Shinjiro Otani

Introduction
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Shinjiro Otani during 1997

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card/ date	match			match type	title(s)	Rating
NJPW Super Grade Tag League VII - Day 17 Dec 8th 1997	Shinjiro Otani (c)	def.	Kendo Kashin		IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title	**** (4.00)
NJPW Super Grade Tag League VII - Day 14 Dec 5th 1997	El Samurai & Jushin Thunder Liger & Kendo Kashin	def.	Koji Kanemoto & Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa	6-person tag		**** (4.00)
NJPW Super Grade Tag League VII - Day 11 Nov 30th 1997	Jushin Thunder Liger & Kendo Kashin	def.	Koji Kanemoto & Shinjiro Otani			**** (4.00)
NJPW Super Grade Tag League VII - Day 5 Nov 22nd 1997	Koji Kanemoto & Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa	def.	El Samurai & Jushin Thunder Liger & Kendo Kashin	6-person tag		****¼ (4.25)
NJPW Final Battle Hell Nov 2nd 1997	Shinjiro Otani (c)	def. (pin)	Chris Benoit		J-Crown Championship	****¼ (4.25)
NJPW Typhoon '97 - Day 17 Oct 31st 1997	Koji Kanemoto & Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa	def.	El Samurai & Jushin Thunder Liger & Kendo Kashin	6-person tag elimination		****½ (4.5)
NJPW Typhoon '97 - Day 9 Oct 22nd 1997	Jushin Thunder Liger & Kendo Kashin & Norio Honaga	def.	Negro Casas & Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa	6-person tag		***¾ (3.75)
NJPW Typhoon '97 - Day 7 Oct 19th 1997	Shinjiro Otani	def.	Jushin Thunder Liger			****¼ (4.25)
NJPW G1 Climax Special '97 - Day 11 Sep 23rd 1997	Shinjiro Otani (c)	def. (pin)	Tatsuhito Takaiwa		J-Crown Championship	***¾ (3.75)
NJPW G1 Climax Special '97 - Day 5 Sep 17th 1997	Koji Kanemoto & Shinjiro Otani	def.	Jushin Thunder Liger & Kendo Kashin			**** (4.00)
NJPW Final Power Hall in Yokohama Aug 31st 1997	Shinjiro Otani (c)	def.	Koji Kanemoto		J-Crown Championship	***¾ (3.75)
NJPW The Four Heaven Aug 10th 1997	Shinjiro Otani	def. (pin)	El Samurai (c)		J-Crown Championship	**** (4.00)
NJPW Summer Struggle '97 - Day 10 Jul 4th 1997	Tatsuhito Takaiwa	def.	Shinjiro Otani			**** (4.00)
NJPW Summer Struggle '97 - Day 2 Jun 23rd 1997	Koji Kanemoto & Shinjiro Otani	def.	Jushin Thunder Liger & Norio Honaga			***½ (3.5)
NJPW Best of the Super Juniors IV - Day 17 Jun 5th 1997	Chris Jericho & Dr. Wagner, Jr. & Gran Naniwa & Jushin Liger	def.	Hanzo Nakajima & Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa & Yoshihiro Tajiri	8-person tag		**** (4.00)
NJPW Best of the Super Juniors IV - Day 2 May 17th 1997	Shinjiro Otani	def.	Hanzo Nakajima			***¼ (3.25)
NJPW Strong Style Evolution May 3rd 1997	Dick Togo & Hanzo Nakajima & Koji Kanemoto & Men's Teioh & Shinjiro Otani	def. (pin)	El Samurai & Gran Hamada & Norio Honaga & Super Delfin & The Great Sasuke	10-person tag (2 out of 3 falls)		**** (4.00)
NJPW Battle Line Kyushu '97 - Day 6 Apr 23rd 1997	El Samurai & Jushin Thunder Liger & Norio Honaga	def.	Koji Kanemoto & Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa	6-person tag		***½ (3.5)
NJPW Battle Formation 1997 Apr 12th 1997	El Samurai	def. (pin)	Shinjiro Otani			***¾ (3.75)
NJPW Hyper Battle '97 - Day 4 Mar 8th 1997	Jushin Thunder Liger & Wild Pegasus	def.	Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa			****½ (4.5)
NJPW Hyper Battle '97 - Day 1 Mar 5th 1997	El Samurai & Jushin Thunder Liger & Wild Pegasus	def.	Koji Kanemoto & Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa	6-person tag		****¼ (4.25)
NJPW Fighting Spirit '97 - Day 11 Feb 9th 1997	Jushin Thunder Liger (c)	def.	Shinjiro Otani		J-Crown Championship	****¾ (4.75)
NJPW Fighting Spirit '97 - Day 10 Feb 8th 1997	Koji Kanemoto & Shinjiro Otani	def.	El Samurai & Jushin Thunder Liger			****¼ (4.25)
NJPW Fighting Spirit '97 - Day 7 Feb 2nd 1997	Koji Kanemoto & Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa	def.	El Samurai & Jushin Thunder Liger & Norio Honaga	6-person tag		****½ (4.5)
NJPW Naha Show (Jan '97) Jan 20th 1997	Koji Kanemoto & Shinjiro Otani	def.	El Samurai & Jushin Thunder Liger			***¾ (3.75)
NJPW Wrestling World 1997 Jan 4th 1997	Shinjiro Otani	def. (pin)	Yoshihiro Tajiri			***½ (3.5)

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