NJPW Roster in 1998: Full List of Wrestlers, Teams, Champions
On this page you find the full NJPW Roster in the year 1998. This includes the list of all NJPW Wrestlers from Heavyweight, Junior Heavyweight and Young Lions, division between Men and Women Rosters, 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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Heavyweight






























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
Kensuke Sasaki & Kazuo Yamazaki
Masahiro Chono & Keiji Muto
nWo Hollywood
nWo Japan









Riki Choshu & Kensuke Sasaki
Shinjiro Otani & Koji Kanemoto
Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa
Team Wolf
Tencozy / Ten-Koji
Yuji Nagata & Manabu Nakanishi
Yuji Nagata & Takashi Iizuka
Champions
IWGP Heavyweight Championship![]() | ![]() | Scott Norton
Defeated Yuji Nagata to win the vacant title. | 99+
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![]() | Vacant
The title was vacated due to Chono's neck injury. | 2
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![]() | Masahiro Chono
| 44
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![]() | Tatsumi Fujinami
| 126
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![]() | Kensuke Sasaki
| 216
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IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship![]() | ![]() | Jushin "Thunder" Liger
| 327+
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![]() | Shinjiro Otani
On November 5, 1997, Otani vacated all J-Crown belts but the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship, effectively ending the J-Crown. | 181
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IWGP Tag Team Championship![]() | ![]() ![]() | Genichiro Tenryu & Shiro Koshinaka
| 169+
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![]() ![]() | Cho-TenHiroyoshi Tenzan & Masahiro Chono
Defeated Genichiro Tenryu & Shiro Koshinaka in a tournament final to win the vacant title. | 40
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![]() ![]() | Vacant
The title was vacated due to Mutoh having surgery on his knee. | 29
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![]() ![]() | nWo JapanThe Great Muta & Masahiro Chono
| 200
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IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship![]() | ![]() ![]() | Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa
Defeated Dr. Wagner Jr. & Koji Kanemoto in a tournament final to become the first champions. | 145+
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Extras
Ring Announcer
President
Promoters
Director of Operation
Referees
Producer
Coaches
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