura, Kazuchika Okada and Tomohiro Ishii) | |
6 | July 11, 2013 | Niigata, Japan | City Gymnasium | Bullet Club (Yujiro Takahashi, Doc Gallows, Karl Anderson, Bad Luck Fale and Tama Tonga) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi, Togi Makabe, Yuji Nagata, Tetsuya Naito and Tomoaki Honma | |
7 | July 13, 2013 | Fukushima, Japan | Big Palette | Bullet Club (Yujiro Takahashi, Doc Gallows, Karl Anderson, Bad Luck Fale and Tama Tonga) vs. CHAOS (Yoshi-Hashi, Tomohiro Ishii, Kazuchika Okada, Shinsuke Nakamura and Gedo) | |
Kizuna Road 2016 | 1 | June 24, 2016 | Aichi, Japan | General Gymnasium #2 | CHAOS (Kazuchika Okada, Hirooki Goto, Yoshi-Hashi and Will Ospreay) vs. Los Ingobernables de Japon (Tetsuya Naito, SANADA, EVIL and BUSHI) |
2 | June 29, 2016 | Mie, Japan | Kusuryokuchi Gymnasium #2 | CHAOS (Kazuchika Okada, Hirooki Goto, Yoshi-Hashi and Gedo) vs. Los Ingobernables de Japon (Tetsuya Naito, SANADA, EVIL and BUSHI) | |
3 | June 27, 2016 | Tokyo, Japan | Korakuen Hall | CHAOS (Kazuchika Okada and Will Ospreay) vs. Los Ingobernables de Japon (Tetsuya Naito and BUSHI) | |
4 | June 29, 2016 | Nagano, Japan | Citizen Pavilion Multi Hall | CHAOS (Kazuchika Okada, Hirooki Goto, Yoshi-Hashi and Will Ospreay) vs. Los Ingobernables de Japon (Tetsuya Naito, SANADA, EVIL and BUSHI) | |
5 | July 1, 2016 | Aomri, Japan | Undokoen Higashi Taiikukan | CHAOS (Kazuchika Okada, Hirooki Goto, Yoshi-Hashi and Gedo) vs. Los Ingobernables de Japon (Tetsuya Naito, SANADA, EVIL and BUSHI) | |
6 | July 3, 2016 | Iwate, Japan | Industrial Bunka Center Apio | Katsuyori Shibata (c) vs Tomoaki Honma for the NEVER Openweight Championship | |
Kizuna Road 2017 | 1 | June 18, 2017 | Niigata, Japan | City General Gymnasium | Taguchi Japan (Hiroshi Tanahashi, Juice Robinson, KUSHIDA and Ryusuke Taguchi) and Togi Makabe vs. Los Ingobernables de Japon (Tetsuya Naito, SANADA, EVIL and BUSHI) |
2 | June 19, 2017 | Ibaraki, Japan | Furukawa City Gymnasium | ||
3 | June 20, 2017 | Tokyo, Japan | Korakuen Hall | Los Ingobernables de Japon (SANADA, EVIL and BUSHI) (c) vs. Taguchi Japan (Ryusuke Taguchi, Juice Robinson and KUSHIDA) for the NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship | |
4 | June 22, 2017 | Aomori, Japan | Citizen Gymnasium | Los Ingobernables de Japon (Tetsuya Naito, SANADA, EVIL, BUSHI and Hiromu Takahashi) vs. Taguchi Japan (David Finlay, Hiroshi Tanahashi, Juice Robinson and Ryusuke Taguchi) and Togi Makabe | |
5 | June 23, 2017 | ||||
6 | June 24, 2017 | Iwate, Japan | Prefectural Gymnasium | CHAOS (Kazuchika Okada and Yoshi-Hashi) vs. Suzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki and Davey Boy Smith Jr.) | |
7 | June 26, 2017 | Tokyo, Japan | Korakuen Hall | Minoru Suzuki (c) vs Yoshi-Hashi for the NEVER Openweight Championship | |
8 | June 27, 2017 | KUSHIDA (c) vs. BUSHI for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship | |||
Kizuna Road 2018 | 1 | June 15, 2018 | Saitama, Japan | Tokorozawa Municipal Gymnasium | Taguchi Japan (Hiroshi Tanahashi, Jeff Cobb, Juice Robinson, Michael Elgin and Ryusuke Taguchi) vs. CHAOS (Gedo, Jay White, Hirooki Goto, Kazuchika Okada and Tomohiro Ishii) |
2 | June 17, 2018 | Tokyo, Japan | Korakuen Hall | Michael Elgin (c) vs. Hirooki Goto for the NEVER Openweight Championship | |
