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 Cloverleaf , High Fly Flow , Dragon Rocket , Dragon Screw , Dragon Suplex , Dragon Sleeper , Full Nelson Slam , German Suplex , Half-Hatch Suplex , Lightning Speed Cradle , Shining Wizard , Sling Blade , Reverse DDT ,,
Titles: CMLL World Trios Championship (w/Okumura & Taichi ), CMLL World Tag Team Titles (w/Jushin Thunder Liger ), IWGP Heavyweight Championship (7), 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 , NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship (w/Michael Elgin and Yoshi Tatsu ), RevPro Undisputed British Heavyweight Championship
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
Gallery
as Masked Devilock
CMLL Universal Champion
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