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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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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IWGP Tag Team Championship![]() | ![]() ![]() | nWo JapanThe Great Muta & Masahiro Chono
| 73+
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Extras
Part Time Wrestler
Commentator
Ring Announcer
President
Promoters
Director of Operation
Referees
Producers
Coaches
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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