NJPW Roster in 1997: Full List of Wrestlers, Teams, Champions
On this page you find the full NJPW Roster in the year 1997. This includes the list of all NJPW Wrestlers from Heavyweight, Junior Heavyweight and Young Lions, active Tag Teams & Stables, the current reigning Champions, as well as Managers, Announcers, Authority figures, Producers and other personalities in New Japan Pro Wrestling.
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Junior Heavyweight
Young Lions
Teams
Bull Powers
Heisei Ishingun







Hiro Saito & Tatsutoshi Goto
Junji Hirata & Shinya Hashimoto
Jushin Thunder Liger & El Samurai
Kazuo Yamazaki & Takashi Iizuka
Kengo Kimura & Tatsumi Fujinami
Kensuke Sasaki & Kazuo Yamazaki
Masahiro Chono & Keiji Muto
nWo Japan
Ookami Gundan
Riki Choshu & Kensuke Sasaki
Shinjiro Otani & Koji Kanemoto
Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa
Team Wolf
Yuji Nagata & Manabu Nakanishi
Champions
IWGP Heavyweight Championship![]() | ![]() | Kensuke Sasaki
| 122+
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![]() | Shinya Hashimoto
| 489
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IWGP Tag Team Championship![]() | ![]() ![]() | nWo JapanThe Great Muta & Masahiro Chono
| 73+
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![]() ![]() | Kensuke Sasaki & Kazuo Yamazaki
| 70
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![]() ![]() | The Bull PowersManabu Nakanishi & Satoshi Kojima
| 99
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![]() ![]() | Riki Choshu & Kensuke Sasaki
| 21
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![]() ![]() | Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura
| 98
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![]() ![]() | Cho-TenHiroyoshi Tenzan & Masahiro Chono
| 172
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WWF Light Heavyweight Championship![]() | ![]() | Vacant
The J-Crown championships (with the except the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship) were vacated. Shinjiro Otani returned its component belts to their home promotions, including the WWF Light Heavyweight Championship. Otani was the final wrestler in NJPW to hold the title before it was returned to WWF. | 32
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![]() | Shinjiro Otani
| 87
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![]() | El Samurai
| 35
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![]() | Jushin "Thunder" Liger
| 183
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![]() | Último Dragón
| 85
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IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship![]() | ![]() | Shinjiro Otani
On November 5, 1997, Otani vacated all J-Crown belts but the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship, effectively ending the J-Crown. | 143+
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![]() | El Samurai
| 35
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![]() | Jushin "Thunder" Liger
| 183
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![]() | Último Dragón
| 85
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Extras
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Commentator
Ring Announcer
President
Promoters
Director of Operation
Referees
Producers
Coaches
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