Tanahashi

Hiroshi Tanahashi

Name Hiroshi Tanahashi Real name Hiroshi Tanahashi Nicknames Name history Hiroshi Tanahashi (debut - ), Masked Devilock (September 15, 2004, one-off character) Family Maestro(s) NJPW Dojo, Keiji Mutoh, Tatsumi Fujinami, Kensuke Sasaki Birth date, location November 13, 1976 - Ogaki, Gifu, Japan Obituary date Debut, location October 10, 1999 vs. Shinya Makabe Lost mask to Height 5'11"/180 cm Weight 233 lbs/106 kg Signature moves Dragon Suplex, Dragon Sleeper, Inside Cradle, Sling Blade, Half-Hatch Suplex, Dragon Screw, German Suplex, Tope Suicida, Reverse DDT, Full Nelson Slam, High Fly Flow (Frog Splash) Titles: CMLL World Trios Championship (w/Okumura & Taichi), CMLL World Tag Team Titles (w/Jushin Thunder Liger), IWGP Heavyweight Championship (5), IWGP Tag Team Championship (2) (1 w/Yutaka Yoshie & 1 w/Shinsuke Nakamura), IWGP U-30 Championship (2), GHC Tag Team Championship (w/Yuji Nagata), 2013 CMLL Universal Tournament, IWGP Intercontinental Title

Wrestling Observer Hall Of Fame Member

NJPW wrestler who's made a couple trips to CMLL. In 2006, he and Shinsuke Nakamura defended the IWGP Tag Team Championship against Rey Bucanero & Olimpico, and were unable to win the CMLL World Tag Team Championship from Bucanero and Ultimo Guerrero. In 2010, Tanahashi teamed with Taichi & Okumura to win the CMLL World Trios Championship, losing it a couple of weeks later to La Mascara, Mascara Dorada and La Sombra.

Tanahashi is billed and treated like a big star from Japan, but he's never been in Mexico long enough to establish his own rivalries. He's usually a rudo in CMLL's usual "us against the outsiders" stories. The CMLL/NJPW relationship seems strong, so he'll likely be back in Mexico again.

Lucha de Apuestas Record

Date	Apuesta	Winner(s)	Loser(s)	Arena and/or Place
03/08/28	mask	Hiroshi Tanahashi	Makai #2	Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium- Osaka, Japan
10/06/19	hair	Hiroshi Tanahashi	Toru Yano	Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium- Osaka, Japan

Gallery

as Masked Devilock

Sources

• Wikipedia