1996
The 1996 G1 Climax was held from August 2 to August 6, 1996, and was a round-robin tournament featuring two blocks of five. Junji Hirata suffered an injury during his match with Kensuke Sasaki, which caused him to forfeit his remaining matches.
| Block A | Block B | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Riki Choshu | 8 | Masahiro Chono | 6 |
| Kensuke Sasaki | 6 | Shiro Koshinaka | 4 |
| Hiroyoshi Tenzan | 4 | Keiji Mutoh | 4 |
| Shinya Hashimoto | 2 | Kazuo Yamazaki | 4 |
| Junji Hirata | 0 | Satoshi Kojima | 2 |
| Block A | Riki Choshu | Shinya Hashimoto | Junji Hirata | Kensuke Sasaki | Hiroyoshi Tenzan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riki Choshu | X | Choshu (17:14) | Choshu (Forf) | Choshu (15:13) | Choshu (5:12) |
| Shinya Hashimoto | Choshu (17:14) | X | Hashimoto (Forf) | Sasaki (9:13) | Tenzan (11:27) |
| Junji Hirata | Choshu (Forf) | Hashimoto (Forf) | X | Sasaki (5:08) | Tenzan (Forf) |
| Kensuke Sasaki | Choshu (15:13) | Sasaki (9:13) | Sasaki (5:08) | X | Sasaki (15:03) |
| Hiroyoshi Tenzan | Choshu (5:12) | Tenzan (11:27) | Tenzan (Forf) | Sasaki (15:03) | X |
| Block B | Masahiro Chono | Satoshi Kojima | Shiro Koshinaka | Keiji Mutoh | Kazuo Yamazaki |
| Masahiro Chono | X | Chono (13:46) | Koshinaka (22:10) | Chono (24:43) | Chono (12:25) |
| Satoshi Kojima | Chono (13:46) | X | Kojima (10:33) | Mutoh (15:21) | Yamazaki (9:56) |
| Shiro Koshinaka | Koshinaka (22:10) | Kojima (10:33) | X | Mutoh (11:59) | Koshinaka (13:50) |
| Keiji Mutoh | Chono (24:43) | Mutoh (15:21) | Mutoh (11:59) | X | Yamazaki (13:50) |
| Kazuo Yamazaki | Chono (12:25) | Yamazaki (9:56) | Koshinaka (13:50) | Yamazaki (13:50) | X |
| Final | |||
| A1 | Riki Choshu | Sub | |
| B1 | Masahiro Chono | 13:45 | |
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