3 | June 18, 2018 | Hiromu Takahashi (c) vs. El Desperado for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship | |||
4 | June 19, 2018 | S・S・Machine No.69, S・S・Machine Don, S・S・Machine Justice, S・S・Machine Buffalo and S・S・Machine Ace (with Super Strong Machine) vs. Los Ingobernables de Japon (Tetsuya Naito, SANADA, EVIL, Hiromu Takahashi and BUSHI) | |||
5 | June 20, 2018 | Iwaki, Japan | Iwaki City Total Gymnastics | Los Ingobernables de Japon (Tetsuya Naito, SANADA, EVIL, BUSHI and Hiromu Takahashi) vs. Taguchi Japan (David Finlay, Hiroshi Tanahashi, Togi Makabe and Ryusuke Taguchi and Hiroyoshi Tenzan) | |
6 | June 22, 2018 | Akita, Japan | Akita Terza | Los Ingobernables de Japon (Tetsuya Naito, SANADA, EVIL, BUSHI and Hiromu Takahashi) vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Toa Henare, Hiroshi Tanahashi, Togi Makabe and KUSHIDA | |
7 | June 23, 2018 | Yamagata, Japan | Yamagata Big Wing | Los Ingobernables de Japon (Tetsuya Naito, SANADA, EVIL, BUSHI and Hiromu Takahashi) vs. Taguchi Japan (Ryusuke Taguchi, Toa Henare, Hiroshi Tanahashi, Togi Makabe and Tomoaki Honma) | |
8 | June 24, 2018 | Iwate, Japan | Iwate Prefectural Gymnasium | Los Ingobernables de Japon (Tetsuya Naito, SANADA, EVIL, BUSHI and Hiromu Takahashi) vs. David Finlay, Hiroshi Tanahashi, Togi Makabe, KUSHIDA and Hiroyoshi Tenzan | |
Kizuna Road 2019 | 1 | June 14, 2018 | Shizuoka, Japan | Kira Messe Numazu | CHAOS (Kazuchika Okada, Yoshi-Hashi and Tomohiro Ishii) versus Suzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki, Zack Sabre Jr. and DOUKI) |
2 | June 15, 2018 | Tokyo, Japan | Korakuen Hall | CHAOS (Kazuchika Okada, Yoshi-Hashi and Toru Yano) versus Suzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki, Zack Sabre Jr. and DOUKI) | |
3 | June 16, 2018 | Roppongi 3K (Sho and Yoh) versus Bullet Club (Taiji Ishimori and El Phantasmo) for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship | |||
4 | June 17, 2018 | CHAOS (Kazuchika Okada, Yoshi-Hashi, Tomohiro Ishii, Yoh and Sho) versus Suzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki, Zack Sabre Jr. and Lance Archer, Taichi and Yoshinobu Kanemaru) | |||
5 | June 19, 2018 | Saitama, Japan | Kuki City Gymnasium | CHAOS (Kazuchika Okada, Yoshi-Hashi, Tomohiro Ishii and Toru Yano) versus Suzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki, Zack Sabre Jr., Taichi and DOUKI) | |
6 | June 22, 2018 | Fukushima, Japan | Fukushima City National Memorial Gym | CHAOS (Kazuchika Okada, Yoshi-Hashi, Tomohiro Ishii and Toru Yano) versus Suzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki, Zack Sabre Jr., Lance Archer and DOUKI) | |
7 | June 23, 2018 | Niigata, Japan | Niigata City Gymnasium | ||
8 | June 23, 2018 | Iwate, Japan | Morioka Takaya Arena | ||
9 | June 24, 2018 | Aomori, Japan | Hachinohe City East Gymnasium | CHAOS (Kazuchika Okada, Yoshi-Hashi, Tomohiro Ishii and Toru Yano) versus Suzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki, Zack Sabre Jr., Taichi and DOUKI) | |
10 | June 24, 2018 | Miyagi, Sendai, Japan | Sendai Sunplaza Hall | Zack Sabre Jr. versus Yoshi-Hashi for the British Heavyweight Championship and Sabre's G1 Climax's spot |