The TOTO Japan Classic returns to the Taiheiyo Club Minori Course in Ibaraki this year for the 44th edition of the tournament. The LPGA event will be played with a 78-player field and no cuts involved. The best of LPGA and Japan LPGA golfers will compete for a sum of USD 2.1 million and 500 Race to CME Globe points. Nasa Hataoka, the 2025 TOTO Japan Classic winner is set to play for her third victory at the event as she also won it in the year 2018.
Hataoka will be accompanied by some seasoned LPGA players who will display tough competition for the victory at the Japan event.
Let’s take a look at some big names participating at the 2026 TOTO Japan Classic.

Jeeno Thitikul
The Thai golfer will be making her second appearance at the event this year, the first being in 2022, where she finished at T10 with a 10-under par score. Thitikul has had a brilliant season with four wins, at the Lotte Championship, The Standard Portland Classic, Mizuho Americas Open, and Honda LPGA Thailand, across 18 tournaments played over the year. She has missed cuts at two events but has had decent finishes in the rest of them. She was last seen at the Buick LPGA Shanghai event where she tied for eighth place after a -3 par score. Thitikul will look to continue her momentum and claim a fifth victory at the TOTO Japan Classic.

Hyo Joo Kim
The nine-time LPGA winner will be playing the Japan event for the eighth time. She last played at the TOTO Japan Classic in 2024 where she finished at T17 with an 8-under par 208. Hyo Joo Kim has made 13 cuts out of the 16 events she has participated this year, with two victories at the Fortinet Founders Cup and the Ford Championship presented by Wild Horse Pass. After a total of six Top-10 finishes, Kim hopes to give a tough competition to the rest of the field.

Miyu Yamashita
Miyu Yamashita will be playing her 21st event of the season and for the fifth consecutive time at the Japan event. The 25-year old golfer has come close to winning the tournament a couple of times, especially last year, but settled for a third place after scoring a 14-under par 202. Carrying an incredible momentum of two wins and 12 Top-10 finishes, Yamashita will aim to secure a home victory this year.

Hannah Green
The Australian golfer will make her third appearance at the TOTO Japan Classic this year. Green has had mixed outcomes this season with two wins and five missed cuts. Last seen at the Maybank Championship, Hannah Green aims to bounce back from her last three performances and finish higher on the scoreboard.

Sei Young Kim
Sei Young Kim is set to return to the Japan event after eight long years in what would be her fourth appearance. The veteran LPGA golfer is yet to claim a victory this season, although she has come close at three events, at the CPKC Women’s Open, JM Eagle LA Championship, and the Founders Cup. Kim will look to end her title drought at the TOTO Japan Classic this year.