NJPW Roster in 2003: Full List of Wrestlers, Teams, Champions

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On this page you find the full NJPW Roster in the year 2003. 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.

Our complete Pro Wrestlers Database allows you to travel through time and see the NJPW Roster by Year or any specific Date in history. Simply use the filters below! You even have the option to view a breakdown of the rosters split by Face and Heel divisions.

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The profile of each NJPW wrestler features their Career History, Ring Names, Face / Heel Turns, Accomplishments, Pictures, Bio and more information and statistics.

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Giosiu35 · 3 hours ago
Can you update Tiffany Stratton and Cody Rhodes renders, their renders are so outdated
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Draysin Martin · 3 hours ago
Ace Austin has signed with AEW put him on the Roster
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Tyler Andreasen · 5 hours ago
Can you please update the face-heel breakdown of the TNA, and AEW rosters please?
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gary vaughan · 9 hours ago
bring back the missing superstars the ones that has been in wwe 2k24 to be on the main roster in 2025
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Micah K · 19 hours ago
Christian cage is a full face after reuniting with edge
Andre Chase low card same with ridge holland
And yeah
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Giosiu35 · 1 days ago
Put Billy Gunn on the ambassadors list, he is signed to wwe on a legends contract
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  Andy
  
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  @Giosiu35 Unfortunately, the way our system is set up, it doesn't allow for someone to be a wrestler in one company and an ambassador in another company at the same time. That's why we can't add him at the moment, just wanted to let you know :D
  
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  Draysin Martin · 14 hours ago
  
  @Andy Well that doesn't make sense Jake Roberts is in AEW but still appears in WWE2k Games to this Day
  
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  TopKekyoin · 10 hours ago
  
  @Andy What about Fujinami? Is that why you guys marked him as inactive for some reason? Maybe do the same to Billy Gunn
  
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  Andy
  
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  @TopKekyoin Good point lol. Yes it was due to the same reason. I can try to make a custom fix for Billy Gunn like I did for Fujinami
  
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  TopKekyoin · 8 hours ago
  
  @Andy Aye thanks for always listening to our suggestions man, even if some of our feedback can be questionable
  
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Wright Estrada · 1 days ago
Brands don't means a damn thing anymore... It is kind of like the early 2010s nowadays...
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Constance Affinito · 1 days ago
Naomi isn't medically cleared, possibly on maternity leave if the rumors are right. Confusing considering she has a match against Vaquer soon
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Wright Estrada · 2 days ago
Give El grande Americano his speed Championship render
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Constance Affinito · 2 days ago
Could you please put Evolve and WWE ID on (WWE all) because they are wrestlers too. If that was the case, LFG wouldn't show up in WWE all either
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  TopKekyoin · 9 hours ago
  
  @Constance Affinito lol, i never even noticed this.. i wonder why LFG is seen more as wrestlers than evolve and id
  
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TopKekyoin · 2 days ago
also forgot to say that I heavily disagree with je'von being made a mid carder again. bro is always up there with trick and oba and he is one of the main spotlights of nxt every week, especially so the last few weeks. same with lola vice, kelani jordan and lash legend. all their stories are intertwined with other high carders in nxt, it makes no sense for them to not be considered as such as well
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  TopKekyoin · 2 days ago
  
  @TopKekyoin yoshiki and josh aren't a team anymore as well with josh briggs turning heel. does anyone btw remember the last time carlee bright and kendal grey have been last seen together at all? i feel like that's not a thing anymore either but not too sure
  
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  TopKekyoin · 2 days ago
  
  @TopKekyoin in evolve #11, it was said that edris is not a tag with malik anymore
  
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Keith Meyer · 2 days ago
I met so not sorry
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Keith Meyer · 2 days ago
Im sorry confused trick was heal now he face i think or maybe a tweeer i don't know im so confused
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WWEConsumer · 2 days ago
Naomi probably needs a new render with her straight hair
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TopKekyoin · 2 days ago
I disagree with Asuka being made a mid carder, the fued with Iyo has just started and Asuka will become a heel (I am not just saying this btw, I've seen it from multiple sources online)
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  Draysin Martin · 2 days ago
  
  @TopKekyoin Uhm you do realize the Kabuki warriors are together right?
  
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  TopKekyoin · 2 days ago
  
  @Draysin Martin yeah, and Iyo isn't part of that. damage ctrl is what she was part of and that has been disbanded long ago
  
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For everyone saying that LA Knight should be on Raw, I agree - but WWE.com hasn't made the switch on their official website, so not sure what we should do here.
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  Wright Estrada · 2 days ago
  
  @Andy Oh my. Well, they are just lazy. You guys are not. He has not been on SmackDown since God knows when.... And challenging for the World Heavyweight Championship while supposedly being on SmackDown still? I don't know...
  
