NJPW Roster in 2003: Full List of Wrestlers, Teams, Champions
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.
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NJPW: All (57)
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 | Shinsuke Nakamura
During this reign, Nakamura defeated Yoshihiro Takayama to unify the IWGP Heavyweight Championship with the NWF Heavyweight Championship at Wrestling World 2004. | 22+
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Hiroyoshi Tenzan
| 36
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Yoshihiro Takayama
| 185
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Yuji Nagata
| 392
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IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship | Heat
Previously known as Minoru Tanaka. | 17+
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Jado
Won a battle royal to win the vacant title. | 62
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Vacant
The title was vacated so it could be contested for in a battle royal. | 20
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Tiger Mask (IV)
| 153
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Koji Kanemoto
| 278
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IWGP Tag Team Championship | Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Osamu Nishimura
| 17+
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Hiroshi Tanahashi & Yutaka Yoshie
| 184
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Cho-TenHiroyoshi Tenzan & Masahiro Chono
Defeated Manabu Nakanishi & Yuji Nagata in a tournament final to win the vacant title. | 446
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IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship | Gedo & Jado
Defeated Hirooki Goto & Ryusuke Taguchi to win the vacant title. | 32+
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Vacant
The title was vacated due to Kanemoto fracturing his left cheekbone. | 25
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Jushin "Thunder" Liger & Koji Kanemoto
| 282
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Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi
| 150
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IWGP U-30 Openweight Championship | Hiroshi Tanahashi
Defeated Shinya Makabe in G2 U-30 Climax tournament finals to become the inaugural champion. The title wa exclusive to under-30 wrestlers. | 252+
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