  Maybe to be ahead, but both on his background like Lesnar and Reigns? I would love to join the team here, but I am just 16. Will apply at 18 100%. I love what you are doing here. :)
  
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  Unknown · 2 days ago
  
  @Andy Um you put trish stratus on smackdown and wwe didn’t put trish stratus on smackdown in their website so what the difference
  
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  Wright Estrada · 2 days ago
  
  @Andy One more thing... If you're gonna go by WWE.com's logic, you should have Shane McMahon on here... Or El Grande Americanos championship render for the speed title.
  
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  Draysin Martin · 2 days ago
  
  @Wright Estrada Exactly & Stephanie McMahon is making WWE Appearances and they mention her little Podcast thing so she should be on the WWE Roster as an ambassador
  
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Wright Estrada · 3 days ago
LA Knight is on Raw.
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  Draysin Martin · 3 days ago
  
  @Wright Estrada Agree he hasn't made a single Smackdown Appearance in a Minute
  
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gary vaughan · 3 days ago
other wwe almuni roster returns to be on the main roster so they can choose either raw smackdown and nxt brands
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WWEConsumer · 3 days ago
CM Punk needs a new render
LA Knight is on Raw
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Unknown · 3 days ago
Also why isn’t maxxine and natalya as a team called the dungeon doll
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IWGP Heavyweight Championship	Shinsuke Nakamura Won: December 9, 2003 Osaka, Japan \| NJPW Battle Final 2003 22+ days During this reign, Nakamura defeated Yoshihiro Takayama to unify the IWGP Heavyweight Championship with the NWF Heavyweight Championship at Wrestling World 2004.	22+ days
	Hiroyoshi Tenzan Won: November 3, 2003 Yokohama, Japan \| NJPW Yokohama Dead Out 36 days	36 days
	Yoshihiro Takayama Won: May 2, 2003 Tokyo, Japan \| NJPW Ultimate Crush 185 days	185 days
	Yuji Nagata Won: April 5, 2002 Tokyo, Japan \| Toukon Special 392 days	392 days

IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship	Gedo & Jado Won: November 29, 2003 Miyagi, Japan \| NJPW Battle Final 2003 32+ days Defeated Hirooki Goto & Ryusuke Taguchi to win the vacant title.	32+ days
	Vacant Won: November 4, 2003 25 days The title was vacated due to Kanemoto fracturing his left cheekbone.	25 days
	Jushin "Thunder" Liger & Koji Kanemoto Won: January 26, 2003 Kobe, Japan \| The First Navigation 282 days	282 days
	Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi Won: August 29, 2002 Tokyo, Japan \| NJPW Cross Road 150 days	150 days

IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship	Heat Won: December 14, 2003 Nagoya, Japan \| NJPW Battle Final 2003 17+ days Previously known as Minoru Tanaka.	17+ days
	Jado Won: October 13, 2003 Tokyo, Japan \| NJPW Ultimate Crush II 62 days Won a battle royal to win the vacant title.	62 days
	Vacant Won: September 23, 2003 20 days The title was vacated so it could be contested for in a battle royal.	20 days
	Tiger Mask (IV) Won: April 23, 2003 Hiroshima, Japan \| NJPW Strong Energy 2003 153 days	153 days
	Koji Kanemoto Won: July 19, 2002 Sapporo, Japan \| NJPW Summer Fight Series 2002 278 days	278 days

NJPW Roster in 2003: Full List of Wrestlers, Teams, Champions

NJPW: All (60)

Heavyweight

Junior Heavyweight

Young Lions

Teams

Cho-Ten

Crazy Dogs

Hiro Saito & Tatsutoshi Goto

Hiroshi Tanahashi & Yutaka Yoshie

Jushin Thunder Liger & El Samurai

Makai Club

Manabu Nakanishi & Yutaka Yoshie

TEAM2000

World Class Tag Team

Yuji Nagata & Manabu Nakanishi

Yuji Nagata & Takashi Iizuka

Champions

IWGP Heavyweight Championship

NWF Heavyweight Championship

IWGP Tag Team Championship

Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Osamu Nishimura

Hiroshi Tanahashi & Yutaka Yoshie

Cho-TenHiroyoshi Tenzan & Masahiro Chono

IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship

Gedo & Jado

Vacant

Jushin "Thunder" Liger & Koji Kanemoto

Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi

IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship

Vacant

IWGP U-30 Openweight Championship

Extras

Part Time Wrestlers

Manager

Commentators

Ring Announcer

President

Chairman

CEO - Chief Executive Officer

Promoters

Referees

Producers

Coaches

Ambassadors